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A07448	Wits common wealth The second part. A treasurie of diuine, morall, and phylosophicall similies, and sentences, generally vsefull. But more particularly published, for the vse of schooles. By F.M. Master of Arts of bot Vniuersities.; Palladis tamia	Meres, Francis, 1565-1647.; N. L. (Nicholas Ling), fl. 1580-1607. Politeuphuia.	1634 (1634)	STC 17835; ESTC S121517	258,252	788

condemned to dye so the Suns face was couered when Christ was condemned to dye As Dauid rent his garment when he heard of Ionathans death so the Temple rent his vaile when it heard of Christs death As the King of Ni●iuy threw vp dust vpon his head when he and his subiects were appointed to dye so the Graues opened and threw vp dust vpon their Heads when Christ was appointed to dye As Iob cut his haire when he heard of his Childrens death so the stones were cutt in peeces and cloue asunder when they heard of Christs death As there were foure riuers in the terrestriall Paradise which watered the whole earth so in Christ who is our Paradice there are found foure fountains The first fountaine is mercy to wash away our sinnes with the water of remission The second is of wisdomc to asswage our thirst with the water of discretion The third of grace to water the plants of good works with the dew of deuotion And the fourth fouutaine is to season our affections with the waters of emulation Bernar dus sermone prima de natiuitate Christi As the Sunne exceedeth all celestiall lights in quantity brightnesse dignity and power so Christ excelleth all the Saints in goodnesse wisedome honour and might F. Ioannes à S. Geminio lib. 1. de c●lo elem●ntis cap. 91. Olimpus a mountaine of Macedonia is so hye that the clouds are said to be vnder it for it is of such an altitude that neuer any wind toucheth the top of it neither any grosnesse of ayre ascendeth to it which the Phylosophers ascending that they might view the courses and motions of the stars could not liue there vnlesse they caried with them spunges full of water that so by the at●raction of water they might draw grosserayre as it is reported in history so Christ hath so farre exceeded all the Saints in excellencie of life all the whirle-winds of passions and tribulations in the altitude of patience and all men in the height of wisedome so that the Phylosophers could not reach vnto the height of his diuinity but by spunges that is by creatures full of the water of celestiall wisdome Ibidem As the hearbe Dracontea hath the similitude of a Serpent but is without venim yea it is most contrary to Serpents and especially to vipers so Christ had the shape of sinfull flesh but he was altogether without sin yea he is most opposit to it and especially to the Deuill Idem lib 3. de vegetabilibus plantis cap. 85. As the flower is the Medium betweene the branch and the fruit so Christ is the mediatour betweene man and God Ibidem As a Hen doth gather her chickens vnder her wings doth defend them against the Kite and doth feed them with the meate shee findeth so Christ doth gather his elect vnder the wings of his protection in one faith and vnity of the Church doth defend them against the raging of the world and doth feed them not onely with materiall bread but with the spirituall food of his heauenly Doctrine Idem lib. 4. de natalibus volatilibus cap. 98. The Holy GHOST AS Iron cast into the fire doth participate of the nature of fire his owne substance still remayning so man by the working of the holy Ghost is transformed into God yet still remaining man being a partaker of the diuine purity and noblenesse as he was a partaker who said I doe not now liue but Christ liueth in me Ludov. Granat lib I. duc peecat As oyle among all liquid substances is the fittest too preserue light and to cure wounds so the diuine vnction of the holy Ghost doth cure the wounds of our will and doth illuminate the darknesse of our vnderstanding Ibidem As hee that is ouercome with much wine looseth the vse of his fences neither differeth much from a dead man by reason of the strength of the wine so when any one is full of the heauenly wine of the holy Ghost he dyeth to the world and hath all his sences with al● their desires shackled and fettred ibid As water set ouer a fire when it doth wax hot as if it had forgot the own proper nature swelleth aloft imitating the nature and lightnesse of the fire so also the soule being inflamed with the heauenly fire of the holy Ghost is exalted aboue it selfe and caried vp to heauen whence that fire is sent ibidem