for to asswage A long-felt-paine by tedious Pilgrimage Not that by Death thou canst yet satisfie My yrefull Wrath or just Indignitie But thou by Death shalt finde a passage cleere To that Beatitude ungained here When this same Trunke of thine shall turne to Clay The Martyrs passion day was called of old Natalitium salutis Gen 3.15 Bid joyfull welcome to thy New-birth-day For Death shall be the Bridge for to transport Thy spotlesse Soule to my celestiall Court Then Courage Adam be not thou dismaid Wrestle with Sinne and Death be not afraid 'T is I will helpe thee in thy greatest Neede And raise a Saviour to thee from thy Seede Now thou art naked loe take here these Skinnes Cloath thee with them live to lament thy sinnes Phil. 3.9 Rom 13 14 1 Cor. 1.30 Lay holde on Christ to come by Faithfulnesse Who is thy Garment and thy Righteousnesse He shall defend thee from the parching Heat Of sinnes Contagion be it ne're so great And being cloathed with his Innocence Thou maist behold my Face with confidence Now looke into Thy selfe and see thy Fault Take heed thou do'st not after this revolt Ending his speech The Lord derides him thus â—ehold the man 's become as one of us Gen 3 2â— Which is as much as if the Lord had said â—ee what an alteration Man hath made Beholde what unto him doth now betide Chrys hom 18. in Gen. All through his Disobedience and his Pride And let his whole Posterity take heede How they reject my word by Adams deede GOD having cloath'd his Carkasse with a Skin Irena l. 3. c. 37. Armed his minde with hatred of his Sin Humbled his Soule with sorrow for his Vice Doth next exclude him out of Paradice And that he might not backe againe returne To eate the Fruite that he would have him shunne And live for ever as the word implies God sets the Cherubims before his eyes Gen 3.24 With them a Blade or Sword appearing rife To barre his passage to the Tree of Life That now beholding with perspicuous eye Tertul. in Marci l. 2. His former State past all recovery And he unable to redeeme the Losse Might now submit himself to beare the crosse And by his Faith upon that Life relie Iesus Christ eâ—tternall with the Father Which was with God from all Eternity Nay which was God and did assume our State That he might Man againe new renovate Whom God before all Ages did decree To be prefigur'd typed in this Tree Whom he in Wisdome did before provide To helpe him when this Tree was laid aside Now takes the Tree of Life from Adams sight Because he knew not how to use it right God did it both in Iustice and in Favour Chrys hoâ— on Gen. 1 That Man might thirst hunger for his Saviour Foreseeing in his divine providence His confidence in Christ. Epiphan â—ares 64 That it would further Adams confidence When he should be removed from that Tree Whereon his mind might run by Fantasie Yet had no power to give any Life Either to Him his Children or his Wife God did not feare that Man should live for ever When from the Tree of Life he did him sever But therefore he debarr'd him of the Tree Because he did abuse his Liberty Gen 2.17 One onely tree the Lord would have him spare And that same one the Man would not forbeare Therefore the Lord in his displeasure great Chrys Ib. Debarres him of that One which he might eat He had procured Death by tasting One Ieremy â—anch Beda â—amascen â—piph haeâ—â—s 64. â—hat is â—hen hee â—â—gan to â—â—te the â—â—â—bidden â—â—ite as â—â—th that â—â—ther â—â—â—l 90.4 Pet. 3 8 And might have liv'd in letting it alone Now having sinn'd the other will not serve Which was ordain'd before Life to preserve And had he eaten tree and fruit withall He should have still continu'd caducall For in That Instant he began to die Though for a while he liv'd in Misery Yet was his Life but a prolonged death Which soone did vanish from him with his breath That Adam did not die immediatly Behold the Lords unequall'd Clemency To whom a thousand yeares is but a day Respecting his Eternity for aye Yet he confounds not Times rotundity But counts each day in perfect mensity â—â—â—l 147 4 Who can the Number of the Starres declare But he that made them in particular Or who can tell the drops of raine that fall 〈◊〉 37 11 But he whose Influence giveth Sap to all The Fowles of Heaven Haires upon our head Mat. 10 30. To us unnumber'd he hath numbered Numbers which unto us are infinite Compar'd to God are found but definite Isay 40 17 Gen. 5 5 Say Adam liv'd nine hundred thirty yeares Yet breath'd he not a Day as it appeares A thousand yeares did his olde age surmount And this