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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02785	A discourse concerning the soule and spirit of man Wherein is described the essence and dignity thereof, the gifts and graces wherewith God hath endued it, and the estate thereof, aswell present as future. And thereunto is annexed in the end a bipartite instruction, or exhortation, concerning the duties of our thankfulnesse towards God. Written by Simon Harvvard.	Harward, Simon, fl. 1572-1614.	1604 (1604)	STC 12917; ESTC S116608	106,518	282

works before the children of men wee are put in minde of a notable effect of thankfulnes which is both in our selues and in others to conserue a memorial of God his louing kindnes and that not onely among our selues but as much as we can euen vnto all posterities for euer In Exodus Exod. 13 14 the father is commaunded to declare to his children for euer the mighty deliuerance of the Israelites out of Aegypt Dauid saith Psal 88. wee will shew the praise of the Lord to the generations to come his strength and wonderfull workes that hee hath done True thankefulnesse hath not onelie a regard of thinges present before the eyes but it calleth also to remembrance the benefits of former times Thankfull must wee bee for this our present happy gouernmēt vnder such a mighty Monarch and most Christian Prince and yet still not forget the singular benefites which we haue heretofore also receiued vnder her who being assisted by Gods mightie hand did in time of greatest dangers deliuer vs frō the thraldome of blindnes and idolatrie and by whose godlie care euerie village of this Realme hath beene seasoned in some measure with the knowledge of God his truth Dauid maketh this an excellent property of true gratitude not to forget the former blessings of God Praise the Lord O my soule Psal 103.2 ● v. 7 forget not all his benefits he made his waies known to Moses his deeds to the children of Israel It was a miserable ingratitude in that people of Israel Psal 106.7 when as it is said in an other psalm they considered not Gods wonderful workes neither were mindful of his manifold mercies but were disobedient at the sea euen in the red sea when the red sea was like two wals on either side of them euen in the red sea they forgat the mercies of God and had not the goodnes of the Lord in remēbrance And such I am afraid is our vnthākfulnes in this realm of Englād In this most happy ioiful time in the middest of Gods great fauour louing kindnes wee consider not onely Gods wōderful works neither are we so mindful as we ought to bee of his infinite mercies and goodnes Basil ad Iullitam Martyrem we are like those eies which as Basil saith when thinges are set close hard to thē they do not discerne nor behold thē The nearenes of Gods benefites doth as it were shut our eies cast vs into a slūber of security we are more ready to talke of our safety against al forrain foes then we are to giue humble praise vnto God to testifie our thnakfulnes by amendment of life the like that Senator of Rome Messala Coruinus who grew so far ouerwhelmed with obliuion that at the last he forgat his owne name wee forget our owne name wee forget that wee are the souldiers and seruantes of Christ wee forget that spirituall warfare whereunto wee are called to set all the powers of body minde against sinne wee consider not duely the end whereunto all Gods blessings are directed nor yet the right and holy vse which ought to be made thereof when God sendeth troubles hee tryeth our patience when he sendeth deliuerance he tryeth our thankefulnesse Chrysostome in psal 9 Chrysostome saieth verie well that then when wee haue most neede of God● prouidence when wee are deliuered from aduersities and then wee haue most cause of fearing when wee are freed from dangers for as hee maketh his comparison like as wee doe much more feare the Lyon or Leopard being let loose then when they are chained vp so our vntamed affections when by prosperity they are let loose are much more to bee feared then when they were tyed vp and bound by dangers afflications Let vs therefore learne how to carry our selues whē wee haue escaped any perils Psal 30. let vs not say in our prosperity wee shall neuer bee remoued because God hath made our hill so strong let vs not be like the Heyfer Ier. 31 1● which running in good pastures forgetteth to vndergoe the yoke let not our worldlie happines bee like that rankenes