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
within by Christ his righteousnesse Imputed to her as her holinesse Glorious without by his infused grace Cant. 4.7 Without a spot or wrinkle in her face Though in her selfe defiled and polluted Yet is she otherwise with God reputed Christ Iesus Rom 13.14 For being cloathed with this indument This glorious robe her best abiliment No sinfull blemish in her doth appeare Because in Christ she is esteemed cleare Cant 6 8. She is immaculate to looke upon More I would write of this beloved one But my precedent subject doth enforce Me to returne to my intended course And I as one directed must withall Leave this discourse and write of Adams fall His State his Losse his Sinne how it began By the grand Divell enemy to Man THe Divel was an Angel once of light Iob 4.18 Blest in beholding of his Makers sight â—ndu'de with most profound Intelligence Ezek. 28.13 15. Befitting such created excellence But thinking in himselfe to be more great He headlong fell from that supernall Seat Isay 14.12 VVith many hundred thousand Angels more VVhom God to mercy never will restore VVhom he in Iustice for their wickednesse Hath ty'd in chaines of everlastingnesse 2 Pet. 2.4 VVhom he permits in wicked men to raigne Absent a while from Hell not from their Paine Whom he reserves unto the Iudgement day Iude 1.6 To feele the anguish of a greater pay And He whose pow'r might have sustain'd them all Permits them justly in their sinne to fall And Satan here to use his tyranny Although he were his greatest enemy Yea though in spight he sought to overthrow The glory of his creatures here below For he the Head unable to rest The Divels weaknesse Gainst whom he in rebellion did persist Now bends his force to ruine Adams state Which he by guesse suppos'd as terminate Beholding Adam then so meane a Creature Of such base Matter now to be his Greater Of such Imperiall State and dignity Psal 8 5. â—njoying his late fallen Felicity He stormes in rage and swelleth in his ire Consulting if he might him quite t' expire He knew by Nature well that God was just Psal 145.17 Gen. 2.7 He knew that Adam was but made of dust He knew if sinne his goodnesse did pervert It would redound unto each creatures hurt And he by doing it should extirpate 2 Pet. 2 5. All their whole glory by his inbred hate Which well he knew would be no small defeat Vnto the Lord of Lords their Soveraigne great Resolv'd therein he like a subtill one Gen 3 1. He did not turne himselfe into a serpent but entred into the serpent Must single out the Woman all-alone And shrouded in a Serpent for collusion Will speake unto her but to her confusion He durst not doe it before Adams face Neither attempt it being Both in place He needs must doe it when she is alone Not by Compulsion but Perswasion He must entise her for to take the fruit He could not enter her her to pollute He could not this doe for her Sanctity And therefore he will prove his Subtilty Gen 3 4 He moves the subtill Serpent for to speake VVhich without Gods permission was too weake He guides his Tongue in all agility To finde the Womans imbecillity Chrysost on Gen. He speaks unto her and she doth admire him And to speak on she seemeth to desire him He takes occasion from her Carelesnesse To rob her of her Faith and Righteousnesse He bids her eate the woman doth denie Gen 3 4 Repeates what God hath threatned Lest ye die But He more crafty unto Her reply'd Not surely dye but Both be Deifi'd As Earthly Gods they should know Good and Ill And have All things agreeing to their Will Their eyes should open and immediate show That which So much they did desire to know Ibid vers 5 That God should know it and would envie them Which gave him cause to care so much for them And this he spake in ambiguities Gulling the Woman by his subtilties Who seeing that the Tree was good for meat And had such pow'r to make her wise and great Ibid. v. 6. And was so faire and lovely to behold She takes upon her and she will be bolde She gives full reines unto her Gluttony Murdering by it her whole Posterity Not satisfi'd her selfe alone to taste She runnes to her Companion all in haste And finding him among the shady trees Eues search for Adâ—m Devoted unto God upon his knees Ore else at quiet by his sleepinesse For man ' gainst danger is in heavinesse She stay'd a while untill he for his Bride Had cast off sleepe layd drowsinesse aside Then after many smiles and sweet embraces Which Lovers use in such befitting places She frames