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A05311	The sanctuarie of saluation, helmet of health, and mirrour of modestie and good maners wherein is contained an exhortation vnto the institution of Christian, vertuous, honest, and laudable life, very behoouefull, holsome and fruitfull both to highest and lowest degrees of men ... / written in Latin verie learnedly and elegantlie by Leuinus Lemnius of Zirizaa, physitian, and Englished by H.K. for the common commoditie and comfort of them which understand not the Latine tongue ...	Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568.; Kinder, Hugh.	1592 (1592)	STC 15454.5; ESTC S3877	132,793	266

coniuring or rather mocking delusion was endammageable to them For hee that was possessed of the Diuell preuailed against them The coniurers rent torne and ranne vppon them and rent and wounded them so cruelly that they were constrayned to saue themselues by flying away out of the house Coniurers now a daies folish bablers and led with vaine doctrine There haue been also euen in our time certaine seely foolishe priestes who when as they being neither armed with any Faith of the name of Christ nor indewed with integrity attempted the like enterprise were derided of the Diuell and put to such shame that they were compelled to leaue the thing vndone and depart away with great feare and trembling But if any man will goe about any such attempt and endeuour to driue out euill spirites out of mens bodies Let him followe the example of Peter and Iohn who vsing no ambitious wordes lifted vppe the lame in this manner Act. 3. The miracle of Peter and Iohn IN THE NAME OF IESVS CHRIST OF NAZARETH arise and walke and he forthwith receiuing strength in his legges and anckles and starting vp stoode and walked and entred with them into the Temple leaping and walking and praysing God All glory is giuen to Christ Coloss 2. Heb. 1. Seeing therefore that Iesus Christ the onely begotten Sonne of God coeternall and coequall with the father in whome all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge are hidden doth rule and gouerne all thinges with the worde of his power it is meete that we conceiuing and reposing our whole trust and confidence in God through Iesus Christ doe by his power mighty operation aide and protection resist and withstand Sathan sinne hell and whatsoeuer other thinges are malicious aduersaries and hurtfull vnto man For as Saint Paul sayeth Ephes 1. Excellent is that greatnesse strength power and puissance which God shewed according to his mightie working in Christ when he raysed him from the dead and made him sitte at his right hand in heauenly things aboue al power and principality and dominion and abole euery thing that is named 〈◊〉 in this worlde onely but also in that that is to come Christ is the head of the Church or Congregation And hee hath put all thinges vnder his feete and gaue him the head aboue all thinges to the Church or Congregation which is his body the fulnesse of him which filleth all in all that is to say Christ fulfilleth all things in all men Christ is he by whom God fulfilleth perfourmeth and accomplisheth all thinges in all men especially in them which beleeue and trust in him and as the Apostle sayeth a little before are sealed with the holy spirite of promise who is the pledge and earnest of our inheritance vnto the redemption of the purchased and acquired possession vnto the praise of his glory Christ cōforteth and strengthneth vs in afflictions Wherefore Saint Paul who was accustomed to be exercised and tried in innumerable conflictes and was constrayned patiently to suffer and constantly to endure many assaults admonisheth al men that whensoeuer dāgers are imminēt death is threatned Sathan laieth siege and assault to the minde they resist withstand and wrestle against them with a valiaunt heart that cannot be discouraged For thus he encourageth and fortifieth the Ephesians Ephes 6. Finally my bretheren be strong through the Lord and through the power of his might put on all the armour of God that ye may stand against the assaultes of the Diuell For wee wrestle not against bloud and fleshe that is to say against fraile and dying men although euen they also sometime are malicious aduersaries but against Lordes and Rulers of the world Gouernours of the darkenesse of this world against spirituall craftinesse in heauenly things By which plenteousnesse of wordes and copiousnesse of sentences as also by an elegant Metaphor deriued and taken of the conflict and inuasion of enemies he sheweth that deuilish spirites A similitude of industry in warfare and their souldiers gard and ministers doe with marueylous craft and wonderfull subtill pollicies lay snares and go about to deceiue them which bee addicted vnto Christ and haue giuen their name vnto him Wherefore seeing that our enemies are so terrible and so full of spiritual craftines he proceedeth in his exhortation plainely to informe vs with what munition and weapons we must withstand them The armor of christian souldiers Take vnto you sayeth he Ephes 6. the whole armour of God taking example of them which being well harnessed fenced and appointed do go forth into the embattayled armie and stand readie in their aray that yee may be able to