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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05470	Two sermons viz. 1. A preseruatiue lilie to cure soules. And 2. How to seeke to finde Christ. Preached by that famous and iudicious diuine, Peter Lilie, Doctor of Diuinitie, and sometime fellow of Iesus Colledge in Cambridge.	Lily, Peter, d. 1615.; Lily, Dorothy, d. 1627.	1619 (1619)	STC 15600; ESTC S108559	27,509	75

TWO SERMONS Viz. 1. A Preseruatiue Lilie to cure Soules AND 2. How to Seeke to finde Christ Preached by that famous and iudicious Diuine PETER LILIE Doctor of Diuinitie and sometime Fellow of Iesus Colledge in Cambridge Except a man be borne of Water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdome of God Iohn Chap. 3 Vers 5. LONDON Printed by Thomas Snodham 1619. TO THE RELIGIOVS and Noble Lady the Lady BARBARA VILLIERS Increase of all Graces and Honours in this life and in the life to come eternall Felicitie Madame SEeing the importunities of many great and worthy Persons will not suffer the Authour of these Sermons to lie hid in obscuritie I doe heere present you with a mite of his Labors your Vertues iustly challenging at my hands richer returnes then a bandfull of Lilies Yet as the learned and iudicious eye will happly delight it selfe to beholde the resemblance of the Authours face so I trust your humble and religious heart will somewhat recreate it selfe with the heauenly sauour of his gracious words Let them that knew not his person iudge his worth by these liuing Images of his soule for they that knew him do affoord him the testimony of a milde and humble spirit fraught with all rich Iewells of excellent learning and knowledge Of his vertues what greater euidence can be then the sweet sauour of a good name Of his learning what better proofe can we haue then the admirable commendations of them who most excell in all excellent knowledge O the admirable height of iudgement and depth of learning that dwelt within the lowly minde of this true humble man great in all wise-mens eies except his owne With what grauity and maiesty of speach did his Tongue and Pen vtter heauenly mysteries What sweet streames of sanctified eloquence did flow from his gracious lips whose eies in the true humility of his heart were alwaies cast downe to the ground all things that proceeded from his blessed mouth were sweetely breathed out as from the spirit of Loue so that the most famous Vniuersity of Cambridge once his nursing-Mother giues this honourable testimony of him That for Life and Learning the whole world hath not many such men But what shall I say more His praise is with God J here then good Madame salute your Ladiship with this little Mite knowing you to be furnished with many Graces but chiefly the ground of all grace and noblenesse true Humility which neuer takes offence at good-meanings Therefore all happinesse shall euer be wished to you and all yours by me which will euer liue Your Ladiships in all true affection Dorothy Lilie The Epistle to the Christian Reader REader this Booke was pen'd with single heart But yet this Booke was pen'd with double Art And therefore reade this Booke with single eie And it with double honour dignifie On the first Sermon THe Lilies pure delight in waters pure This Lilie pure delights in waters sure And what these waters pure Yea purest be The waters which the world doe mundifie The water of the Font the purest streame It is the head-spring of our Lilies theame The leaues of this our Lilies Booke doe grow Amidst these waters whence all comforts flow Gather these leaues and thou shalt comfort finde These Lilie leaues will make an humble minde On the second Sermon MAny doe seeke but few there be who finde Because that many seeke but out of kinde Now that ye may so seeke that ye may finde This Booke directs you how to seeke in kinde Seeke not on earth but seeke in heau'n for blisse For there is Blisse where now your Sauiour is Patterne of Learning Patron of learn'd men Eterniz'd be thy fame by learned Pen The * For the Lily being white is embleme of purity Lily notes thy spotlesse puritie Embleme is * For 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Greeke word for Peter signifies a Rocke and is the embleme of Constancy Peter of thy constancie Rare are these Patterns for Posteritie Learne then of Lilie Christians pure to be It is the thing his blest Soule longs to see Learne of this Saint-like Peter constancie Ye that with him will liue aeternally Maria Lily moesta Authoris filia haec secum maerens meditata est I Ioy that I haue found him whom I lost Whose death so many teares mine eies hath cost I lost a Father but haue found him be A Father to the Church as well as me The Church yet calls him Father so will I His Workes doe liue and he shall neuer die Aliud eiusdem I Grieue that I haue lost him whom I had Life of my life who so my soule did glad But doe I grieue or am I rather glad That such a peerelesse Father once I had Yet doe I grieue and yet againe am glad That I shall finde in heau'n him whom I had M. L. A Preseruatiue LILIE to cure Soules Marke 16.16 He that shall beleeue and be baptised shall be saued but he that will not beleeue shall be damned THese words are almost the last words our Sauior spake to his Disciples who hauing finished the worke of our Redemption on the Crosse risen againe a triumphant conqueror laden with the spoiles of death meaning now to ascend to his Father doth before his departure commit a special charge vnto his Apostles and in them to all others succeeding them in any part of that function which charge S. Mathew in his last chapter expresseth in these words Go saith our Sauior teach all Nations baptising them in the name of the Father the Sonne and the Holy-ghost This is the charge which Christ did properly commit to his Disciples but because it was to small purpose to lay this commandement on them to enioyne them the duty of preaching and administring the Sacraments vnlesse others would embrace their doctrine and receiue their Sacraments to allure men the better and to draw them for their owne good vnto the discharge of this heauenly dutie he proposeth a reward to him that shall beleeue and be baptised and a punishment to them that shall refuse to beleeue or of contempt reiect his Sacrament The reward in these words Hee shall be saued the punishment in these He that will not beleeue shall be damned Betweene which two estates there is no meane but eyther Saluation or Damnation of which two my meaning is not to dilate to speake eyther of the Ioyes of Heauen or Paines of Hell these are copious Common-places in which as no man can want matter of discourse so no man is able to expresse either of them in the least part But my meaning is to speake of the persons to whom the reward which is vnconceiueable is promised and to whom the punishment or threatning here belongeth For this I take to be pertinent to the Time and to this present Occasion I will beginne with the persons to whom the reward is promised set downe in these wordes Hee that shall beleeue and