her tongue and doth begin to tell During his absence what to her befell How in her late accustom'd pleasant walke She heard a Serpent most distinctly talke Eves speech to Adam Who with deliberate words did full declare The cause of his intent and being there And then she tolde him every circumstance Which did befall them in their disputance What Proofes impregnable he did her bring Above her strength her reason conquering How much he did commend that pleasant fruite Which had rare pow'r to make them most acute Then more to move his longing appetite She brings the liquorish Apple to his sight Which from his teeth extorted such a water As drowned all his Wit and Senses after And having put the apple in his hand She gave him Thus much more to understand That having eate it he should never dye Gen 3 4. For they as Gods should live eternally He wonne by her deluding eloquence Puts God aside gives her preheminence With admiration still doth hearing give Because he saw her eate and yet to live Beleeves a lying-Devill and a Wife But gives no credit to the Lord of Life Who tolde him of his penalty before That death should be approaching to his dore Ready to seize upon him as a prey Gen 2.17 The very Minute and the selfe-same day He should presume to taste or eate the same And beare him to the place from whence he came Therefore in pitty God did him intreat That as he lov'd his Soule he would not eat Gen 3.3 God said Not eate Eve added this word Nor touch And didst not thou O Eve the same avouch Adding a word unto it No nor touch By which the Divell tooke a fit occasion To overrunne thee with a strong invasion Who that he might the better thee insnare Vs'd all the by-wayes and the trickes that were For he with words not spoke did friske about Chrys on Mat 7. So by contraries found the spoken out Made thee to blabbe the Lords commandement That he might winne thee to thy detriment Got thee to fling a Pearle unto a Swine To cast unto a Dog a thing divine Then wrought upon thy
rule of opposition And good as we distinguish by possession After his fall he likewise understood The Guilt of Evill by the losse of Good Others did call it so by the Event Because it did procure his punishment But this not fully doth explaine the place August de Civ Dei l 14. c. 12. The Tree was wholesome and had pleasant grace How was it evill then By Accident Not of it selfe By the Commandement Gen 2 17 For this cause it was said Thou shalt not eate The precept made it so the pow'r was great To warren Man from Sinne in Innocence Who after was to fall by Negligence Thou shalt not eate This precept tells him why But what commands the God of Majesty Rom 12.3 He bids him for to rectifie his Will And not to covet that would make him ill He bids him to be wise in all discretion And not to rise in thought 'bove his condition He tells him how his glory might consist In true obedience if he will persist He tells him though he were a Prince on earth Yet it was He that gave him first his birth And being but a Subject and a Creature Luk 20.25 Deu 10.12 He must pay homage to his Lord and Maker Thus as a Rule the Tree of knowledge stood To tye him to Obedience which was good It was not set by Gods appointment there For to intrap his life as with a Snare As the malicious multitude surmise Who murmure ' gainst the Lord that 's only wise But God therein would his Obedience try To prove his Love his Faith and Loyalty Deut 10.12 Nor did he stand in need of Mans obedience Who was to doe it upon his allegiance Nor could the Lord be better'd ought thereby Psal 16 2. For nought can adde unto his Soveraignty No Power can make him greater than he is Psa 145.3 No Ioy can helpe to perfect up his blisse No Iustice make him just by betterment Psal 50.11 No Knowledge adde to his experiment With one sole act he viewes all things that be Through his essentiall Conspicuitie Psal 94.11 And knowes the very secret thoughts of All By uncreated Power Personall Gods power is himselfe Prov. 8.15 He is the sole perfection of all things He maketh Lords inaugurateth Kings He pluckes them downe he reares them up againe For by his pow'r all Kings doe live and reigne Zanchy upon the Attribute Lord. Psal 50 12 Psal 145 3 Isay 40 12 Psal 147 9 He is the true and compleate Lord alone That helpeth All yet stands in need of None If he be hungry who shall give him meat For the whole world is his he is so great He measures Heav'n and Earth as with a Span He feedes the Beast and giveth food to Man He heares the little