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A03078	Panacea Christiana, or, A Christians soueraigne salue for euery soare deliuered in two seuerall sermons, and now digested into one treatise : published for the vse of all distressed Christians.	Herring, Theodore, 1596-1645.	1624 (1624)	STC 13203.5; ESTC S2728	34,209	104

Panacea Christiana OR A CHRISTIANS SOVERAIGNE SALVE FOR EVERY SOARE DELIVERED In Two seuerall SERMONS and now digested into one Treatise published for the vse of all distressed Christians Esaiah 50.4 The Lord hath giuen me a tongue of the Learned that I should know how to Minister a word in time to him that is weary AVGVSTIN Tam bonus est Deus vt nullo modo permitteret malum nisi inde nosset elicere bonum LONDON Printed by Isaac Iaggard for Robert Bird and are to be sold at his Shop in Cheapeside at the Signe of the Bible 1624. TO THE RIGHT Honourable Sir EDWARD COOKE Knight one of his Maiesties most Honourable Priuy Councell Right Honourable BEsides those common enducements which preuaile with others your Honours more then ordinary zeale and affection to Learning and Pietie there are some priuate obligations which haue mooued me to consecrate the first fruits of my Labours to your Patronage It was their command to whom I owe not obedience and respect only but my-selfe also that first exposed these lines to the censure of the World and then shrouded them vnder the shelter of your Winges For the subiect matter Vtinam tam commodum quam accomodum as it suites well with the times so I presume it will not bee vnwelcome to your Honour A word in his place as the Wiseman obserues is like Apples of Gold Pro. 25 11. with pictures of Siluer If this Theame bee not now seasonable when will it bee The Church of God goes to wracke abroad many miseries and calamities presse vs sore at home our sinnes threaten more and worse Satan rageth because his time is but short his Instruments flourish the wicked are in their ruffe the godly vnderfoot despised trampled vpon The old complaint is not vniustly renewed that it fals out Bonis malè malis benè Well with the Bad ill with the Good Is it not now high time to minister a word of comfort to them that mourn in Sion What greater comfort then this Oracle from Heauen All shall worke to the Best of them that loue God Of which number the Church of God hath good cause to esteeme your Honor who haue tasted with your Brethren this bitter Cup and therefore can rellish these Sweetes the better For my part I know not how to testifie my respects otherwise then in these kind of Presents and my hearty prayers for the encrease of your Honour and Happinesse which shal neuer be wanting from Your Honors most humble obseruance Th Hering To the Reader GEntle Reader This smal Tractate was so penned as Preached and so Preached as thou mayest easily guesse it was neuer intended for ostentation but for aedification Jf thou look'st for many Citations and Quotations of Authors thou deceyuest thy Selfe It was my Ambition J confesse to draw water out of the fountains rather then out of the streames Dulcius ex ipso fonte bibuntur aquae Man purposeth but God disposeth The truth is violence and importunity wrung this for the Presse which was intended soly for the Pulpit I know there is great difference betweene a liuing vice and a dead Letter as betweene a body animated and a painted body I know this Criticall and Censorious Age will giue but harsh entertainment to such a rude and vnpolished Treatise and deeme it more fit to be suppressed in a corner then to be published to the World yet my comfort is A Widdowes Mite will find acceptation with the Searcher of the heart Besides J had rather seeme too forward in putting out my Masters money to the Bankers then to vndergo the Doome of an euill Seruant for smothering his Talent in a Napkin All Starres are not of the same magnitude yet euery Starre shines in his owne Orbe If some beames of Comfort conueyghed in these cursorie Meditations may warme and enliuen any poore drooping disconsolate Christian J haue my ayme let God haue the Honour and Glory As all things so this J hope shall worke to the Best Read and consider Farewell T. H. Panacea Christiana OR A CHRISTIANS soueraigne Salue for euery Sore ROM 8.28 For wee know that all things worke together for good to them that loue God to them who are the called according to his purpose HOweuer the whole Scripture as S. 2. Tim. 3 16. Paul to his Scholler Timothy be giuen by diuine inspiration and is