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A13314	The hauen of pleasure containing a freemans felicitie, and a true direction how to liue well : profitable and del[i]ghtfull to all, hurtfull and displeasing to none, except it bee to such pecuish dames as do either foolishlie reiect, or carelesly neglect the dutie of chast matron[e]s / gathered out of the best approued authors.	I. T.	1597 (1597)	STC 23621; ESTC S1650	98,226	170

spoken by the vvifest man in the world insomuch that when they wold confirme any thinge without anie long delaie they woulde obiect to him that doubted their argumentes to be true 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is he hath spoken as though it had beene then a great offence to speake against it so is it meete the like reason be had of our religion giuing the same reuerence to Iesus Christ that in alleaging his doctrine to confirme the profession of our faith we crie vnto the deafe and dul hearers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is beleeue for our Sauior hath spoken it for his doctrine is not humaine vanishing and colde but liuelie sauing forcible and diuine and which bringeth blessednesse to man which onelie we ought to desire of Christ whoe is the fountaine of all wisedome and goodnesse and in whome dwelleth all fulnesse of God corporallie by whome wee are made perfect by whom as Paule saith God the father hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse and hath translated vs to the kingdome of his beloued sonne by whom vve haue redemption in his bloud and remission of our sins vvho is the image of the inuisible god and the first begotten before all creatures and by whō all thinges were made both in heauen and earth visible and inuisible thrones dominions principalities and powers All things were made by him through him and he is before all things and by him all things haue their beginnings He is the head of his body the Church the beginning and first begotten from the dead that he might be chiefe in al thinges and obtain the souerainty because it pleased the father to dwel in him being the fulnesse of all thinges and to reconcile al things vnto himselfe being appeased in the bloud of his crosse Seeing then that GOD the Father hath so plentifully and aboundantly bestowed all things on vs by Christ let vs striue to come to that plentifull and euerflowing fountain and let vs presume through faith to aske and hope for all things from and in him assaie to doe all thinges If it seeme good vnto vs to cast out Diuels to heale diseases to deliuer from perils to kill venemous beastes to purge away poison and make it ha●melesse and to remoue mountains out of their places let vs remember to do all these things by the vertue and power of Christ by faith in him For Christ promiseth to the faithfull that all things shall be plain open and easie for them to doe if they haue faith which in his last sermon before hee ascended vp into heauen he witnesseth to the world when he saith Marke 6 Go yee ouer all the world and preach the Gospell to al nations he that beleeueth and is baptised shall be saued but whosoeuer beleeueth not shall bee condemned Tell them that beleeue that these thinges shall followe their faith In my name they shall caste out Diuels speake with newe tongues kill Serpentes and if they drinke any deadly poison it shall not hurt them they shall lay their handes on the sicke and they shall bee whole that is at the present touch they shall bee healed these thinges shall bee alwaies ready with them where the increase and profit of the Gospell requireth a myracle But these things can by no meanes be performed in the mindes of them that nowe professe the Gospell vntill they haue clensed their hearts from all vices and through the force of the spirit and doctrine of saluation haue healed their mindes of their faultes and that their heartes are freed from auarice hatred anger lust deceite backbiting and other daungerous affections and endue themselues with giftes from aboue Whether hearbes and precious stones haue a power to cast out Deuils and expel noisome things Chap. 58. ALbeit that hearbes haue such especiall vse and excellent force giuen by the framer of Nature that they are applied to mans bodie for nourishment and medicines sake yet are there some roots commended by ancient writers which resist inchaunt ments and do beate backe and driue away sorcery and witchcraft of all sorts These are called Alexicaca or remedies against al mischiefes and Amuleta that is Amlettes or preseruatiues against witchcraft which doe driue awaie and remoue all thinges that are hurtfull and noysome to men This force also besides hearbes is attributed to Pearles and Precious