is but a Day in Gods account Psal 90.4 No Creature ever liv'd this Day compleat Hee lived 969. Gen. 5 27 The neerest was Methusalah the great Yet since his time our age doth so decay That scant we live One-hower of this day THe life of Man is as a Spiders Webbe Note Or like a Sea decaying in his Ebbe Or like unto a little Sparke of Fire Which in a minute doth it selfe expire Man is a temporary Loane of life A debt of Death a Creature full of Strife An Inne a Receptacle soyled Cell Chrys in his tract upon the 7 verse of the 39 Psalme Wherein his Passions for a time doe dwell An abject object of dire misery A very Habit of Infirmity A Subject whereon Griefe predominates An empty Caske which Sinne contaminates A tottering Reede which easily is broke A scatter'd Cloud a transitory Smoke To day in health amongst his Bags of gold To morrow dead most ghastly to behold To day in 's study casting up his Summes To morrow he is cast unto the wormes To day with his Associates making cheere To morrow borne by them upon a Beere To day in glory tended on in state To morrow left without associate To day attired in a purple Robe To morrow by mischance as poore as Iob To day in honour full of Majesty To morrow thrust from all his dignity Adam as yesterday in Eden plac't Gen. 3.24 Was by the Cherubims expulst in hast Herom tradit Hebr. in Gen. MAny there are that by the Cherubims And firy Sword shooke by the Seraphins Doe understand nought else but Phebus heat In that same space wherein his power is great They understand it for the torrid Zone Pointing upon the Indian-Horizone Others doe take it for materiall-Fire Which should environ Paradise entire And as a Wall incircling it about With such like horrour for to keep him out Aquinas Kupertus Lyra. Some take it for the fire of Purgatory And stand on their opinion peremptory But these and all the rest the text confutes And
BARTAS JVNIOR OR THE WORLD EPITOME MAN Set forth in his 1. GENERATION 2. DEGENERATION 3. REGENERATION MICAH 7 8. Rejoyce not against me ô mine enemy when I fâ—â—â— shall rise when I sit in darknesse the Lord shall light unto mee LONDON â—â—inted by W. I. for Francis Coules and arâ— to be solde at his shoppe in the Olde â—â—ylie neere to Newgate 1631. TO THE READER Gentle Reader IT is almost 12 yeares since I finished this subjects and now by the importunity of a learned friend divulged That câ—nctation is my blemish thy dislike but surely dislike the subject thou wilt not yet if thou doe not approve and dislike it thou art not thy selfe Thou art my subject comprized in Adams loynes In thy first estate I present thee like Ovids Cornucope stored with all the fecundity of blessings blessed man can beare In thy second and worse estate like Pandora's boxe stored with all the fecundity of miseries that wretched man shall beare In thy first estate I know thou wilt approve thy selfe in being the Image of God made perfect holy immortall In the second I suppose thou wilt dislike thy selfe being made imperfect unholy mortall Man that is in honour and understandeth not is like the beasts that perish Psal 49.21 Dislike or approve doe which thou wilt doe both I am 〈◊〉 EDVV COOKE THE JNDVCTION BEfore the Lord distinguisht time or place Each creatures forme lay open to his face And in the presence of their Maker were That is iâ— his eternal Idâ—â—a Though not then extant as t' us now they are For his all-seeing Essence was the glasse In which he saw what after came to passe Yet he that view'd them in one onely act Zanchy Gen 1 â—0 And in one Chaos did them all compact Would not in one day but in sixe dayes space Make them apparent in their proper place That Man might know it was his will and pleasure To order them in Number Weight and Measure In this eternall powerfull operation Gods transient operation ouâ— of himself Which GOD did explicate in the Creation Out of himselfe as Transient unto us He shew'd his love and mercy plenteous But in his owne worke wrought internally He doth reveale more power and mystery That same internall secret power is it Of this power St. Augustiâ—â— speakâ—â—â— to Mâ—â—â—â— miâ—â—â— By which he did the Word his Sonne beget VVhich worke continues and is never done And yet he hath begot a perfect Sonne Much like the Beame which from the Sunne doth rise Alwayes begot yet perfect to our eyes But his externall worke my Muse must show As transient from himselfe to things below And passe his inselfe-worke so infinite To speake somewhat of this so exquisite Psal 104.24 Made with such wisedome and