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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

another I goe through Fire Water carie me therefore from strength to strēgth Psal 84 7 till I appeare before God in Sion There are heere innumberable wylde Beastes young Lyons and fyrie Serpents to sting me but I looke to thy Iesus that Serpent of Brasse Men in danger of the serpents of this world Iohn 3.14 Of the thornie cares of this worlde Of the tentations of Sathan mouing to desperation or presumptiō Similitude 2. Sam. 3.39 who was erected vpon the Tree of the Crosse that he might cure remede me And again I walke vpon Thornes euen the thornie cares of this earth euery morning mine heart is vexed and pricked with them They vnquiet me so that they disturbe that peace which my soule shoulde haue with my God And whiles I am scarce fred of these thoughts Sathan with the temptation of sinne assaulteth mee hee buffetteth mee hee setteth my sinne in order before me and letteth mee see in a Glasse my whole iniquities O Lord bee mine helper my comforter and a strong Tower vnto mee for the sonnes of Zerviah are too strong for mee but I will not feare them if thou bee with mee Thy Rod and Shepheardes Staffe Psal 23.4 will comfort mee though I were walking through the shadowe of darknesse and in the valley of death But O Lord I haue yet farther to complaine that when I haue escaped these stormie tempestes and waues which inuaded me vpon the left hand then Sathan riseth vp on my right hand as an Angell of light and taketh mee vp to the Mountaine and offereth mee Riches Honoures Pleasures c. if I will walke in his wayes and worship him Luke 4.6 as hee did vnto Christ Iesus Lord let mee not taste of these Delicates or of the poysonable Cuppe of sinne Let mee not bee allured with the fruites of sinne albeit they present-faire thinges Let mee not run as a foolish Fish vpon the alluring baite of vnrighteousnesse Similitude I am more contented through pouertie 2. Cor. 6.8 and reproaches through a good report and an euill report to walke in this Earth in a good conscience with thy fauour than to possesse all the Treasures of Babel and to haue the losse of thy countenance Let the Earth bee soure vnto mee that the Heauens may bee sweete to mee Although the Earth smyle vpon mee vet it is but the smyle of mine enemie But albeit thou wouldest cast down thy coūtenance vpō me yet it is the downe-looking of my Father who will gladden my soule at last O my God thou hast commaunded the Earth which of its owne nature is dry and barren to yeelde Foode for my necessitie Thou hast commaunded mee to craue my daylie Bread at thine hand with a promise that if I aske Mat. 6.11 Matt. 7.7 it shall bee giuen mee Therefore O Father giue I beseech thee a blessing to the Earth and my labours therein that I may prosper Giue mee such a measure of thy creatures whereby I may not bee chargeable but rather helpfull vnto others Thou diddest feede thy People with the MANNA in the Desart Ex. 16.13 17.6 1. King 17 4.9 and broughtest them the Water out of the Rocke Thou fedst Eliah by the Rauen and likewise the Widow of Sareptah by thy secret blessing O Lord of Hostes thou art no lesse carefull of thy people whom thou hast redeemed by thy Sonnes bloode than thou wast of the seede of Abraham thy seruant Hos 2.19 Sende therefore to the Earth the first raine Marrie me to thee in mercie and compassion that thou mayest heare the Heauens and the Heauens may heare the Earth and the Earth may heare vs thy people Lord let me take them out of thine hands as tokens of thy fauour and earnest-pennies of better things prepared for me in Heauen O Lord the Earth is defyled with cruelties and filthinesse and casteth vp horrible cryes to thy Majestie against the inhabitans thereof it is ladened with a burthen of sinfull creatures Rom. 8.23 it lifteth vp its head cryeth and groaneth as traueling with childe waiting for the day of our redemption for then it shall be deliuered from the burthen O Lord take away the burthen of sinne from the Earth and purge by thy blood the transgressions of vs thy people Sanctifie vs O Lord that the creatures may be sanctefied to our vse and we to thy seruie through Christ Thou hast hidde in the Earth thy great treasures of Golde Siluer Yron Brasse and Coales c. and the world is set on fire in presute of those things yea for Golde they wil renounce their God forsweare their Father perish their soule and their life their King countrey and their Parents O Lord this is a couetous people whose heart is set vpon these perishing and vncertaine things But O Lord thou art better to me than thousands of Golde and Siluer All say Psal 119.72 Psal 4.6 Who will shew vs any good thing but Lord lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon me Their treasures are hid in the depths of the Earth and they treade vpon them but thou O my