stones vvhich haue gotten that power not by their first qualities that is the temprature of heate and colde drinesse and moisture but by a speciall strength hidden force and secret propertie whose cause cannot by any meanes be shewed So doth the Magnes and Loadstone draw Iron The Gagates or Agath stone and the Amber drawe strawes and moates The Saphire which is of a s●ie and gray colour defendeth chastitie The Iacincte and Chrysolite borne on the Ring finger resisteth the plague The Emerald and Prasius being stones of a green colour doe make the heart merrie The Iasper Saphire and blew stone called a Turcoise keepeth a man from sliding falling and stumbling or if any of these happen it keepeth the bodie from hurte Corall hanged about the necke driueth awaie troublesome dreames and keepeth children from feares in the night The Carbuncle or Sardine stone commonlie called the Cornel stone taking that name of a redde berrie the Cornell tree beareth spreadeth the bloud in the bodie and maketh men merrie and of an excellent color There are also diuers other stones of moste excellent vertue to remooue and driue awaie Hobgoblins Witches Hags and anie ayrie Spirits if wee may credit auncient writers There are also hearbes which resist those diseases that are verie neare kinne to the vexations and tortures of the Diuell as melancholy phrensie madnesse the falling sickenesse and other greeuous diseases that happen to young maides and olde widowes through the motion and affection of their wombe or when their monethlie diseases haue not their course or vvhen they are kept longer from marrying then they would be because from the fumes that disease bringeth and thorow blacke and thicke fogges their mindes are so troubled that a man woulde thinke they were tormented of some euill Spiritte yea they themselues doe perswade themselues that some euill Spiritte doth possesse their mindes which bringeth them into manie absurde and filthie imaginations to which disease after the incision or cutting of some vayne in the feete such wholsome hearbes are applied vnto them that deliuer them of these accidentes and of this sorte are these Mugworte Sauory wild Betony Maieram Penirioall Origane and Clarie But amongst herbes that are an ease to an afflicted minde or doe safely keepe a man from euill spirites or from thinking of them or from those venemous fumes which do hurt the braine these are reckoned to be of force Rue the sea onion of whose iuice and sirrop a vineger is made masterwort which wee commonly call Pelitory of Spaine Angelica or Lungwort a kind of Fenel giant or Lascrpice Alisson or Rubia the lesse

al thy actions by knowledge of thy selfe gouerned I shal not onelie say with thy selfe that thou liuest wel but that thou shalt also die well and at the day of iudgement with Christe farewell Yours so long as you are in subiection to your Husbands I. T. The Hauen of pleasure very profitable and pleasant for all sorts of People We must carefullie fixe our eies and lift vp our mindes to God the Father thorough our Lord Iesus Christ Chapter 1. WHosoeuer is desirous of his owne saluation and coueteth to prouide vvell for himselfe and whosoeuer in this life affecteth with diligent watch and warde boldly and confidentlie to withstand such imminent casualties and discommodities as doe violentlie assaile vs euerie moment let him fasten his eies vpon God our heauenlie father thorough Christ and let his mind be alwaies erected towards him from whom as from a most plentifull fountaine it was first deriued and let him not elsewhere looke for or followe after anie other helpe of his saluation but lette him trust and leane to this God alone let him worship reuerēce and loue him and let him in confidence and faithe of his Sauiour require from him all things that appertaine to his saluation Afterward let him earnestly sifte and attentiuelie meditate with himselfe vvhat liberalitie God hath vsed tovvards mankind with vvhat ornamentes and guiftes of Nature hee hath adorned him vvith vvhat dignitie and authoritie he hath set him out and to vvhat honour and glorie he hath exalted him that was formed but out of the earth What great thinges God the Creator of all things hath bestowed on man Chapter 2. AS the form and external shape of mans bodie being lostie and boult vpright tovvardes heauen whereby hee may learne to lifte vp his eies to that place from vvhence he had his beginning is more notable and more artificiallie and comelie made then anie other liuing creature whatsoeuer so his invvarde shape doeth so vvonderfullie adorne him that hee is conformed and made like to the verie Image of God himselfe that is hee doeth represent and resemble the verie essence of his maker