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A49810	A mite into the treasury being a word to artists, especially to heptatechnists, the professors of the seven liberal arts ... shewing what we own herein, being according to God and Godliness, and of God and what we deny, proceeding from and favouring of those deceitful lips which seduced man from his primitive station, a state of blessedness / [by] Thomas Lawson.	Lawson, Thomas, 1630-1691.	1680 (1680)	Wing L726; ESTC R30492	34,955	52

Magnified Heathen Wisdom without then Pagan Rhetorick came to be embraced and taught to Christian Youth defined to be the Art of Speaking Finely and Eloquently which Heathen Rhetorick a Pagan one Mercury is said to invent or bring in him the Heathen called the Messenger of the Godds and Godd of Eloquence Merchandize Chivalry and Thievery but Aristotle saith that one Empedocles was the Inventor of this Rhetorick Pol. Virg. lib. 1. cap. 13. who as 't is said stole away from his Company by Night and cast himself into the Mouth of the Burning Mountain Aetna that so the People not finding him might conceive he was taken up into Heaven so might honour him but his two Pattens cast up again by the Vehemency of the Flame betrayed his Policy and itch after Honour Thus they that magnifie Earthly Wisdom Pagan Rhetorick may see what manner of Man the Author thereof was Yet though these things be Magnified in Pagan and Christian Kingdoms the Lord hath had his Witnesses in the darkest of Days against Serpentine Wisdom Rhetorical Flourishes the Wisdom of this World which is Foolishness with God I might produce a Cloud of Instances ' Wisdom of the Flesh Rhetorical Flourishes serves the Worldling as the Ostrich Wings to make him out-run others upon Earth and in Earthly Things but helps him never a whit towards Heaven ' Trapp ' Men have neglected Sound Savoury and Useful Matter the very Quintessence of Lerning and have devoted themselves to an Excess of fine Speaking ' Bishop Wilkins his Real Caracter ' The grand imposture of Phrasing hath eaten out all sollid Learning ' B. Wilkings ' Phrases saith this Author are an Imperfection of Speech which like other affected Ornaments derogate from the native Simpicity of it disguising it with false Appearances and that such canting Forms have eaten out sollid Knowledge through mens admiring them ' ' Eloquence saith Angustin in a Lewd Man is as Poyson in a Golden Cup ' lib. 1. De Anima ' The use of Rhetorick saith Suetonius was some time forbidden at Rome but by little and little it appearing Profitable and Honest many for Maintenance and Honours sake pursued it and through it many aspired to the Terret of Worldly Honours ' Pol. Virg. lib. 1. cap. 13. Julius Agricola a Roman Emperors Lieutenant in Brittain prevailed with Noble Men to breed up their Sons in Liberal Arte brought them to effect the Roman Eloquence then they begun to imiate the Roman Fashions the Gown Proud Buildings Baths and Banquetings which the Foolisher sort called Civility but was indeed a secret Art to prepare them for Bondage Milton And these things are too much countenanced among the Professors of Christianity the Simplicity of Truth and the Language thereof is slighted Mans Wisdom Heathen Wisdom magnified a pursuit of Roman Eloquence through the Imitation of their Orators Rhetoricians Poets c. is encouraged and this is not without Pride and Vain Glory The Apostle wise in the Wisdom from above touched this Knowledge puffs up but Charity edifies builds up The Equity of a Poor Mans Cause is often stifled by that grim Monster fleshly Wisdom frothy Flourishes of Pagan Eloquence 'A Poor Man saith Trap. complained to his King That such a Lawyer had taken his Cow from him I will hear said the King what the Lawyer will say to the Matter Nay saith the Poor Man if you hear him speak then have I surely lost my Cow indeed ' Secrates in his Apology said to his Judges ' My Lords I know not how you have been affected with mine Accusers Eloquence while you heard them speak for my own part I assure you that I whom it toucheth most was almost drawn to believe all they said though against my self was true when they scarce uttered one word of Truth ' Trap. Such are the Inchantments of painted Oratory Pagan Rhetorical Flourishes Cross-Bearers who in Self-denial grow up in the Wisdom that is from above so become VVisdom's Children justifie VVisdom if these Stumble Fall Err Sin they have not so learned Christ as to Paint or Cloke the same but knowing that he he who conresseth and forsaketh finds Mercy they rejoyce in Judgment being brought forth into Victory But subtil Sophisters Erring Sinning so Trim Deck Dress Garnish Cloke and Paint their Sins and Errors as that they pass with most for Truth only VVisdom's Children honoured with an heavenly Eye and Savour discern and comprehend the same There is an Arabick Proverb Errans eruditus errat errore erudito that is Learned Men have learned Errors By what is said it appears that the VVisdom from above its Products Divine Eloquence we own and desire the Nation may be scasoned thereby But the VVisdom from below introduced by the Serpent Pagan Rhetorick Eloquence Enticing VVords of Mans Wisdom we deny knowing the same to be Foolishness with