A SPIRITVALL POSIE FOR ZION OR Two Decades of Observations Theologicall and Philosophicall BY ARCHIBALD SYMMER Preacher of Gods word at Great-Oakley in North-hampton-shire Virus ero sime carnalis aranea carpat Sed mel siqua legat spiritualis apes LONDON Printed for W. Sheares 1629. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL Sir THOMAS BROOKE of Great-Oakley Knight one of his Majesties Iustices of Peace in North-hampton-shire and my very gratious Patron Grace in this world and glory in the world to come Right Worshipfull WOnderfull is the power of the Almighty in the sense of Smelling and powerfull is his providence in the object of the same whether corporall or spirituall for as the first object is double naturall and artisiciall so is it a double demoustration of that vigilant care The first part of this ocular argument is this goodly Theatre the earth garnished with her glorious garment of Flora's fertilities that admirable diversitie of fragrant flowers The second part is apparent by that acumen hominis which God hath instilled into his reasonable creature for the refreshment of the spirits through the nostrils for the witty industry of man about the procurement of artificiall smels is great as appeareth by his diligence about the Moschat Sivet Conradus Gesner Hist of foure footed beasts c. But as the spirituall smell of the soule is farr more pretious so is the Divine Love Providence in this farre more great and gratious the impregnable proofe pregnant trueth wher of is his eternall word whence the Redeemed of the Lord doe gather odoriferous flowers to prevent the noysome and loathsome smell of impietie the contemplative smelling of which gratious garlands is the continuall delight of Davids Blessed man Psal 1.2 the practique a sweet savour unto the Lord as in the example of Noah Gen 8.21 Now out of this sacred Garden by the blessing of that ever blessed Gardener I have gathered a few spirituall flowers which I present unto your Worship in testimonie of my thanksulnes for all your constant loves earnestly craving that these first fruits of my poore Labours may passe into the world under the shelter of your gratious acceptation which patronage if I obtaine then shall this Tuzzimuzzie have its wished and expected smell Though theresore the mighty Apolloes of this Learned generation could have dedicated vnto your W. a farre more odoriferous Nosegay yet reject not this simple one The Persian Prince tooke in good part The water of the well Because he saw the giuers heart The givers gift excell So let it please your W. to respect Non quid sed quo animo for what I can I offer For loe I offer at your kindnesse shrine This little Incense or this flower of mine And so I humbly take my leave commending both your selfe and all yours to the effectuall blessing and grace of the Lord and to the power of his word whereby hee is able to build you up further and to give you an incorruptible inheritance among those that are called and sanctisied through faith in the Lord Iesus Your Worships ever to command ARCHIBALD SYMMER To the Christian Reader IT may come to passe Christian Reader that some affe-ear'd Midas will misconstrue these words of the Wife-man Heeks 12.12 Of making many bookes there is no end and much reading is a wearinesse of the flesh and some Cynicke Momus will mutter with the COmicke Niljam dictum quod non sit dictum priur all this therefore is but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But let thy Christianity canse thee to consider the truth of that tryed Position 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nil tam facile quà m otiosum dormientem de alioram labore vigilijs disputare Hieron in Hos Martial shall sooner finde Lelius carping his verses then publishing his owne Sed tu vide et side The drift of my labours is thy good the information of the ignorant and reformation of the rebellious If I obtaine this thing blessed is my desire If thou attaine this end blesse God the Beginner and finisher of the same and so let carping Theon bite till his gums ake and viperous Zoilus spider-like consume his owne bowels through vnregarded malice but thou Vive vale siquid novisti rectius ist is Candidus imperti si non his utere meeum And so I commend thee to the grace of the Almightie and rest Thine in the Lord Iesus A.S. A SPIRITVALL Posie for ZION The first Decad. Fl. 1. Of CHARITIE IEhova Alpha and Omega Invocatio Gen. 15.1 Ps 18.2 thou All sufficient Shield to thy Saints who out of the mouth of babes Psalm 8.2 and sucklings hast ordained strength and perfected thy prayse direct and protect I humble intreat thee both the minde and pen of thy poore servant that whatsoever shall proceed from hence may bee according to the Analogie of faith and tend to the declaration of thy most orthodoxall will through Christ our Immortall Redeemer Amen And thou Gentle Reader because I would have thee use me and peruse my labours in Love and Iudgement I have begun with thee in Love and of Charitie and Sebrietie Aristotle entereth into the treatise of his Demonstratiue Syllogisme in his Posterior Analytikes with the consideration of the these three Questions principally Cap. 