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water_n	bird_n	delight_v	great_a	25	3	2.1418	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16192	A sermon preached at the Charterhouse before the Kings Maiestie, on Tuesday, the tenth of May. 1603. By D. Blague, Deane of Rochester, the Kings chaplaine.	Blague, Thomas, d. 1611.; H. H.	1603 (1603)	STC 3115.3; ESTC S114335	8,862	32

wound A great tree groweth vp of the least graine of Mustard seed A drop of water is a small thing yet many drops wil sinke a ship A haire is lesse yet hath it choked a big man So the lusts seeme trifles but by continuance get dominion to the danger of the soule Go not therefore after thy lusts for it will make thine enemies which hate thee to laugh thee to scorne Resist a mischiefe in the beginning admit of no ill counsell and this is the first step to Blessednes Vngodly THe persons that giue counsell are here called Reshangim of Rashang to be stirring to compas their purpose by hooke or by crooke The counsell of busie-bodies is euer dangerous Such in Law are called Pettifoggers they breed multiplicity of suits and actions In the Church such are the sactious they break all good order Order is called by Zachary Beauty Beauty in Greeke is Kalon apo tou Kalein it allureth euery one to the gaze and so doth good order Disorder is like a blemish in the face Cauendum ab his quos natur a consignauit so a quick eye must bee set on such as breake order for they are dangerous In a priuate house what doth one repining seruant he sets all the rest in an vprore Such amongst neighbours are Carry-tales they lode and vnlode newes from table to table and breed much heart-burning These are Reshangim Vngodly stirring heads By nature they are like the wind vnquiet euer in motion if it bee inclosed it will shake both sand and sea to breake out The deuill eggs them on Cast thy selfe downe headlong do somwhat to be famous Esay compares them to the sea euer working foming out their owne shame Chrisostome deriues ponaerian apo tou ponou Vngodlines is euer full of toyle Vertue breeds quietnesse and rest vnto the soule Rauening beasts when their bellies are full doe couch in their dennes but these muse vpon mischiefe in their bed and cannot be quiet till they be made a gazing stocke to the world to Angels to all men Blessed therfore is the man which walketh not after the counsel of such pragmaticall and busie heads Walketh not TO walke is to delight in Looke what company we frequēt for such shall we be deemed and esteemed for experience teacheth that Birds of a feather doe flock together Malt-wormes seeke out their like Catholikes such as seed their humours Swine had rather wallow in the myre then in cleane waters and wantons rather dally with light huswiues then be amongst graue Philosophers What can be more dangerous to Gods children then this Doe not euill words corrupt good maners Doth not a little leauen sowre the whole lumpe of dowe A little viniger will sowre a great vessell of wine A little wormwood will make a great deale of hony bitter but a great deale of hony cannot make a little wormewood sweet Good men are corrupted by the society of the euill and learne to sweare by the life of Pharao but euill men are seldome amended by the conuersation of the good For this cause was antiquity so seuere for it was not lawfull for á Iewe to connerse with a Samaritane If an Hebrue did eate with an Egyptian it was counted abomination Therefore hath the Church ordayned excommunication If any that is called a brother be a whore-master a drunkard or a couetous person with such doe not eate or drinke receiue him not into thy house say not God speed Iend him no countenance Canst thou not shun him with thy body yet be seuered from him in thy mind for pure deuotion is this to keepe our selues vndefiled from this wicked world Wretched is that man which delighteth in the coūsell of the vngodly The second step to blessednes negatiuely is not to stand in the way of sinners THe Scripture sets downe a two-fold way 1. The narrow way of Vertue like litera Pithagorae at the first painfull but when ye haue got the habit of it it sets the heart at much liberty 2. The broad way leads to hel directly Therefore Pithagoras in the light of nature gaue this percept per viam popularem ne gradere which S. Ierome interprets Follow not the errours of the multitude S. Paul in the light of grace teacheth Fashion not your selues to this euill world S. Iohn obserues the fashions of this world to be in the Iusts of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life Haec tria pro trino Numine mundus habet This is the trinity the world doth worship No maruell then though Cusais reason be so predominant Where the multitude runnes there wil I be Hereby they verify the Posie of Aristotle Plurima pessima The most are the worst THe way of sinners is the way of all flesh All flesh is grasse ful of frailties There is no corne but may bee blasted no soule but may be corrupted In a red Rose it is not hard to finde a Canker The holiest man hath his gifts with sundry imperfections Marke the place ye stand on it is slippery the stowtest may take a fall The Iust man falls seuen times a day Whosoeuer then amongst you is without sinne let him cast the first stone at another There are two sorts of sinners the Penitent and the Infamous the one sins of Infirmity the other of Maliciousnes in the one sinne remaynes in the other sinne doeth raigne The Penitent sinner cryes with Dauid Heale my soule for I haue sinned against thee Humbles himselfe with the Prodigall child I haue sinned against heauen and in thy sight and am vnworthy to be called thy sonne Knocks his brest with the Publicane and sighs God be mercifull to me a sinner Sic cum homo agnoscit Deus ignoscit Whēsoeuer we doe vnfaynedly acknowledge our sinnes GOD doeth presently blot them all out of his remembrance The Infamous sinner is he which knoweth nothing but sinne Such were those in the Gospell Would God there were none amongst vs. Ieremy describes them thus They blush at nothing they haue a harlots forhead The booke of Wisdome thus They leaue tokēs of their pleasure in euery place they come S. Peter thus They wonder ho wt that you runne not at ryot as they do Blessed is that man which standeth not in the way of such Infamous sinners Standeth TO stand is to fall againe againe to the same sin being warned and punished yet nothing to amend that 's an infamous sinner The scripture exhorts thus Hast thou sinned my sonne Doe so no more Bind not sin to sin for one shal not escape vnpunished VVho wil returne to his enemies prison whēce he hath escaped such a one is worse then a brute beast for if it stumble at a broken bridge euer after it shunneth the place The Bird escaping the fowlers gyn flies aloofe Piscator ictus sapit Shall not the sinner take heed The counsell of our Sauiour to one and all is Now thou art made whole sinne no more left a worse