14 11 Where in eternall darknesse they must ' bide Tormented with the wicked Fiends beside In fire not made to comfort but torment In fire the which no Fuell can augment Parsons his resolutions set out by Bunny In fire which burnes yet not consumes the wight In mystie fyer fyer without light Which fire no ayre nor water can abate No nor the length of Time extenuate There the rich Chuffe or sinne-polluted Goate Shall have hot-boyling Gold powr'd down his throat There the lascivious Person shall have sight Of all the ugliest Fiends that may affright There the Blasphemer shall have satiation Of horrid oathes of wicked execration Rev 16 10 11. There the foule-bibbing-Drunkard shall have thirst To drinke whole tunnes of Gall yet never burst The lowd-loquacious Lawyer there shall lacke A habeas corpus to remove him backe There the litigeous Client shall have strife Who never could be quiet in his life The Atheist will acknowledge There a God Reade the Practiâ—â— oâ— Piety When he shall feele the vigour of his rod And the seducing Hereticke will say That he hath mist the right and perfect way How happy then shall those blest-Spirits be â—njoying God their true Felicity How worthy-happy in their Gods account Whose sight doth all their greatest joyes amount They shall have Ioy without Anxiety Read S. August his Meditations Mr. Bunnâ— upon Parsons resolutions Mirth without mourning or disturbancy Peace without Warre Love without Envying Life without death life e're continuing Never defective in their Purity Ever establisht in Security No neede of Angels there for to protect For there shall be no Divell to detect No need of Preaching for that too shall cease And God shall be their everlasting Peace Knowledge by Science shall be abrogated Faith be extinguish'd Hope annihilated 1 Cor 13. 1. Faith 2. Hope 3. Charity Nought shall remaine in Heaven of the Three But perfect Love and perfect Charity Each shall receive a crowne for his desert And some withall shall have a greater part For there shall be many degrees in Glory The glory one and the same the differâ—nce in the degrees Simile As Austin writes in his most sacred story Which he illustrates by similitude To prove degrees in their Beatitude Take saith he Botles of their severall Marts Some great some lesse of pottles and of quarts Cast them into the sea when you have done And being full they all will overrunne So shall it with these Sainted-persons be They shall be sated with saturity And as the Finger envies not the Eye August de Civit. Dei l. 22. c. 30. To be her equall in Supremacy No more shall they envie at others Blisse But as the Finger shall accord in this None shall the others glory disanull For every one shall have his Botle full BVt stay my Muse stay whither wilt thou fly Lose not thy selfe in soaring up too high Mr. Vicars in his prospective glasse to â—ooke into â—eaven Recoile againe and let good Vicars come He hath a straine in this will make thee dumbe Lure backe I say for it is my request My warbling Pen doth gag for want of rest And I 'le recall thee backe againe in time Lest thou too high above my reach should'st clime Aug Civ Dei l. 22. â— 30. Yet know my Muse to you blest place I tend For Heaven was ordain'd Mans chiefest end Although one Adam lost it by his Fall A second hath repurchast it withall And made a Passage for Me unto Life â—ph 2 3 Who was by Nature once so full of strife Those Angels which debarr'd him of the Tree God hath appointed as an Aide to Mee To beare my soule to that celestiall place Cor. 13 Where I shall see my Maker face to face Not as he is immense or infinite For so the Angels cannot view his sight But as he shall Himselfe communicate In a full measure to my blessed State Aug. Civ Dei l. 22 c. 29. Now whether it shall be with corporall-eye As we the Sunne the Moone and Starres descrye I cannot tell but certainly withall It must be Perfect being Spirituall FJNJS ERRATA PAg. 2 line 34 for his Soule reade the soule p. 29 l. 17 reade to a better state p. 29 l. 19 for had restored reade hath restored p. 35 l. 32 thou reade tâ—ough p. 50 l. 21 reade But others p. 48. l. 20. for very reade every Preface page 5 line 20 reade incompatible with Divinity In the margent page 48 reade Rupertus THE TRIVMPH OF FAITH OR THE MIRROR OF WOMEN MATTH 15.28 Oh Woman great is thy faith be it vnto thee even as thou wilt TO MY TRVLY WORTHY AND MVCH RESPECTED FRIEND Mr. John Clarke Gentleman Steward and Receiver of King Iames Hospitall founded by Tho Sutton Esquire his best Wishes 'T Is not so great a worke to purchase love As to retaine it never to remove Thy Art herein hath made thee excellent A grace unto thy Place a President Never therein had any such applaud Of such perinnity Angelick land None of the Proto-stewards like to thee So changelesse constant so perpetuall free Then blame