A TREATISE OF Patience in Tribulation First Preached before the Right Honourable the Countesse of Southampton in her great heauines for the death of her most worthy Husband and Sonne afterward inlarged for the helpe of all that are any way afflicted crossed or troubled By WILLIAM IONES B. of D. and P. of Arraton in the Isle of Wight Psal. 126. 5. They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy Herevnto are ioyned the Teares of the Isle of Wight shed on the Tombe of their most Noble Captaine HENRIE Earle of Southampton and the Lord Wriothesly his Sonne The Tombe and Epitaph HENRYE IAMES WRIOTHESLEY Anagram HERE I SEE MANY WORTHIES LY Here yee see two but two's not all for why In these two Worthyes many Worthyes dye O what a generation's here surprized Of Noble bloud which was in them comprized Printed at London by William Iones dwelling in Red 〈…〉 TO THE â—â—GHT HONOV RABLE THE COVNTESSE 〈◊〉 〈…〉 HAMPTON all peace and comfort c. MOST Honourable Lady THe meanest seruant of the greatest Lord the glory of his Countrey your Ladyships wonderfull ioy and Honour out of a strange amazement begins now to looke vp and the I can doe nothing beseeming such Honour or worthy of these iudicious times yet am I so obliged that I cannot hold my peace choosing to be taxed for anything rather then for want of dutie and thankefulnes When the Tabernacle was building the poorer sort which brought Goates haire and Rams skins were as well accepted as they which brought Purple and Scarlet This is my comfort that such is your Noble disposition that you will not dispise the hearty endeauor of the poorest well willer of your Honorable Family It was no small ioy unto me for diuers yeares to come in my course and stand in presence of that mirrour of Nobility that I might heare his wisdome and behold his gracious conuersation Many a storme haue I indured both by Sea and Land But when I saw his face his gracious countenance dispelled all ill weather and made mee as resolute to returne the next time as euer I should willingly haue spent my daies in his seruice yea I haue often wished that my life had beene sacrificed for his that your Honour and this Land might haue still enioyed such a compleate ornament and pillar 〈…〉 But when I consider that thou 〈◊〉 tookest 〈◊〉 from vs I lay my hand vpon my mouth and humbly with all who consider his worth to humble themselues in 〈◊〉 and fasting that Gods Iudgements 〈…〉 Land which the falling of such Stars 〈…〉 As for your selfe Madame who haue 〈…〉 heart already with fasting and weeping and 〈…〉 tation I pray God to giue you patience and com 〈…〉 〈…〉 plaine sort I labour to perswade your Ladyship 〈…〉 in this sermon which I humbly commend vnto your 〈◊〉 nours perusall the rather because you told me it did 〈◊〉 good And though your Ladyship may thinke wee can not deny but the stroake which cut off two such worthies at once was very grieuous yet as the Minister of Christ in the name of Christ I beseech your Honour to take to heart the goodnes of the Lord towards you in those that still remaine Your Ladyship hath two louing and most worthy Daughters married to godly wise vertuous personages you haue also another hopefull young Lady And your Honour hath a Sonne who giues great hope that he will tread in his Noble Fathers steps and be heire of his vertues All these things are worthy to be remeÌ„bred dayly with praise which I doubt not but your Ladiship doth And so praying for the perpetuall prosperity of your Honourable house I leaue your Honour in the hands of the Almighty God and our mercifull Sauiour who is able to do aboundantly aboue all that wee can desire or thinke Your Honours most humble seruant to be euer commanded in the LORD W. IONES A TREATISE OF PATIENCE IN TRIBVLATION c. ROM 12. 12. Patience in Tribulation T is St. Augustines saying on Psal. 37. Omnis morbus animae habet in Scripturis medicamentum suum Euery disease of the soule hath a medicine in the Scriptures And the most effectuall medicine ordained for Tribulation is Patience therefore saith the Spirit in my Text Be patient in tribulution FIrst to open the words The word translated tribulation comes of a Verbe which signifies to pinch as the foote is pinched in a strait shooe or to presse as Grapes are squeezed in the Wine-presse Metaphorically t is vsed for to afflict or to bring into any strait of body or mind and so the substantiue signifies any thing which is hard and crosse to the nature of man yea any euill which we suffer in bodie or mind The euils which are here meant by tribulation are either ordinary or extraordinary I cal those ordinary eâ—its to which all mankind is subiect more or lesse as labour care trauell sicknesse diseases aches paines wants griefes for death of friends and other ineuitable casualties Extraordinary euills are either persecution inflicted vpon the godly by the wicked