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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29821	A description of an annuall world, or, Briefe meditiations upon all the holy-daies in the yeere with certaine briefe poeticall meditations of the day in generall and all the daies in the weeke / by E.B.	Browne, Edward.	1641 (1641)	Wing B5102; ESTC R6201	99,735	342

of this pleasant Flower and felt the odoriferous savour of this heavenly Plant look on I pray you one slip more sprung from this fragrant Flower which I had almost forgot and that is her religious care and conformity to the Leviticall Law or decent order in the Church of God that then was viz. her circumcising her Son the eighth day her presenting him to the Lord and purifying her selfe as on this day according as God by Moses prescribed For as Christ had no originall sinne so he needed not to be circumcised as shal be shewed on Newyeares day so likewise the Virgin needed not this outward purifying which figured our cleansing from originall sin wherein the child conceived and born polluteth his Mother which was not so in this for both the conception and birth of Christ was supernaturall for she is said to have swadled the Childe beyond the ordinary strength of women who need a Midwife neither was she troubled with the usuall flux of other women in their Puerpery being free from the thing hereby signified viz. a sinfull child therefore the common opinion is that Christ came forth without any paine helpe or pollution the wombe of the Virgin remaining shut even as the Sun-beams pierceth the solid glasse without hurting it for she received no humane seed but was with childe by the Holy Ghost Now why this ceremony of sanctifying was used unto Christ by presenting him in the Temple and making an oblation for him is thus answered by ●unius That Christ was ever holy from eternity as he was God and from the very moment of his conception as he was Man wherefore he was not presented before the Father nor sanctified for himselfe but for us according to the ceremony of the Law Now such things as in the Scriptures are said to be sanctified are either sanctified indeed by Institution or Sacrament Indeed in their Nature or by declaration In Nature when by the grace of God things are made holy which were not so before by declaration when things before holy are manifested to be so Secondly by Institution things are sanctified by vertue of Gods command and promise of blessing as the Sabbath is sanctified Thirdly by Sacrament things are sanctified either absolutely or relatively that is both by signification and by the truth of the thing signified And thus Christ was sanctified though he be the truth of the Sacrament First because being Man he would obey the Law under which he was made Secondly that he might sanctifie the Law in his own Person By Institution he was sanctified for us we receiving the blessing through him as our first borne and Priest abrogating the Leviticall Priesthood And by manifestation he was sanctified when by observing this Law he was declared holy Wherefore this act of the Virgin being voluntary as I have shewed it was to shew her zeale and conformity to the decent orders of the Church of God To this might be added her constant course in keeping the Passeover every year which was a work of great labour travell But now these ceremoniall shadowes at the presence of the most glorious bright Sunne Christ Jesus vanishing away the Christian Church in all ages since hath in place or in stead of the Jewes Purification ordeined and instituted the purification of the heart by a true lively and justifying Faith and the purification of the life by unfeined and hearty repentance in that commendable and decent order of Churching women after their great deliverance from their pain and perill of child-birth enjoyneth them to bring not as then a lambe or two young pigeons but the sum of all Legall sacrifices hearty prayer and thanksgiving which consists not onely in the lippes but in the life and conversation Therefore every religious wise woman will not be so wedded to their own opinion or selfe conceit to think that it is any disparagement to her person be she never so great or a point of Popery to give publick praise to God in his Church but will be willing as Mary here was to conforme themselves to the godly discipline of the publick worship of God in his Church if ability of body hinder not as well as zealous in their own private devotions for they well know that one duty of Piety ought not to justle out another and that it is very requisite that our private and voluntary obsequies should give place to publick solemnities The sacrifice appointed for this solemnity makes this apparant for the Turtle and the Dove are bo●h mourners or if you will both signifie the divine worship of God yet ought not the one to hinder the harmony of the other for the solitary Turtle and the associable Dove do both together set forth the secret tears and publick meetings of Gods people in divine worship for the Turtle signifies chastity and the Dove simplicity It being observed if the Turtle having once lost his mate he careth not for seeking any other and the simple and chaste conversation of the faithfull is an acceptable sacrifice of righteousnesse unto the Lord. Now they saith Calvin are deceived that think the Law of Purification to be but a politick law for God hereby would set before the Iewes eyes the corruption of their nature and the remedy of divine Grace did not appoint this only for the purifying of the wife as polluted towards her husband but this one law doth abundantly prove originall sin it being hereby intimated that the child commeth into the world so impure as that the very mother is polluted hereby The offering was for the redemption of the first-borne Levit 12. 6. And hereby it appeareth That Joseph and Mary were very poore otherwise they should have offered a lamb Whereas the child was before presented with gold it is not to bee thought that they brought him any great quantity but some little offering more for honour than for enriching It is to be considered wherefore a pair of Turtles or two Pigeons were now offered The Turtle is most in loquacitie among Birds and the Dove in mildnesse And such is Jesus become unto us being most milde And Christ as the Turtle by the voice of his Gospell and the sincere preaching thereof allureth the whole world unto him and filleth the Garden of his Church with his own melodies as it is seene at this day The voice of this Turtle is heard in our Land For the confirmation of the truth of Christs presentation in the Temple Saint Luke reports That after forty dayes from his Birth or two and thirty daies from the Circumcision His Mother brought him thither according to the Law of Moses and withall recounteth two strange things which happened at the same time to wit That two grave and reverend persons Simeon surnamed the Just and Anna the Prophetesse both of singular sanctity amongst the Jewes comming into the Temple at the very same time took notice of him and acknowledged him publikely for the Messias and Saviour of

