we_o may_v have_v confidence_n and_o not_o be_v ashamed_a before_o he_o at_o his_o come_n which_o grant_n o_o thou_o that_o shall_v come_v to_o be_v our_o judge_n and_o by_o the_o judgement_n which_o thou_o do_v suffer_v save_v we_o from_o the_o judgement_n which_o thou_o will_v inflict_v that_o we_o may_v give_v praise_n unto_o thou_o and_o to_o the_o father_n and_o to_o thy_o bless_a spirit_n world_n without_o end_n finis_fw-la of_o spiritual_a sorrow_n a_o sermon_n by_o barten_n holiday_n doctor_n of_o divinity_n oxford_z print_v by_o leonard_n lichfield_n 1657._o jerem._n 9.1_o o_o that_o my_o head_n be_v water_n and_o my_o eye_n a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n that_o i_o may_v weep_v day_n and_o night_n for_o the_o slay_v of_o the_o daughter_n of_o my_o people_n the_o desire_n of_o sorrow_n may_v seem_v very_o strange_a and_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o wonderful_a as_o happy_a it_o be_v indeed_o contrary_a to_o man_n nature_n and_o yet_o it_o tend_v to_o the_o perfection_n of_o his_o nature_n the_o soul_n be_v never_o move_v by_o desire_n unto_o any_o thing_n but_o that_o which_o seem_v good_a we_o may_v almost_o say_v but_o unto_o that_o which_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o body_n the_o soul_n in_o the_o body_n be_v common_o persuade_v by_o the_o body_n and_o yet_o sometime_o it_o desire_v sorrow_n sorrow_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o nature_n the_o practice_n of_o sorrow_n before_o man_n fall_n be_v unknown_a unto_o he_o and_o since_o his_o fall_n be_v hateful_a to_o he_o yet_o the_o body_n which_o oftentimes_o do_v seduce_v the_o soul_n be_v sometime_o also_o persuade_v by_o it_o and_o raise_v both_o to_o apprehend_v and_o desire_v a_o pleasure_n in_o sorrow_n not_o that_o which_o arise_v from_o the_o mistake_n melancholy_a of_o the_o body_n but_o that_o which_o happy_o and_o judicious_o proceed_v from_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o soul_n since_o as_o by_o sin_n we_o run_v to_o the_o extreme_a distance_n from_o god_n so_o by_o spiritual_a sorrow_n we_o run_v to_o the_o extreme_a distance_n from_o sin_n this_o be_v the_o art_n of_o repentance_n by_o which_o we_o may_v also_o far_o observe_v a_o excellent_a difference_n between_o the_o stoic_a and_o the_o christian_a the_o stoic_a fond_o intend_v to_o make_v man_n like_o god_n by_o make_v he_o without_o passion_n and_o so_o without_o change_n yet_o without_o grace_n the_o christian_a on_o the_o contrary_a endeavour_n to_o be_v neither_o without_o passion_n nor_o without_o change_n and_o yet_o like_o god_n while_o he_o labour_v to_o sanctify_v his_o passion_n and_o therefore_o his_o change_n by_o grace_n and_o this_o sorrow_n when_o it_o do_v deep_o affect_v the_o soul_n do_v not_o only_o affect_v the_o soul_n but_o use_v the_o eye_n instead_o of_o the_o tongue_n to_o declare_v itself_o as_o here_o our_o prophet_n express_v his_o desire_n to_o express_v such_o sorrow_n and_o such_o tear_n in_o who_o lamentation_n we_o may_v first_o behold_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o sorrow_n which_o be_v express_v by_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o change_n we_o may_v view_v in_o it_o the_o thing_n that_o must_v be_v change_v which_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v the_o head_n and_o eye_n as_o also_o the_o thing_n into_o which_o they_o must_v be_v change_v which_o likewise_o will_v appear_v