him to be so desirous to goe to Church Now to apply what hath beene spoken and to make such vse of it as is fit to come to the marke it selfe whereat I first aimed when I first made choise of this Text. To behold the faire beauty of the Lord and to visit his Temple Little wrong was done to Saul by the woman of Israel when they made it the burden of their song Saul hath slaine his thousand and David his ten thousand The vnlike deserts of these two Princes saith a worthy Divine of our daies might iustly admit an vnlike commendation Our Saviour in the Gospell indeed preferreth olde wine before new but in the same Gospell if we marke it he preferreth the New Testament before the old There is no greater Prophet then Iohn saith he among them that are begotten of women neverthelesse he that is least in the kingdome of God is greater then he the kingdome of God being there taken as the kingdome of heauen Matthew the third at the second verse and the Gospell of the kingdome Matthew the fourth at the three twentie verse and the word of the kingdome Matthew the thirteenth at the nineteenth verse in a word as our Savior meant when he said The kingdome of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a Nation which shall bring forth the fruits thereof Matthew the one and twentieth at the three and fortieth verse These things thus Beloved it shall be no disparagement to the Temple here in this place if so be we preferre before it the Beautie of our Temples The Beauty I told you of this Temple consisted in two points First in regard of the Parties that there were present Secondly in regard of the Things performed in those Assemblies The Parties present were first the Lord himselfe then the Priests theÌ„ the People The Things performed in those Assemblies was the Publique Solemnitie of Gods worship both in the Word and Sacraments and Sacrifices and Prayer and Prayses and doth not the Church of God whereof our Assemblies are every of them parts and parcels of the selfe same nature the Church is eveÌ„ the meanest Assembly that is so it be a Congregation doth not the Church I say so far excell that Synagogue as the Sunne in his brightnesse the meanest starre Begin wee first of all with Gods presence and is it not more in Christian Assemblies theÌ„ it was to the Israelits in that Temple At sundrie times and in diuers maners saith the Apostle to the Hebrews God spake in the old time to our Fathers by the Prophets in these last dais he hath spoken to vs bâ—… Sâ—nne never spake Prophet â—…e the Son Iohn the seaventh â—…e sixe and fortith verse O but you â—…ay God him selfe spake to Moses â—…es hard his owne voice I grant he did and was not the same voice of the same God hard also in the new Testament first vpoÌ„ the baptisme of our Savior Matthew the third at the seaveÌ„teenth vers secondly at another time Iohn the 12 at the eight and twenty verse True it is it was at those times it was then it is not now howbeit as S. Austen in the matter of the Tongues To one that should say saith he if thou hast received the Holy Ghost why then speakest thou not as did the Apostles with diversity of tongues thou mayst answer him againe yes I speak with diversity of tongues for I am in the body of Christ that is the Church which speaketh with such diversitie right so may we say in this case no particular Church whatsoever but in regard this was spoken to our Savior Christ the head thereof but hath the benefit of those words and may bee said to haue hard the voice of God Nowe as wee haue God the father here the first Person in Trinity so haue we here God the sonne to even as he testified of himselfe where two or three saith he are gathered togither in my name there am I in the midst of theÌ„ Not as he was in the midst betweene the two theeues giving influence to the one and none at all to the other Luke the three tweÌ„tith at the three and fortith verse but as he was in the midst of the Doctors or in the midst of the eleaven Apostles or if not so personally for he is nowe at the right hand of God there setteth as speak the Scriptures yet as he was in the midst of the candleslickes Revelation the first at the thirteenth verse Over and besides the Sonne of God we haue God the holy Ghost to of whoÌ„ our Saviour himselfe said that hee should abide with vs for ever and is therfore called by Tertullian The Vicar of Christ vpoÌ„ earth True it is they had in their Temple this Trinity as well as we the Father and Sonne and Holy Ghost for they were but one God both then now ever but come to the manner of their being there being with vs in our Assemblies and it was a ridle to the Iewes we that haue plowed with Sampsons heyfer that is