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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18711	Miscellanea philo-theologica, or, God, & man A treatise compendiously describing the nature of God in his attributes, with a lively pourtraiture of his wisedome in ordering, and disposing of the celestiall, and terrestriall bodies. Containing much variety of matter ... and apt applications singular for brevity, and perspicuity. By Henry Church.	Church, Hen. (Henry), fl. 1636-1638.	1637 (1637)	STC 5217; ESTC S107879	200,401	392

the senses be in the Head Section 1 First the Head is obvious most seene IT being placed on the bodie high things we soone perceive as a hill or mountaine or tree so presently wee looke on the face and espie frowning or smiling deformitie or beautie Conclusions 1. There be three Heads Mysticall Politicall Naturall Mystically Christ is the Head of his Church which he hath redeemed Politically the Prince and Governours be Heads So are Masters of Families the Heads of their Families Naturally the Head of the body is the Head and Chiefe As my mysticall Head is obvious not onely to the Angels and Saints in heaven by vision but to the Saints on earth by Faith Heb. 2.9 Wee see Iesus Crowned c. So is my naturall head to all Spectatours As I am the Head of a Familie I am obvious to GOD who sees my faylings and forgives mee to my Conscience who sees and checkes me to men who see and censure mee 2. My Governours as Heads Politicall are obvious God give them Grace to be good examples then wee the people may looke on them and learne vertue and godlinesse wisedome and moderation 3. LONDON is an Head Citie as the Head of Aram was Damascus Esay 7.8 And a Citie obvious to the Land O that they might see here Pietie and Godlinesse Temperance and Justice and lesse pride riot and wantonnesse Section 2 Secondly the Head is honourable and the members are honoured for the Heads sake THE Naturall Head is honourable so is the Politicall 1 Pet. 2.17 Kings must be honoured 1 Tim. 6.1 Masters must be honoured but Christ who is the mysticall Head of his Church he is to be honoured above all Conclusions 1. Loftie lookes will not honour my Head but Wisedome will make my face shine Eccles 8.1 And modest cariage to men and devotion to GOD is the exact way to make my head comely and honourable 2. As a Governour and Head of a Familie my honour is to give example of Pietie moderation diligence mortification patience and zeale 3. I raise my thoughts to Christ who is most excellent in dignitie and honour he that is Head of the Church is the most excellent 1. The Politicall Head is subordinate he is absolute and independant 2. Men rule those that have a present being Christ is Head of them departed and of them yet unborne 3. Men are Heads by Government Christ is Head by Influence 4. Men governe often uniustly but Christ alwayes righteously he is most honourable Section 3 Thirdly the Head is united to the Body The Anatomists say in the Head and necke be 125. muscles there is a neare and strong and inseparable union betweene the head and the bodie There bee foure Unions considerable 1. A Naturall betweene the head and the body 2. Matrimoniall betweene man and wife 3. Divine betweene the two Natures of Christ. 4. Mysticall betweene Christ and his members Conclusions 1. My feete and toes though farthest off are united to my Head being members 2. If I be a hundred miles distant yet I am united to my wife in the Matrimoniall bond 3. Christs God-head and Manhood make one Christ as soule and bodie make one person 4. I am Mystically united to Christ though he be in Heaven and I on earth Section 4 Fourthly the Head conveighes Influence to the rest of the body All the nourishment is received into the head and so conveighed to the members the head lookes out takes care for the whole bodie so in the Politicall or oeconomicall Head Dignitie and Dutie are copulatives Conclusions 1. Not to envie them in Dignitie they have honour but accompanied with cares and great accompts 2. To love my Governours and to labour to preserve their lives credits and comforts from them I have direction and protection let me returne my prayers love and service 3. I will shunne irregularitie t is Iesuiticall and Brownisticall I must learne to submit where men crosse not God In things indifferent their part is to direct mine to obey 4. Christ is the Head a quickning Spirit 1 Cor. 15. Iohn 1. Of his fulnesse we all receive All good desires motions inclinations all Grace and goodnesse life and spiritualnesse is derivative from this Head Who is blessed for ever Section 5 Fiftly the Head is sensible All the senses are in the head though not all onely in the head for the touch is all over the bodie Conclusions 1. Christ our Head is sensible in their troubles Of old he was troubled with them Esai 63.9 And in the New Testament he saith to Saul Why persecutest thou mee Acts 9. 