God and altogether unable of opening any one of the Seals of the seven Sealed Book CAP. IV. Of MVSICK ADam as the VVorkmanship of God Lived Moved and had his Beeing in God he was bound up in that Life whence Praises Songs of Thanks-giving as sweet and fragrant Odours ascends unto the Lord whoever draws VVater out of the VVell-spring of Salvation 't is not without Joy and Heart Melody unto the Lord this the New Man knows not the Old Moses the Children of Israel Miriam Deborah and Barack David Mary Zacharias holy Men and holy VVomen of God overcome with the Sence Feeling and Sweetness of the Lords Presence and seeing Deliverance brought and wrought by his Arm Songs of Praise and Thanks-giving streamed out from them and Praise is comely in the Mouth of such and such Singing and such Songs we own But the Serpent prevailing Man became Incorporated into his Venomous and Infecting Power the Foundation of a World of Wickedness was laid a false Joy was brought forth and this is the very Sourse or Spring of all Wanton Poems Lascivious Comedies Deluding Tragedies Frivilous Fables Foolish Balads Obscene Songs invented by the Adulterated Mind used and pleaded for by the like Mind yea among such as profess Christianity but Real Christians are in Christ and such as are in Christ are New Creatures Old things are done away and such Singers and such Songs are in the fallen Spirit Joy of this World the which we deny In the increase of this dark Kingdom came in Musick called one of the seven Liberal Arts defined to be the Art of Singing well the Study of Poetry of Heathen Poetry of this Musick Vocal or Instrumental or both one Amphion a Heathen the Son of Jupiter is said to be the Inventor Plin. lib. 7. Others ascribe the Invention thereof to one Dionysius or Menoury Pol. lib. 1. cap. 14. But Jubal the Son of Lamach who lived many Generations before these is reported by Josephus in his first Book of Antiquities to be affected with Musick and to use the Psaltery and Harp Pol. lib. 1. cap. 14. David the sweet Psalmist of Israel in the Service

by four Monks Fryar Ode read Grammer Tericus read Aristotle's Logick Fryar William read Rhetorick Fryar Gislebert read Divinity to them on Sundays and Saints-days so called About the Year 668. by meanes of Theodore a learned Greekish Monk of Tarsus whom Pope Vitalian had ordained Bishop of Canterbury the Greek and Latin Tongue with other Liberal Arts as Arithmetick Musick Astronomy c. began first to flourish among the Saxons saith Milton About the Year 895. King Alferd through the Perswasion of Monk Neotus made Oxford a publick University and appointed Maintenance for the Professors of Learning there Geor. Lilius in Chron. Brit. Further I say that if all Heathenish Obscene Lascivious and Unprofitable Books were decryed whose tendency is to Deprave Spoil Corrupt and Debauc● Youth and all Honest Useful and Profitable Books were faithfully translated into English the Latin Trade need not be so magnified which some Honest and Wise in their Day had in their thoughts But in as much as the learning of Languages are useful for the Management of Forreign Transactions Negotiations and Correspondence with other Nations as before I speak not against the same nor against Grammer contributing to the attainment thereof only I give my judgment as followeth and do wish 1. That Grammers were not so tedious finding that the great heaps of Rules Exceptions Criticisms and Nicities therein are a discouragement to many and pursued by others as the only Necessaries Sound Useful Solid and Profitable Matter being in the mean time neglected the Comments of Grammarians saith M.Fab. Quintilian Institut lib. 1. are so stuffed with Impediments and Hindrances as that they are scarce well understood of the Composers 't is a Rule of knowing Hebricians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Let a Man always teach his Schollars in a short way Further Vossius saith in his Grammer That the great heap of Rules are very hurtful to Children 2. It being that Grammer consists of Rules and Examples I could wish that all Examples therein were Sound and Savoury that in reading thereof nothing but what savours of and encourages to a virtuous course of Living might be instilled into the Reader how precious were it if their Souls like Gideons Fleece did drink up betime the pearly Dew of Divine Grace and Heaven-bred Wisdom Children are to be trained up in the Lord's Way and in the Lords Language not in the Way of the Heathen nor in bad vitious and infecting Words evil Communications as the chosen Vessel Paul bears record corrupt good Manners 3. It being that Grammer is an A●t teaching to Write and Read rightly ought it not to be observed in Writing Reading and Speaking Yes But all that in Writing or Speaking use Ye or You to one Person High or Low Poor or Rich such are out of the Right Sound Proper Speech and deviate from the Form of Sound Words and from the Rule and Order of Grammer The World consists of many Nations whereof each hath a peculiar Language Speech or Dialect yet all concur and are unanimous in the account of Number Singular and Plural I Thou He imports but One We Ye They imports more then One and 't were as proper to say Thou to a Thousand as to