variety As did expresse the Makers Deity BARTAS JVNIOR THe glorious Earth was fruitfull without rain Gen. â— â—1 The creeping Serpent suffered then no paine The irefull Adder had no power to sting Leviathan was then a harmelesse thing The Wolfes and Lyons with the Lambe did play Isay 11.6 7 No creature then became the others prey The great vast Sea no vigour had to rage August de Civit. Dei l. 14. c. â—6 No force had Nature then to bring old age The Thornes and Bryers they did trouble none Perfection was the end that made them knowne Then scarce and rare these served for to show The Wisedome of our GOD in things below Ps 2. â—â— The Trees were greene and grow without plantation Gen. 1.11 12. Iob 26.7 The Earth was firmely laid without foundation The heavenly Orbe was fil'd with harmony The lower-Region had like sympathie The beast with man most friendly did agree And man with GOD had blessed company He fram'de and finish'd the whole hoste of heaven Psal 33. â—â— He made them All of Nothng streight and even He did the Angels and Archangels make Col. 1.16 And having made them he no rest did take He never rested till the Man was made And then he rested when his Bed was laid The Center of mans heart he made his nest And there in mercy did vouchsafe to rest Heavens Earth and Sea each sublime terrene thing Psal 33.6 Fiat lux One onely Fiat unto passe did bring But Man the last of creatures then to be Imploy'd to make him the whole Trinity In him their sacred image may be found A Trinity in Vnity profound Which from his soule most severall doth arise 1 Minde 2 Will 3 Worke of power all from one soule As Minde Will Worke Three royall faculties His Minde conceiving well doth represent The Fathers royall person excellent Who being God as Father did beget His onely Sonne which worke continues yet The Image of the Trinity in the soule of man His Wills Affection being gain'd or reapt Or else begotren of the Mindes conceipt Resembles well as we from it may gather The Sonne of God begotten of the Father The power of Worke done and in action still Proceeding from his Minde and from his Will Resembleth well the Holy Ghost as one Proceeding from the Father and the Sonne As these three Persons make but one-sole God Not three Gods but one God Not three soules but one soule Distinct in Office and yet not at odde So these three faculties not three Soules make But from the Soule doe their Existence take And as no Person in the Trinity In time precedes others in dignity But onely in their order so are brought The Son is not the Father neither is the holy Ghost the Sonne For some externall worke upon us wrought Distinct in office and in Personall state Yet in the Worke all-three cooperate So neither in this one Soules act within Did Minde in time before his Will begin Or power of Worke in time as after brought For that begins before the thing is wrought But in respect of order properly Existing with the Soule immediately But as an Image pictur'd to the sense Comes short of that whom neere it represents And can no whit attaine to that perfection Whereof it is an Image by reflection So Man comes short of the blest Trinity Though in himselfe he beares th' Imagery When he was made this creature wanted name When it was given he receiv'd the same Not from his Goodnesse Wisedome rationall Adam doth signify Reaâ— earth But from the earth his Parent Naturall Which name not taken from his dignity Taught him a lesson of humility Nay in that name though he Immortall were A mortall Character he then did beare Though death were farre off in propinquity And he enjoy'd all with tranquillity The Tree of life to serve him for his meate August de Civit. Dei l. 14. c. 26. The Angels as his guard while he did eate A body of so sound a constitution As should have kept him from all dissolution Yet if he fell he should be as his name And so returne to earth