yea and approcheth verie neere the Nature of his Creator Which excellent and infused povver from aboue consisteth vvholie in his minde and soule which vvas dravvne out of his first patterne euen the treasurie of Goddes ovvne Diuinitie By vvhich heauenlie guift man obtained to bee indued with reason 1 Cor. 3 iudgement and vnderstanding vvas made capeable of heauenlie doctrine and was vni●ed vnto him by the knowledge of him and faith in him and so is wholie transformed into him And this chiefly aboue all other notable prerogatiues hath man obtained that seeing God hath made all other creatures 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is altogither dumbe and destitute of speech and vtterance God hath giuen vnto man the guift of speaking vvhereby to communicate with others the thoughtes of his minde and to be able to shevv the conceiptes of his heart And which is chiefe of all and moste acceptable to God with his voice to magnifie his Creator and to honour him whose knovvledge hee hath conceiued by faith in his heart with al praise laude and glorie For by this meanes not onelie the Maiestie and glorie of Gods name is extolled but also as farre as mannes wit is able to stretch he rend●●th all thankes for benefites receiued shewing a testimonie of a thankfull and readie minde tovvarde so liberall and louing a father Psal 15. For seeing God hathe no need at all of our goods he requireth nothing of vs but loue and thankefulnes That there is nothing more deare vnto God then man and that all thinges were made for his vse Chap. 3. BVt as God is not onelie especiallie affected tovvards manne and hath adorned his soule mind in which his Diuinitie shineth with manye and notable Ornamentes but also furnished and garnished it aboundantlie vvith externall guiftes and large possessions of those things that nature as the minister of god doth plentifullie poure vppon him and hath giuen vnto him power and authoritie ouer the whole earth Cenes 1 yea euen to the poorest Cobler and meanest man in the world vvho doth no lesse enioye the liberalitie of his Creator and the visible pleasure of the vvhole vvorlde then any King abounding in wealth and riches so that hee is not conuersant in the large Theater of this worlde as a stranger or tenant that is alienated from the possession of vvorldlie goods Cosmopolites but as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is a Citizen and free holder of this world and lord of all things that the earth bringeth forth For to his vse profit and obedience were al things created vnder the Cope of heauen or vvithin the compasse of Sea lande Which Dauid wondring at confesseth the vvorkes of God in these verses Psal 8. O Lord our God how wonderfull is thy name through all the vvorlde because thy glorie is exalted aboue the heauens What is man that thou art so mindfull of him and the sonne of man that thou so carest for him Thou hast made him but a little lovver then God or his Angels thou hast crovvned him with glory and honor and hast made him ruler ouer the workes of thy hands thou hast brought all things vnder his feete Wherby he shevveth vvhat estimation God hath of man nexte after Christ and hovv he regardeth him to vvhom all the vvorlde is seruiceable and obedient Rom. 8 so that not onlie all thinges created were made for his vse and commoditie but also Christe vvas subiect to death for his sake by vvhose grace and merites the father giueth vs all things abundantlie What great thankfulnesse man oweth to Godward Chap. 4. BVt aboue all other thinges this ought to stir vp the mind of man to giue vnto god a more then ordinary loue reuerence that when he vvas estranged from GOD and through breach of his commandement cast into eternall death our heauenlie father through the singular fauour and merits of Iesus Christ receiued him againe into grace For Christ pitying mannes destruction hath reconciled him to his father by purging him vvith his bloud and ouercomming death and shaking of the tyranny of his most deadlie enimie to whom he was bound and as it vvere tied with an earnest penie set him at libertie by his resurrection and restored him againe to his inheritance of the kingdome of heauen So that as Paule vvitnesseth vve are no more the alians or strangers of God but citizens and heires yea and friends and houshold seruants with him that is built vpon the foundation of the Prophetes and Apostles Ephes 2 euen Christ Iesus the head corner stone by whome vvee haue accesse and entrance by one spirit vnto the father Wherefore Titus 3 vvhen any one by the helpe of found doctrine thorough faith and the vvashing of our redemption is ingrafted into Christe and as Paule saith by the renevving of the holy Ghoste 2