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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

merriments so wee should bee as ●ne and inclined to flocke vnto ser●ns ibidem As some returning from a Garden 〈◊〉 bring flowers with them some out 〈◊〉 an orchard doe bring apples and ●e comming from great-ban●ets doe ●ng some of the fragments to their ●ildren so thou retur●ing from a ●mon bring from it vnto thy wife children and friends some good counse● and wholsome admonitions idem b●● 6. ad pop Antioch As Sea-fish although they liue 〈◊〉 salt water yet haue need of seasoning● so many continually heare Sermons and yet are neuer the better for the● Clemens Alexandrinus lib. 1. St● matum As those schollers learne better the others that learne with awe so the● heare sermons more profitably th● heare with feare and reuerence Basil. ●● principium Prou. As hee that eateth meate doth fi● masticate it with his teeth and th● letteth it downe into his stomacke when wee heare a sermon we shou● meditate vpon it and consider wh● was spoken whereupon it was spoke● and to what end Chrysost. hom 4. op● imperfect As it nothing profiteth to haue ea● meate if thou presently vomit it for● againe so it nothing profiteth to h●● heard a sermon if thou forth with f●● get it ibidem A CHRISTIAN AS a Father that bringeth vp his Sonne to dedicate him to God in ●e Ministery of his Word doth ac●ustome him from his yong yeares to ●●lesiasticall matters and directeth ●e whole course of this life to the pur●osed end so God after he hath elected ●y man to the participation of his ●lory he directeth him by his Fatherly ●are to the way of Christianity and ●ighteousnesse which leadeth to that ●●ory and faithfully continueth him 〈◊〉 it vntill he come to his wished end ●od Gra. li. 1. Ducis peccatorum As wee admire the happy estate of a Prince that is borne heire of a temporal Kingdome so much more ought we to ●dmire and wonder at the most blessed state of a Christian who is borne not ● a temporall kingdome but to a King●ome euerlasting to raigne in Heauen with God himselfe and with his blessed ●aints for euer and euer ibid. As a traueller that euery day goeth ●orward a little if he perseuer and con●nue in his progresse soone commeth to the end of his iourney but if he● faile and saint in it and a little after beginne his voyage a new consume●● all his life in it neither euer comme●● to the end of his iourney so it is with 〈◊〉 Christian he must still walke for ward for when hee saith that it is sufficient then he plaies the deficient idem in l●● de deuotione Euen as he that Iyeth in the midst 〈◊〉 a swift riuer if hee doth not labour t● take fast footing and raise vp his body● hee is in danger to be borne downe and swallowed vp of the water so in th●● Christian and spiritual life which 〈◊〉 like a deepe and dangerous riuer h● liueth in many ieopardies of falling who with tooth and naile doth not labour to profit and goe forward in it● idem in lib. de d●not As a Harper that i●tendeth to pla● vpon his harpe all the day ought 〈◊〉 haue his strings well tuned all th● time And as a hunter or a falcone● that is disposed to hunt and hauke al● the day ought all that time to haue hi● Hauks and Hounds in a readinesse an● at hand so the life of a perfect Christian being none other thing then a continuall hunting of God and his grace and a continuall harmony of the inward Spirit which is made by prayer it is meete and requisite that he that will attend vpon this exercise that his Spirit and body be alwayes dispo●ed and apt vnto it idem in lib. de deuot As the chiefest commendation of a Pilot consisteth not in the guidance of his ship in a calme but in a tempest so the chiefest commendation of a Christian consisteth not in his seruice to God in prosperitie but in aduersitie Ibidem As it is a thing most honourable for any Knight or Souldiour to beare the armes of his King and Captaine euen as honorable is it to a true Christian man to suffer trauell and persecution as his foreguide and leader Iesus Christ did Stella de contemtu mundi A Rocke although beat with the ●illows and waues of the Sea conti●ueth firme neither is remoued out of his place so a true Christian albeit ●rushed with the persecutions and tri●ulations of the World persisteth stedfa●t neither letteth his hope in Christ faint Lodiuicus Granatensis lib. 1. Ducis peccatorum MAN AS a Painter in delineating and poutraying a picture hath it in his power to make it of what fashion hee list so hath God the framing and disposition of man Lodouicus Granat lib. 1. Ducis peccatorum As hee that from an high Tower hangeth by a small threed which another holdeth in his hand is at the dispose of him either for life or death so is man at Gods ibidem As a stone alwayes of his owne nature falleth downward neither can it lift it selfe vpwards without externall helpe so man by reason of the corruption of sinne doth alwayes tend downewards that is hee doth alwayes slide