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so to borrow the Aegyptian spoile wee will beginne our Love the Infallible Demonstration of unfained Christianitie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 13.11 that there is Brotherly Love even among the Militant Saints of God is questienlesse for as Ichova the true God is the God of Love so the true Chrulian the man of God is the man of Love as were Abraham Gen. Rom. 9.3 Col. 1.4.1 Thess 1.3 Philem. 5. Heb. 6.10 Apoc. 2.19 45.15 Moses Exod. 32.32 Paul the Colossians the Thessalonians Philemon the Hebrewes and the Angel and Pastor of the Church in Thyattia Neither indeed is it possible to be otherwise for as the Apostle saith 1. Cor. 13.1 Though I speake with the tongue of men and of Angels and haue not Charitie I am become as sounding brasse or a tinckling cymball And as by faith the Redeemed of the Lord possesse Christ lesus their Immortall Husband Gal. 3.26 and by patience their owne soules Luke 21.19 so by the eternall bond of Christian Amitie they enjoy one another 1 Cor. 13.13 Ps 133.1 Though therefore as the Lord lesus saith Matth. 24.12 Among the wicked because iniquity shall abound the Love of many shall waxe cold yet the Love of the Elect shall continue and whosoever denieth this shall of necessitie inferre and averre this monstrous and rediculous absurditie that there is no treu Congregation on the earth which flatly contradicteth that trueth of the holy Ghost Psalm 97.10 The Lord preserveth the soules of his Saints Then take away Charitie take away the Congregation of Charitie Eph. 1.23 and 5.30 for this Mysticall Body of Christ
Blessed and ought so to be esteemed even in this life as the very precious darlings of the Lord of life infranchized denisens of the Subuibs of that immortall Kingdome of glorie enjoying heaven upon earth Prov. 15.5 and continually feasted of the Lord God of Sabbath with such internall supernall dainties as the world can neither understand give nor take from them Their condition farre surmounteth that of Croesus for no Cyrus can despoyle them of their Blessed riches and most durable inheritance For if God bee for us who can be against us Wherefore neither tribulation Rom. 8 31. vers 35 38.39 nor nakednesse nor perall nor sword nor death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall bee able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord but in all these things we are more then Conquerours through him that loved us Fl. 6. Of THE LOVELINESSE OF MESSIAHS SPOVSE THere bee two motiues and impulsive causes of love namely Beautie and Bountie which is manifest by the frequent procurement of carnall affection Oculis digitis as we say in many Now both these are in the Church the Bride and the Lambes wise Apoc. 21.2 9 The Churches Beautie therefore shee is lovely Concerning the first Ierusalem is builded as a Citie that is compact together in it se le Psal 122.3 And the gates thereof are after the names of the Tribes of Iâ—rael Ezek. 48.31 Though she be blacke in the eyes and esteeme of the world yet shee is comely to the sight of the Lord her Redeemer even as the tents of Kedar and as the Curtaines of Salomon Cant. 1.5 The Kings Daughter is all glorious within Psalm 45.13 Like a Lilly among the Thornes so is the Love of Christ among the daughters Cant. 2.2 Chap. 7.4 Her eyes are like the fish-pooles in Hesbon by the gate of Beth rabbim her nose is as the Tewer of Lebanon that looketh toward Damascus Vers 7. Verse 5. Arist Cat. Her stature is like a Palme tree and her breasts like clusters The King is tied in her rasters Now of the qualitie is the denomination of a thing Beautie maketh beautifull who then is so beautifull as the Israel of God for the never fading beautie of holinesse Psal 90.17 and the glorious Majesty of the Lord their God is upon them The Churches bountie And as touching the second The members of Messiah being united together by the indissoluble obligation of love cannot possibly chuse but bee truely liberall for true love is liberall Cornelius gave much almes to the people Act. 10.2 At Antiochia when Agabus had signified by the Spirit that there should be great famine throughout all the world which also came to passe under Claudius Caesar then the Disciples everie man according to his abthtie purposed to send succour unto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea which thing they also did and sent it to the Elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul Act. 11.28 29 30. The Churches of Macedonit to their power yea beyond their power they were willing and prayed Paul with great instance and entreatie that