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A13187	Disce vivere Learne to live : a briefe treatise of learning to liue, vvherein is shewed, that the life of Christ is the most perfect patterne of direction to the life of a Christian : in which also, the well disposed may behold their orderlie passage, from the state of grace, to the state of glorie.	Sutton, Christopher, 1565?-1629.	1604 (1604)	STC 23484; ESTC S1737	203,338	618

they were nearest destruction Was it for the ouerthrow of the wals and goodly buildings that Christ wept no it was for the sinnes of Ierusalem which should be the cause of all this What affection was héere in the eternall Sonne of God to wéepe for sinfull men Euen then was hee weeping when they were most reioycing and laughing The Phisition most weepes when the frauticke man is or séemes to be most merrie because hee knowes then the daunger is greatest and therefore giues ouer to administer Phisicke any more leauing him to be lamented of his good friends 3 O that thou hadst knowne in this thy day those thinges that belong vnto thy peace Which wordes were weeping wordes and vttered with an interrupted voyce and as it were for verie sorrowe breaking oft in the middest by a manner of spéech called Aposiopesis when there was something more to be spoken but very sorrowe would not suffer him to vtter it I wéepe but O Ierusalem which art now reioycing if thou diddest know the thinges which doe belong vnto thy peace thou wouldest as well weepe for thy selfe as I doe weepe for thee Thou hast had a day of peace but there is a day comming full of sorrowe and persecution O Ierusalem because thou wouldest not accept the one thou art like shortly to rue the miserie of the other In this Christ lamented their forgetfulnesse of their estate in prosperitie they remember not what is to come after all And thus heare wee a mournfull Phisition wéeping for his wilfull patient which would not be healed nor receiue help though it were offered with teares 4 The most dolefull desolation that came vpon this Citie so mighty in promesse so glorious in fame so rich in all abundance is set forth by those who haue mentioned the tragicall ende which befell about the fortieth yée le after our Sauiour suffered the beholding thereof made Eleazar one of the inhabiters at the very time to breake out into this or the like mournfull oration O Ierusalem thou great and goodly Citie of the worlde where is now the beauty of Sion the ioy of the whole earth where is thy glory where is thy magnificence O Ierusalem Where is that Sanctum sanctorum where are thy Priests who were attendant vpon God as Angels Where are thy sages thy young men O from what glory art thou fallen to what reproach and infamie O Ierusalem Ierusalem Who can reade with drie eyes the most wofull ende of this Citie and people They refused the father and the sonne and God sent Titus and Vespasian the Father Sonne that neuer left them vntill they were vtterly defaced O Ierusalem strongly did thy enemies besi●…ge th●… but thy sinnes did more strongly assault thee They sold the Sauiour of the worlde for thirty p●…e and what followed in the captiuitie thirtie Iewes were solde for a pennie The Lord Iesus was apprehended vpon mount Oliuet and upon mount Oliuet was Ierusalem first besieged the Lord Iesus was crucified at the Passeouer and at the Passeouer was all Iewrie as it were shut vp in a prison Ierusalem sacked and in such sort as the Romanes themselues confessed saying That vnlesse this people had offended the God of heauen they could neuer haue preuailed against them as they did A ele●…n hundred thousand saith the Historie changed life with death and that within the circuite of a short time Thus haue we heard of Christes weeping ouer Ierusalem and the cause which moued him to weepe by which without farther application we may consider as Gregorie saith that their destruction is our admonition If the naturall braunches were cut off the wild may feare When Scipi saw Carthage burne hee wept being asked the reason for that saith he I know not what shall become of Rome who can but sorrow when he cals to mind that Ierusalem sometimes the Garden of the world is come to vtter desolation 5 For thrée causes did Christ our Sauiour wéepe and at three seueral times First Christ wept that wee should haue by so much the more our hope and confidence in him when wee sée him wéeping which procéeded of meere compassion Secondarily Christ wept to teach vs to weepe and bewaile our owne miserie as hee did the miserie of others Thirdlie he wept to shew vs when we should wéepe euen then when wee thinke our selues in greatest securitie At thrée times also did he wéep first in raysing Lazarus there he bewayled mans miserie Secondarily ouer Ierusalem there hee bewayled mans securitie Thirdly vpon the Crosse there hee bewayled mans infirmitie If our Sauiour Christ were séene to weepe in the presence of others wee may easily conceiue that secretly in the dayes of his flesh he often offered vp groanes as the Apostle speaketh with strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to deliuer him 6 Now what may we learne by this weeping loue of Christ Shall we sée saith Cassiodor the Prince himselfe wéeping and we in the meane while solace our selues in pleasure Is he a good childe that beholding his father sit in sackcloth and ashes will stand by laughing and sporting as nothing mooued Shall the Sonne of God wéepe for thy sinnes and wilt thou delight thy selfe in vaine mirth O Christian soule mourne a little when the house is on fire wee bring water when the soule is ●…lamed with vnlawfull desires wee bring the teares of repentance Call to minde that doctrine of Christ Blessed are they that mourne Harsh doctrine but sweetened with a ●…ssing It was the prayer of Saint Austen O God giue me the grace of teares And there is in godly mindes saith S. Ambrose a certaine delight to wéepe flendi voluptas The vnwise make but a sport of sinne sayeth Salomon their heart is as a barren land where all remembrance of God is forgotten but the wise man is conuersant in the house of mourning Pharaoh his host were drowned in the Sea as sinne and the works of sinne are in the teares of repentance Those who were diseased found cure in the troubled poole We lost our felicitie by delightfull eating and wee recouer our selues by mournfull chastening There is saith the wise man A time to reioyce and a time to mourne Many take their time of reioycing but cannot hit vpon the time of mourning O that we did knowe at the least in this our day those things that doe belong vnto our peace better is it to mourne heere then heereafter When wee are moued to mournfull passions let vs remember with how small pompe and pleasure Christ passed his time in the worlde who passed it in often weeping The two Kine carying the Arke they lowed all the way as they went and yet neuer stayed vntill they came to the place appointed we goe on wéeping in this vale of teares but yet kéepe on the way still vntill we come vnto our iourneyes end ●…nd then an ende of wéeping Heere as in Romah a voyce is heard of

haue Christians theirs Christ out passeouer is offered for vs therefore saith the Apostle let vs kéepe the feast They had a passeouer and wee haue a passeouer too they were deliuered out of the bondage of Egypt and we are deliuered from à bondage too they kept a solemne remembrance we haue as much cause as euer they had to kéepe a solemne remembrance too By their feast of first fruites the fiftieth day after the passeouer they held a holy assembly vnto God wee who haue receiued the first fruites of the spirit by the comming downe of the holy Ghost at the Feast of Penticost vpon the Apostles holde a holy assembly vnto the Lord also The other of our Christian feasts which concerne the chiefe points of our redemption as the birth of Christ his Circumcision the Epiphanie and his Resurrection from the dead haue so good vse in the Church as the ancient custome and Christian maner of the best and best learned that haue liued since the Apostles time is of more sufficiencie to make vs continue the godly vse thereof then all that the deuisers of nouelties are want to say to draw vs forced texts to the contrary Sathan is subtill and neuer more then when hee is changed into an Angell of light to take away a solemne remembrance of him who shed his blood for our redemption To passe ouer the memorie of his birth without any solemne and religious obseruation were the next way to make both dutie and loue ●…re colde in Christians and by little and little to forget all which wee may tremble to thinke Christ Iesus and all Wherefore wee cannot but muse whereunto that straunge spirit ●…d tend which was readie to ●…troule euery Christian constitution which eagerly sought the euersion of our solemne and Christian Feasts These wee kéepe sayeth Saint Austen least vnthankfulnes or forgetfulnes should grow vpon vs and therefore a sinne is it for men to spend their time and trouble the quiet of the Church in séeking to ouerthrow the Christian vse of solemne and seemely obseruations By our Feastes sayeth Tertullian speaking in the behalfe of Christians against the Heathen we sanctifie vnto God the memorie of his benefites Epiphanius taxeth Aerius for denying Christian solemnities they haue litle in them except boldnes which charge vs that our auncient rites come within the compasse of S. Paules reprehension You obserue times and seasons no no there is no such matter they are farre from fatall sur●…ises of constellation or any other Heathenish respects There is no such feare God be praysed in these séemly obseruations wherfore vnlesse wee sée them more strongly refuted then so that is to say by a few new names for our feasts there is no ca●… 〈◊〉 the Church should still cont●… them in Christian maner as she doth and so shall by the grace of God Christ our Sauiour himselfe hath honoured these times by his blessed birth his resurrection and ascension vp into heauen at which times we honour him as at all times so especially when we haue Feasts consecrated to a co●…emoration of his goodnes towards vs when we in loue