to_o be_v water_n even_o a_o fountain_n yea_o a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n next_o we_o may_v view_v the_o object_n of_o the_o sorrow_n or_o what_o it_o be_v for_o which_o such_o lamentation_n be_v to_o be_v make_v which_o though_o the_o prophet_n say_v be_v the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o people_n yet_o more_o vehement_o he_o express_v it_o to_o be_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o slaughter_n at_o the_o foulness_n of_o which_o sight_n the_o sight_n of_o sin_n we_o likewise_o may_v be_v move_v to_o a_o like_a holiness_n of_o sorrow_n whereby_o to_o wash_v away_o such_o foulness_n the_o sight_n of_o blood_n indeed_o may_v move_v we_o to_o compassion_n but_o the_o sight_n of_o sin_n more_o happy_o unto_o amendment_n let_v we_o first_o then_o view_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o sorrow_n describe_v by_o the_o part_n affect_v and_o instruct_v by_o it_o as_o it_o do_v thus_o sad_o and_o wise_o express_v itself_o o_o that_o my_o head_n be_v water_n and_o my_o eye_n a_o fountain_n of_o tear_n the_o head_n be_v the_o seat_n of_o wisdom_n and_o of_o the_o sense_n the_o sorrow_n then_o that_o proceed_v from_o the_o head_n must_v be_v a_o sorrow_n that_o flow_v from_o reason_n it_o must_v be_v a_o sorrow_n that_o affect_v the_o sense_n and_o therefore_o a_o reasonable_a punishment_n of_o ourselves_o and_o since_o from_o the_o head_n be_v derive_v the_o nerve_n by_o which_o both_o sense_n and_o motion_n be_v distribute_v to_o the_o whole_a body_n the_o sorrow_n of_o the_o head_n must_v affect_v both_o the_o sense_n and_o motion_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o thus_o do_v sorrow_n affect_v the_o good_a king_n hezekiah_n as_o he_o speak_v of_o his_o own_o mournful_a pace_n isaiah_n 38.15_o i_o shall_v go_v soft_o all_o my_o year_n in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o my_o soul_n man_n indeed_o be_v make_v to_o be_v thus_o wise_a thus_o sorrowful_a his_o brain_n be_v for_o his_o proportion_n both_o great_a and_o moist_a than_o it_o be_v in_o other_o creature_n and_o as_o the_o head_n be_v frequent_o take_v for_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v either_o first_o or_o chief_a so_o this_o wise_a sorrow_n in_o the_o life_n of_o a_o christian_a will_v true_o challenge_v such_o excellency_n and_o priority_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o year_n be_v in_o ezekiel_n 40.1_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o head_n of_o the_o year_n but_o more_o true_o may_v the_o sorrow_n of_o the_o head_n be_v call_v the_o head_n or_o beginning_n of_o the_o year_n of_o man_n conversion_n nor_o do_v that_o in_o the_o original_a only_o signify_v the_o head_n but_o sometime_o also_o as_o in_o lament_n 3.19_o the_o bitterness_n of_o affliction_n and_o sometime_o as_o deut._n 29.18_o the_o bitterness_n of_o sin_n to_o which_o last_o s._n peter_n allude_v act._n 8.23_o speak_v of_o simon_n magus_n as_o likewise_o s._n paul_n heb._n 12.15_o indeed_o this_o bitterness_n of_o sorrow_n be_v most_o agreeable_a to_o the_o head_n from_o whence_o the_o bitterness_n of_o sin_n do_v before_o arise_v which_o sorrow_n the_o head_n do_v sometime_o express_v by_o the_o shave_n of_o it_o as_o in_o job_n 1.20_o as_o sometime_o by_o the_o motion_n or_o shake_v of_o it_o as_o also_o in_o job_n 16.4_o but_o most_o happy_o do_v the_o head_n express_v it_o by_o the_o eye_n which_o