Ravens when they cry Iob 39 3 Psa 147.9 And gives them meat to to their voracity He with a word did Earth and Heavens make Psal 33 6 And he becomes a Begger for our sake He begs a loyall and a faithfull Heart Pro. 23 2â— Deut 10.12 He sued to Man and Man would not impart His bound obedience to his Maker great His soveraigne Lord of prime and Supreme-seate VVhat could the Lord in favour more have done Than have required duty of a Sonne VVhat could a Sonne in due have chosen rather Than true obedience to so good a Father Luk. 20.25 Who did exact obedience as his due To have confirm'd his Faith and blest him too Gen. 2.17 Who did in mercy warne him of his fall That he might shunne the punishment withall But see the nature of Ingratefulnes Adam forgot the God of Righteousnes He would be elevated through Ambition Rom 12 13. He would be like the Highest in Condition He would be wise above Capacity He would be equall to the Deity Presum'd to gaine this knowledge by that Fruite But through his folly was made destitute It was no petty Sinne he did commit The greatnesse of his sinne No trifling Apple which he sought to get Although Pope Iulius third of that same name Did prize his Peacocks losse above the same His Sinne was most exceeding insolent Against the mighty Lord omnipotent Psal 145.3 He that is great without all Quantity He that is good without all Quality 1 Tim 1 17. Psal 90 2. Isay 66.1 Ier 23 24. He that is everlasting without Age He that in Heaven hath his heritage Who with his Essence Pow'r and Saving-grace Fills Heaven and Earth and is in Every-place This same is he which Adam disobey'd Rejecting Iacobs God to be his ayde All through the fond perswasion of his Wife And so I come unto the Tree of life THe Tree of life had properly the name From the true Vertue which was in the same The Fruite thereof retein'd this property To keep the body from mortality August de Civ Dei l 14. c. 26. In such a state and perpetuity As should have banisht all infirmity As Hunger Thirst olde Age and Feeblenesse Sorrow and Sicknesse Death and Wretchednesse And when that Adam had continued there In all the blisse and jollities that were In a full space of time contented then He should have gone not dyed as other men Like Enoch Gent 5.24 It was as a Sacrament of life to man But in his beauteous Strength and Happinesse Have beene translated to Gods blessednesse It likewise was a Signe of Life to Man That he might duly contemplate thereon And so obeying the commandement Might endlesse live without all punishment It was a Type of Christ the Sonne of God Rev 22 2. Pro 3 13 Ioh 6 33. Who should be borne to feele his Fathers rod And so give life to Mans posterity Who lost the same by Adams misery Thus stood these Trees in midst of Paradice Gen 2 9. When Adam listen'd unto Gods advice Thus Adam was in his Magnificence Gen 1 26 Long of his Makers great Benevolence Thus was he in Dominion over all Psal 8.5 6 In State and Power most Majesticall Thus was he seated thus did he command All things that were either in Sea or Land The Ayre was pure unblemisht to his eye The Sunne surpassed in his radiancy The Ground was fruitfull without helpe or labour And all the Hearbs had a most pleasant savour His Body was so comely and so faire As if it had beene made of purest aire His Lookes were heavenly and his Thoughts divine And all his Parts to goodnesse did incline His Second-selfe had all things that he had Gen 2.23 And in this Sympathy was Adam glad He cal'd her Woman and in that fit name He shew'd her Being and from whence she came â—bid v. 25 They both were naked and were not ashamed Their perfect comelines in Both unblamed Gen 3.7 They had no clothes to cover nakednesse Aug Civit. Dei l. 14. â—26 Till Sinne brought Shame to hide
had or once lost by thy hate This same is he that had restor'd our losse Whose Heele was bruised once upon the Crosse When as his Body there was crucifi'd â—nd by that death unjustly vilifi'd Whose Heele is bruised in his Members still When by oppression thou dost worke them ill â—ut he it is that will defend the just Psal 7.9 â—nd choke thee with the Wicked as with Dust. And thou O Satan Gen 3.5 who didst thus beguile â—ur Father Adam onely with a Wile â—rt in like manner by our Saviour tooke â—nd like a Fish ensnared with a Hooke Simile â—hrists-Person was the Sea his Crosse the Angle â—hereon so greedy thou thy selfe didst tangle â—nd thoughts in making of our Saviour dye â—o have prevail'd and got the Victory But thine owne