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A09013	The rose, and lily Delivered at the lecture, in Ashby de-la-zouch in the county of Leicester. By William Parks, Master of Arts, and curat of Chelaston in the county of Derby.	Parks, William, curat of Chelaston.	1639 (1639)	STC 19303; ESTC S102532	67,453	210

the Church is profitable and healthfull to her members Shee restores health to her members by monitions and admonitions strengthning them that are sound by wholesome Doctrine and restoring them that are sicke by good discipline But if any member be past cure then w Ovid Metamorph Immedicabile vulnus Ense redendū est ne pars sincera trahatur Then shee cuts it off by the spirituall sword of Excommunication Those that are in the barren Wildernes without the pale of the Church are miserable there is mors in olla death is in their pot but those that are within the pale of the Church in that fruitfull Field are happy there is health in her bosome The Church of God is the House of God x 1 Tim. 3.15 the Pillar and ground of truth And shee is very profitable unto her members Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus is a common saying among the fathers without the Church there is no salvation Without the Church they cannot attayne unto the right of adoption whereby they that live faithfully are made actually the children of GOD. They that continue in the Ship of the Church are secure y Doctor Boy though the Sea make a noyse and stormes arise but hee that utterly forsakes the Ship of the Church and swims either in the cockboate of heresies or upon the windy bladders of his owne conceipt shall never touch the land of the living Those that are out of the Church have not the communion and interest of the members with the head and being no part of his body how can they lay claime to his benefits or challenge right to the Kingdome of heaven And to this purpose heaven is called z Acts. 26.18 the inheritance of them which are sanctifyed by faith in CHRIST Nothing now remaines to be spoken of at this time but onely that every one fill his pitcher with this water and carry it home for his owne use which that wee may doe I shall briefly apply First in that the Church is the red Rose by persecution every one should learne patience in his affliction Remember the sufferings of Christ wee doe but sup of that Cup which hee dranke quite off Nihil est quod non aequanimiter tolleretur si passio Christi in memoriam revocetur a St. Gregory There is no affliction so great no crosse so grievous that will not easily be borne by us if wee doe remember the sufferings of Christ And therefore Vniversa pro eo sustine qui prius pro te Majora sustinuit saith St. Bernard b de Resurrec Dom. suffer some persecution for his sake that suffered more for thine Secondly let us labour for our Renovation that our newnes of life may send forth a sweet savour in our conversation Thirdly in that the Church and the members thereof shall rise from the dead it affords matter of our consolation For so the Prophet David speakes c Psa 16.9.10 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoyceth my flesh also shall rest in hope for thou wilt not leave my soule in hell neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption Fourthly seeing the Church is of Gods owne plantation let us looke to our fructification Our Saviour putteth forth the parable of the Figge tree to us d Luke 13.6 A certaine man had a Figge Tree in his Vineyard and hee came and sought fruit thereon three Yeares Every one of us is a Tree planted in the Vineyard of the Church God hath expected fruit of us three Yeares in generall of the whole Kingdome under the Raignes of our most gracious Soveraignes Queene Elizabeth King Iames and King Charles in particular of every private persons the three ages of mans life infancy youth old age let not us give him the bark of an outward profession onely nor the leaves of good works but the fruit of good workes Lastly seeing the Church is open to all commers let every one of us labour to be of that corporation that we may bee partakers of all the benefits that accrew thereby and that being members of the Church militant we may reigne with the Church triumphant Which God grant unto us all for Iesus Christs sake To whom with the Father and the holy Ghost three persons and one God be al honour and praise now and for ever Amen THE ROSE AND LILY. DELIVERED AT THE LECTVRE In ASHBY de-la-zouch in the County of Leicester By WILLIAM PARKS Master of Arts and curat of Chelaston in the County of DERBY 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Discendum propter docendum LONDON Printed by JOHN NORTON 1638. To The Right Worshipfull his much Honoured friend THOMAS PARKS Esquier SIR IF Elisha were at a stand when hee considered what the good Shunamite had done for him that hee askes a 2 Kings 4.13 What is to bee done againe for her And Ahasuerus for Mordecay when hee had receaved a good turne from him that hee saies b Esther 6.3 What hath beene done to him for this How much more maie I saie of you you have been beneficiall to mee from my Youth What dutie and service shall J returne to you againe J confesse that if there bee anie thing in these my weake labours that maie deserue acceptance you maie justlie challenge it as your owne Without whose bountie I had not lived in the University nor attained to that small measure of knowledge that J have And therefore being able to doe nothing else J commit this Sermon to your Patronage and protection and your selfe your fruitfull Vine and Olive branches to the protection of the Almighty desiring him to give you the blessings of his Right hand and of his left to fill you with the blessing of grace heere and of glorie hereafter Yours to be commanded in Christ Jesus WILLIAM PARKES THE ROSE AND LILY. SOLOMONS SONG 2.1 J am the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the vallyes WHat S. Ierome sayes a Ad Paulin. of the Catholique Epistles of S. Peter S. James S. John and S. Jude Breves esse pariter long as that they are both short and long so may I say of this Text it is short in words but long in matter And what S. Austin sayes b Praefat in Psal 87. of the fourescore and seaventh Psalme Brevis est numero verborum magnus pondere sententiarum that it is short in regard of the number of the words long in respect of the weightines of the matter so may I say of this Text it is a short sentence but full of sence conteyning matter for almost as many Sermons as it conteynes words It being but five words in the Originall yet is the subject of foure Sermons Three of them have been delivered formerly and now the fourth the same assistance strengthing and the same patience expecting is to be prosecuted in shewing you wherein the Church resembles the Lily of the Valleys First the Lily is open toward heaven but close and

