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heart_n	better_a	house_n	mourning_n	2,331	5	12.4780	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85674	An historical anatomy of Christian melancholy, sympathetically set forth, in a threefold state of the soul. 1 Endued with grace, 2 ensnared in sin, 3 troubled in conscience. With a concluding meditation on the fourth verse of the ninth chapter of Saint John. / By Edmund Gregory, sometimes Bachelour of Arts in Trin. Coll. Oxon.	Gregory, Edmund, b. 1615 or 16.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.	1646 (1646)	Wing G1885; Thomason E1145_1; ESTC R40271	96,908	160

whets on the affection with a greater longing having truly tasted how good it is we can with David say Oh how sweet are thy words unto our taste yea sweeter then honey unto our mouth our soule can then handsomly reilish all holy duties and religious exercises and wee doe delight in the performance thereof as in particular the frequenting the Church the hearing of Sermons the holy Law and Testimonies of the Lord doe not now seeme a burden but as a pleasure unto us O Lord me thinkes thy words to us doe shine A sweet direction in the paths divine In receiving the word we can suck out a secret sweetnesse and comfortable benefit there from it becomes nourishable unto us the Rod of Gods justice and the staffe of his mercies bound up together in his booke doe pleasantly lead forth our soules besides the waters of Comfort but specially is our Melancholy soule most in imately affected with such Scripture which presseth home the due understanding of our momentany and mortall Condition and with funerall exercises which more lively set forth the same Salomon saith It is better to goe into the house of mourning c. and he gives the cause for that is the end of all men and the living will lay it to his heart wee shall I say bee thus alwayes apt on such occasions to fix the sad consideration of death most neerly to us and sure mee thinkes there can be no thoughts that doe concerne us more then those of our end of our last day neither can wee bestow any of the time of our life better or to more purpose then in the digging of our Graves I meane the providing for our end for though perhaps wee may live a great deale longer yet verely wee are no men of this world thy grace O Lord hath so removed our affections from these transitory things that with Saint Paul Wee are daily dying in our thoughts and desiring rather to be dissolved and to be with Christ then to live here not waiting expecting and looking for a long continuance upon earth but farre more for a happy departure Life 's not our joy at death 's our chiefest ayme By life wee lose by death wee hope to gaine Also in this prosperity of Religion doe wee alwayes apprehend a more gratious satisfaction in our prayers supplications the spirit of devotion so filleth and fatteth our soule with goodnesse that wee are wont abundantly to rejoyce therein above all other things striving to lift up our soules often in private devotion in so much that if leisure serve wee shall be ready to offer up the incense of our zeale unto God in admiring his mercy setting forth our unworthinesse desiring farther his grace and heavenly benediction to grow stronger and stronger in his feare and love and the like requests and Petitions often times even often times peradventure in a day not only in short ejaculations but even in pretty laâ—ge formes of expression for no sooner doe wee feele the sacred fire of Devotion flaming upwards and aspiring unto heaven but presently wee seriously betake our thoughts to prayer and thanksgiving by the way it may be here considerable whether for our constant devotion in private as morning and evening and the like many short ejaculations are more fit to carry up our affections unto God or otherwise some one long and large continued forme the former way through its often cuttings off being in dangsr to make us degenerate into alazie and forgetfull seldomnesse of praying the latter thorough its tedious continuance into an unadvised dulnesse in praying and therefore not much approving of either betweene both of these two or three moderate formes with an acute and strong winged brevity are me thinkes more convenient to present our cause before the Almighty in an unvariable constancy and in a piously devout apprehension but to keepe on our way Now againe in like manner are we most divinely studious and diligent to make the full benefit and advantage of that time which is properly set apart for Gods service labouring to build up others and to be built up strong in our selves as by hearing exhorting and discoursing with truly pious and religious men rejoycing in this comfortable Communion of Saints I meane the communicating acquaintance and assisting fellowship of our inner man one with another or else againe perhaps more privately managing our soules by reading as in the Bible Practise of Piety Gerrards Meditations or the like by Meditating Consulting and walking with the Almighty in spirituall thoughts ending the Sabbath dayes usually in such high and