Stratagem hath wrought thy woe And Christ hath giv'n thee thy just overthrow Thou on the baite of his Humanity Wast finely caught by his Divinity Col 2.15 Which like a Hooke doth hold thee now in awe Delivering all his Saints from out thy lawe Making his Presence fearfull in the Grave Psa 68.18 Leading Captivity a Captive Slave And having pacifi'd his Fathers wrath As he to Adam plighted in his troth He now performes it making His to tread Without all feare upon thy broken Head And having thus the Bridle in his hands He cuts thy pow'r quite off as Hee commands He makes Thee subject unto his controule Iob 2.6 And bids thee hurt the Body not the Soule A holy Iob thou overcome canst not No nor in Sodome hurt a righteous Lot Dan. 6.22 A faithful Daniel thou couldst not devoure Though to the den thou brought'st him by thy poweâ— 1 King 22 35. Seduced Achabs heart thou mightst not move Till thou hadst got some warrant from above Exod 7.11 And Egypts Rodde inverted to a Snake By thee was done for wicked Pharohs sake Mat 8 30. Thou could'st not enter in the Heard of Swine Vntill that Christ by leave had made them thine Thou canst not take from faulty Man a haire If God be willing that thou should'st forbeare Iob 1.12 Thou maist not hurt a Beast much lesse a Man Without permission from the Lord that can Psal 11 5. He by his Goodnesse in his Wisedome tryes The Faith of Men by their Calamities Thou by thy malice do'st some things apply To make them desp'rate in their misery God by Affliction seekes to better them Iob 36.4.1.11 â—hou by their Troubles to infetter them â—od by Adversities doth make them fit â—or heavenly Paradise where th' Angels sit â—hou by thy Sinne their heavenly Ioy would quell â—nd make them as Thy selfe a Brand of Hell â—or this thou art accurst despis'd and hated Gen 3 14. â—f all the Creatures whom the Lord created For this the Angels are thy enemies The holy Saints of God doe thee despise â—he Martyrs are the Duells for to fight â—he Lords owne battells in their Saviours right Acts 7 â—9 〈◊〉 holy Stephen stoned is to death 〈◊〉 blessed Iames expireth next his breath 〈◊〉 pious Peter crucifi'd and dead â—nd under Nero Paul must lose his head 〈◊〉 heavenly Marke is tug'd into the fire â—nd stones must good Matthias life expire 〈◊〉 blessed Andrew must partake the Crosse â—nd Philips death like His makes up the losse Converting Matthew preaching without feare â—as for King Hercan murder'd with a speare â—â—me had their bowells from their bodies stript â—â—me were with Piersers pier'st with wyres whipt â—ome had their tender skinnes with Rasors flead â—nd some tormented were with boyling Lead â—ne on a Gridiron broyles without lament â—nother by a roaring Lyon rent 〈◊〉 third is cast unto a raving Beare â—ut what men would destroy wilde Beasts will spare 〈◊〉 young stout Martyr they refuse to hurt â—hough he were weaponlesse and in his shirt â—nd good Blandina they forbeare to wrong â—hough on a Gibit she did hang so long Dan 3 25 The Fire will lose his operation quite And doe no harme even in the Tyrants sight And boyling Oyle doe what Domitian can Will not so much as hurt or blemish Iohn Such power hath God in his ability Theodorus the Martyr did confesse it To shield his Martyrs from thy tyranny Making those torments which they did sustaine To be a Pleasure to them not a Paine This he can doe who all things doth uphold Making his Martyrs willing strong and bolde Gen. 3.15 Thus are his Saints incourag'd to the warre To glut thy malice and maintaine the Iarre VVhich must by Gods decree continue sure Rev. 13.7 Till our Corruption can no more indure Meane while unto thy tortures Saints submit Thou dost them hurt yet but their heeles dost hit That is their Outward part Soules maist not touch For God doth keepe them and affects them much But They by Prayers and a Life well led Shall still dissolve thy Pow'r breake bruise thy Heaâ— Câ—rys hom in Gen. 17. GOD having thus in Iustice plagu'd the Serpenâ— Doth now proceed unto the other Agent And finding that the Woman did concur In Sinne with him and Adam too with her God will not let them goe unpunished Though by a Divell they were vanquished And now for all their fine Callidity Their fond excuses in Absurdity Gen 3.12 13 To hide their Fault and lay it on another Thinking their Guilt the better thus to smother Numb 32 23. God findes it out and layes it to their eyes As Physicke to a sicke-mans Maladies And mingling Mercy with Severity Note this And likewise with his Iustice Clemency