hee would receive their liberality and see to the distribution thereof among the same poore Saints 2 Cor. 8 3 4. What Iupiter Hospitalis was ever so bountifull to his guests as was that reverent Gaius whom that beloved Disciple loved in the truetâ— 3 Ioh. 1 5. Iohn 13.23 so amiable is the congregation of the faithfull Pray for the peace of Ierusalem let them prosper that love thee peace be within thy wals and prosperity within thy Palaces For my brethren and neighbours sakes I wish thee now prosperitie because of the house of the Lord our God I will procure thy wealth Psalme 122.6 7 8 9. The like affection bare the upright Christians one to another under the tyraÌ„â—izing Emperours as witnesseth Tertullianus in Apologetico But as the Magnet and Loadstone though it draw yron unto it Plin. Nat. bist lib. 36. c. 16. yet the stone Theamedes abhorreth yron rejecteth and driveth the same from it so the godly have many mortall inveterate enemies yea from the very beginning of the Primitive and Originall world Quis talia fando Myrmidonum Dolopumve aut durimiles Vlissei Temperet à lachrymis They have beene most frequently infested with the martial horrour of hell and annoyed with the boysterous floods of Belial Caine slew his brother Gen. 4.8 and wherfore slew he him because his workes were evill and his brothers righteous 1 Iohn 3.12 and his infernall posteritie opposed themselves to the religious Progenie of Sâ—th and so barbarousls maligned them from time to tune that they decreased and many degenerated whilest the other increased and flourished by the building of Cities and inventing of trades so that all the holy fathers being dead onely Noah with seven soules were preserved in the Arke Gen. 7.13 was the Seminatie of the subsequent Church So fared the people of God in the dayes of Abraham Ismael mocked and persecuted Isaac Gen. 21.9 Gal 4.29 Neither were the Prophets and their Disciples any better then their Fathers Matt 5.12 for the Prophet Isaiah was sawen asunder with a wooden Saw by blood thirsty Manasseth Ieremiah after that he had beene persecuted even by his owne fellow-cit zens his evill neighbours of Anathoth Ier. 11.21 c. 12.14 in the end was stoned of the Iewes in Aegypt Amus was killed with a barre of yron Iewal apolog And the Lord of hostes â—elieth Iehoshua the high Priest that his fellowes that si before him are contemned in the world and esteemed as monstrous persons Zechar. 3.8 even as the Children whom the Lord had given Isay were instar Portenti as signes and wonders in Israel Isa 8 18. As touching the persecution and tribulation of the Apostles the Lord Iesus himselfe prophesieth that they should be hated Luke 6.22 separated from their Synagogues for the Son of mans sake which also came to passe on the Primitive Church namely the Aposiles and their diseiples who ended their Pilgrimage under Trajan and so continued on the Successive Church under the burchering Roman Emperours during the space of three hundred yeares almost even unto the time of Constantme the Great The Philosophers Act. 17.18 Epicureans and Steikes of Athens called S. Paul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Seminivorbius a babler and after many tribulations Nero beherded him Marke was burned at Alexandria And as Iusiin Martyr witnesseth all Christians were called Apolog. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Godiesse people and Christian Religion as Eusebius writeth for very spight was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yea saith Plinie Eib. 1. c. 4. It is Contemptus omniam Numinum And as touching the anguish and distresse of the Lords poore Inheritance and the malice of the wicked against them ever since
who can expresse the same but with teares of blood Gen. 49.18 O Lord wee have waited for thy salvation all the day long Come thou therefore O God from Teman Hab. 3.3 and thou Holy One of Israel from mount Paran Thus is the lovely City of the God of Love hated But behold the spirituall madnesse of the intoxicated braines of their opposers The hatred is no more strong and malicious then strange and marvellous Certainly some Circe or Proserpiua hath given them a Stygian potion else they could never prove such boistrous bedlams and ravening Woolues among the poore Sheepe of the Lord lesus For it is onely for the love of the Lord to his deare Children that these ingrate Rebels receive any good But for the Churches sake the Sunne should beturned into darknesse the Moone into blood and the Starres should withdraw their shining yea the ground would cleave asunder that is under them Num. 16.31 32.33 and the earth would open her mouth and swallow them up as it did Korah Dathan and Abiram so that they and all that they have should goe downe alive into the dolefull pit of endlesse perdition But as corke causeth yron to swim and keepeth it from sinking while they are joyned together so by the meanes of