or wrongs which are done by men of the world for malice or couetousnes or meerly out of a mischieuous disposition or calamities which can bee impute directly to no second cause but to Gods own hand Now concerning all these kinds of euill comprehended vnder the word Tribulation the Apostle speaking by inspiration commaunds vs to bee patient The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 translated patience signifies Quietly abiding vnder And we may be said quietly to abide vnder any tribulation when we neither fret nor doe any thing against godlinesse or any part of Gods Word but walke in our calling orderly as if no such thing had happened vnto vs. This patience in the Old Testament is termed silence Esay 30. 15. In silentio â—pe erit fortitudo vestra In silence and hope shall be your strength That is If yee quietly indure your affliction and put your trust in the Lord yee shall ouercome Psal. 39. 9. I was dumbe and opened not my mouth because thou didst iâ— That is I patiently indured thy visitation After the same manner is Christs patience set forth Esay 53. 7. He is brought as a Lambe to the slaughter and as a sheepe before her shearers is dumbe so he openeth not his mouth Yet let no man imagine that Christs patience was onely outward t was inward also Hee vnderwent whatsoeuer was laid vpon him with a quiet mind And so must wee indure all tribulation with a quiet mind a quiet mind is the principall thing in the definition of Patience giuen both by Philosophers and Diuines Tully sayes Patientia est virtus omnis adversitatis impetus aequanimiter portans Patience is a vertue which suffers all aduersitie with a quiet mind August Patientia est virtus qua mala aequo animo toleramus Patience is a vertue whereby we suffer euills with an equall mind which Thomas Aquinas expounds thus Mala id est
the course which God prescribes is to wait patiently the Lords leisure Hab. 2. 4. The vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it shall speake and not lye Though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry The thing to be obserued hence is that no man must indent with God concerning the time of deliuerance but must patiently indure the Lords leasure and pleasure The best meanes to hasten reliefe in tribulation is to throw thy selfe downe before God saying Here I am Lord doe with mee what thou wilt I am content to wait thy leasure and to tarry vntill thou in thy wisdome seest it fit to release mee Obiect I see no meanes of redresse though I tarry neuer so long I am in great want and debt and weaknesse and haue many to relieue and haue no friends left Marke what the Spirit saith Psal. 37. 3. Trust in the Lord and be doing good so shalt thou dwell in the Land and verily thou shalt be fed Againe vers 25. I haue beene young and now am old yet neuer saw I the righteous forsaken Remember moreouer how the Lord prouided for the widdow of Sarepta 1 King 17. His hand is not now shortned Lastly if thou keepe faith and a good conscience and resoluest that thou wilt not vse any indirect meanes to helpe thy selfe or thine but depend vpon God thou shalt be sure with poore Lazarus to be receiued into the Kingdome of Heauen when thou dyest this will make amends for thy tribulation But me thinks I heare some Rachel complaining that she hath lost a gracious sonne and can haue no more yea as worthy an husband as the world can yeeld how should she bepatient Ans. 1. Thou hast not lost that which God hath found 2. God hath giuen thee his Sonne to bee thy husband will not this make amends for thy sonne and thy husband Is not he better-then ten sons and husbands In a word let thy tribulation be what it may let there be neuer so many impediments neuer so strong aduersaries neuer so weake meanes Nay let thy case be desperate in the eye of man yet if thou canst beleeue and wait the Lord will surely in good time send thee helpe from his holy place as hee hath done to all Saints which did put their trust in him How can it bee otherwise seeing his Name is still wonderful his Power alsufficient his wisdome infinite his Truth infallible his Loue immutable his Promise Grace as large as euer our Mediator Iesus Christ making intercession for vs the same for euer Dauid Ps. 37. 37. bids vs marke the perfect man behold the vpright for the end of that man is peace And it is worth the marking also which Saint Paul saith of himselfe 2 Tim. 4. 