â—e doth but give them temporall Punishment â—hat they might feele a Fathers Chastisement â—â—d being almost loth to punish them â—e makes a stand first to admonish them â—nd after by degrees takes fit occasion â—o punish and to give them Consolation â—he while he leades them to the Den of Sadnes â—non he brings them to the House of Gladnes One while he curses and againe he blesses Gen. 3.14 And in a manner thus his love expresses It pittieth me to see you thus distressed Ezek. 16.6 Isay 43 25 Hosea 13.14 Dan. 9 26 Ier. 23.5 6 Isay 7.14 Idib 9.6 1 Cor. 15.49 Ezek 36 25. Isay 1.18 Eph. 4.22 Chrys l. 1. de ProvideÌ„â— Gen. 3 16. Luther on Gen 3. Bernar hom on Gen. 3. Gen. 1.28 â—t grieves my heart and you shall be redressed 〈◊〉 will redeeme you you shall live againe My onely Sonne shall for your sakes be slaine â—â—hovah shall Himselfe your Nature take And so restore you for my Promise sake â—nely believe feare not in any case â—hough you by Sinne have weakened much my grace â—et I againe your Nature will renue Although my Image be decaid in you Meane-while thou Woman shalt for thy offence Receive this Burthen for thy recompence â—hou shalt in Sorrow by Conceptions beare â—hildren on Children to increase thy Care â—hou shouldst not so in thy first
State have bin â—ut see what thou hast gained by thy Sin â—ortures in Body in but bearing One â—f barren hated because thou hast None â—n the beginning fruitfull now againe â—ull of Conceptions but with pinching Paine â—hy VVill shall to thy Husbands subject be Gen. 1.28 Col 3 18 Before 't was better bitter now to thee For since thou couldst not rule learne to obey Chrys hâ—m in Gen 17. And governe now his Children lest they stray Prov. 5.18 19. GOD having thus compos'd his Malediction Sets forth to married men next this prescription Vse Not in their wraths to be so much addicted Psa 69 26 Rom 12.16 17 As to adde sorrow where he hath afflicted Bidding them beare with their Infirmities Wisely avoiding all Enormities 1 Pet 3 7. Honouring them as the weaker Vessells still And not to tyrannize where Love should will Eph. 5.28 33 Governe them as the Soule the Body would If it were not corrupted from the mould Comforting them in their extremities As feeling Members of their miseries Not to despise them though they doe offend But mildly with their humours to contend Eph. 4 32 29. Not to revile them with their words obscene Which being most ungodly is uncleane 1 Pet. 3 7 Not to forsake them in their greatest neede But to uphold them as they ought indeed Not for to waste their goods in ill expense VVhich being got with care is lost with sense Note this And so to bring them unto beggery VVho never thought to feele such penury Adding more sortowes to their vitall parts Than they had comforts to revive their hearts Gen. 3 28 Sorrowes they have enough and too too many In being subject to the lust of any Sorrow and torture in their bringing forth Deut. 28.56 57 Embryons Abortives Dead-ones of no worth Sorrowes with paines Conceptions full of mourninâ— In bringing forth a Childe that 's dead ere morning Conceptions full of sorrow sorrowes paine In bringing forth a Childe to worke their baine Sorrowing in cares and carefull sorrowing To bring their children up by tutering Yet though thus grievous their Conceptions be The Amazons because they would not be troubled with Childe-bearing did sequester themselves froÌ„ men Chrys hom in Gen. 17. They will not all be Amazon'd to thee Nor will they cast away to Man Subjection But mildely beare it as the Lords correction Though it be painfull yet they doe enure it Though they be weakly yet they doe indure it Desire of children stimulates their Nature And they would beare it were the paine much greater No sooner bring they forth one Son begotten But former paine and pining is forgotten Sorrowing in sorrow sorrowfull she lyes And pines with griefe when as her children dyes Griefe she to Man a legacie bequeath's To use for her when she no longer breath 's Why then should we unto their sorrowes adde When being sorrowfull they make us sadde A sympathy of sorrow Or why should we unkindly use them thus When they such Torments feele for helping us â—oy is a Signe of life unto their eye Griefe is the picture of Mortality â—oy makes them frolicke both in day and night Griefe is the Thiefe that robs them of delight â—oy makes Vs happy in their company And griefe doth part our sweet Society â—oy makes them smile feeling our firme affection Griefe makes them sigh and addes