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Sermons by Humph. Sydenham late fellow of Wadham Colledge in Oxford; Sermons. Selected sermons
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Sydenham, Humphrey, 1591-1650?
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STC 23572; ESTC S118102
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and_o as_o thou_o have_v establish_v the_o cloud_n and_o strengthen_v the_o fountain_n of_o the_o deep_a bind_v up_o the_o flood_n from_o overflow_a and_o give_v they_o thy_o command_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o pass_v but_o place_v the_o sand_n as_o a_o wall_n about_o they_o by_o a_o perpetual_a decree_n and_o though_o the_o wave_n thereof_o toss_v themselves_o 5.22_o jer._n 5.22_o yet_o can_v they_o not_o prevail_v though_o they_o roar_v yet_o can_v they_o not_o swell_v over_o so_o all_o those_o toss_n and_o swell_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n the_o surge_n and_o billow_n rise_v in_o the_o tempest_n of_o our_o life_n 11._o job._n 38.10_o 11._o have_v their_o cliff_n and_o shore_n &_o strict_a limit_n and_o god_n have_v do_v to_o they_o as_o to_o the_o great_a deep_a break_v up_o for_o they_o his_o free_a place_n and_o set_v bary_n and_o door_n and_o say_v hither_o you_o shall_v come_v no_o further_o here_o shall_v your_o proud_a wave_n stay_v for_o tu_fw-la posuisti_fw-la dies_fw-la thou_o have_v make_v our_o day_n and_o those_o day_n but_o a_o span-long_a &_o tu_fw-la constituisti_fw-la terminos_fw-la thou_o have_v appoint_v our_o bound_n and_o those_o bound_n we_o shall_v not_o pass_v job._n pineda_n in_o cap._n 14._o job._n and_o therefore_o the_o afflict_a man_n seem_v to_o complain_v of_o the_o almighty_a that_o he_o have_v environ_v he_o terminis_fw-la suis_fw-la with_o his_o bound_n that_o be_v praeceptis_fw-la suis_fw-la &_o statutis_fw-la with_o his_o precept_n and_o his_o statute_n such_o orecep_v save_v statute_n as_o he_o can_v abrogate_v so_o in_o the_o eight_o of_o the_o proverb_n 29._o the_o wiseman_n speak_v of_o the_o mighty_a providence_n of_o god_n in_o rule_v and_o order_v the_o vast_a deep_a say_v jegem_fw-la ponebat_fw-la aquis_fw-la he_o give_v the_o water_n a_o law_n or_o a_o decree_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o pass_v his_o command_n and_o yet_o the_o singer_n of_o israel_n call_v this_o very_a law_n a_o bound_n thou_o have_v set_v a_o bind_v that_o they_o can_v pass_v psal_n 104_o 9_o so_o that_o that_o terminus_fw-la or_o bind_v be_v a_o law_n to_o they_o and_o this_o lex_fw-la or_o decree_n a_o bind_v to_o we_o and_o neither_o this_o bound_n nor_o law_n to_o be_v overpa_v and_o therefore_o we_o find_v it_o once_o again_o speak_v of_o in_o the_o 148._o psalm_n and_o there_o be_v a_o non_fw-la praeteribit_fw-la to_o it_o it_o shall_v not_o pass_v away_o pass_v away_o no_o not_o one_o jot_n or_o tittle_n of_o it_o heaven_n and_o earth_n shall_v first_o pass_v away_o before_o one_o jot_n or_o tittle_n either_o of_o god_n word_n or_o law_n his_o posuit_fw-la or_o his_o constituit_fw-la his_o bound_n or_o his_o span-long_a which_o be_v a_o law_n to_o he_o a_o law_n irrevocable_a both_o in_o matter_n of_o life_n and_o death_n and_o therefore_o this_o necessity_n of_o fate_n saint_n paul_n express_v by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o law_n with_o a_o statutum_fw-la est_fw-la and_o a_o semel_fw-la