16 17. No man stood with mee notwithstanding the Lord stood with mee and strengthened mee and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lyon and the Lord will deliuer mee from euery euill worke and will preserue mee vnto his heauenly Kingdome Vpon what ground doth Paul speake this surely because he beleeued So then if wee beleeue Gods promises made in the Word wee also may say as boldly as he The Lord will deliuer vs from euery euill worke and will preserue vs vnto his heauenly Kingdome Seeing then all our tribulation comes from the Lord and he deales with vs most wisely and louingly and neuer sends any tribulation but for some good end as namely his owne glory the example of our weake brethren or our owne good in trying purging quickning vs and heaping more glory vpon vs And lastly seeing hee is with vs in all tribulation and helpes vs to beare it and hath promised to giue a gracious issue wee shall shew our selues to be very vnreasonable men if we wil not from hence forth set our selues to be patient in tribulation I will conclude with S. Iames 5. 10. Take my brethren the Prophets who haue spoken in the name of the Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience Behold wee count them happy which inaure Yee haue heard of the patience of Iob and haue seene the end of the Lord that the Lord is very pittifull and of tender mercy Wherefore whatsoeuer your tribulation be Be yee also patient vnto the comming of the Lord. To whom be glory for euer and euer Amen FINIS TEARES OF THE Isle of Wight shed on the Tombe of their most Noble valorous and louing Captaine and Gouernour the right Honourable HENRIE Earle of Southampton who dyed in the Netherlands Nouemb. 10 20 at Bergen-vp-Zone As also the true Image of his Person and Vertues IAMES the Lord Wriothesley Knight of the Bath and Baron of Titchfield who dyed Nouemb. 5 15 at Rosendaell And were both buried in the Sepulcher of their Fathers at Tichfield on Innocents day 1624. They were louely and pleasant in their liues and in their death they were not diuided 2 Sam. 1. 23. Quis tali fando Temperet à lachrymis Honoris Amoris Doloris Ergô HENRYE IAMES WRIOTHESLEY Anagram HERE I SEE MANY WORTHIES LY. Here yee see two but two's not all for why In these two Worthyes many Worthyes dye O what a generation's here surprized Of Noble bloud which was in them comprized Printed at London by William Iones dwelling in Red 〈…〉 TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE THOMAS EARLE OF SOVTHAMPTON All Peace and Happinesse My very Honourable good Lord IT hath pleased God to make your Lordship Heire vnto your most Noble Father and therefore I thinke you haue most right to these Teares which were shed for him and your renowned Elder Brother If I did not know by mine own obseruation that your Lordship was a diligent Obseruer of all your Fathers Vertues touching which also you haue a daily Remembrancer I would exhort you to behold the shadow of them delienated here by those which much admired him liuing and shall neuer cease to honour his Memory and loue those that doe any Honour vnto him The Lord increase the Honour of your House and reioyce ouer you to doe you good vntill hee haue Crowned you with Immortalitie Your Lordships at command W. IONES TO THE READER COming lately to London I found in publike priuat many Monuments of honor loue and griefe to those Great Worthies the Earle of Southampton and his Sonne which lately deceased in the Low-Countries whiles they did Honour to our State and Friends And because it cannot be denied but wee of the Isle of Wight of whom that Noble Earle had the speciall Charge and Care were most obliged vnto his Honour I thought it very meet to publish these Teares which for the greater part were shed in the Island long since for priuate vse and adiudged to darknesse but that my selfe being bound by particular duty to doe all Honour to these Gracious Lords intreated that they might still liue which not without importunitie I obtained And now they are set forth neither for
Brittains soyle How good how great example dy'd in thee When th' Heire of both preuents thy destiny And scarce a pattern's left for those behind To view in one so Great so good a mind Thou Man of Men how little doth thy Name Need any Muses praise to giue it Fame Whose liu'ry gayn'd by merit thou hast worne And beg'd or bought esteeme didst hold in scorne But wast in darkest lustre chillingst cold A perfect Dimond though not set in gold And whether thy regard were good or ill Did'st constant carry one set posture still Needs must the world grow base and poore at last That Honours stock so carelesly doth wast How prodigall is shee that would send forth At once Two Noble Persons of such worth As Great Southampton and his Martiall Heyre VVhen scarce one Age yeelds such another payre Combin'd in resolution as in fate To sacrifice their liues for good of State How forward was his youth how farre from feares As great in hope as hee was young in yeeres How apt and able in each warlike deed To charge his foe to mannage fiery steed Yet these but Essayes were of what was hee Wee but the twilight of his spirit did see What had his Autumne bin wee yet did spy Only the blossoms of his Chieualry Death enuious of his actions hastned Fate Atchieuements glory to anticipate In both whose