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A13277	Panthea: or, Diuine vvishes and meditations: vvritten by Io. Siluester: reuised by I.M. Master of Arts. Whereunto is added an appendix, containing an excellent elegy, written by the L. Viscount St. Albans, late Lord High Chancelour of England. &c.	Sylvester, Josuah, 1563-1618.; Martin, James, fl. 1615-1630.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1630 (1630)	STC 23580; ESTC S118074	13,759	32

Place Nor Fauour Wealth or Worldly Grace Nor trouble Patience with a hope Of ought beyond my onely Scope Nor sooth nor flatter lye nor sweare Nor stand in Danger nor in Feare Of him of her of this of that Nor hunt I know not after what But loue the Measure and the Meane That keepes the Soule and Body cleane Then should I finde this Life but Breath That Sinne hath subiect made to Death For from the greatest to the least No Soule but liues at some vnrest The soundest and the deepest Wit Sometimes in idle Thoughts doth sit The fairest and the sweetest Face Is sometime subiect to Disgrace The Noblest and the valiant'st Minde Sometime may hap goe downe the Winde The richest Hand and proudest Heart May chance to play the Beggers part The valiant'st Arme and strongest Hand Sometime at Mercies Gate may stand The purest Soule that would not sinne May chance to fall in Satans Ginne Then since I see there is no state But that sometime or soone or late Is subiect to so hard a course As leaues the Better for the Worse Though I be not so wise as Hee That made me This to know and see Yet will I ioyne with him in this Vpon this Earth to build no Blisse But with the Wings of Faith to flye Vnto my Glorious God on high And in his Mercy only proue The Blessings for my Soules behoofe From Sorrow Sinne and Satan free And loue the World that list for me III. Wish or Meditation OH that I had that Patience That is the Spirits Excellence That Io●n in all his paines did proue Vnto the Lord to shew his Loue Then should no Losse of Lands or Goods Bring in such Flotes of Sorrowes Floods Nor Childrens Death nor dogged Wife Nor wounded Heart nor weary Life Nor Scoffs of Friends nor words of Griefe Nor Hearts Despaire of Hopes Reliefe Should make me once which God forbid Offend his Grace what ere he did But say with Iob If he will kill My heart yet will I loue him still And in his sight my Waies reproue That is the God of gracious Loue. That then when All were at the worst And that my Heart were almost burst My Soule might feele that Comfort sweet Did tread all sorrow vnder Feet But Iob was iust so am not I His God did but his Patience try And made his Faith in Mercy finde The Comfort of a constant Minde But my Soule hath so wicked bin That I am scourged for my Sinne In Iustice but with Mercy such As I can neuer praise too much For had not Mercy heal'd my Sore I had bin slaine for euermore But my good GOD is euer One His Hand is not to me alone But vnto All that in distresse Doe in his Mercy seeke redresse And whose true Patience Faith and Lone Doe in his Iustice Mercy proue IIII. Wish or Meditation OH that I had that Gracious Call That from the Heauens had blessed Paul That chosen Saint of sacred Blisse Where only Saints true blessing is Who from the way of wicked Thought Vnto the gates of Grace was brought And when his Eyes were stricken blinde Had such an insight of the Minde As made him see through Mercies light That is the Soules eternall sight How blinde is Reasons ruthfull Eye Where Errour leads the Heart awry Whilst Conscience thinking to doe well Doth carry Misconceit to Hell Till Mercy meeting on the way Brings home the Sheepe that went astray Then should no Office Power nor Place Make me to secke my Soules Disgrace To take a Tyrants powerfull Rod To persecute the Saints of God But I should more in soule reioyce In Mercies Gracious-Glorious Choice All Persecutions to abide Where Patience Feith and Loue is tride Of the sweet Lord of Heauens Blisse Than persecute one Saint of his But all my Loue and Loues Delight My Meditation day and night Should onely all and euer be Of Mercy that so called me No Griefe no Paine no Want nor Woe That I should euer liue to know But I should thinke too little all In Loue to answer Mercies Call For all the World I would not care Nor K●nor Kesar would I feare No threats nor thraldome scourge nor death To speake his Praise should stop my breath But I should plainely speake and write My knowledge of the Lord of Light And to the Glory of his Name Throughout the World divulge the same My Walke should be but in his Wayes My Talke but only in his Praise My Life a Death but in his Loue My Death