to their affliction â—oy makes them weepe and weeping feeles no smart But griefe for want of joy doth kill their heart Our Father Adam was not of our minde Gen 2.24 He was not as his Children so unkinde He would not adde one jot unto her griefe Thou in suggesting him she were the chiefe He gave her cordiall comfort ' gainst her grieving And call'd her Hevah Mother of the living Believing God That from her Seede should come 1 Ioh 2.2 1 Cor 15 55 56 57. The good Messiah to be their Ransome Who should give Life unto the world anew And conquer Sinne and Death that them did rue And shall not Adams sonnes him imitate Gen 9 22 But like ungodly Ham degenerate Shall we adde sorrowes to their miseries That give us Life even in our Progenies Did Adam so or did the Lord appoint it No inconsiderate Man God never meant it Col 3 19 Eccâ—es 9 9 He rather of the same doth give thee warning And sends thee to the Scriptures for thy learning And as for Adam he did love his Wife He would not grieve her cause she brought him Life Let us with Adam then maintaine this Love Eph 5 25 Gen. 23 2 â—eâ— 24.67 Having this order from the Lord above Let us with Abraham our Sara's cherish With Isack our Rebecka's kindly nourish Let us stil helpe them in what e're we can And let the Woman be a Helpe to Man Let her I say now strive for her offence To make Amends by her Obedience And having overthrowne our happinesse 1 Tim 3 â—1 Prov. 5 19 Let her support us by her Faithfulnesse Let her no love no care no goodwill want 'Twixt them the Seedes of Grace and Peace to plant And he that joyeth in beholding them Will crowne their peace in his Ierusalem Gen. 3. GOD having laid on Eve this punishment And giuen to Man a heavenly document Proceedes to Adam next in punishing Who was the last of them in transgressing And that he might behold apparantly How much he had incenst his Majesty And wrong'd the innocent and harmlesse creatures â—y the depraving of their gentle natures God will in them first punish Adams fall â—hat he in them might feele his curse withall And though no curse upon his parson past Gen 3 1â— As for the Fact was on the Serpent cast With Such like words as these Be thou accurst â—s to the Serpent he did speake at first Yet on his Goods the curse had its extent As by the sequell is most evident He makes the Earth copartner in correction â—ambr de Parad. c. 15 Which was no Actour in the Mans defection â—o made the burden on his shoulders lie â—ho did subdue it unto vanity Rom 8.20 O then my tongue extoll thy Makers praise A meditation Ps 145 17 â—or he is just and holy in his wayes â—o just and holy that his Soule doth hate â—he shew of Evill which doth vitiate 1 Thes 3.22 Iude 7.23 Gen 6 13 2 Pet. 3 7 Rom 8 2â— â—e hates the Garment spotted with the flesh â—e hates the Earth for Adams sinne afresh â—nd hath decreed with unrevoked doome â—hat fire shall purge but not the same consume 〈◊〉 it this crime of Adam was committed 〈◊〉 shall not then be spared or remitted â—or Adams sinne for his transgressions sake â—he Lord will this great alteration make Dissolve the Earth these goodly Heavens faire 2 Pet 3 â—3 â—issolve say I Nay rather will repaire â—heir former State Rom â— â— That never there may
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
to make him way But She good Soule could not obtaine this favour For none she had and yet she would not stay Such Faith as this will suffer no delay She came her selfe and He did Others send Mat 15 22 Christ her deni'd she forc't him in the end He for a Servant whom he dearely lov'd â—uk 7.4 7 Mat. 15 22 Made sute to Christ and did but once request She for a Daughter was extremely mov'd Because a Spirit had her Childe possest This Saint was weary of so foule a Guest O then if many Divells us invade Let 's flee to Christ as she did here for aide And let not us misdoubt the premisses Gods helping Grace is not to be restrain'd If we lay holde upon the Promises What is it but by Christ shall be obtain'd The Woman askt the good-Centurion gain'd His sute was granted and had no denyall But hers was not obtain'd without her tryall He e're our Saviour came into his sight â—uk 7 6 7 Sent backe to stay him by his Faiths Confession Her Faith makes to him in as swift a flight â—at 15.22 And plyes him with her outcryes for Compassion He suff'red in her yet did shew no passion â—â—id v. 23 Seeming as deafe no hearing to afford Seeming as dumb and would not speake a word Good harmelesse Soule how was her Heart deceiv'd Expecting