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Apples of gold from the tree of life with pictures of silver precious and pleasant, or such other pearls, as are added to the third impression, of The victory of patience ... / by R. Younge Florilegus.
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Younge, Richard.
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Wing Y137; ESTC R629
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report of the truth and such an one as St. Iohn to bear record for him he need not care though Diotrephes prattle as fast against them both with malicious words Latimer would rejoyce when any objected indiscretion against him in his Sermons saying He knew by that that they could not object against the matter it self As I think not my self either longer or shorter at morning or at noon because my shadow is so saith Politian no more am I lifted up nor cast down with mens flatteries or slanders Charles the fifth coming to Paris and being entertained with a Speech that tended much to his praise answered That the Orator rather taught him what he ought to be then told him what he was Good men will neither back-bite others nor give eare to back-biters of others Whence Austin wrote over his Table thus To speake ill of the absent forbeare Or else sit not at Table here Surgius and Bacchus two great Courtiers and blessed Martyrs being accused for Christians and commanded to offer unto the Idols refused to go into the Temple saying We O Emperour are bound to you onely in an earthly warfare you have no command over our souls God onely is Lord of them Paulinus Nolanus when his City was taken by the Barbarians prayed thus to God Lord let me not be troubled at the losse of my Gold Silver Honour c. for thou art all and much more then all these unto me When some bad stop Luthers mouth with gold and preferment one of his adversaries answered It is in vain he cares neither for wealth nor honour Yea when great gifts were offered him to a better end he refused them saying That God should not put him off with these things nor would he be satisfied with any thing that was here below Thou hast made us O Lord for thy selfe saith Austin and our hearts are unquiet till they come unto thee As what I have saith Bernard if offered to thee pleaseth not thee without my selfe so O Lord thy good things we have from thee though they refresh us yet they satisfie us not without thy selfe In Spaine they lived happily untill fire made some Mountaines vomit Cold but what miserable discords have followed ever since They offered to make Luther a Cardinall if he would be quiet No saith he I will not betray the truth by my silence if ye would make me Pope When they offered Basile money and prelerments to tempt him he answered Can you give me money that can last for ever and glory that may eternally flourish Again when Valence the Emperour sent to offer him large preferments and to tell him what a great man he might be he answered Offer these things to Children not to Christians Nor would any solicite them to doe ill did they rightly know them for what Cicero speaks of Cato viz. O gentle Cato how happy art thou to have been such an one that never man durst yet presume to solicite in any dishonest cause or contrary to duty may be applyed to every Beleever rightly so stiled The magnanimous Christian will lose his life rather then the peace of a good conscience like Iohn Baptist he will hold his integrity though he lose his Head for it And reason good for let a man but keep a good correspondence with God and his own conscience and then he may answer all frighting Alarms as he did when the Tyrant threatned him I will take away thy House yet thou canst not take away my Peace I will break up thy Schoole yet shall I keep whole my peace I will confiscate all thy Goods yet there is no premunire against my peace I will banish thee thy Country yet I shall carry my peace with me A Priest might enter into a leaperous house without danger because he had a calling from God so to do and we may follow God dry-shod through the Red Sea I more fear what is within me saies Luther then what comes from without The stormes and wind without do never move the earth onely vapours within cause Earthquakes Iames 4. 