resist the aduersarie and to stand vntill all things bee perfectly accomplished and your businesse fully dispatched as they which bee not put to flight nor constrayned to turne their backes Stand therefore with your loynes girded about with the girdle of truth and hauing on the breast plate of righteousnesse and shodde with shooes that ye may be prepared and ready for the Gospell of peace Aboue all take vnto you th● shielde of Faith wherewith yee may quench all the fiery darts of the wicked And take the helmet of saluation and the sword of the spirite which is the word of God Prayer is a good armour against the Diuell Wherunto he addeth prayers and supplications as it were succour aides and defences in the reregard or arriere band which worke such effect that wee obtaine the victory and as Saint Peter sayeth who treateth of the same matter 1. Pet. 5. that God in so doubtfull a conflict and in euent of battaile sometime so vncertaine doth renew refreshe settle stablish strengthen and sustaine them that be a little while afflicted An argument of the authority of Christ euen as it were ready to fal And sith that the authority of Pythagoras was in times past had in so high reputation amongst them that were addicted vnto him and his doctrine so greatly esteemed that it was accompted in stead of an Oracle and as it were spoken from the threefooted stoole or tables in the Temple of Apollo at Delphos so that when any man doubted by and by without any stay they obiected vnto him these wordes for perswasion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ipse dixit hee sayde it as though then it were neither right nor lawfull to repugne or reclaime the same verely it is meete right and very requisite vnto our saluation to ascribe the same honor and attribute the same reuerence yea rather farre greater vnto Iesus Christ and in affirming and defending his doctrine and stablishing the profession of Faith to make these wordes openly and clearely to sound in mens deafe and dull eares Ipse dixit must be attributed to Christ ΠΙΣΤΕΥΣΟΝ ΑΥΤΟΣ ΕΦΑ ΣΩΤΗΡ CREDE IPSE DIXIT SERVATOR Beleeue thou for our Sauiour sayd it For his doctrine is not mans doctrine his doctrine is not

disproueable not colde The doctrine of Christ excelleth all wisedome not without authority and power but liuelye wholesome effectuall diuine and godly and bringeth beatitude and felicity vnto man which onely must be acquired and obtayned of Christ who is the fountaine of all wisedome and goodnesse Colos 2. And in whome dwelleth all the fulnesse of GOD bodily by whome wee are complete By him as Saint Paul sayth Colos 1. God the Father hath deliuered vs from the power of darkenesse and translated vs into the kingdom of his beloued sonne by whome wee haue redemption in his bloud euen the forgiuenesse of sins God hath poured all things on Christ most aboundantly Who is the Image of the inuisible God the first begotten of all creatures because that by him all things are created which are in heauen earth visible inuisible thrones dominations principalities powers Al things are created by him for him and hee is before all things and by him all things haue their being And he is the head of the body of the Church the beginning first begottē of the dead that in al things he might haue the preeminence and obtayne the principalitie For it pleased the Father that the fulnesse of all thinges should dwell in him and by him to reconcile toward himselfe all things being pacified appeased by the bloud of his Crosse Seeing therefore that God the Father hath giuen and bestowed hath shed and poured on Christ all thinges so liberally plentifully and aboundantly let vs labour and striue to come with all speede possible vnto this most plenteous neuer-wasting and euer-lasting fountaine and let vs be bolde with must assured trust and effectuall confidence to aske hope and expect euery thing of him let vs enterprise and take in hand to bring any thing to passe by him The force of faith If thou intend to driue away Diuels to heale diseases to deliuer and rid thy selfe out of daungers to destroy venemous beastes to expell the pernicious power of poison and abolish the hurt thereof to moue mountaines out of their place remember that all these thinges must be atchieued and accomplished by the strength and power of Iesus Christ and by vndoubted affiance in him For Christ promiseth that all thinges shal be plain manifest open and easie vnto him that beleeueth and trusteth in him Which most comfortable promise it pleased him to confirme vnto his Apostles in his last Sermon before he was taken vp into heauen When he saieth Mar. 16. Goe yee into all the whole world and preach the Gospell to euery creature Hee that shall beleeue and bee baptised shall be saued but hee that will not beleeue shall be condemned And these signes shall follow them which beleeue In my name they shal cast out diuels they shall speak with new tongues they shall driue away and destroy Serpentes and if they drinke any deadly thing it shall not hurte them they shall lay their handes on the sicke and they shall be well that is to say at the touching of them they shall waxe healthfull and bee hole and sound Al these things shal be alwaies prest and ready when the fruite and profite of the