statutum_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v appoint_v to_o man_n to_o die_v and_o it_o be_v once_o appoint_v statutum_n est_fw-la there_o be_v the_o law_n or_o the_o decree_n and_o the_o semel_fw-la once_o say_z that_o this_o law_n be_v firm_a constant_a inviolable_a for_o god_n speak_v once_o and_o he_o speak_v but_o once_o job._n pinedain_fw-fr cap._n job._n ut_fw-la iterato_fw-la pracepto_fw-la opus_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la say_v pineda_n that_o we_o shall_v not_o expect_v any_o iteration_n or_o double_n of_o his_o command_n and_o therefore_o in_o the_o seventeenth_o of_o the_o act_n we_o have_v though_o not_o this_o statutum_fw-la est_fw-la the_o law_n punctual_o set_v down_o yet_o we_o have_v the_o statuta_fw-la tempora_fw-la the_o time_n prefix_v for_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o law_n so_o the_o text_n god_n have_v make_v of_o one_o blood_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o man_n and_o have_v determine_v the_o time_n before_o appoint_v and_o the_o bound_n of_o their_o habitation_n which_o they_o can_v pass_v the_o six_o 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who_o rampier_n and_o wall_n and_o bulwark_n thou_o shall_v never_o scale_v nor_o dig_v through_o for_o it_o be_v the_o almighty_n citadel_n and_o strong_a fort_n so_o garrison_v and_o entrench_v by_o his_o eternal_a power_n and_o wisdom_n the_o door_n and_o gate_n of_o it_o so_o barrocadeed_o and_o blockt-up_a against_o all_o invasion_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n that_o no_o earthly_a stratagem_n no_o temporal_a assault_n no_o humane_a policy_n shall_v ever_o raze_v or_o demolish_v but_o it_o stand_v unshooke_a against_o all_o tempest_n firm_a against_o all_o battery_n solid_a against_o all_o undermine_n so_o that_o if_o the_o flood_n rise_v and_o the_o wind_n blow_v and_o the_o wave_n beat_v they_o shall_v never_o stagger_v it_o see_v then_o there_o be_v a_o statutum_n est_fw-fr pass_v upon_o all_o mankind_n that_o it_o must_v once_o die_v and_o that_o statute_n be_v not_o rough_a though_o it_o be_v sometime_o unpleasing_a to_o die_v once_o so_o we_o die_v no_o more_o for_o a_o double_a death_n be_v our_o due_n though_o not_o our_o pay_n and_o know_v that_o there_o be_v precise_a bound_n and_o limit_n and_o span-longs_a to_o flesh_n and_o blood_n beyond_o which_o it_o can_v pass_v and_o these_o bound_n and_o span_n and_o limit_n have_v the_o inscription_n of_o god_n unalterable_a decree_n with_o the_o authority_n of_o his_o stamp_n and_o seal_v his_o posuit_fw-la and_o his_o constituit_fw-la let_v we_o take_v up_o the_o prayer_n here_o of_o our_o psalmist_n 38._o aug._n in_o psal_n 38._o lord_n make_v i_o to_o know_v my_o end_n and_o the_o number_n of_o my_o day_n what_o it_o be_v the_o number_n what_o it_o be_v &_o est_fw-la &_o non_fw-la est_fw-la say_v saint_n augustine_n the_o measure_n of_o our_o day_n you_o have_v have_v in_o a_o exact_a proportion_n in_o this_o span-long_a but_o the_o number_n of_o they_o ibid._n aug_n ibid._n be_v both_o secret_a and_o uncertain_a it_o be_v and_o it_o be_v not_o true_o nec_fw-la esse_fw-la possumus_fw-la dicere_fw-la quod_fw-la nòn_n stat_fw-la nèc_fw-la nòn_n esse_fw-la quod_fw-la venit_fw-la &_o transit_fw-la saye'_v the_o father_n we_o can_v proper_o say_v that_o that_o be_v which_o remain_v not_o nor_o that_o be_v not_o