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A30926	Flores intellectuales, or, Select notions, sentences, and observations collected out of several authors, and made publick, especially for the use of young scholars, entring into the ministry / by Matthew Barker ...	Barker, Matthew, 1619-1698.	1691 (1691)	Wing B774; ESTC R13711	68,681	154

it self Principium Motus non Quietus A Principle of Motion not of Rest So we may say of some contentions Men and Women 22. Some Jewish Writers tell us That there was a Scare-Crow called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 set upon the top of the Temple at Jerusalem to keep off the Fowls from it lest they any way defile it 23. The Church is called Mahanaim Cant. 6.13 which signifies two Armies which may referr either to Jew and Gentile or the Church Militant and Triumphant 24. The Jews had the Name Jehovah first in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 abusing it to Superstition 25. It 's said of the Apostle's Ministry as of the course of the Heavens the Sun and Firmament Their Line went through all the Earth to carry Light through the whole World Psal 19.1 2 3. Rom. 10.18 26. Ambrose was made Bishop of Millan in his youth and therefore it 's said of him Simul discebat docebat He taught and learned both together A good Example to young Ministers 27. Optimi vini pessimum acetum The best Wine makes the sharpest Vinegar A good Emblem of the Church of Rome and her Degeneracy and Caution against Apostacy 28. The Sadduces held there were neither Angels nor Spirits And that good and bad Angels were good and bad Thoughts And that the Soul was only as Quicksilver to give the Body Motion and Salt to keep it from Putrefaction 29. Bodily Infirmities are the Gentlemen-Vshers of Death and the sound of their Masters Feet is behind 30. Some think God called Israel Jeshurun Deut. 32.15 not from Jashar which signifies upright but from the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies an Oxe because they waxed fat and kicked 31. If Sin be necessary and Men sin by necessity it is not sin if voluntarily it may ●e avoided so Pelagius argues And therefore it is possible a Man may live without sin as he argues 32. Humane Nature is capable of Repentance but not the Angelical Nature for what the Devils will they will immoveably which is one reason why Christ came a Redeemer to Men and not the fallen Angels Polhill 33. The Schoolmen tell us of three degrees of Miracles The first when that is produced which Nature never produced as the Sun going back The second when that is produced which once Nature had produced but was extinguisht as the restoring Sight after it was lost The third is the producing a thing sooner only than could be done in Nature as to make a Tree bring forth before its time or to heal a Disease in an instant or to make a Tree wither in a moment as the Fig-Tree mentioned in the Gospel Mat. 21.20 34. The crossed Souldiers raised to recover the Holy Land out of the hands of the Saracens were by the Pope employed against the dissenting Christians in Bohemia and Piedmont and that was call'd an Holy War by his Holiness 35. God appear'd so eminently against the Persecutors of the Picards in France that it grew unto a Proverb He that would hasten his Death let him persecute the Picards 36. In the Work of Grace God is not only an Orator to persuade but an Operator to work Vox suasiva abit in operativam His suasive word passeth into an operative word 37. Upon the death of the Duke of Guise Henry III. of France cried Nunc demum Rex sum Now I am King So will Christ when his Enemies are destroyed have a more visible Reign 38. In the state of Innocency Temptations did only court the outward Sense but now they make nearer approaches to the Soul finding something within Man to entertain them And Satan hath no power over us but Societate peccati Aug. de Civ Dei l. 10. c. 22. 39. The Trojans thought their City safe whilst they kept their Palladium which was the Image of Pallas descended as they foolishly imagin'd from Heaven but in the Siege of Troy Diomedes and Vlysses did kill the Keepers of it and stole it away Whereupon Austin tells the Heathen that they worship such Gods qui non possunt suos custodire custodes That could not keep their Keepers De Civ Dei cap. 1. lib. 1. But the True God is a Keeper of Israel 40. Stir a Dunghil and it stinks the more but stir Oyntment and it smells the sweeter So Afflictions in some do stir up Corruption and in others it doth more actuate Grace Aug. de Civ Dei l. 1. c. 8. 