profitable to teach to improue to correct to instruct in righteousnesse that the man of God may be made perfect to all good workes Yet as in the large folio of the booke of Nature though euery Creature carry in it the sparkles of the power goodnesse and prouidence of the Creator those rayes shine out more brightly in some more dimmely in others so in the lesser Epitome of the Scripture albeit all the parcels of sacred Writ breath forth one and the selfe-same diuine truth in a most sweete and heauenly harmony yet in some passages the Spirit of God takes to himselfe as it were the winges of an Eagle soaring aloft aboue the capacity of the highest in others he creepes as it were on the ground stooping to the shallow conceit of the meanest Sometimes he couers himselfe with thick clouds Ps 8.18 12. darknes is his Pauillion other whiles he speaks to vs familiarly Exod. 33 11. as to his seruant Moses face to face mouth to mouth The new Testament by the consent of all in this respect carries the preheminence beyond the old The glosse must bee clearer then the text Among the Apostles Paul outstrips his fellowes who for his labour or his learning was euer held the chiefest of the Apostles Among the Epistles of Paul his to the Romans if such invaluable Iewels may be valued one with another if one star may differ from another in glory bears the name from the rest whether we respect doctrin of faith or good manners matter of instruction or exhortation of confutation or consolation so largely discussed so pithily pressed so wisely managed In this Epistle this chap. is of most admirable vse being placed as the Sun in the midst of the Firmament and containing in it a rich Mine of cōsolation In this chap. this verse is placed as the heart in the midst of the body that giues life to all the members There are two professed enemies which lay perpetual siege to the bulwarke of true Christian consolation Sinne and Affliction These like troublesome guests and vnwelcome Inmates so disturbe the peace of the Saints while they lodge in these cottages of clay that it makes them weary of their houses and themselues to putting them oft to Rebeccaes complaint Gen. 27.46 Would to God I were dead These are those Sanaanites and Hittites which are perpetuall goades in their sides perpetuall prickes in their eyes Numb 33.55 Here is that Gall and Wormwood which embitters all the sweets this world can affoord To shut vp in a word here is that Coloquintida which matres

new sinne is as it were a new Snake euery renewed act of sinne giues a new stab euery stab more mortall then the biting of a Serpent or sting of an Adder Prou. 23.32 Yet euen those teares are the foode of Angels those sighes sweet musicke in the eares of God that griefe the ioy of heauen By this rough tract thorny path their feete are guided into the way of Peace those Agonies make way for the Prince of Peace who came not to Call the righteous Mat. 2.17 but sinners to Repentance Sinners Mar. 11.28 that labour and are laden with the weight of their sinnes to them he giues that peace which passeth all vnderstanding Philip. 4.7 Both these put together carry an Image of Hell Spirituall disertion is that poena Damni punishment of losse Anguish of minde is that poena sensus punishment of sense an estate little differing from that of the Damned saue onely in Degree and Continuance By these Gates of Hell many times the deerest Saints of God saile to Heauen If these inward Euils which doe pierce thorough our very soules become thus profitable much more those outward miseries which though great enough in themselues are but Flea-bitings in comparison of the other May it please you to see this fulfilled in the Generals in the Particulars Generally all outward affliction works to their good whoeuer plowes not with the Heifer of the Spirit shall neuer vnfold this Riddle How meate comes out of the Eater Sweet out of the Sowre Iudg. 14 18. Hony out of the Lyon Rom. 5 3 4. Tribulation brings forth Patience Patience Experience Experience 1 Cor. 4 17. Hope that maketh not ashamed The light momentarie affliction of this life cause to vs a far more excellent an eternal weight of Glory This Lesson the Holy ones learne in the Schoole of Experience that howeuer no affliction but is greeuous for the time not ioyous Hebr. 12 11. yet after it brings the quiet fruit of peace to them that are thereby exercised They finde more solid ioy in suffering for Christ Hebr. 11 25. then in all the pleasures of sin which