As the Sun shineth of his owne accord the day is enlightned a fountaine streameth and a showre falleth so the heauenly Spirit infuseth it selfe Cyprian As the soule infused into the body is sufficient to make all the members liuing and to moue and direct them vnto their senerall offices and functions which are many and diuers so the grace of the holy Ghost which is a forme supernaturall and diuine when it once hath ent●ed into the soule is sufficient to moue and direct it to the acting and executing of all the duties of a spirituall life Lod. Gran. in lib. de deuotione As it is not possible that the earth should fructifie onely by raine except the wind doth blow vpon it so it is not possible that onely doctrine should correct a man except the holy Ghost worke together in his heart Chrysost hom 20. oper imperf As the figures of things are not seene in a blemished glasse so a man cannot receiue illumination from the holy Ghost except he cast away sin and the lusts of the flesh Basilius de spiritu sanct● As fire is not diminished albeit many candels be lighted at it and as Science is not impaired although it maketh many men skilfull● so the holy Ghost is neuer a whit impouerished although they b● innumerable that participate of his graces Philo Iudaeus lib. de gigantibus As one and the same showre discending vpon the world appeareth white vpon thornes red vpon roses purple vpon the hyacinth and of other colours falling vpon diuers and sundry coloured things so the holy Ghost being one and not any way diuisible doth diuide his grace to euery one as he pleaseth i● in one he is wisdome an other sanctification in an other prophecy c. and yet the same Spirit Cyrillus Ierosoly r●●t catechesi 16. As the body of the flesh is none other thing but flesh so the gift of holy Ghost 〈◊〉 none other thing but the holy Ghost ●ug lib. 15. de trinitate cap. 19. As the soule doth giue life to all the arts and members of mans body ●●aking the eye to see the eare to heare ●nd so in the rest so the holy Ghost ●oth giue life to the members of Christs ●ody which is his Church Idem lib. de ●ratia noui testamenti As heate commeth from fire so the ●oly Spirit proceedeth from the Father ●aschasius de Spiritu sancto As Aaron is called Christ and Dauid●nd ●nd Saule and others also and yet ●●ere is but one true Christ so an Angell ● called a Spirit and our soule is called 〈◊〉 Spirit and

noble Syre for that hee obscureth the parents hee came of and discrediteth his owne estate The pure Corall is chosen as well by his vertue as his colour a King is knowne better by his courage then his crowne so a right Gentleman is sooner seene by the tryall of his vertue then blasing of his armes The Rose that is eaten with the Canker is not gathered because it groweth on that stalke that the sweete doth neither was Helen made a starre because shee came of that Egge with Castor so neither is he a true Gentleman that hath nothing to commend him but the nobilitie of his ancestours As it is a signe of true honour and nobility to reproue sinne so to renounce it is the part of honesty As no Thersites could bee transformed into Vlysses so no Alexander could be couched in Damocles A good name FIre once kindled is easily kept but being extinct it is hardly rekindle● so it is an easie thing to maintaine a good name but being once lost it is not so easily recouered Plutarchus in Moralibus Ships well repayred doe endure many yeares so wee must continually adde sometimes to the propagation of our good names least time and age eate them out ibidem As a shadow sometimes goeth before and sometimes commeth after so some forthwith doe get good report and some haue it not till after death but the later that it commeth it is wont to be the greater Seneca As the famous monuments called Obelisci were long time in making and reared with much adoe by reason of their hugenesse and exceeding waight but being once finished they continued many ages so it is a ha●d thing to get a name of vertue and wisedome but being once gotten it is neuer extinguished As in very great Obeliskes almost as much is builded vnder the earth as is aboue that they may stand vnmoueable so a firme and sound foundation is to bee laid for the continuance of a perpetuall name As spices then doe smell more fragrantly when they are either moued broken or powned so vertues fame is then largely dispersed when it is exercised in serious imployments and waightie affaires As Physitions forbid to wash the teeth with the iuyce of the hearbe Alcakengy although it bee good to fasten them because