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A72475	The vvise-mans forecast against the evill time By Thomas Barnes. Preacher of the VVord at St Margretts, in New-Fish-streete. London.	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1624 (1624)	STC 1478.5; ESTC S124630	87,839	171

19. They are wont to take to heart the afflictions of the Church and to mourne with those that mourne We doe not so There is great need both of t Lachrymis magis quam verbis opus est ad exprimendum dolorem quo corporis nostri plaga deflenda est quo populi aliquando numerosi multiplex lamentanda iactura est Cypr. Ser. de Lapsis fol. 113. words and of teares to expresse our griefe for the losses and crosses which the mysticall body of the Church hath sustained since the troubles began in the Belgian-Countries yet so farre are we from teares that we seldome haue thoughts seldomer words except it be for fashion and noveltie about the breaches of Sion about the troubles of our brethren to show that we doe Sympathize and condole them If that question should be renewed which an * Cypr. de Laps fol. 114. Auncient once made u Quis sic durus ac ferrtus quis sic fraterna charitatis oblitus qui inter suoriū multiformes ruinas lugubres ac multo squalore deformes reliquias constitutus siccos oculos tenere preualeat Nec erūpente statim fletu prius gemitus suos Lachrymis quam voce depromat Who is so hard so iron-hearted so void of charitie as to keepe dry his eyes and his heart without sighes in the midst of those miseries his brethren meet with I may answer with a Negatiue retortion Who is NOT so iron-hearted and void of compassion Where is the man or woman who with Nehemiah x Neh. 2.1 lookes sad in the presence of the King Who with Ieremie doe pen songs of Lamentation Who can truely say as that good Martyr once did y Cum iacentibus iacere me credo Iaculis illis grassantis in mic● mea membra simul pe●cussa sunt saeuientes gladij per mea viscera transierunt Immunis liber à persecutionis incursis fuisse non potest animus in prostratis fratribus in me prostrauit affectus Cypr. de Laps Ser. 5. In the foyles of my brethren I take my selfe foyled the blows that their enemies giue THEM smite my body the swords with which their enemies slay THEM doe pierce MY bowells my BODIE indeed is NOT amongst them while they are thus persecuted my SOVLE is and mine affection cannot but participate with their affliction Who I say are thus * A caution I know indeed there is such affection betwixt the z Est quidam consensus electorum in cordibus ipsorum et Sympathia veluti membrorū in corpore Christi Qua propter vbi pius à potentibus huiusmundi adfligitur semper sunt viri boni qui si nihil aliud possint in corde tamen illi fa●ent causam ipsius Domino precibus commendant Muscul in Psal 118. Obs v. 7. Elect in their hearts that when the Powers of the world doe rise against them they cannot but condole the afflicted and expresse their pittie towardes them by their prayers for them when they cannot shew it any other way for want of libertie or abilitie therefore I dare not say All in England doe forget the affliction of Ioseph Nay blessed be God we haue those who would not spare their owne bloud for Sions good if they should be called vnto it Yet this I say and with griefe I speake it there is a generation amongst vs so farre a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Is quem olierius inopia atque agritudo commiseratione non tangit fera sane est rationis expers perperam humanam indutus formam ipsamque naturam prauâ voluntate fallers ac denique feris ipsis atque belluis immanior Aster Hom. de Diu. Laz p 8. Philip. Reuben Interp. degenerated from the nature of Man into the nature of Beastes as that for want of compassion to their owne kinde by creation which are in affliction they are more mercilesse then beastes b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Aster loc cit Let but a swine be slaine the fellowes will come crying vnto it c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Id. ibid. kill an Oxe the Oxen will bellow about him d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Id. ib. catch a Crane in a net the whole flocke of Cranes by their houering and howling will declare they lament it But these persons e 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Id. ibid. strange to consider that man endued with a reasonable soule made at first after Gods owne image should be so incompassionate can heare of the broiles and battailes of the murthers and massacres done vpon the bodies of their brethren and not be once touched nor affected with the same It is without all question that the Papists amongst vs bewaile not the Church nay rather like the Edomites and Esavites in the dayes of Obadiah they reioyce over the children of Iudah in the day of their destruction and speake proudly against them f Obad. 12. Againe touching the fifteenth signe g Experientiâ didicerat c. non facile quenquam posse euadere quin libenter assentatorum canticis porrigat aures laudatorum modulationibus delectetur Cypr. de leiun Tent. Christ f. 5 Experience proues that there is scarce any one amongst vs but loues to bee soothed delights to h Quicquid in nos adulatio sine pudore congessit tanquam debitum prendimus optimos nos esse sapientissimos affirmantibus assentimur cum sciamos illos saepe mentiri Senec. Epist 59. l. 1. p. 632. arrogate to himselfe his as due whatsoever flattery casts vpon him bee it never so false and vntrue i Mitiss●mum ille se in ipsis supplicijs audit in rapinis liberalissimum in ebrietatibus ac lib dinibus temperatissimum Id. ibid. Men will be cruell covetous drunkards vncleane and yet they loue to be told that they are mercifull liberall sober and chaste Such faithfull friends as will tell vs of our faults wee cannot away with but let Parasites extoll vs to the skies for k Si inuenimus qui nos bonos viros dicat qui prudentes qui sanctos agnoscimus Id. ibid. good wise and holy persons them we like them * 15. We loue to be flattered we make of yea “ Nomullis assentator amico gratior est Arist Moral Eudem l. 7. c. 5. Tom. 5. p. 444. more then of our friends And albeit it be very necessary for men to be admonished as the l Senec. Epi. 92. l. 1. Necessariū est admoneri Heathen himselfe could confesse yet they cannot endure reproofe Oh it is as bitter to them as gall and worme wood They are much like the Greekes whom Theodoret writes to m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theod. ad Graec. Infid De Prou. Dei Serm. 6. ● 100. 101. who will praise the Physitians of the body for taking launces into their hands for rifling their wounds for gaging their sores to the bottome and applying such medecines as their Art prescribes But