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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43351	Miscellanea, or, A mixture of choyce observations and institutions, moral, and divine, composed for private use being the product of spare hours, and the meditations of J.H.	Henshaw, Joseph, 1603-1679.	1669 (1669)	Wing H1480; ESTC R4644	40,398	215

health and diseases the proud Ocean whose restless waves threaten a Deluge to the neighbouring Coasts receives its checks from the small and shutle sand and though it seem a bar to the passenger yet by a ship is made the speedier passage the blustering Winds who think to controul the Marriner by Art are made to serve his purpose 1 O Sacred Providence who from end to end Strongly and sweetly movest shall I write And not of thee through whom my fingers bend To hold my quil shall they not do thee right 2. For either thy command or thy permission Lay hands on all thy are the right and left The first puts on with speed and expedition The other curbs sins stealing pace and theft 3. Nothing escapes them both all must appear And be dispos'd and drest and tun'd by thee Who sweetly temper'st all if we could hear Thy skill and art what musick would it be 4. Thou art in small things great not small in any Thy even praise can neither rise nor fall Thou art in all things one in each thing many For thou art infinite in One and All. 5. Thy Cupboard serves the World the meat is set Where all may reach no beast but knows his feed Birds teach us hawking Fishes have their net The great prey on the less they on some weed 6. Nothing ingendred doth prevent his meat Flies have their table spread ere they appear Some Creatures have in winter what to eat Others do sleep and envy not their cheer 7. Each Creature hath a wisdom for his good The Pigeons feed their tender off spring crying When they are callow but withdraw their food When they are fledge that need may teach them flying 8. Bees work for man and yet they never bruise Their Masters flower but leave it having done As fair as ever and as fit for use So both the flower doth stay and honey run 9. Sheep eat the grass and dung the ground for more Trees after bearing drop their leaves for soyl Springs vent their streams and by expence get more Clouds cool by heat Baths by cooling boyl 10. Thou hast hid Metalls man may take them thence But at his peril when he digs the place He makes a grave as if the thing had sence And threatned man that he should fill the space 11. Even Poysons praise thee should a thing be lost Should Creatures want for want of heed their due Since where are Poysons Antidotes are most Thy help stands close and keeps the fear in view 12. And as thy house is full so I adore Thy curious art in marshalling thy goods The Hills with health abound the valleys with store The South with Marble the North with Furrs and Woods 13. Hard things are glorious easie things good cheap The common all men have that which is rare Men therefore seek to have and care to keep The healthy frosts with Summer Fruits compare 14. Light without wind is glass warm without weight Is Wool and Furrs coole without closeness shade Speed without pains a Horse tall without height A servile Hawk low without loss a Spade All Countries have enough to serve their need If they seek fine things thou dost make them run For their offence and then dost turn their speed To be Commerce and trade from Sun to Sun 16. Nothing wears cloaths but Man nothing doth need But man to wear them nothing useth Fire But man alone to shew his Heavenly breed And only he hath fewel in desire 17. When the Earth was dry thou madst a Sea of wet When that lay gathered thou didst broach the Mountains When yet some places could no moysture get The Winds grew Gardners and the Clouds good Fountains 18. Rain do not hurt my flowrs But gently spend Your hony drops press not to smell them here When they are ripe their odour will ascend And at your lodging with their thanks appear 19. How harsh are thornes to pears and yet they make A better hedge and need less reparation How smooth are silks compared with a stake Or with a stone yet make no good Foundation 20. Sometimes thou dost divide thy gifts to man Sometimes unite the Indian Nut alone Is Cloathing Meat and Trencher Drink and Can Boat Cable Sayl and Needle all in One 21. Most Herbs that grow in Brooks are hot and dry Cold fruits warm kernels help against the wind The Lemon juice and rind cure mutually The Whey of Milk doth loose the Milk doth bind 22. Thy Creatures leap not yet express a feast Where all the guests sit close and nothing wants Frogs marry Fish and flesh Bats Bird and Beast Sponges non sense and sense Mines Earth and Plants 23. To shew thou art not bound as if thy lot Were worse then ours sometimes thou shiftest hands Most things move the under jaw the Crocodile not Most things sleep lying the Elephant leans or stands 24. But who hath praise enough nay who hath any None can express thy works but he that knows them And none can know thy works which are so many And so compleat but only he that owes them But if the contemplation of these Creatures excellencies seem too low let thy divine fancy carry thee to the top of Mount Nebo and thence take a prospect of the Land of promise view those Mansions of Glory purchased for thee with the precious Blood of God hear the heavenly Chore of glorified Saints and Angels singing Hallelujah to him that sitteth upon the throne and to the Lamb for ever Consider how the Angels those glorious Spirits ready and mighty Messengers whose number is innumerable are sent to encamp about the servants of the most High for their protection and safety let thy Soul bath it self in those rivers of pleasure which flow from the refreshing presence of thy al-sufficient God and Saviour believe that heart-ravishing complacency which the Holy One of Israel taketh in his Spouse the Church and in every part and member thereof unto whom he hath confirmed his love for ever by the death of his dear Son by the everlasting Covenant of his Grace and by his many faithful Promises of whatsoever may conduce to her felicity here or hereafter These Meditations will stay thy busie mind that it run not out to vain Companions or unprofitable exercise for its satisfaction and will fill thy Soul brim-full of Heavenly Joy CHAP. LXIV LEt not thy expence exceed thy income lest thou run in debt and spend not too much on hopes lest thou be disappointed of thy hope and never recover thy expence As 't is miserable to live upon the bounty or benevolence of another so 't is the highest aggravation of this misery to live a servant in continual fear of an exacting Creditor better it is that thou continue in that Estate wherein God hath set thee though but mean then for a time to live above it and after to be brought low He that falls from on high is in great danger and shall receive more damage