say You or Ye to One Man both being Absurd Improper and Ridiculous Do not all Grammarians in teaching their respective Languages or Tongues as Eaglish Latin Greek Hebrew Italian Caldee Syriack Arabick Persian Ethiopian Samaritan Captick or Aegyptick Armenian Saxon Welch Cornish French Spanish Portugal High Dutch Low Dutch Danish Bohemian Sclavonian Polonian Lithuanian Irish Swedish Turkish Muscovian c. I say do they not all distinguish between Singular Number and Plural which is Thou to One You or Ye to more then One I say Yes Do not Roman Authors and others as Poets Comedians Tragedians Orators Historians Philosopers highly esteemed in Schools and Universities observe this distinction Yes Are not Children blamed yea and entertained with Orbilian Severity in Schools of Literature if they use one Number for another And why they should not in other places upon all accounts and occasions observe the true property of Speech in relation to this distinction of Numbers let them shew a Reason that can Object 'T is true say some this distinction of Numbers cannot be spoken against in order to Grammatical Consideration and Verity of Speech but a Custom to the contrary hath got entrance so that 't is uncivil and improper to use the Word Thou to some perticular Person Answ To account Thou to a single Person High or Low Rich or Poor Uncivil Clownish or Improper 't is no less then to accuse God himself Christ the Upright Patriarchs Holy Prophets Seers Evangelists Disciples Apostles Gospel Bishops Elders Pallors Deacons Primitive Saints Holy Martyrs who never used any other Language yea and 't is no less then to accuse all Languages upon the Face of the Earth which according to the property thereof observe this distinction Luther much esteemed in his Age and deservedly owned plainness of Speech holding out You or Ye to one to be Ridiculous Foolish Absurd and Impertinent Lud. Int Oper. Erasmus derided the impertinent Speech of using You to one E●…s Col. Must the Language of the Antient of Days of Christ of the Holy men of God be slighted because of an Unsound Absurd and Impertinent Custom crept in in the Night of Apostacy Must the Glorious Work of Reformation be shut out upon such frivolous accounts The Apostle of the Lamb bore Record saying If any Man be in Christ he is a New Creature old things are done away Not only the Works but the Foolish Absurd and Impertinent Wordt of the Old Man that the Work of Reformation may prosper This using of You or Ye to a perticular Person â principio non ita suit it was not so from the beginning Tertullian an Antient and Learned Latin Father said thus ' That is true which was first that was first which was from the beginning that was from the beginning which was from the Apostles ' The Apostles who derived the ground of their Works and Words from him who was before all Time used no such impertinent Speech Augustin Bishop of Hippo in or about the Year 399. did not so magnifie groundless Custom as his Testimony implies who said ' Custom is not to be prefered before Truth but ought to give place to the Truth ' Not only in Works say I but in Words also Again the same Augustin said ' Custom crept in among some ought not to hinder the Truth from Prevailing and Conquering For Custom saith he without Truth is nothing but Gray-hair'd or Old Error Wherefore saith he forsaking Error let us follow Truth ' Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life who was never sound in such absurd improper and impertinent Speech Further James Howel saith in his Epistle dedicated to the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain which he annexed to a French English Dictionary compiled by Randle

to Earth For there are brought in saith he Moral Virtnes for Faith Opinions for Truth and said They were a confused Cloud Tindal of the Revelation of Ant. Aristotle wrote many things absurdly concerning God as ' That He is a Living Creature that he works not freely but by a kind of Servile necessity and that therefore he deserves no Praise sith he doth but what he must do ' Trapp on Rom. 1.21 ' As for Aristotles Divinity which he calls his Metaphysicks it is saith Ramus the most Foolish and Impious piece of Sophistry that ever was written ' Trapp of Arts. From the Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle Pestilent Errors first of all Invaded and have long Possessed and at this day do Waste the Christian Church Orat. Rainold Where Aristotle Reigns there Ungodliness hath great Dominion Orat. Rainold How foul a thing is it that that may be spoken against you which Ambrose spoke of the Arians ' They have deserted the Apostle and follow Aristotle ' Orat. Rainold Some in our days have been seen to repeat Aristotle upon their Knees at Oxford before their Masters being at Dinner The muddy Lake of Heathenism opened in Rome Ethnick steamed into apostatized Rome Christian is received in Protestant Kingdoms among whom Rome hath too much Room Many in their day bore Testimony against Pagan Philosophy Philosophers and Logicians among many one Ramus born in France Master of Arts was much aspersed by the Sorborne Doctors who accused him of Heresie in Philosophy as an Heretical Philosopher for that he being but Young durst take upon him