the Elect the Reprobate are preserved for a while from sinking and destruction Whilest righteous Lot continued in Sodom it was safe Gen. 19.24 but as soone as 〈◊〉 it the Lord rained upon it both fire and brimstone from Iehova out of heaven Exod. 14.22 No sooner had Israel passed through the red Sea but the waters returned and overthrew the Aegyptians so that Pharao Ver. 28 15.10 Heb. 11.29 and all his hoste sanke as leade in the great depths So at the consummation of the world when the number of the Elect shall be pertected and they ready for the Lord and their blessed immortalitie then shall the heavens at the brightnesse and terrour of that dreadfull Iudge of the world passe away with a great noyse and the Elements shall melt with servent heate the earth also and the workes that are therein shall be burnt up 2 Pet. 2.10 where then shall the wicked appeare then shall they confesse that as God blessed Obed Edom and all his houshold while the Arke continued with him 2 Sam 6.11 so they injoyed the blessings of God while his Saints continued with them And as the soes of the Church are foolish and mad so are they accursed of God for their furie and malice against his children and their end tragicall and lamentable For they like Ovids Giants warre against God himselfe Met. lib. 1. when they hate and persecute his dearest servants What doe yee against the Lord saith the Spirit Nah. 1.9 The machination and enterpriles of the Assyrians there against Iudah and Israel were against the Lord God himselfe Whosoever spoyleth the members of Christ upon earth let him feare that dreadfull complaint of their vindictive Head from heaven Act. 9.4.5 Saul Saul why persecutest thou met it is hard for thee to kicke against the prickes Wherefore unto all such belongeth the most just vengeance of the Lord of hostes They shall all be consumed and turned backe that hate Zion they shall be as the grasse upon the house tops which withereth afore is groweth up wherewith the mower filleth not his hand nor the gleaner his lap neither doe they which goe by say The blessing of the Lord be upon you we blesse you in the name of the Lord Psal 129.5 6 7 8. What was the end of Antiochus Epiphanes most woefull for after that he had sudued both Aegypt and Iudea 1 Maecab 1.18 19. spoyled the Temple and wasted the Citie of Iernsalem 1 Mac. 1.23 Dan. 8.9 to 15. erected an Idoll upon the Altar of the Lord and purposing to ransacke the Cities of Elimais and Persepolis 1 Mac. 6.1.3.4 2 Mac. 9.5 to 12. 1 Mac. 6.13.16 2 Mac. 9.9 28. he was repulsed by the Citizens and being stricken with an incurable disease he dyed an ignominious death and that in a strange land in the mountaines for the wormes rose up out of his owne bodie and whiles he lived in sorrow and paine his flesh fell away and the filthinesse of his smell was noysome to himselfe and all his Army Wherefore as saith discomfited Senacheribs inscription 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Learne by the tragicall ruine of this mercilesse monster to feare God and love his Saints for they that recieve these his Darlings receive Christ himselfe Matth. 10.40 and they that receive Christ receive the Father that sent him Fl. 7. Of CONIVG ALL AMITY IN humane societie there bee divers kindes of Loves as Fatherly Filiall Brotherly vnitie c. but as Salomon saith of the Vertuous Wise Prov. 31.29 Many daughters have done vertuously but thou excellest them all so I say of Cordiall Amitie betweene Husband and Wife many Lovers have beene loyall but thou surmountest them all Love is the mightiest and most imperious affection of the whole heart and nature of man and this is the most durable and constant of all loves Slender trifles can quickly destroy other amities which are meerely improper to this but this Divine and Intire affection being sealed and ratified by the power of that supreame prerogatiue cannot be separated Gen. 2.22 neither by tribulation nor anguish famine nor nakednesse Nothing but death can bee the divider For Love is strong as death Iealousie is cruell as the grave the coales thereof are coales of fire which hath a most vebement flame Many waters cannot qnench Love neither can the floods drowne it If a man would giue all the substance of his house for Love it would vtterly be contemned Which appeareth by the practise even of sundrie Gentiles Quintus Curtius writeth that Darius being conquered by Alexander the Great Darius sustained that disparagement and bitter distresse with couragious patience but when newes was brought him that his faire Queene Roxana was dead to shew that hee affected her more then all his royall dignitie he wrung his hands and wept bitterly Baptista Fulg. reporteth that a poore labouting man in Naples being berest of his Wise by a foyst of Moores threw himselfe into the Sea and swum after them till they tooke him up into the Gally Afterward they were both brought before the King of Thunis who being moved with compession at the relation of his love Plin. Nat. hist lib. 36. c. 5. sent them both home againe Artemisia bare such a love to her Husband Mausolus that she builded a Sepulcher for him and called it Mausolaeum after his name which was so glorious that it was ranked among those marchlesse Monumens which are termed The seven wonders of the world and that next unto the Temple of Diana in Ephesus so that the great Colosse of the Sunne at Rhodes the statue of Iupiter Olympius the wals of Babylon the Aegyptian Pir mides