of soile which by ouermuch moisture destroieth the good plant let not outward ioies draws vs headlong into iniquities Gen. 19.35 as Lot being drūken committed incest but rather let euery blessing of God bee a good encouragement to vs to stirre vs vp to a more earnest zeale of rendering thankes to the Almighty Let vs loue God for hee loued vs first 1. Iohn 4 1● let vs as the Psalmist saith here praise the Lord for his goodnes and for his wonderfull workes before the childrē of men Then shall wee not onely escape those grieuous punishmentes wherewith God doth vsuallie plague and punish the vnthankfull to wit the taking away of his blessed worde and the giuing of it to an other nation Mat. 21 4● that shall bring forth the fruit of it the sending of that feareful famine Amos ● 11 not a famine of bread nor a thirst of water but a famine of the word of God whē mē shal go from North to the East Esay 5.6 from one sea to another to seeke the word of God and shall not finde it the taking away of the hedge and fencing of his vineyeard that it may be wasted and troden down the ouerwhelming of men with a spirituall blindnes Esay 6 10. when their heart shall waxe fat and their eares heauy and their eyes closed vp that they should not beleeue nor be saued Luke 14.24 that seeing they haue vnthākfully despised grace offered by Christ they should therefore neuer be partakers of his supper But also on the other side we shal haue all the blessings and fauours of God more and more plentifully powred vpon vs Bern de contemp mundi for as vnthankfulnes according to Bernard Est ventus vrens ' siccans fontes pietatis fluenta gratiae is a parching wind drying vp the fountaine of mercy and the riuers of grace so thākfulnesse for one benefite is a steppe to the receiuing of an other then wee may be well assured that if wee bee found thankfull for benefites receiued hee which hath begunne a good worke in vs Phil. c 16 will finish the same euen vntill the day of Christ He will continue his Gospell to vs and to our posterity for euer Hee will so carefully protect vs that he which toucheth vs shall touch the verie apple of his eye Zach. 2 8 He will blesse vs both prince and people in this life and in the world to come crowne vs with euerlasting life with our heauenly king Christ Iesus where wee shall for euer yeelde such praises vnto God as shall neuer waxe wearie neuer cease neuer haue end wee shall perpetually ioine with them in that ioifull song Holy holy Apoc. 4 8.11 holy Lord God Almighty thou art worthy O Lord to receiue glorie honour and power

and that is not to offer a sacrifice vnto GOD if our strong and youthfull times be consecrated vnto pleasures and we onely purpose either in sicknesse or in olde age to repent of our follies imagining that at the last gaspe one worde will bee sufficient Mal. 1.13 then are wee like to those Iewes whome the Prophet Malachie doth condemne for that hauing whole and sound cattle they kept them to themselues and offered vnto GOD the sicke and maymed Eccl. 12 But the wise man doth exhort vs to remember our Maker in the dayes of our youth euen thy best and most flourishing time thou must consecrate the same vnto God doe not giue thy good wine of thy best yeares vnto pleasures and the dregs of thy infirmities vnto God but saith he remember thy maker in the daies of thy youth God made vs after his owne image and that image of his must wee offer vnto him againe Our Sauiour saith Giue vnto Caesar the thinges which are Caesars Math. 22 23. and vnto God those thinges which are Gods Augustine by that speech inferreth Deus exigit ab homine imaginem suam ab homine sicut Caesar suam in nummo Aug. epist 45 God requireth of man to receiue his owne image in man as Caesar doth require to receiue his owne image in his coine Eph. 4.24 That image of God is as the Apostle teacheth to put on the new mā created after God in righteousnes true holines to be renewed in the spirit of our minds our affections must first bee sanctified before they cā be fit to offer the sacrifice of praise Look to thy feet Eccl 4.17 saith the wisemā when thou entrest into the house of God be more ready to heare thē to offer the sacrifice of fooles Chrysost for as in the making of a garlād it is not sufficiēt that the flowers be sweet clean but the hand that maketh them must bee cleane also euen so in prayer thanksgiuing it is not sufficient that the wordes be pure and holy but the heart that offer them