to the loue and desire of earthly things but if hee bee to bee lifted vp aboue that is to the loue of heauenly things he hath neede of the right hand of th● highest ibidem Euen as Iuie naturally seeketh for some post or tree which it may leane vnto or some wall by which it may be supported and creepe aloft it being not able to sustaine and hold it selfe and as a woman naturally seeketh for the supportation shadow of man for she is an vnperfect creature knoweth that the aide and helpe of man is necessary for her so mans nature being weak seeketh supportation of God and being needy and wanting many things doth seeke for the shadow and refuge of God ibidem As it is preposterous that the Mistresse should waite vpon the maide so is it intolerable that the flesh should gouerne the Spirit and the appetite the reason Ibidem Euen as a Gloue is made for the vse of the hand and a scabberd that ● sword may be sheathed in it so also the heart of man is created for the vse of God neither without him can any rest be found Euen as the body of man is created for the soule so it shall bee punished with the soule As water receiued into diuerse vessels doth put on diuerse figures and shapes according to the disposition and nature of the vessels so doth grace infused into men hence commeth the varieti● of gifts and yet the same Spirit that infuseth them As snow beginneth and endeth in water so man how bigly soeuer hee braue it began in earth and shall end where he began As the flower may be knowne by the smell so a man by his words As they that are tenants at will ●ea●e themselues very euen vpright so they that vnderstand that the house of the●

body is lent them of Nature for a shor● time doe liue more temperatly and die more willingly Seneca As an euill ●ree cannot bring forth any good fruit as rotten and worm eaten seed cannot ingender any thing but like it selfe and as from a poysone and infected vessell wee cannot dra● one drop of good wine so since o● lapse wee are not able of our selues ● produce any good worke but wha● soeuer springeth from vs sauo● reth of corruption and pollution As waxe cannot indure before the fire so mans righteousnesse cannot stand perfect before God As Merchants alwayes prayse and esteeme their wares and Marchandise more then they are wroth so man doth his vertues but when they are examined and prised by those which know them as by the Spirit of God and his Prophets they are altogether iudged as old ●ragges torne tied together and patched vp againe and as old images new gilded ouer which outwardly haue glistering shew but within are nothing but dust and durt or as counterfeit money which is of ill metall how goodly a print soeuer it haue Some dreame when they are asleepe that they haue found great treasure and haue a great ioy in it but after their wakning they see that all is vanished like smoke whereupon they vexe and grieue themselues so when man thinketh that hee is righteous this is a dreame which passeth through his Spirits and vanisheth as soone as hee ●s awake and deliuered from the darknesse of ignorance wherein hee was asleepe and buried The arke of the couenant was but a cubite and a halfe high the wheeles of the Cauldron were but a cubite and a halfe high now we know that a cubite and a halfe is an vnperfect measure so there is no man in this life perfectly perfect seeing that the very highest is as the Arke in Moses Tabernacle or as the wheeles in Salomons Temple but a cubite and a halfe high perfectly vnperfect when he beginneth vnperfectly perfect when hee endeth Euen as the silkeworme keeps her body spare and empty and vseth to fast two or three dayes together that s●ee may stretch out her selfe the better and spin her threed the finer so man must endeuour to bring vnder his body and as I may say to dyet it for the nonce that hee may no longer weau● the spiders web but with the silk● worme spin a new threed As the Viper perceiuing her old ski● to bee so stiffe that shee cannot easily stretch out her selfe in it strips it quit● off so wee which are by nature ● generation of Vipers must strip off our old skinne and perceiuing wee cannot well doe our endeauour and stir our selues in the armour of Saul we must with Dauid put it off and put on the armout of light As Fletchers to make their shafts flie steadily peece them with Sugarchest or Holly o such like heauy wood so we must adioyne to that Aspe or Seruice tree or such other light matter which we are all made of the sweete Sugarchest of the Holy Ghost that we may not bevnsteady as arrowes of Aspe nor yet slothfull in seruice but feruent in Spirit seruing the Lord. Saint Am●rose reporteth that the Bee being to flie home to her hiue and fearing least if shee should be taken by the way with the wind she might perhaps be blowne about in the ayre counterpeises her selfe with a little stone and so flyes straight home so●we must build our selues ●pon the chiefe corner stone and be grounded vpon the