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A00733	A watch-word, or, The allarme, or, A good take heed A sermon preached at White-Hall in the open preaching place the last Lent before King Charles. By the R.R. Father in God T.F. the then bishop of Landaffe, now of S. Dauids.	Field, Theophilus, 1574-1636.	1628 (1628)	STC 10863; ESTC S118351	18,022	64

of the surfetted body wherein the soule lies buried Wee will allow it to be an instrument of the soule but a dull and vntoward one Corpus degrauat animam the body is a burthen to the soule saith the wiseman Sap. 9. 15. Bee it one of the essentiall parts of man 't is the worser the earthy and the brute part And here admire we with adoration and adore we with admiration the wisdome and power of God who vnited and ioyned toge-in so sweete and stable a yoke of marriage as it were two so vnsuitable things as are Heauen and Earth a Spirit and Flesh which flesh of ours through the taint of sinne like Iobs wife becomes a bosome enemie a trayterous inmate to our selues a broker and pander for Sathan I take it now as it is a cage of vncleane birds a foule denne of beastly lusts for being swept it is a temple of the holy Ghost 1 Cor. 6. 19 If we giue the body too much wee feede a foe If too litle we kill a friend It behooues vs therefore in a godly iealousie to beate downe this rebell flesh who like Platoes friend is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a changeable creature a very Camelion Sometimes so treacherous that Scriptures and Fathers cry out Crucifigatur crucifigatur let him be crucified Sometime so obedient that Saint Bernard restores her to her dowry and the right of a wife Amet S. Bernard Adam Euam suam Amet Anima carnem suam ita tamen amet vt non tota in carnem transeat Let Adam loue his Eue the soule her flesh but let her so loue it that she takes heede that shee become not altogether fleshly While shee is as Sarah was to Abraham and cals the soule Lord 1 Pet. 3. 6. she is worthy to be loued and cherished Yet take we heede that by fauouring of the body too much we effeminate not the soule Now if I should make an anatomie of this body I could discouer in euery limme in euery veyne and artery an Inlet for Sinne and Sathan The body is as tinder apt to be fired by euery spark the Deuil casts vpon it It is therefore requisite that this powder be kept in close vessels and that the passages be stopt according to the rule of Saint Gregorie Ad cordis S. Gregory munditiem sensuum disciplina seruanda est Clense the Limbecke of the senses lest thence some pollution drop into the soule The Arabians prouerbe is elegant Obstrue quinque fenestras vt luceat domus shut the fiue windowes that the house may be lightsome Attende oculis Take heed 1. Eyes to thine eyes that they looke not out to behold vanitie that they grow not red through lust and drunkennesse * Et dixit quidam Iuuenes habere in oculis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Pet. 2. 14. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke signifies Girles and the pupils of the eyes S. Peter saw both together Eyes full of adultery The Eye is an Arch-traitour to the heart with whom it is of counsell yet keepes intelligence with the Deuill mans grand enemie blabs to Him his most secret and sudden thoughts thereby excites him to assault vs when we are at weakest and vpon his first assault yeelds vp our strongest Fort. Vntill Adam and Eue lusted with their eyes Sinne and Sathan entred Gen 3. 1. not their hearts An ill thought is brought forth growne vp and able to worke before one can say Take heed he that looketh vpon a woman lusteth after her euē in that cast of his Math 5. 28 eye hath already committed adultery What guard then is sufficient to set vpon these swift thoughts which like lightning blast and retire like thunder claps and strikes dead and all in an instant It is Gods goodnesse to vs that hath placed in the eye both the Malady and the Remedy Visum fletum the facultie of seeing and the sluce of teares vt qui delinquant vidende poeniteant plorando as one well notes that they who haue offended by seeing may be recouered by weeping Attende auribus The Eares are 2. Eares giuen vs to be conueyers of Faith and Conduit pipes of knowledge but wee make them impure tunnells to sucke in greedily 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the very dregs Ephe 4. 29 and lees of rotten communication which corrupt the manners and defile the soule of man learne of the deafe Adder to stop them Attende ori attende linguae Take 3. The Tongue Iam 3. 5 6. heed to thy tongue It is a wild beast world of wickednesse It sets on fire the whole frame of Nature It speakes ill of them that are in authority blurs innocency sets priuate men together by the eares disturbes the publike peace of the State The Portcullis of the Teeth and the Counter-scarfe of the lips are not sufficient to keepe in this vnruly member vnlesse with Dauid we daily pray Set a watch before Psal 141. 3 the doores of my lips that God heare vs which we haue need to doe vncessantly For the mouth though it be Lyra animata a liuing Harpe yet it is more apt to be a Babylonian dulcimer then an Instrument for the Songs of Zyon I might heere blocke vp the other Ports and pursue the rest of the Traytors but let it suffice that as in the suppression of a great Rebellion I shew the heads of the chiefe Rebels as it were vpon stakes And here I cannot passe by without looking into the Traitors vault the Heart The Heart as it is the Center of the 4. The Heart body is but a little lumpe of flesh and will scarsely serue a Kite for a breakefast yet all the world will not serue it to wander in there is such an endlesse maze of exorbitant desires in it it continually casteth vp sulphureous flames of lust and reuenge And which makes the malice and malady thereof more incurable that of the heart is a secret and subtile wickednesse vnsearchable to man himselfe or others The heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill and madnesse is in their heart Eccles 93. while they liue saith the wiseman Eccl. 9. 3. And againe Cor hominis Deo vt lutum figulo mans heart is in Gods hands as clay in the potters Wherevpon saith an ancient Father It is indeede lutum deo as stiffe and hard clay to God had neede of much tempering before it can be made conformable to Gods will But it is also Caro Doemoni a heart of flesh to the Deuill very pliable to any wickednesse he shall put it to or into it Should wee neuer see ill example should wee liue out of any outward tentation yet our owne heart in it selfe is so wicked that it would tempt vs to and teach vs all manner of wickednesse there is such a perpetuall spring of wickednesse there that without Gods speciall Grace we could not one minute of our life cease to doe wickedly in the