as_o the_o philosopher_n observe_v declare_v our_o hate_n and_o love_n but_o we_o must_v add_v most_o happy_o when_o in_o religious_a tear_n it_o show_v our_o love_n of_o god_n by_o our_o hate_n of_o sin_n the_o physiognomer_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o best_a eye_n be_v a_o moist_a eye_n that_o seem_v to_o swim_v in_o his_o orb_n which_o be_v a_o sure_a rule_n in_o the_o spiritual_a constitution_n of_o it_o and_o do_v not_o only_o teach_v we_o the_o complexion_n of_o the_o eye_n but_o also_o the_o duty_n a_o close_v eye_n be_v in_o the_o poëtry_n of_o the_o ancient_n use_v as_o the_o emblem_n of_o death_n and_o a_o eye_n darken_v with_o repentant_a tear_n be_v a_o good_a emblem_n of_o our_o mortification_n which_o be_v the_o death_n of_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o eye_n signify_v also_o a_o fountain_n a_o fountain_n be_v a_o eye_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o a_o eye_n be_v a_o fountain_n of_o the_o head_n they_o be_v both_o alike_o also_o in_o the_o abundance_n and_o speed_n of_o their_o water_n which_o they_o send_v forth_o and_o therefore_o jacob_n posterity_n be_v compare_v unto_o they_o deut._n 33.28_o the_o fountain_n of_o jacob_n shall_v be_v upon_o a_o land_n of_o corn_n and_o wine_n the_o latin_a interpreter_n have_v it_o oculus_fw-la jacob_n the_o eye_n of_o jacob_n to_o signify_v that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v as_o speedy_o and_o mighty_o flow_v forth_o on_o the_o earth_n as_o water_n gush_v out_o from_o the_o eye_n or_o fountain_n most_o apt_o then_o do_v the_o prophet_n here_o in_o his_o plentiful_a sorrow_n wish_v that_o his_o head_n be_v water_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v water_n be_v a_o word_n always_o of_o the_o plural_a number_n to_o imply_v their_o abundance_n which_o as_o some_o think_v be_v express_v in_o the_o composition_n of_o the_o word_n derive_v it_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sea_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o trouble_v and_o make_v a_o tumult_n intimate_v the_o condition_n of_o true_a sorrow_n which_o be_v happy_o with_o abundance_n of_o tear_n and_o with_o the_o outcry_n of_o a_o holy_a lamentation_n and_o apt_o
be_v the_o last_o conqueror_n it_o be_v indeed_o a_o practice_n unreasonable_a and_o useful_a if_o we_o consider_v the_o moral_a of_o their_o perseverance_n and_o sure_o the_o labour_n and_o constancy_n in_o our_o christian_a combat_n our_o apostle_n do_v more_o than_o intimate_v when_o be_v exhort_v timothy_n io_o endure_v hardness_n as_o a_o good_a soldier_n of_o jesus_n christ_n two_o tim._n 2.3_o to_o endure_v hardness_n the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suffer_v evil_a the_o evil_a of_o affliction_n or_o bodily_a punishment_n suffer_v hunger_n and_o cold_a and_o labour_n like_o a_o good_a soldier_n so_o do_v s._n paul_n himself_o in_o his_o high_a degree_n of_o soldiery_n and_o so_o must_v the_o mean_a christian_n in_o his_o inferior_a proportion_n and_o as_o those_o ancient_a gentile_n do_v practise_v themselves_o before_o hand_n against_o their_o great_a and_o public_a combat_n as_o s._n basil_n and_o cassianus_n note_n so_o must_v we_o count_v all_o wrestle_n in_o our_o life_n time_n but_o but_o a_o preparative_n to_o our_o last_o agony_n and_o combat_n in_o death_n beside_o all_o their_o practice_n be_v but_o bodily_a exercise_n which_o profit_n but_o little_a as_o s._n paul_n