which is Sempiternall Iehova that Iustitia Archâ—typa Polan Syatag and created Instioa Ectypa which is twofold Legall and Evangelicall Legall is twofold Vniversall and Particular Vniversall is twofold Philosophicall and Christian The best Philosophicall Righteousnesse and the most plausible workes of moralitse are but splendida peccata glistering sinnes gilded abominations as the Iustice of Aristides the wisedome of Xenophon the Muse of Athens the rare Loyalty and admirable fidelitie of Attilius Regulus for they were not of faith Rom. 14.23 But Christian Righteousnesse though imperfect is pleasing to God through Christ of whom we are made Christians Particular lustice is twofold Commutative and distributive Commutative Iustice is that Common Equity which should be practised in our civill Commerce and Humane Conversation Iustinian whereof Iustinian noteth ten particulars as the Observation of right in traffique of reason in Contracts and of equalitie in exchanging of one thing for another c. By distributive Iustice the Magistrate assigneth unto every one his fit order and function in the Republique Gal. 3.11 All these species of Righteousnesse are not able to justifie a sinner in the sight of God For when wee have done all those things which are commanded us we must confesse we are unprofitable servants for wee have done but that which was our duty to doe And if thou Psal 130.3.4 shouldest straitlie marke what is done amisse who could stand before thee But Lord there is mercie with thee that thou mayest be feared Wherefore wee flie to the shelter of the Lords soveraigne bounty to the supreame Sanctuarie of that Evangelicall Iustice the Immortall Merits of the Sonne of God Phil. 3.9 even that Righteousnesse which is through the faith of Christ whereby we are Iustified Gal. 6.14.15.16 God forbid then that we should glorie save in the Crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ by whom the world is crucified unto us and we unto the world For in Christ Iesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke according to this rule peace be on them mercie upon the Israel of God Fl. 6. OF HVMILITIE CLementia est 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Paser Prov. 15.33 Iam. 4.6 Meekenesse is the glory of the minde the grace of the whole man and harbinger of his honour For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble Iehova talked with Elijah 1. King 12.13 neither out of the blustering winde nor out of the boysterous carth-quake nor out of the furious fire but the still and soft voyce spake unto him so with those that Chamoeleon-like are puffed up with the winde of pride and with the Salamander liue in the fire of contention the God of peace will not dwell 2. Cor. 13.11 Isa 57.15 but ontly with the contrite humble peaceable Spirit When the men of Ephraim murmured against Gidcon because he did not call them when hee went to fight with the Midianites he answered Iudg. 8.1.2.3 What have I done now in comparisn of your Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better then the Vintage of Abiezer Your last act which have slaine two princes Ored and Zeeb is more famous then my whole enterprise and so by Humilitie he appeased them Iudge 8. Agathocles King of Sicilia garnished his palace with earthen Vessels in memorie that he was but a potters sonne and so by his Humilitie he embroydered the basenesse of his birth Humble thy selfe therefore under the mightie hand of God 1 Pet. 5.6 that in due time he may exalt thee For thou seest no just cause of Arrogancy in why selfe Vnde superbit homo cujus conceptio culpa est Text. Nasci poena labor vita necesse mori Let Christ be thine Examplar and his lowlinesse thine Exemplum or Patterne who washed the Disciples seet Learne of him to be meeke and lowly in heart and thou shalt finde rest unto thy soule Fl. 7. OF THE PEACE OF CONSCIENCE SPeciosum nomen Pacis saith Hilarie beautifull is the name of Peace where of there be foure sorts Ioh. 13.52 Matth. 