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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02054	Heauen and earth reconcil'd A sermon preached at Saint Paules church in Bedford, October. 3. 1612. At the visitation of the right Wor. M. Eland, Archdeacon of Bedford. By Tho. Adams ...	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1613 (1613)	STC 122; ESTC S100418	32,838	52

were worse Let vs proceed in the integritie of our conscience that When they speake euill of vs as of euill doers they may in the end be ashamed which slaunder our good conuersation in Christ. Let vs liue well the successe to God a good word hath the time when to be spoken There is a season to benefite and a season to hurt by our speach therefore it is preposterous in men to be Consonantes when they should be Mutes and Mutes when they should be Consonantes But a good life is neuer out of season A high Place and a low base Life haue no analogie or correspondence Our seate is in Heauen like Starres let not our conuersation be on Earth like Beastes Other mens indifferences are our ranke euils that which is scarce worth notice in others in vs is censured taxed condemned This for the site 4. The Motion is fourefold 1. Circular 2. Incessant 3. Swift 4. Orderly 1. Circular The Starres moue roundly according to their Orbes Our Motion that are Ministers is not vnlike A Deo caepimus in Deo chau●●m●● Wee begin from God in God we end Jehou●h called vs and we striue to bring soules to him As we are Pastors we must compasse about our Flockes as Watchmen surround the Citie to fortifie the breach Satan compasseth the earth by his owne testimony The roring Lion goeth about by the description of Peter watching whom to deuoure Let our diligence match his with a sauing intent that the tempted may haue our Antidotes the doubtfull 〈◊〉 Counsels the erring our Conuictions and the languishing our Incouragements 2. Incessant Our Motion is without intermission for the Aduersarie neuer giues truce or admittes conditions of peace without his sensible aduantage Therefore our calling allowes vs no time to sit still and sing R●quiems to our soules vnder our Fig-trees of peace A Souldiour should die in the Warres standing and a Minister in the Pulpit preaching It was the Lord of the Vineyards reproofe Why stand ye heere all the day idle It is not permitted to vs to stand still What and all your day and idle too Pauls example was other and that excellent J ceased not to admonish euery one night and day with teares I ceased not Ecce Laborem behold his labour To admonish Ecce Officium behold his Dutie Euery one Ecce Amorem behold his Loue Night and day Ecce vigilantiam behold his Watchfulnesse With teares Ecce compassionem behold his Pittie 3. Swift and speedy Noscit tarda molimina spiritus The holy Ghost cannot abide delayes We may giue warning too late when the Enimie hath surprised the Citie It was the Maister of the Feastes charge Goe out quickly into the Streetes and Lanes c. The Angels are sayd to haue Winges for their speedier expedition of Gods hestes and Cursed is he that doth Gods businesse negligently sayes the Prophet Indeed we may run too fast when God sendes vs not Ionas made ●reposterous haste when he tooke Tarshish for Nineueh and they run Curu● pede with a swift perhaps but with no straight foote that are in Moses Chaire ere they be aware wonder too late how they came thither I cannot call this Motion speedy but hasty and much haste is seldome incountred with good successe The Starres mooue swiftly but not madly They that fly into the Ministry without Winges run without Legges I meane without Knowledge mooue short of their owne benefite of others expectation The Cloudes poure downe no raine till they haue first sucked it vp Praepropera praxit praepostera lectio To practise first and study afterwardes is an ill habite in action and no good figure in Rhetoricke They that will so runne that they may attaine haue neither too many feete nor too few If they abound as the Monsters the sonnes of Anak that had sixe Toes on a foote Impediuntur necessarijs auxilijs their necessary helpes are their hindrances If they be defectiue they can but limpe Therefore in our Motion let Zeale further Discretion that not too slow Discretion moderate Zeale that not too fast but hauing thy Commission and being placed by God in thy Orbe be not vnwilling to mooue Practise is like a Wheele the more it is turned the better it goes 4. Orderly Wee must keepe as the Starres doe our knowne and equall distance it is not to thy prayse to run into other Orbes desiring there Ostendere nay Ostentare lucem tuam to shew yea to boast thy light with a proud conceate to darken the Starre which God hath there placed such an emulation is odious and thou mayst flash out like a Meteor for a time but at last God will aske thee who sent thee thither Let euery Starre be loued of his owne Orbe though one Starre differs from an other Starre in glory Nothing better becomes vs then order for our God is the God of order Contention disables vs and eneruates our Ministry So long as the water is stirred the Fisher can catch no Fish Loue is the Maister-veine of the Soule and Peace knittes the Ioyntes Are we called to put the luxate members of the body of Christ into their places and shall our selues be disioynted Our peace is the Milke of our Land let not our strife like Runnet turne it to Curde When the people were togeather by the eares a Fellow as thicke as long got vp into the Theater and aduauncing himselfe they began all to laugh goe to quoth he laugh and spare not I haue a Wife at home rounder then my selfe at this they laughed lowder yet when we agree one Bed can hold vs when we are at variance the whole house is too little for vs. You can apply it 5. The last circumstaunce of our Similitude to the Starres consistes in the effectes these are three J●fluendi Illuminand● orratu Delectandi 1. Our Influence 2. Light 3. Delight 1. Influence Philosophy teacheth vs that the Starres in Elementes and Elementall bodyes doe stirre vp the first qualities hot cold moyst and dry and cause other effectes seruing to the inclination of man Surely as we are Starres all the Influence we can deriue to men of our selues is to incline them by our charitie This is no weake perswasion but one of those 3. Feedinges that at least they expect If they find not Hospitality the Porter at our gates they straite censure vs for Darke starres Many of our people liked Popery well for nothing else but because they were fatted with the superfluities that fell from their libertine Feastes Now these that measure Religion by their bellies will be tempted with handfulls of Barley and morsells of Bread to speake well of vs As the Jewes once in the Prophet so these crye now When we serued the Queene of Heauen and might pray to our Lady we had Bread enough Now they haue pleaded so hard for Fayth they