assemble it is also a meane by honest recreation to encrease amitie amongst our selues 8 Sometimes wee celebrate the mention of the Martyrs and Saints of God who haue liued 〈◊〉 former times and this we doe by no other end but onely to set before vs examples of repentance of faith of piety Besides occasion is offered of assembling our selues in publike prayer which the oftner we do the great●… is our deuotion abuse taken may we sée the kéeping of these is a commendable and Christian custome 9 For the manner of keeping our Christian feasts of all sorts 〈◊〉 generall first the duties of deuotion as prayer hearing the word of God receauing the Sacraments require our speciall ●…e with these our laude and praise is offered vnto God and therefore of the learned they are ●●●ied in Hebrew Kaggei of reioycing secondarily at these times wee extend as wee may liberality vnto others and therefore saith Saint Austen festiuall times would haue liberality which make manie blesse God for his benefites Last of all these solemnities orderly obserued they doe sometimes call vs away from the wordinate carke and care of the world and moue in our hearts many good and comfortable thoughts in calling to mind the time will come When wee shall keepe a Feast of Feasts Chap. 26. Of Christes weeping ouer Ierusalem and what we learne thereby THat it went not with the sonne of God héere in earth as it did with King Salomon who spent his time in great royaltie in the world or as it is saide of Aristoxenus the philosopher who led all his life amidst instruments of musick we all know it fared otherwise with him who did seldome laugh in the world and the world as seldome laughed vpon him S. Luke tels vs of his sad iourney towards Ierusalem how he passed the way wéeping and what small delight he tooke in the peoples Hosanna or all the troupe about him for as it is mentioned while they were singing hee was mourning Christ was not mooued with that which was without but respects that which was within not that present but things to come moue him Hee casts vp his eyes to Ierusalem and beholding the Citie he had compassion vpon it and wept for it hee wept for them which would not wéepe for themselues Dauid saith Mine eyes gush out with water because men keepe not thy law Christes eyes gushed out with watry teares because they would not kéepe his lawe nay they would not accept his loue Hee saw the Citie and foresaw the ruine and miserie thereof He wept for it foreshewing the desolation which would be lamentable this he doth not so much by words as by teares 2 The prophets of olde haue sometimes spoken vnto the sons of men by sorrowfull signes Samuell when hee would manifest how Sauls Kingdome should be rent from him hauing the lap of his conte in his hand hee rent it in the middest Ezechiel to shew the destruction of the people takes a bricke stone and layes it before them and portrayes vpon 〈◊〉 the Ci●…e and layeth siege against it Christ at this time spake little but his teares prophesied great sorrow to come he came neare the Citie not so much in motion as in commiseration Dauid wept for Absolon saying Absolon Absolon O my sonne Absolon I would to God I had dyed for thee Christ did as much mourse for Ierusalem as euer Dauid did for Absolon Ierusalem Ierusalem I would to God I had dyed for thée no Ierusalem I am now going to die for thée O what should I doe vnto thée that I haue not done Many a time came Christ toward Ierusalem but hee neuer came weeping as now he did because Ierusalem was neuer so neare desolation 〈◊〉 ruine as now it was and therefore Christ neuer sorrowed more then nowe when

weeping and mourning heereafter they shall haue all teares wiped frō their eyes The prophet Ezechiel when hee came to sée the glory of the Lord in the Sanctuarie he was brought about by the North wee passe along by many sorrowes and then come to sée the goodnesse of the Lord in the land of the lyuing Of mournfull euents Ieremie said This is my sorrow and I will beare it causes of wéeping and wailing are somtimes offered Eli saide it is the Lord let him doe as it séemeth good vnto him hee that nowe goeth forth wéeping shall surely returne saith the Prophet Dauid bring his st●…aues with him those that a time mourne with Christ shall reioyce when the laughing world shall weepe Christ sowed in teares it was that wee all should reape in ioy Chap. 27. Of Christs passion his suffering vpon the Altar of the Crosse for the sinnes of the world and saluation of our soules how and with what deuotion all Christians should meditate thereof ALthough in meditating the holy vertues of Christ our Sauiour which worthily require our most deuotionate consideration wee are much moued I doubt it not yet when we begin to call to minde his passion then ought wee to be euen caried away from our selues by admiring his goodnes towardes vs And héere is it saide to deuoute soules as it was to the disciples in the Garden hic sedete sit yee here Let vs not say vnto Christ with the Iewes come down frō the crosse but let vs fastē our selues to his crosse Let vs goe