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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11536	Adams garden A meditation of thankfulnesse and praises vnto the Lord, for the returne and restore of Adam and his posteritie: planted as flowers in a garden, and published by a gentle-man, long exercised, and happilie trained in the schoole of Gods afflictions.	Savile, Thomas, fl. 1595-1613.	1611 (1611)	STC 21785; ESTC S106267	19,168	40

Adams Garden A MEDITATION OF thankfulnesse and praises vnto the Lord for the returne and restore of Adam and his posteritie planted as flowers in a garden and published by a Gentle-man long exercised and happilie trained in the schoole of Gods afflictions Abacuck 2.4 Behold saith the Lord he that exalteth himselfe his minde is not vpright but the gentle and meeke is blessed and hee shall inherite the earth Matth. 5.5 Esaiah 1.18.19 Come now and let vs reason together saith the Lord If thou consent and obay thou shalt eat the good things of the land Esaiah 40.30.31 Bu● euen the yong men that put confidence in their ow●e strength those shall faint and bee wearie euen the yong men shall stumble and fall LONDON Printed by Thomas Haueland 1611. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND RENOWNED George Earle of Downbarre Lord Howme of Berwicke Lord Norham Lord-High-Treasurer of Scotland One of the Lords Lieutenants of the middle shires of great Britaine Lord-Gouernour of the Towne and Garrison of Berwicke Knight of the most Honorable order of the Garter and one of the Lords of his Maiesties most Honorable priuie counsell in both Kingdomes Thomas Sauile wisheth all true Honour and Magnanimitie of mind in the course of his Rule and Estate which may be a perpetuall peace vnto his desires MAy it please your Lord-ship I was bold of late to present you a little pamphlet of my writing which you did please so verie fauourablie to accept with declaration of your happie delight in such things as hath incouraged me to rippe vp all my faculties and deepest comprehensions to offer your Lord-ship a further view of such my poore blasted gatherings as may sort to the same end with the former Verie great surelie is the loue and seruice I owe your most Honourable selfe and euer must For whether I regard the wonderfull degrees of your Honourable gentle and not vainelie exalted minde in speeches and affoorded graces by countenance and acceptation or that which is much more your open hand and purse vnto my fainting estate a fauour which I protest I neuer tasted from any other Nobleman of the world for my good Lord it is wel knowne till of late yeeres that my times haue beene disposed and spent in giuing and not taking I must therefore and doe deuote my selfe to loue and admire your Lord-ship before the rest Bee pleased therefore my beneficiall Lord to receiue this poore pawne of my resigned affections and take view how strange preparations the Lord quilteth vpon the orphaned such as hee doth correct euen to make them finde light in darknesse and much confidence of reioicing in their forsaken and abandoned estate I am bold to put vpon your Lord-ship the broydure of not being vainelie exalted a true note of your wisdome and that you know your selfe state and calling and whatsoeuer in this mortalitie fading euen in Kings and Monarchs of the earth the period vncertaine of dissolution otherwise if the Lord should afford you all the works of his hands in full fruition and withdraw his countenance and presence from you all you enioy in the world shall bee found but comfortlesse comforts when the change which certainelie doth attend all mortalitie shall bee designed It is the heart that the Lord respecteth and accepteth and being resigned and ankored in his will hee will loue and establish the proceedings thereof for his verie owne delight in what alteration or change soeuer So that what sicknesse trouble greefe or crosse may befall you they shall but be as his messengers to bring you a seale and assurance of his fatherlie indulgence and care and that hee will haue your heart himselfe in keeping be●●use with him there is no change at all and so will build you vp vnto that assurance of hopefull expectation wherein you shall find prepared all peace patience perseuerance and what in the world may bee most desired for the type of euer-during felicity which the Lord in all his fauourable enlargements giue you And so I praie pardon A gentle-man long trained in her late Maiesties seruices vnder that euer famous Lord-Treasurer Burleigh Now your Lord-ships faithfull seruant Thomas Sauile To the Christian Reader MY kind gentle Reader wee say in the enterprises terprises and preuailings of Armes such a Captaine did such a seruice where not the commander hut the Souldiers did the atchieue I now in this booke inferre Adams returne by a contrarie diuert where not Adams progenie but Adam