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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05312	An herbal for the Bible Containing a plaine and familiar exposition of such similitudes, parables, and metaphors, both in the olde Testament and the newe, as are borrowed and taken from herbs, plants, trees, fruits and simples, by obseruation of their vertues, qualities, natures, properties, operations, and effects: and by the holie prophets, sacred writers, Christ himselfe, and his blessed Apostles vsually alledged, and into their heauenly oracles, for the better beautifieng and plainer opening of the same, profitably inserted. Drawen into English by Thomas Newton.; Herbarum atque arborum quæ in Bibliis passim obviæ sunt. English	Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568.; Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.	1587 (1587)	STC 15454; ESTC S108475	134,297	304

fruite afore Sommer For as rath ripe fruits and Apples are not long lasting nor of any great continuaunce so likewise shall not their felicitie continue in any long prosperitie Nahum the Prophet likewise by the same Similitude sheweth that there is nothing in the world so braue gallant beautifull and amiable but that God can and will destroy and bring it to nothing when his wrath is kindled against the obstinate and wicked insomuch that all the flowers and buds that is the pompe and glorie of huffing Roysters be with a trice dispatched dispersed defeated and adnihilated which in these words he setteth downe and describeth Basan is wasted and Carmel and the flower of Lebanon is wasted that is all the power and strength is decaied and all the brauerie brought to nothing After flowers are the Fruits and Seedes next to be spoken of whereof for that there be thence Similitudes vsually fetched and borrowed wee must note this by the way That Seede as also the Fruit in the Scriptures is taken for the tribe kindred stocke pedagrew and ofspring from whence a man is issued and descended the which God in his word promiseth to blesse with all welfare and prosperitie in those that folow his lawes and obserue his commandements As the Prophet Dauid in one of his Psalmes witnesseth saieng I haue beene yoong and now am old and yet saw I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his seede begging their bread His seede shall be blessed and the righteous shall inherite the land as for the seede of the vngodlie it shall perish and be rooted out So Eliphaz one of Iob his friends that came to reason with him and to comfort him commendeth the chastisement of the Lord proouing the same to be very beneficial and profitable for man for that thereby hee is taught and schooled to submit himselfe vnder his mightie hand and thankfully to receiue his fatherlie correction being certainly persuaded that the same is sent vnto him for his amendement to trie his constancie and patience and thereby therefore doth man receiue singular blessing and commoditie Thou shalt see saith he that thy seede shall be great thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth Thou shalt go to thy graue in a full age as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne that is thou shalt as a man of noble calling and high parentage be honorably buried with a great assemblie of Nobles solemnizing thy funerals Againe for that both herbs and trees doe beare and bring foorth seede which afterward produceth the like plant according to his kinde and so from one to another infinitely therefore the holy Prophets doe also vse it for the garnishing and illustrating of their Arguments and Sermons Seede therfore signifieth successe increase plentie foison and abundance As in the Prophet Isaiah we may euidently see where the Lord promiseth to al them that trust in him and imbrace his lawes all felicitie successe and abundance The Lord saith he shall giue raine to thy Seede when thou shalt sow the ground and bread of the increase of the earth which shall be fat and very plentious In that day also shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures The Oxen also and the yoong Asses that till the ground shal eate cleane prouender which is winnowed with the shouell and the fanne Signifieng that his worldly wealth and temporal goods should be maruellously increased and all things should prosper according to his harts desire The same reason is for the Fruit for in the Bible the Fruits of herbs and trees doe betoken and signifie plentie abundance fertilitie blessednes prosperitie works good and euill scarcitie dearth penurie iustice integritie wickednes impietie loosenes dishonestie and lewd maners which are also signified vnder the name of Corne or Graine So the Prophet Hosea exhorting men going astray and forgetting themselues to vertue integrity of life and righteous dealing saith thus Sowe to your selues in righteousnes and reape after the measure of mercie Breake vp your fallow ground for it is time to seeke the Lord. In which words he counselleth and aduiseth them to forsake their woonted maner of life and to liue in such sort as may be acceptable and pleasant to God For hitherto saith he you haue plowed wickednes you haue reaped iniquitie you haue eaten the fruite of lies By the which metaphore he sheweth how that they practised nothing else than fraud quarrels wrangling suttletie falsehoode deceite and how to entrap circumuent vndermine deceiue and oppresse the innocent Now heer therefore he admonisheth them to leaue their filthy practizes and to plucke vp by the roots all the wicked weedes and noisome tares out of their harts and in lieu thereof to sow in the furrowes of a pure conscience honest and Christian dealing mildenes lenitie curtesie righteousnesse and true neighbourhood The selfe same thing doth the Lorde likewise by his Prophet Ieremie earnestly command and strictly enioine saieng Breake vp your fallow ground and sow not among the thornes that is see that your harts be manured and garnished with the godly seedes of integritie righteousnes innocencie and goodnes hauing the thornes and briers of wickednes quite plucked vp by the rootes And this is further manifestly witnessed by the Prophet Isaiah where as the Lorde by a most notable kind of consolation assureth the minde and conscience of the godly that he shall not misse to obtaine saluation For thus proclaimeth he safegard and health vnto them in their great afflictions and almost desperate troubles Say to the righteous that it shall go well with them for they shall eate the fruite of their workes and studies Assuring him thereby of assistance and willing him to bee of good comfort and cheere bicause in the extremitie of famine or war when others shall be surprized in calamities and afflictions he shall quietly and safely enioy the thinges which he hath receiued from the Lord God by the worke and trauell of his owne hands But wo be vnto the wicked saith he for it shall be euill with him and the reward of his owne handes shall be giuen vnto him But Fruite is also sometimes taken in the Scriptures for children issue and posteritie which the princely Prophet Dauid testisieth to be an especiall blessing of God as by his words it plainly appeereth Behold saith he children and the fruite of the wombe are an heritage and gift that commeth of the Lord. Againe where God vnder the name of Dauid pronounceth that the kingdome of Christ shall be euerlasting The Lord saith he hath sworne in truth vnto Dauid and he will not shrinke from it saieng of the fruite of thy bodie will I set vpon thy throne There will I make the horne of Dauid to florish For I haue ordained a light for mine annointed As for his enimies I wil cloth them with shame but on him shall his crowne florish In which words he meruellously aduaunceth the honor