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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

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

c. and it raigneth in Virgo because it preserueth virginity but it faileth in Piscis that is in them that liue in the waters of delicacy ibidem As Tinne according to Aristotle is compounded of good quicke-siluer but of bad sulphur so temperance is compounded of the moderation and strength of regular reason and of the delight and will of the flesh Idem lib. 2. de Metallis Lapid cap. 36. As Tinne cracketh all other metals that is it mixed with so temperance and abstinence doth pull downe pride and bruseth all the rebellions of the body ibidem As that Amethist is good which is beautified with the mixture of two colours purple and violet so is that temperance profitable that is adorned with two vertues with charity and humility Ibidem As there are fiue kinds of the Amethist as saith Isidore so there are fiue principall parts of temperance abstinence sobriety charitie shamefastnes and modesty ibidem As the Amethist is powerfull against drunkennesse as saith Dioscorides so is temperance ibidem As the Amethist maketh men vigilant so doth temperance Ibidem As the Amethist is soft and easie to be engrauen so doth temperance make a man capable of euery good and beautifull sculpture of all honest actions and vertuous demeanours Ibidem As Porcus among the Indians Masinissa among the Numidians Epaminondas among the Thebanes and Lycurgus among the Lacedemonians were renowmed for sober and temperate men so Socrates Plato and Pericles were famous for temperance among the Athenians and Iulius Caesar among the Romans so that Cato was wont to say of him that hee alone came sober to subuert the common wealth ABSTINENCE AS a sicke man commeth to physicke so euery one should come to feed on dainties that is not seeking for pleasures in them but releefe of nenecessity Lodouicus Granatensis lib. de deuotione Euen as a dead body is preserued by myrrhe which is bitter otherwise it would putrifie and breed wormes so also our flesh is corrupted through delicacy and effeminacy and bringeth forth vices which otherwise by temperance and abstinence is kept in the duty of vertue ibidem As that raine is the best that mildly showreth vpon the earth but a suddaine and a violentraine hurteth the medowes and destroyeth the corne so that meate is the best for the body that is taken temperately with abstinence but gluttony destroyeth and enfeebleth it Ibidem As full furnished tables breed lothsome surfets so meane repasts make healthfull persons As a fasting mans spetting is poyson vnto a Serpent euen so abstinence is the bane of all vices whatsoeuer As they that offer secrifice doe not tast of it so certaine giue liberall entertainment to others themselues notwithstanding being very abstinent Plutarchus As wormes in Childrens bellies are killed by sharpe and bitter medicines so sinne dwelling in our inward parts is slaine and existinguished by abstinence and fasting Basilius homil 1. de ieiunio As the stone which the Grecians call Amianton cannot bee polluted so an abstemious person can hardly bee corrupted ibidem As hunger and thirst do make meate and drinke pleasant to the tast so abstinence and fasting doe reason and sweeten all meats and food whatsoeuer Ibidem As oyle maketh the ioynts of a wrastler supple so abstinence and fasting doth adde strength vnto him that exerciseth himselfe in pietie Idem homil 2. de ieiunio As water allayeth heate so abstinence and fasting allayeth lust ibidem As ingurgitation and gourmandising maketh the body heauie and vnweildy so abstinence and fasting maketh it light and nimble ibidem As they that keepe horses for the race doe diet them before they runne so he that will bee fit for the heauenly race m●st diet himselfe by abstinence and fasting ibidem As gluttony doth bring innumerable euils vnto mankind so abstinence and fasting doth bring iunumerable good things doth to the soule and body Chrysost. hom de Iona propheta As litle ships swiftly saile ouer the Sea but those that are ouerloaden are drowned in the waters so abstinence and fasting maketh the mind lighter that it can easilier sayle ouer the Sea of this life and lightlier soare vp to Heauen and see that happinesse which God hath prouided for it ibidem As he that washeth himselfe and afterwards tumbleth in the durt washeth himselfe in vaine so hee that fasteth and abstaineth from sin and yet walloweth in sinne his abstinence and fasting is to no purpose Idem sermone 1. ●e ieiunio As hee that recouereth a sicke man vnto health commandeth him to abstaine from those things that brought his disease so the Lord after baptisme commended and commanded abstinence and fasting vnto vs against the sinne of gluttony for the intemperance of the belly disparadic'd Adam Iaem ●om 10. 11. Math. As physicke is many times vnprofitable through the vnskilfulnesse of him that vseth it so is fasting and abstinence idem hom tertia at pop Antioc● As horses are to bee restrained with bit and bridle so our bodies are to bee brought vnder and to be kept vnder by abstinence fastings watchings and prayers Augustinus cap. 10. de ●alutaribus documentis As oyle maketh the raging Sea calme so fasting and abstinence extinguisheth the burning and boyling lusts of the body ibidem As a lampe is without oyle so is abstinence and fasting without charitie Caesarius Arelat hom 32. As the body becommeth vnweildy by gourmandizing so it becommeth weake and feeble by too much fasting and abstinence Diadochus de perfectione ●●ritali cap. 45. As Christ by touching the waters of Iordan sanctified all other waters so by his fasting and abstinence he hath sanctfied our fastings and abstinence Lodiuicus Granat●n As Apollonius Tyaneus was counted very abstemious among the Heathen so Emericus the Son of Stephen King of Pannonia is for his abstinence registred among the Christians Prayer EVen as a traueller after that he hath rested himselfe and taketh meate beginneth to feele ease is refreshed and recouereth strength to walke trauell further although he hath no delight in his meate nor contenteth his tast so also Prayer which is the spirituall meate of the soule is the cause of a new fortitude and a new spirit to walke in the way of the Lord albeit oftentimes it yeeldeth no spirituall tast Lodo● Granat lib. de deuotione Euen as they that inhabit the north parts of the world where the cold is vehement doe keepe within doores and in houses to defend themselues from the iniury and vntemperatenesse of the weather but they that cannot doe this come often to the fire and being somewhat warmed doe returne againe to their labour so also the seruant of God liuing in this cold and miserable region of the World where charity is waxen key cold iniquity doth rage abound must often repaire to the fire of prayer that he may grow warme ib. As Sampson was being without his haire so is a man without prayer ibid. Euen as there is no essentiall difference betweene him that speaketh and