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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10995	Twelue prophetical legacies. Or Twelue sermons vpon Iacobs last will and testament recorded by Moses, in the 49. chapt. of Genesis: containing his bequests and blessings, bestowed vpon his twelue sonnes. ... Preached by Francis Rollenson, Bach: of Diuinitie, and sometimes fellow of S. Iohn the Euang: Colledge in Cambridge.	Rollenson, Francis, ca. 1565-1630.	1612 (1612)	STC 21265; ESTC S116140	213,059	329

doe it shall prosper A good Bough or a good Tree hath these three properties Increasing fructifying flourishing therfore as the figtree is knowne from the Sycomore by the leaues the fruit for the one beares onely leaues the other both leaues sweet fruite as the Oliue is discerned from the bramble and the vine from the brier the one by oile the other by wine both which the Brier and the bramble want so are the righteous knowne from the wicked by these Properties as infallible touchstones First the Elect like good Trees doe euer Increase and striue to attaine to perfection by increasing in knowledge and Zeale and though there be no perfection in this life (m) Luc. 17.10 for when a man hath done his best he cannot but acknowledge himselfe to be an vnprofitable seruant (n) Isaiah 64.5 his righteousnesse to be like a stained cloath and his (o) 1. Cor. 1● greatest strength weakenesse yet for all that they Endeuour to growe continually from faith like a graine of mustard seed vnto fulnesse of faith from Grace as lowe as the hy●op on the wall to Grace as high as the Cedars of Libanus and from Goodnesse to Goodnesse Nyssenus Peritel●iótetos It is a kind of Perfection saith Gregorie Nyssenus to labour for perfection his words be these It is perfection not to stand at a staie but still to growe better and neuer to limit or confine our perfection wherefore as Salomon went by (p) 1. Reg. 10 1● steppes vp into his yuorie throne so must we ascend into heauen by degrees where the golden throne of Perfection stands It was a grace for Saul that he was higher thē the rest of the people by the head of the contrarie part wee vse to call such as be of a lowe stature dwarfes in disgrace so it is in spirituall things a shame for a man who by Sinne is a borne dwarfe not to alter his stature and growe higher by grace considering that God hath planted euery man by the well side and offers grace freely to all Secondly the Elect like good trees doe euer bring forth fruite and hereby we may knowe who are of God and who are not (q) Mat. 7.16.17 for as grapes are not gathered of thornes nor figges of Thistles so euery good tree bringeth forth good fruite and a corrupt tree bringeth forth either no fruit at all or that which is euill God in paradise planted two (r) Gen. 2. Trees both which bare fruite the one was called the Tree of knowledge the other The tree of life like vnto both these Trees be the Childrē of God for first by hearing the word of God attentiuely by reading the scriptures diligently and by meditating in the lawe of God continually they Increase in knowledge and secondly by ioyning Practise to their Theorie action to their vnderstanding they bring forth fruite worthie amendment of life Ferus saith It is nothing auaileable for a man to eate of the tree of Knowledge vnlesse he eate also of the tree of Life So say I It is to no purpose for a man to be like the Tree of knowledge vnlesse also hee be like the Tree of Life For what is Faith without works is it not dead and what is knowledge without Loue doth it not puffe a man vp Therfore whosoeuer is a true Ioseph must not onely be an increasing but also a fructifying tree like vnto that (ſ) Apoc. 22.2 Tree of life spoken of by Saint Iohn which b●re twelue manner of fruits and gaue fruite euery moneth These monthly fruites be workes of Charitie whereby Faith is approued and knowne to bee liuely and iustificant So saith S. Bernard Doest thou belieue in Christ why then doe the works of Christ that thy faith may appeare not to be a dead but a liuely faith The Sycomore is a faire tree but it beares no fruite such like be hypocrites whose holinesse is altogether in shewe not in substance The Cedar is a high tree but yet it yeeldeth nought but leaues Such like are they that haue the (t) Ezech. 1. Wings but not the Hands of the Cherubims which mount vp to the highest pitch of Knowledge but neuer second their knowledge with good works Solinus saith that there be Apple-trees in Assyria the fruite whereof is as yellow as golde but yet being toucht it is rotten such like be Papists and Operists which striue to bee superabundant in workes and belieue them to be meritorious but yet because they doe not proceed from a true Faith their most glorious workes of supererogation are but as rotten apples (u] Iudg. 9.9.11.13 There be three Trees very fruitfull the Oliue-tree the Figtree the vine such like Trees should all Christiās be First like the oliue they must yeeld the oyle of gladnes this is to seeke peace ensue it namely Peace with God peace with themselues peace with men Secondly like the Fig-tree they must giue sweete fruite this fruit is merci● which is shewed in feeding the hungrie giuing drinke to the thirstie cloathing the naked harbouring straungers and in visiting them that be sicke and in prison Thirdly like the vine they must beare the Grape of cheerefulnesse and this Grape is a good Conscience in all things As the bloud of the Grape cheareth the heart of man so is a good Conscience like a continuall Feast delighting comforting and solacing the soule Peace Mercie and a good Conscience are the fat sweete and cheerfull fruits of good Trees that growe by the well-side of Grace Thirdly the elect are Trees whose leaues doe neuer fade but they are greene as well in winter as in summer that is to say their Faith and their Loue doe continue vnto the ende These two leaues may indeede be blasted for a time but they doe not perish vtterlie nor become withered like Chaffe which the winde driueth away because the Trees vpon which they grow are planted by the water-side which is the grace of God being a Well of liuing-water springing vp to Eternall life by which whosoeuer is planted can neuer be transplanted or remoued Bellar. lib. 3. de iustif cap. 14. The Church of Rome teacheth the cōtrarie Namely that a Man may fall from grace and consequently make shipwracke both of Faith and Loue. But this cannot be For whome God loueth hee loueth vnto the ende and none can take them out of the hand of CHRIST whom the Father hath giuen vnto him If then Grace bee a water that springeth continually How can Faith and Loue which are like the leaues of a Tree euer finally fade or wither Want of moysture is the cause why Trees die So then if the Elect be Trees planted by the waters side as the Psalmist calles them then surely they shall flourish like the Palme and the Baye-tree and beare greene leaues continually Faith and Loue in some men are like grasse which to day flourisheth and to morrowe perisheth This Faith is dead and