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A73859	A fruitfull and necessary sermon, specially concernyng almes geuing, preached the Twisday [sic] in Easter weeke The yere of our Lord. 1572. at S. Maries Spittle. By Thomas Drant, bachelor in diuinitie.	Drant, Thomas, b. 1601 or 2.	1572 (1572)	STC 7166; ESTC S125321	40,829	98

some thyng of eloquence And but that I looke to haue better occasion here after to write some full treatise of the eloquēce of preachers I would nowe haue vsed both order and more spéech to the handlyng of this matter And first touching that obiectiō which they haue out of S. Paule speakyng of the persuasible woordes of mans wisedome Me thinketh that spéech of S. Paul should be no preiudice to eloquence For he speaketh of those that goe about to deceaue by such kynde of spéech Otherwise in persuadyng to Religion S. Paul hath vsed rhetoricall woordes of mans wisedome and also reasons of mans wisedome So he proueth that the holy Ghost cannot bee remoued by the nature of a pawne or pledge he proueth likewise the resurrection by corne cast into the groūd Therfore neither this saying of S. Paul Nor any saying or doyng of hys that I know can be agaynst eloquence So that it be vsed as it should be and be such eloquence as it should be Touchyng that which S. Ierome telleth of him selfe that he was cited before the tribunall seate of God for to much reading and delighting in Tullies eloquēce I force not whether it were so or it were not so For as the old saying is where the Philosopher leaueth there the Phisitian begynneth So I say where Tullyes eloquence endeth and ceaseth there the eloquence of Diuinitie begynneth And therefore I would put a great difference betwene Tullyes eloquence parliament eloquēce and Diuinitie eloquence And truly our spéeches shall as much differ from theirs as the spirite doth from the mynde and almost as heauen doth from the worlde so much differre this and that kynde of eloquence I doe not wreake down as intollerable neither doe I thinke it all together sacrilege to persuade with a common worldly phrase and with an humaine kynde of Rhetoricke But the wordes of the scripture are holy and heauenly wil worke greater and more déeper impressiōs and the eloquence of Scripture is as fitt for holynes as the wordes of Homere be fit for warre or the woordes of Cicero for peace or the woordes of Catullus for wantonnes And truly for diuinitie matters we haue eloquence inough to be gathered out of the scriptures And it were no hard matter but that I deferre it to some other treatise to shewe by a large discourse the great plenty of figures and eloquent spéeches that are to be found in the Scriptures So Esay vseth the figure of Paronomazia when hee sayth Sorim Sorerim as though a man would say carnall Cardinals fleshly Friers Again in the xxiiij chapter he vseth these wordes Paecath Pacad Pac. As though I should speake in our Englishe phrase Darthe Daunger Death So likewise he sayth in an other place I looked for Mishpar and behold Mishpa whiche is as this I thought hee would haue healt me behold he beate me The Prophet Ieremy vseth the figure Anaphora in begynning certeine Verses with one letter in hys lamentatiōs It is written that old father Iacob made his testamēt in Versis And S. Ierome and Arator do write that Iob in the Hebrew toung did write Hexameter verses Dauid vseth he figure of Epiphonema when he endeth thus blessed is euery one that trusteth in him Paul vseth the figure of exclamatiō whē he sayth thus Wretched man that I am who shall deliuer me from the body of this death Iob vseth the figure of wishyng when he sayth O that my sinnes were wayd in a payre of scoales S. Paule vseth the figure of Antistasis when he setteth these woordes together απορουμενος εκπορουμενοι As though a man should say Courtiers Carters Ma●sis Mattockes Kynges Caytif●es Dauid vseth the figure of Reticentia as thus Sonnes of men how long my glory vnto shame He meaneth how long will you study to bryng my glory vnto shame S. Paul vseth the figure of Sarcasmos or tauntyng as when he sayth I knew not he was a Magistrate so doth the Prophet Micha say Go vp ye shall wynne hee meaneth they shall not wynne So the Prophet Hely bid the Priestes cry hygher when in déede he iested at them and thought it was to no purpose at all for them to cry To conclude the Scripture is ful of figures and eloquent speches as when the Prophet Ezechiell will describe an obsequious Clergie hee sayth they put cushynes vnder the elbowes of Magistrates To be obstinate the Scripture calleth to be of an hard necke To be impudent it calleth a brothels brow A sowthyng page it calleth a geuer of titles An eloquent man it calleth a personage of spéeches a bablyng hipocrite it calleth a mā of lippes To liue sorrowfully it calleth to eate the bread of sorrow To lyue ioyfully it calleth to liue the dayes of heauen If any man be welthy the Scripture will say that hée may washe his wayes with butter And that oyle doth drop out of his rockes To be low brought the scripture calleth to haue hys soule cleane to the dust But these thynges are infinite and will rather beséeme a great Diuinitie dictionary thē a péece of a small Sermon Salomon him selfe in the xij of Eccle. sayth that he studyed to search out pleasaūt wordes to handle his matters handsomly And he that wil sée in déede what eloquence is to be founde in Scripture let hym read Castalio in his preface to the 5. bookes of Moses and Strigelius in his preface to the Psalmes Nay let hym perfectly and with iudgemēt read the workes of Moses of Iob of Dauid of Salomō of Esay of Michae And I thinke he wil no more hereafter be an aduersary to eloquence For by the faythful and close imitatiō of these men is gotten a true godly kynde of eloquence And thus much cōcernyng the gift of eloquence that it be not despised in preachers as also that preachers do not vse a vayne frothy kinde of eloquence as also that you good hearers will at this tyme suffer your selues to be moued by the eloquent words of Salomon who exhorteth you by the example of cloudes and trées to be liberall And now to the 2. point whiche sayth where the apples fal there they are And here the matter falleth out so fitly that I cānot but compare the great busines dealynges and struglyngs in this world vnto a company of all kynde of people watchyng about an apple trée lepyng snatchyng about it for apples Wheresoeuer apples fal there they snatch there they are And whersoeuer any litle commoditie falleth out in the commō weale there swarmeth together whole legions to gather of worldlynges there they are Neither is it blamefull that men should go about their owne commodities But that they be two busie and to diligēt And that often tymes they beate the trée to much to soone to many wayes Neither care they whose the trée is or whose the apples bee or whence they droppe so that they may ouertake thē For the