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A00408	The triall of true teares. Or the summons to repentance whereby the secure sinner is taught how to escape the terrible sentence of the supreame iudge. Meditated vpon Christes weeping ouer Ierusalem, very necessarie for these present times. By William Est, Maister of Arts, and preacher of Gods Word.	Est, William, 1546 or 7-1625.	1613 (1613)	STC 10538; ESTC S118581	39,437	98

out teares in neuer so great abundance for the losse of Parents Children Friendes or Riches are they to any purpose at all But when through sinne wee haue lost God if we seeke him by the faithfull teares of Repentance we may finde him againe This is the onely ende to which all our sorrowe is to be directed Tell me if anie hauing sore Eyes should haue a precious and approoued water that would cure all diseases of the eies should neglecting his Eyes wash his Feete with the same were he not iustly to be reputed a mad-man So the teares of Repentance as an wholesome Medicine serue onely for the ruptures of sinne which being bestowed vpon any worldly thing are altogether vaine and of no effect Euen as the ashes of a burnt Viper are a present remedie against the venemous byting of a Viper So the sorrow that proceedeth of sinne is a remedy against the punishment of sinne past and a Cautele against iterating of sinne If wee highly esteeme of the Waters of Hearbs and Flowers which are approoued for the curing of diuers diseases wounds of the body why do we not more esteeme of the Teares of contrition more precious then any Balsamum for the curing of the Woundes and Vlcers of the soule Euen as when an house is on fire they that would quenche it haue their refuge vnto the waters So when the flames of wicked desires are kindled in the soule the teares of Repentance are a soueraigne water for the quenching of the same Euen as when a darke Clowd falleth downe into Raine the Skie becommeth cleare So a sinfull soule the clowde of sinne through Repentance being dissolued into Teares becommeth the more bright and cleere both to knowe God and it selfe This profitable sorrow vpon the considerations of their sinnes was well knowne to the Saints of God as it appeareth by the frequent vse thereof which in Dauid flo●ed with so plentifull a streame that he saide I cause my Bed euery night to swimme water my Couche with my Teares Againe My Teares haue beene my meate Day and Night Oh that God would lighten our mindes with the beames of his holy spirite that we might see the filthines of sinne the danger of the sinner As a wayfaring man that in a darksome night resteth his weary limbs in a Caue full of Serpents and sweetely taketh his rest mistrusting no danger if one should come in with a Torche burning that hee might see the hideous filthie Serpents hissing and crawling about him he would presently start vp and take small delight to stay in that place So if God of his mercie would inlighten our hearts with the beames of his Grace that we might see the filthy and vgly face of sinne we would not endure the filthines thereof In that our Sauiour wepte in the midst of the Honours Ioy and applause of the multitude wherewith they receiued him into the Citie We are taught to contemne the vaine ioyes and pleasures of the world which are alwayes mixed with sorrowe and shall in short time bee turned into mourning Extrema gaudij Luctus occupat The ende of that mirth is heauinesse Miscentur tristia laetis For what else are the vaine pleasures honours and delights of the World but as one saieth Spuma Fumus Somnium A Froth Smoke a dreame A froth or fume Quia inflat because it puffeth vp a smoke Quia excaecat because it maketh blinde a dreame Quia euanescit because it quickly vanisheth away Here we haue in the Sonne of God himselfe both an example and an effectuall medicine against the loue of the world and the pompe and glorie thereof which our common aduersary laboureth by all meanes to incite and kindle in our harts For he knoweth wel that when we are once blinded with this loue there is nothing else to be required then is there a Doore opened for him to doe what he will And surely it is wonderfull to see the subtilty of this Iugling Impostor for though the glory of the World be most fraile fleeting and short deceitfull and momentany Yet this pernitious Painter so disguiseth it with delightsome and Artificiall colours that men doubt not to vndergoe all extreamities to leaue no sinne vnpractised that they may obtaine worldly glorie Here the Diuell seemeth to me to be like an Excellent Mathematician which through skill of his Arte Perspectiue draweth certaine lines in a Table with such proportion and cunning that it seemeth to be the trueth of the thing it selfe and if thou ●ooke through his Geometrical Instrumēt called Dioptra thou wilt suppose that there are most beautifull formes figures of the whole World whē in very deede there ●s nothing else but simple and bare Lines Such is the crafte of this auncient Serpent For when the glorie of this World is a ●hing so vaine and vanishing he delinea●eth and painteth it with such disguises and shadowes vnto the Eyes of worldlings that ●t seemeth most amiable and pleasant vnto ●hem that being carried away with the desires thereof they should loose their owne soules and vilely esteeme of whatsoeuer GOD hath promised to his faithfull Seruants We need not search farre for examples behold the great honour the world here gaue to Christ and we shall see the fallacie ●hereof which S. Bernard well obserued hādling this place Quis sperare debeat in in●erto gloriae temporalis c. Who would now ●rust in the vncertaintie of worldly glorie when he seeth in him who neuer did sinne the Creator of Time the framer of the whole Fabricke of this World so great an Exaltation and yet to follow such an Humiliation For in the same Citie of the same people and at the same time Now to be honoured with such acclamations and diuine praises And a little while after to be laden with Reproches Torments and deputed among the wicked This is the end of transitory glorie So farre S. Bernard Oh how soone had they chaunged their voyces What a difference is there betwixt this Blessed is hee that commeth in the Name of the Lord Hosannah in the highest And this a fewe dayes after Away with him Crucifi● him Now the King of Israel And a little while after Wee haue no King but Caesar What a difference was there betweene the greene branches of the Palme and Oliue Trees and shortly after Thornes Scourges and the Crosse Whome now they honoured with their Garments spredde in the way A fewe dayes after they dispoyled him of his owne Garments To Day the Sonne of God To morrow A wicked man lesse worthy of life then Barabas a Theefe a Murtherer who would now trust this deceitfull world This is the loue and friendship of the world as one wisely meditateth The rich man hath many friends although in truth riches haue them and not the man As the asse that carried the Egiptian Goddesse had many bowed knees yet not to the beast