serious actions occupying our selves in that only which may tend either to improve Knowledge try Faith exercise Charity examine Conscience and the like communing thus as David hath it secretly in our owne hearts in our Chambers and being still quiet from outward perturbations thereby effectually to entertaine these heavenly Guests And therefore duly apprehending this Celestiall happinesse of the mind shal we use to long for the Sabbath before it come preferring it in esteeme above all the other dayes of the week and calling it as in the 58. of Isaiah the thirteenth verse A delight unto us the Holy of the Lord c. accounting the holy rest of this Sabbath here to be a lively Emblem and as it were a taste of that glorious rest in the eternall Sabath hereafter The due frequenting and solemne use of four a clock prayers on Saturdayes afternoone is me thinkes a worthy sweet and seasonable exercise as being an excellent preparation against the Sunday to lay aside the thoughts the cares and busines of our Calling and truly were it generally more observed and taken notice of no doubt Religion might fare far the better for it but sure The Root of evill is the love of Gold And that is it Religion is so cold Because we cannot spare the time from gaine For Heaven therefore we take but little paine To goe on as this irradiating beam of divine grace doth cloath our minds with a light and delight in spirituall things whereby not only our thoughts ate set a worke on purer objects but also our outward behaviour and conversation is ready to do its part too in Religion our tongues not vaine or offensive but ayming their words for the most part to pious and good discourses aptly applying ordinary things in our talke to some godly use or religious observation our feet not swift to go after folly nor our hand dealing with deceit I say as this illuminative beame of divine Grace doth enlighten our thoughts making us full of high and heavenly wisedome in all our wayes so in like manner it warmeth our affection towards others melting the bowels of our compassion into a more then superficiall charitableness and loving mindednesse unto all men whereby with tendernesse we alwayes construe their lives and actions in the better sense and doe sincerely wish pray for and desire even the salvation of every one but specially zealous

dispersing with his brightnesse the clouds of ignorance and enflaming with his heat the coldnesse of affection so true finde we that which our Saviour speaks of himself in Saint John I am the light of the world he that followeth me shall not walk in darknesse but shall have the light of life In darknesse that is the darknesse of sin but shall have the light of life that is that living light which quickens the heart unto goodnesse and enliveneth the affections Enliveneth the affections With cheerful thoughts with nimble active love With flames of zeal which never cease to move to move upwards and give their humble attendance upon the Almighty In the act of Repentance we shall as it were throw down our selves before God with a filial remorse and melting sorrow for our offence somtimes casting an eye upon the exceeding vilenesse of our sin and then weeping and grieving and vexing our selves that we should be creatures so wretched as to commit that which though there were no God to obey not Law to transgresse yet a man would be ashamed and scorn to do somtimes casting an eye to consider not so much what it is in it self as against whom and then it is ten times grief to think that we should so highly offend him that hath always been so good so loving and as I may say so too much merciful unto us that we should displease him whose infinite goodnesse is more then that we are able in the least degree to deserve though we should with all the veins of our hearts continually obey him counting it a most tender thing to grieve him which hath vouchsafed us to be as dear unto himself as the very apple of his eye We shall I say weep and grieve and vex our selves for it is to be noted that we do seldom finde the true and effectual comfort of Repentance without tears when the eye can kindly run down with streams of water then doth our heart begin to feel ease then doth that burden begin to be light which before was so heavie and then will the light of grace begin to shine in upon our souls and kindle our affections with that zeal of David Psal 86. 11. O knit my soul knit it faster unto thee that I may fear thy Name Many times thus in the passion of our souls are we so overjoyed as it were at the return of Gods favour that we could even suffer our hearts to be pluckt out of our breasts to offer them up in devotion unto him and therefore now do we lift up our souls with such a servent desire of better obedience that henceforth it seemeth not enough for us to go or walk but we must run the way of thy Commandments O Lord since thou â—ast thus set our hearts at liberty To hang down the head like a bulrush Isai 58. 