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A10995	Twelue prophetical legacies. Or Twelue sermons vpon Iacobs last will and testament recorded by Moses, in the 49. chapt. of Genesis: containing his bequests and blessings, bestowed vpon his twelue sonnes. ... Preached by Francis Rollenson, Bach: of Diuinitie, and sometimes fellow of S. Iohn the Euang: Colledge in Cambridge.	Rollenson, Francis, ca. 1565-1630.	1612 (1612)	STC 21265; ESTC S116140	213,059	329

their liues and herewith hee taketh away the good name and fame of the innocent This Arrowe is so hatefull in the eyes of GOD that by an expresse commandement he forbiddeth the shooting of it (q] Leu. 19.11 saying Yee shall not steale neither deale falsely neither lie (r) Coloss 3.9 And the Apostle saith Lie not one vnto another seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes Furthermore GOD doth not onely forbid lying but also threatens all such as vse this hellish Shaft (s] Psal 5.6 Thou shalt destroy them saith Dauid that speake Lies the Lorde will abhorre the bloodie and deceitefull Man And the Wiseman saith [t) Pro. 6.19 12. That the LORDE GOD abhorreth a lying tongue and a false witnesse that speaketh lies The very heathen Philosophers and Poets haue in their writings condemned the shooting of this arrowe for Plato saith it is (u) Plat. politic cap. 2. odious both to God and men And Menander affirmeth that euery wiseman hates a lie And yet there be some amongst vs Christians that call this arrowe (x) Mart. Nauar. Azpil in d.c. humanae pag. 352. 349 good wisedome (y) Greg. de Val. Iesuit Tom. 3. disput 5. quaest 13. a profitable art and a wise defence these are those croaking frogges that come out of the mouth of the Beast and the false Prophet the frye of Sathan Rommish vncleane spirits I meane the Iesuites which teach equiuocation and mentall reseruation thereby to deceiue peruerting the way of truth concerning such Impostors and deceiuers euen Homer the heathen Poet saith That man to me is as vniust as the gates of hell which reserueth or concealeth one thing in his breast and speaketh another seeing then that these foure arrowes shot against Ioseph by his vnnaturall brethren and his lasciuious mistresse are so hellish and so hatefull it concerneth all men that feare the Bowe and arrowe of Gods vengeance to abstaine from shooting them against their Brethren to be an Enuious person to be a hater to be a mocker and to be a lyar is to be the diuels Archer and he that shooteth in his Bowe shall be sure of his paie which is torment euerlasting But his Bowe abode strong and the hands of his armes were strengthened by the hands of the mightie God of Iacob of whom was the feeder appointed by the stone of Israel In the words going before wee sawe Iosephs miserie in these wee may behold his Deliuerance which conteineth two parts first his resistance secondly his Aduancement The Archers shot at him and grieued him for with their shooting they did driue him into bondage and into Prison yet for all that they could not vtterly foile or ouerthrow him for like a valiant Boweman hee resisted and withstood them with his strong Bowe this Bowe was his Confidence and Sure trust in God that he would deliuer him out of all distresse we here reade of his Bowe but not of his arrowes whereby it may be collected that he vsed a Defensiue but no offensiue weapon this Bowe was vnto him as a shield or a Buckler whereby he did retort and beate backe the fierie darts or shaftes of his enemies that hated him being a weapon of such a temper that it will neuer breake but alwaies abide strong Dauid protesteth that hee will trust in the Lord and vpon this Confidence hee growes couragious for hee saith (z) Psal 56. I will not feare what man can doe vnto me though a man be neuer so strong and mightie yet if he want this Bowe his greatest strength is weakenesse and let a man be neuer so weake and feeble yet if hee haue this Bowe the gates of hell shall not preuaile against him Ioseph was neuer without a Bowe when his brethren shot against him the arrowes of Enuie and mocking his confidence in God armed him with charitie and patience wherefore hee did not Recompence euill with euill when his mistresse shot against him the arrowes of hatred and lying the Bowe of his confidence euen in the dungeon abode strong making him free from discontent and fearelesse of death They that trust in the Lord shall be like vnto the mount Zion saith the Psalmist which shall not be remoued but standeth fast for euer like vnto this