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A81748	A right intention the rule of all mens actions. Converted out of Drexelius to our proper use. / By John Dawson ...; Recta intentio omnium humanarum actionum amussio. English. 1655	Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638.	1655 (1655)	Wing D2185A; ESTC R231958	220,422	649

quàm qui humilitatem then hee which hath no humility Greg. l. 21. Mor. c. 14. The Grecian and holy Oratour Chrysostom Shewed himselfe who was most eloquent against this plague and lashing very often at it in the Chaire And how saith hee can it bee other then extreame folly to seeke after the praise of men which are so corrupt in mind and doe all things rashly whereas we ought to have recourse to that eye which ever waketh Give attendance and to speake and doe all things with respect to the appointment of that For these although they commend neverthelesse can helpe us as good as nothing But he if those things which we doe bee pleasing unto him maketh us both of good report and illustrious here and in time to come bestoweth ineffable benefits upon us Chry. Hom. 12. in 1. Ep. ad Cor. Fine His also are these wherefore if thou desirest to obtaine glory refuse glory but if thou huntest after it thou shalt goe without it And if you please let us sift out this speech also in those which follow this promiscuous course of life For doe we call any in question of their credit Is it not those which greatly desire it Therefore they especially are the men which want it as those which suffer innumerable reproofes and are despised of all men Againe say I pray doe wee respect or commend any Is it not those that contemne and account nothing of it Therefore these are they which inherit glory For even as hee is rich indeed not which wanteth many things but nothing so he is truely famous and honourable not which burneth with desire of glory but contemneth and maketh light of it For this glory is but a shadow of glory And indeed no body which seeth a piece of bread painted will lay hold on the Picture To eate it although he be ready to starve a thousand times After the same manner therefore stirre not thou at all in pursuit of a shadow for to follow a shadow is the part of one out of his senses Wit Chrys Hom .29 in 2. ad Cor. It is not possible that any man can be Great Noble and Valiant which carrieth not himself free from vaine glory Grovell but he must needs creepe upon the ground and bring much to ruine whilst he waiteth on this wicked Mistris and more cruel then any Barbarian For what I pray can bee more truculent then shee which then raves and rages most of all when she is most of all reverenced and observed Not so much as Beasts are of this disposition but grow tame by much gentle usage Handling But quite contrary vaine glory for she is quiet being contemned but starke mad when she is honoured and takes Armes against him which beares respect to her Chrys ibid He which is brought in bondage to vaine glory can neither see what is profitable for others nor yet for himselfe And that Chrysostom may confirme all this that he hath spoken Hom. 35. in Ep. ad Cor. Vaine glory saith he is the Mother of Hell and doeth exceedingly kindle that fire and feed that deadly Worme and setting downe the reason hereof Other vices saith he are brought to an end by death this obtaineth strength in the dead also Becomes of force Hom. 17. in Epist ad Rom. Looke upon a Tombe extraordinary sumptuous and you shall perceive with what a subtile blast it breathes forth vaine glory O foole what doeth so ambitiously desired memory profit thee if where thou art tnou art reviled and praised where thou art not No lesse elegantly Saint Valerian Bishop of Massilia It it a kind of folly saith hee that when thou owest to another the benefit of life thou shouldst ascribe to thy selfe the ornaments of vertue Behold this man is puffed up with honour another flattereth himselfe in the proportion of his body this man imputeth wealth to his labour that man assigneth his skill in learning to his studies O silly people all humane industry staggereth Faileth where Gods helpe is not sought for It is our part to desire good but Christs to bring it to perfection Hee hath lost all that ever he did which hath ascribed the fruit of holines to his own vertues Valerian Hom. 11. Fine hujus serm The case standeth even so although thou hast all the excellencies that can be Learning Eloquence Wit Wisedome Munificence Fit for an Emperour a countenance beseeming Majesty if thou season so great things as these with vaine glory as it were with Salt thou maist imagine drops of Hony to run out of an invenomed pipe to the end that all beauty opinion love of former things might perish by the onely vanity of glory as it were by a confection made to poison one Although thou bee a good Singer a good Scribe a good Painter a good Champion a good Poet a good Oratour c. yet if thou be an ill prizer of all these things thou hast spoyled all but now hee priseth these things ill which contaminates them with vaine glory And although vices sometimes bewray themselves in that manner that they cannot possibly be denyed yet there is some colour left which wee may daube over our credit no body in this case is so slow of utterance but he can readily put out that man limpeth stammereth Awry goeth wrong failes in sight more then I is blacker So wee thinke our selves beautifull Creatures if wee bee not reckoned among the most deformed For all Honour and glory which men have bestowed upon them is wholly to bee returned to God as to the first Author and last end of it After the people of Israel were brought out of Egypt they set up the Golden Calfe which they had wickedly devised to be worshipped for GOD giving a shout withall These bee thy Gods O Israel which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt Exo. 32.4 Not much otherwise doe they which looke round upon themselves with a stately brow as Masters of their owne workes and whatsoever they effect by Counsell Art or industry they will have accounted as it were for Gods O Idolaters To God onely be honour and glory proclaimeth Paul 1 Tim. 1.17 To God onely onely onely bee honour and glory The utility of good workes is ours the dignity Gods Agasicles was driven into exile by the people of Halicarnassus Sparta because he did not Consecrate the three footed Stoole which hee won in their games to God Apollo but carried that gift home with him Herodot l. 1. All the glory of every thing that is well done is from God and to bee given to God onely Dijs te● minorem quòd geris imperas Huc omne principium huc reser exitum Horat. l. 3. ode 6. Thou raign'st because thy deeds to God doe yeeld Bring thy attempts and Acts both to this field Notwithstanding wee are more Baby-like then any Baby for even as Children doe so verily take

