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A14860	A posie of spirituall flowers taken out of the garden of the holy scriptures, consisting of these sixe sorts: hearts ease, true delight, the worlds wonders, the souls solace, times complaint, the doom of sinners. Gathered for the encouragement of beginners, direction of proceeders, meditation of good hearers, consolation of true beleeuers, expectation of Sions mourners, confusion of irrepentant sinners. By George Webbe, minister of the word.	Webbe, George, 1581-1642.	1610 (1610)	STC 25164; ESTC S102126	70,373	214

more then I am able to expresse An vnwise man knoweth it not Wicked mē think it otherwise Psal 92.6 and a foole doth not vnderstand this An vnregenerate man cannot feele it and a child of Belial though he had eyes as cleere as Crystal cannot behold it Such as make sinne their solace and reioyce onely in the pleasures of iniquitie haue thy beloued ones Lord Wisd 5.4 in derision and count their life madnesse their conuersation dumpish their profession grieuous Cantic 5.9 They say vnto vs What is your welbeloued more then another welbeloued Vers 10. what is your welbeloued more then another Louer Will they needes know it Vers 11. why Our welbeloued is white and ruddie the chiefest of tenne thousand Vers 12. Vers 13. his head is as fine gold his locks curled and black as a rauen his eyes are like doues vpon the riuers of waters Vers 14. his cheekes are as a bed of spices and as sweete flowers his lippes like lilies dropping downe pure myrrhe Ver. 15. his hands as rings of gold set with the Chrysolite Vers 16. his hollie like white Iuorie couered with Saphires his legges as marble set vpon sockets of fine gold his countenance as Lebanon excellent as the Cedars his mouth is as sweete things and he is totus delectabilis whollie whollie delectable Yea thou our God art delectable all together Nothing in God but full of sweetnes sweete art thou in thy word sweete in thy promises sweet in thine inward consolations sweete in thy mercies sweete in thy iudgements How perfect is the law of the Lord Psal 19.7 connerring the soule Vers 8. The statutes of uerting the soule The statutes of the Lord are right and reioyce the heart Vers 9. The commandement of the Lord is pure and giueth light vnto the eyes Vers 10. The feare of the Lord is cleane and endureth for euer The iudgements of the Lord are truth and righteous altogether and more to be desired thē gold yea thē much fine gold sweeter also then the honie and the honie combe Psal 109.21 How sweet are the mercies of the Lord and that my soule knoweth right well which forgineth all mine iniquities and healeth all mine infirmities which redeemed my life from the graue Psal 103.3 4. and crowneth me with mercies and compassiōs And what shal I say of his iudgements May we not see Sampsons riddle heerein expounded without the helpe of any Sphinx Iudg. 14.14 Out of the strong commeth sweetnes and out of the lion the honie combe O how sweete are his corrections as the pretious balme of Gilead as cauterismes in physick and not as punishments in hostilitie O sweet Sauiour thou hast well said it and we finde it true Matth. 11.29 Cant. 9.16 Thy yoke is easie and thy burthen is light yea thou art wholly delectable O they bee blessed whos God is the Lord Iehoua The securitie of those vvhich haue tasted the Lord. Psal 84.5 Isai 48.21 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee and in whose heart are thy waies His soule shall dwell at ease when the wicked shall bee afraid of their owne shadow and tremble like an Aspin leafe at euery little blast of winde or thunder-clap Psal 91.1 Hee that dwelleth vnder the shadow of the Almightie Psal 46.2.3 his soule shall dwell at ease though the earth be moued and the waters of the sea rage and the mountaines shake at the surges of the same their mindes are void of feare And why Verse 4. There is a riuer whose streames make glad the citie of God Psal 91.4 Hee couereth them vnder his wings and they are safe vnder his feathers They know and are assured that all things shall worke together for the best to them Rom. 8.28 that they are beloued of God Reuel 21.27 Isai 1.18 their names written in heauen and their though crimson sinnes washed in the blood of the Lambe Reuel 7.14 and that neither height nor depth nor death nor life nor any thing shall bee able to separate thē from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus their Lord. Rom. 8.38 The ful assurance whereof when they hold in better tenour then they can hold any thing in this life by seale lease writing witnesse or any other way that law can deuise O how it glads their hearts and cheereth vp their vitall spirits What an heauenly comfort is it for them to meditate thus often with themselues Psal that they shall see the good pleasures of the Lord in the land of the liuing 2. Cor. 5.1 and haue an house not made with hands but eternall in the heauens Stoope downe to this all comfort of wealth Wicked men oft desire his comfort and would giue a world for it pleasure or delight in the world in what account or price soeuer they bee with worldly fooles there is neuer a Balaam were he well aduised but would giue them all for one quarter of an houres feeling of Gods louing kindnes sweet countenance toward him Numb 23.10 Sillie wretches albeit they would seem to spend their daies in mirth and with a light heart to passe away the time Iob 21.13 yet God hee knoweth with wearie sighes and grones that cannot be expressed many a time their soules thus reason with themselues O how happie are they whose names are written in the booke of life O that they might die the death of the righteous and that their latter end might be like his O what an vnspeakeable treasure is the peace of conscience yea and what they would giue for a taste thereof how many thousand worlds if it were in their power for a part in Gods kingdome But these pleasures are onely for the Bridegromes friends Matth. 25.10 these dainties are for the children such whelpes shall not bee suffered to taste so much as of the crummes that fall from the childrens table Mark 7.27 Behold saith God my seruants shall eate and yee shall be hungrie Only the godly feele enioy it my seruants shall drinke and ye shal be thirsty my seruants shall reioyce Isai 65.13.14 and ye shall be ashamed my seruants shall sing for ioy of heart and ye shall crie for sorrow of heart and howle for vexation of minde Iohn 4.32 They haue another meate to eate which the world knoweth not they haue another drinke to drinke which others dreame not of for their meate is of the tree of life Reuel 22.1 and the Nectar which they sup out of the sweetnes of their gratious God is as a well of water springing vp to euerlasting life Iohn 4.14 Gods seruice not grieuous to his So that they feele that most delightfull which to the wicked and vngodly is most irkesome they see and feele the seruice of the Lord to bee the chiefest freedome Heb. 11.6 because the Lord is a

damned of his owne selfe and being senselesse of his sinne is giuen ouer to a reprobate sense Rom. 1.24 and being past feeling Ephes 4.19 giue themselues ouer to worke all vncleannes euen with greedinesse being alreadie within the iawes of hell before they bee awares And well I wote that when such sleepie soules shall awake and wake they shal securely now although they sleepe that then their horror shall be the greater farre like wilde beasts which though so long as they lie asleepe seeme tame and gentle yet being roused vp are fierce and wrathfull In the meane Sinners Gods enemies albeit in outward shew they may seeme ioyfull yet let them know their case is fearfull for if the wrath of an earthlie King bee raging how dreadful then must needs be their estate who are professed enemies to the King of Heauen Isai 26.11 Surely he hateth all those that worke iniquity Psal 5.6 and both the wicked man and his wickednes are in hatred with him Psal 14. Prou. 15.9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord Isai 1. Psal 50. Hee cannot abide nor permit the sinner to praise him to pray vnto him or to take his couenant in his mouth no maruell then if at the last day hee shew such rigor vnto them who in this life are so extreamly hated and detested of him Gods threatnings against sinners What peace then can they haue that haue the Lord of hosts to be their enemie Psal 10. God shall raine snares of fire vpon sinners brimstone with tempestuous windes shall be the portion of their cuppe the Lord shall breake their teeth in their mouthes Psal 57.6.9.10 and shoote foorth his arrowes and destroy them Hee shall carrie them away as a whirle winde in his wrath and wash his feete in the blood of the vngodlie He will powre out his wrath vpon them and fulfill all his anger in them Ezech. 