1. It is not the tossing of the Ship but the distemper of the stomacke that causeth sicknesse the choller within and not the waves without Whence Vespasian having conquered Ierusalem refused to have the Crowne set upon his head saying I indeed am the Rod in Gods hand but it is their sins onely that hath subdued them Ierome writes of a brave woman that being upon the Rack bad her persecutors do their worst she was resolved rather to die then lie The Prince of Conde being taken Prisoner by Charles the ninth of France and put to his choise whether he would go to Mass or be put to death or suffer perpetuall imprisonment answered The former I will never do by Gods grace as for the two latter let the King do with me what he pleaseth for God I assure my selfe will turne all to the best The Heavens shall as soon fall said William Flower to the Bishop that perswaded him to save his life by retracting as I will forsake the opinion and faith I am in God assisting me Iohn Noyes took up a Fagot at the fire and kissed it saying Blessed be the time that ever I was born to come to this preferment Never did Neckarchief become me so well as this Chaine said Alice Driver when they fastned her to the stake to be burnt Master Bradford put off his Cap and thanked God when the Keepers wife brought him word he was to be burned on the morrow and Master Taylor fetcht a friske when he was come neare the place where he was to suffer Henry and Iohn two Augustine Monks being the first that were burnt in Germany And Master Rodgers the first that was burnt in Queene Maries daiâ—s did all sing in the flames Vincentius as Luther reports made a sport of his torments and gloried when they made him go upon hot burning coales as if they had beene Roses Be of good cheere said one Martyr to her husband that was to suffer with her for though we have but an ill diner we shall sup with Christ And what said Iustine Martyr to his murtherers in behalfe of himselfe and his fellow Martyrs you may kill us but you can never hurt us And Francisco Soyit to his adversaries you deprive me of this life and promote me to a better which is as if you should rob me of counters and furnish me with gold The sooner I die quoth another the sooneer I shall be happy When Pyrrhus tempted Fabricius the first day with an Elephant so huge and monstrous a beast as before he had not seen the next day with money and promises of honour he answered I feare not thy force and I am too wise for thy fraud He will never fear to be killed who by killing is sure to be Crowned A Christians resolution is like that of Gonsalvo who protested to his souldiers shewing them Naples that he had rather die one foot forwards then
Conduits of excrement are the Sinke to draine away all noysome filth and keep the Kitchin clean his Braine is the Studdie his Eyes like Chrystall Windowes are clear and bright to let in all Objects and let out the sight his Senses are the Servants having every one a severall Office c. Or 2. Man is like a City his skin is the Walls his Eyes and Ears the Factors and Merchants his hands the Tradesmen his leggs the Portors his mouth the Gate his teeth the Portcullis his appetite the Cator his stomack the Larther or Kitchin digestion the Cooke expulsion the Scavenger his soule the Church conscience the Preacher reason and experience are the Common-Counsel memory is Mr. Recorder understanding the Governour his Senses are the Officers fortitude the Souldiers words the shot his brain is the Statehouse and his heart the Cittadel or Castle Or 3. Man may be likened to a Kingdome or Common-wealth his Head resembles the Prince his heart the Privy-Counsel in which understanding fits as President his Eyes are the Watch-men and Intelligencers his Ears the Iudges commutative justice the Law custome and experience the Iury-men or Free-holders the joynts resemble Concord and good Order the Sinewes Money his Arms and Hands the Souldiers and Tradesmen his Feet the Merchants his Tongue the Pleaders Conscience the Preachers the affections are inferiour Officers the Senses Servants the Belly like Idle persons Truth is or should be the Treasurer Reason and Religion Lord Chancellor memory Master of the Rowls c. Or 4. Man the Microcosme or little World is much like the great World or Universe his flesh resembles the Earth his bones the hard Rocks and Stones his spirits the Mineralls his haire the Grasse his breath is like the Aire naturall heat the Fire blood the Water his Liver the Sea his veines the Rivers his face the Firmament his eyes those two great lights of Sun and Moon his sinewes the Treasure and Wealth his five Senses the Sinck-ports his soul the Monarch his heart the Queene or Empress his head the Court or Senate house his brains the Counsel or Senate his reason the President his will the Law c. Or if you will thus Magistrates are the Armes of the World Counsellors the Brains Lawyers the Tongues the Rich the Stomacks the Poor the Backs Merchants the Feet Officers the Hands and Divines the Hearts c. His youth resembles the Spring his Manhood Summer his middle age Autumne his old age Winter and the like between the four humours in mans body and the foure quarters of the yeare The little World Man is so the Compendium and abridgement of all creatures that whatsoever is imprinted with Capitall Letters in that large volum as in folio is sweetly and harmoniously contracted in Decimo Sexto in the briefe text of man who includs all Planets have being not life Plants have life not sense Beasts have sense not reason Angels have being life reason not sense Man hath all and contains in him more generallity then the Angels viz. being with Planets Life with Plants sense with Beasts reason with Angels But the Beleever hath over and above Gods spirit and faith Nor does the rational so much excell the sensual as the spiritual man excels the rational Mat. 4. 