treasure art hid in the height of the Heauens The Theife diggeth Mar. 6.20 and the Roust doeth consume their treasures but thou art incorruptible Their treasures are stollen from them but nothing can separate thee from vs neither death nor life neither things present nor things to come Rom. 8.35 Let mine heart be with thee where thou art for thou art my treasure Let me finde mercie with thee Gen 33.11 and then I haue all these things for thy loue is better than Golde Thy seruant Salomon made choyce thereof 1. king 3.9 and it was Dauids his fathers choyce who for loue of thee craued one thing That he might dwell in thine House all the dayes of his life Psal 27.4 Luk. 10.42 And Marie the sister of Martha desired that one thing Golde is not able to saue me from the Graue but my God thou wilt raise me vp at the last day What pleasure hath man of Golde when he dieth but he casteth it away and calleth himselfe a foole that he should haue taken pleasure in it he biddeth distribute to the Poore whom he spoyled all his dayes But when I die then I possesse my treasure which I longed for death which separateth me from the Earth conjoyneth me to thee and filleth vp my joye when I haue receiued my treasure Further O Lord as thou hast hidden these treasures vnder the Earth so thou hast decored the face of the Earth with thy great blessinges O when I looke vnder my feete and beholde euerie one of thy creatures I see in them thy power and thy glorie yea I see thou hast appointed the Worme to beate downe my pride In the basest creature may be seen Gods glorie Thou hast painted the face of the Earth with all sortes of colours delectable to the sight yea the Lillie passeth

in that Citie but those who are written in the Lambes Booke of Life O that Water of Life Rev. 22.1.2 cleare as Crystall proceeding out of the Throne of God! There is the Tree of Life which beareth twelue manner of Fruites and rendereth Fruite euerie Moneth O! that is the true Land of CANAAN Exod. 3.17 which floweth with Milke and Honey which is promised to the Elect Children O how blessed are those who stand before thee O Lord 1. king 8.8 and heare thee and see the beautie of thine House O howe amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord God of Hostes It is better to bee a Doore-keeper in thine House than to bee a Monarch of the whole Worlde Psal 84.1 As the Hart brayeth after the Riuers of Waters Psal 42.1 so doeth my soule pant after thee my liuing Lord. O my GOD when shall I appeare before thee in Sion Nowe my soule returne vnto thy rest for the Lord will pittie thee and will deliuer thee from this Prison and from these wylde Beastes which vexe thee on euerie side and from sinne which daylie troubleth thee and will bring thee to the sight and fruition of the Eternall Ioye which is in the Heauens O glorious GOD I haue not yet seen the Heauēs where th● Saints are but in the myrrour of the Gospell But I see daylie these vi●●ble creatures and the Firmament NOTA. If there be such beauty in the outward part of the heauens what is within which are euen the workes of thine owne hand Then if there bee such beautie in the outwarde partes of thy Palace O LORD what will wee looke for in thy Gabinet O my GOD as often as I beholde these outward Heauens then let mine heart inward affections be mounted vp by an holie desire and meditation that the eye of my soule may pierce thorow these thy visible workes euen to the companie of my Brethren the First-borne and to that innumerable number of Angels and Sainctes Oh bee thou my Guide O my LORD and bring mee through the perils of this Wildernesse vnto thine heauenlie Palace euen for the merites and blood of IESVS CHRIST thy well-beloued Sonne our Sauiour AMEN A MEDITATION Vpon the LORDES thirde Dayes Werke IN the Creation of the third Day there bee two principall thinges to bee obserued First The manner of the Creation by separation of the Waters whereby were created two Elementes the Water and the Earth Next The Blessing of GOD. Since there is no difficultie in the wordes I will obserue foure thinges First That so long as those two Elementes were in the confused Chaos so long they were both vnprofitable and each one hindered other but assoone as they were separated Confusion is vnprofitable they were both fruitfull Euen so is it yet where Anarchie hath place either in Church or Policie there shall bee no Blessing in neither of them But happie is that Church and Common-wealth where all thinges are ruled by order and no place is left to confusion Gods blessing inricheth Next the Earth was created barren God spake the worde and it fructified If this was the estate thereof before Sinne howe much lesse nowe beeing subject to a curse will it bring foorth anie good thing without GODS Blessing God prouided for his creatures before they were Thirdlie yee see that God blessed it with Cornes Trees and Fruites