comfort onely from his sight Now vieweth God the Word of speech bereav'd A gracious God a Convert for to slight A faithfull Woman and a Canaanite 〈◊〉 I One of the chosen Vessells of his Choyce Who felt him inward speake yet heard no Voice But when he spake for to deny her helpe Mat. 15 2â— To be her Saviour yet not sent for Her Reputing her no better than a Whelpe Verse 26. And so no Grace upon her to confer The God of Grace to be no Comforter Oh this might well have driv'n her to despaire And yet all this not makes her to forbeare But as an Eagle molts away her Feathers Simile Psal 103 5 And breakes her olde Bill to renew her strength So by Denyalls she more force regathers Vntill her Faith had conquered him at length And out of cinders burst to such a flame That now the World is blazed with the same MEDITATION 1. IS Faith of force to bring me to my Saviour To make him mine to keepe me in his favour To obtaine mercy and to cleanse my Heart Vniting me to Him never to part Lord give me Faith let me have no deniall Then when thou wilt Lord put me to my Tryall MEDITATION 2. LOrd when thou wilt then let thy Spirit come Speake then unto my Soule when thou seem'st dombe Let me then heare the Presence of thy Voice When thou seem'st Deafe to make my heart rejoyce Then like This Woman shall my faith have strength And through thy Mercy overcome at length MEDITATION 3. ARe Rich and Poore great Emperours and Kings Devoid of Christ counted but brutish things As whelps dogs foxes vipers swine let mee Sweet Iesus have my Part and Name in thee So when thy glorious Comming shall appeare Thy Saints shall sing when Dogs shall howle for feare FINIS Dedicated To all the Captaines Lieutenants Ensignes and Serjeants of the Trayned Bands of London Middlesex Bristo Exeter Norwich and Kent OF whom should Homer or the Muses sing If not of Souldiers or the Souldier King Whose actions are Heroike and whose Armes Protects as King the meanest man from harmes Oh did his Majesty behold you all Each in your Armes acting the Generall He would surmise Epaminondas by Or you transform'd to his Imagery Wish all his subjects were but â—uch as you Having his wish tell you what he would doe â—he Emâ—erour Aâ—rian made â—n this Iâ—â—nd a wal â—â—o miles â—ong Gods Arâ—y divided â—nto three â—arts â—antguard â—iddleâ—ard Rearâ—ard The Kings strength in his subjects doth consist And such an Army who can well resist He needs no Adr'an wall to guard his Land Your hearts defend his heart for you doth stand You are part of his Army of his host You are of Gods owne Army therefore boast Gods mighty Army hath three severall parts Subsisting of these Noble valiant hearts As Adam Noah Abraham and Iob To make the Front in that Celestiall Globe With all the Prophets Peter Iames and Iohn The Saints and holy Martyrs dead and gone The Middleward subsists of them that die And of our selves waiting mortality The Reareward are those Saints which must survive To meet our Saviour in the clouds alive Now being Militant reflect your eye On Sampsons strength and on his Chivalrie See what our Israels Champion can afford And as he was be Champions for the Lord. Yours to imitate Edâ—â—â—d Câ—â—â—â— Strong Sampsons Birth his mighty strength His many conquests death at length Hid Manna of the History Revealed in th' Analogy HISTORY SAMPSON VVHat God doth promise he will sure perform In the full time When Israel as a worme Is trod upon Iudg. 13. then Manoahs Comforter Though barren beares them a Deliverer Now is their Bondage with the Philistins No whit so during as their lordly Sinnes Verse 1. Nor can their Sinnes oblitterate his Favour That gave his Sonne sent Sampson for a Saviour An Angel brings the tidings of his Birth Iudg. 13 â— Or else the God of Angels treads on Earth Shap'd as a Man in our Humanity Angel in Place God in Authority Sampson doth grow in Stature Strength and than The Spirit moves him in the Campe of Dan Tweene Zorah and Eshtaol Verse 25. Iudg 14. â— bids him arise And goe to Timnath for new Enterprise The Nazarite obeyeth Seekes a Wife Verse 1. A Lyon comes against him for his Life 5. He rents him as a Kid immediatly 6. There Sweetnesse findes in Her Disloyalty 9â— He slayeth thirty Philistins for spoyle 10. Destroyes their growing Corne upon the Soyle Iud g 15 Their standing Stocks the Vineyards by the same For which the Timnite with his House doth flame 6. But Sampson well repayes their cruelty And smites them Hip and Thigh abundantly Goes to Rocke Etam They invade the Land