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A12258	Heptameron, the seven dayes: that is, meditations and prayers, vpon the vvorke of the Lords creation Together with other certaine prayers and meditations, most comfortable for all estates, & c. By M. A. Symson, minister at Dalkeith.	Simson, Archibald, 1564-1628.	1621 (1621)	STC 22566; ESTC S102416	80,114	236

HEPTAMERON THE SEVEN DAYES That is MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS Vpon the vvorke of the LORDS CREATION Together with other certaine Prayers and Meditations most comfortable for all Estates c. By M. A. Symson Minister at Dalkeith SAINCT-ANDREWS Printed by Edward Raban Printer to the Vniversitie 1621. TO THE RIGHT NOBLE AND VERTVOVS LADIE DAME MARGARET HAY Countesse of Dumfermeling Eternall Felicitie MADAME SInce it hath pleased our OMNIPOTENT CREATOR and gracious Redeemer to heape vpon your Ladiship manie and sundrie honourable Priuiledges of Nature and Grace and by them amongst manie others your good Friendes and Seruantes to ingage mee of a long time to honour serue your Ladiship with such Graces and Dueties by manie Testimonies of your comfortable kindnesse and care of mee as I haue hitherto with a constant intention to bee thankfull declared my willingnesse to expresse that I should not come with the common sort of this declining Age guiltie of the foule imputation of Ingratitude as the weaknesse of my wit and skill might afford I did communicate with your Ladiship for your priuate vse these MEDITATIONS vpon that fundamentall ground of Faith which is THE LORDS CREATION OF THE WORLD to bee vsed of your Ladiship with daylie Prayer Meditation that yee might neuer want matter wherein yee might rejoyce in the goodnesse wisedome and power of that Creator with a perswasion that his wise Prouidence reacheth vnto the conseruatiō of the same in Mercie and Iustice vnto the consummation of the Worlde wherein your Ladiship hath your comfortable entresse euen according to the Lordes euerlasting Decree of your Election Calling Iustification Sanctification and hope to bee glorified with all the rest of his Saincts and elect Angels in the euerlasting sellowship of his Kingdome besides the manie Obligations wherewith I stand indebted to my Lord your Noble Husband for his Lordships fatherlie care and patrocinie of mee in all mine affai●es that your honour should not bee smoothered in the Christian affection which yee carrie to the Common-wealth of the Lordes Church not onelie in permitting but likewise in vrging that this Benefite might bee made of a publicke priuiledge to the vse of all them that by a common affection with you striue to worke out their saluation in feare and trembling and so make their election sure I haue according to my duetie dedicated this little Treatise to passe foorth vnder your Ladiships protection that the thankes of the paines which I haue taken in contriuing the same for your Ladiships priuate vse may redound vnto your selfe Madame from as manie as shall finde the benefite thereof for their information and stirring vp vnto anie duetie of Religion And as it can neither stand with my Profession your Ladiships sinceritie nor yet the superlatiue dignitie of such a glorious subject to pollute the same with the intising wordes of humane wisedome knowing your Ladiship to be as farre from all delight in assentation and flattering as yee are from the affectation of salfe and vndeserued praise I haue contented my selfe in the simplicitie of the Lordes trueth to commende vnto your Ladiship and all the rest of Gods Sainctes the constant and carefull practise of the Fayth and knowledge which may bee reaped by the reading and meditation of this Doctrine with Prayer and thankesgiuing to the Lord for the happie successe of the same not that I would wish your Ladiship by this distinction of the matter to seuerall dayes to bee so superstitiouslie tied vnto the same as if the whole particulars of the Creation should not bee at all times before your Eyes as a faire Garden whereof yee should beholde the beautie and smell the fragrant Odours together But heerewithall if it may please the Lordes gracious Majestie yee may resent the goodnesse power and wisedome of God in the Creation of euerie creature vpon its owne day when it was made So wishing the successe of these exercises to bee according to mine affection and intention for the Christian profit and progresse in the faith of the trueth which is according to godlinesse I beseech God to blesse your Ladiship with my Lord your Husband and your hopefull Sonne Lorde CHARLS with all Prosperitie in this Life and euerlasting happinesse in the Life to come I rest Your Lad. seruitour