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A13250	The diuine eccho, or resounding voice from heauen moralized betwixt a Christian and his soule, with short and effectuall directions how to liue and die well. Whereby the effects of vertue and the defects of vice, mercy with miserie, heauenly felicitie with worldly vanity, the ioyes of heauen with the torments of hell, are familiarly expressed. Diuided into prayers and meditations for the ease and benefit of euerie Christian. The first part by Iohn Swift.; Divine eccho, or resounding voice from heaven.	Swift, John, fl. 1612.	1612 (1612)	STC 23545; ESTC S103247	62,765	254

yet thinke as many doe that there is no God Psal 13.1 and as Dauids foole affirmes in his heart then truely this man of al men is most ridiculous who will sweare by that which hee supposeth not to be this is the fashion of all scoffing Atheists then tel the world O my soule what such men as these what such blasphemers vse to doe when one shall but speake vnto them kindely at euerie word that they shall answere Eccho Sweare SECT 86. What God is IT is not for a Christian to make a iest of swearing Psal 33.5 if hee sweare he must sweare in truth in iudgement and in righteousnesse for otherwise though a mā swear often yet by my cōsent he should seldome bee beleeued And a guiltie conscience cleared by an oath is like vnto foule hands scowred with sope through which although they be made cleane yet they smell verie rancke thereof a long time afterward and a periured soule though it be cleared and blamelesse in the sight of the world by forswearing yet that same oath adioyned to the former fact terrifies the soule the more that false kisse betraies it inwardlie though it cannot be deciphered by a long space outwardly then in conclusion tell me and tell all men my soule what God that great thundering Iehouah most detests and most detestfully Loathes Ecch. Oathes SECT 87. A Meditation on the betraying of Christ O Sweet Christ O sweet Sauiour how wast thou tormented for these sinnes of ours and the like Lament 1. come then my friends let vs weepe together mourne let teares runne down our checkes and among all our louers let there be none to comfort vs Mat. 26.14.15 let our streets lament let no man feast let all our gates be desolate let our Priests sigh let virgins be discomfited and let vs all bee in heauinesse for we haue sinned our sinnes are great and for them is the sonne of GOD crucified Iudas solde him kist him and betraid him he sold him for thirty pence O thou naughty Traitor at what price dost thou set the Lord of all creatures at thirty pēce what my Lord sold for thirtie pence O what a vile and slender price is this for a Lord of such maiestie certainely a very beast in the shambles is commonly sold for more And dost thou oh Traitour sell for so smal a price almighty God himselfe hee setteth not thee at so small a price for so much as hee buieth thee with his owne most pretious blood Oh what a great price and estimation was that of man and how base an estimation and price was this of God God was solde for thirty pence and man was bought with the dearest bloud of God himselfe And when this Iudas had betrayed him and was deliuered into the hands of the Iewes see how each one giueth him buffets and and stroakes Mat. 27.29 Mat. 14.65 Mark 8.22 23. see how they spit vpon that diuine face with their diuelish mouthes see how they hoodwinke his eyes and strike him on the face scoffing and iesting at him saying Aread who hath smitten thee O my soule great were the mockes and taūts hee suffered for thee how patiently did he beare the spitting of those infernal mouthes that had himselfe not long before with the spittle of his owne mouth restored a blind man to his perfect sight how suffered he their whippings whose seruants were wont in his name with mightie power to whip the very diuels how was hee crowned with thornes that crowned his martyrs with euerlasting Garlands how was he smitten on the face with palmes of mens hands that giueth the palme of victorie vnto such as be cōquerors how was he robbed of his erthly garmēts which cloatheth his saints with garments of immortallitie how was heproffered most bitter gaule that giueth vs the bread of life how was hee offered Vinegar to drink that giueth the cup of saluation Haec omnia sunt cypriani Consider moreouer at what time the Sauiour of the world was nailed to the Crosse how both the heauens and the earth were troubled the Starres were obscured the elements disturbed how the earth quaked how the light was darkened when the sunne turned away his eyes and would not suffer his beames to