calls them Cherubims to end disputes Others with the text in this agree And call them Angels as indeed they be But going forward without wit or sense They drown'd their judgement by this inference Saying these Cherubs did not watch and ward â—orer tom 1. l. 6. cap. Onely from Man the Tree of Life to guard But likewise for to keepe the Divell backe Lest he should take it when as Man did lacke And having life which that Tree did afford Should proffer it to Man to be ador'd A foolish and ridiculous conceit Of which the superstitious Scholemen treat Quest on Gen. 40. Theodoret a Father did surmise Them onely Apparitions in the skies But from him all the Fathers disagreed Maintaining them for Cherubims indeed Which there continued as God thought good Till Adams death or after till the Flood Epiph. hares 64. Then ceasing left some little glimpse behind That we the place of Paradice might find And by the Fiery-blade they understand A two-edg'd Sword put in the Cherubs hand Such a flame iâ— to be seen in Babyloâ— Plin l. 2. 〈◊〉 106. supposed to bee the place of Paradise Numb â—â— 1 Chro 2â— 16. Which blazing as a Comet to the eye Made Adam to desist from comming nigh And usually the Cherubs did appeare With a two-edged Sword producing feare 'T was Such a one met Balaam in the way And made his Asse to speake and him to stay 'T was Such a one King David did beholde After the Plague when he the people tolde And Such a one as ordered slew outright All the first-borne in Egypt in one night Such did appeare to holy-men with wings Exod. 12 29. Esay 6.6 Exo. 25 1â— Bearing the mandates of the King of Kings Such God by his appointment out did marke To have their Figures placed in the Arke Such onely doe delight in Gods aspect And doe rejoyce to further his elect One of them flies with more than winged speed To helpe good Hezekiah in his need 2 Kings 1â— 39. And of Senach'ribs Host destroyed then One hundred foure score and five thousand men Another comforts Hagar in her flight Gen. 21 17 Tob 11 7 Gen. 19 16 And one restores Tobias to his sight Two Both at once assisted righteous Lot When out of Sodome he in safety got A multitude of Angels fills the Clouds And makes the Aire shrill with beatitudes While all the Creatures are restor'd to favour Angels to Man Man to his God and Saviour What glorious exultations doe they vent Luke 15 7 If One ungodly Sinner but repent How doe they guard our Persons and our State From the devouring mouth of Chance and Fate If we be sicke they comfort us in love With the celestiall Paradise above If we be troubled with adversity Psa 91.11 12. They cheere us up to beare it patiently Waking through Gods permission they doe save When danger brings us almost to the grave Sleeping they doe protect us from that foe Which would both soule and body overthrow If dead unseene full solemnly they come Luk 16 22 Bearing our soules to Abrahams bosome The wicked'st person breathing on the earth Hath One attending on him from his birth Guarding his body from that accident To which through Sinning it is incident Mat. 18 10 1 Cor. 15 52. Mat 24 31 Mar 13 27 1 Thes 4 16. The righteous person he hath two or three According as his danger seemes to be Millions of Angels shall attend the Iust At the last day to bring them from the dust When that all-sounding Trumpet shall be blowne To summon all the World to Heav'ns high throne Then they that sleepe in Earth in costly tombes Inclosed safe as in their mothers wombes Opprest with weight of many Marble Stones And overcloy'd with skulls and dead mens Bones Shall cast them off I off as things too light And all appeare before their Makers sight Rev 20 13 The Sea shall likewise regive up her dead Which her vast Ocean once devoured And all againe shall the same shape assume Note Which God and Nature gave them in the Wombe Onely this shall accrue the Property They must be changed in the Quality That which was sowne a carnall must arise A spirituall body without fallacies 1 Cor. 15.44 Ibid v. 43 Acts â— 1â— Luk 21 27 1 Thes 4.15 16 17 That which was sowne in Weaknesse in that hower Must with a Word be raised up in Power Then shall our best beloved Saviour come To judge the world in this great day of Doome Met by the last surviving Saints that are With shoutes and sounding clamours in the ayre Whil'st all the world lyes frying in a Flame And hath no water for to quench the same Whil'st wicked Soules shall gnash their teeth and grin Luk 13 18 With howling noyse affrighted with their Sinne. Cursing the day that brought them to this lucke Cursing the Pappes that first did give them sucke Cursing the first occasion of their Fall Cursing Themselves and cursing God and All Rev 16 11 Rev. 6 16 Wishing with all their hearts that mountaines might Defend them from this great Avengers sight Who then as Scripture perfectly denotes â—hall separate these barren Carrion Goates Matth. 