alone made the breach by open offence yet the penaltie sorteth vpon all his attainted posteritie by propagation and line of blood and as his guilt is theirs so his returne descendeth vnto them as the souldiers bee sharers in the Captaines preuailings This exercise therefore I call Adams Garden because it proceedeth from the restored Armie of his peculiar quarter by the happie second Adam euen by his renewing affordings who is the Creator Restorer and Repairer of the whole attaindor It is not needlesse but alas verie needfull that men should dwell in deepe cogitation thereof and still exercise their thoughts in the wonderfull dispersed storme of such a penaltie to the end the Crowne of so bountifull receiued enlargement might more sensiblie settle in their hard and vnprepared faculties Oh that same Censure of a Father touching fruition of our perishing delights Oh I say that it might bee as trulie verified vpon our often meditation of Adams happie returne by dwelling in the gardens of our open acknowledgements for the Lords exceeding patience to pardon call and enforce our fathers happie repaire His words be these Facilè enim cor humanum omnibus quae frequentat adhaeret ad●● vt vix aut nunquam sine amore valcant possideri So I wish that our frequent dwelling in thankefull care and obedience might once beget the setled zeale and stable wrestling strife of loue and admiration in vs for so high shrined a state and prerogatiue by restoring and pardoning But wofull and strong and resisting is that receiued nature and combat from our first stirpe for vanishing things and too too sl●●… to subscribe the sighings of the spirite and gronings of grace in vs to enioy the birth of a more holie renewment Our desires bee called the birth of the soule and the creations of God which shall not perish But how should wee assure our selues heereof being still dull dead and so slow to striue for our crowne wee haue all the encouragement that a gracelesse froward creature can require wee haue God to prepare our hearts and heare vs Psal 10. ver 17. wee haue Iesus Christ to receiue and embrace vs Matt. 11. ver 28. wee haue the Comforter to lead vs aright Ioh. 14. to aske and present our desines from his owne vnspeakable sighings and gronings because wee know not what to aske as wee ought Whereupon another Father calleth our praiers Arma cael●sti●… qu●● stare nos faciunt et fortiter perseuerare h●●●●●nt manimenta spiritualia tela diuina because

fauour of Christ Iesus make his mercies my buckler and my shield that I may learne and follow his steppes and hope in nothing but thy gracious goodnesse springing afresh out of his continuallie renewed and fragrant obedience still orient in thy glorious face that I may be euer zealous of his will whereby the dropping and sweating faintings of my afflictions may prepare and establish mee in the whole accomplishment of my sanctification LXXVII For the knowledge and obedience of thy will my Lord is all my verie whole desire and the thing which must lead me and guide me through the windings and turnings of the labyrinth of this mortallitie for this same verie obedience of thy will is the verie path-way vnto euerlasting life which I so incessantlie gape and wish for LXXVIII Reueale vnto mee therefore this thy will and laie it vp in my soule that I may there keepe it most deerelie and in the midst of the congregation I may speake of thy goodnesse and righteousnesse by an open changed and renewed conuersation rendring all holie acknowledgements of thanks and praises vnto thy name and thereby bring many children vnto thee to which onelie end I desire to liue LXXJX I know O Lord that death is the penaltie of originall sinne and disobedience but since I am now planting a garden for thy delight for thou saiest thy heart shall reioice when my mouth speaketh righteous things spare mee therefore my God suffer me not to go downe all belowe but euen at the mouth of darkenes and death plucke mee out of danger mercifull Lord bee content with my humble abashed and melting heart without imposing penaltie for my deserued thraldome LXXX Heare therefore O Lord my sighes and take in good part my broken voice which testifieth thy euerlasting and vnchangeable mercies and since thine eare is neuer shut vnto those that call vpon thee sincerelie seeke thy face mourninglie encline the same thy amiable face and countenance vnto mee for all sorts of felicities follow thy presence continualie afford the same vnto me my deere God euen vnto this wounded heart of mine and say and speake peace vnto mee behold I am readie to seeke thy face LXXXI O Lord thou hast promised this mercie of thine how often hast thou from thy pittie sustained mee when I haue spoken neuer a word vnto thee by hearing my secret thoughts or rather the sighing desires of the spirite calling vpon thee for grace and strength that I might be deliuered