them not to praise and love thee too Their Tribute is no more than what is due Nor mine no lesse than theirs So I present Faiths Triumph to thy hand to give content With all To such a good Germanicus I wish long life Thy old men Clerke it thus Amen Ever Thine The Faith of the Woman of Canaan compared with and excelling the Centurions Faith to the great glory of that Sex THE Light of Lights The Sunne of Righteousnes Reflects and warmes our Hearts by lively Faith Admires That Guift in us when we expresse The same in full with all the power it hath What is it but we may obtaine by Faith Hell is subdu'd and Heaven is obtain'd Christ is enjoy'd a good Report is gain'd Heb. 11 2 VVitnesse this Gentile-Woman Canaanite The Romane yet the good-Centurion nam'd Both Converts Both connext in holy VVrit Both excellent transcendent truly fam'd Mirrours of Faith by Faithfulnes proclam'd Mat 9 11 Mat. 15 27 But which of eithers Faith will greatest prove Daine you to heare and judge as Reasons move The Faith of the Centurion so renown'd Of which our Saviour spake so wonderous well VVhich in his owne Apostles was not found Mark 9 1â— Nor in the circuite of great Israel No nor of us I blush the more to tell Came short of hers compar'd in the degree Though in the substance of like qualitie His Faith was like unto a goodly Tower Built on a Rocke in a faire pleasant Place VVhere neither raging Seas nor windy Power Could buckle with him in an open face Such was his Faith invironed by Grace But hers lay open to each mighty Blast Yet being on a Rocke it was kept fast Luke 6 â—â— He when he was to send unto our Saviour Luk 7 3. Had many Friends before
Imbecillity And overcame thee by his Subtilty Thou mightst have pry'd into his cunning Guiles And circumvented Satan in his wiles Thou mightst have cast him off by detestation And found his fraudulent dissimulation By contradicting thee Of every tree When God did preordaine no such decree Gen. 3.1 In contradicting Gods owne Majesty Chrys in his treaty of vertue and vice Thou mightst have found a false fierce enemy But Thou That faire occasion didst omit Which might have well discover'd Him in It Deliver'dst what thou hadst into his hands Becam'st obedient unto his commands Acquainted'st Adam fondly with thy state And of the Sinne mad'st him participate In an unusuall fashion seem'dst to teach Whose duty was to heare but not to preach 1 Tim 1 1â— O Adam Adam where was thy reproofe Thou should'st have chid her now in this behoofe A presideâ—â— Iob 2 1â— But thou art too too like her in Condition And therefore wilt partake of her Ambition Folly hath caught thee how art thou beguiled Eve is uncleane and Adam is defiled No sooner did he eate but straight their eyes Were open to let in their miseries The eye of Evill-knowledge lets him see VVhat he had gain'd by the forbidden Tree Note this And this same eye discovers all his Sinne And showes him what he is without within He findes his stomacke overmuch opprest And in it felt himselfe withall distrest A sudden Chilnesse strikes him to the Heart And he is naked now in Every-part He seekes for Leaves to hide his nakednesse Gen 3.7 And is Ashamed of his filthinesse He feeles the anguish of a mighty Rod And he hath lost the Image of his God His Soule polluted with Impiety His Heart is filled wlth Hypocrisie Rom 8 6. Ier. 4.22 His Will perverted by his wickednesse And all his Wisdome turn'd to foolishnesse His Ioy is turn'd to Infelicity His Faith is turn'd to Infidelity His Soule and Body both contaminated And Both from God most justly separated Rom 6.16 A guilty Conscience turnes him into Gall A wicked-Divell holdes him now in thrall An Expectation of great punishment Makes him to melt by inward languishment Eternall Death doth dogge him at the heeles And he the terrour of it somewhat feeles Chrys Hom in Gen. 16 He findes himselfe by Satans wiles deceiv'd He sees himselfe of all his Gifts bereav'd Recall againe his sinfull-deede he cannot To have accesse to God alacke he dares not He knew him Iust and being such a One In this case hope of pardon there was None He knew not then God being just and true How he could pardon and redeeme him too The blessed Angels will not comfort him The Other-Creatures doe astonish him Ioh 8.44 All his whole-Thoughts addicted are to Evill And he is now the Image of the Divell Gen 3.8 An uncouth Feare assaults him Inwardly And he must fly from Gods discovery O Adam Adam whither wilt thou flye From out the sight of his All-seeing Eye Psal 139.8 Mount 'bove the Heavens Adam pierce the aire Yet having done it he will finde thee there Ibid v. 9. Descend to Hell among that wicked rout And there in Iudgement he shall finde thee out Take wings and flie above Heavens Celsitude Yet he conteines thee by his Latitude Hide thee in darknesse yet know He is Light And