rocke and established with grace that howsoeuer the raine fall or the floods arise or the winds blow or what times soeuer come yet we may stand fast in the faith of Christ. As Eu● deceiued Adam so the flesh deceiueth man Lodouicus Granatensis lib. 1. Ducis peccatorum The Moone being in the wane is againe renued so is man after his death at the last resurrection The Sunne appeareth againe after it setteth so doth man at the sound of the Arch-angell The Sunne the Moone the Starres the Sea the Earth Trees Herbs 〈◊〉 Beasts and among these Bees 〈◊〉 and Shell fishes doe forefeele and foresee a tempest so should man forefeele and foresee his owne danger Plinius l●ibro 8. cap. vl● As things that are bred vpon the earth are for the vse and commodity of man so one man should bee for another As a vessell is knowne by the sound whether it bee whole or broken so are men proued by their speach whether they be wise or foolish Good MEN. AS the Laurell tree is not subiect to lightning nor hurt with the fiers violence so the iust man in the fire of tribulation is neither hurt nor impaired but alwayes continueth fresh and greene Stella de contemptu mundi As in the winter a fruitfull tree cannot bee knowne from one that is vnfruitfull so in this World a good man can scarcely be discerned from an euill man Vermas sua Past. 〈◊〉 ockell and darnall springeth vp ●●ong good corne so euill men grow vp with good men and righteous people with vngodly folke Cyprianus contra Demetrianum As a Bird soone getteth out of a snare so good men if the fall soone rise againe Origenes hom 5. in Psal. 36. As the light of a candle is dimmed by the brightnes of the Sun so al the works of good men are obscured by the perfection of Christ. Orig. hom 9. in Ezech. As wrestlers for a prize sustaine heat sweat dust labour so good men for a crown must beare many things patiently Chrysost. hom 1. d● resurrectione As we say that that is a good body that can indure heate and cold hunger and thirst so wee say that he is a good man that can generously and valiantly beare all the inuasions of sorrow and griefe ibidem hom 5. de patientia Iob. As a rich subiect compared to a wealthy King seemeth poore so the best men compared to holy Angels are found sinners Idem hom 4. in 1. Timoth. As the vnderstanding of a sinner is more and more darkened so the mind of a good man is more and more enlightened Idem hom 18. operis imperfecti In the vineyards of Engaddi there is a Tree that when it is pricked ointment commeth out of it but if it be not pierced it smelleth not so fragrantly so it is with a good man Ambrosius in Psal. beati immaculatiserm 1. As a house built vpon a Rocke stands firme against all tempests so a righteous man building himselfe vpon the Rocke Christ stands strong against all the stormes of Sathan the World and the Flesh. As a tree that is planted by the water side spreadeth out the roote vnto moistnesse neither can the heate harme it when it commeth but his leafe continueth greene so a good man that is planted by the waters of Gods grace spreadeth out himselfe vnto euery good worke neither doth the parching heate of persecution hurt him nor the pinching cold of aduersitie benumme him but he alwayes remaineth fruitfull The gifts of Men

thy friend is to bee tryed before thou hast neede of him Plutarchus in Moralibus As he is a foole that buying an ho●se doth not looke vpon him but vpon his furniture so hee is a very foole that choosing a friend doth estimate him by his apparell and wealth Seneca As Zeuxis did leasurely pai●t that which should long endure so that friend is to be had long in triall that is long to continue Plin. lib. 35. cap. 9. 10. As that ship is strongly to be built which in tempests is to be a refuge vnto vs so that friend is diligently to be tried whom we are to vse to all assayes Plutarchus in Moralibus Ixion louing Iuno fell into a cloud so some whilest they seeke for true friendship doe embrace that which is counterf●it and false ibidem As they that by tasting of deadly poyson doe cast themselues into destruction so hee that admitteth of a friend before he know him learneth to his owne harme what he is ibidem As swallowes doe build their nests vnder the roofes of mens houses and yet are not conuersant with men nor doe trust them so some haue alwayes their friends in suspition and iealousie especially Ilanders Plin. lib. 10. cap. 24. As carefull husbandmen doe first discerne by certaine markes whether the ground be fruitfull and doe trie it before they commit their best seed vnto it so a friend is to bee tryed before thou committest thy secrets vnto him As first wee make tryall of a vessell by water and afterwards powre in wine so first wee must commit some trifling thing vnto our friends that we may trie the faithfulnesse of their silence which albeit they cattle abroad there is no danger in it Plut●rch As the Pyrit stone doth not display his ●iery nature except thou rubbest it and then it