periods this I truly story That earths best essence is but transitory You valiant hearts that grudged not your blood To spend for Honour Country Altars good Your high attempt your Noble House doe crowne That those to dye in Bed of Fame not 〈…〉 〈…〉 e still admir'd esteem'd belov'd for why Records of Vertue will not let you die Your Actiue Soules in fleshly gyues restrain'd Haue Victory and Palmes of triumph gain'd Your Belgick Feauer doth you Being giue And Phoenix-like you burne and dye and liue Qui per virtutem peritat non interit AR. PRICE Vpon the Life and Death of the Right Honourable HENRIE Earle of Southampton And the Lord Wriothesly his Son Henry Wriothesly Earle of Southampton Anagram Thy Honour is worth the praise of all Men. GREAT WORTHY such is thy renowned Name Say what I can it will make good the same On such a theame I would euen spend my quill If I had meanes according to my will And tho I want fine Poets Wit and Art I gladly streine the sinewes of my heart And prostrate at the Tombe of these two Lords My tongue my pen and what my Fate affords HENRY WRIOTHESLEY Earle of Southampton Anagram Vertue is thy Honour O the praise of all men SOme men not worth but fauour doth aduance Some vulgar breath some riches doe inhance Not so the Noble Squire of whom I treat â—â—ught makes him honour'd but Vertues great Cardinall Morall Theologicall Consider well and behold in him all Yet notwithstanding all his Vertues hee Lies now in dust and darknesse Hereby see How Death can rent the hopes of worthy Squires And dash their proiects and crosse their desires Yet shall not Death triumph in Vertues fall For this his Name is still esteem'd of all Death strooke his Body onely that could die His Fame is fresh his Spirit is gone on hie IAMES WRIOTESLEY Baron of Tichfield Anagram Boyles in Field to reach worthy's Fame O Rare bright Sparke of ancient Chiualry In tender yeeres affecting warlike Glory O Noble Impe of that thrice Noble Sire What was it that thus kindled thy desire Surely 't was thy presaging Spirit For why Hauing small time thou would'st doe worthily Thou took'st thy flight because in heauinesse Would'st not see drown'd a world of Worthinesse Vpon the sudden and immature Death of both the Lords HEre wee see verified All flesh is grasse And the glory thereof like flower of grasse The flower fadeth long before the grasse So worthiest Persons before other passe A comfortable Conclusion THo Death on them hath shew'd his vtmost power Heav'ns King hath crown'd them with th' Immortall flower GVILIELMVS IONE'S Capellanus mestissimus feciâ— invit â Miner FINIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. 3. q. 136. â— â— Ad Eugenium 1. Meanes 2. 〈◊〉 Heb. 6. 19. 4. 5. 1. Medit. 2. Medit. See more in the treatise of faith 3. Medit. Non est ad astra mallis é terris via Senec. 4. Medit. 2 Sam. 10. Iosh. 1. Esay 43. 1. H. 6. 32. 1454. Vti vulgo accipi 〈…〉 fatum pro 〈◊〉 seris 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * * Ita christianus orbis vbique 〈◊〉 solet * * At Thorley in the I le of Wight Silâ—
aduersa aequo animo id est sine turbatione animi Euills that is to say Crosses with an equall minde that is without trouble of mind Now whereas he sayes by euils we must vnderstand only aduersities or crosses t is euident t is no true patience when a man suffers the euill of sin in himselfe or others with a quiet mind Saint Bernard sayes well vera patientia est pati contra quod libeat non praeter quod liceat T is true patience to suffer against our will nor against godlinesse They therefore are greatly to bee blamed which suffer themselues to bee drawne into any sin as drunkennesse or whoredome by leud companions bee they neuer so great Againe whereas t is said that to the making vp of true patience there is required a quiet mind void of perturbation it seemes t is the Lords will that we voluntarily submit our selues vnto affliction Patience perforce is no patience if wee suffer murmuringly and with grudging though we suffer neuer so much t is nothing worth Neither yet let any imagine that wee are here called to such a kind of voluntary suffering that we should run into affliction and of our owne accord enter into temptation T was sencelesly done by Baals Priests to launce themselues And the Romanists cannot without sinne imitate them whiles they whip themselues and goe in haire-cloth and lye on the ground Who requires this at their hands We must quietly vndergo any affliction that is cast vpon vs wee must not voluntarily rush into any tribulation By this which hath beene said t is easie to gather the Doctrine of this Text and t is this All Christians must with a quiet and godly mâ—nd beare all crosses and afflictions that befall them thorough the whole course of their life There is no one dutie wherunto we are oftner called in Scripture then vnto Patience and no maruell For there is no vertue more necessary then patience none more excellent Saint Augustine in his Booke of patience Cap. 1. calls it Magnum Dei donum The great gift of God And the Apostle sayes to all Christians Yee haue need of patience Heb. 10. 