speak_v of_o they_o for_o of_o they_o he_o speak_v 1_o tit._n 4.8_o but_o we_o be_v spiritual_a combat_n we_o fight_v against_o principality_n and_o power_n and_o therefore_o it_o behoove_v we_o to_o make_v all_o advantage_n of_o example_n and_o since_o that_o the_o understanding_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o learn_v of_o the_o sense_n so_o neither_o must_v the_o soul_n be_v ashamed_a to_o learn_v of_o the_o body_n as_o they_o then_o get_v bodily_a strength_n for_o their_o wrestle_n by_o preparation_n and_o a_o temperance_n in_o all_o thing_n so_o must_v we_o grow_v strong_a and_o cunning_a in_o a_o spiritual_a imitation_n of_o their_o bodily_a temperance_n which_o be_v the_o next_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v their_o temperance_n in_o all_o thing_n and_o indeed_o so_o great_a be_v their_o temperance_n to_o make_v they_o the_o more_o active_a that_o these_o word_n which_o our_o apostle_n use_v in_o this_o place_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v temperate_a in_o all_o thing_n be_v a_o powerful_a speech_n among_o the_o grecian_n now_o their_o common_a temperance_n be_v from_o lust_n and_o the_o way_n unto_o it_o wine_n and_o glotonie_n nay_o their_o diet_n be_v so_o moderate_a as_o irenaeus_n describe_v it_o that_o it_o never_o be_v unto_o satiety_n nay_o it_o never_o be_v unto_o a_o full_a meal_n and_o some_o be_v so_o exact_a as_o plato_n relate_v of_o diopompus_n and_o some_o other_o that_o they_o will_v not_o let_v their_o stomach_n try_v the_o weight_n of_o any_o heavy_a meal_n or_o but_o their_o back_n the_o weight_n of_o any_o heavy_a clothes_n much_o less_o of_o any_o superfluous_a lest_o they_o shall_v thus_o dull_v the_o purity_n of_o their_o spirit_n and_o do_v not_o s._n paul_n hebr._n 12.1_o exhort_v we_o to_o the_o like_a exact_a temperance_n to_o a_o holy_a curiosity_n in_o our_o christian_n race_n let_v we_o lay_v aside_o say_v he_o every_o weight_n every_o weight_n and_o the_o sin_n which_o do_v so_o easy_o beset_v we_o and_o let_v we_o run_v with_o patience_n the_o race_n that_o be_v set_v before_o we_o be_v it_o not_o a_o intimate_a speech_n let_v we_o lay_v aside_o every_o weight_n the_o ship_n that_o be_v but_o light_o lade_v may_v happy_o escape_v in_o a_o tempest_n but_o the_o heavy_a lade_v may_v quick_o perish_v by_o temperance_n &_o fast_v say_v s._n chysostome_n we_o shall_v lighten_v our_o vessel_n and_o more_o safe_o pass_v through_o the_o wave_n of_o this_o life_n let_v we_o then_o lay_v aside_o every_o weight_n we_o must_v say_v s._n jerome_n be_v circumcise_v in_o the_o flesh_n which_o be_v when_o in_o those_o thing_n that_o concern_v the_o body_n we_o cut_v off_o the_o delight_n and_o reserve_v only_o the_o necessity_n make_v they_o we_o as_o s._n austin_n speak_v utentis_fw-la modestia_fw-la non_fw-la amantis_fw-la affectu_fw-la with_o the_o appetite_n of_o nature_n not_o of_o wantonness_n and_o thus_o temperate_a we_o must_v be_v in_o all_o thing_n when_o in_o relative_a action_n concern_v other_o man_n we_o show_v equality_n we_o call_v it_o justice_n but_o when_o in_o the_o retire_a action_n of_o our_o soul_n upon_o our_o body_n we_o labour_v for_o equality_n we_o call_v it_o temperance_n which_o do_v assist_v reason_n in_o restrain_v the_o affection_n the_o sense_n and_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n from_o a_o abuse_n in_o pleasure_n it_o restrain_v the_o eye_n from_o a_o licence_n in_o