25 32 From fruitfuil Sheepe whose vertue did afford â—lenty to Man and Goodnesse to the Lord. Who gave him Drink to drink when he was thirsty Chrys on this same text Mar 25 32. Zenchy Who gave him Meat to eat when he was hungry Who gave him Clothes in his necessity â—ho shew'd their Faith by perfect Charity â—n distributing Almes unto the poore â—n taking Orphanes straying by the doore Esay 58 â— Ezek 18 â— â—n helping Widdowes in their great distresse 〈◊〉 pleading gratis for the Fatherlesse Mat. 25 For this they shall possesse their Masters joy Which passeth all the slights of mans annoy Mal. 4 3 For this their Foes shall all be trampled downe And they receive an everlasting Crowne Rev 14 11 For want of this the Wicked are in Hell And with the Divells lastingly must dwell Where they receive infinite penalties For their unsatiate sinne and cruelties Bernard Note Not till a Wren may drinke the Ocean dry For then they might expect recovery But this word ever cuts off all reliefe And makes it prove an everlasting griefe A griefe though certaine yet inutterable A griefe to Mortalls most insufferable Luk 16 26 A griefe of griefes surpassing all their paine To be debarr'd of comming forth againe Parsons in his resolution A griefe to thinke how happy they had bin If they had not committed Such a Sin A griefe to see those persons Angeliz'd O're whom so often they once tyranniz'd A griefe unable of them to be borne Psa 7 13 Isay 26 10 When God and Angels laugh at them with scorne A greater griefe excluded from His Face To be included in so vile a Place Mat 8 12 Rev
House and all are slaine Thus dyed their Conquerour whom they resigne Now being dead Iudah must be the Signe â—udg 15.23 OLD men of Iudah you doe represent New Caiphas the Roman President Who did betray deliver Christ your Saviour As you did Sampson for Philistins favour 1 Ioh 4.9 But they for Malice He had broke his bands Escap'd you all had not Love bound his hands And made him sicke with Love that he must die And equall Sampson in Analogie ANALOGY CHRIST â—udg 13 7 â—at 2 23 â—hil 2 7 â—ev 5 5 â—uke 2 32 â—zek 16 â—â—dg 16 â—â—ke 23 2 â—â—t 27. AN Angel brings the advent of his birth And he must be a Nazaren on earth The mighty God must be a Man indeed Espoused to the Gentiles Iudah's Seede Affects a Harlot-Church defil'd with sinne Committing whoredomes as that Philistin Whose falshoods did betray as Sampsons wife When none but they would kill the Lord of life To Egypt he must goe from Egypt turne Hâ— Mâ— Iuâ— That God from Egypt may recall his Sonne As Sampson from Rocke Etam when he came Call'd by the Iewes in their Iehovah's name Strong Iudah's Lyon must subdue alone The roaring Lyon the devouring one Rev 5 5 1 Pet. â— 8 Iudges 14 And beare the Hony-combe as did the Other To his supposed Father Virgin-Mother Absent himselfe to solace with his Love Luke 2 46 And then his Parents find him with his Dove Posing the Doctours in their Synagogue Luke 4 16 Luke 6 9 Mark 12 1 Mat. 12 40 Iudg 14 12 Acts 2 23 Mat 11 42 Ioh 10 2â— Out of the Prophets and the Decalogue They heare him speake in Parables expound The riddle of his Ionas gulpht not drown'd Meate from the Eater sweetnes from the strong He orders sinne to save that did the wrong The Builders must refuse the Corner-stone He the great Builder will not lose his owne The Rocke of their defence is permanent And Sion in her Christ is excellent Psa 45 13 Cant 8 10 He hedgeth her within on ev'ry side And in his Vineyard she doth still abide He Master of his Vineyard makes her wise Cant 8 12 To put in practise what he shall advise And then the Doves like foxes joyn'd in one Destroy the Vineyards of the Evill-One Seeme to performe their promise and doe foyle The crafty-One repay him with the spoyle Christs blood must satisfie for our desarts Rent the partition wall into two-parts Eph 2 4 1 Cor 1â— 55 Eph 4. â— Luk 23. â— Breake bands of Hell and Death ascend on high And beare Hell gates away triumphantly Offer his soule to God restraine his Power Thirsting for our Salvation and the Hower To be conducted to the Iudgement-Hall There crown'd a King with thornes blinded withall MEDITATION 1. MVst Light be darkned must the totall-eye Of all the world be hoodwinkt e're he dye Like Sampson be the Millhorse of their miâ—tâ— To turne about that turneth all the earth VVithout a hand with hands be strucke explaine What hand did strike or else blindfold againe To make them laugh who was a Man of sorrow Put to their Mill to grinde found dead ere Morrow Strong in his death their Temple for to rue So brought more Soules to Life than Sampson slew MEDITATION 2. MVst Life be slaine must perfect righteousnesse Be doom'd to death by abstract wickednesse Must Glory be defil'd the Iudge of all Iudged by Man who was the Criminall No marvell though the Course of Nature faild And the Celestiall Creatures so appal'd That they did cease to worke but waxed wan When they beheld our dying Pellican Lord worke like Change in Me o'returne Me too That Christ may build me up and make me New MEDITATION 3. THou Sampson of my Soule convince my Sinne And make me loathe this loathsome Philistin That seekes to captivate my yeelding Will That I may be his Death that seeks to kill Oh let the Power of thy strength appeare That this same Philistin may die for Feare But let me live in Christ that Christ in Mee May conquer Death and then I shall be free FINIS