last but for a season Gods Sheepe thriue best in Salt marshes his Corne is parest from Chaffe when it is vnder the Flaile his Gold freest from drosse when cast into the fiery furnace these stars shine brightest in the darkest night their feete tread surest in the roughest way The Prodigall spend-thrift thinks not of Home till hee was pinched with Famine Luke 15 17. brought to a morsell of bread Hagar was proude and pierke in the house of Abram but gentle and tractable in the wildernesse Ionah lyes snoring and snorting in the ship watching and praying in the Whales belly Those noble Vines planted with Gods owne hand would run wilde into Luxuriant branches and bee ouergrowne with many noisome lustes were they not euer and anone pruned with some sanctified trouble In their affliction they will seeke mee early Hosea 5.15 While the Sunne-shine of Peace and Prosperity lasted God sent his Prophets rising vp early and lying downe late stretching out their hands and throats al the day long but these deafe Adders stoppe theyr eares at the voice of the Charmer till the Aule of Afflictions come then their eares are boared then they seeke them as eagerly as he sought him earely Let mee then for the Generall conclude with Ieremy Lamen 3 27. It is good for a man to beare the yoake from his youth Psal 119.71 with Dauid It is good for vs that we are afflicted with Paul All things worke together for the good of them that loue God For the Particulars Priuate Publike Calamities make all for the best too Priuate whether in their Estate or in their Name or on theyr Persons In their Estate Are they pinched with want and penurie Dan. 1 12. fed with pulse and water as Daniel this lets them see Prou. 15 16. a little vvith the feare of the Lord is better to the righteous then great riches to the vngodly Howeuer poore in this world yet they are rich in God and this corporall pouerty fittes them for the Kingdome of God They haue a Feast which the world knows not of Besides whether I beseech you hath better experience of the Loue Goodnesse and Care of his Heauenly Father he that wallowes in his wealth and sacrifices to his owne Net or he who is fedde from hand to mouth as it were from heauen Who will not preferre the course fare brought to Elijas by those straunge Catorers the Rauens before all the dainties which were serued vp to Ababs Table 1 Kings 17.6 In their Good Names If their reputation be blacke with infamy if some stinking Fly be falne into that sweete Oyntment which makes it putrifie either this staine is drawne vpon themselues deseruedly or some dirt is cast in their faces by the hand of Malice or Enuy. What comes through their owne default they beare it patiently improue it profitably These are the thoughts wherewith they entertaine themselues What is it such a hell to bee in disgrace with Men that a man had as good be halfe hanged as haue his credit cracke oh what a hell is it to be out of fauour with God to be shamed discarded before Men and Angels at the Generall Assise of the whole World What Malice or Envy casts vpon them if for a good cause 1 Peter 4.14 they glory in that shame counting it the greatest grace in all the world to suffer disgrace for vvell-doing Euils on their persons vvhether Diseases or Death For Corporal deformities God often recompences outward defects with a supply of inward Grace If Naaman the Syrian had not beene a Leaper in his body the Leprosie of his soule I feare had neuer beene cured How many flocking to Christ for the cure of their bodies obtained the saluation of their Soules like Saul who seeking for Asses stumbled on a Crowne 2 Cor. 4 16. As the outward man decayes so the inward is strengthened Could we performe in our health what we promise on our sicke-bed wee should liue more like Angelles then Men. Death it selfe that King of Terrors to a natural man Iob. 14 18. as the Philosopher obserues of all fearfull things the most fearefull to them is but the Gate to Life The Sting of this Serpent is pulled out and they dare lay it in their bosome It vvas first threatned as a Curse The soule that sinnes shall Dye Gen. 2.17 it is now turned to a Blessing If wee had our hope in this life onely 1 Cor. 15 19. We were of all men the most miserable Blessed are they that dye in the Lord Reuel 14.13 for they rest from their labours and theyr Workes follow them Their whole life is a continuall Combate with the world the flesh and the diuell euery day they bring home new Spoyles new Trophees but are neuer