low a Worme should swell and thinke to bee great The Disciple k Mat. 10.24 is not greater then his Master nor the servant above his Lord Vt exaltari voluit sicut Dominus humiliari noluit sicut servus l Marc. Marul That hee should be exalted as his Lord that will not bee humbled as a servant And therefore Si vis capere celsitudinem Dei cape prius humilitatem Christi is the counsell of Saint Bernard m Epist If thou desirest to bee partaker of the glory of God follow Christ in the steps of humility through this valley of misery that thou mayst ascend to him to the Mountaine of Majesty Which GOD grant wee may all doe for Iesus Christs sake To whom with the Father and the Blessed Spirit bee all honour and glory now and for ever more Amen THE ROSE AND LILY. DELIVERED AT THE LECTVRE In ASHBY de-la-zouch in the County of Leicester By WILLIAM PARKS Master of Arts and curat of Chelaston in the County of DERBY 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Discendum propter docendum LONDON Printed by JOHN NORTON 1638. To the Right Honorable Sr. RICHARD FENN Knight Lord Major of the City of London And to the right Worshipfull the Master Wardens and Assistants of the Company of HABERDASHERS LONDON I May perhaps by some bee accounted a right Son of Levi a Numb 16.7 in taking too much upon mee to present this Sermon to your Patronage Right Worshipfull But it hath some right and title to you who shew your selves to bee members of the Church in extending your charitie to them that are farre off For you doe not take delight as Cyrus did b Xenophon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in putting men in good hopes but in doing good deeds allowing good helpes to maintaine manie of the Sonnes of the Prophets Among the rest J was one that had an exhibition from your Company while I lived in the University This I could not forget and therefore though I cannot doe any thing by way of requitall with David c 1 Kings 2.7 to Barzillai Jonathan d 2 Sam. 9.7 yet J must ever by way of thankefull acknowledgement pray for your society as S. Paul did for the house of Onesiphorus e 2 Tim. 1.16 The Lord give mercie unto you all and grant that you may all finde mercie of the Lord in that day Your Honors and Worships to bee commanded in all Christian duties WILLIAM PARKES THE ROSE AND LILY. SOLOMONS SONG 2.1 J am the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the vallyes WHen Balak brought Balaam to the top of Pisgah a Numbers 23.13 14. hee shewed him onely the utmost part of the children of Israel but did not shew him all so may I say unto you I have brought you as it were to the top of Pisgah whence you have seene onely the utmost part of those mysteries that concerne our Saviour Christ but cannot shew you all Wee have all this while but floated on this deepe Ocean we are not able to fadome it It is as much impossible for the wit and learning of one man though he have b Ps 45.1 the Pen of a ready writer and c 1 Cor. 13.1 speake with the tongue of men and Angels fully to comprehend and expresse those mysteries as it is for a Boy to empty the Ocean Sea with an Oyster-shell And therefore as the Paynter Tymanthes being to expresse Agamemnons griefe conceived for the losse of his daughter Iphigenia drew him with his face covered over with a veyle that men might conceive of that sorrow which hee could not expresse so I being to speake of those great mysteries of Christs passion resurrection humility and the rest must needs have passed many things over with the veyle of silence as being not able perfectly to decipher them Now then give mee leave to alter the subject of my Text and to leave it as it concernes Christ and to follow it as it respects the Church for of that subject the Church doe some d Cald●e Para. ●hrast Aynswor●th Brightman in locum expound the Text as you formerly were also told For what is written of Ianus that hee had two faces praeterita retospiciens futura prospiciens looking two wayes forwards and backwards so may I say of this Text it hath two faces one looking toward Christ the other toward the Church I have already in some measure unveyled that that lookes upon Christ and now I must unmaske that which lookes downe on the Church As I have shewed how Christ doth so now I must shew you wherein the Church doth resemble the Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Vallies But because the spouse ought to bee correspondent to the husband the members to be proportionable to the head and the mysticall body of Christ conformable to himselfe therefore I shall not need to seeke out any new and untrodden path but follow the same way I have already gone First therefore as the rednes and prickles of the Rose did represent Christs passion so doth it represent the Churches trouble and persecution Secondly the sweet smell of the Rose doth intimate the Churches sweet conversation upon earth and Thirdly the Roses being dead in winter but budding out againe shewes the resurrection from the dead First of the first as the Rose is full of prickles so is the Church alwayes subject to persecution The sweetenes of the Rose is joyned with prickles which doth plainly teach that Quae jucunda vobis sunt O homines tristibus permixta sunt saith St. Bazill c Hom. 〈◊〉 Paradiso sweet and sowre mirth and mourning are intermixed together in this life Nocte pluit tota redeunt spectacula mane saith the Poet f Virgil. Weeping may endure for a night but joy commeth in the Morning saith the Prophet g Ps 30.5 Iulius Caesar was one day renowned in the Senate accounted a Pater patriae a father of his Country often Praetor and invested with princely honour The next day as it were you may see him loose his honour and bee reputed a tyrant accounted no pater patriae but ho●lis patriae no father of his countrey but a factor against it no Praetor to defend it but praedator a preyer upon it to spoyle it not saluted but slaine in the Senate and from an Emperour turned to a dead carkasse Our Saviour Christ himselfe when hee was upon the earth did find this intercourse of things for upon Mount Tabor hee was transfigured with glory that his face did shine upon Mount Calvary hee was disfigured with sorrow that confusion did cover his face and such is the condition of man in this life sometimes he is lifted up on the Mountaines of prosperity and sometimes hee is cast downe into the valley of adversity sometimes hee walkes in the sun-shine of peace and plenty and sometimes in the shade of trouble and persecution But the Church doth usually lie open to