a Life for him to proue My Care to keepe a Conscience cleane My Will from wicked thoughts to weane My Prayers for the Good of all That Mercy vnto Grace doth call My Labour for the loue of Truth To leade the life of Age and Youth My Comfort truely to conuert The Soules which Satan did peruert My Health to labour for their Loue That seeke their blessing from aboue My greatest Ease to worke for those Whom Mercy to Saluation chose My Paine and Pleasure Trauell Ease My God thus in his Saints to please Then should I this base World despise With all Earths idle Vanities And gouerne mine Affections so That Sin should neuer ouerthrow This wounded wofull Soule of mine But still in Mercies loue diuine My Soule should finde that life of Grace As should all Earthly loue deface And I should onely wish to liue All Glory to my God to giue And all in all my loy to bee His seruant that so called mee V. Wish or Meditation OH that my Soule might liue to proue Some part of that sweet blessed Loue Which IOHN th'Enangelist possest When he lean'd on our Sunours Brest When Wisdome Vertue Grace and Truth Embrac'd the blessed dayes of Youth Then should I fly with Eagles wings Vnto the Glorious King of Kings And see that Heauenly Court of his The Beauty of the Angels Blisse Where Goodnesse Grace and Glory dwels And Lone and Lise and nothing else But Holinesse and Heauenly Light All onely in my Sauiours sight Then should I loath this World of Woe That doth bewitch the Worldling so And seeke but at my Sauiours feet To find my Soules eternall Sweet Till Mercy will vouchsafe me Grace To haue a glimpse of his sweet Face In whose least sweetest Looke of Loue A Sea of Ioy the Heart doth proue And swimming in the Soules Deligh Is rauisht with that Glorious Sight But though I cannot be so blest To leane vpon my Sauiours Brest As all vnworthy of such Grace To looke on his Coelestiall Face Yet let me beg at Mercies Feet That I may but receiue this Sweet That when his Saints and Angels sing Their Haleluiahs to their King My Soule in Ioy all-sounding then May haue but leaue to sing AMEN FINIS A Funerall PYRAMID TO the deare Memorie of the Most deare 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I consecrate this Threne these Funerall Teares 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 These are the Cypresse Branches that I beare The

PANTHEA OR DIVINE VVISHES AND MEDITATIONS Written by Io. Siluester Reuised by I.M. Master of Arts. Fero spero Whereunto is added an Appendix containing an Excellent Elegy written by the L. Viscount St. Albans late Lord High Chancelour of England c. LONDON Printed for F. Coules and are to be sold at his Shop in the vpper end of the Old-Baily 1630. To the very Honorable Knight and Magnificent Baronet Sr. RICHARD HOVGHTON of Houghton-Tower All Health Honor and Happinesse Most Honor'd Sir THe heauenly Light of Diuine Truth shining in the sacred Scripture hath enabled our Soules cleerely to see their owne Excellence viz. that they are by Creation Spirits a Eccles. 12.7 or spirituall Substances of an b Mat. 10.28 immortall Nature in Duration eternall as being in Tertullians phrase Afflatus oris Diuini the immediate Handiworke of God and consequently c Quicquid ex nihilo fit est incorruptibile incorruptible Yea such is their exquisite Beauty and absolute Perfection considered in their owne d The Essence of God Angels Soules is knowne to God alone exactly Athanas Tract de Definitiombus Essence as the most amiable Reflex of Diamonds the Virgin-blushes of Rubies the azure veines of Saphires the greene lustre of Emeralds the various beames of Iacincts and the radiant constellations of the fairest and most Orient Vnions are neuer able to parallell Thus Nobly-descended and rarely-qualified is the Soule a Creature of such Angelicall Serenity as that the MAIESTY of HEAVEN enamour'd on his owne bright Image made this goodly Globe of Heauen e Ita S. Chrysost and Earh for her solace and Contemplation wooed her with most ardent and inflam'd Affection stiling her f In Salomons Song his Loue his Doue his Sister his Spouse and lastly married her to Himselfe for euer by assuming our Humane g Deus humana natura vniuntur non Deus Homo quia non Persona Persona Assumpsit Deus non Hominem sed Humanitatem Nature which hauing hypostatically and indissolubly vnited to his DEITY hee accomplisht in it the most Admirable Worke of our Redemption inuested it with Jmmortality by his Resurrection and aduanced it to his Heauenly Kingdome far aboue all Coelestiall Powers by his Ascension And now is MAN in regard of this superexcellent Honour become in this point superiour to the