wisdome have excluded quite Her fond entising with the fruits delight By Gods law Deut. 13.6 And then betooke himselfe unto his will To have remained firme and constant still Now being to returne from his revolt He doth confesse the Act but not the Fault Question But was the Woman of her husbands minde Could she be gracelesse faithlesse sencelesse blinde Surely She would her faulty sinne confesse Because She made her Husband to transgresse Answer Alacke she was found tardy in the Fact And did conceale the Fault but not the Act. Examine but her weake Simplicity And you shall finde her sly Hypocrisie Consider but her drift and how she spake And what a slight Confession she did make Put these together in an even eye And wonder at her strange Audacity God summons her unto the Iudgement-seate Gen 3.13 She on the Serpent layes the guilt most great As if the Serpent had compell'd her to it When freely of her selfe her Will did doe it God will not in his Iustice put it up But with affliction hath filld full her cup And in a right-set order he will render An exact Punishment on Each offender And now because the Serpent was the first For whose offence the Creatures were accurst For whom the Earth and Heav'ns must all expire 1 Pet 3.7 And at the length consumed be with fire He first is punisht unto his desert That did their glory by his guile subvert The Divell Gen 3.14 Curst shalt thou be above each thing alive The Cattell Beast the Creature vegetive Vpon thy panting belly thou shalt glide And ever feede upon the Dust Beside Betweene her Seede and Thine I will set strife Which shall continue ever with their life Thou shalt in One full many sorrowes feele For he shall breake thy head thou bruise his heele The olde Serpent Thus God in mercy in This-Ones correction Remembers Adam of his Soules-refection And in the plaguing of his Enemy That is Christ Exod 34.6 Ier 23 6. Points him out One for his delivery So just is God withall so mercifull So wise so good so true so bountifull That in his Wisdome He Himselfe will give Rather than Man shall thus in Bondage live And being true and just he doth condemne The subtill Serpent that seduced them Who was compeld thereto against his will VVhom God afflicteth as the Cause of Ill. â—imile Even as a Father that beholds his Childe In hazard of his life by weapon spoyld â—hrysost in â—en hom 7. Doth in his passion to the weapon runne And breakes the same for hurting of his Sonne So God in Iustice for a good intent â—ote this VVill plague this Fault though in the Instrument God did not aske the silly Serpent why He gull'd the Woman by his Treachery Because he knew him for a brutish creature â—Vho had no hand in plotting their defeature â—eing the Divels Instrument therein â—evoid of reason senselesse of the Sinne Calvin on Gen 3. Yet for because he was in it the Actour He must be punisht as a Malefactour Vpon his panting Belly he must goe VVhich was his pleasure once but now his woe A crooked Shape annexed to the same Iob â—6 13 Because through him our crooked Folly came His spotted Skinne must move astonishment Which was a rare and comely ornament And be casheer'd from Mans society To live by him in open Enmity Gen. 3.14 â—ut this addes more to his extremities â—he other creatures are his enemies â—hey for his inbred-malice will detest him â—nd seeke occasion ever to molest him â—eset with such a crue of Enemies â—e must indure extreame neeessities â—ometimes he feedes on Frogs on Birds on Flies Arist hist animal l. 8. c. 4. â—pon dead Carrion which before him lies â—ut frighted from it he full often must â—itten by Famine prey upon the Dust â—o fearefull of the creatures to be found Plin. l. 8. c. 39. That he delights to dwell within the ground â—ut if he can by any Wile or Chance â—hrough Mans owne Folly or Gods sufferance â—â—rprise him sleeping without full defence â—eing then subject to his violence â—e will not spare to venture life and lim â—o he may ruine or indammage him