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A20769 Certaine treatises of the late reverend and learned divine, Mr Iohn Downe, rector of the church of Instow in Devonshire, Bachelour of Divinity, and sometimes fellow of Emanuell Colledge in Cambridge. Published at the instance of his friends; Selections Downe, John, 1570?-1631.; Hakewill, George, 1578-1649. 1633 (1633) STC 7152; ESTC S122294 394,392 677

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say_v charitas_fw-la incipit_fw-la a_o seipso_fw-la charity_n ever_o begin_v at_o a_o man_n own_o self_n and_o where_o this_o self-love_n be_v it_o must_v needs_o breed_v a_o natural_a desire_n to_o preserve_v himself_o beside_o this_o love_n nature_n have_v put_v into_o he_o fear_v also_o fear_v of_o whatsoever_o evil_n will_v either_o hurt_n or_o destroy_v he_o now_o fear_v as_o the_o same_o philosopher_n teach_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o preserver_n whereupon_o the_o woman_n because_o she_o be_v ordain_v to_o keep_v &_o preserve_v thing_n at_o home_n be_v make_v more_o fearful_a than_o the_o man_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n also_o have_v god_n put_v his_o fear_n into_o the_o heart_n of_o all_o his_o saint_n to_o preserve_v they_o from_o that_o horrible_a and_o dangerous_a sin_n of_o apostasy_n and_o fall_v away_o from_o he_o as_o the_o prophet_n say_v so_o that_o fear_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o sentinel_n of_o the_o heart_n because_o danger_n make_v it_o vigilant_a and_o the_o nature_n thereof_o be_v contrary_a to_o security_n last_o beside_o this_o love_n and_o fear_n there_o be_v in_o man_n a_o understanding_n also_o and_o a_o memory_n out_o of_o which_o be_v breed_v experience_n and_o from_o experience_n proceed_v the_o moral_a habit_n of_o prudence_n by_o which_o man_n be_v enable_v against_o danger_n both_o to_o foresee_v they_o and_o to_o prevent_v they_o for_o prudence_n as_o cicero_n say_v be_v ars_fw-la vivendi_fw-la ut_fw-la medicina_fw-la valetudinis_fw-la the_o art_n of_o live_v as_o physic_n be_v of_o health_n and_o what_o do_v all_o this_o argue_v but_o that_o it_o be_v man_n duty_n to_o preserve_v himself_o for_o as_o man_n have_v be_v most_o provident_a and_o circumspect_a this_o way_n so_o have_v they_o ever_o be_v count_v and_o esteem_v most_o prudent_a unto_o this_o instinct_n of_o nature_n may_v we_o add_v the_o warrant_n of_o the_o gospel_n for_o grace_n take_v not_o away_o nature_n but_o subordinate_n nature_n unto_o itself_o and_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o logician_n subordinata_fw-la non_fw-la pugnant_fw-la thing_n subordinate_a one_o unto_o another_o do_v not_o destroy_v one_o the_o other_o now_o that_o the_o gospel_n of_o grace_n allow_v it_o as_o well_o as_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v manifest_a for_o do_v not_o christ_n himself_o allow_v it_o never_o when_o he_o say_v be_v wise_a as_o serpent_n do_v he_o not_o say_v when_o they_o persecute_v you_o in_o one_o city_n fly_v into_o another_o 23._o do_v not_o saint_n paul_n also_o give_v we_o this_o caveat_n beware_v of_o dog_n beware_v of_o concision_n and_o advise_v we_o elsewhere_o to_o walk_v wise_o to_o walk_v wary_o to_o walk_v circumspect_o and_o again_o alexander_n the_o coppersmith_n have_v do_v i_o much_o evil_n 4.14.15_o of_o who_o also_o do_v thou_o beware_v many_o counsel_n to_o this_o effect_n have_v be_v in_o the_o proverb_n of_o solomon_n among_o the_o rest_n let_v this_o one_o serve_v for_o all_o 1●_n a_o prudent_a man_n see_v the_o plague_n and_o hide_v himself_o but_o the_o foolish_a man_n go_v