but to the burthen for separate the riches from the person and thou shalt see friendship leaue the man and follow that which was euer her obiect while he may commaund and can either giue or controll he hath attendance and proffer of loue at all hands but which of these dare acknowledge him when he is going into prison for debt Then these waspes which make such musicke about this Gally-pot shewe plainely that they came for the honie that was in it This is the miserie of the wealthie that they cannot knowe their friends whereas those that loue the poore man loueth him for himselfe He that would chuse a true friend must search out one that is neither couetous nor ambitious for such a one loues but himselfe in thee And if it be very rare to finde any not infected with these qualities the best way is to entertaine all and to trust fewe May we not iustly reproue the follie of greedie worldlings with these words of the Prophet Wherefore do ye lay out siluer and not for bread and your labour without being satisfied What would you say of that man who in the time of famine when for want of foode he is euen hunger-starued and hauing a little monie left should bestowe the same vpon a plume of feathers to weare in his hatte And is not this the foolishnes of the louers of the world which when their soules are euen starued destitute of all vertues and spirituall sustenance spendeth their witts time and labour in plotting and plodding lying and cogging shifting and shuffeling catching and hunting by all vngodly meanes after the glorie riches and dignities of this world and when all is done what is it but as it were the pursuing of a feather yea a thing of nothing as wise Salomon saith Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it which is nothing for riches taketh her to her wings as an Eagle flieth into the heauen What is this else but to weaue the Spiders webbe as the Prophet truly tearmeth it they cōceiue mischiefe and bring forth iniquitie They hatch Cockatrice egges and weaue the Spider webbe Such as is the conception such must needes be the birth The conception of sinne is here called mischiefe or as some translations haue sorrowe For sinne indeed when it is conceiued in the soule is but mischiefe and sorrowe Pleasures seeme pleasant vnto the sinner whiles he conceiueth them and how much the more bitter they are indeed so much the more pleasant they appeare at the first but when the ende commeth which in short time finisheth all these pleasures then there is found nothing else but sorrowes gall bitternes and miseries They hatch the Cockatrice egges from whence commeth forth the Regulus or Cockatrice the most venimous Serpent of all the rest for whomsoeuer he stingeth he falleth into a sweete sleepe and seemeth for a while to feele no paine but rather a pleasure in the meane time the poyson diffusing it selfe into all the bodie with horrible torment he endeth his life So the delights and pleasures of the world do at once inficere interficere infect and destroy the poyson is pleasant but the ende is death Next he saith They weaue the Spiders webbe Which serueth to no purpose there can no garment be made thereof with what labour and diligence doth the spider euen euiserate her selfe to finish her worke and to what purpose is all this to catch a flie but before she hath had any fruit of her labour cōmeth a maide with her broome sweepeth downe the web and killeth the Spider Here ye see elegantly expressed the labour exercises and desires of the sinner in which he spendeth himselfe and consumeth his life and all is but a Spiders web What cogitations doth the worldling reuolue in his minde what meanes doth he deuise that he may enioy his pleasures and delights How many labours and sweates doe his riches How many anxieties and cares doe his delights How many troubles and vexations doe his pleasures bring with them But to what ende doe they weaue these perplexed webbes but to catch flies Nay oftentimes the reward of their labours when their web is finished is lesse then a flie for death is at hand that diligent scopatrix Gods hand-maide which sweepeth them and their webbes away before they haue reaped any fruite of their labour and toyle and so they passe to iudgemēt to render an account before the iust Iudge for their wicked liues and vniust dealing But suppose the things of this world were solide certaine and constant yet what can the goods thereof profit vs in the time of our greatest necessitie at the houre of death and time of giuing account What profit I say then will those Idolls bring vs which all our life long we haue worshipped as are all these things in which we repose and place our hope and felicitie Then but too late the vanitie and deceit of all those things which we so much esteeme will appeare The couetous man as one pithily writeth is like a Spider as in this that he doth nothing else but lay his nets to catch euery flie gaping onely for a bootie of gaine So yet more in that whiles he makes nets for these flies he consumeth his owne bowells So that which is his life is his death If there be any Creature miserable it is he and yet he is least to be pittied because he makes himselfe miserable Such as he is I will account him and will therefore sweepe downe his webbes and hate his poyson Thirdly by this example of Christ we are taught to bewaile the sinnes of others and to haue a feeling of their miseries The offences then of our brethren are not to be iested at but to be lamented if we be Christians indeed which not onely the example of our Sauiour in this place but also of all holy men and Saints of God may teach vs. We reade that Moses and the people wept before the doore of the tabernacle for the sinnes of their brethren and children wherewith they had offended the Lord So the Apostle bewailed many that had sinned and had not repented of the vncleannesse and fornication and wantonnes which they had committed And again He wept for them that were enemies of the Crosse of Christ whose ende is damnation whose God is their belly c. And againe he saith That he ceased not to warne euery one night and day with teares The like we reade of Ieremy Iob and the rest of Gods children of Dauid Mine eyes gush out with riuers of waters because they keepe not thy lawe But ô good God I speake it with compunction of heart how many are there now found which take no greater delight then to cause others to sinne and to heare of the infirmities of their neighbours Of this sort are they which as the very agents for the diuell take pleasure to make their brother sin in drunkennes and make