to correct Aristotle the Prince of Philosophers the great Rule of Universities This Ramus published a Logick received in the most Reformed Universities and Aristotle rejected with some Animadvertions upon Aristotle He was the Kings Professor of Logick in Paris Dean of the whole University where he remained till the Massacree at Paris where many Thousands of the Protestants perished by the Papists who because of Ramus his Love to Protestants and Testimony against Aristotle ran him thorow and being half Dead threw him out of his Window cut off his Head dragged his Body about the Streets in the Channels and some young Schollrs were encouraged by their Tutors to whip it in a most contemptuous manner and at last cast it into the River Sein in the Year 1572. Clar. Mart. Fox Mon. By what is said 't is manifest that the Wisdom which is from above with its out-goings and products we own and desire the encrease thereof to the seasoning and rectifying of the Nations But the Wisdom from below with its Propagators not able to open one of the seven Seals we deny Aristotle forsook his Master Plato that he might defend his own Error and shall we not refuse prophane Aristotle to defend the Truth of the Living God saith Rainold Yes Christ is to have Pre-eminence in all things the Treasury of Wisdom and Knowledge CAP III. Of RHETORICK RHetorick is defined to be the Art of Speaking Ornately Firely Eloquently with Rhetorical Colours and Ornaments Adam as he was the Workmanship of God he Lived Moved and had his Beeing in God his Thoughts Words and Works Products of that Life into the which he was Incorporated Savour'd of that Life had a Divine Lustre in them Stamp and Excellency and were Fragrant and Aromatical in the Nostrils and Precious in the Eyes of the All-forming Power But the Serpent that deceived Man and incorporated him into another Power therein to Think Speak and Act brought forth an other Language out of the simplicity of Truth savouring of the Womb of its Original though Plausible Painted Eloquent Garnished with Colours and Ornaments of Pagan Rhetorick yet 't is Abomination to the Lord Stinks in his Nostrils and in the Nostrils of such as are truly Re-born as Christ bore Record Those things that are highly Esteemed with Men are Abomination unto the Lord. This is my Testimony that that Language which the Lord speaks in and through his People Sons and Daughters is the only and heavenly Eloquence and Rhetorick if I may so call it though Plain Simple and be accounted Rude Clownish and Babbling by the VVorldly VVise Moses brought to that Mouth that taught Adam and Eve in their Primative State streamed out heavenly Eloquence saying My Doctrine shall drop as the Rain my Speech shall distil as the Dew as the small Rain upon the tender Herb and as the Showers upon the Grass Deut. 32.2 Yea and David streamed out saying My Heart is inditing a good Matter I speak of the things which I have made touching the King My Tongue is the Pen of a ready Writer Psal 45.1 And the Lord promised saying I will turn to the People a pure Language that they may call upon the Lord and serve him with one Consent Zeph. 3.9 This pure Language where-ever 't is witnessed is the true Eloquence And Christ saith to the Church come and coming out of the Wilderness leaning upon her Beloved Oh my Dove that art in the Clefts of the Rock in the scorer places of the Stairs les me see thy Countenance let me hear thy Voice for Sweet is thy Voice and thy Countenance is Comely Cant. 2.14 Mark the Voice of the Church is Sweet though not Painted with enticing Words of Mans Wisdom nor Garnished with Pagan Rhetorical Flourishes 't is Sweet to Christ though judged Rude and Babbling by Worldly Sophisters her Voice her Prayers her Praises arising from Divine Indwellings a live Cole from the heavenly Alter as Fragrant Perfumes is Sweet to his Nostrils God respects not the Arithmetick of our Prayes how many they be nor the Rhetorick of our Prayers how neat they be nor the Geometry of our Prayers how long they be nor the Logick of our Prayers how methodical they be nor the Musick of our Prayers how melodious they be but his Eye and Regard is to the Divinity of Prayers how Heart-sprung they be saith Trapp on 2 Cor. 12.8 Further though there was a Divine Excellency in Paul's Speech seasoned with Salt Heavenly Wisdom yet he saith plainly to the Corninthians That he came not with Excellency of Speech nor with Enticing Words of Mans Wisdom He came not with Frothy Flourishes of Pagan Rhetorick or Oratory nor with Enchanting Words of fallen Wisdom which the fallen Mind ascribes Excellency unto but falsly but his Preaching was in Demonstration of the Spirit and Power 1 Cor. 2.1 4. There was a Divine Excellency in his Speech though called Babbling by Worldly Sophisters as 't is to this day Acts 17.17 18. Thus 't is clear to every seeing Eye what Wisdom and what Speech was justified and contended for among the Children of Light in every Age and Generation and in the Church succeeding the Apostles while a Virgin to Christ but as the black Vail and foul Leprosie of Apostacy over-spread and disfigured the Face of the Christian Church then heavenly Salt true Savour heavenly Wisdom being lost within then they Entertained and