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A14727	The vvonders of the load-stone. Or, The load-stone newly reduc't into a divine and morall vse. By Samuel Ward, of Ipswich. B.D.; Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum. English	Ward, Samuel, 1572-1643.; Grimston, Harbottle, Sir, 1603-1685.	1640 (1640)	STC 25030; ESTC S119467	50,652	286

evill by meanes of an ill neighbour for wicked●communications corrupt good manners but good communications correct confirme whatsoever is amisse the wicked will fasten upon us some vice or another but the good and vertuous will infuse into us some vertue There was a little cloud in the forme of a pillar which was in the midst betweene the Egyptians and the Israelites as they travelled in the wildernesse the hindermost thereof which was dark and mistie the Egyptians followed after but the formost which was lightsome and bright the Israelites beheld Whatsoever thing wee have in us that is spotted and worthy of dispraise they which are the children of darknesse doe imitate that but whatsoever is excellent and praise-worthy that they doe follow which are the children of light and led by the Spirit of God Wherefore wee must not only take heed with whom we converse but upon what tearmes and conditions with a great deale of care in the choyse of our friends and diligent circumspectnesse unlesse that we be willing to endure thereby a dangerous corruption of manners Chap. 28. As the Poles of the Loadstone have their strength in divers regions so good and bad men have their regiment or rule in divers ages THere is as much difference betweene the Poles of the Loadstone as is between the right hand and the left for they have a different power in different regions of the earth In t●e Northerne parts of ●he world there is a manifest difference of the Northerne point for it lifts up a greater piece of Iron than the Southerne Pole can doe in the same parts In this world the flesh prevailes against the spirit the body doth here presse downe the soule The sons of Belial dominere in this life every one hath his place his government assigned him by God Chap. 29. Christ doth diligently purge his floore in that sort as Goldsmiths doe their Tables GOldsmiths have an admirable cunning to cleanse their tables upon which small dust of Iron is everie where mingled with golden dust which fall from their files and hammers as they polish those things which they make For they carry about on the Table a Loadstone of great vertue within a fingers distance which readily separates without any damage the small pieces of Iron f●om those of gold when passing by and leaving the golden it drawes those of Iron unto it After the very same manner the Lord shall purge his floore in that great day of judgement for when two shall be together in one bed one shall be taken and the other shall be left when two shall be grinding in one mill one shall be taken the other left for the Lord knoweth those that are his he shall separate the Goats from the Sheep and shal winnow the chaffe from the wheat Neither ought it to seem more difficult or wonderfull unto us That the severall members and small parts of the deceased should returne againe to their bodies than that severall Bees in the hive doe know their cels that severall young Lambs in a flock doe distinctly knew their owne Dams and that severall peeces of Iron should flye towards the Loadstone Chap. 30. The Loadstone and Christ together with their vertue do impart gravitie or weight to those persons and things that are drawne by them FUrther wee may be pleased to note by the way That the Loadstone together with the vertues observed doth infuse and put a certaine weightinesse into the Iron For that point of the Needle which is touched and stirred up doth plainly out-weigh that which is untoucht and is enclined towards the earth So likewise doth Christ adde gravitie to those vertues wherewith hee is pleased to endow his Servants and surely it is no lesse profitable and necessary to the soule of man than ballasting is to a ship And although Gravitie is not numbred by Philosophers among the vertues yet it is the ornament and defence of them all Now a grave man is hee which is stedfast in his purpose is firmely fixt upon his intent as a statu● or image upon the base thereof and without variation doth alwayes persist in the same mind neither is hee carried away with every popular wind of applause nor chang'd into new forms by any new doctrine or example as other light vaine men are used to be Chap. 31. The Loadstone for love of the earth turnes aside from the poles of heaven as wee also being moved by the authoritie of men doe of●en times turne aside from the truth of God WHeresoever the Loadstone doth enjoy a free and naturall motion there it lookes streight towards bo●h the Poles the North●rn and Southerne and departs not a whit from the Meridian but it happeneth in many places both of land and sea that it turnes aside and goes out of the way towards some point of the Horizon which is neere to the true Meridian and departs from the Poles point towards the East West which is distant by some degrees This irregularite is by the Mariners called Variation it ariseth and is caused by large high and strong Continents of the land unto which the Loadstone enclines whilst that it turnes it selfe to the eminent parts of its mother the Earth and forsakes the Celestiall Poles for love of them which Variation breeds a troublesom uncertaintie among the Mariners Not unlike to that which befals the Pastors and Christian flock in discussing and determining Divinitie controversies in which as long as they observe the rule of the Scripture and are not moved from the unmoveable foundation and infallible Canon of the Prophets and Apostles so long do they retain verity unitie and peace in the Church but as soone as they are divided and earnestly bend their mindes to maintaine particular factions and doe joyne themselves to that company or Sect of learned men which excell as they suppose in authority and knowledge and attribute more to their judgements and opinions than to the undoubted Oracles of God Hereupon grow so many schismes so many here●ies and so many more than civill wars in the Church Against which mischiefes no better remedy can bee thought upon or desired than that they should admit the voyce of Christ that speaks in the Scripture for the true and living rule both of faith and life of manners and doctrine and for the Supreame J●dge of all doubts Then they walking according to this rule there shall be peace in the Israel of God Chap. 32. Men are deceived in the estimation of Stones and other things while they est●eme of them not according to their use but according to their outward appearance IF those things be true which the Romane Ce●●our suppos'd concerning the valuation of things That whatsoever is not profitable for mankind is too deare though you pay but the least piece of money for it That whatsoever is unserviceable is of no worth and that which is of no use is of no estimation Then surely shall they be guilty of the greatest