prospect_n for_o otherwise_o the_o eye_n find_v out_o pleasure_n and_o the_o fancy_n multiply_v they_o it_o restrain_v laughter_n and_o save_v it_o from_o folly_n for_o when_o the_o pure_a part_n of_o the_o blood_n the_o spirit_n be_v over_o act_v into_o a_o excess_n they_o shake_v the_o body_n into_o a_o unseemly_a laughter_n which_o common_o abound_v in_o such_o body_n as_o have_v not_o enough_o melancholy_a to_o make_v they_o wise_a it_o restrain_v the_o tongue_n and_o make_v it_o as_o it_o be_v remember_v that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o instrument_n of_o invention_n but_o only_o of_o execution_n which_o therefore_o must_v wait_v till_o it_o be_v imply_v by_o reason_n and_o that_o then_o it_o be_v but_o to_o declare_v the_o mind_n of_o reason_n it_o principal_o restrain_v the_o throat_n and_o belly_n these_o be_v as_o the_o moabite_n that_o entice_v israel_n to_o lust_n and_o as_o the_o body_n be_v a_o temptation_n to_o the_o soul_n so_o the_o belly_n and_o throat_n be_v a_o temptation_n to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o body_n wherefore_o we_o must_v strive_v to_o get_v the_o mastery_n of_o these_o and_o then_o we_o shall_v easy_o be_v the_o master_n of_o ourselves_o hence_o be_v those_o mighty_a endeavour_n of_o the_o ancient_a christian_n in_o chastity_n and_o abstinence_n by_o which_o while_o the_o body_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o body_n the_o soul_n though_o not_o separate_v from_o the_o body_n be_v in_o a_o admirable_a manner_n elevate_v above_o the_o body_n and_o attain_v that_o happiness_n which_o in_o the_o body_n it_o proper_o but_o expect_v but_o because_o the_o effect_n be_v take_v away_o by_o remove_v the_o cause_n and_o lust_n be_v but_o the_o consequence_n of_o gluttony_n hence_o be_v that_o practice_n and_o hence_o that_o necessity_n in_o all_o age_n of_o the_o church_n of_o holy_a fast_n this_o in_o some_o sort_n include_v a_o temperance_n in_o all_o thing_n since_o a_o temperance_n in_o this_o thing_n invite_v 〈◊〉_d lord_n to_o give_v that_o universal_a blessing_n a_o temperance_n in_o all_o thing_n it_o be_v a_o temperance_n in_o diet_n that_o those_o heathen_n use_v and_o it_o must_v be_v a_o temperance_n in_o diet_n that_o christian_n must_v use_v the_o body_n know_v no_o mean_a it_o be_v always_o in_o extreme_n it_o be_v always_o either_o a_o slave_n or_o a_o tyrant_n therefore_o we_o must_v by_o fast_a use_n it_o as_o s._n paul_n speak_v in_o the_o last_o verse_n of_o this_o chapter_n i_o keep-und_a my_o body_n and_o bring_v it_o into_o subjection_n his_o own_o word_n be_v of_o more_o power_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o bring_v it_o into_o servitude_n and_o this_o practice_n of_o fast_v be_v as_o old_a as_o the_o world_n nor_o be_v man_n soon_o permit_v in_o paradise_n to_o eat_v than_o he_o be_v command_v to_o fast_o neither_o be_v he_o permit_v to_o eat_v all_o fruit_n though_o he_o do_v eat_v nothing_o but_o fruit_n his_o happiness_n in_o paradise_n say_v s._n jerom_n be_v not_o dedicate_v without_o fast_v and_o so_o long_o as_o he_o fast_v so_o long_o he_o be_v in_o paradise_n yet_o as_o by_o violate_v that_o fast_o he_o be_v cast-out_a so_o with_o fast_v say_v s._n basil_n he_o may_v be_v well_o help_v to_o return_v into_o it_o again_o and_o he_o that_o fast_n must_v not_o think_v that_o while_o he_o fast_v he_o have_v no_o food_n he_o 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