41. Austin speaking of Christians banish'd for Religion saith Miserrimum esset si alicubi duci poterant ubi Deum suum non invenirent If they could be carried any whither where they could not find their God De Civ Dei lib. 1. cap. 14. 42. Cicero the Roman Orator complained in his time That the Romans had lost their Commonwealth Non casibus sed criminibus non vi sed vitiis Not by Casualties or the power of the Enemy but their own Vice Rempub. nomine tenemus sed reipsâ amisimus We have only the Name of a Common-wealth 43. Austin reckons up how many Calamities the Romans sustained before Christ came into the World De Civ Dei lib. 3. cap. 17. Now saith he if these had fallen out in our time quae isti quanta dixissent What things and what great things would they have spoken against the Christians as if all these fell out for their sake 44. Lucretia a chaste Matron was ravish'd by the Son of Turquinius of whom Augustin speaks wittily there were two in the fact but one only the Adulterer As the Apostle distinguisheth concerning himself It is not I but sin that dwelleth in me Rom. 7.20 45. Whatever evil befalls a good Man Non est poena Criminis sed Virtutis examen saith Austin Not the punishment of a Crime but the tryal of Vertue 46. The Romans that worship'd many Gods within their City yet built a Temple to Quies out of the City Implying that all the Religion and Worship of the Heathens Gods could not give true Rest but our God and Saviour whom we worship gives it to all his true Disciples saith Aug. de Civ Dei lib. 4. cap. 16. 47. The learned Varro who boasted that he could teach the right way of Worshipping all the Gods of the Heathen yet knew not the right way of worshipping the true God saith Aug. de Civ Dei lib. 4. cap. 22. 48. After the appeasing the Sedition of the Gracchi the Romans built a Temple to Concord Whereby they shewed how acceptable Concord was to them after their former Distractions and how desirous they were to fix it among them and how thankful for it But Divisions will demolish this Temple 49. The Heathen built a Temple to Felicitas but alas were ignorant of the way of obtaining true Felicity and the true nature of it This only the Gospel reveals to be found in Christ and him crucified which their Wise Men derided as foolishness 50. What the Heathen called Fate the

the Light of Nature and the Power of the Law and the Insluence of Example and Love to Reputation may influence Men in it 60. We make a right Use of Ordinances when we are by them quicken'd and strengthned to all the Duties of Religion but many rest in the meer using them 61. Tactus est fundamentum vitae sensitivae Feeling is the Foundation of the sensitive Life so is inward sense and feeling of the spiritual Life 62. Totus Mundus exercet histrioniam The whole World is as a Stage-play or a piece of Pageantry a Shew a Fashion a Phancy without substance and reality and the Phoenomena in Mens Brains are more than the Phoenomena in the Heavens 63. It is not safe to remove or move Foundations 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 64. Peter Martyr said he being seventeen Dayes at Bucer's House He every day rose from his Table either doctior aut melior more Pious or more Learned 65. Rei cujusque perfectio est in adhaesione ad suum principium Aug. Every thing hath its most perfect Existence in the Principle out of which it springs 66. He that is a lover of others will multiply his own Comforts by it for he will rejoyce in other Mens good as his own For Love maketh Union 67. It is better to love than be beloved for the one may be a sign of Grace which the other is not 68. Seeing subordinate respects may be had to our selves in our serving God it makes it hard to know whether we make God our ultimate end 69. Old Jacob dying said I have waited for thy Salvation Old Simeon dying said I have seen thy Salvation Wherein we may see the difference betwixt the Old Testament and New 70. There is a threefold Knowledge of Christ Ex Lege ex Evangelio ex Visione By the Law the Gospel and by Vision 71. The Buttersly slutters about Flowers but gets no Honey as the Bee doth So many compass Christ about with an Outward Profession but derive no Grace from him 72. Anaxagoras said he was born Coelum Solem intueri But a Christian is to look higher than the visible Heavens 73. We should not employ our Time and Studies about Minutiae Argutiae little things and critical things which Elian