11 29 2 Cor. 13.116 Externall Internall Suprnall Eternall Externall Peace is the Civile Quiet of association and is injoyned Rom. 12.18 Supernall Peace is that Ioyfull Liberty of Reconciliation whereby we are reconciled and made at one with our God againe and is menâ—â—oned Isa 40.1 Eternall Peace is that Perfect case and rest of Glerification is cemmended 1. Cor. 2.5 Apoâ— 21.4 Internall peace is that unspeakable tranquilitie of mande 〈◊〉 passeth all naturall understaÌ„nding Prov. 15.15 which the peaceable King calleth a continuall seast c. 18.14 Iob. 1.21.13.15 and 19.25 which will Lastaine all the infinacies of the body This made Iob a triumphant conquerer over all his crosses and by the power of this Inward Victorie the Righteous can rejoyce even in Phalaris Bull. But a wounded Spirit who can beare it The paine of the body is but the body of paine but the sorrow of the Sould is the Soule of sorrow When the heart * Primum viwens et ulti num morieas which is the fountaine of Life faileth then death prevaileth so when the Conscience is appaled Infirmitie conquereth tlibulation hath the vpper-hand over the whole man This soule of sorrow and quinâ—essence of paine selt Nero whiles as Suctonius writeth the Internall suries scourged his naked COnscience for the monstious murther of his mothr Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautuns Happie are they whom this Miscreants miserie can perswade to seeke for mercy 1 Cor. 1.12 In all things with the Blessed Apostle to keepe a good Conseience Hic murus akeneus esto Nil conscire sili Prov. 28.11 nâ—llâ— pallesâ—ere culpa So while the wicked flie when none pursueth we shall be bold as a Lion Fl. 8. Of SPIRITVALL IOY THY Thone O God is an everlasting Throne The scepter of thy kingdome is a scepter of righteousnes thou lovest righteousnesse Ps 45.6 7. and hatest iniquity therefore God even thy God hath anoynted thee with the oyle of gladnes above thy fellowes 1 Ioh 2.27 v. 20. This same Anoynting Balme of Ioy which the faithfull have received of that Holy One abideth in theÌ„ how theÌ„ can they chuse but evermore rejoice for this unction teacheth them of all things 1. Thes 5.16 Rom. 8.15 16 17. v. 28. that they are the redeemed of the Lord and Adopted sonnes of the Father that they are helies of God and joint-heires with Christ so that all things worke together for their true and ever lasting Happinesse Onely these are the men that have true cause of solid gladnesse for the joy of the wieked is but superficiall like the noyse of thornes under a pot for even in the midst of laughter the heart is sorrowfull Wherefore as the Persians became Iewes that they might be participant of the light and gladnesse of the Iews so let Atheists become Christians Ester 8.17 Rom. 14.17 that they may be partakers of the joy and honour of Christians For all true peace and joy proceedeth of the holy Ghost Fl. 9. Of THE RESVRRECTION OF THE IVAT BEhold the noble practise honourable condition and invicible hope of the Righteous They set the Lord dwaies before their faces Ps 16.8 9 10. because he is at their right hand they shal not be moved therefore their hearts are glad and their tongues rejoyce their flesh also shall rest in hope for the Father hath not left the soule of his Sonne Christ their head in hell neither did he suffer that his Holy One to see corruption but now is Christ risen from the dead 1 Cor. 15. Col. 3.4 and become the first fruits of them that sleepe and when Christ who is their life shall appeare then shall they also appeare with him in glory This will the boundlesse power of Iohova persorme for if weake simple man can make of the dust of the earth the carious glasse then can the Omnipotent Wise God reforme our corruptible bodies out of the dust 1 Cor. 15.19 v. 57. This will his mindefull mercy also bring to passe for here our Ioyes are deferred untill that day for if in this life onely we have hope in Christ wee are of all men most miserable Therefore be we stedfast unmoveable alwayes abounding in the worke of the Lord for as much as yee know that our labour is not in vaine in the Lord. So Apoc. 22.20 Come Lord Iesus come quickly Amen Fl. 10. Of ETERNALL LIFE IN the Kingdome of Glory saith Cassiodorus there is no crosse In Psal 6. no calamitie never maÌ„ failed on the raging sea of this turbulent world in so great a calme that sometime hath not bin tossed too fro w th the tempestuous wind of adversity and Euroclidon of calamitie but there is sinus maris and sinus matris the haven of endlesse rest This is that Arabia foelix that aboundeth in the spirituall plentie of all delectations So great is that glory that the Scripture describeth it in allegoricall and sigurative phrases as Apoc. c. 21. 22. As we account this world a better mansion then the wombe so shall we account the world to come a better dwelling place then this valley of teares even as they that stand on the top of the Alpes judgè the Cities of Campania to be but low cottages The refore as the watch of a Diall touched with the Calamite moveth alwayes and trembleth till it be turned toward the Pole-Articke so we must never rest but walke continually from strength to strength till every one of us appeare before the Lord our God in Zion Amen FINIS Laus Christonescia Finis