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A00993	A divine herball together with a forrest of thornes In five sermons. ... By Tho. Adams.	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1616 (1616)	STC 111; ESTC S100387	74,730	164

whence she deliuered them She shall bee yet more kinde to thee if her basenesse can teach thee humility and keepe thee from being more proud of other things then thou canst with any reason be of thy Parentage Few are proud of their soules and none but fooles can bee proud of their bodies seeing here is all the difference betwixt him that walkes and his floore he walkes on Liuing Earth treads vpon dead earth and shall at last bee as dead as his pauement Many are the fauours that the earth doth vs yet amongst them all there is none greater then the schooling vs to humility and working in vs a true acknowledgement of our owne vilenesse and so directing vs to heauen to find that aboue which she cannot giue vs below 2. For Patience The Earth is called Terra quia teritur and this is the naturall earth For they distinguish it into 3. sorts Terra quam terimus terra quam gerimus terra quam quaerimus which is the glorious land of Promise That earth is cut and wounded with culters and shares yet is patient to suffer it and returnes fruits to those that ploughed it The good heart is thus rent with vexations and broken with sorrowes yet offers the other cheeke to the smiter endureth all with a magnanimous patience assured of that victory which comes by suffering Vincit qui patitur Neither is this all it returns mercy for iniury prayers for persecutions and blesseth them that cursed it The Plowers plowed vpon my backe they made long their furrowes They rewarded mee euill for good to the spoyling of my soule Yet when they were sicke my cloathing was sackecloth I humbled my soule with fasting I was heauy as one that mourned for his friend or brother and my prayer returned into mine owne bosome When the heart of our Sauiour was thus ploughed vp with a speare it ran streames of mercie reall mercie which his vocall tongue interpreted Father forgiue them they know not what they doe His bloud Heb. 12. had a voice a mercifull voice and spake better things then the bloud of Abel That cryed from the cauerns of the earth for reuenge this from the Crosse in the sweet tune of compassion and forgiuenesse It is a strong argument of a heart rich in grace to wrappe and embrace his iniurer in the armes of loue as the earth quietly receiues those dead to buriall who liuing tore vp her bowels 3. For faithful Constancie The Earth is called Solum because it stands alone depending on nothing but the Makers hand One generation passeth away and another generation commeth but the earth abideth for euer Shee often changeth her burden without any sensible mutation of her selfe Thy faithfulnesse is to all generations thou h●st established the Earth and it standeth The Hebrew is To generation and generation inferring that times and men and the sonnes of men posterity after posterity passe away but the Earth whereon and whereout they passe abideth The parts thereof haue been altered and violent Earth-quakes begot in the owne bowels haue totterd it But God hath layd the foundations of the earth the Originall is founded it vpon her bases that it should not be remoued for euer the body of it is immoueable Such a constant soliditie is in the faithfull heart that should it thunder Buls from Rome and bolts from heauen Impau●dum ferient ruinae ● Indeede God hath sometimes bent an angry brow against his owne deare ones and then no maruell if they shudder if the bones of Dauid tremble and the teeth of Hezekiah chatter But God will not be long angry with his and the balances at first putting in of the euenest weights may be a little swayed not without some shew of inequality which yet after a little motion settle themselues in a iust poyse So the first terrour hath moued the godly not remoued them they return to themselues and rest in a resolued peace Lord doe what thou wilt if thou kill mee I will trust in thee Let vs heare it from him that had it from the Lord. Psal. 112. Surely he shall not be moued for euer the righteous shall bee in euerlasting remembrance He shall not be afraide of euill tydings his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord. His heart is established c. Oh sweet description of a constant soule They giue diuerse causes of Earth-quakes Aristotle among the rest admits the ecclipse of the Sun for one the interposition of the Moones body hindring some places from his heate I know not how certaine this is in Philosophie ●n Diuinity it is most true that onely the ecclipse of our Sunne IESVS CHRIST raiseth Earth-quakes in our hearts when that inconstant and euer-changing body of the Moone the world steppes betwixt our Sunne and vs and keepes vs from the kindly vitall heate of his fauour then O then the earth of our heart quakes and we feele a terrour in our bones and bowels as if the busie hand of death were searching them But no ecclipse lasts long especially not this our Sunne will shine on vs againe we shall stand sure euen as mount Sion which cannot be remoued but abideth for euer 4. For Charitie The Earth brings forth food for all creatures that liue on it Greene herbe for the cattell oyle and wine for man The vallyes stand thicke with corne the Mower filleth his sythe and the binder vp of sheaues his bosome A good man is so full of charitie he releeues all without improuidence to himselfe He giues plentifully that all may haue some not indiscreetly that some haue all On the Earth stand many glorious Cities and goodly buildings faire monuments of her beauty and adornation The sanctified soule in an happy respondencie hath manifold workes of charitie manifest deedes of piety that sweetly become the Faith which he professeth 5. For Riches The Earth is but poore without the surface of it especially when squalid winter hath bemired it seemes poore and barren but within it is full of rich mines ores of gold and quarries of precious minerals For medals and mettals it is abundantly wealthy The sanctified heart may seeme poore to the worlds eye which only beholds and iudgeth the rinde and huske and thinkes there is no treasure in the Cabinet because it is couered with leather But within hee is full of golden mines and rich ores the inuisible graces of faith feare loue hope patience holinesse sweeter then the spices of the East Indies and richer then the gold of the West Omnis decor filiae Sion ab intus The Kings Daughter is all glorious within It is not the superficiall skinne but the internall beautie that moues the King of heauen to bee enamoured of vs and to say Thou art all faire my Loue there is no spot in thee 6. Lastly for Fertilitie The Earth is fruitfull when the ayre hath giuen influence the Clouds showred downe seasonable deawes and the Sunne bestowed his kindly heate

