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A13561	Three treatises The pearle of the gospell, The pilgrims profession: and A glasse for gentlewomen to dress themselues by. To which is added A short introduction to the worthy receiuing of the Lords supper. By Thomas Taylor, Doctor of Diuinity, and late preacher of Aldermanbury Church in London.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Pearle of the gospell. aut; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Pilgrims profession. aut; Gunter, H.; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Glasse for gentlewomen to dresse themselves by. aut; Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632. Short introduction to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper. aut	1633 (1633)	STC 23856; ESTC S113869	74,858	266

sinnefull men estrange thy selfe from their courses walke as one deliuered from this euill world if not yet in respect of place yet in respect of new qualities thou shalt haue GODS protection and see the sa●uation of the LORD when all the wicked Inhabitants of the earth shal● call for the hils to couer them and the mountaines to fall vpon them to hide them from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can stand FINIS A PROFITABLE MEMORIALL OF the Conuersion Life and Death of Mistris MARIE GVNTER set vp as a Monument to be looked vpon both by Protestants and Papists I Could not better spend some part of the dais of my mourning for the losse of my deare Wife then in setting downe briefly some Passages of her course and Pilgrimage that the happy memory of her graces and vertuous life might euer liue with me both for incitation and imitation And if my desires were strong to make them more publike for the direction of some others I hope it will rather be charitably ascribed to the working and stirring of my affection towards her Ashes than to any vanitie of minde or ostentation in her Besides I am sure that if a Protestant had beene seduced from vs as shee was called out of Popery and had liued and dyed so zealous in that Religion as shee did in this the aduersaries would haue made their aduantage of it and published the same as one of the miracles of their Church And I see not but it may be as lawfull for me as it may proue profitable for others to set downe the known Truth concerning her that as shee was in her life so also she may happily continue now after her death an happy instrument of Gods glory in earth as I am assured shee is a vessell before him filled with his glory of heauen THis gracious Woman was for birth a Gentlewoman but descended of Popish Parents who dying in her infancy shee was committed vnto the tuition of an old Lady honourable for her place but a strong Papist who nousled and mis-led this Orphan in Popery till shee came about foureteene yeeres of age at which time this Lady died Upon which occasion God hauing a mercifull purpose towards her conuersion by his good Prouidence brought her to the seruice of that Religious and truly honourable Lady the Countesse of Leicester who entertained her with more than ordinary respect both because of her young yeares as also because shee was allied to Sir Christopher Blunt then husband to the honourable Countesse at whose request his Lady had taken her into her care To this Honourable Countesse shee came a most zealous Papist and resolute as soone as possibly shee could apprehend a fit opportunity to conuey her selfe beyond the Seas and become a Nunne for she then thought that that was the surest and likeliest way to get Heauen which as shee had an earnest desire to attaine so would shee take the nearest way which shee thought would bring her thither But shee could not so closely carry her secret deuotions and intentions but that by the carefull eye of her Honourable Lady they were soone discouered and not sooner discouered then wisely preuented for presently her Lady tooke from her all her Popish bookes Beades and Images and all such trumpery and set a narrow watch ouer her that shee might bee kept from her Popish Prayers and not absent her selfe from the daily Prayers of the Family which were religiously obserued further requiring her to reade those Prayers that her honour daily vsed to have in her private chamber with her women Her Ladiship also carefully preuented her from her Popish company and counsel by word or writing for neither might shee write nor receive any letter without the view and consent of her Honour Shee also constrained her to be countable for the Sermons which shee heard in the house which were constantly two euery Sabbath day for the increase of the sound knowledge of God which is the onely Hammer of Popery And hereby shee in short time obtayned great ability to communicate to others the substance of those Sermons which shee heard the rather because it was constantly obserued by all the women in that honourable Family to come together after the last Sermon and make repetition of both And this shee did as yet for feare but still with this reseruation that shee would keepe her heart for Popery and trusted that God would bee merciful vnto her as Naaman in this which shee did onely through feare and constraint But God who in his owne time worketh in his owne meanes beganne to worke in her first a staggering in her old way For when she saw the holy conuersation of that Reverend Preacher Master I. W. who was then Chaplin to the Countesse shee began to perswade her selfe that surely this mans godlinesse must needs bring him to Heaven And then the reverend respect of the man made her begin to give some better eare to his Doctrine to examine his proofes and to reverence his Ministry whereby in short time it pleased God that shee was won to beleeve the Truth and renounce her former superstition and ignorance And as it is the property of a true Convert being converted her selfe she endeuoured the conversion of others and was a great helpe and furtherance to the publique Ministery that way For this was a thing which that honourable Familie tooke speciall knowledge of and there were many that had great cause to blesse God for her in that respect Now presently Satan that Dragon that watcheth to deuoure every man-child which shall be borne unto God begins to rage and reach at her with strong and violent temptations and first hee terrified her in that shee had sinned the sinne against the holy Ghost for shee had played the deepe dissembler and being in heart a Papist yet joyned with the Protestants whom shee held for Heretickes and all this against her knowledge and conscience and so fiercely and incessantly hee followed this temptation as that shee was perswaded it was impossible that euer this sinne should or could be pardoned And this temptation was pointed and sharpened with that dreadfull and foule suggestion of selfe murder as if the remedy of the sin against the holy Ghost were to destroy ones selfe While shee was thus long tossed tumbled in these waues and billowes of Satanicall suggestions wherein she was so low cast and dejected still concealing her griefe as shee almost despaired of recovery It pleased God to direct that Reverend Preacher who was her Father in Christ whom shee ever after embraced with the most entire love of the most naturall Childe to entreat of this sinne and to shew what it was and by whom and in what manner it was committed To which Doctrine shee diligently harkening and by examination of it and her selfe finding that shee had not so sinned after illumination nor

