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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00514	The yong mans gleanings Gathered out of diuers most zealous and deuout fathers, and now published for the benefit of euerie Christian man, which wisheth good successe to his soule at the later day. Containing these foure subiects. 1 Of the mortality of man. 2 The poore mans harbour. 3 The mirror of vaine-glory. 4 Saint Barnards sermon on the passion of Christ. Whereunto is adioyned a most sweete and comfortable hymne, expressing the euerlasting ioy of a glorified soule. By R.B. gent.	R. B., Gent.; Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673, attributed name.; Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. aut	1614 (1614)	STC 1065; ESTC S115857	39,366	120

of thy maiestie from the beginning O eternall substantiall and inaccessible cleere and delectable streame of that fountaine hid from the eies of all mortall men whose beginning is without beginning whose bottome is without bottome whose periodde is without period whose circuit is incircumscrutable whose puritie is imperturbable The heart of the Almightie hath sent thee O my soule out of his impenetrable Abysse O life from thee haue wee in all fullnesse receiued life from thy light haue wee receiued light thou that art eternall hast made vs eternall thou that art boundlesse hast made vs boundlesse making vs in all things equall to thy selfe For thou that art the most plentifull fountaine of euery perfect gift hast vouchsafed to conuay the precious Riuer of thy seauen fould graces into our hearts to enrich vs with thy secret treasures and with the sweetenesse thereof to allay the saltnesse of this sea that is of our infirmities O thou Spring of the oile of gladnesse thou riuer of pure wine thou torrent of entire zeale the holie Spirit our comforter beeing sent vnto the world by the Father and thee to both he is equall in dignity of essence filleth all things contayneth al things being spirit of the spirit of thy Father one of both as the indiuiduall communion vniting both a soulder vniting a coniunction indissoluing and that peace which passeth all vnderstanding This is the well of thy comforts O Lord by which thou daily supportest and with pleasant obiects most abundantly refreshest that delicate and glorious City Hierusalem is aboue where those glorious and flamie Organs doe incessantly sing Hymnes in the voice of exultation and feasting with the desired tunes whereof the hungry iawes of thy people in the daies of this their pilgrimation craue dayly to bee refreshed Suffer O Father the little dogges to feede on the crums which fall from their masters table Send out your dewe O Heauens from aboue and let the cloudes raine vpon the righteous him O Lord whom thou hast made zelous of thy lawes Purge we beseech thee O Lord with the sallatorie of thy word the religious first fruits of thy people being a testimonie of our solemne celebration of this time renew illuminate inflame inspire confirme and vnite the hearts of all beleeuers vnto thee that they may bee one tast one and with all vnanimitie require apprehend see and glorifie thee our only God in Sion Let glorie thankes honour and power be attributed to the indiuiduall Trinity for euermore Amen Quaedam sententiae eaeque vere Aureolae ad humanae mentis intimam deuotionem inflammandam excerptae Qui de se humiliter sentit haec legat CHristus qui pro nobis passionem sustulit in fructus passionis nos promouebit vt sicut spinarum coronâ tempora eius figebantur gaudiorum mercede mentes nostrae illustrentur Hic viximus in dolore illic afficiemur Honore Honore dei qui mundano Honori maxime aduersatur ille enim a christianis qui sub vexillo suo meruerunt possidetur Hic autem ab Ethnicis qui eorum famam auxerunt petitur O quam incundum est in domo tua domine habitare vbi nullo metu nulla cupiditate nullo motu distrahimur videntes vero faciem tuam meridiana luce multo clariorem laeitia vultus tuisatiamur Hic dilectus est meus quem quaerit mens mea quaeret nec desistet donec cum quaerendo inueniet A MOST DEVOVT MEDITATION of Saint Barnard entreating of the miserie of man and examination of the last Iudgement TOuching the outward man I descend from those parents who ere I was borne made me forlorne Sinners beget sinners in their sinne nourishing them from sinne vnto sinne miserable man hath brought his miserable issue to light from my parents I haue nothing but miserie and sinne and this corruptible body which I carrie about with me And to them I hasten who are departed hence by the death of their Bodies whose Sepulchers when I behold I finde nothing in them but dust and wormes filthines and horror what I am haue they been and what they are I shall be What am I miserable man