for the sustenance of Man and Grasse for Beastes before he made anie of them He prouideth the Milke in the Breast of the Woman as a liuelie fountaine before the Childe be borne Then if he was so prouident before Man was made will he neglect vs Much more when they are when wee are made to his owne Image Let vs seeke him truelie and doubt not Fourthlie there is a treasure which God hath hidden in the Earth for Man Golde and Siluer to inrich him Coales Wood and other firing for his heate Stones for his Building c. and on the face of the Earth Gods hidden treasures should prouoke vs to thankefulnesse Cornes Hearbes Trees Wines Oyles and varietie of crearures both for his pleasure and profit When wee behold daylie these good benefits let vs be drawne by each one of them to thankfulnesse of our Creator Let vs seeke the right vse of them that wee spende them not vpon sinne Finallie by these earthlie blessings call to minde the spirituall Riches Seeke spiritual riches and Foode of our soules that wee may not labour for the foode that perisheth but for that Foode which doth endure for euer Iohn 6.27 A PRAYER Vpon the LORDES thirde Dayes Worke. ETernall God and most louing Father as thou increasedst this thy hudge workmanship of the Worlde and hast created the Earth vpon this third Day so I beseech thee to increase thy Spirit within me and create in my barren colde and earthly heart fruitfull considerations to thy Majesties Glorie O Lord as thou preparedst in the seconde Daye the Heauens to bee the Citie of our remaining so hast thou ordained and established the Earth to bee the place of our Pilgrimage and wandering as the people of Israel were in the Wildernesse fourtie yeares before they came to the land of Promise Similitude Yet O Lord the Earth is thine and the fulnesse thereof There is no constant abiding to me in this Earth I lodge heere in tents I wander now heere now there helpe me poore Pilgrime in this desart place that I may finde thee a Pillar of Cloude in the day to couer me Exod. 13.21.22 and a Pillar of fire in the night and darknesse of this world to illuminate me to see the way to Canaa● Thou openedst a fountaine to Hagar the Bond-woman and her childe Gen. 21.19 when they were steruing for thirst I am not the childe of the Bond-woman but of the free-woman Open the fountaine of the House of Dauid and giue me of the water of life and satisfie my soule with the fatnesse of thine house Ezech. 13.1 Iohn 7.38 Psa 39.12 I am a Stranger heere on Earth as my Fathers were before me Let me not walke then as a stranger among the Philistims and Babilonians If I were a citizen and a man of their owne Ioh. 15.19 they would loue me But because I am not of them neither follow them nor their manners therefore they hate me My Mothers sonnes and familiar friends count me a stranger they stand farre from me Psal 69.8 in the day of trouble Draw thou nigh vnto me when they goe farre from me Iob 19.14 Wilt thou leaue a poore Suckling to die him alone in this wildernesse Though my Father and Mother forsake me yet thou wilt gather mee vp I am a Widow for my Lord and Husband is with thee Psa 27.10 I am his Turtle Doue lamenting mine alone till I see him Bring me thorow the straits of this Pilgrimage Psal 42.7 I steppe out of one deepe to

the glorie of Salomon What Flowres for the smel Mat. 6.28 what Hearbes with such rare vertues for the preseruation of man yea there is not the basest weed wherein there is not inclosed some speciall vertue for the maintenance of mans nature All thinges on earth created fo● mans vse Psal 105.16 Ibid. 104.15 NOTA. The Cornes are againe brought foorth which are the staffe of bread to strengthen him and the wynes which doe glad mans heart and the Oyle which maketh him to shyne the Figges which are sweet to the taste Then Lord if thy creatures doe yeelde such comforts to me is there not much more consolation in thee Thou hast giuen me a large portion of all these benefits which thou hast withholden from others Giue me thy selfe with them or else take them all from me Three things I doe aske at thy Majestie Three requests 1. first let not these benefits which I receiue daylie become snares to me to draw me from thee Giue me no moe of them than may further me to thy seruice When thou giuest me any new earthlie gift then presentlie with it giue me a newe remembrance of thee that it may bee a Loue-token of my Lord whereby I may bee kindeled to loue thee the more Next I beseech thee that whatsoeuer earthlie gift I get thou wilt put some secret blessing therein that it may bee profitable vnto me Thou giuest thy benefits to manie and blowest vpon them so O Lord likewise blow vpon me with the blast of thine owne Spirit and bid thy creatures increase and multiplie And last of all let mee not bee taken with an excessiue desire of them but that with an open heart and hand I may bee comfortable vnto