A. SYMSON TO THE CHRISTIAN READER GEntle and Christian Reader sith yee receiued so tenderly my first Booke Of the seuen words which our Lord spak vpō the Crosse I haue taken courage to present this Booke Of the Creation also to your consideration which suppose it preceed the other in time so long as the Creation of the Worlde doeth Mans Redemption purchased by the death of Christ yet they succeede in effect and woorth for it had beene farre better that neither the World for vs nor wee for our selues had beene made than that wee should not haue beene redeemed by him This if yee peruse diligentlie and meditate consideratiuelie I doubt not but that yee shall see the Lord more clearelie in his owne workes this beeing as it were a mirrour and looking Glasse wherein wee may perfectlie beholde Himselfe his Omnipotencie Wisedome Loue Goodnesse c. By this also yee may draw nearer and nearer vnto the Lord your God and become more frequent and acquainted with him by daylie meditating vpon his woorthie Workes praysing him giuing him thankes for the same and praying vnto him to continue his graces towardes you still vnto the ende I did reade Sainct Ambrose his HEXAMERON and the woorthie D. BARTAS and I trust yee shall perceiue the direction of one Spirit guiding vs all vnto one and the selfe same Ende I perswade my selfe that there are manie well minded Christians who will likewell of this Booke and againe others will perhaps dislike of it euen such as esteeme of nothing but that which is forged in their owne Shop yea they know no better means to grace themselues than by disgracing others as Sainct Hierome sayeth in his Epistle vnto Sainct Augustine But I craue at thine handes most courteous Reader that since in anie mans worke there will ●ee some Drosse amongst Golde thou wouldest choose the best if i● were but in the Dongue-hill and passe by the other with a cha●itable construction in the meane time accepting this in good part and if it please God to continue his graces with mee thou mayest expect more 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A. Symson ON THE BOOKE GOD binding with hid Tendons this great ALL Did make a LVTE which had all parts it giuen This LVTES round Bellie was the azur'd Heauen The Rose those Lights which Hee did there install The Basses were the Earth and Ocean The Treble shrill the Aire the other Strings The vnlike bodies were of mixed things And then His Hand to breake sweete Notes began Those loftie Concords did so farre rebound That Floods Rocks Meadows Forrests did them heare Birds Fishes Feasts danc'd to their siluer sound Onlie to them Man had a deafned Eare. Now him to

could not bee called a Communiō as the Masse-Priest taketh it alone Thirdlie They differ in the Elements the one being receiued in Water the other in Bread and Wine Fourthlie in the manner of receiuing in Baptisme the receiuer is meere passiue doing nothing himselfe but offering himselfe and suffering himselfe to bee washen by another In the Supper the receiuer is actiue and that which is offered vnto him hee taketh eateth and drinketh The superstitious Papist would put it into his mouth for holinesse And finallie Baptisme is ministrated but once Luk. 22.19 1. Corin. 11 25 Simil. and cannot bee reiterated the Supper as often as wee doe it sayeth our Sauiour There is a reiteration for as a childe is once infested in his fathers heritage but hee is fedde daylie at his fathers table so once baptized may often communicate The necessitie of the Word and Sacramēts But now God willing wee shall speake something of the necessitie of the Word and Sacraments The Word is necessarie to saluation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 simplie those who are come to age without the which they cannot bee saued The Sacramentes are necessarie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 conditionallie they may bee had So I say with Augustine August Non carentia sed contemptis Baptismi damnat that is Not the want but the contempt of Baptisme condemneth men Iosh 5. For as in the Wildernesse many died who were not circumcised Circumcision then being more strictly vrged than Baptisme is now Exod. 4.24 and of a like power and signification yet vve vvill not judge those who so died to be damned no more reason is it that those who are preuented by death or excluded by necessity bee in danger of damnation lacking Baptisme Preparation to the Sacrament is necessarie A man should not set himselfe to any graue action without deliberation much lesse vnto this which is the grauest of all others the Supper of the Lord he should first try and examine himselfe First let vs try our repentance next our faith and thirdlie