How manie perils haue I passed when I did not so much as regard thee in the violent rage and sway of my miserable youth euen by thine owne gentlenesse and care ouer me LXXXII For since thou art that vncreated word which hath made all things which doe a parte of thy will and thy will is a part of thy selfe doth it not represent it selfe vnto mee as thy face in such beautifull and excellent lineaments of diuinitie in the heauens and earth as shine most brightlie in euerie part thereof especialie in the places of thy pure worship LXXXIII Alas what daie time or instant of my life should I cease to be waile and sorrow for my sinnes which haue so much estranged mee from thy grace fauour and familiaritie which the humble and meeke sorte haue with thee their God whose armes are displaied still and euer calling Come see and tast your rest and be wearie of your fruitles toiles and when euer thou pleasest to depart to take view of our sorrow and seeking care after thee thou doest still by the extent of thy wings by a secret instinct of grace to follow thee with our eies calling come come and see LXXXIV O Lord my God which from the beginning hast reached out this carefull hand of thine vnto the afflicted which hast alwaies gathered into thy armes the oppressed comforted the iust vniustlie vexed grant me O Lord both strength and courage that I may take my spirits againe vnto mee which are halfe in a dead sleepe and slumber by the continuall distractions and vnprofitable cogitations which my long exile and banishment from my countrie where I was able to haue done thee some little seruice and shew loue vnto my neibours hath made vsuall vnto mee LXXXV Grant mercifull Lord that I may be cheered to glorifie thee with all my heart and spirite strangle by the strength of thy voice the blasphemies and vnrest of the wicked who goe about to defame thine honour and make a net for my soule by speaking euill of thy equall righteous and most gentle yoake and not beeing able to reach vnto thee yet go about violentlie to rush vpon those thy poore afflicted ones who desire to liue peaceablie serue thee faithfully LXXXVI Oh what ransome shall I offer vnto thee for my election whereby I haue assurance of a more quiet peaceable dwelling heereafter Alas I confesse to my great griefe I haue not one good worke neither cleane thought but all adulterated and defiled with inherent vnrighteousnes concupiscence ignorance and with the contagion of a long audaucious prouocation by open transgression in thy glorious presence Shall I offer vnto thee the treasures of the earth no hell is full of them No no my mercifull Lord I faithfullie beleeue thou thy selfe wilt bee the price of my redemption Thou wilt deliuer thine owne bodie to ransome thy seruant LXXXVII Thou wilt put vpon thee and cloath thy selfe with the dolours of death to giue mee the state of immortallitie for certainerie whereof thou sustainedst thy hell heere thy fathers wrath agonies and bloudie sweate that might appeare in thy presence blamelesse and without spot to the praise of thy euerlasting grace for euermore Amen

our pr●●●●s bee not ours but the vehement desires of the spirit As for vs Quod postulamus idem ipse donat qui dat vt postulemus Alacke that wee haue no more conscience to hold fast and enioy the Lords gentlenesse and familiaritie with vs. What are we if he please to depart from vs and leaue vs to an accusing conscience nay what is the greatest Menarch in the world Oh heauy state well known vnto manie and in mercie something vnto the author heerof If the Lord doe set vp but one of our sinnes to pursue vs nay but one of our cogitations to accuse vs and depart from vs wee shall find such a flame of burning vnrest torment in our thoughts as to beseech him returne againe and helpe vs and take from vs all those worldlie priorities and shrined vanities of our abundance which haue seduced and snared our faculties in verie eminent and high degrees of consuming torments But men bee secure and by fulnesse and immunities their disease is growne so remedilesse as hardlie to beleeue there can bee any such miserie in mortalitie But I choose rather to lament their estate then conuince their presumptuous opinions and therefore will cut off and leaue all redresse vnto him that is both able and willing to worke for his owne and will call in his time those that bee appointed by what motion change or crosse soeuer may please him best To this gentle mercifull Lord I doe recommend thee patient Reader and this my poore labour as a seruice to superionrs my loue to equals and familiars and a compassionate well wishing vnto all that loue the comming of the Lamb euen the Lord Iesus The Contents of the booke in generall The former booke of Adams returne doth consist of open acknowledgements vnfolding the secret still liuing presumption and inherent leprosie in his posteritie which to auoid