Versâ— 8.9 1â— Sampson is bound betrayed to their hand 14. He breaks the bands discomforts all their host 15. He slayes a thousand with a Bone doth bost 18. He thirsteth fainteth prayeth doth obtaine 19 And from the Bone Water doth flow amaine He drinketh of the Rocke for Christ was by The Substance will not let the Shadow dye Chap 16 2 Verse 2. He speeds to Gaza seeth Dalila Hazards his Life beareth the Gates away 17. He doteth she betrayes his Lockes are cut 20. His strength doth faile he to the Mill is put 21. His Eyes thrust out conducted to the Court 25. To be their laughin stocke the Vulgers sport 28 He prayeth to his God strength comes againe 30 He plucketh downe the
House and all are slaine Thus dyed their Conquerour whom they resigne Now being dead Iudah must be the Signe â—udg 15.23 OLD men of Iudah you doe represent New Caiphas the Roman President Who did betray deliver Christ your Saviour As you did Sampson for Philistins favour 1 Ioh 4.9 But they for Malice He had broke his bands Escap'd you all had not Love bound his hands And made him sicke with Love that he must die And equall Sampson in Analogie ANALOGY CHRIST â—udg 13 7 â—at 2 23 â—hil 2 7 â—ev 5 5 â—uke 2 32 â—zek 16 â—â—dg 16 â—â—ke 23 2 â—â—t 27. AN Angel brings the advent of his birth And he must be a Nazaren on earth The mighty God must be a Man indeed Espoused to the Gentiles Iudah's Seede Affects a Harlot-Church defil'd with sinne Committing whoredomes as that Philistin Whose falshoods did betray as Sampsons wife When none but they would kill the Lord of life To Egypt he must goe from Egypt turne Hâ— Mâ— Iuâ— That God from Egypt may recall his Sonne As Sampson from Rocke Etam when he came Call'd by the Iewes in their Iehovah's name Strong Iudah's Lyon must subdue alone The roaring Lyon the devouring one Rev 5 5 1 Pet. â— 8 Iudges 14 And beare the Hony-combe as did the Other To his supposed Father Virgin-Mother Absent himselfe to solace with his Love Luke 2 46 And then his Parents find him with his Dove Posing the Doctours in their Synagogue Luke 4 16 Luke 6 9 Mark 12 1 Mat. 12 40 Iudg 14 12 Acts 2 23 Mat 11 42 Ioh 10 2â— Out of the Prophets and the Decalogue They heare him speake in Parables expound The riddle of his Ionas gulpht not drown'd Meate from the Eater sweetnes from the strong He orders sinne to save that did the wrong The Builders must refuse the Corner-stone He the great Builder will not lose his owne The Rocke of their defence is permanent And Sion in her Christ is excellent Psa 45 13 Cant 8 10 He hedgeth her within on ev'ry side And in his Vineyard she doth still abide He Master of his Vineyard makes her wise Cant 8 12 To put in practise what he shall advise And then the Doves like foxes joyn'd in one Destroy the Vineyards of the Evill-One Seeme to performe their promise and doe foyle The crafty-One repay him with the spoyle Christs blood must satisfie for our desarts Rent the partition wall into two-parts Eph 2 4 1 Cor 1â— 55 Eph 4. â— Luk 23. â— Breake bands of Hell and Death ascend on high And beare Hell gates away triumphantly Offer his soule to God restraine his Power Thirsting for our Salvation and the Hower To be conducted to the Iudgement-Hall There crown'd a King with thornes blinded withall MEDITATION 1. MVst Light be darkned must the totall-eye Of all the world be hoodwinkt e're he dye Like Sampson be the Millhorse of their miâ—tâ— To turne about that turneth all the earth VVithout a hand with hands be strucke explaine What hand did strike or else blindfold againe To make them laugh who was a Man of sorrow Put to their Mill to grinde found dead ere Morrow Strong in his death their Temple for to rue So brought more Soules to Life than Sampson slew MEDITATION 2. MVst Life be slaine must perfect righteousnesse Be doom'd to death by abstract wickednesse Must Glory be defil'd the Iudge of all Iudged by Man who was the Criminall No marvell though the Course of Nature faild And the Celestiall Creatures so appal'd That they did cease to worke but waxed wan When they beheld our dying Pellican Lord worke like Change in Me o'returne Me too That Christ may build me up and make me New MEDITATION 3. THou Sampson of my Soule convince my Sinne And make me loathe this loathsome Philistin That seekes to captivate my yeelding Will That I may be his Death that seeks to kill Oh let the Power of thy strength appeare That this same Philistin may die for Feare But let me live in Christ that Christ in Mee May conquer Death and then I shall be free FINIS