must bee holy also Psal 26.6 Dauid saith I will wash my hands in innocency so will I compas thy altar 1 Tim 2 8 Paul willeth men in praiers to lift vp pure handes without wrath without contention As the h●rt must be charitable in respect of our neighbour so must it bee pure from filthy lustes in respect of the carriage of our selues Rom. 12.2 Iam. 2.27 In these two pointes doth S. Iames conclude the very summe of that which is called our reasonable seruing of God Pure Religion saith hee and vndefiled before God the Father is this to visite the fatherlesse and widow in their aduersity and to keepe a mans selfe vnspotted of the world if compassion of heart loue bee absent our other offeringes can not please God although I should as the Apostle speaketh 1. Cor. 13.3 giue all my goods to the poore euen giue my body that I be burned yet if I want loue I am nothing And if we be not sanctified in regard of our owne liues then the wisedome of God doth reiect our sacrifices Prou. 15.8 The sacrifice of the wicked saith Salomon is an abhomination to the Lord. He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe of God his prayer is abhominable Prou. 28. ● Let our thankfulnesse then appeare by the fruit of good life Pliny lib. 18 cap. 14. Let benefits be that to our hearts which Pliny writeth of pulse beanes and lupines Non exhauriunt agrum they do not pill the ground but they make the soyle the more fruitfull and the more that we tast of Gods blessings and fauours the more Phil 2 11● let vs bee filled with the fruits of righteousnesse to the glorie and praise of God otherwise our outward shew of thanksgiuing is nothing but meere hypocrisie like theirs of whom Paule doth pronounce Tit. 1 1● they professe that they know God but by workes they denie him being abhominable and disobedient and to euery good worke reprobate Furthermore our sacrifice of thanksgiuing must extend to the right vse of our goods first that we ioyfully yeeld a portion thereof to the maintenance of God his honour and seruice Dauid when the King of Arauna or Orna would haue giuen him a plot of ground a threshing flower to build an Altar vppon it and wood also for the sacrifice would not take it of gift but would needs pay for it and sayd that he would not offer vnto God that which cost him nothing 2. Sam. 24.24 And when he had giuen towards the building of the temple 3000. talents of gold and 7000. talents of siluer besides many vessels of gold siluer and brasse 2. Chro. 29 9 it is sayd that the hart of Dauid reioyced exceedingly and that he accounted it but as a chiefe rent for that which he held euery whit of God in capitie V. 12. they are thine saith he O Lord to thee they are due what are we that we shold thus offer vnto God The earth is the Lords Psal 24 1. all the same contained whatsoeuer we haue we hold of him in chiefe and this is that which he requireth for our tenour to wit that partly we be chearful in mainteining his seruice partly bountifull in relieuing our needy neighbour To do good sayth the Apostle and to distribute forget not for with such sacrifice God is pleased Nothing ought to make vs to be more forward in almes deeds then to call to mind that God doth account it a sacrifice that is offered to himselfe for sacrifices are offered vnto God and that Christ wil account as done to himselfe Whatsoeuer is done to the least of his brethrē Prou. 10 He that giueth to the poore saith the wiseman lendeth vnto the Lord and whatsoeuer he layeth out he shall be paid againe The prayers the almes of Cornelius went vp in remembrance before God 1 Pet. 4 Saint Peter sheweth that our prayers must haue as it were two wings that they may moūt vp to heauē on the one side sobriety in respect of our selus on the otherside feruēt loue in respect of our neighbor They must first haue life for if they be dead they cannot pierce the heauens Now the life of our prayers thanksgiuings is faith without faith no man can please God When they haue the life of faith that they bee a liuing sacrifice then must they also haue the wings of temperance and almes deedes as had the prayers of Cornelius whereby they went vp in remembrance before God The free gift of God is first taken hold of by faith and then good workes do follow as a fruite of our thankfulnesse First the Saints are blessed of the Father to receiue a kingdome not purchased by their almes deeds Math 25 34 but prepared for them before the foundation of the world was