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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

he that delights to dally with many binds himselfe thereby the more strictly to her loues in deed Leon Baptista Alberto Florentino in his Hecatonphila As the most constant patience being too farre p●ouoked conuerteth into furie so a wrathfull louer is more to be feared than a sauage monster that hath no reason As the best wine doth make the sharpest Viniger so the deepest loue turneth to the deadliest hate Bauen though it burne bright is but a blase scalding water if it stand a while turneth almost to Ice Pepper though it bee hote in the mouth is cold in the maw so hote loue is soone cold and that affection that frieth in words commonly freezeth in workes As Iupiter transformed himselfe into the shape of Amphitrio to embrace Alcmaena into the forme of a Swan to enioy Laeda into a Bull to beguile Io into a showre of Gold to winne Danae so Neptune changed himselfe into an Heyfer a Ramme a flood a Dolphin onely for the loue of those he lusted after And Apollo conuerted himselfe into a shephard into a bird into a Lyon for the desire he had to heale his disease As the first draught of wine doth comfort the stomacke the second inflame the liuer the third fume into the head so the first sip of loue is pleasant the second perillous the pestilent The least sparke if it be not quenched will burst into a flame the least moath in time ●a●eth the thickest cloath and I haue read that a short space there was a Towne in Spaine vndermined with Conies in Thessalia with Moules with Frogges in France in Africa with Flies so loue which secretly creepeth in to the mind as the rust doth into the iron and is not perceined consumeth the body yea and confounds the soule Iohn Lilly The little graine of Mustard-seed in time becommeth a tree the slender twigge groweth to a stately greatnesse and that which with the hand might easily haue beene pulled vp will hardly with the axe be hewen downe so loue at the first may bee easily eradicated which being growne can hardly be razed As a ●inew being cut though it be healed there will alwayes remaine a scarre or as fine linnen stained with blacke ynke though it be washed neuer so often will haue an iron mowle so the minde once mangled or maymed with loue though it bee neuer so well cured with reason or cooled by wisdome yet there will appeare a scarre by the which one may gesse the mind hath beene pierced and a blemish whereby one may iudge the heart hath beene stained As they that angle for the Tortois hauing once caught him are driuen into such a lithernesse that they loose all their spirits being benummed so they that seeke to obtaine the good will of Ladies hauing once a little hold of their loue are driuen into such a traunce that they let goe the hold of their liberty bewitched like those that view the head of Medusa or the Viper tied to the bough of the Beech tree which keepeth him in a dead sleepe though hee beginne with a sweete slumber New Wine is more pleasant then wholsome and Grapes gathered before they be ripe may set the eyes on lust but they make the teeth on edge so loue desired in the bud not knowing what the blossome will be may delight the conceit of the head but it will destroy the contemplatiue of the heart Apelles was no good Painter the first-day he that will sell Lawne must learne to folde it so he that will make loue must first learne to court it As betweene the similitude of manners there is a friendship in euery respect absolute so the composition of the body there is a certaine loue ingendred by ones lookes where both the bodies resemble each other as wouen both in one loome Euery flower hath his blossome his sauour his sap so euery desire should haue to feed the eye to please the wit to maintaine the estate Poyson will disperse it selfe into euery veine before it pierce the heart so loue maimeth euery part before it ●ill the liuer As by Basill the Scorpion is ingendred and by the meanes of the same hearbe destroyed so loue which by time and fancy is bred in an idle braine is by time and fancy banished from the heart As the Salamander which being a long space nourished in the fire at the last quencheth it so affection hauing taken hold of the fancie and liuing as it were in the minde of the louer in tract of time altereth and changeth the heat and turneth it to chilnesse As the Almond Tree beareth most fruit when it is old so loue hath greatest faith when it groweth in age The yong Vines bring the most wine but the old the best so tender loue maketh greatest shew of blossomes but tryed loue bringeth forth sweetest iuyce As the precious stone Anthracites being throwne into the fire looketh blacke and halfe dead but being cast into the water glistereth like the Sun beames so the precious mind of man once put into the flame of loue is as it were vgly and looseth her vertue but springled with the water of wisdome and detestation of such fond delights it shineth like the glorious rayes of Phoebus As the b●st charme for a toothach is to pull out the tooth so the best remedy for loue is to weare it out Fire is to be quenched in the sparke weeds are to be rooted vp in the bud follies in the blossome greene sores are to be dressed roughly least they fester tetters to be drawne in the beginning least they spread Ringwormes to be annointed when they first appeare least they compasse the whole body so the assaults of loue are to be beaten backe at the first siege least they vndermine at the second Hearbs that are the worse for watering are to be rooted out Trees that are lesse fruitfull for the lopping are to be hewen downe Hawkes that waxe haggard by manning are to be cast off so fond louers that increase in their follies when they be reiected are to be despised The Spaniell that fawneth when hee is beaten will neuer forsake his Master so the man that doteth when he is disdained will neuer forgoe his Mistresse Theseus would not go into the Laby●inth without a threed that might shew him the way out so neither any wise man will enter into the crooked corners of loue vnlesse he know by what means he might get out Hot fire is not onely quenched by the cleare fountaine so neither is loue only satisfied by the faire face He that hath sore eyes must not behold the Candle so he that would leaue his loue must not fall to remembring of his Lady the one causeth the eye to smart the other the heart to bleed You shall neuer beate the flie from the Candle though shee burne nor the Quaile from the Hemlocke though it bee poyson so neither the louer from the company of his Lady though it be perillous As the hearbe Heliotropium is alwayes