â—nd Man on t'other side all slghts will try â—ow to avoid and kill this Enemy Gen 3 14 So odious hath God made Him unto Man More then Behemoth or Leviathan Reve. 12.9 Reve. 20.2 But for the other Serpent-mysticall The Divels person Diabolicall As he was cursed in his fall before So in offending he is cursed more August de gen cont Manech 2.17 Curst above all the creatures that have life In that he first occasioned their strife Curst above every creature void of sense In that they smarted so for his offence Therefore he must partake the greater woe Because from him each creatures curse did flow Gen. 3.14 Dust he must eate here is his penury Denoting out his endlesse misery Cyprian in Symbol Past all recovery to his former state From which he did himselfe precipitate Because he being made in all perfection Aug. Tract in Ioh Evang 2.20 Inferiour to no creature till 's dejection But number'd was in that celestiall Traine VVho had as much as Creatures could containe VVhat state in Mercy could God bring him to Than that which formerly his Sinne did rue Man having sinn'd against the Lords injunction Might well be rais'd unto the Angels Function But Satan could no other state exceed Vnlesse he had beene made a God indeed Heb 6.4 5 6. Ibid. 10 27. Besides he sinn'd against that blessed Spirit That gave him all those graces to inherit And he despairing of Gods mercy fell VVithout provokement to the pit of Hell 1 Pet 2 4. Rev 20 10 VVhere he tormenting of the wicked lies VVhom God will suffer never more to rise For the fal of Adam VVhom he hath curst anew for this same deed To plague him greater in the Womans-seede When Christ in Iudgment shall with Vengeance come Iude v. 6. And more torment him in the Day of Doome NOw he is curst above all Beasts and Cattell Speaking of the time then present Immediately after the curse this decree of God took effect Now all the Saints are ranged in a Battell â—ow their Commander Saviour Christ doth goe â—o give him battell and an overthrow â—he glorious Martyrs are his Ancient-bearers The Saints his souldiers and his best obeyers The Angels are his Sentinels and stand To doe what ever he shall them command â—is Flagge before him is both white and red â—etokening his deare blood that should be shed â—is Scutch'on is his Crosse the Motto life â—o him that undertakes this godly Strife O This is He that hath subdu'd thy might Meaning Satans to whom the Authour speakes Col. 1.13 Fulgent de Praedest c. 13. â—issolv'd thy Power with thy Malice quite â—estored Adam to better State â—hen what he
had or once lost by thy hate This same is he that had restor'd our losse Whose Heele was bruised once upon the Crosse When as his Body there was crucifi'd â—nd by that death unjustly vilifi'd Whose Heele is bruised in his Members still When by oppression thou dost worke them ill â—ut he it is that will defend the just Psal 7.9 â—nd choke thee with the Wicked as with Dust. And thou O Satan Gen 3.5 who didst thus beguile â—ur Father Adam onely with a Wile â—rt in like manner by our Saviour tooke â—nd like a Fish ensnared with a Hooke Simile â—hrists-Person was the Sea his Crosse the Angle â—hereon so greedy thou thy selfe didst tangle â—nd thoughts in making of our Saviour dye â—o have prevail'd and got the Victory But thine owne Stratagem hath wrought thy woe And Christ hath giv'n thee thy just overthrow Thou on the baite of his Humanity Wast finely caught by his Divinity Col 2.15 Which like a Hooke doth hold thee now in awe Delivering all his Saints from out thy lawe Making his Presence fearfull in the Grave Psa 68.18 Leading Captivity a Captive Slave And having pacifi'd his Fathers wrath As he to Adam plighted in his troth He now performes it making His to tread Without all feare upon thy broken Head And having thus the Bridle in his hands He cuts thy pow'r quite off as Hee commands He makes Thee subject unto his controule Iob 2.6 And bids thee hurt the Body not the Soule A holy Iob thou overcome canst not No nor in Sodome hurt a righteous Lot Dan. 6.22 A faithful Daniel thou couldst not devoure Though to the den thou brought'st him by thy poweâ— 1 King 22 35. Seduced Achabs heart thou mightst not move Till thou hadst got some warrant from above Exod 7.11 And Egypts Rodde inverted to a Snake By thee was done for wicked Pharohs sake Mat 8 30. Thou could'st not enter in the Heard of Swine Vntill that Christ by leave had made them thine Thou canst not take from faulty Man a haire If God be willing that thou should'st forbeare Iob 1.12 Thou maist