on_o still_o and_o be_v punish_v conformable_a unto_o these_o rule_n have_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n ever_o be_v noah_n to_o avoid_v the_o danger_n of_o the_o flood_n build_v a_o ark_n and_o put_v himself_o into_o it_o joseph_n in_o egypt_n lay_v up_o store_n of_o corn_n against_o the_o dear_a year_n to_o avoid_v famish_v joseph_n and_o mary_n with_o their_o young_a babe_n retire_v into_o egypt_n to_o avoid_v the_o fury_n of_o herod_n david_n wise_o provide_v for_o himself_o to_o escape_v all_o the_o snare_n and_o plot_n of_o saul_n christ_n himself_o careful_o seek_v to_o deliver_v himself_o from_o the_o treacherous_a design_n of_o his_o malicious_a enemy_n and_o memorable_a be_v
the_o limitation_n of_o this_o wisdom_n for_o it_o be_v not_o boundless_a and_o infinite_a but_o as_o unto_o the_o sea_n so_o unto_o it_o also_o term_n be_v set_v which_o it_o may_v not_o pass_v pone_fw-la modum_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la set_v a_o measure_n to_o thy_o wisdom_n 23.4_o say_v solomon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o wise_a above_o that_o thou_o ought_v to_o be_v wise_a say_v saint_n paul_n and_o the_o philosopher_n make_v it_o a_o extreme_a of_o wisdom_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v wise_a above_o measure_n what_o then_o be_v the_o measure_n what_o be_v the_o limit_n of_o wisdom_n be_v serpent_n say_v our_o saviour_n yet_o dove_n be_v wise_a yet_o innocent_a be_v you_o wise_a as_o serpent_n and_o innocent_a as_o dove_n be_v innocent_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n derive_v from_o the_o privative_a particle_n ae_z and_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o signify_v simple_a without_o mixture_n or_o from_o the_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o horn_n signify_v harmless_a or_o hurtless_a the_o syrian_a translation_n turn_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perfect_a entire_a upright_o tota_n innocentia_fw-la say_v augustine_n ad_fw-la unum_fw-la verbum_fw-la justitiae_fw-la redigitur_fw-la innocence_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o justice_n and_o elsewhere_o innocentia_fw-la est_fw-la quae_fw-la nemini_fw-la nocet_fw-la nec_fw-la nocere_fw-la velit_fw-la innocence_n be_v that_o which_o neither_o do_v nor_o will_v hurt_v any_o be_v innocent_a then_o and_o innocent_a as_o dove_n not_o as_o serpent_n in_o the_o winter_n time_n which_o though_o they_o sting_v nor_o then_o be_v benumb_v with_o cold_a yet_o be_v full_a of_o venom_n but_o as_o dove_n which_o be_v utter_o void_a of_o malice_n and_o have_v no_o desire_n to_o hurt_v for_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o dove_n be_v describe_v in_o this_o one_o distich_n est_fw-la sine_fw-la felle_fw-fr gemit_fw-la rostro_fw-la non_fw-la laedit_fw-la &_o ungue_fw-la possidet_fw-la innocuos_fw-la puraque_fw-la grana_fw-la legit_fw-la she_o be_v without_o gall_n mourn_v hurt_v not_o with_o her_o bill_n have_v harmless_a claw_n and_o feed_v on_o pure_a grain_n so_o that_o all_o these_o thing_n consider_v dovelike_a innocence_n consist_v in_o these_o three_o thing_n first_o to_o do_v no_o hurt_n second_o to_o do_v all_o good_a three_o to_o do_v both_o with_o all_o sincerity_n to_o do_v no_o hurt_n that_o we_o be_v not_o vicious_a to_o do_v all_o good_a or_o else_o we_o be_v not_o virtuous_a and_o to_o season_v all_o with_o sincerity_n or_o else_o it_o be_v counterfeit_a virtue_n and_o so_o double_a iniquity_n and_o these_o duty_n be_v to_o be_v perform_v not_o only_o to_o those_o that_o be_v of_o the_o household_n of_o faith_n by_o reason_n