which_o come_v and_o go_v day_n past_a and_o future_a be_v as_o no_o day_n yesterday_o be_v and_o to_o morrow_n will_v be_v and_o so_o now_o be_v not_o and_o of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v not_o there_o be_v no_o number_n today_n only_o be_v man_n and_o this_o not_o long_o he_o neither_o for_o it_o be_v go_v or_o if_o it_o do_v not_o go_v it_o be_v but_o one_o day_n and_o of_o that_o there_o be_v no_o number_n neither_o so_o that_o the_o total_a here_o aut_fw-la nòn_n est_fw-la aut_fw-la quasi_fw-la est_fw-la be_v either_o no_o number_n at_o all_o or_o supra_fw-la aug._n ut_fw-la supra_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o number_n sum_z up_o all_o the_o minute_n and_o hour_n thou_o can_v and_o those_o true_o and_o thy_o own_o thou_o shall_v make_v up_o but_o one_o day_n and_o that_o day_n whole_o not_o thou_o own_o neither_o let_v we_o begin_v from_o the_o first_o dawn_n or_o hour_n of_o it_o where_o be_v that_o hour_n say_v the_o father_n it_o be_v go_v where_o be_v the_o second_o then_o perchance_o thou_o will_v say_v that_o be_v go_v too_o but_o the_o three_o doubtless_o thou_o enioy'_v that_o be_v thy_o own_o ibid._n aug._n ibid._n be_v it_o so_o and_o yet_o si_fw-la tertiam_fw-la dabis_fw-la non_fw-la diem_fw-la sed_fw-la horam_fw-la dabis_fw-la do_v thou_o talk_v then_o of_o number_n that_o have_v but_o a_o day_n or_o of_o a_o day_n that_o have_v but_o one_o hour_n a_o hour_n not_o that_o neither_o not_o that_o very_a hour_n thou_o think_v thou_o enioy'_v for_o if_o some_o part_n of_o it_o be_v now_o past_a and_o another_o as_o yet_o remain_v and_o of_o that_o which_o be_v past_a thou_o
thin_o up_o that_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o leave_v of_o he_o as_o to_o fill_v a_o hand_n not_o to_o make_v up_o this_o span-long_a in_o the_o text_n no_o not_o this_o tanquam_fw-la nibil_n he_o wither_v before_o he_o grew-up_a we_o have_v he_o only_o in_o the_o morning_n in_o the_o bloom_a of_o youth_n when_o the_o damask_n and_o the_o lily_n dance_v in_o the_o cheek_n before_o his_o noon_n he_o be_v reap_v away_o and_o his_o sheaf_n bound-up_a and_o now_o he_o be_v go_v go_v like_o the_o day_n you_o hear_v of_o the_o y_a day_n or_o the_o watch_n or_o the_o shadow_n or_o the_o dream_n or_o the_o grass_n or_o the_o frail_a flower_n nothing_o remain_v but_o the_o memory_n that_o he_o be_v and_o why_o vniversa_fw-la vanitas_fw-la omnis_fw-la home_n sure_o man_n be_v vanity_n every_o man_n be_v vanity_n every_o man_n in_o his_o best_a state_n be_v vanity_n every_o man_n in_o his_o best_a state_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n so_o the_o word_n run_v in_o the_o next_o part_n every_o man_n in_o his_o best_a state_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n tertia_fw-la pars_fw-la tertia_fw-la every_o man_n in_o he_o etc._n etc._n the_o translation_n here_o run_v diverse_o so_o do_v the_o fancy_n on_o they_o vniversa_fw-la vanitas_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la locuin_n august_n musculus_fw-la mollerus_n jun._n trem._n in_o locuin_n so_o saint_n augustine_n omnis_fw-la vanitas_fw-la universus_fw-la homo_fw-la so_fw-mi musculus_fw-la mera_fw-fr vanitas_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la so_o mollerus_n and_o omnimoda_fw-la vanitas_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la so_o junius_n and_o tremelius_fw-la every_o