with the blessed virgine to mount Calu●…rie and stand by a while beholding in mournfull manner what is done and when wee haue beheld vntill they haue done crucifying the sonne of God then with Ioseph and Nichodemus let vs take downe and annoynt his crucified body with the swéetest perfumes of prayers and prayse our hearts can yéeld putting it in the new Sepulcher of our holiest meditation of them who thus doe it may be saide as Dauid saide to those who brought him word they had honourably buried their maister Saule Blessed are you of the Lord the Lord recompence you this mercie The Lord to recompence them this deuotion that thus doe And blessed be they of the Lord c. who thus reuerence the Lord of Lords 2 And now to enter a while into the consideration hereof Christ lou●…dvs saith the Apostle and gaue himselfe a sweet smelling sac●…fice and oblation vnto God Wherein wee may consider these thrée thinges first the mouing cause to wit loue Christus dilexit nos Christ loued vs. Secondarily the offering which this loue caused him to offer Obtulit seipsum hee gaue himselfe Thirdly the end why hee gaue this offering Vt esse●… propitiatio Dei patris That hee might be a reconciliation for man with God the Father For the first to wit loue the mouing cause of all if a mother loue her child because it cost her paine neuer Mother bought her sonne with so great paine as Christ bought vs. What greater loue is there then for one to giue his life for his friend yet greater was thy loue O holie Sonne of God who gauest thy life for vs that were thine enemies Doubtlesse saith the Apostle one will scarce die for a righteous man and yet one is found to die for vs that were vnrighteous and then too when it was in his power to die or not to die These things may be cōsidered that his loue that loued sinners that the Sonne of God his loue to incite our affection to him hee th●… had not sinnes of his owne a signe he suffered for the sinnes of others The greatest perfection and force of loue say the Philosophers is the force vnitiue and this was neuer in any so forceable as in Christ when he would vnite vnto himselfe his Church or Congregation which accordeth with that of the holy Ghost Let a man so loue his wife as Christ loued the Congregation The wife is chargeable but farre more chargeable was the Congregation to the Sonne of God 3 For the offering it selfe it was himselfe Aaron and all his sonnes neuer made such an offering as this was he gaue himselfe a sacrifice Why was there nothing in heauen or earth that could haue béene offered else Was there no other sacrifice to be had but innocent Isaack Must none be approoued to make a reconciliation for man but the sonne of man was sinne then so heynous that nothing could ●…eanse the contagion thereof but the death of an innocent Lambe Stand and heare a little O sinfull man thy Sauiour himselfe speaking vnto thée For thy sake doe I suffer all this for thy sake doe I offer my selfe as thou séest a sacrifice vpon the Crosse all this doe I doe for the loue of thée thy sinnes are the thornes that pearced my head the speare that opened my side thy delicates was the vinegar and gall that I dranke thy libertie and loosenesse was the nailes that fastned mee to the Crosse sée whither thy sinne thy vanities O man haue brought mee Behold me suffering for thée to reconcile thée vnto my Father Doth hee not by this O Christian man enflame thée with his loue strengthen thée with his merite and comfort thy sorrowfull heart with his aboundant mercie if he were punished for vs then were we punishable of our selues When nowe iustice had taken place and began to waxe ●…ercer and fiercer amongst the rest of the people Aaron makes spéede takes the censer in his hand puts on fire goes quickly vnto the Congregation to make an attonement for them This attonement hath our Aaron made for vs all whē he offered no other offering then himselfe 4 What hath man more to offer or to giue then his goods his honour and his life all this hath Christ offered and giuen for vs his goods when he left his kingdome in heauen his honor when he was reproched of men his life when he yéelded vp the same for all vpon the Altar of the Crosse. But how many indignities did he suffer before he came to the accomplishment heereof when as like a méeke Lambe hee was caried and recari●…d from iudgement to iudgement when hee was mocked and scorned of all forts In his suffering it selfe wee may consider amongst whom where and when he suffered amongst whom euen his owne people Pilat saide Thine owne Nation hath deliuered thee vnto me Where at Ierusalem the Kings Citie and there without the gate of the same Citie in a place called Cal●…arie where théeues murderers were wont to suffer When was al this done but in the chiefest solemnitie of the Iewes at which time no ●…all concourse of people from all places were assembled might behold what was done accor●…ng to that O vos omnes qui transitis per viam attendite si est dolor sicut dolor meus O all you that passe by beholde and see if there were euer sorrow like my sorrow From