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A20744	Tvvo sermons the one commending the ministerie in generall: the other defending the office of bishops in particular: both preached, and since enlarged by George Dovvname Doctor of Diuinitie.	Downame, George, d. 1634.	1608 (1608)	STC 7125; ESTC S121022	394,392	234

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Proposition and Reddition In this similitude the Proposition is this As serpents are wise the Reddition so ought yee also to be wise So that first I am to speake of the one and then in the second place of the other That Serpents are naturally wise and subtill Moses witnesseth saying that the Serpent was the subtilest beast of the field and the act of the Divell also argues as much in that he made speciall choice of the Serpent as the fittest instrument to beguile the Woman Wherevpon in some languages they vse to say by way of proverbe He is wiser then a Serpent Now the wisedome of the Serpent is double either Offensiue or Defensiue Offensiue whereby he is cunning to hurt man For there being a naturall Antipathy betwixt the Serpent and Man and the Serpent knowing well that Man beares him a deadly hatred hee seeketh all opportunities and lyeth in ambush as it were to take his advantage to sting him by the heele This appeareth by the sentence of God passed vpon them both Hee shall breake thy head and thou shalt bruise his heele as also by that of old Iacob Dan shall be a serpent by the way an adder by the path biting the horse heeles so that the rider shall fall backward and finally that of Salomon If the serpent bite when he is not charmed no better is a babler His Defensiue wisdome is whereby he is cunning to defend preserue himselfe For first if hee sees a Man whom hee knoweth to be his enimy forthwith hee hastneth away into his hole to safegard himselfe Secondly if he cannot so escape he foldeth all his traine about his head to preserue it as wherein his life principally consisteth Lastly if enchanters goe about to charme him hee layeth one of his eares close to the ground and stoppeth the other with his taile to the end he may not heare their charmes and callings in regard whereof saith David they are like the deafe adder that stoppeth his eare which heareth not the voice of the inchanter though hee be most expert in charming These and other such things shew his Defensiue wisdome so that the Serpent both offensiuely and defensiuely is very wise which is the Protasis or Proposition The Reddition is Be yee also as wise What Offensiuely as wise I know many that are of vindictiue revengefull spirits would be glad to bee warranted in their humor by Christs counsell But such wisdome cannot bee here meant inasmuch as it cannot stand with that which our Saviour presently adds Be innocent as Doues What is it then Saint Augustine elegantly thus expresseth it Esto●e astuti non studio nocendi fed noc●n●●s cavend● be yee wise not to doe hurt but to avoide those that would doe hurt So that the maine doctrine and rule is this That it is lawfull yea expedient and requisite in dangers and troubles prudently and warily to decline and avoide them Need I to spend time in prouing of this doth not the very instinct of nature command it vnto all creatures We see how the hound flies before the hound and vseth many naturall sleights and stratagems to escape the danger so doth the Partridge also to avoide the talons of the Falcon. Yea even in sencelesse creatures may wee obserue the same The fire fleeth from the aire vpward to preserue it selfe in its element and heavy things fall downeward as knowing they are not well till they are in their proper place But in man it is much more seene for even in suddaine perils when a man hath no leasure to thinke of avoiding them if a blow bee reached at him the hand naturally and of it selfe will put it selfe forth or lift it selfe vp to guard him And indeede to this end hath nature instilled into man a loue towards his owne selfe for as the Philosopher saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 every man naturally is a friend to himselfe Wherevpon the schoolemen say Charitas incipit a seipso charity ever begins at a mans owne selfe and where this selfe-loue is it must needs breed a naturall desire to preserue himselfe Besides this loue nature hath put into him feare also feare of whatsoeuer evill would either hurt or destroy him Now feare as the same Philosopher teacheth is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a preseruer wherevpon the woman because she is ordained to keepe preserue things at home is made more fearfull then the man And for this cause also hath God put his feare into the heart of all his Saints to preserue them from that horrible and dangerous sin of Apostasie and falling away from him as the Prophet saith So that Feare is as it were the sentinell of the heart because danger maketh it vigilant and the nature thereof is contrary to security Lastly besides this loue and feare there is in man an vnderstanding also and a memory out of which is bred Experience and from experience proceeds the morall habit of Prudence by which man is enabled against dangers both to foresee them and to prevent them For Prudence as Cicero saith is ars vivendi vt medicina valetudinis the art of liuing as physick is of health And what doth all this argue but that it is mans duty to preserue himselfe For as men haue beene most provident and circumspect this way so haue they ever beene counted and esteemed most Prudent Vnto this instinct of nature may we adde the warrant of the Gospell For Grace takes not away nature but subordinates nature unto it selfe and according to the rule of Logicians subordinata non pugnant things subordinate one vnto another doe not destroy one the other Now that the Gospell of grace allowes it as well as the law of nature is manifest for doth not Christ himselfe allow it nere when he saith be wise as serpents Doth hee not say when they persecute you in one citty fly into another Doth not Saint Paul also giue vs this caveat beware of dogs beware of concision And advize vs elsewhere to walke wisely to walke warily to walke circumspectly and againe Alexander the Coppersmith hath done me much evill of whom also doe thou beware Many counsells to this effect haue were in the Proverbs of Salomon among the rest let this one serue for all A prudent man seeth the plague and hideth himselfe but the foolish man goeth on still and is punished Conformable vnto these rules hath the practise of the Saints of God ever beene Noah to avoide the danger of the flood builds an arke and puts himselfe into it Ioseph in Egypt laies vp store of corne against the deare yeares to avoide famishing Ioseph and Mary with their young babe retire into Egypt to avoid the fury of Herod David wisely provideth for himselfe to escape all the snares and plots of Saul Christ himselfe carefully seeketh to deliuer himselfe from the treacherous designes of his malitious enemies And memorable is the

