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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02367	The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed fiue other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; neuer before printed. ...	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1616 (1616)	STC 125; ESTC S100425	109,673	188

Apostle verse 6. it defileth the whole body It is Little So little that it will scarce giue a Kite her breakefast yet it can discourse of the Sunne and Starres of Orbes and Elements of Angells and D●uells of Nature and Artes and hath no straiter limites then the whole world to walke through Homuncio est gigantea iactat verse 5. It is a Little member yet boasteth great things Though it be Little yet if good it is of great vse A little bitte guydeth a great horse adequitis libitum to the Riders pleasure A little helme ruleth a great vessell though the windes blowe and the floudes oppose yet the helme steares the shippe Though little yet if euill it is of great mischiefe A little leauen sowres the whole lumpe A little Remora dangers a great vessell A little sickenesse distempereth the whole body A little fire setteth a whole citty on combustion verse 5. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth It is Little in substance yet great ad affectum to prouoke passion ad effectum to produce action A Seminaries Tongue is able to set Instruments on worke to blowe vp a Parliament So God hath disposed it among the members that it gouernes or misgouernes all and is eyther a good King or a cruell Tyrant It eyther precedes to good or peruerts to euill purifieth or putrifieth the whole carcasse the whole conscience It betrayeth the heart when the heart would betray God and the Lord lets it double treason on it selfe when it preuaricates with him It is a little leake that drowneth a shippe a little breach that looseth an army a little spring that powres foorth an Ocean Little yet the Lyon is more troubled with the little Waspe then with the great Elephant And it is obseruable that the Aegyptian Sorcerers fayled in minimis that appeared skilfull and powerfull in maioribus Doth Moses turne the waters into bloud the Magicians did so with their Inchantments Doth Aaron stretch out his hand ouer the waters and couer the Land with Frogges The Magicians did so with their Inchantments But when Aaron smote the dust of the Land and turned it into Lice the Magicians could not effect the like Nor in the Ashes of the Fornace turned into boiles and blaines In Frogges and Waters they held a semblance not in the Dust and Ashes turned into Lice and soares Many haue dealt better with the greater members of the body then with this Little one Defecerunt in minimis Virtus non minima est minimam compescere linguam 4. It is a singular member God hath giuen man two eares one to heare instructions of humane knowledge the other to hearken to his diuine precepts the former to conserue his body the latter to saue his soule Two eyes that with the one hee might see to his owne way with the other pitty and commiserate his distressed bre hren Two hands that with the one hee might worke for his owne liuing with the other giue and relieue his brothers wants Two feete one to walke on common dayes to his ordinary labour Man goes foorth in the morning to his labour and continues till the euening the other on sacred dayes to visite and frequent the Temple and the congregation of Saints But among all hee hath giuen him but one Tongue which may instruct him to heare twice so much as he speakes to see twice so much as he speakes to worke and walke twice so much as he speakes I will praise thee O Lord for I am fearefully and wonderfully made maruaillous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well Stay and wonder at the wonderfull wisedome of God 1. To create so little a peece of flesh and to put such vigour into it to giue it neyther bones nor nerues yet to make it stronger then armes and legges and those most able and seruiceable parts of the body So that as Paul sayth 1. Cor. 12. On those members of the body which we thinke lesse honourable we bestow more abundant honour and our vncomely parts haue more abundant comelinesse So on this little weake member hath the Lord conferred the greatest strength and as feeble as it is wee finde it both more necessary and more honourable 2 Because it is so forcible therefore hath the most wise God ordayned that it shall be but little that it shall be but one That so the parvity and singularity may abate the vigour the rigour of it If it were paired as the armes legges hands feete it would be much more vnruly For he that cannot tame one tongue how would he be troubled with twaine But so hath the Ordinator prouided that things of the fiercest and firyest nature should be little that the malice of them might be somewhat restrayned 3. Because it is so Vnruly the Lord hath hedged it in as a man will not trust a wilde horse in an open pasture but prison him in a close pownd A double fence hath the Creator giuen to confine it the lips and the teeth that through those mownds it might not breake And hence a threefold instruction for the vse of the Tongue is insinuated to vs. 1. Let vs not dare to pull vp Gods mownds nor like wilde beasts breake through the circular limites wherein hee hath coped vs. Looke that thou hedge thy possession about with thornes and binde vp thy siluer and golde What doth the wise man intend to giue vs some thriftie counsell and spend his inke in the rules of good husbandry which euery worldling can teach himselfe No Yes he exhorteth vs to the best husbandry how to guyde and guard our Tongues and to thriue in the good vse of speech Therefore declares himselfe Weigh thy words in a ballance and make a doore and barre for thy mouth Let this bee the possession thou so hedgest in and thy precious golde thou so bindest vp Beware thou slide not by it lest thou fall before him that lyeth in waite Commit not ●urglary by breaking the doores and pulling downe the barres of thy mouth Much more when the Lord hath hung a locke on it doe not picke it with a false Key Rather pray with Dauid Psal. 51. O Lord open thou my lippes and my mouth shall shew foorth thy praise It is absurd in building to make the Porch bigger then the House it is as monstrous in nature when a mans words are too many too mighty Euery man mockes such a gaping boaster with Quid feret hic dignum tanto promissor hiatu Saint Bernard giues vs excellent counsell Sint tua Verba rara vera ponderosa contra multiloquium falsiloquium vaniloquium Let thy words be few true weighty that thou maist not speake much not falsely not vainely Remember thy bounds and keepe the non vltra 2. Since God hath made the tongue one haue not thou a tongue and a tongue Some are double-tongued as they are double-hearted But God hath giuen one tongue one heart that