others O Lord let my Cup ouer-flow and let not my left hand knowe what my right hand doeth psal 23.5 Matt. 6.3 but as thou giuest liberrallie and freelie so with a free heart I may giue to thy Sainctes who are of the Familie of Faith psal 16.3 Let me bee a seruant of them and wash their feete And seeing thou art wise in the dispensation of thy benefits to me sometimes thou wilt haue me to abound sometimes to want in the one to haue a proofe of thy liberality in the other of thy chastisements learne mee in euerie estate to be content Pray for contentmēt and giue mee that heauenlie benefite of contentation the Note and Marke of thy Children And sith I brought nothing into the world Iob 1.21 I will carrie nothing out of it Giue me Meat Rayment with contentment And giue mee thy poore creature the assistance of thy principall Spirit that when I shall depart from these creatures and they from mee euen as thou gauest them vnto mee so I may bee heartilie content that I by the separation from them may perfectlie be vnited vnto thee for thou art my portion my lot and euerlasting inheritance So bee it A MEDITATION Vpon the LORDES fourth Dayes Worke. GOD made the azury Heauens vppon the second Day and now hee carueth them vppon the fourth Day and decoreth them with a multitude of Coelestiall Lights as is wonderfulll to beholde such glorious Tortches so infinit in number and powerfull in operation Notwithstanding Pharoahs daughter brought vp Moses in the Sciences of the Aegyptians and namely in Astronomie as some Writers testifie wherein they with the Caldeans were most curious Yet the Spirit of God by his Penne To auoyde curiositie describeth the Starres simplie without any curiositie Whereby God would teach vs to be wise with sobrietie and search no deeper in these profound actions of God than it doeth please him to reueale vnto vs or that may be to his glorie lest through our deepe searching our wit be dazeled and so befall vs as it did to the Astronomer who in a Winter Night searching the Starres fell into a Well Similitude and died He curiously seeking the knowledge of the Starres forgot the Earth and so lost both Heauen and Earth In the TREATISE of the fourth Day Moses first setteth down the creation of the Sunne Moone and Starres Next the ends for which they were made which were three First for Dominion the Sunne should rule the Day the Moone the Night Secondly for Distinction that they might separate the Day from the Night And thirdlie to be significations for signes and seasons First hee setteth the Sunne in his Tabernacle who commeth foorth daylie like a Bridgroome psal 19.5 or like a valiant man readie to runne a race God hath put into the Sunne such beautie and such wonderful operations which are but sparks of that Majestie and wonderfull operation power which is in himselfe The majestie which is in the creatures is but a sparke of that which is in the Creator Ezech. 8.16 Ier. 7.18 2. King 23 5. The admiration whereof made not only the ignorant Gentiles to adore them as Gods in consecrating the dayes of the weeke to the seauen Planets but also the superstitious Iewes did adore the Sunne and Moone as the King and Queene of Heauen and did maintaine that they did waile against Ieremie Ezechiel I will speake first of the Sunne by Gods helpe without curiositie seeking only out those things of him by which wee may praise God I obserue then in him three things to wit his qualities his courses and his defects His name is Sol quasi solus alone domining ouer the rest to whom he imparteth his light Sol quasi solus And againe by the brightnesse of his appearance he obscureth them all 1. The Sunne giueth light Now I would yee considered that if a created Sunne containeth such measure of light as illuminateth all the world yea the Heauen also who will not thinke but Iesus Christ If one created Sun can giue light to all may not Christ giue light vnto all who is God himselfe Sol justitiae the Sunne of Righteousnesse is able to giue life and light to all the world without the helpe of the light of these halfepennie Candles the merits of men For a thing vnperfect may be made more perfect by addition augmentation as one Candle by another Similitude but a thing perfect is disgraced by addition as if yee would bring a pot of water to the Sea or light a Candle to the Sunne Thinges perfect are disgraced by addition or breath in the Aire So to augment or adde any thing to him is to dishonour him and pulleth his glorie from him as though hee were not sufficient I am the Lord saith he and none besides me And againe if the Starres dare not appeare before the Sunne what madnesse is it to present the filthie and menstruous clouts of mens merits before God Iob 4.18 who did finde follie in his Angels and the Heauen it selfe is not cleane before him 2. The Sunne giueth life The other qualitie of the Sunne is hote by which he reuiueth