shine vppon the earth least happilie it might see such a great crueltie SECT 88. Our sinnes the cause of Christs death IF thou be not mooued to take compassion on our sweet Sauiour seeing him in this doleful case for thy sake if now when he sheds drops of blood through out all his body thou canst not shed any teares from thine eyes thinke verily with thy selfe that thou hast a very hard and stonie heart and if thou canst not weep for loue towards him yet at the least weepe for the multitude of thy sinnes for so much as they were the verie cause of this his agonie and greefe Now the tormenters doe not whip him neyther doe the Souldiers crowne him with thornes that do cause bloud to gush out of his body but it is thy very sinnes offences those are the thornes that do prick him they are the speare that do thrust him into the side they are tormētors that do afflict him they are the heauy burthen that doe cause him to sweat this so strange wonderfull a bloudie sweat Oh my sweet Sauiour and Redeemer Oh thou lambe of God that takest away the sins of the world how dearely hast thou bought my saluation SECT 89. They that are in authoritie must shew good examples GOuernours eyther spirituall or temporall sinne more grieuously by example then by act their act destroieth but one their example may destroy many and therfore surely the greater account they are to render and the more circumspectly to behaue themselues least that in their owne precepts they bee found faultie the greater power then that one man hath aboue others must teach him to excell in vertue aboue them for what doth it profit an Emperor to be Lord and king ouer many kingdoms if on the other part he become bondslaue to many vices titles of honour bee nothing worth if the life of the party bee bad surely true nobilitie consisteth not in dignitie linage large possessions and the like but in wisdom knowledge and vertue and this nobility bringeth a man to dignitie in the kingdome of heauen and as for this life it is not the place as foolish men suppose that makes the person renowned but it is the person that maketh the place alwaies honorable SECT 90. The praise of silence OF all vertues the chiefest is silence for by it thou hearest the imperfections of others and concealest thine owne for commonly emptie vessels make the lowdest sound and men of the weakest wit and least capacitie are the greatest bablers the heart of the foole saith Syracke is in his mouth Eccl. 21.26 but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart then thinke this with thy selfe before thou makest any mā of thy

Dyog what though my dyet bee almes bee roots and hearbs what though my drinke bee water my riches pouertie and mine honour onely taunts and scoffs yet shall these as yee terme them crosses breed a discontentment in mee no no. I know my tub to bee more beautifull then Alexanders great pallace neither would I change any iot of my estate for his though hee if he were not Alexander would be Dyogines yet I of I were not Dyogines would not bee Alexander Plut. in vita Alex. for I thinke his so gorgeous an habitation woefull and what saith my soule vnto his so proud and sumptuous a pallace Ecch. Alas SECT 115. The end of affliction IF a man liues contented with his affections they scowre all filth from his soule Act. 14.15 that eternall part for through many troubles and afflictions he must enter into the kingdome of heauen hee that hath crosses must imbrace nay coll and kisse them And then what saith my soule if a mā beares them patiently heare on earth is obtained in heauen through euerie distease Eccho His ease And what throgh euery afflictiō Eccho Sion Psal 87 SECT 116 How carefull God is in afflicting his Children SVrely the loue of God is exceeding large towards mankinde 1. Cor. 10.13 in that he layeth no more afflictions on thē then that they can easily beare he is sparing in cursing but bountifull in blessing hee giueth his wrath by weight but his mercie without measure Amongst all men therfore hee vndoubtedly is blessed on the one side whome no feare troubleth no pensiuenes consumeth no desire of worldly wealth afflicteth and to whome no crosse can seeme intollerable whereby he may be discouraged or despaire and hee likewise is happie on the other side whome no pleasure can proudly puff vp no delight can so mooue vnto mirth and no promotion make him so vaine-glorious whereby hee presumes aboue others or preferres himselfe before them for oftentimes haue I saw and how often I know not the footman hoysted vp into the saddle when as hee that rode before hath now beene glad to lackie after The riches that men gather