Gospell shal require a miracle But indeed these things are alwaies wrought and performed in the hearts of men by the ministers of the profession of the Gospell Miracles wrought in mens harts and minds when as they driue and pluck filthy vices and abhominable sinne out of mens mindes when as they heale the sicknesses and diseases of the minde with the effectuall power of the spirite and with holesome doctrine when as they doe deliuer and set the heart at liberty from coueteousnesse hatred wrath euill concupiscence crafty false and malicious surmises and accusations backebiting and slaundering and other renemous affections and doe adorne the minde with diuine holy and godly giftes Whether herbes and precious stones be of any power or auaileable efficacy in driuing away Diuels and expelling other hurtfull things CHAP. 58. ALthough herbes haue such peculiar vse and commodity and such speciall force and strength naturally by the wonderful work of the Creatour of nature that they be meete conueniently vsed and necessarily applyed for the sustenaunce and medecine of mens bodies Herbes effectuall vnto many things yet notwithstanding some herbes are nobly commended of old and auncient writers because they bee good helpes against mischieuous hurtes and doe driue away and expell all kinde of enchauntments witchcraft and sorcery These are called remedies against all ill and mischiefes or preseruatiues against poyson and sorcerie because they put away and expulse whatsoeuer thinges are hurtfull Pearles indued with secret efficacie noyous and grieuous to man And this vertue is attributed not onely to herbes but also to pearles and precious stones which efficacy they haue not of their first fourme and qualities that is to say of the temperature of heate of coldnesse of drinesse and moystnesse but by a peculiar power specially pertaining to their kinde and by a secret effect and hidden propertie the cause whereof can not bee declared Lodestone Amber or Aumber Ieate Saphire So the Lodestone by rubbing of it draweth iron to it The Ieate stone and Aumbre that Beades were made of draweth chaffe and little strawes The Saphire which is of the colour of the skie light watchet or bluncket preserueth chastity Iacint Chrysolit The Iacint and Chrysolite being worn in a ring on the finger resisteth the pestilence Emeraude The Emeraud and Prasine stone which are green stones doe make the heart merry Turquoyse The Turquoyse saueth and preserueth from slipping falling and rushing against any thing or if any such thing doe happen it keepeth the body safe from hurt Corall Corall put on the necke driueth away troublous and terrible dreames and mittigateth the feare that children haue in the night Carbuncle Sardine The Carbuncle and Sardine stone commonly called Corneol so named of the redde berye of the Cornelier Tree the fruit whereof is like to heppes prouoketh mirth and gladnesse and maketh a man cherefull and causeth him to haue a goodly faire fresh florishing colour by reason that the bloude hath ready passage and course throughout the body So other precious stones haue power do excel in other vertues some in one some in another do chase driue away hobgoblins or night spirits fairees or elses that do bewitch infantes the night mares or hegges and euil spirites of the aire if we may giue credence to the monuments and workes of auncient wryters So amongest herbes there bee some which preuaile against those diseases and horrible maladies which are much like vnto the malicious vexations grieuous afflictions and horrible tormentes of Diuels Of which sort be these Horr●ble diseases are are driuen out by the helpe of herbes melancholy frensie madnesse falling sickenesse or foule euill and most grieuous and cruell diseases which come to maides

growing on trees called Polipodie sene rubarbe wilde or bastard saffrō or as we call it English saffron epithyme which is a weed that groweth winding about thyme and hath a flower like thyme It is vsed as a gentle purger of melancholie cassia manna which is a maner of dew congelated on trees and plants and so is gathered in certaine countreys and reserued as a gentle purger of choler It is also called Melaerium As for scamonie the roote of the herbe tripolium commonly called Turbit Mezereon and such like strong purgatiue medicines doe debilitate and ouerthrowe the strength and therefore are not to bee ministred but vnto them that bee of strong nature and constitution when as a shrewd knotte requireth a shrewd wedge Things that binde the belly But if the belly be more loose then is conuenient for the health it may be stinted and stayed with often vsing of red mynt and with the confection or syrop therof tempered with honie which is euery where to be had in the Apothecaries shoppes Quinces likewise that haue tender mosinesse any confection of them do binde corroborate the belly likewise red roses To these may you adde medlers before they come to their kindly moystnes softnes and tendernes in like maner heppes whose kernell within is full of stones but they are of a sweet and pleasant taste and therewithall tarte and binding Rhus Ponticum which our countrey 〈◊〉 Ribes or Respes which stirreth vp the app●tite marueilously and driueth away the ab●…ring and loathing which a weak