2. Godly Governours are sensible of the estate of their people as David 2 Sam. 24.17 What have these sheepe done Let thy hand be against mee and my fathers house 3. The Naturall Head is sensible of the wrong done to the members the Tongue will speake the Eie will weepe the Eare hearken for a remedie So much of the Head Of the Eyes of man 1. The cause of Seeing 2. The benefit of the Sight 3. The miserie of Blindnesse 4. The gracious employment of the Eyes Section 1 First Of the cause of Seeing THE Naturall cause is from the spirits comming from the Optick Nerves into the Apple of the Eie wherein there is a Crystalline humour which receives as by a mirrour the kindes of colours and the figures numbers motions of bodies The Nerves of the Eie are seated betweene the place of the Originall there is a meeting like the forke of a tree and the spirits meete together so the Obiect is one otherwaies all things would seeme double to us Anatomists say there are six inner parts of the Eie 1. The Fat which is placed above the Eie for to defend it from cold to keepe it from the hardnesse of the bone and to fill up the distance of muscles to further the quick motion 2. The Glandule is seated in the upper part of the Outer Corner lodged in the Fat and full of moisture to helpe the Nimble motion 3. The Nerves being in Number six whereof foure be straight and two Oblique or winding 4. The Tunicles are six in number The first Adnata membrana the utmost pannicle which cleaves to the Eie and makes it firme The second is Cornea t is firme and bright The third is Vvea which some count the fourth thinne Membrane wee see our selves in the Apple of ones Eie from the hole of Vvea The fourth is Membrana Pupillaris the membranous Circle compassing the Ball or Apple of the Eie The fift a Cristalline humour The sixt like a spiders web 5. The Humours There is first the watrie humour secondly a crystallick humour the third is like moulten glasse exceeding the other two in quantitie 6. The Vessels of the Eie either externall from the veines that nourish the Eie or internall from Chorion and Cerebellum there be two Nerves appointed for the Eie one for sight called Opticus the other for motion called Motorius And now I

come to heare what the Word of GOD saith The Lord hath made the Eie to see He formed the Eie Psalme 94.9 And for what end Matth. 6.22 but to give light to the bodie he made all things for his owne Glorie and all things shall turne to his Glorie hee made the Earth to hang in the Aire and it doth hang in the Aire he made the Bankes to keepe in the Sea and they doe so he made the Sunne to be the light of the World and the Eies to be the light of the bodie Conclusions 1. As the Lord gives Eies so he gives light without which our Eies would be unprofitable for in the darke wee see nothing GOD hath not made my bodie as a faire building without windowes Light is a pleasant thing and t is joyfull to behold the Sunne Blessed be God for the light and againe Blessed be God for my Eies whereby I doe partake of the benefit of the light 2. If the Lord give Eies and Sight let mee take heed I abuse not that Blessing and deprive my selfe of it by late working to get money or by late gaming I may weaken my Sight by drinking excessively I may bring rednesse and Reumes and by fighting and quarrelling I may loose an Eie as some have done to their griefe 3. If God gives Eies and Sight then he must needs see himselfe they be fooles and have not yet learned to be wise Psalme 94.6.7.8 which say The Lord sees not None be so brutish to denie this unlesse sordid Atheists that have no Religion or upstart Antinomians amongst us which are a disgrace to our Church and a blot to our Religion Section 2 Secondly Of the Benefit of the Eies THE Benefits may be rancked to two Heads Safetie and Comfort First Safetie by our Eyes wee see dangers at Sea afarre off by a prospective glasse Pirates are discovered and enemies that way are in some places and times discovered at Land By the Eie we see a storme and shelter our selves if wee can we see what is hurtfull in our meates our houses our Cartell and some of the wiser