8 and to be covered with the sackcloth of dejection for our sins this verily is not the main this is but the outside and beginning of Repentance It onely doth before prepare the way Telling some news of the approaching day A lively resolution of the heart to redeem the time this is the soul and reality thereof Repentance is but dead without a lively heart and surely it never doeth us good till it thus come unto the quick Well now when the Almighty hath thus breathed into our souls this breath of life then doth our hope revive again in the confidence of pardon and then also shall we be so sensibly affected with Gods infinite mercies towards us that these his mercies like those bands of love Hos 11. 4 do tye us far more to his obedience then before all the faculties of both body soul do seem too little for us to do him service with that so in some measure we may requite his love in forgiving by our love in obeying the more God forgives us the more we do always love him so that we may justly witnesse the truth of that which our Saviour saith To whom God hath forgiven much he will love him much This love of God doth usually raise in us a holy indignation against sin to hate to abhor and as it were trample it under our feet making us zealously to take part with God against our selves who have thus took part with sin against God and therefore shall we be ready to enjoyn a kinde of penance to our souls and to execute in Gods behalf a revenge upon our selves so that if it were possible we might give him a due recompence and satisfaction for our offence The effect of Repentance is That we shall feel our consciences satisfied our hearts at rest and our selves joyfully at one with God again and then will our soul make her boast of the Lord that hâ— hath put a new song into our mouthes even a song of thanksgiving for this great deliverance according to that of David O Lord thou hast been exceeding gracious unto us wherefore as for our soul it shall be talking of thy righteousnesse and of thy praise all the day long We cannot cease I say We cannot cease from morn till night thy goodnesse to set forth O Lord 't is now our whole delight to wonder at thy worth Thus a while are we full of praises and thanksgiving unto God And now then with such a strong and powerful confidence in him do we go on in our wonted course of divine Meditations that our thoughts do as it were scorn the earth being like Elijah in the fiery charet of zeal mounted up to dwell in heaven onely and in heavenly things our Phancie will be all for the high and lofty speculations of God of Christ of Eternity of the World to come c. The private leasure and holy silence of the minde froâ— outward things giveth such advantage to the soul to flee upwards that for the present we are even Dâ—ified with these glorious objects and are become Saint-like in our thoughts but when it comes down again to the practick part for the conversation of ourlives when these Speculations are to be actuated into a good behaviour lo then it proves that there is nothing at all in us of Saints no not scarce of men or at leastwise of very weak and frail men then all that we can do is but to desire to keep our selves from sin or to be unwilling to enter into temptation that that for the most part is the furthest we do proceed but to withstand and vanquish or put off sin are we seldom able in the leâ—st degree and therefore we may well aâ—k the question with Saint Paul Who shall deliver us from this body of fin since the highest period of strength thaâ— we do here attain unto is able to do little even so little that I may justly say it is but as the shadow of somthing rather then anything and indeed altogether as it were nothing in reality though somthing in intention Well now being in the state of Repentance we can carefully

new birth of the soul and that which we have great cause to rejoyce of for you must understand it pleaseth God differently to dispose of the finall period and conclusion of this our trouble according to his most blessed Will and purpose giving some of us much more joy in the end of it then some as also in some of us continuing it like an ach in the limbs ever now and then to mind us untill our dying day and some of us againe after a while never feele it any more O Lord what reward of thanks can we give unto thy mercy that hast done so great things for us whereof we now rejoyce Verily no Tongue can speak no finite understanding can comprehend it hath never entred into the apprehension of either man or Angell the infinite goodnesse that thou dost extend to the souls of sinners O now with David we may sweetly sing Of Mercy and Iudgement to our heavenly King And hath the Lord God Almighty that is most wonderfull in all his Works done this great Miracle for us in casting out this foul Devill this foming and raging Beelzebub this chief of all misery out of our souls O let us then take heed that we sinne so no more least a worse thing come unto us least he get power to come in againe and bring seven other with him worse then himselfe Here you may take notice as I say That in some of us this our misery is not so fully quencht nor this Devill so cast out but that there remains in us ever now and then the touches of our former