translation_n be_v double-strung_a and_o harp'_v altogether_o on_o the_o plural_a the_o prophet_n say_v not_o i_o be_o vain_a or_o man_n be_v vain_a or_o man_n be_v vanity_n nor_o that_o man_n be_v vain_a or_o vanity_n but_o the_o whole_a series_n 39_o aynsworth_n in_o psal_n 39_o and_o descent_n come_v within_o the_o chorus_n every_o man_n be_v vanity_n nay_o every_o man_n be_v every_o vanity_n all_o mankind_n all_o manner_n of_o vanity_n so_o the_o root_n all_o adam_n all_o hebeb_n all_o mankind_n all_o vanity_n there_o be_v nothing_o within_o the_o round_a of_o this_o little_a world_n the_o whole_a circuit_n of_o flesh_n and_o blood_n whosoever_o whatsoever_o or_o how_o great_a soever_o but_o it_o be_v vain_a 11._o bolduc_n in_o cap._n 11._o joh._n v._o 11._o vanity_n all_o vanity_n and_o therefore_o some_o commentator_n peruse_v that_o of_o the_o eleven_o of_o job_n vers_fw-la 11._o god_n know_v vain_a man_n read_v it_o novit_fw-la deus_fw-la hominum_fw-la vanitatem_fw-la god_n know_v the_o vanity_n of_o man_n or_o as_o other_o more_o nimble_o novit_fw-la deus_fw-la homines_fw-la vanitatis_fw-la god_n know_v the_o man_n of_o vanity_n so_o saint_n augustine_n paraphrase_v on_o that_o of_o the_o preacher_n eccles_n 1._o vanity_n of_o vanity_n all_o be_v vanity_n will_v not_o read_v the_o word_n 21._o aug._n lib_n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la religione_fw-la cap._n 21._o vanitas_fw-la vanitatum_fw-la but_o vanitas_fw-la vanitantium_fw-la as_o if_o man_n make_v the_o vanity_n and_o not_o vanity_n the_o man_n so_o neque_fw-la frustra_fw-la additum_fw-la est_fw-la vanitantium_fw-la say_v the_o father_n quia_fw-la si_fw-la vanitante_n detrahas_fw-la non_fw-la eritcorpus_fw-la vanitas_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la genere_fw-la quamuis_fw-la extremam_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la sine_fw-la ullo_fw-la errore_fw-la remonstrabit_fw-la in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la a_o religione_fw-la cap._n 21._o and_o indeed_o we_o too_o much_o injure_v and_o disparage_v not_o only_o the_o time_n we_o live_v in_o but_o also_o those_o of_o our_o predecessor_n cry_v out_o on_o the_o vanity_n of_o either_o when_o the_o stoyicke_n tell_v we_o hominum_fw-la sunt_fw-la ista_fw-la 56._o sen._n epist_n 56._o non_fw-la temporum_fw-la the_o vanity_n be_v in_o the_o man_n and_o not_o in_o the_o age_n or_o if_o it_o be_v there_o and_o the_o vanity_n of_o all_o creature_n within_o it_o man_n will_v engross_v it_o all_o so_o the_o same_o saint_n augustine_n expound_v the_o apostle_n 53._o aug._n in_o cap._n 8._o ro._n cap._n 53._o vanitati_fw-la subiecta_fw-la est_fw-la creatura_fw-la the_o creature_n be_v subject_a unto_o vanity_n rom._n 8._o first_o put_v his_o all_o vanity_n into_o the_o creature_n and_o then_o all_o creature_n into_o man_n and_o that_o without_o the_o least_o calumny_n or_o injustice_n so_o he_o profess_v omnem_fw-la creaturam_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la homine_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la calumnia_fw-la cogitemus_fw-la in_o his_o tract_n upon_o the_o roman_n cap._n 13._o and_o indeed_o it_o be_v just_a that_o he_o who_o have_v the_o glory_n of_o all_o creature_n while_o he_o stand_v clothe_v in_o his_o integrity_n shall_v have_v all_o their_o frailty_n too_o when_o he_o be_v disrobe_v and_o so_o it_o fall_v out_o at_o length_n