7.8.9.10 Hee will iudge them according to their waies and lay vpon them all their abominations neither shall his eye spare them neither will he haue pitie on them and they shall know that hee is the Lord that smiteth them Cursed be they in the towne and cursed in the field cursed in the fruite of their bodie Deut. 28.16.17.18 and cursed in the fruite of their land the increase of their kine and in the flocks of their sheepe cursed when they come in and cursed when they goe out cursed in their bodies and cursed in their soules Now then let them boast while they will of their prosperitie The beginning of hell here in this life to the wicked and let such as are like vnto them flatter them in their follie though they seeme with Capernaum to be lifted vp to heauen Matth. 11.23 yet behold alreadie they are in the confines of hell though they haue a name of mightinesse yet indeed they are in the lowest estate of abiectnes Though they may seeme the only men that liue yet they are but dead whiles heere they liue 1. Tim. 5.6 Though worldlings do admire them Rom. 6.16 yet are they but the Lords laughing stockes Sinnes slaues and Satans drudges Poore woodcocks are they ensnared in Satans springs 2. Tim. 2.26 Rom. 9.22 vessels of wrath ordained for the Diuels blacke kitchin alreadie treading the waies of darknesse Prou. 4.19 Exod. 3. the prince of darknesse taske mē in the works of wickednesse yea they dwell alreadie in the land of darknesse and in the shadow of death Psal 107.10 being fast bound in miserie and iron Psal 37.8 when Gods children are satisfied with the dainties of his house Luke 15.16 they feed on husks of sinne and draffe of beastly life when the soules of the Saints are temples of the holy Ghost 1. Cor. 6.15 Reuel 18.2 their soules be nests of Scorpions dungeons of Diuels Reuel 21.27 when Gods children haue their names registred in the booke of life their names are engrossed in the book of perdition being alreadie in the power of the Diuell and his angels 1. Tim. 5.6 subiect to sinne and all temptations dead in trespasses and sins whiles in their bodies they bee aliue and when they die hauing this death the earnest penie of the second death For certainly The dolefull estate of the wicked in the day of death The reioycing of the wicked is but short and the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen his head reach vnto the clouds Iob 20.5.6.7.8.9 yet shall hee perish for euer like his dung and they which haue seene him shall say Where is he He shall flee away as a dreame and shall passe away as a vision in the night Goe he shall there is no remedie Iob 10.22 into the land of darknesse and shadow of death into a land I say darke as darknesse it self and into the shadow of death where is none order but the light is there as darknesse Heb. 9. Eccles 3.19 And albeit this is the condition of the iust as well as the vniust and as the one dieth so must the other die and returne vnto the dust yet good Lord how great a difference is there betweene the righteous and the wicked at the day of death Mark the vpright man Psal 37.37 and behold the iust for the end of that mā is peace when ghastly death approcheth with her inexorable destinie then doe they lift vp their heads Luke 21.28 for that their redemptin̄ draweth nigh from the labours and toyles of this world Psal 40.1.3 Blessed then are they that feare the Lord the Lord wil strengthen them vpon their bed of sorrow and make their bed in their sicknes So that with holie Hilarion they then begin to cheere vp their soule Hieron in vita Hilarion Exito anima mea exito c. Goe out my soule goe out thou needest not feare thus long thou hast serued Christ why shoul dest thou now bee afraid to goe to him But for the wicked and vngodly man as there is no peace to him during the whole course of his life so shall hee finde least peace at the houre of death O Death how bitter is the remembrance Eccles 41. of thee to a man that liueth at rest in his possessions how irksome shall it bee to an vnrepentant sinner when hee shall see Death it selfe standing before his face to arrest him and approching vnto him with this incultable doome Thou soule Luke 12.19 this night I must take away thy soule from thee and then whose shall these thy pleasures and thy profits be A wofull anguish must thē needs possesse his heart when hee must part from all his earthly ioyes pleasures commodities which he hath trauelled for with the hazard of his soule and finde no profit in them but that hee hath trauelled for the winde Eccles 5.15