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A16733 Characters vpon essaies morall, and diuine written for those good spirits, that will take them in good part, and make vse of them to good purpose. Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626? 1615 (1615) STC 3635; ESTC S104709 11,952 62

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I am to leaue hir wholy to admiration Patience PAtience is a kind of heauenly Tenure whereby the Soule is held in possession and a sweet temper in the Spirit which restraineth nature from exceeding reason in passion Hir hand keeps time in his right course and hir eye pierceth into the depth of vnderstanding Shee attendeth wisdome in all hir works and proportioneth time to the necessitie of matter Shee is the poyson of Sorrow in the hope of Comfort and the paradise of conceit in the ioy of peace Hir tongue speakes seldome but to purpose and hir foot goeth slowly but surely Shee is the imitator of the Incomprehensible in his passage to perfection and a seruant of his will in the mappe of his workmanship in Confusion Shee hath no operation while she only ●arieth hir conceit with the consideration of experience Shee trauailes farre and is neuer weary and giues ouer no worke but to better a beginning Shee makes the King mercifull and the Subiect loyall Honour gracious and Wisdome glorious Shee pacifieth wrath and puts off reuenge and in the humilitie of charitie shewes the nature of Grace Shee is beloued of the Highest and imbraced of the wisest honoured with the worthiest and graced with the best Shee makes imprisonment Liberty when the minde goeth thorough the world and in sicknesse findes health where death is the way to life Shee is an Enemie to passion and knowes no Purgatory thinkes fortune a fiction and builds onely vpon Prouidence Shee is the sick-mans Salue and the whole mans preseruer the Wise-mans staffe and the goodmans Guide In summe not to wade too farre in hir worthinesse lest I be drownd in the depth of wonder I will thus end in hir endlesse Honour Shee is the grace of Christ and the vertue of Christianitie the praise of Goodnesse and the preseruer of the world Loue. LOve is the life of Nature and the ioy of Reason in the Spirit of Grace where vertue drawing affection the concord of Sense makes an vnion vnseparable in the diuine apprehension of the ioy of Election it is a rauishment of the Soule in the delight of the Spirit which being caried aboue it selfe into inexplicable comfort feeles that heauenly sicknesse that is better than the worlds health when the wisest of men in the swounding delight of his sacred Inspiration could thus vtter the sweetnesse of his passion My Soule is sicke of Loue. It is a healthfull sicknesse in the Soule a pleasing passion in the Heart a contentiue labour in the Minde and a peacefull trouble of the Senses it alters natures in contrarieties when difficultie is made easie paine made a pleasure pouerty riches and imprisonment liberty for the content of conceit which regards not to be an abiect in being subiect but to an obiect it reioyceth in truth and knowes no inconstancie it is free from Ielousie and feareth no fortune it breakes the rule of Arithmericke by confounding of number where the coniunction of thoughts make one minde in two bodies where neither figure nor cipher can make diuision of vnion it simpathies with life and participates with light when the eye of the minde sees the ioy of the heart it is a predominat power which endures no equalitie and yet communicates with reason in the rules of Concord it breeds safety in a King and peace in a kingdome Nations vnitie and Natures gladnesse It sings in labour in the ioy of hope and makes a paradise in reward of desert it pleads but mercy in the iustice of the Almighty and but mutuall Amitie in the nature of Humanitie In summe hauing no Eagles eye to looke vpon the Sunne and fearing to looke too high for feare of a chip in mine eye I will in these few words speake in praise of this peerelesse vertue Loue is the grace of nature and the glory of reason the blessing of God and the comfort of the world Peace PEACE is a Calme in Conceit where the Senses take pleasure in the rest of the Spirit It is Natures holy day after Reasons labour and Wisdoms musique in the Concords of the minde It is a blessing of Grace a bounty of Mercy a proofe of Loue and a preseruer of life It holds no Arguments knowes no quarrells is an enemie to sedition and a continuance of Amitie It is the root of plenty the Tree of pleasure the fruit of Loue and the sweetnesse of life It is like the still Night where all things are at rest and the quiet sleep where dreams are not troublesome or the resolued point in the perfection of knowledge where no cares nor doubts make controuersies in opinion it needs no watch where is no feare of Enemy nor Sollicitor of Causes where Agreements are concluded It is the intent of Law and the fruit of Iustice the end of Warre and the beginning of Wealth It is a grace in a Court and a glory in a Kingdom a blessing in a Family and a happinesse in a Common-wealth It fills the rich mans cofers and feeds the poore mans labour It is the Wise-mans study and the Good-mans ioy who loue it are gracious who make it are blessed who keep it are happy and who breake it are miserable It hath no dwelling with Idolatry nor friendship with falshood for hir life is in Truth and in hir all is Amen But lest in the Iustice of Peace I may rather be reprooued for my Ignorance of hir worth then thought worthy to speake in hir prayse with this only Conclusion in the commendation of Peace I will draw to an end and hold my peace It was a message of Ioy at the birth of Christ a song of Ioy at the imbracement of Christ an assurance of Ioy at the death of Christ and shall be the fulnesse of Ioy at the comming of Christ. Warre WARRE is a scourge of the wrath of God which by famine fire or sword humbleth the spirits of the Repentant tryeth the patience of the Faithfull and hardneth the hearts of the vngodly it is the misery of Time and the terror of Nature the dispeopling of the Earth and the ruine of hir Beauty Hir life is Action hir food Bloud hir honour Valor and hir ioy Conquest Shee is Valors exercise and Honors aduenture Reasons trouble and Peaces enemy shee is the stout mans loue and the weake mans feare the poore mans toile and the rich mans plague shee is the Armourers Benefactor and the Chirurgions agent the Cowards ague and the Desperats ouerthrow she is the wish of Enuy the plague of them that wish hir the shipwracke of life and the agent for death The best of hir is that shee is the seasoner of the body and the manager of the minde for the induring of labor in the resolution of action shee thunders in the Aire rips vp the Earth cuts thorough the Seas and consumes with the fire shee is indeed the inuention of Malice the worke of Mischiefe the musique of Hell and the daunce of the Deuill she makes the