36. Well doth hee say Yee haue need of patience because so many are the troubles of the righteous Psalm 34. And no man can come where Christ now is except hee patiently take vp his crosse dayly Luke 9. 23. T is the Apostles resolution Act. 14. 22. Wee must through much tribulation enter into the kingdome of God And if yee search the Scripture yee shall find that tribulation hath beene the lot of the righteous in all ages The first Saint Abel least he should want trouble was assaulted by his owne brother Cain How was Noah troubled with the wicked world Who knowes not the tribulation of Abraham Isaac and Iacob and of all their posteritie in Egypt in the Wildernesse in the Land of Canaan and in Babylon Descend lower and obserue the life of Christ and his followers and yee shall find it full of manifold tribulation what tongue can tell the tribulation of the Primitiue Church and the Christians in all Ages since Yea Paul sets it downe as a Law that shall not bee broken That all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus shall suffer persecution 2 Timothy 3. 12. Obiect The Church hath often and long beene free from tribulation as whiles Ioseph liued in Egypt In the time of Dauid and Salomon And t is written Act. 9. 31. Then had the Churches rest throughout all Iudea and Galile and Samaria So also t is recorded in Constantines time and in the dayes of diuers other Christian Emperours the Church had much peace And how can we forget the wonderfull peace and freedome which our owne Church hath enioyed in the reign of our late blessed Queene Elizabeth and our late Soueraigne Lord King Iames Answ. Though the Church and people of God haue sundry times beene free from publike persecution by the hand of Authority as in Queene Maries dayes As also from open inuasion as in 88. Yet neuer was there wanting some Ismaels and Esaus in the Church to persecute all Isaacs and Iakobs So it was in Saint Pauls time as hee testifies Gal. 4. 29. As he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him that was borne after the spirit so is it now and so hath it beene euer since and so it is now and so shall it be vntill the dissolution of all things All that will liue godly in Christ Iesus shall suffer persecution They shall not alwayes be banished imprisoned wracked tormented burnt c. But they shall bee alwayes hated reproched reuiled slandred nicknamed derided made laughing stocks and table talke and musick for drunkards and wantons and swearing swaggerers and euery idle riotous and vnthriftie companion The mouth of the Lord hath said it Esay 59. 15. He that departeth from euill maketh himselfe a prey that is to say Hee makes himselfe a scorne and derision to all that are round about him which are not resolued to deny vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and to liue soberly righteously and godly in this present world Sheep among wolues can haue no rest No more can the children of God among the children of this world T is worthily obserued by Saint Augustine in Psal. 55. Nunquam deerit persecutio Christiano si ergo pro Christo pressuram non dum pateris vide ne pie in Christo viuere non dum coeperis Persecution shall neuer be wanting to a Christian if therfore as yet thou sufferest no tribulation for Christs sake suspect thy selfe that thou hast not yet begun to liue godly in Christ Iesus If thou liue so priuately that none abroad take notice of thee yet if thou walke with God with an vpright heart the Deuil will raise vp some storme against thee in thine owne Family Thou shalt be sure to find either a mocking Cham or a rebellious Absolon or a spitefull Doeg or a cursing Shemei or a false hearted Ioab or a scoffing Michol Lastly if all the world would let thee alone yet if thou be a child of God thou shalt in no case want some tribulation long Some sicknesse or weaknesse shall take hold vpon thee Some anguish of heart or griefe of mind shall trouble thee Crosses will come one in the neck of another Thou shalt lose thy goods by Sea by Land by Fire by Thieues Thy hopefull Corne-fields shall bee blighted thy sheepe and thy fatlings shall die in thy pasture thy louing friends nay thy beloued children shall be taken from thee some whiles they hang on the brests others when they are growne vp and are of great hope Nay more thy dearest Rachel shall bee taken out of thy bosome or the Lord will take away from thy head thy glory thy sweet companion thy staffe thy comfort Some way or other thou shalt surely be afflicted for the Spirit of Truth hath said it Heb. 12. 6. Whom the Lord loueth hee chasteneth and scourgeth euery sonne whom