Mount was Ioseph for because he trusted in God neither Bondage nor Imprisonment had power to daunt him (a) Pro. 20.26 The Conies saith Salomon are a people not mightie yet make they their houses in the rocke these creatures are weake by nature and yet it is hard to ouercome them because of their strong fortresses wherein they dwell a man is like vnto a Conie impotent and feeble in himselfe yet if he haue the Conies wisedome as Ioseph had to make his house in the rocke which is to Trust in God who is a fortresse and a Bulwarke then is hee sure that neither the world nor the diuell are able to endamage or doe him harme As Ioseph was so ought we to be all of vs Bowemen but not Archers he is an Archer that vseth both Bowe and arrowes and he is a Boweman that hath a Bowe but neuer shooteth arrowe out of it the Bowe with an arrowe in it is an Instrument of offence but the Bowe without an arrowe is an Instrument of defence Christians must be Bowemen in defending themselues but not Archers to offend others so saies Saint Paul [b] Rom. 12.17.19 Recompence to no man euill for euill auenge not your selues but giue place vnto wrath for it is written vengeance is mine and I will repaie saith the Lord and Tertullian saith It is the propertie of a christian Tertulan a pologet Plato in hipp minor rather to be killed then to kill and Socrates as Plato reporteth held it farre better for a man to suffer then offer an Iniurie There be two Bowes which neuer ought to be out of the Eie and the hand of a Christian the one is for contemplation the other for action the one is an excellent weapon to resist the temptations of the diuell the other to withstand the assaults of the world The first is the Bowe of the Couenant [e] Gen. 9.15 which is seene in a cloud commonly called the Rainebowe [d] Apoc. 4.3 Greg. hom 8 in Ezech. with which the throne of God was as Saint Iohn saith compassed when he sawe his maiestie in a vision herein as Saint Gregorie hath very wittily obserued there be two principall colours Blewe and Red the one is Colour of water the other of fire that of water is a Remembrancer of the Deluge or Vniuersall flood wherewith for sinne God ouerwhelmed and drowned the whole world the other of fire foresheweth the destruction by fire at the generall and last iudgement This Bowe ought to be the obiect of euery Christians eie for there is no cōsideration that is a more forcible restraint of sin then the remembrance of Gods Iudgements whether past or to come Iosephs

it red and that there should bee such store of good Pastures in Iudahs portion that they might eate milke in great aboundance Thus doth Iacob prophesie sixe things of Iudah First praise or glorie for his brethren shall praise him Secondly victorie ouer his enemies for his Hand shal be in the necke of his enemies Thirdly principalitie for his Fathers sonnes shall bow downe vnto him Fourthlie Courage for as a Lyons-whelpe he shall come from the spoyle and like the Lyon and the Lyonnesse he shall couch or lie downe and none shall stirre him vp Fiftlie Continuance of his Kingdome for the Scepter shall not depart from him till the comming of CHRIST And lastly outward plentie or prosperitie for hee shall binde his Asse-foale vnto the vine and his Asses Colte vnto the best vine hee shall wash his garment in wine and his Cloake in the blood of Grapes his eyes shall be red with wine and his teeth white with milke The particulars of this Prophesie were temporally fulfilled in Iudahs posteritie but spirituallie in Christ who came of the Tribe of Iudah and of the house of Dauid First as Iudah was Praised by his Brethren So is CHRIST of whom Iudah was a Type honoured and euer praised by the Elect as well Angels as men who bee the Brethren of Christ through the grace of Adoption so saith S. Iohn (f) Apō 5.8 The foure Beasts and the foure and twentie Elders fell downe before the Lamb hauing euery one Harps and golden vyals full of Odours which are the prayers of the Sainctes By these Cherubims these Elders are meant all the Saints both of the Old and the new-Testament which offer vnto CHRIST the Sacrifice of Praise and Thankes-giuing Now the reason why our SAVIOVR by the Adopted children of God is praised is because g Hee was killed and Redeemed them to God by his blood out of euery Kindred and Tongue and People and Nation and made them vnto God Kings and Priests If then wee be the Brethren of CHRIST wee must imitate the Angels and Saints in heauen by hauing his Praise euer in our mouthes our Harpe must be Thanksgiuing