engendred of liquid humour at the time of my conception I was conceiued of humane seed which seede afterwards growing thicke by encreasing little by little became flesh whence weeping and shriking I was exposed to the exile of this world and behold now I die being full of iniquities and abhominations Euen now shall I bee presented before a fearefull Iudge that will take an exact accompt of all my workes Woe is me wretch that I am when that day shall come and those bookes shall be opened wherein all my actions and cogitations shal be reiected in the presence of God O then shall I stand fearefull before the Lord in iudgement hanging downe my head and confessing my shame remembring the offences I haue committed and the sinceritie of a pure conscience which I haue defiled and when it shall be said of me behold the man and his workes then shall I set before mine eyes all my sinnes and transgressions for it will come to passe by a certaine diuine instinct that all our workes both good and euill shall come vnto our remembrance and by the piercing sight of the minde shall be apprehended by a wonderfull quickenesse to the end knowledge might accuse or excuse conscience and so all vniuersally and euery one distinctly might together be iudged each man shall giue accompt what he hath done of all to all how ended how begunne for what we are now ashamed to confesse priuately shal be then manifested publikely and what we now seeke to shadow by dissembling shall be discussed by the fire of reuenge euer burning Swift flaming fire shall scorch with boundlesse rage and by how much longer God hath expected our amendment by so much more seuerely will he punish vs because we were negligent Why therefore doe we so greatly desire this life wherein the longer we liue the more we offend for by how much our life is longer by so much bee our offences more For daily are euils encreased but goodnes diminished daily is man changed by prosperitie and aduersitie yet knoweth not he when he shall die for as a glittering starre coasting swiftly in heauen suddenly vanisheth or as a sparke of fire is quickely extinguished and turnes to ashes so soone the dissolutiō of mans life for whilest man soiorneth willingly and ioifully in this world promiseth himselfe to liue long disposing many of his affairs for succeeding times suddenly is he surprised by death vnawares is his soule taken frō his body yet with great feare and vnmeasurable griefe is his soule separated frō his body For the Angels come to take it and bring it before the Tribunall seat of that fearefull Iudge where remembring his euill works nay his most impious workes which he hath committed night or day he trembleth seeking to flie from them and to take truce with them saying

the heauy hand of God thou hast tasted of the bitter cup and drunke deepe of the Cup of affliction what then where is thy conclusion doest thou reason hence that thou art depriued of the fauour of God and excluded from his sheepfold God forbid these afflictions doe rather approue and testifie his exceeding loue towards thee whom I loue saith the Lord those I chastice and correct he is not a father where thou art not a sonne nor is he a sonne that is incorrigible he must bow his necke vnto the yoke and presse his shoulders with the Burden he must not argue that the burden is heauie or the yoke not easie but with all patience sustaine all and support all that God may be glorified in all This resolution will arme thee with a serious preparation against all difficulties calling to minde how the Apostler after the death and passion of Christ Iesus were as a puissant armie constant amidst all tribulations Their afflictions their stripes their imprisonments were experiments to trie them not affrightments to dismay them By them they were proued and in their resolution approued because they fought valiantly the Lords Battell to increase the number of the faithfull to breake the bread of life to such as were appointed vnto saluatiō weakning the power of Antichrist and discomfiting sinne Fight thus deere Christian and thou shalt raign where those victorious champions raigne already the vale of this earthly habitation shall be dissolued and thy spirituall Temple renewed to supplant the whole body of sinne and to receiue a glorious diadem of eternitie by subiecting thy selfe to the materiall sword to be nourished with that spirituall foode of Gods word vnto eternall life for whosoeuer will raigne with Christ must likewise suffer with Christ. He was crucified that we might be saued and shall we be exempted from that which he suffered No rather let vs put on the complete Armour of righteousnesse with slings in our hands to wound that malicious Goliah that terrible Philistine in the head that is vtterly to discomfit