the chapmen and Merchants of all merchandise remained once or twice without Ierusalem But for supernaturall and spirituall trading as all the six dayes are fit so the seuenth especially is the Lords mart or market to furnish all his people with prouision for the whole weeke following And for the place All places are not fit for ciuill marts and merchants but the principall prohibited place is the Church the house of God Matth. 21. 12. Iesus went into the Temple of God and cast out all them that bought sold in the Temple ouerthrew the tables of the mony changers the seats of them that sold Doues Christ would not endure his Fathers house of prayer to be made a house of merchandise But in spirituall trading for heauen all places are fit for Christian Merchants who should goe no where but still be trading for grace and continually either bee doing of good or taking of good But especially the house of God is the most proper place appointed for the inriching of the heart and increasing of the stocke of faith and knowledge and of all graces So much for the dissimilitude betweene them Now the similitude and reason of this resemblance standeth in fiue thing 1. A Merchant man is a man that dealeth in great precious commodities The Greeke word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Merchant is no Pedler nor chapman of small wares nor taken vp in selling pins or points and toyes for babes but tradeth for great things for great bulks and quantities for great sums and dealeth in most rich commodities So the Christian Merchant carefull for heauen aymeth not at the base profits of this life as siluer gold such corruptible things for these things are but sinall in his eye and contemptible in respect of the businesse of iustification of holinesse grace and glory These are that one thing needful and that better part that taketh vp his thoughts and desires such a rich Merchant was Dauid Psa. 4. 7. Thou hast giuen me more ioy of heart than they hau● had when their wheat and their oyle did abound Let other men peddle and barter for corne wine and oyle the Christian Merchant hath a commodity beyond all this in his eye Lord lift vpon mee the light of thy countenance Such a Merchant was Zacheus when saluation was come to his house he cast away these pedling profits faster than he gat them halfe he gaue to the poore and the rest he reserued to restore fourefold Such a on was Paul who counted al things losse dung in comparison of Christ to know the vertue of his death and resurrection Such rich Merchants were the Martyrs who hauing heauen in their eie esteemed their goods libertie yea life it self not worth hauing in comparison therof For as a man if he were as high as the Moone would see the earth but as a pricke so he whose thoughts are in heauen and his eyes on things that are aboue within the veile esteemeth the earth but small and despicable For euen as the great light drowneth the lesser so the bright shining of the Sunne of righteousnesse drowneth all the lesser candles comforts of this present world Secondly there is likenesse in the skill of the commoditie hee dealeth in for as a Merchant greatly aduanceth his estate if he haue skill and insight what commodities are like to bee of the quickest returne if he know and lay out for the best conditioned commodities of euery kind So the Christian Merchant labouring for skill knowledge and sound iudgement in the matter of Religion whereby he may be able to iudge aright of Doctrines deliuered shall grow rich in knowledge and to a great measure of faith and full of Christian wisedome whence the Apostle Phil. 1. 10. prayeth that they may abound in all knowledge and iudgement to discerne things that differ and thus they shall bee rich and filled with the fruits of righteousnes ver 11. And contrariwise for want of this skill a Merchant dealing for great bulkes soone falleth into great losses But especially the Ieweller or Lapidary by ignorance may soone ouerthrow his whole estate in respect of many cheaters and couseners who can notably counterfeit Pearles and make themseeme very orient by false arts and so put away at a great price a peece of a fish bone or shell or some peece of painted glasse for rich Pearls and precious stones Euen so many spirituall Merchants decay and break for want of this skil by meanes of many imposters deceiuers heretiks false teachers Apostates Libertine Preachers and the Popish guides furnished with all arts to deceiue as with wit and speech other insinuatiue faculties that make offer of pibbles for pearls and thrust vpon men for the true Pearle of Gods word the glassie brickle cōceits of mans brains which because they haue made to glister and haue set a good colour on them they hold at as high a rate as any Pearl can be valued and now many inconsiderate persons are taken with the beauty profit or some seeming pleasure and so robbed and gulled of their soundnesse for the present an● of their expectations and hopes hereafter Now that wee may not be thus abused let vs listen to those Apostolicall precepts EPHES. 4. 14. Not to bee children wauering and carried about with euery wind of Doctrine by the decei● of men and craftinesse whereby they lye in wait to deceiue and in 1 IOH. 4. 1. Beleeue not euery spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God and 1 THESS 5. 21. Trye all things and keepe that which is good Thirdly the similitude is in their conuersing and conferring one with another Euery Merchant will bee speaking of his commodities he will make offer of his Pearles and wares of price that he may put them off into other mens hands for his owne aduantage So the Christian Merchant will be talking and conferring of this Pearle of the Gospell as in CANT 5. 6. The Spouse sp●ndeth her daies in breathing out the prayses of Christ. A faithfull Christian cannot hide grace in a napkin nor hold it so close to himselfe but hee must communicate it and make offers of it to others Such good Merchants were the two Disciples going to Emmaus conferring of Christ whom Christ ioyned himselfe with LVK. 24. 19. Such an one was Paul offering the Pearle to Agrippa and wishing all the people were such as he was except his bonds ACT. 26. 29. And the reason is whatsoeuer hee can communicate to another is his owne cleare gaine For this is the difference betweene the secular riches and spirituall A worldly rich man is rich for himselfe onely and the more he imparteth to others the lesse is left for himselfe But he that is rich in God is not onely rich in and for himselfe but these riches doe more inrich him by inriching others than holding them to himselfe and