misery though the heart of it be broken yet the being is not wholly taken away God in his infinite Wisedome so ordering it perchance to exercise our patience or some other cause which he only knoweth and we cannot fully judge only let this be our chiefest care sithence sin and misery must needs dwell with us whilst we live that if possible we keep our selves within the compasse of patience and humility in all conditions of our life let us in patience possesse our souls and though as St. Paul in the 20. of the Acts when he was going to Ierusalem knew not what things should come unto him there save only saith he That the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every City saying That bands and afflictions abide me so we that are travelling to the new Ierusalem being sure of nothing in our Journey but sure of trouble yet as Aeneas in the Poet comforted his wandering Souldiers whom necessity had banisht from their own Country that the Destiny had promised them in the end a resting place in Italy I say as he thus comforted them Pervarios casos per tot discrimina rerum tendimus in latium sedes ubi fata quietus ostendunt So in like manner may we Pilgrims and Strongers of this world thus cheere up our selves in consideration of our Journies end although that now Thorough many dangers miseries and woe Like Pilgrimes we are tossed to and fro Our comfort is the Fates tell we shall come In death at length to have a resting home Whilst this our trouble is wearing away we shall be for the most part full of charitable and fellow-feeling thoughts to be lovingly affected and doing good unto all especially to the distressed in what case soever even unto our utmost ability as also we shall use to be frequently weeping and condoling our unhappy life weeping I say and sorrowing like melancholiy Heraclitus and wishing that we might dissolve out the residue of our daies into teares in redeeming the time because our daies have been so evill and that the whole action of our momentary life might now be nothing else but a mournfull and Swan-like Song of preparation to our end Our sighing soul with Dove-like melody Lâ—ments her sins and learneth how to dye Iacob when Pharaoh asked him how old he was answered That his daies were few and evill how much more truly may we say of our short and sinfull daies that they are few and evill he was an old man and yet his daies were few he was a good man and yet his daies were evill Oh the short and evill estate of mans life wise men have alwaies accounted their daies but few for that their thoughts are fixt upon God and then saies David Minâ— age is nothing in respect of thee and againe for that their thoughts are fixt upon the blessed Eternity of the world to come and then they consider with St. Paul That they have no continuing City here but they seeke one to come I say wise men thus esteemed their daies few and they accounted them likewise evill evill in regard of sin for they feele the experience of St. Pauls case That when they would doe good evill is present with them and evill also in regard of misery for Iob saies Man is borne to trouble as the sparkes fly upwards And is it not too true that man is thus borne to trouble If not what meaneth that complayning which I heare Harke how Caiâ—e cries out in the fourth of Genesis My punishment is greater then that I am able to beare and do you not heare Eliah under the Juniper Tree in the first of Kings the 19. Chapter how he requesteth for himselfe That he might dye and Ionah under the Gourd saying Take away my life for it is better for me to dye then to live Ieremy is even blind with weeping Lamentations the second Chapter Mine eyes doe faile with teares my bowels are troubled my liver is poured out upon the earth and all for the affliction of his people for the misery of man Salomon in the 6. of Ecclesiastes thinks it farre better not to be borne then to undergoe the miseries of this life how often doth Iob lament his daies and David complaine of his troubles the Shunamites Child in the second of Kings cries out O my head my head another perchance cries out Oh my stomack oh my heart oh my Conscience oh my belly oh my feet A capite ad calcem from the top to the toe from the beginning to the end for ought we can perceive there is little true comfort or pleasure in the life of man With teares we came into this life With sorrow we go out againe We live in trouble care and strife And have our labour for our paine We have seen not a little experience of the manifold changes and variety of alterations that are Created for mankind under the Sun and verily me thinks the counsell of Ecclesiasticus in his 38 Chapter and the 20 Verse well weighing the condition of all things is full of wisedom and discretion that is To take no heavinesse to heart to drive it away and to remember the latter end I say To take no heavinesse to heart that is Not to grieve over much or take on out of reason least as St. Paul said of the excommunicate person in the second Epistle to the Corinthians and second Chapter We be swallowed

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