stomack 〈◊〉 when it is ready to vomite and strengthneth ●… with vertue retentiue especiallie in sum●… time when as cholericke humor washeth 〈◊〉 intrayles much and prouoketh fluxe to which vse and effect the iuice therof being tempered with sugar What it is that Auicenna calleth Rob. which Auicenna calleth Rob in singular medicine and ready remedy for it stayeth the panch that is annoyed with too great a fluxe it raiseth vp the weaknesse of the appetite and stirreth vp a good desire to eate as doe also pomegranates hauing within them red kernels full of corners which bee i● taste somtime sweete somtime tarte Studious and politique persons must often times purge the pores by which the excrements are euacuated CHAP. 28. The pores are ordained to purge the excrements GOD the Creator of mans body hath not without great cause and good consideration made so many passages and wayes for the purging out of humors and the clensing forth of excrements lest in very deede man shoulde happen to bee ouerthrowen with the great abundance of them and bee suffocated and ●trangled with the vapours which proceede from them So the head purgeth and exone●ateth it selfe by the nostrels eares and roufe of the mouth with spitting and sneesing The breast and lungs bringe out fleume by the artery of the voyce or windepipe with coughing The stomacke or ventricle draweth out the pumpe or sinke by vomite and belchings The bowels cleanse themselues by the belly or panche and shutting foorth ven●ositie at the backe doore doe washe the gutter cleane from fylth and dregges The reynes and bladder deriue and cary the vrine by the passages and conduits thereof And the superficiall or outward parte of the body dryueth out the soote-like vapours and sweat-breeding exhalations by the skin that is full of pores and hath a passage thorow it by many little holes Wherefore seeing that the body cannot continue in sound and perfect health vnlesse all the partes thereof bee well ordered and in good state and fulfill euery one their function and office without any annoyaunce or hurte care and diligence must bee employed herein specially that no disorder or distemperance growe vp in the bodie whereby the action or working of the instruments thereof might either bee marred or made worse For the minde vseth the ministerie of these and thereby bringeth to passe excellent enterprises If some disease molest if the head bee troubled with heauinesse if fleume be grieuous if the 〈◊〉 or strangurie or dropping of the vrine do● vexe if dimnesse or blearenesse corrupt the eyes if the handes or feete bee afflicted with the gowte Horat. in Arte. If any man with noysome scabbe or iaundise troubled be mans minde can not speedily fulfill or execute any office affayres or businesse appointed For which cause those men may bee reputed wise which seeke to haue regard of health to purge and clense the body and the partes thereof from all excrements For so the mind or intellectiue power is more cleare and made the more apt able and conuenient for euery action A great sorte of men neglecting all comely and due order and hauing no respect of health doe gape for riches and are onely and wholly bent vnto the desire of getting and scraping of worldly goods together when as yet notwithstanding sound health is better then golde Health is better thē golde and nothing more worthy to bee wished for then the tranquilitie and quietnesse of the minde Horace confirmeth the same in these verses Horat. lib. 1 epistol 12. Ad Iccium If belly and sides be well in health and feete doe feele no paine What greater good in royall wealth can to a King remayne No house no ferme no heape of coyne the owners body saues From feuers nor from cares the minde which tosse like raging waues And to the ende he might bring euery man to a temperate and moderate vse of things he addeth further Horat. lib. 1 Epistol 2. Ad Lollium The owner must be sound in health if he minde well to vse His substance and acquired wealth and counsaile not refuse To which wordes the wise Hebrue plainly and wholly agreeth thus Eccles 30. Better it is to bee poore being whole and strong then to bee rich and not to haue health Health and good liking is aboue all golde and a sound bodie is better thā great riches There is no riches better then health of bodie nor any delight greater thē the gladnesse of the minde and ioy of the heart Wisd 4. Eccles 30. Therefore felicitie must not bee measured by the abundant plenty of riches or prosperous successe of things but by perfect health and vnreproueable soundnesse of body and mind For in very deede that man both liueth and hath the fruition of health and welfare which enioyeth the pleasure commoditie of these things without any annoyance or inconuenience Holesome precepts necessary and requisite aswell for the minde as for the body CAP. 29. THere bee three thinges accompted very holesome in the opinion and iudgement of all men and therefore it is meet for euery man to obserue them namely To feede without fulnesse Not to refuse labour To conserue the seed of nature To the which I haue opposed iump so many very vnholsome things which do not only bring sicknes diseases but also do accelerate old age before the time and destroy men with hasty death vz. To bee stuffed