of_o that_o mystical_a union_n that_o be_v betwixt_o we_o and_o they_o in_o christ_n but_o general_o also_o unto_o all_o man_n be_v make_v of_o the_o same_o mould_n and_o unite_v into_o the_o brotherhood_n of_o the_o same_o blood_n so_o then_o innocency_n be_v unto_o wisdom_n as_o hercules_n pillar_n beyond_o which_o it_o may_v not_o pass_v and_o our_o saviour_n allow_v man_n to_o be_v wise_a with_o innocence_n and_o for_o innocence_n but_o not_o against_o it_o but_o what_o if_o by_o innocence_n i_o can_v escape_v the_o danger_n must_v i_o still_o persist_v in_o my_o innocence_n if_o job_n wife_n may_v be_v judge_n she_o will_v say_v do_v thou_o still_o continue_v in_o thy_o uprightness_n blaspheme_n god_n and_o die_v 2.9_o but_o job_n tell_v she_o in_o so_o say_v she_o be_v but_o a_o foolish_a woman_n 10._o for_o the_o law_n of_o god_n be_v eternal_a immutable_a inflexible_a and_o the_o breach_n thereof_o be_v sin_n and_o the_o least_o sin_n be_v great_a than_o the_o great_a of_o other_o evil_n as_o be_v most_o repugnant_a unto_o the_o nature_n of_o god_n and_o therefore_o most_o odious_a unto_o he_o in_o regard_v whereof_o the_o true_a saint_n of_o god_n will_v not_o for_o a_o million_o of_o life_n forgo_v their_o innocence_n david_n though_o he_o have_v both_o opportunity_n and_o power_n yet_o will_v he_o not_o to_o secure_v himself_o lay_v hand_n on_o saul_n 24.14_o according_a to_o the_o ancient_a proverb_n say_v he_o let_v wickedness_n proceed_v from_o the_o wicked_a but_o my_o hand_n shall_v not_o be_v upon_o he_o though_o he_o kill_v i_o yet_o will_v i_o trust_v in_o he_o say_v job._n if_o i_o perish_v i_o perish_v say_v hester_n when_o she_o be_v to_o do_v a_o necessary_a but_o dangerous_a duty_n we_o be_v not_o careful_a to_o answer_v thou_o in_o this_o matter_n neither_o will_v we_o worship_v thy_o idol_n say_v the_o three_o child_n though_o threaten_v otherwise_o to_o be_v cast_v into_o a_o fiery_a furnace_n and_o the_o prince_n of_o conde_n be_v command_v of_o three_o thing_n to_o choose_v one_o either_o perpetual_a imprisonment_n or_o death_n or_o to_o go_v to_o mass_n mass_n quoth_v he_o i_o never_o will_v the_o other_o two_o i_o leave_v to_o the_o prince_n pleasure_n but_o what_o speak_v i_o of_o saint_n even_o heathen_a man_n acknowledge_v that_o innocence_n be_v to_o be_v hold_v notwithstanding_o all_o outward_a evil_n it_o be_v better_a say_v socrates_n to_o suffer_v then_o to_o do_v wrong_a there_o be_v some_o thing_n say_v aristotle_n to_o which_o a_o good_a man_n must_v never_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v constrain_v but_o rather_o endure_v all_o extremity_n yea_o death_n itself_o whereupon_o socrates_n i_o will_v rather_o die_v a_o thousand_o time_n then_o forsake_v my_o station_n and_o another_o the_o very_a coward_n in_o the_o world_n be_o i_o to_o do_v evil_a and_o yet_o another_o it_o be_v not_o the_o part_n of_o a_o virtuous_a man_n to_o say_v this_o i_o will_v not_o suffer_v but_o this_o i_o will_v not_o do_v and_o fabritius_n obtain_v that_o honourable_a testimony_n of_o his_o enemy_n pyrrhus_n that_o the_o sun_n will_v soon_o go_v out_o of_o his_o course_n than_o he_o stray_v out_o of_o the_o way_n of_o honesty_n so_o that_o by_o the_o testimony_n both_o of_o nature_n and_o grace_n the_o law_n of_o innocence_n be_v no_o lesbian_a rule_n flexible_a to_o all_o occasion_n but_o according_a to_o the_o old_a say_n fiat_n justitia_fw-la &_o ruant_fw-la caeli_fw-la justice_n must_v be_v do_v though_o upon_o do_v the_o same_o heaven_n and_o earth_n come_v together_o if_o this_o be_v so_o will_v some_o man_n say_v how_o then_o can_v we_o