the Churches feathers lest thou fly to thy own ruine That God who chose the Tribe of Levi for his Inheritance promised to be theirs and will protect them if thou deprive him of his blessing he will pursue thee with his curse Impropriations are bold Metaphors but being continued are deadly Allegories One foot of Land in Capite encumbers the whole estate The Eagle snatched a cole from the Altar but it fired her Nest CHAP. XXXVI BE not unstable in thy resolutions nor various in thy actions nor unconstant in thy affections so deliberate that thou mayst perform so perform that thou mayst persevere Mutability is the badge of infirmity CHAP. XXXVII SIt down content with Gods allowance what ever thy condition be he knoweth best what is best for thee let thy endeavour be to please him in what thou dost and to be pleased with what he doth Dost thou want things necessary grumble not perchance it was necessary for thee to want endeavour lawfully to supply it if God bless not thy endeavours bless him that knoweth what is necessary for thee hast thou but a little make it not less by murmuring hast thou enough make it not too much by unthankfulness he that doth not contentedly and thankfully accept the least favour he hath received is unworthy of the least favour he can receive and that thou mayst the better be content consider thy own merit thou dost enjoy far more and far better then thou canst deserve and remember thy self with all thy concerns to be at the wise gracious and absolute dispose of the omnipotent and omniscient God whose purposes thou canst not vary with all thy fretting and discontent thereby thou dost only make thy being the more uncomfortable and add to thy burden dost thou look on thy right hand and find some above thee look on thy left and thou shalt see some below thee but if thou hast no inferiour wait but a while and thou shalt have no superiour the grave which hastneth to come upon all living makes all equal and puts a period to all thy pressures CHAP. XXXVIII ARt thou subject to any great vanity or secret folly nourish it not if it will be entertain'd encourage it not if it grow stronger yet more strongly strive against it if too strong pray against it if it weaken not joyn fasting to the prayer if it shall continue add perseverance to both if it decline not add patience to all and thou hast conquered it however blabb not thy folly lest thou appear impudent nor boast of it lest thou seem insolent every mans vanity ought to be his greatest shame and every mans folly ought to be his greatest secret CHAP. XXXIX TAke heed thou harbour not that vice called Envy lest anothers happiness be thy torment and Gods blessing thy curse it being the property of envy ever to maligne an others prosperity Vertue corrupted with vain-glory glory turnes Pride Pride poysoned with malice becomes envy joyn therefore humility with thy vertue and pride shall have no footing vain-glory shall find no entrance CHAP. XL. PRovidence is an exercise of reason experience an act of sence by how much reason excells sence by so much providence exceeds experience Providence is the rational Daughter of wisdom Experience the Empirical Mistris of Fools if thou hast providence to fore-see a danger let thy prudence rather prevent it then fear it the fear of future evils oftentimes brings a present mischief whilest thou seekest to prevent it practise to bear it he is a wise man that can avoid an evil he is a patient man that can endure it but he is a valiant man that can conquer it Never fear any thing but what thy industry may prevent be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat It is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided then to be secure when there is a possibillity of being deprived CHAP. XLI IF God hath sent thee a Cross take it up and follow him use it wisely lest it be unprofitable bear it patiently lest it be intollerable behold in it Gods anger against thy sin and his love towards thee in punishing the one and chastening the oth●s if it be light sleight it not if heavy murmur not Not to be sensible of a judgment is the symptome of an hardned heart to be displeased with Gods pleasure is the sign of a rebellious will And to faint in the day of adversity argues thy strength to be but small CHAP. XLII BE ever mindful of thy latter end lest Death come upon thee unawares and find thee unprepared and thou repent that thou hast lived being now to dye and to dye eternally expect it for it will come if thou expect it as a friend prepare to entertain it if as an enemy prepare to overcome it Death hath no advantage but where it comes a stranger yet come it will for spend an hundred years in Earths best pleasures and after that an hundred more to which being spent add a thousand and to that ten thousand more the last shall as surely end as the first are ended and all shall be swallowed up in Eternity he that is born to day is not sure to live a day he that hath liv'd the longest is but as he that was born yesterday the happiness of the one is that he hath lived the happiness of the other is that he may live and the lot of both that they must die it is no happiness to live long nor unhappiness to dye soon happy is he that hath lived long enough to dye well he shall live for ever look upon thy burning taper and there see the Emblem of thy life the flame is thy soul the wax thy body and is commonly a 〈◊〉 long the wax if 〈…〉 tempered can ●ut 〈…〉 length and who can 〈…〉 it if ill tempered it 〈…〉 the faster yet last his length an open window shall h●s t●n either an extinguisher shall put out both husband them the best thou canst thou canst not prolong them beyond their date leave them to the injury of the wind or to the mercy of a wasteful hand thou dost hasten their end but still they burn their length but puff them out and thou hast shortned their passage which else had brought them to their appointed end bodies according to their constitution stronger or weaker according to the quality or inequality of their Elements have their date and may be preserved from shortning but they cannot be lengthened neglect may wast them ill diet may hasten them unto their journey's end yet they have lived their length a violent hand may interrupt them a sudden death may stop them and they are shortned it lies in the power of man either permissively to hasten or actively to shorten but not to lengthen or extend the limits of his natural life he only if any hath the Art to lengthen out his Taper that puts it to the best advantage CHAP. XLIII TAke heed rather what thou