not hurt a Beast much lesse a Man Without permission from the Lord that can Psal 11 5. He by his Goodnesse in his Wisedome tryes The Faith of Men by their Calamities Thou by thy malice do'st some things apply To make them desp'rate in their misery God by Affliction seekes to better them Iob 36.4.1.11 â—hou by their Troubles to infetter them â—od by Adversities doth make them fit â—or heavenly Paradise where th' Angels sit â—hou by thy Sinne their heavenly Ioy would quell â—nd make them as Thy selfe a Brand of Hell â—or this thou art accurst despis'd and hated Gen 3 14. â—f all the Creatures whom the Lord created For this the Angels are thy enemies The holy Saints of God doe thee despise â—he Martyrs are the Duells for to fight â—he Lords owne battells in their Saviours right Acts 7 â—9 〈◊〉 holy Stephen stoned is to death 〈◊〉 blessed Iames expireth next his breath 〈◊〉 pious Peter crucifi'd and dead â—nd under Nero Paul must lose his head 〈◊〉 heavenly Marke is tug'd into the fire â—nd stones must good Matthias life expire 〈◊〉 blessed Andrew must partake the Crosse â—nd Philips death like His makes up the losse Converting Matthew preaching without feare â—as for King Hercan murder'd with a speare â—â—me had their bowells from their bodies stript â—â—me were with Piersers pier'st with wyres whipt â—ome had their tender skinnes with Rasors flead â—nd some tormented were with boyling Lead â—ne on a Gridiron broyles without lament â—nother by a roaring Lyon rent 〈◊〉 third is cast unto a raving Beare â—ut what men would destroy wilde Beasts will spare 〈◊〉 young stout Martyr they refuse to hurt â—hough he were weaponlesse and in his shirt â—nd good Blandina they forbeare to wrong â—hough on a Gibit she did hang so long Dan 3 25 The Fire will lose his operation quite And doe no harme even in the Tyrants sight And boyling Oyle doe what Domitian can Will not so much as hurt or blemish Iohn Such power hath God in his ability Theodorus the Martyr did confesse it To shield his Martyrs from thy tyranny Making those torments which they did sustaine To be a Pleasure to them not a Paine This he can doe who all things doth uphold Making his Martyrs willing strong and bolde Gen. 3.15 Thus are his Saints incourag'd to the warre To glut thy malice and maintaine the Iarre VVhich must by Gods decree continue sure Rev. 13.7 Till our Corruption can no more indure Meane while unto thy tortures Saints submit Thou dost them hurt yet but their heeles dost hit That is their Outward part Soules maist not touch For God doth keepe them and affects them much But They by Prayers and a Life well led Shall still dissolve thy Pow'r breake bruise thy Heaâ— Câ—rys hom in Gen. 17. GOD having thus in Iustice plagu'd the Serpenâ— Doth now proceed unto the other Agent And finding that the Woman did concur In Sinne with him and Adam too with her God will not let them goe unpunished Though by a Divell they were vanquished And now for all their fine Callidity Their fond excuses in Absurdity Gen 3.12 13 To hide their Fault and lay it on another Thinking their Guilt the better thus to smother Numb 32 23. God findes it out and layes it to their eyes As Physicke to a sicke-mans Maladies And mingling Mercy with Severity Note this And likewise with his Iustice Clemency â—e doth but give them temporall Punishment â—hat they might feele a Fathers Chastisement â—â—d being almost loth to punish them â—e makes a stand first to admonish them â—nd after by degrees takes fit occasion â—o punish and to give them Consolation â—he while he leades them to the Den of Sadnes â—non he brings them to the House of Gladnes One while he curses and againe he blesses Gen. 3.14 And in a manner thus his love expresses It pittieth me to see you thus distressed Ezek. 16.6 Isay 43 25 Hosea 13.14 Dan. 9 26 Ier. 23.5 6 Isay 7.14 Idib 9.6 1 Cor. 15.49 Ezek 36 25. Isay 1.18 Eph. 4.22 Chrys l. 1. de ProvideÌ„â— Gen. 3 16. Luther on Gen 3. Bernar hom on Gen. 3. Gen. 1.28 â—t grieves my heart and you shall be redressed 〈◊〉 will redeeme you you shall live againe My onely Sonne shall for your sakes be slaine â—â—hovah shall Himselfe your Nature take And so restore you for my Promise sake â—nely believe feare not in any case â—hough you by Sinne have weakened much my grace â—et I againe your Nature will renue Although my Image be decaid in you Meane-while thou Woman shalt for thy offence Receive this Burthen for thy recompence â—hou shalt in Sorrow by Conceptions beare â—hildren on Children to increase thy Care â—hou shouldst not so in thy first