never till then was the like done Gods providence secretly working in this that it might bee the more evident that this was the time of the Messtah In whom as in their common Lord and Head people of all Nations throughout the world are united in humble obedience to him their Soveraign For the rest of the Nativity of our blessed Saviour it is so learnedly and divinely written by Mr. Austin that my weake invention is not able in the least measure to imitate much lesse should this my dim candle shew any light before his bright Sun Therefore I shut up all with what I find written concerning the Manger in which Christ was laid which by consent of Antiquity was a place without the Citie hewen out of a Rock and called by the name of a Manger Saint Basil saith The Birth of Christ was a common Feast for all creatures Angels came singing the Stars run about the heavens the Magi are brought from the Gentiles and the earth receiveth him in a Cave Justin Martyr saith That because Joseph had no place to turne into Bethlehem hee went into a Cave neere thereunto Origen There is shew●d in Bethlehem a cave wherin Christ was born and in it a Manger Theo Wee shew no magnificent things but a Den a Manger and a poore Virgin Jerome writes of Paula that shee went into the Den of our Saviour the Virgins Inne And Brocardus who travelled thither saith It was on the East part of the Citie And had it not been without the Citie the Shepherds had not found him it being late at night and the City gates shut And some affirme that part of it remaines to be seen at this day cut out of rock not of marble but other stone as many mangers be in that country But whether it was an Inne or a Cave within or without the City it is not materiall yet this shewes the poverty of the Virgin and her Spouse that they were not able to make any great provision Now I will conclude this dayes Meditation with that divine Prayer of Doctor Featley's in these words Gratious Lord Iesus Christ the Son of God and Saviour of Man the Ioy of Angels and dread of devils the Jewes Messiah and the Gentiles Starre the Hope of the living and the Resurrection of the dead the the Way to al that come unto thee the Truth to all that know thee and the Life to all that beleeve in Thee Make good all thy glorious and gracious Titles unto mee Lord protect me Iesu save me Christ my annointed King rule me my annointed Priest sanctifie me my annointed Prophet reveile unto mee the secrets of thy Kingdom Oh Christ whose Name is an Oyntment powred out annoint me with the oyle of Gladnesse this day above others This is the day which the Lord hath made I will rejoyce and be glad in it nay I dare take the note higher and sing This is the day in which the Lord was made I will exult and triumph in it Thou which madest al dayes wert this day made of a woman and made under the Law From all eternity it was never heard that eternity entred into the Kalender of time supreme Majesty descended into the womb Immensity was comprehended Infinity bounded Vbiquity inclosed and the Deity incarnated Yet this day it was seene for this day the Word became flesh God became man and to effect this wonderfull mystery a Virgin became a Mother one deepe calleth upon another one miracle begetteth another the Sunne bringeth forth all other dayes but this day brought thee forth the Sunne of Righteousnesse If we set our voyces and instruments and heart-strings to the highest straine of joy at the birth of great Kings and Princes what ought I to doe at this day on which thou the King of heaven wast borne upon the earth At the marriage of great personages men give full scope to all manner of expressions of carnall joy even oftentimes to the very surfet of the senses with pleasure how then should I bee ravished with spirituall joy at this time when heaven and earth the divine nature and humane were maried The contract was in heaven before all times but the marriage was this day consummated in the undefiled bed of the Virgin Lord who this day camest downe to me draw me up to thee and give mee accesse with more confidence and boldnesse for now thou art become my Brother and Ally by blood The rayes of thy divine Majesty will not dazle the eyes of my soule they being now veiled with thy flesh This day thou didst unite thy selfe to me naturally and substantially and becamest truly flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone unite me to thee this day spi●itually and make me a true member of thy mysticall body that I may be flesh of thy flesh and bone of thy bone Lord thou didst this day participate of my humane nature make me this day participate by grace of thy divine so far as I am capable therof and impart and communicate unto me the merit of al thyactions and benefit of all thy sufferings in this thy nature O my Lord and my God who by assuming flesh unto thy divine person hast sanctified it and highly advanced it farre above all creatures keepe me from defiling my flesh with sinfull pollutions or abasing or inthralling it to Satan O Son of God who by this incarnate Nature becamest the Sonne of Man make me the sinfull son of man by Grace and Adoption to become the son of God And as thou this day according to the words of thine Angell wert borne to mee bee borne also in mee that from henceforth I live not but thou in me Let thy Spirit quicken me thy Flesh nourish me thy Wisedome guide me thy Grace sanctifie m● and thy Word instruct me Let the Holy Ghost of Whom thou wast conceived beget thee in me by the Immortall seed of thy Word Let my Faith conceive thee my Profession bring thee forth my Love embrace thee and Devotion entertaine and continually keepe thee with mee till thy second comming So come unto mee Lord Iesus come quickly Amen THE MOONE OR A Meditation on New-yeares day AFter you have taken a view of the Sacrifice prepared A Lambe slain from the beginning you may bee pleased to behold how the Priest begins to draw its blood with the sharpe knife of the Ceremonial Law as on this day which may very wel be compared to the Moon from her foure-fold nomination First shee is called Lucina or Luna because shee is a light which appears in the dark night so the Ceremoniall Law was as a Light in the night of ignorance when all the world was in darknesse God separated the Jewes to himselfe as David saith God hath given Lawes unto Iacob his statutes and ordinances unto Israel hee hath not dealt so with any other nation neither have the Heathen knowledge of his Lawes Secondly the Moone is called Cynthia which was an high hill in Delos that