distaste the Author acteth in his owne rebellious selfe resembling Dauids penetentiall sorrowing Psalmes of humiliation This garden doth by open shew enlarge and demonstrate such exercises and renewed effects of the happie returne as the writer did receiue from the second Adam the Lord pleased to afford vnto him from cogitation and admiration of so happie a change Resembling Dauids illumination and cheered estate of thankefulnesse in his Psalmes of consolation Gather flowers of each rowe some And make a posie ' gainst Master come And hee will smile vpon thy choice And thanke thee with a gentle voice Ablessed thing to make him smile Who neuer heere in his exile For thirtie yeeres did one smile shew Let him now see thy Lilies grow ADAMS GARDEN I. OH my most mercifull Lord who hast enforced my returne after my running away from thee euen by the call of thy tender compassions whereby I was wonderfully affrighted confounded out of mine owne guiltie wounded conscience for disobaying thy word thereby losing thy freelie bestowed glorious garden vpon mee and now at the last doest exercise me in my desires of thankfull obedience for so great a fauour and deliuerance receiued to plant and present for thy delight euen a new second Garden far exceeding that of Eden out of the choice of thine owne created flowers in my verie sinnefull heart where thou hast pleased to leaue some little sparks of the first creation II. Good Lord helpe mee to plant to square and frame euerie quarter in such seemelie sort and proportion as beeing furnished with varietie of thy sweete and fragrant created flowers I may please thee and vndergoe my calling to digge and delue still by penaltie from the first Adam and may bee acceptable and delightfull vnto thee in and by the second Adam euen to make an habitation where thou and the Lambe may please to dine and sup and euen dwell still III. Nothing is hid from thee thou readest in the tables of my heart and well seest how my compunction and sorrow for abusing thy fauours euen load and presse mee downe yet heerein bee pleased to enlarge my cheere and confidence that much greater is the glorie of my returne and repaire then was the fruition of Eden to Adam IV. For therein as wofully appeareth I had power to lose both garden and blessing and indeed was no more but a priueledged creature for a time made of clay dust and the basest earth but now thou hast otherwise bewtified and shrined mee by thy loue vnto mee V. And of thy free mercie and gratious bountie now hast giuen mee a dignitie prioritie and priueledge whereby I am not onelie set free from satans subduings the worlds snarings deaths woūdings to hinder my now happy calling progresse but am in those combats of theirs made an open cōqueror ouer thē al for thou hast affoorded me a dignitie farre exceeding my first Creation So that I cannot be mooued though I bee shaken and tossed to trie my victorie ouer them for what conquest without opposition and combate VI. Now I can lose my kindred and garden no more Now I can fall finallie no more I can lose my vnion with Christ Iesus no more nor bee separated from him any more So true it is that whom thou calledst thou hast iustified and glorified whereby I am in thee so highlie aduanced as not onelie to bee Lord of all the workes of thy hand but conqueror of all enmitie arising against thy blessed will yea euen of that proposed enmitie which must continue till there bee no more time VII So that not onelie his descending and death is mine but his Rising and Ascending also yea his verie righteousnesse is mine by imputation whereby I am able to satisfie the whole lawe out of my owne crucified flesh in and by him who loueth mee Who or what shall I feare now since all the world trembleth at his voice who speaketh and ruleth out of my verie flesh VIII O mercifull Lord bowe downe and heare my crie and sighes for obedience and humilitie that the knowledge of this happie vnion make me not bold but onlie in the causes of thy glorie against that deuouring Satan that I may once deale large spoiles from that conquest which thou wilt giue mee ouer him euen for thy names sake and in fauour of this thy new reconcilement and couenant which thou hast made betwixt thy Christ and my sinnefull soule IX For alasse hee smarteth when I draw penaltie vpon me by disobedience In all my troubles he greeueth with mee and is troubled with mee For so long as this vnion lasteth which is foreuer that Christ Iesus is my head and I his member how can it bee but hee endureth my miserie euen with mee X. Oh wonderfull and vnspeakable bountie a secret hidde from many Hee hath not onelie made mee Lord ouer the whole earth but by his consecration hath communicated his glorious and passible spirit to bee wounded for my declinings Oh hearts of men and women where be they Oh that loue of Marie was great and sweete Tell me saith she where