burneth thy fingers so the maliciousnesse of certaine who professe themselues friends is not knowne till thou hast made sufficient triall of them The Camell first troubleth the water before he drinkes the Frankensence is burned before it smell so friends are to bee tried before they bee trusted least shining like the Carbuncle as though they had fire they bee found being touched to bee without fire A true Friend AS that is not good ground which bringeth forth no fruit except it bee continually watered but that is good ground which during both heate a●d cold preserueth nourisheth and che●isheth that was committed vnto it so is hee not to bee called a friend who no longer staieth with thee then thy prosperity las●eth but he is a true friend that at all assayes standeth with thee and in all fortunes standeth by thee As that wife is more worthy of commendations which keepeth her fidelity to her husband being far remoued from him then she is that doth the same being in her husbands sight so is it among friends As a Physitian if the matter require it doth sometimes cast into his confections saffron and spiknard and causeth his patient to tast of toothsome meates so also a friend doth vse as the times requires kind blandishments and comfortable conference Plutarke As that sound is more pleasant which consisteth of many voyces and those different then that which is one onely voyce so that friend it more pleasing who is agreeing that sometimes hee doth disagree then hee that by ●●attering with his friend in all things As Painters for a time lay by their workes that comming to reuiew them againe they may the better iudge of them for assiduity is the cause why they discerne the lesse so if wee would rightly iudge of our friends let vs sometimes haue them from vs for then wee shall iudge of them the better t●e reason why we cannot iudge a right of our selues is because wee are alwayes present with our selues 〈◊〉 ●lazeworme shineth most bright in the darke the pure Frankinsence smelleth most sweete when it is in the fire the Damaske rose is sweeter in the still then on in the stalke so a true friend is better discerned in the stormes of duersity then in the Sun-shine of prosperity As it is not the colour that commendeth the good Painter but a good countenance nor the cutting that valueth the Diamond but the vertue so it is not the glose of the tonge that trieth a friend but the faith As the flowers that are in one Noseg●y are not of one nature nor all rings that are worne vpon one hand are not of one fashion so all friends that associate at bed and bord are not of one disposition Scipio must haue a noble mind Laelius an humble spirit Titus must lust after Sempronia Gysippus must leane her Damon must goe take order for his lands Pythias must ●arry behind as a pledge for his life A cunning archer is not knowne by his arrow but by his aime so a friendly affection is not knowne by the tongue but by the faith A liuing creature hath his chiefest strength within him so a true friend without ostentation doth then most helpe when he concealeth it As a Physitian doth cure his parient he not feeling it so one true friend doth helpe another without telling it Plut. There is so great concord in musicke that it seemeth to be but one sound and one voyce so true friends are but one minde Certaine apples are bitter-sweete and in old wine the very smartnesse and ●artnesse is delightsome so the memory of dead friends doth bite the mind but not without pleasure Seneca As hony doth pierce and purge ●xulcerated wounds otherwise it is sweete and delectable so the liberty of a friend doth not bite but that which is vicious and corrigible Plut. The Phisitions Cucurbitae drawing all the infection in the body into one place doe purge all the diseases so the ●●rres of friends reaping vp all the hidden malices or suspitions or follies that lie lurking in the mind maketh the knot more durable Water is praysed for that it sauore h●● of nothing fir● for that it yeeldeth to nothing so such should be the nature of a true friend that it should no● sauor of any rigor and such the effect that it may not bee conquered with any offence Methridate must be taken inwardly not spread in plasters purgations must be vsed like drink not like bathes so the counsel of a friend must be fastned to the mind not the eare followed not praysed imployed in good liuing not talked of in good meaning A fained Friend AS ruptures and cramps doe then pinch when the body is molested with any disease so false harted friends doe fawne vpon prosperity but doe afflict them that be in aduersity and insult ouer their misfortune Plut. The swallow in summer flyeth vnto vs but in the winter flieth from vs so an vnfaithfull friend is present in prosperity but altogether absent in aduersity Plin. lib. 10. cap. 24. The birds Seleucides are neuer seene of the inhabitants of the Caspian mountaines but when they haue neede of their aide against the Locusts