our charge and withall in a provident and honest care for those who belong vnto vs and depend vpon vs The fourth and last and chiefest in the knowledge of the true God and in the serving of him in a true manner with a perfect heart and a willing minde which is the summe of Davids Catechisme composed for the vse of his sonne Solomon For intellectuall wisedome S. Paul himselfe was brought vp at the feet of Gamaliel a famous Lawyer that he had well studied the Greeke Poets appeares by his quotations of them vpon severall occasions and had he beene altogether ignorant of Philosophy he could not at Athens at that time the most renowned Vniversity of the world haue incountred the Philosophers both of the Epicureans and the Stoicks being sects of contrary opinions but bending and banding there forces both together against him The first fruits of the Gentiles who by the conduct of a starre came from Persia to adore our Sauiour excelled no doubt in this kinde of wisedome Moses was learned in all the wisedome of the Aegyptians and so we may presume was Daniel in that of the Caldaeans once we are sure that Solomon even in this kinde of wisedome out-stripped all the Children of the East hee was perfectly skil'd in all the properties of vegetables of foules of fishes of beasts and creeping things whereas then the Apostle giues the Colossians a caveat and vs in them that no man spoile vs through Philosophy his meaning is not to checke true Philosophy whereof singular vse may no doubt be made in Divinitie but the errors of Philosophers or their erroneous application of acknowledged truths true Philosophie it selfe being indeed nothing else but a beame of the divine wisedome the dictate of right reason subordinate to supernaturall revelation which I am confident he neuer intended to gaine say or disswade Of Morall wisedome the same Apostle speakes Ephes. 5.15 Walke circumspectly not as fooles but as wise and againe walke in wisedome toward them which are without Col. 4.5 Of Ciuill our Saviour Be wise as Serpents but innocent as Doues wise as Serpents for the iust defence of your selues but innocent as Doues that you doe not iustly offend others Of spirituall the Prophet Dauid the feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisedome as good vnderstāding haue all they that doe thereafter And as wisdome excelleth among all other vertues so doth this kinde of wisedome among all the other kinds Velut inter ignes Luna minores As doth the Moone to vs when in a cleare night shee fills her circle among the lesser starres the rest if they serue as dutifull hand-maids to her may be very vsefull but in case they should rebell against her they may proue dangerous hurts rather then helps as a knife in the hand of a child or a sword of a mad-man As then those other kinds of wisedome if rightly applyed are not to be excluded out of my text so this kinde is it which without all doubt is chiefly vnderstood and which we are chiefly to labour for and that we may so labour for it as we come to the end of our desires the meanes to attaine are these Frequent and fervent prayer to which S. Iames directeth vs If any lacke wisedome let him aske it of God without wavering and it shall be given him A diligent and serious study of the holy scriptures whereby David professeth himselfe to haue beene made wiser then his enemies his teachers his ancients A conversation comfortable to our knowledge To him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the saluation of the Lord A good vse of afflictions schola crucis schola lucis the schoole of affliction is the schoole of wisedome And lastly a daily meditation of our mortality of the shortnesse of our liues and the certaine vncertainty of our deaths Teach vs O Lord to number our dayes that so we may apply our hearts vnto wisedome And as these are the meanes to attaine it so the fruits of it are good workes which our Saviour calleth oile in our lampes and therevpon those Virgins who provided oile in their vessells for the supply of their lampes are by him termed wise and S. Iames more particularly specifies those fruits The wisedome saith he which is from aboue is first pure then peaceable gentle easie to be intreated full of mercy good fruits without partiality without hypocrisie It is so pure as it is likewise peaceable without partiality and without hypocrisie And as these be the pretious fruits so the end of this wisedome is saluation from a Child thou hast knowne the holy Scriptures which are able to make thee wise to saluation In reference both to the fruits aud the end thereof the wise Solomon hath given vs in the third of the Proverbs a singular description of this kinde of wisedome yet not single but accompanied and attended on with the other kinds Happie is the man that findeth wisedome and the man that getteth vnderstanding For the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of silver and the gaine thereof then the fine gold Shee is more precious then rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto her Length of daies is in her right hand and in her left hand riches and honour Her wayes are wayes of pleasantnesse and all her paths are peace Shee is a tree of life to them that lay hold vpon her and happie is every one that retaineth her Happie is the man that findeth her so he beginns and happie is the man that retaineth her so he ends yea thrice happie shall he be in his life in his death after death in the course of his life shee shall bring him true contentment in the houre of death true comfort and after death true happinesse The first act issueing from wisedome is teaching which though it be not expressed in the English text yet is it necessarily implyed if not primarily intended in the originall word and in some translations we haue it expressed in the very body of the text it selfe as namely in that of Iunius and Tremellius Erudientes teaching or teachers Some there are who desire wisedome for their owne private contentment only this is vaine curiositie some that they may be knowne to be wise this is vaine glory some that they may rise to honour by it this is vaine ambition some that by it they may grow rich this is vaine covetousnesse some that they may profit themselues in the way of godlinesse this is Christian providence and lastly some that they may doe good not only to themselues but to others by teaching and this is Christian Charitie This the Angell foretells in the Chapter here goeing before They that vnderstand among the people shall instruct many and againe in the latter part of the verse immediately following my text many shall runne too and froe and knowledge shall be increased This the Apostle exhorts