in time may faile friendes may proue vnkinde and vnconstant hope may deceiue but cōtent can neuer be conquered the contented man kils aduersity if it assault dries vp teares if they flow stayes wrath if it vrge heales woundes if they fester and and lastly wins heauen and heauenly ioyes if it hold on vnto the end and therefore Paul learned in what state so euer hee was in Phil. 4.11 therewith to be content SECT 117. Comforts in generall for such as are in afflictions NOw leauing the Philosophers reasons let vs see my soule how farre the Christian reasoning can comfort vs in induring crosses surely their fruite is verie great first then for by them through Christ we purchase remission of finnes and reconciliation to God the father by them wee are exercised in Godlinesse and for suffering them wee shall haue our reward a reward of inestimable value me thinkes then that afflictions should not make mee dispaire and greue and seeing that Christ Iesus our Captaine hath broke downe the hedge before our eyes I say let it not grieue vs now to follow after all the saints of God his Souldiers all the Prophets and Martyrs haue sounded the bottome and found the depth of all afflictions whatsoeuer feare not then thy footing God plaies the carefull cooke with all his children he giues them sharp Oliues to whet their stomakes and breed their appetites sharp sorrows sowre crosses bitter and brinish troubles because they should come and taste how sweet how good and gracious the Lord is we are punished in this world saith Austin to the end wee should not be damned with the world in the world to come In like maner as a Nurse that to weane her childe from the loue and liking of her milke doth rubbe her tear with aloes with wormewood or with the like bitter thing so our mercifull father who would faine retire vs from the loue of the world and worldly delights vseth to send tribulation vnto vs therein to the intent wee may crie with the childe paw pan vnto the world to the end wee may shun and auoide its intising dugs Againe we reade that Moses striking with his rod the hard rockes brought sorth water Exod. 17.5 6 and the rod of correction falling on the backe of stony-hearted sinners most commonly mollifieth them to contrition and oftentimes bringeth forth a flood of teares to repentance SECT 118. On the same THe stones that were appointed to serue for the glorious temple of Salomon 1. Kings were beaten were hewed and polished with out at the quarry side for that no stroake of hammer might be heard within the temple and Peter tels vs that the Godly are chosen stones to bee placed in the spirituall building of God in heauen where there is no beating no hewing no sorrow no tribulation surely then it is meet for vs here in this life in the hard quarrie of this sinfull world to be cut and polished and made fit for that glorious temple and with all wee ought to bee most glad when we are thus handled Psalme Amos 4.1 for that it is a signe of our election to that most glorious house of Gods eternall mansion Oxen appointed for the slaughter are suffered to feed at their pleasure so are Dauids fat Buls of Basan trees that bring foorth no fruite and are kept for the fier are neuer beaten and the sicke mā that is past all hope of health is suffered by the Phisitian to haue whatsoeuer hee lusteth after when as hee whose health is not despaired cannot haue that liberty graunted SECT 119. We ought to reioice in troubles MEthinks how necessary it is to knowe that all afflictions come from a diuine and iust hand wherefore they cannot be euill or vnwholesome as many account them Indeed crosses are verie troublesom vnto the weaknesse and frailtie of the flesh yet if thou wilt behold their effect thou hast cause enough to bee merrie to bee patient and contented therewith The seafaring man who althogh he be beaten most grieuously with stormes and tost verie dangerously with blustering windes yet remembring the hauen smiles to himselfe and cleareth vp his dull and heauy spirits if he thē reioyceth in the middes of those stormes beholding the hauen a receptacle only for his wearyed body thou rather mayest I think reioyce casting thy eyes on heauen a sweet refreshing shoare for thine afflicted soule It s a most base and crauonish part to grieue for the want of any temporall benefit what shall olde age make me sigh shal pouertie make me mourn shal sickenesse make me dispaire or shal death it selfe make me affraid no no he truely is no man that in this life is not filled with miseries hee is no Christian that cannot bear them troubles are but flea-bitings but alas wee vnskilfull worldlings know not