we must leave all to his judgement to his wee must stand By men vertues and vices are esteemed for the most part not according to desert Peoples fancy but popular conceit In this kind there is no end of errour 5. Signe Not to be troubled or daunted at the crosse event of any matter or businesse seeing at whom our intention must aime respecteth not so much what is effected as in what sort with what intention with what diligence any thing is done That great Apostle Iames as they report gained no more in all Spaine to the Christian faith then eight Persons so returning as it were after a fruitlesse Iourney to Hierusalem hee laid downe his head under Herods Sword Was beheaded Was not God ready to give the same reward to Iames as he did to other the Apostles which converted Kings and whole Kingdomes to Christs Religion The same in every respect and peradventure greater For God did not give him charge what he should effect but what he should doe The Seed was to be sowne by the Apostle the increase of the seed was in Gods hands This a man of an upright intention throughly considereth that it is his part to labour and Gods to prosper the worke Therefore when his Art faileth him when nothing goes forward when any thing turneth to his ruine when his hope is utterly voyd hee is scarce a whit troubled for this faith he is not in my power but Gods I have done what I was able what I ought what was fitting Did the matter fall out contrary this is the condition of humane things And this is very necessary to be knowne for it is not unusuall that even the greatest paines may faile of their gaines and any worthy labour whatsoever may be to no purpose Shall a man therefore be tormented in mind by no meanes If he be of a good intention he will commit both faire and foule events to Gods disposing not distrusting the divine providence Christ himselfe in the last foure yeares of his life how many did he win by his most divine Sermons you shall number not very many The Apostles turned farre more to the true religion In like manner he which enterpriseth nothing but with an holy intention although he be sensible of his wants in many things although he find many pravities and imperfections in himselfe yet he doth not presently loose his courage he is not astonished he is not daunted but as much as his owne misery depresseth him so much the mercy of God lifteth him up neither doe things wind so ill at any time that they are able to change his good intention In prosperity and adversity his heart is all one that is alwaies bent upright to God All other things hee treadeth like the Clouds under his feet hee sets his mind like the Firmament against all casualties and incursians of fortune hee beholdeth all things with a contented and chearefull eye His mind is alwaies equall and such as goes on in a pleasant course and continues in a quiet state Therefore hee commeth to that passe as to obtaine that great and God-like disposition Not to be shaken No evill shall happen to the just or as some read it Whatsoever can happen to the just shall not trouble him Prov. 12.21 6. Signe At the accomplishment of any thing to shun vaine glory and all Phantasticall conceits Who is he and wee will praise him which never applaudes himselfe privately which esteemeth not highly of his owne labour which heareth not from his owne mouth well bravely excellently who could have done better But this is nothing else then to make baskets whole weekes and when all is done Sacrifice to Vulcan to throw the worke in the fire They were vaine in their imaginations and their foolish heart is darkned Rom. 1.21 There bee some which praise their owne things onely other peoples they eondemne and passe over with silence they receive their owne praises with open mouth even at the hands of the unskilfull other mens they entertaine with a dejected looke brow eyes and when they cannot disprove them yet they never like them These people not borne for God but onely for their owne credit doe hide mighty mountaines of pride under a modest brow Nor does this pinching praise of other mens vertues proceed from any thing else then from a mind greedy of their owne honour hee which feareth that his owne commendations will be impayred by anothers is very wary that nothing slip from him wherein another deserves to be commended hee hateth equalls in the raigne of glory Annaeus Seneca here giving a touch to the purpose Keepe that yet in mind saith he which I told thee a little before It is no matter at all Take notice of how many know thy up rightnes Hee which would have his vertues to bee made a common talke laboureth not for vertue but glory Wilt thou not be just without glory but beleeve me thou oughtest to be just sometimes with infamy And thea if thou be wise an ill repart well gotten is pleasi●g Opinion Mala o●inio bene ●arta delectat Sen. E●ist 113. fine The Patriarch Iacob upon his death Bed Dan saith he shall be a Serpent by the way an Ad●er in the path that biteth the Horse heeles so that his Rider shall fall backwards Genes 49.17 The Adder being a Serpent of no great body hideth himselfe in the Sand that he may bite the Horse heeles which passeth that way to make him cast his Rider in a furious fit The Divell most like an Adder whilst wee goe in the narrower path of vertue covers himselfe in the dust of humane praise that he may sting the Horse heele that is a right intention and so overthrow it under a colour of vaine glory He which is of a good intention doth most warily avoyd this Adder and in every place continually cryeth out Not unto us O Lord not unto us but to thy name give the praise Psal 115.1 To God onely be glory the Lord of Hosts he is the King of glory 7. Signe Not to have the least touch of envy He which studieth onely for the honour of God little regardeth although he have equalls or yet superiours in skill and knowledge Arts and Sciences He desireth that nothing should bee performed by him onely nor doth hee ever wish not to bee excelled of another he never envieth one that stands above him that which is great in others he debaseth not that his owne things may be extolled Moses gave us a most worthy example of this point There came a young man to stir up his anger against others for he accused them of strange Prophecying Rare The Divine Scripture relateth the matter thus And there ran a young man and told Moses and said Eldad and Medad doe Prophesie in the Camp And Ioshua the Son of Nun the servant of Moses answered and said My Lord Moses forbid them And Moses said unto him Enviest thou