him that we who haue receiued so glorious an inuestiture the speciall indowments of his Grace may by the operation of his spirit effectually working in vs arriue at the Kingdome of glorie That what is here inchoate may be there consummate of Christ we are called Christians if we be Christians of Christ we should follow Christ that ascending with him to the Crosse on Mount Caluarie we may likewise ascend with him to his Throne exalted with maiestie THE POORE MANS HARBOVR IN thy affliction haue I heard thee and in the bitternesse of thy sorrowes haue I attended thee for thou descendedst down as it were into the graue buried thy honour in the dust But who euer hath cried vpon me that I haue not heard or craued my helpe whom I haue not aided Art thou poore and sicke and hungry and naked crying for almes yet art not rewarded for one crum yet art not satisfied why what of this if thou bee poore so was Lazarus if sicke hungry and naked so was he if despised so was hee character what miseries soeuer thy miserable state is afflicted with and thou shalt see them personated in more ample sort in disconsolate Lazarus yet was not he comforted were not his rags turned to robes his hunger to festiuall honour his pensiue affliction to extensiue consolation he was abandoned of Diues contemned of Diues nay reproued and shamefully iniured by the seruants of Diues yet behold the exchange Lazarus is exalted Diues tormented Lazarus comforted Diues afflicted Lazarus in Abrahams bosome in ioy for euer Diues in the fire of hell to be deliuered neuer O what subiect of ioy and comfort what argument of diuine consolation is this vnto a poore distressed soule that trauels vpon the pilgrimage of earth hungry naked and despised But there is a greater occasion then this for him to pull vp his courage to solace his depressed minde and that is the very promise of God himselfe past and that by a constitution irreuocable to the poore and afflicted spirit I looke to him saith the Lord by the mouth of his Prophet Esay that is poore that is broken in spirit and that trembleth at my words Here the Lord professeth himselfe a patron to the poore their stength and mighty defence in the time of their necessity He is none of our time-obseruing friends our state affectors that rather patronise our errors to insinuate themselues in to the vnstedy affections not of vs but of our patrimonies so long professing amitie till our estate the adulterate oyle of their pretended friendshippe be extinguished These are good Mammonists augmenting their meanes by indirect courses running euer on the Byas of Adulation till that clawing humour worke to their vnhappie friend remedilesse desolation But God is faithfull and whom he once loueth he loueth vnto the end How happie art thou poore pilgrim of such a louer that erects thy drowping head directs thy erring feet supports thy declining faith and placeth thee in the retired harbor of all spirituall comforts ministring these and the like solaces vnto thee Wipe thy eyes poore harborlesse soule complaine not of times iniquitie descant not of thy penury relate no more of thy miserie I haue heard thy voice and am come to comfort thee I haue put all thy teares vp in a Bottell and they shall remaine as testimonies against those obdurate and impenitent those remorcelesse and vncharitable Nabals that haue stopped their eares to thy cries their eyes to thy teares solace thy selfe in me for I will receaue thee into my protection I will shelter thee vnder the wings of my mercie so as no violence shall oppresse thee no ensewing miserie afflict thee no pouerty dismay thee for why I am rich in mercy and will enrich thee with the comforts of my diuine spirit Who euer called vpon me and I heard him not or powred his prayers vnto me and I relieued him not Thy pouerty is no barre in my Court to hinder thy expedition Thou beggest and surest informa pauperis yet thou shalt finde a Solicitour that will not neglect thy affaires He it is that created thee as well as the mighty ones of this world and he will not suffer his Image his similitude his Impression to be rased defaced or contemned It is I that haue seene thee exposed to all the miseries of earth and I considered thy patience for which haue I accepted thy prayers which like sweet and redolent persumes ascended vp vnto my nostrels Be comforted be comforted the extent of thy afflictions is almost expired the date of thy sorrowes extended and the period of thy miseries consummate I will cloth thee with the Garments of eternity Thou shalt dwell in the mansions of my glorious City and for thy pouerty receaue the rich ornaments of a celestiall inheritour and herein shall thy ioyes be redoubled for thou that liued desperable in the eyes of men shalt Triumph amongst the