the danger is greater then the commodity for at length it will bring madnesse so those things are not to bee dealt in that hurt the name and encrease the wealth nor that learning to be medled with which polisheth the tongue and infecteth the meanes As fire in a darke night is a farre off discerned but in the Sun-shine is scarcely seene so many a paultry rimer and bawdy ballad-maker seemes among base consorts of great esteeme but in the view of more glorious and splendent spirits they appeare none other then dunghill birds and alefied Groutnowls Tyrius Platonicus sermone 24. An ill Name AS some by the deformities of their body haue got vnto them a surname as of crooked Legges to bee called Vari of flabberkin lips Chilones of great noses Nasones of red noses Salamanders so many by their misdeeds doe purchase infamous and ill names as Nero for his beastlinesse to be termed the Beast of Rome Tamberlaine for his tyrannie The wrath of God and Attila for his crueltie The scourge of God c. As it grieueth a Father to see his Sonne deadly sicke or irrecuperably ouermatched in fight with his enemy so it grieueth any good nature to heare himselfe ill spoken of or to heare his wife and daughters termed dishonest Iouianus Pontanus de fortitudine lib. 2. cap. 5. As many Christians abstaine from much mischiefe least after this life Hell should bee their inherita●ce so Tiberius Caesar kept himselfe from many outrages and misdemeanors after death an ill name should follow him Erasmus in Epistola ante Suetonium Tranquillum Albeit thou powrest water vpon the hearbe Adyanton or drownest it in the water yet it continues dry so infamy slander or an ill name will not cleaue to a good man albeit one endeuour to defame him A Courtly life AS the Moone the neerer the Sun it is the lesse light it hath so more fruit and dignitie is in them that are farre off from great Princes There is a certaine hearbe in India of an especiall sauour full of little Serpents whose stings are present death so the Courts of certaine Princes hath that which delighteth but vnlesse thou bee wary they harbour deadly poyson Ants doe gnaw that end of the corne which beginneth to sprout least it become vnprofitable vnto them so great men that they may alwayes keepe their seruants in seruice and slauerie doe hold them vnder least looking vp after liberty they should forsake the Court through the tediousnesse of seruitude As it is a very rare thing to see the birds called Halciones but when they appeare they either bring or portend faire weather so Bishops and Cleargie-men should seldome come to the Courts of Princes but either to preach manners or appease tumults There is a kind of pulse called Cracca which Culuers take such delight in that hauing once tasted of it they cannot afterwards be driuen from that place so they that haue once tasted of the honey and honour of the Court can neuer bee driuen from the Court Plin. lib. 16. cap. 16. A Mule ingendered of an Horse and an Asse is neither Horse nor Asse so some whilest they would bee both Courtiers and Prelats are neither Strange it is that the sound eye viewing the sore should not be dimme● that he that hand●eth pitch should no● be defiled so is it strange that they tha● continue in the Court should not bee infected Nylus breedeth the precious stone and the poysoned Serpent and as in all riuers there is some fish and some frogs and as in all gardens there bee some flowers some weeds and as in all trees there some blossoms some blasts so the Court may as well nourish vertuous Matrones as the lewd Minion Courtiers AS the Star Artopylax is brightest yet setteth soonest so Courtiers glori●s being most gorgeous are dasht with sudden ouerthrowes As the Camelion turneth himselfe into the likenesse of euery obiect so Courtiers as Aristippus that fawnde vpon Dionysius ayme their conceits at their Kings humor if he smile they are in their iolity if frowne their plumes fall like Peacockes feathers The Indian Torteises in a calme doe delight to floote aloft in the noone-Sunne with all their backe bare aboue water vntill their shels hauing forgot themselues bee so parched with the heate of the Sunne that they cannot get vnder water and so they swimming aboue water become a prey vnto fishes so some allured with hope of great matters doe thrust themselues into the Courts of Princes and are so lulled a sle●pe with the pleasures of the Court that they cannot forsake it when they would and betake themselues to their wonted rest Plin. lib. 9● cap. 10. As the hearbe Heliotropium is carried about with