therefore fondly thou do'st fly his Sight The Lord beholding Man full fraught with terrour 〈◊〉 The manner of God approach to Adam Den 32.35 Comes mildely to him to rebuke his errour He brings him salve to cure his misery And comes withall to plague his Enemy Man carelesse of himselfe flees his Phisition And hath no grace to offer his submission The Lord in mercy makes him to appeare Chrys hom in Gen 17. And gives him comfort to appease his Feare He doth not come in fearfull Apparition He doth not come in finall Soules-perdition He doth not come in dismall Flames of Fire As once he did to Sodome in his ire Gen 19.24 But he doth come with milde-Celerity To comfort Man in his extremity He comes in coolest part of all the day Gen. 3. â— Mat 1â— 8 He comes when Man by Sinne had lost his way He comes in Motion of his owne accord That Man might heare the presence of the Lord No whirling Tempest walking doth he make As when he made Mount Sinai for to shake Exo 19.18 Such was his pitty without Mans least Merit Such was his Mercy to Mans sinfull Spirit Gods mâ—â—cy to maâ— That he doth come not in austerity But in his wonted former clemency O then poore Adam why art thou affear'd VVhen in so still a Sound thy Lord is heard O'tis thy Sinne or rather 't is thy Shame VVhich makes thee thinke his presence not the same The second Person in the Trinity Iohn â— 18 Not in the substance of his Deity â—ug Civit. â—ei l. 16. â—29 But in assumed creatures ministry Vouchsafes in mercy to conferre with thee Mildly doth call thee by thy proper Name Inquiring of thy welfare when he came Where art thou Adam As if he should say Tertul in Marcion 2. In what Estate How farest thou to day Why art thou troubled Wherefore dost thou fly Pre'thee resolve me Adam tell me why Here thou hadst fit occasion to have said Lord I have sinn'd assist me with thy aid I have unjustly of mine owne accord Through my Ambition much offended Lord I have rebell'd against thy Majesty And beene obedient to thine Enemy Luk. 10 30 I have for him deprav'd my Happinesse Depriv'd my selfe of all my Righteousnesse And being now most justly plagu'd therein Rom 6.16 Psal 18.2 Psa 73.25 Am made his Captive and a Slave to sinne I have no other Refuge but to Thee I have no other now to comfort me I onely come now to implore thy grace To helpe me Lord in this my wretched case O what a blessed Convert had here bin If Adam had but thus confest his Sin How well had God accepted his Submission Iob 31.33 And prais'd him after for his sound Contrition But he past grace will hide his sinne outright And rob himselfe of pardon if he might Deut 29.19 He will adde thirst unto his drunkennesse Making God authour of his wickednesse Accuse our great Iehovah to his face And neither sue for mercy nor for grace But spend his time his words his breath in vaine And like a wicked wretch will thus prophane The woman which thou gav'st me made me eate Gen 3.12 As if God gave her onely to defeate August de Civit. Dei l. 14. c. 14. VVhen God in pitty as a helping-one Gave her to Adam when he was alone God made Her his Inferiour Him her Head To rule not by her to be rul'd misled 1 Tim 2.11 12 13. He should in duty have dissuaded her Even when the Divell had invaded her He should in
for to asswage A long-felt-paine by tedious Pilgrimage Not that by Death thou canst yet satisfie My yrefull Wrath or just Indignitie But thou by Death shalt finde a passage cleere To that Beatitude ungained here When this same Trunke of thine shall turne to Clay The Martyrs passion day was called of old Natalitium salutis Gen 3.15 Bid joyfull welcome to thy New-birth-day For Death shall be the Bridge for to transport Thy spotlesse Soule to my celestiall Court Then Courage Adam be not thou dismaid Wrestle with Sinne and Death be not afraid 'T is I will helpe thee in thy greatest Neede And raise a Saviour to thee from thy Seede Now thou art naked loe take here these Skinnes Cloath thee with them live to lament thy sinnes Phil. 3.9 Rom 13 14 1 Cor. 1.30 Lay holde on Christ to come by Faithfulnesse Who is thy Garment and thy Righteousnesse He shall defend thee from the parching Heat Of sinnes Contagion be it ne're so great And being cloathed with his Innocence Thou maist behold my Face with confidence Now looke into Thy selfe and see thy Fault Take heed thou do'st not after this revolt Ending his speech The Lord derides him thus â—ehold the man 's become as one of us Gen 3 2â— Which is as much as if the Lord had said â—ee what an alteration Man hath made Beholde what unto him doth now betide Chrys hom 18. in Gen. All through his Disobedience and his Pride And let his whole Posterity take heede How they reject my word by Adams deede GOD having cloath'd his Carkasse with a Skin Irena l. 3. c. 37. Armed his minde with hatred of his Sin Humbled his Soule with sorrow