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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

they haue laide him that I may fetch him Oh seeking Oh hungrie Oh bedroughted zeale to drinke deep in the fountaine of his vnspeakable kindnesse Marie saith hee Rabbonie saith she Oh harmonie indeede sweete harmonie Seeke thou my face I will seeke thy face O Lord. Ps 27 XI O Lord increase my faith that once I may be swallowed vp by sense and sweete power of thy sauing health let it conuince and mollifie my stonie and drowsie heart by thy helpe O Lord and let euen shame driue mee into admiration of thy exceeding compassions For hast thou not O Lord made thy selfe my most mercifull father Christ Iesus my happie Redeemer The Holie Ghost my euer present Comforter The Angels my ministring spirits All thy creatures my seruants The earth my soiourning place the heauens for my home What couldest thou haue done more to thy friend and yet I liue at a wofull enmitie with thee and by open frailties am euen enuious of thy glorie XII Oh how trulie though most vnworthily may I say againe and againe all the workes of Gods hands be mine and I am Christs and Christ is Gods to the euerlasting glorious admiration of his grace and goodnesse and yet I sinne still prouoke him still and euen crucifie the Lambe still make the Comforter weepe still For to dwell in my former disobedience what else is it but euen to call Christ againe vnto death and euen fight against his Resurrection XIII Alas for pittie that neither the experience of his goodnes will hold mee in obedience nor the feare of his greatnes rouse mee from securitie Returne O Lord and bee mightie in mee for thy names sake Let thy face shine vpon mee let thy presence breath life and strength into mee that I may bring glorie vnto thy name in making knowne by the moderate and holie vse of this my life that it is another life I looke and attend for in regard whereef I desire to be stripped of all those impediments how delightfull soeuer vnto nature that may debar and stop my neere familiaritie with thee most mercifull Lord and the gentle Jesus by the ministerie of the Comforter XIV Oh that I could find the state of my happinesse by reason of thy promises and bee more deeplie touched therewith and sing with Ezekias The Lord hath saide it and the Lord hath done it Hee hath knitte the care of his people euen vnto the glorie of his name and for my encouragement and comfort professed that as hee will not giue his glorie and name to be polluted no more will he forget to shew mercie vnto his people euen vnto me XV. Renew mee therfore O Lord for this thy names sake and establish a right and stable iudgement in me of this thy mercie and when thou hast renewed mee doe not then I beseech thee forsake me but put a bridle in my mouth to the end I may by abstinence keepe my selfe in modestie and feare ouer my euill heart and free mee from surfetings and vaine perswasions which pricke mee forward to voluptuousnes that in a godlie care to serue thee still admiring thy face which beholdeth me continuallie in all my waies I may zealoushe set spurres to the flankes of my slothfull and impure negligence to awake and rouze mee from secure sleeping and sitting in thy displeasure with this carelesse and vnreformed world XVI Appease therefore all countenance of thy Iudgments for passed offences O mercifull Lord and now be pleased that I deale with thee vpon a new couenant to seale vp the certaintie of my interest in thy promises euen in a deuoted and resigned preparation vnto thy will I confesse that I haue deserued most iustlie to bee totallie and finallie cast away and raced out of the Record of the liuing But seing J haue a long while called vpon thy goodnesse euen for thy exceeding gentlenesse O Lord I beseech thee deliuer me from all those euills which do enuiron me For behold my gracious Lord I doe thou knowest lead my life in a most pitifull manner for that I cannot serue thee as I would I desire nothing but to please thee and on the contrarie my wicked nature lusteth continuallie to greeue thee This I call and feele a most miserable life my gracious Lord which receiue mercifullie into thy pittie and redresse compassionatelie of thy grace euen when it may best please thee for all thy mercies sake XVII O mercifull Lord who hast vouchsafed to vnseale the eies of my vnderstanding to see the mysterie of my Redemption and Returne make me O Lord to tast the fruits thereof which flourishing vpon the tree of the crosse shall with the force thereof quicken and giue life vnto my fainting dead soule Preserue and warrant me for euer from the ruine which hath so miserablie brought together the race of mankind and ouerflowed them by disobedience XVIII Establish in my heart O Lord my God an habitation for thy holie Spirit to the end I neuer heereafter breath or vtter forth any thing but tending to thy praises and let thy will bee alwaies printed in my mind and thy glorie grauen vpon my lippes that my lippes being opened my mouth may shew forth thy praise XIX I doe humblie thanke thee my mercifull Lord for my Election Calling Creation Redemption Regeneration Iustification Sanctification Preseruation Glorification Resurrection Righteousnes But most especiallie for that most ancient loue of thine wherein thou hast continuallie watched ouer mee gathered me with thine arme and carried me in thy bosome in such exceeding loue and care as when I had bestowed all my daies in open disobedience was vtterlie vndone by my fraile delights euen then in a verie moment thou brokest the heauens and scatteredst the cloudes to come down and plucke me out of the mouth of the deuouring Dragon taking mee by the hand and giuing me this large time of repentance to the end I should declare thy name vnto my brethren XX. Nay my mercifull Lord more then this thou hast not onely seene my vnrighteousnesse and been patient euen to be prouoked by me but hast couered my open offences from the eies of men and kept me reputed as vnspotted and blamelesse in the world when many a time for my wilfulnes in many things thou mightest haue infl●cted an open and fearefull penalty vpon me Thus most gratiously preuenting in thy vnspeakeable fauour that the blemishes of my fraile youth should not scandall or defame thy calling and the most humblie desired Returne of my Age. XXI It is verily true indeed that I haue sinned most vnwoo●…tedly and audaciously I lay open vnto thee and the whole world the very bottome of my heart Thou knowest my whole life I haue sinned in the sight of Heauen and Earth I will neuer stand in defence or pleade excuse before thee For my grace and pardon is in thy hand onely and I looke for peace and redresse onely from thee XXII For thou hast granted vnto me behold a token of thy

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

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