be_v both_o wise_a and_o innocent_a at_o once_o very_o well_o for_o as_o ambrose_n say_v individuum_fw-la justitiae_fw-la &_o prudentiae_fw-la contubernium_fw-la wisdom_n and_o innocence_n be_v inseparable_a companion_n for_o first_o a_o man_n can_v be_v true_o innocent_a except_o he_o be_v wise_a for_o in_o all_o virtuous_a action_n prudence_n of_o necessity_n must_v be_v the_o director_n see_v it_o be_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o soul_n without_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v do_v cum_fw-la electione_n &_o modo_fw-la upon_o choice_n and_o in_o measure_n whereupon_o say_v aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v good_a without_o wisdom_n second_o neither_o can_v a_o man_n be_v wise_a without_o innocence_n for_o although_o there_o be_v a_o wisdom_n equivocal_o so_o call_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o resemblance_n it_o have_v with_o the_o true_a wisdom_n be_v able_a both_o to_o find_v out_o and_o to_o menage_n convenient_a mean_n unto_o worldly_a and_o evil_a end_n yet_o this_o saint_n paul_n call_v the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o saint_n james_n a_o earthly_a sensual_a and_o devilish_a wisdom_n but_o the_o true_a wisdom_n be_v from_o above_o &_o therefore_o pure_a peaceable_a easy_a to_o be_v entreat_v full_a of_o mercy_n and_o good_a fruit_n without_o judge_v and_o without_o hypocrisy_n that_o be_v in_o one_o word_n innocent_a hence_o be_v it_o that_o the_o scripture_n term_v sinner_n fool_n because_o they_o be_v not_o innocent_a and_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o top_n of_o wisdom_n because_o it_o be_v innocent_a hence_o also_o it_o be_v that_o moses_n tell_v the_o israelite_n their_o wisdom_n consist_v in_o observe_v the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o that_o david_n say_v by_o they_o he_o become_v wise_a than_o his_o teacher_n wise_a than_o the_o ancient_n and_o the_o same_o david_n have_v advise_v prince_n and_o judge_n to_o be_v wise_a and_o learned_a add_v present_o kiss_v the_o son_n intimate_v thereby_o that_o wisdom_n can_v be_v without_o religious_a innocence_n so_o that_o as_o innocence_n can_v be_v without_o wisdom_n so_o neither_o can_v a_o man_n be_v wise_a without_o innocence_n and_o here_o in_o the_o very_a light_n of_o nature_n accord_v also_o with_o scripture_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v aristotle_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v wise_a and_o not_o
fearful_a end_n and_o indeed_o to_o what_o end_n have_v god_n put_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n this_o passion_n of_o fear_n but_o to_o decline_v and_o avoid_v all_o such_o evil_n as_o will_v destroy_v he_o or_o afflict_v he_o take_v away_o fear_n and_o man_n will_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d despise_v all_o danger_n and_o run_v headlong_o into_o all_o mischief_n but_o fear_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o a_o preserve_n nature_n as_o say_v the_o philosopher_n incline_v and_o persuade_v man_n careful_o to_o keep_v himself_o from_o danger_n if_o then_o to_o come_v to_o a_o issue_n you_o will_v not_o work_v mischief_n unnatural_o unto_o your_o own_o self_n if_o you_o will_v avoid_v the_o magistrate_n fury_n if_o you_o will_v not_o incur_v the_o rigour_n of_o the_o law_n nor_o fall_v upon_o the_o edge_n of_o the_o sword_n of_o justice_n you_o must_v needs_o be_v subject_a but_o what_o need_n will_v some_o man_n say_v so_o much_o to_o fear_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o 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