sort of women doe see by their husbands lookes they beginne to be angrie and so give them good words or els be silent or avoid their presence for a time 2. The Comforts by the Eies are Profits or Delights First the Profit is great all Arts and Sciences are learned by the Eie and used with the Eie When we see a man that was blind to attaine to learning wee admire it and count it extraordinary The Plow-man the Mechanick the Shop-keeper the Divine the Lawyer the Souldier love all to see what they doe and doe what they see in their callings and learne much by the Eies if not all by their bodily sight and their Rationall sight concurring together Onely the man that turns the grind-stone may be blind this is no Art but a drudgerie rather the horses at the water-houses being blind or blind-folded can doe that worke to make the wheeles goe round Secondly for delight we open those windowes and view Gods Workes with Joy or mens Arts with a lacritie or their activenesse motions gestures merrie conceipts with our smiling laughing applauding rewarding them which evidences our delight A Wind-mill at first making was an admiration and a delight to the Spectatours so was a Clock and a pocket-watch London Bridg and Pauls Church manie have beheld with delight and when they be againe repaired the Spectatours will have new delight When the inclination within meetes with a sutable obiect without and we come to have a proprietie in it then comes delight in the enioyment Conclusions 1. Have I such safetie by the Eies to prevent bodilie dangers if I see a Cart in a narrow place I stand up least it hurt mee if a man come running with a drawne sword I flie away from him if the fire kindle in my house on my stuffe I seeing it crie out if the boate be halfe full of water I will not goe into it fearing a leake in it Why should I not use my Rationall Sight which Religion rectifies and doth not abolish the Rat sees the baite but knowes not it is a trappe I should looke to the Consequences of sinfull-pleasures and see their danger before hand the winne is red to the view but bites as a Serpent in the end it bites away my Reason my Credit my peace my time my silver The harlot is finely drest so is her chamber but she digs downe a man Pro. 7.26 Vndoes a man spoiles him consumes him infatuates him and brings him to a morsell of bread this light woman brings him to a heavie curse this faire woman brings him to a foule disease this smiling woman brings him to sorrow at last it may be when t is too late 2. If my Eies be for the safetie of my bodie much more are GODS Eies for the safetie of my bodie and soule Except the Lord watch the Citie the Watch-men watch in vaine Except the Lord watch the bodie the Eies watch in vaine Gods care is my safetie It is his Eie that is over his people from one end of the yeare to the other Deutero 11.12 T is GOD preserves and defends mee and Compasses mee about with songes of deliverance Psalme 32.7 3. Have I such Benefit by my Eies as to learne to read write and worke and to earne mine owne bread what shall I render to the Lord for the benefit comes this way without learning I am like a mortall beast without trade or Art I am in danger to be like a moyling beast Beggers that have neither learning nor trade nor Art live most wretchedly without Magistracie or Ministrie or Lawes or Sacraments or Mariages I meane the worser sort and their end is without honour 4. Is there shining-in by the windowes of mine Eies the light of pleasures and delight 1. Let me be wise to take heed of sinfull delights not to delight at mens deformities or infirmities or miseries or iniquities 2. To be moderate in Lawfull Delights regarding the things the measure and time 3. To inlarge Spirituall Delights here no surfet or excesse is to be feared 4. Expect Eternall Delights at GODS right hand Those in reversion are far more excellent than the voluptuous mans present shadowish possession Section 3 Thirdly the Miserie of Blindnesse T IS said he that hath but one Eie may be a King in the Land of Blindmen but what can his Subiects doe in peace or warre fooles and blind goe together neither can distinguish aright The Blind-mans miserie is 1. He is in danger if he be led by another like himselfe both doe fall into the ditch 2. He is apt to be deceived and abused 3. He is in an estate very uncomfortable 4. He is beholding to others yea to his dog that leades him Conclusions 1. If the Blindman be in danger to fall into the ditch whether is he like to fall that is spiritually blind as