our loue Our repentance must bee tryed by the Lawe How to try thy repentance without the which there is no knowledge of sinne Examine our selues and judge our selues that God doe not judge vs. Spare not to search all the corners of thine heart that there be no hid leauen therein try what sorrow thou hast for thy former life and in what measure for manie sinnes doe craue many teares Luke 7.38 as the Magdalen washed Christs feete with her teares and Dauid his bed Next Psalm 6.6 try the trueth and sinceritie of thy repentance for God doeth loue the trueth in the inward parts And be sorrowfull Psal 51.6 not for any paine which hath befallen thee for thy sinnes but for offending God thereby Try thy faith see that thou haue knowledge to vnderstand what is giuen thee How to try thy fayth for ignorance secludeth thee from the Sacraments And next that thou canst apply to thy felt that which thou doest receiue externally in the elements and internally by faith in Christ Finally try thy loue that it be without hypocrisie for there is no conjunction with the head How to try thy loue vnlesse there bee communion with the members of the bodie Therefore purge your selues from the leauen of maliciousnesse and bitternesse 1. Cor. 5.7 yea pardon your enemies heartilie and pray for them if ye desire that at this holy Sacramēt God should be mercifull vnto your sinnes The honourable receiuing of the Sacramēts Both the Sacramentes craue a like reuerence as they are of a like substance and weight and therefore we ought to come with all humilitie and reuerence to that most holie Supper both in bodie and soule praying that God Almightie would blesse this his ordinance and make it steadable to our saluation and then receiuing it in all deautifull reuerence let vs apply it to our owne comfort rendering thanks to God for this inestimable benefite in giuing his Sonne to the death for our redemption A PRAYER BEFORE THE RECEIVING OF THE LORDES SVPPER O Lord God most gracious most holy most glorious I thy poore creature most filthie and vnworthie most graceles and ingracious most contemptible and vilde worme doe heere present my selfe before thine holy Majestie crauing at thine handes that I may bee worthily prepared to receiue the body and blood of Iesus Christ to mine eternall saluation and to this effect I beseech thee that thou wilt remooue from me all impediments which might hinder me from the right receiuing of the same namely ignorance which blindeth my minde infidelitie and damnable hypocrisie O merciful father replenish me with th●ne holy Spirit that I may know and vnderstand the mysterie of my redemption and truly apply it to mine owne soule and in all sinceritie and singlenesse of heart render all praise honour and glorie to thy Majestie for the same O Lord the blinde dulnesse of my minde will not suffer me sufficiently to acknowledge these thy most ample benefits the height the length the breadth and the deepnesse whereof neither man nor Angel euer was able to sound yet I am perswaded that all my saluation consisteth in the death and passion of thy Sonne IESVS CHRIST who died for the sinnes of the world and therefore I humbly beg at thy Majesty that as I receiue these outward elements at thy commandement eat and drinke thereof in rememberance of him Nota. so it will please thee secretlie to communicate the vertue of his blood to my soule which may feed the hidden man of mine heart to eternall life by whose power also and force of his death all my wicked and sinfull affections may be crucified and finally by the aide protection of his blood I may bee defended from all my spirituall and temporall enemies from all temptations and dangers and by the selfe same his bodie blood I may be strengthened to fight my spiritual battels and to goe forward in my spirituall journey to that Land of Canaan in the which battell and journey helpe me good Lord by the precious merite of thy deare SONNE CHRIST IESVS to whom with thee and thine holy spirit bee all honour glorie and dominion for euer AMEN A THANKESGIVING AFTER THE RECEIVING OF THE COMMVNION O Most gracious God I heartilie thanke thee for this thy most excellent benefit which thou hast bestowed vpon mee euen the bodie and blood of thy Sonne Christ Iesus for the saluation of my soule I beseech thee most mercifull father that thou wouldest bestowe thine holy spirit vpon me that I may honour and serue thee all the dayes of my life that the corruption of my nature may be beaten downe and the Image of God may bee more clearely seene in me that I may cast off the olde man Colloss 3.9 with the lusts thereof and put on the newe man which is formed after God in holinesse and righteousnesse