our Vials full of Odours Deuout prayers and the Song that wee sing this O my God and King I will extoll thee and will blesse thy name for euer I will blesse thee daily and praise thy name for euer Great is the Lord and most worthy to be praised and his greatnesse is incomprehensible Whosoeuer is such a Musitian is surely Christs brother for as Faith is shewed out of workes so is this spirituall Brotherhood tried by Praise They are not then the Adopted children of God not the Brethren of Christ that in stead of praysing him with their lips scoffe at him mocke him spit vpon him buffet him and blaspheme him as the Iewes did by taking his name in vaine by execrable cursing and by damnable swearing oh no such black mouthed persons be the children of darkenesse and the Brethren of Belial as among the (i) Luc. 17.12 Ten lepers that our Sauiour cleansed one alone was found to be thankfull the other nine went away and neuer returned to requite him with praise so in the world for which Christ dyed there can scarcely be found one of a thousand that doth truely honour and praise his Redeemer and if there be anie the proportion of their number is but as One to Nine For Reformation then of this vice of Blasphemie Swearing wherby as S. Chysostome saith Christ is continually crucified againe it were to be wished that that Lawe made by Ludouicus Pius the king of France were vniuersally established namely That whosoeuer sweareth vainely should bee burned in the mouth with a hote yron Sed procul ite profani I will leaue them and returne to the Brethren of CHRIST of which number whosoeuer desires to bee let him but looke vpon the Picture of the three Graces Pausan in Eli. as Pausanias relateth it and it wil be an excellent patterne for him Amongst the people of Elis thus saith he were the Graces engrauē one of them in her hād held a Rose the other a Myrtle tree and the third a Die These Graces being in number three may fitly expresse that Praise and Thankefulnesse which from the Creature is due to the Creator namely (k) Isai 6.3 the Holie Holie Holie Lord GOD of Sabaoth The Rose which is a sweete flower signifieth the Grace mercie of Christ towards mankinde who as Dauid saith is a sweet mercifull Lord whose cōmiseration is aboue all his wondrous works in regard whereof he saith of himselfe (l) Cant. 2.1 I am the Rose of the field this Rose the Brethrē of Christ must euer hold in their hands that is to say they must euer acknowledge his fauours be mindfull of his benefites Secondly the Myrtle though it bee but a little plant yet it bringeth foorth store of berries So must the Brethren of Christ for euery kindnes receiued bring forth Clusters of Praise and Thanksgiuing Thirdly the Die is the embleme of Chaunce and this may put vs in minde still to praise our Messiah howsoeuer the world runne whether with vs or against vs. Secondly as Iudahs hand was in the necke of his enemies So Christ hath gotten the victorie ouer his Aduersaries Sathan and the world as the Psalmist saith (m) Psal 110 The Lord said vnto my Lord sit thou on my right hand vntill I make thine enemies thy foot-stoole The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Zion be thou ruler in the middest of thine enemies This Triumph of our Sauiour was shadowed or figured in the dreame of Nabuchadnezzar by (n) Dan. 2. The great glorious Image whose Head was of fine golde whose Brest and Armes of siluer whose Bellie and Thighes of brasse and whose Feete were part of Iron and part of Clay which Image was broken all in pieces by a Stone cut without Handes This Image resembles the foure Monarchies The Golden head is for the Chaldean The Siluer Brest and Armes for the Persian The Brazen Bellie and Thighes for the Macedonian And the Feete part yron and part Claye for the Romane Monarchie All these were destroyed and broken by this Stone cut without handes namely our victorious SAVIOVR whose Kingdome shall neuer be destroyed but stand for euer The like is expressed by S. Iohn saying (o) Apo. 19. And I sawe heauen open and behold a white horse and hee that sate vp●n him was called Faithfull and True and he iudgeth and fighteth righteo●sly and his Eyes were as a flame of fire and on his Head were many Crownes and hee had a Name written that no man knewe but himselfe and hee was cloathed in a Garment dipt in bloud and his name is called the Word of GOD and the warririors which were in Heauen followed him vpon white horses clothed with fine linnen white and pure and out of his mouth went a sharpe sworde that with it