them It is not onely spoken but commanded to be written of the dying Saints that their workes follow them Their owne workes not the workes of others No righteousnes of friend liuing or of Saint dead shall doe thee good but the herbes of thy owne Garden shall bee accepted of God Lastly this Righteousnesse must excell nisi abundauerit If it come short of those that come short of heauen what hope haue you It must exceed innocence and come to reall goodnesse We haue not sufficiently discharged our duties in being painfull vnlesse wee be profitable Some will take no paines vnlesse the Diuell set them on worke They must be their owne caruers in their imployment or they will sit idle But so a man may worke and haue no thankes for his labour It is not then simply and onely bringing forth commends a ground but bringing forth herbes The fruit of Peters repentance is not to deny his Master no more but to stand to him to the death We thinke if wee forbeare our wonted notorious sinnes wee are on the sodaine excellent Christians As if God were beholden to vs for not wounding his name with oathes for not playing out Sabaoths for not rayling on his Gospell for not oppressing his poore members when we neither reliue the poore nor obey the Gospell nor hallow his Saboths nor honor his name Perhaps an Vsurer when he hath gotten enough will cease that damned trade now he is sure of heauen in a trice Alas how repents Zaccheus if he restores not Shall I goe a step higher If he giue not liberally and shew compassion to the afflicted Saints Perhaps an old Adulterer when his sappe is growne to cinders breaks off his vncleannesse When the enuious looseth his obiect he may suspend his malice But where are the returned fruits of penitence manifest and visible obedience Say the weedes are gone where be the herbes To roote vp the weedes is but the first step to heauen and some are fortie threescore yeares taking this steppe How long will it be ere their garden be set with good growing herbes But Curse ye Meroz sayd the Angell of the Lord curse ye bitterly the Inhabitants thereof because they came not to the helpe of the Lord and that it might fully appeare that this curse came not on them for taking part with Gods enemies and fighting against him but onely for deniall of succour the song doubles it to the helpe of the Lord against the mighty The offended Lord deliuered that Seruant to the tormentors that did not extort from his fellow that hee had no right to nor wrest away an others goods but did onely say Pay me that thou owest and in a harsh manner or vnmercifull measure required his owne due It is the forme of the last doome I was hungry and ye gaue me no meate though you tooke not away mine yet for not giuing your owne Goe yee cursed But if that ground be neere vnto cursing that brings not forth herbes what shall we say to that which brings forth weeds What hell and how many torments are prouided for oppressing Diues when Diues that but denyed his owne shall be tortur'd in endlesse flames If he were bound to an euerlasting prison that rigorously prosecuted his owne right chaleng'd his owne debt whither shall they bee cast that vniustly vexe their neighbours quarrell for that which is none of theirs and lay title to another mans proprietie If hee that giues not his coate to the naked shall lye naked to the vengeance of God then he that takes away the poore mans coate shall bee clad with burning confusion If hee that giues not wring his hands hee that takes away shall rend his heart The old world did but eate and drink build and plant marry and be merry and were swept away with the beesome of an vniuersal deluge which things were in themselues lawfull what shall become of lyars swearers adulterers idolaters malicious monstrous scandalous sinners whose workes are in themselues simply vnlawful There are 3. sorts of ground mentioned Marke 4. and the very worst of them receiues the seed yet all damned whither shall the tempest of Gods wrath driue them that would neuer giue the Gospell a religious eare O beloued waigh it Our Idle words must come to iudgement what shall be our answere for vnlawfull deedes If omission of good works be whipp'd with rods commission of impieties shall be scourged with Scorpions If they that stand in a luke-warme neutralitie shall be spewed vp sure the palpable and notorious offender shall bee troden vnder foote of a prouoked Iustice. Indifferency shall not scape and shall extreme presumption be spared that like dogges sup vp the dregges they haue vomited I haue read of a Popish Saint Henry the Dane that in a mad and hare-brain'd deuotion when wormes crawled out of a corrupt vlcer in his knee did put them in againe There are such franticke wretches that when the word hath squeased some poyson out of their consciences and driuen forth lusts like crawling worms they in a voluntary madnesse put them in againe As the Tode casts ont per poison when she goes to the water to drinke when shee hath drunke sups it vp againe Adam lost himselfe and all his posterity by one transgression and do we think can we hope that our infinite shall scape iudgement Or doe we extenuate our iniquities with such selfe-flattering mitigations that if they bee not innumerable they are pardonable and that a few shall bring no man to iudgement And what call wee this paucitie As the Glosse deales with a piece of Gratians Decretum The Text sayes Meretrix est quae multorum libidin● patet Shee is a whore who serues many mens turnes Now the Glosse brings this indefinite number to a certaine and giues Multorum a reasonable latitude saying the name of Whore should not be giuen her til she hath lyen with three and twenty thousand men So till we haue doubled iterated and multiplyed our lyes oa●hes oppressions lusts vnto thousands and thousands we do not thinke that we merite the names of lyers swearers oppressors or luxurious persons Beloued these things must be reckoned for and if nescience be beaten with stripes wilfull impiety shal be burned with fire Blessed ground then that brings forth herbes and that not in scarsitie but in 3. Plenty Many herbes THe good ground is plentifull in fruits It beares fruit good fruit much good fruit Multiplicitie of grace is requisite though not perfection What Garden is only planted with one singular kinde of herbe The Christian hath need of many graces because he is to meet with many defects to answere many tentations to fight with many enemies Therefore 2. Pet. 1. Ioyne with your faith vertue and with vertue knowledge and with knowledge temperance c. One Iewell will not serue Christs Spouse must haue diuerse to adorne her One piece of armour wil not secure vs we know not which