for his Vice Doth next exclude him out of Paradice And that he might not backe againe returne To eate the Fruite that he would have him shunne And live for ever as the word implies God sets the Cherubims before his eyes Gen 3.24 With them a Blade or Sword appearing rife To barre his passage to the Tree of Life That now beholding with perspicuous eye Tertul. in Marci l. 2. His former State past all recovery And he unable to redeeme the Losse Might now submit himself to beare the crosse And by his Faith upon that Life relie Iesus Christ eâ—tternall with the Father Which was with God from all Eternity Nay which was God and did assume our State That he might Man againe new renovate Whom God before all Ages did decree To be prefigur'd typed in this Tree Whom he in Wisdome did before provide To helpe him when this Tree was laid aside Now takes the Tree of Life from Adams sight Because he knew not how to use it right God did it both in Iustice and in Favour Chrys hoâ— on Gen. 1 That Man might thirst hunger for his Saviour Foreseeing in his divine providence His confidence in Christ. Epiphan â—ares 64 That it would further Adams confidence When he should be removed from that Tree Whereon his mind might run by Fantasie Yet had no power to give any Life Either to Him his Children or his Wife God did not feare that Man should live for ever When from the Tree of Life he did him sever But therefore he debarr'd him of the Tree Because he did abuse his Liberty Gen 2.17 One onely tree the Lord would have him spare And that same one the Man would not forbeare Therefore the Lord in his displeasure great Chrys Ib. Debarres him of that One which he might eat He had procured Death by tasting One Ieremy â—anch Beda â—amascen â—piph haeâ—â—s 64. â—hat is â—hen hee â—â—gan to â—â—te the â—â—â—bidden â—â—ite as â—â—th that â—â—ther â—â—â—l 90.4 Pet. 3 8 And might have liv'd in letting it alone Now having sinn'd the other will not serve Which was ordain'd before Life to preserve And had he eaten tree and fruit withall He should have still continu'd caducall For in That Instant he began to die Though for a while he liv'd in Misery Yet was his Life but a prolonged death Which soone did vanish from him with his breath That Adam did not die immediatly Behold the Lords unequall'd Clemency To whom a thousand yeares is but a day Respecting his Eternity for aye Yet he confounds not Times rotundity But counts each day in perfect mensity â—â—â—l 147 4 Who can the Number of the Starres declare But he that made them in particular Or who can tell the drops of raine that fall 〈◊〉 37 11 But he whose Influence giveth Sap to all The Fowles of Heaven Haires upon our head Mat. 10 30. To us unnumber'd he hath numbered Numbers which unto us are infinite Compar'd to God are found but definite Isay 40 17 Gen. 5 5 Say Adam liv'd nine hundred thirty yeares Yet breath'd he not a Day as it appeares A thousand yeares did his olde age surmount And this is but a Day in Gods account Psal 90.4 No Creature ever liv'd this Day compleat Hee lived 969. Gen. 5 27 The neerest was Methusalah the great Yet since his time our age doth so decay That scant we live One-hower of this day THe life of Man is as a Spiders Webbe Note Or like a Sea decaying in his Ebbe Or like unto a little Sparke of Fire Which in a minute doth it selfe expire Man is a temporary Loane of life A debt of Death a Creature full of Strife An Inne a Receptacle soyled Cell Chrys in his tract upon the 7 verse of the 39 Psalme Wherein his Passions for a time doe dwell An abject object of dire misery A very Habit of Infirmity A Subject whereon Griefe predominates An empty Caske which Sinne contaminates A tottering Reede which easily is broke A scatter'd Cloud a transitory Smoke To day in health amongst his Bags of gold To morrow dead most ghastly to behold To day in 's study casting up his Summes To morrow he is cast unto the wormes To day with his Associates making cheere To morrow borne by them upon a Beere To day in glory tended on in state To morrow left without associate To day attired in a purple Robe To morrow by mischance as poore as Iob To day in honour full of Majesty To morrow thrust from all his dignity Adam as yesterday in Eden plac't Gen. 3.24 Was by the Cherubims expulst in hast Herom tradit Hebr. in Gen. MAny there are that by the Cherubims And firy Sword shooke by the Seraphins Doe understand nought else but Phebus heat In that same space wherein his power is great They understand it for the torrid Zone Pointing upon the Indian-Horizone Others doe take it for materiall-Fire Which should environ Paradise entire And as a Wall incircling it about With such like horrour for to keep him out Aquinas Kupertus Lyra. Some take it for the fire of Purgatory And stand on their opinion peremptory But these and all the rest the text confutes And