16. 15. 14. Epes 4. 18 19. 5. 8. 1. Pet. 2. 9. And so according to my ability I have provided for my Reader something of every thing because no one thing wil please all It may serve eitheir as a Banquet of sweet Meats or as a publique feast for all commers to which I have added an aftercourse of Kickshawes for quesie stomacks that care for no better meat Let each man please himselfe that will be pleased and it shall not a little content me that I can give so good entertainment to so many Luk. 9. 14. to 18. at so cheap a rate in these hard times Imprimatur Tho. Gataker FINIS LONDON Printed by I. Bell for Iames Crump in little Bartholomewes Well-yard 1654. POSTSCRIPT to the READER THe Apostle that prefixt his name to thirteen of his Epistles held it meet to leave the same out of that to the Hebrewes And the same did I in publishing those two Tracts A small Map of the many Protestants and few Christians in England and Preparation to Conversion Sundry reasons induced me to think that it would be best so to do but as when a Pirate said to his fellowes Woe to us if we be knowne an honest man in the same Ship replyed And woe to me if I bee not knowne so fares it in this case For contrary to what was expected concealing my name proves no small hinderance to the sale of them Wherefore though I should count it a priviledge to be unknown to the envious since to be more obscure were to be more secure and so to the incorrigible because I am become their enemy for telling them the truth being now requested by the vendors of those Books I both own them â—s mine and withall assure the Reader that he shall not finde them inferiour to the former but rather as touching the subject more for his benefit which is the principal aime of Your affectionate Monitor R. Younge The PRINTER to the READER IT being observed that many meeting with some of this Authors Collections do earnestly enquire after the rest and that others and not a few think they have all of them when they have not a third part though they have many in number of his small pieces I think it not amiss to satisfie the one inform the other and save both any further labour by setting down the severalls And the rather for that the said Author intends now to take his work off the Loom or turn his Pinace into the Harbour by putting an end to this imployment as having said something if not sufficient in one or other of his Discourses to each soul seduced or afflicted their several names are A soveraign Antidote against all Griefe A short and sure way to grace and salvation A small Map of the many Protestants and few Christians in England A serious and pathetical Description of Heaven and Hell A hopeful way to cure that horrid sin of Swearing An experimental Index of the heart Apples of Gold from the Tree of Life Armour of proof against the Worlds envy scoffs and reproaches Charactors of the kindes of preaching Compleat Armour against evill Society First and Second part Cordial Counsell Gods goodness and Englands unthankefulness Preparation to Conversion The Drunkards Character with an addition The Arraignment of Covetousness and Ambition First and Second Part. The benefit of affliction The Victory of Patience The whole Duty of a Christian The Naturall Man anatomized The Cure of Misprision or Mistake The Cause and Cure of Ignorance Error Enmity c. The Pastors Advocate The Poors Advocate First and Second Part. The odious despicable and dreadfull condition of a Drunkard The Blemish of Government The Shame of Religion The Disgrace of Mankind with offer of help to drowning men The Impartial Monitor about following the fashions The Impartial and Compassionate Monitor about hearing of Sermons The Seduced Soul Reduced The Tryal of true Wisdome with how to become wise indeed The Prevention of Poverty and Cure of Melancholy The second part of the Pastors Advocate or the proof of a good Preacher Six remaining parts of the Poors Advocate An infallible way to become happy here and hereafter The first thirty are already published of the three last some few as being larger Discourses will ere long be printed Such as are printed in a small letter are sold onely by Iames Crump in Little Bartholâ—mews Wel-yard and Henry Crippes in Popes-head Alley