calls 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Consumptions of Time 74. Jonathan by tasting Honey had his Eyes enlightned So the best Knowledge of spiriritual things is by tasting 75. All other Waters may fail us but that which came out of the Rock sollow'd the Israelites it did descend into Valleys and climb up Hills as the Chaldean Paraphrase tells us 76. Unsanctified Learning is like Quicksilver not kill'd which turns to Poyson 77. Christ is compared to a great Rock in a weary Land Isa 32.1 He bore the heat that we might sit in the shade 78. Death brings all Men together as the King and Pawns are put together in the Bag when the Chess-game is over 79. An Old Disciple is like an ancient Oak that keeps its sap to the last 80. Hieron said of Paula a Noble Woman that she was Sanctitate quam genere Nobilior More Noble by her Holiness than her Birth 81. Horace sets forth the Degeneracy of Mankind in a few pitthy words Aetas parentum pejor Avis tulit nos nequiores The Fathers worse than Grandfathers and their Children worse than both 82. Augustus had a Daughter call'd Julia who grew so vicious that he would not own her for his Daughter but rather as an Imposthume broken out of his side 83. Earl Morton put this Epitaph upon John Knox his Tomb. Here lyeth the Body of that Man who in his life-time never feared the face of any Man 84. Those Fruits of the Earth that run up much into Leaves and Stalk will dye at the root So some Mens Religion runs up all into Talk and Profession but have no root of Life within Religion is the best Armour but the worst Cloak 85. Painters lay first a good ground-Colour before they flourish But many Men will flourish in Profession and have not laid a Foundation 86. Under the Law there was a Sea of Water for the Priests to wash in and Lavers for the Sacrifices Our Persons and our best Sacrifices need washing in the Blood of Christ 87. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ill savours will drive away Bees and smoak Doves as Naturalists write Let us take heed of that which may drive away from us the Holy Spirit 88. Autumns Witherings tell us that the Sun is gone back So when Professors wither it shews Christ the Sun of Righteousness is withdrawn 89. It was a saying of Peter Moulin When the Papists did forbid our Bibles and persecute us for reading them we were then zealous to read them but now we have free liberty to read them we lay them aside like Old Almanacks 90. Alexander asked King Porus his Prisoner How he would be used he answered 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 like a King So let Christians and the Children of God live like themselves 91. Julian the Apostate did forbear Persecuting the Christians Non ex Clementiâ sed ex Invidiâ Not out of Kindness but Envy because he saw the more they were persecuted the more they encreased as the Historian writes 92. We ought to make use of our Judgment and Reason in our Enquiries and Endeavours in Matters of Religion All which the Papists take away by their Implicit Faith 93. Christ first made an Oblation of his Will to his Fathers Will and then offered up himself a Sacrifice As in Psal 40. Lo I come to do thy Will O God! and Not my Will but thine be done 94. There are two Words used in the 53d of Isa to set forth Christs bearing our Iniquity the one is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the other is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The one signifies the lifting up the Burden upon the Back the other the strong bearing it Both are true of Christ 95. The Wine mixt with Myrrh offer'd to Christ upon the Cross was usually give● to stupisie the Sense and to mitigate the Pain as some say but Christ refused it he was supported under his Pain by other means and was willing to suffer to the utmost for out sakes 96. The Satisfaction Christ made for our Sin was not only Ex pacto but Ex merito by reason of the intrinsick Value that was i● his Obedience 97. Severus the Emperor said when he came to dye Omnia fui nihil profuit I have been all things and yet profited by nothing But he never was a good Christian 98. I have somewhere read of Olympus an Arrian Bishop denying the Trinity was struck dead with three Thunderbolts from Heaven 99. Austin thought that in the day of Judgment every Man should behold all the Actions of his Life Vno mentis Intuitu with one glance of his Mind A good Caution to all Men. 100. When Jacob found Laban's Countenance to frown upon him he then thought of