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death_n	body_n	natural_a	soul_n	9,727	5	5.7294	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01955	The trumpet of vvarre A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the seuenth of Maie 1598. By M. Steph. Gosson parson of great Wigborow in Essex.	Gosson, Stephen, 1554-1624.	1598 (1598)	STC 12099; ESTC S112458	41,167	110

power is finite and Gods power is infinite Psalme 89. O Lorde of hoastes who is like vnto thee which art a mightie Lorde Dauid acknowledges him to haue such a power as cannot bee matched Ephesians 1. 19. Paul desires God te lighten the eyes of their vnderstanding that they may knowe what the exceeding greatnesse of his power is towardes them that beleeue In Arithmetike set one against tenne ten against a hundred a hundred against a thousand a thousand against tenne thousand although there be great oddes yet there is some comparison but if you could set downe an infinite number then there could be no comparison at all because the one is finite the other infinite so is it betwéene the power of God and man sette all the Princes of the earth in opposition against God they shall neuer bee able to withstand him Pompey was wont to say that with one stampe of his foote hee could haue all Italy in armes God may say that with one stampe of his foote hee can ouerthrow all Italy and all the worlde beside when it is in armes Psal 68. 1. Let God but arise his enemies shall bee scattered and they that hate him shall flie before him God is said Psa 149. to bind kings in chaines and their nobles in fetters of iron if he once fal into fettring of princes it shal be done so sure that no flesh shal be able to knock off their bolts again P● 147. God is reported to make fast the bars of your gates If he once make the barres of your gates fast trust to it they shall be so fast y ● no preparation of the inuader shall breake them open We haue thrée rules in Philosophie that will make this plaine vnto you The first is that where there be two agents a superiour and an inferiour the inferiour can neuer ouercome the superiour because the superiour is more actiue Wée say in Philosophie that that is most actiue which is most seperated from earthly parts most eleuated à materia The phisition distilles his simples into waters hee makes his extractions and quintessences that the more they bee eleuated à materia they might be the more actiue and worke the better Water is stronger then earth because it is more actiue and more eleuated à materia Fire is stronger then water because it is yet more actiue and eleuated à materia You shall finde it in the sacrifice of the Prophet where the fire lickt vp the water burnt the wood and consumed the sacrifice Angelles are stronger then men because they are much more eleuated à materia God is stronger then the Angelles because hee is most eleuated hée is aboue earth aboue water aboue ayre aboue fire aboue men aboue Angels aboue all and ouer all Actus purus so ful of actiuitie that none is able to inflict any passion vpon him The second rule is that variante materia forma manet eadem according to the change alteration of your diet according to the variation of the ayre wherin you liue your blood your humors your bodies your complexions doe change and alter but your soule is the same still A mans ennemie may cutte off a péece of his bodye a legge or an arme but hee cannot cutte off a péece of his soule Looke what the soule is to the bodie that is God vnto his church all the prophets and apostles thousands of holy and learned bishops and preachers haue béene cutte off some by persecution some by naturall death yet religion stands and the Church stands to this day which is a signe that it is maintained by such a forme as can not varie Séeing then that all worldly things be transitorie men vary the times varie the pollicies of warre varie the weapons varie the squares and orders of fight vary the places of aduantage and disaduantage varie it is best trusting to such an obiect as cannot varie such a one is God that hath esse quoddam magnum such a great and inuariable essence that a man safely say vnto him Pone me iuxta te manus cuiusuis pugnet contra me Lord set me by thee then let euery hand fight against me I feare no variation The third rule is this Animalia multa agūt patiuntur per phantasiam liuing creatures here beneath doe many things and suffer many things by reason of their apprehension of their obiect The sheep at the first sight of the wolfe apprehends him for a terrible obiect and naturally feares flies him the lion quite contrary apprehēds no terror in the wolfe at all but passes by him and by all the beastes of the forrest with an honourable scorne and disdaine of all About mans apprehension of feare or courage the situation of his eie either maketh all or marreth all When you stand here below vpon the ground and looke vp to the top of Paules they that stand vpon the stéeple appéere small of stature to you although they be tall great and they that are next to you séeme great by reason of the distance of the one and the néerenesse of the other but if you stood vpō the top of Paules and looked downe then they that are aboue woulde séeme great and they that are beneath woulde séeme little So is it with men in the time of trouble if their eyes be fastned vpon the earth their enemies wil appeare vnto them to be great and mightie and God which is so high will appeare little Neuerthelesse if their eyes be in heauen as Iehoshaphats eyes were 2. Chro. 20. 12. Our eyes are towardes thee and looke downe from thence vppon their enemies God will appeare strong and mightie and the enemie weake and withered I will giue you thrée instances of it in the scriptures Numbers 13. Espialles were sent out to discouer the land of Promise some of them hadde a shéepes eye they no sooner sawe the great stature of the Inhabitaunts all Giants or Giants fellowes the high wals of their citties reaching vp to heauen but they were afraide they tooke the people to be inuincible the towns impregnable Caleb quite contrarie hauing his eie in heauen vppon Gods power and promise and looking downe thence vpon the people and the Cities apprehended no terror in them at al let vs go vp saith he without doubt we shall ouercome them Caleb had a Lions eye he passed by the people and their Cities with an honorable scorne of all 2. King 7. Samaria was in great distresse a mighty enemie befor it a sore famine within it there was a noble man vppon whome the king leaned that had so base an eye that looking vppon the present miseries hée tooke them to bee greater then God he perswaded himselfe that although God should raine vittailes out of heauen the famine could not be speedily remooued But E●●●a had his eyes in heauen and looking downe from thence dispised the present calamities in respect of the present helpe and hand of God that by next