that_o he_o that_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o all_o vanity_n man_n be_v all_o vanity_n himself_o 4._o verse_n 4._o there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o he_o be_v but_o like_a unto_o it_o man_n be_v like_a unto_o vanity_n psal_n 144._o now_o he_o be_v vanity_n itself_o it_o be_v his_o essential_a and_o proper_a quality_n not_o in_o part_n or_o resemblance_n only_o but_o altogether_o vanity_n man_n be_v altogether_o vanity_n and_o what_o be_v that_o 38._o aug._n in_o psal_n 38._o totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la transit_fw-la vanitas_fw-la dicitur_fw-la every_o transitorinesse_n be_v a_o vanity_n that_o which_o reside_n not_o we_o call_v vain_a because_o it_o vanish_v so_o do_v a_o vapour_n we_o say_v or_o a_o smoke_n and_o man_n be_v both_o and_o therefore_o a_o vanity_n and_o a_o vanity_n or_o if_o you_o please_v once_o more_o a_o vanity_n of_o vanity_n for_o that_o which_o the_o septuagint_n read'_v so_o in_o their_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d hierome_n and_o other_o will_v have_v read_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d vapour_n fumi_fw-la and_o aurea_fw-la lenuis_fw-la the_o vapour_n of_o a_o smoke_n or_o a_o thin_a air_n hebel_n a_o soon_o vanish_v vapour_n as_o the_o breath_n of_o one_o mouth_n or_o nostril_n so_o vives_z note_n be_v upon_o the_o father_n in_o his_o twenty_o de_n civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la cap._n 3._o it_o be_v true_a then_o whatsoever_o vanish_v we_o call_v vanity_n and_o man_n that_o vanish_a vanity_n insomuch_o that_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o frail_a creature_n indeed_o some_o what_o less_o than_o vanity_n or_o beyond_o it_o 109.23_o psal_n 109.23_o and_o therefore_o our_o prophet_n do_v not_o only_o compare_v he_o to_o a_o shadow_n which_o must_v as_o a_o shadow_n vanish_v but_o to_o that_o shadow_n when_o it_o decline_v psal_n 109.23_o and_o it_o seem_v this_o be_v not_o enough_o neither_o and_o therefore_o 102.12_o psal_n 102.12_o psal_n 102.12_o dies_fw-la mei_fw-la simile_n umbrae_fw-la declinatae_fw-la i_o be_o go_v ae_z a_o shadow_n decline_v he_o be_v go_v and_o decline_v not_o decline_v as_o if_o his_o passage_n be_v rather_o conjecture_v then_o discern_v and_o therefore_o in_o scripture_n we_o seldom_o find_v man_n age_n resemble_v to_o a_o shadow_n but_o there_o be_v a_o fugit_fw-la with_o it_o fugit_fw-la velut_fw-la umbra_fw-la job._n 14.12_o job_n 14.12_o 14.12_o he_o sty_n as_o a_o shadow_n flie'_v with_o a_o nimble_a wing_n so_o nimble_o that_o sometime_o he_o out-doe's_a the_o acuteness_n of_o our_o sight_n i_o be_v hold_v he_o say_v david_n and_o he_o be_v go_v 37.37_o psal_n 37.37_o i_o seek_v he_o and_o he_o be_v not_o where_o to_o be_v find_v so_o also_o dies_fw-la nostri_fw-la quasi_fw-la umbrae_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la 29.15_o 1._o chron._n 29.15_o &_o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la mora_fw-la 1._o chron._n 29.15_o our_o day_n be_v as_o a_o shadow_n upon_o earth_n and_o there_o be_v no_o stay_n they_o pass_v along_o nay_o they_o fly_v fly_v so_o swift_o that_o they_o be_v go_v when_o we_o think_v they_o go_v like_o a_o gasp_a coal_n which_o in_o one_o act_n glare'_v and_o die'_v or_o the_o rude_a salutation_n of_o fire_n and_o 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protract_v