ANGELS as being participant of the h St. Pet. Ep. 2. chap. 1. v. 4. Diuine Nature subsisting in the most Sacred Person of our euer-blessed Lord JESVS whose glorified Humanity is most triumphantly enthroniz'd at the Right Hand of God on High Thus hath the King of Angels in his ineffable loue to our Soules exalted this humane Flesh aboue the highest Hierarchy to the amazement of those Heauenly Spirits as the i St. Pet. Ep. 1. chap. 1. v. 12. Prince of th' Apostles intimateth Neuerthelesse if an exact Suruey be taken of this present World will there not be found in all Estates such a generall Apostasie from the Loue of God as if Men were altogether Soule-lesse or at least Sense-lesse how infinitely the Creator of the World values that peerelesse Pearle which this shell of Mortality containes a Pearle so inestimable as nothing in Heauen or Earth but the very k Our Sauiours Heart was pierced with the speare for our sinnes O that our hearts might be pierced with true compunction and Repentance otherwise wee haue no part in his Passion HEART BLOOD of the ONELY SONNE of GOD could redeeme To instance this sottish Madnesse and Epidemicall Corruption in all Degrees and Delinquents were infinite J will therfore in present cull out onely some that are in their owne Conceits the Creame of Christendoms the purest and demurest Professants in comparison of whom the obedient Children of the Church of England are reputed prophane and Vnsanctified Persons l Eccl. Hist lib. 8. cap. 7. Eusebius an Authenticke and approued Author hath a memorable H●storie appliable to this purpose He relates how he saw at Tyre a City of Phoenicia diuers naked Christians exposed by their Persecutors to cruell Panthers mighty Beares and m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wild Bores to be deuoured by them which rauenous Beasts although they were prouoked by the Christians to assaile them for so were the poore Soules commanded yet they vtterly refused to hurt or approach them but on the contrary they slew at the Insidels without the Barres which exasperated them against the Christians To make some Application and Vse of this rare and miraculous Euent I haue learned by good Intelligence and your Noble Selfe with many Thousands in plagâ hyper-Boreâ were ocular Witnesses that certaine externall Professors n Of these see an excellent Sermon called Corona Charitatis pag. 28 29 30. of Christianity yet internall Contemners of the Ordinance of Christ in the Ministration of their owne o Heb. 13.17 Pastors hauing long panted after their Extirpation and Destruction combin'd together at last as close as p See Iob c. 41. v. 15 16 17. Leuiathans soules to strip them of their Reuenues incarcerate q A Diabolicall Act. Reu. 2.10 Thus the Arrians raged against Orthodox Teachers especially against Athanasius who was faine to slye from their hellish surie See his Apologie for his Flight c. and his Epistle ad Solitarios where he writes that hauing beene twice depriued by 2 false Synods he was at last absolued and restored to his Church notwithstanding the former Sentences of the Hereticall Bishops who as he elegantly termes them were rather Catascopi then Episcopi Catchpoles then Bishops their Persons disseaze them of their Frecholds by Bribery and Legall Sleights dissipate their Goods ruinate their Families begger their Posterities and to teare them quite in pieces O most detestable Immanity infame them with a thousand virulent Aspersions and venemous Jmputations assuring themselues though their tongues ranne neuer so false a Gallop yet some maleficiate or other would beleeue them the credulity of the Vulgar especially in Clorgie mens Cases being such as if a Gnat but spread his Wings betweene them and the Sunne to thinke it eclipsed These things being so let any Christian or Pagan iudge whether those wild beasts in Eusebius were not infinitely more humane compassionate and mercifull to the designed Martyrs then were these vnchristian Kernes masked Miscreants and Diabolicall Decoy's to their conformable Preachers in whose Coats seeing they could not finde a hole they resolued to fret one Vndoubtedly you bloody Bores selfe-admiring Libertines and Cyclopicall Canibals your crying Sinnes and thundering Crimes of Oppression and Ravine though mantled with Hypocrisie the Deuils Masking-sute haue entred the r Iam. 5.4 eares of the Lord of Hosts For howeuer this vnhallowed Crew may in a spirituall Phrenzy flatter and hug themselues in their abhorred Rapacity and sing Requiems and Lullabies to their senselesse Soules and cauterized Consciences as if they should neuer tremble before the terrible Tribunall of