with the holy Scriptures haue easily found it out You shall heare Dichers Delvers saith Theodoret of the Christians in his time and he spake it not in skorne neither reasoning about the Trinity Over and besides the Holy Trinity we haue the Angels to here present in regard of whom the Apostle in his Epistle to the Corinthians The woman ought to haue power on her head that is to haue her head covered because of the Angels Nor are they present only as Spectators but they assist vs after a sort I they solace themselues in the beauty of this house according to that of St Peter The which things the Angels desire to behold speaking of the misteries published in the Gospell The word Beholding there vsed being the same that was vsed of himselfe when he lookt so diligently into the sepulcher and the Apostle alluding thereby as it is thought to the figure of the Cherubins that were so fashioned by the hand of the work man as if they had looked into the Arke Concerning the other Parties that were present namely the Priestes and People how infinitly in each of them doe we Christians out strip the Iewes First concerning our Priests they are not in deede so gorgeous in attire as they were but being Ministers of better things how are they more beautifull notwithstanding How beautifull saith the Apostle are the feet of them whâ—ch bring glad tidings of peace and bring glad tidings of good things And St Chrysostome he compares theÌ„ in one place to the Angels in another place he prefers them farre before theÌ„ To them saith he that inhabit the earth and are conversant therein is committed the dispensing of those things which are in hâ—aveÌ„ They haue that power given vnto them which he neuer gaue to
hot as another Hip. You should not be my sister else Vio. Nor my mothers daughter neither Hip. And in good earnest wee are not fathâ—r◠〈…〉 amisse Viol. Are you avis'd of that and Ifaith tellâ—… what thinke you of your servant Dorus. Hip. As of a sweet Almond in a rugged shell the Sun in a cloud or a wealthy Diamond in a rocke indeed cleane contrary to the world hee weares the worst side outward and is much better then he seemes but what thinke you of your manly Amazon Vio. Nay the sport is I know not what to thinke Zelmanes humour would afford project for a pretty Court Comoedy my father courts her for a woman and as I feare she is my mother doats upon her for a man and as I wish he were and that with such an ardor of affection that I could find in my heart to turne my mother out of the company and play the lovers part my selfe Hip. How ever man or woman the jest holds currant in one Vio. I know not what knavish motion hath had to doe with my thought but my mind tels mee that your servant Dorus and my Amazon are other then they seeme and here he comes Enter first Lisander then Miso Mopsa Demetrius Miso Why how now madam Ladies gadding is this the obedience of your fathers charge Lisan Pardon Mistresse Miso 't was my doing and the Dukes Miso But the Dutchesse will like neither the Dukes doings nor yours neither in this case I can tell you The Duke staies your comming and yet the Dutchesse is very desirous on 't my husband is in the next Arbour to man you For you Lady my presence be your priviledge Li. Miso should be either a hang man or a Herald for she never comes amongst us but she quarters our company and armes De. Excellent beauty therefore more excellent because situate in so faire a creature Mop. You are a merry man Dorus but all this cannot make me loue me how say you mother doth he Mi. Mary let him chuse daughter when I was as thou art Hip. You were as she is but faith madam Mopsa I perceiue my servant Dorus beares a moneths mind to you bee not so straight laced to him Mop. Straight lac'd sgod mend me I am not lac'd at all am I Dorus no in sooth I goe wide ope wensday I never lace my selfe but on sundayes that for feare I should burst with cating of plum-porridge Hip. I meane let fall some comfortable lookes on your suter Mop. Sgod mend me I le let fall or take up any thing I haue to doe him good Hip. Why that 's kindly said and Dorus your loue is very ambitious to climbe so high as the beautifull Mopsa Mop. O are you avis'd of that 't would make a horse breake his bridle to heare how the youth of the village will commend me oh the pretty little pincking nies of Mopsa sayes one oh the fine flat lips of Mopsa sayes another and then doe I bridle my head like a malt-horse thus set mine armes a kembo thus wreath my necke and my body thus winke with one eye thus and spread my peacocks tay le as broad as the proudest minxe of em all Hip. These extraordinary graces must not want admiration but where 's your mother Miso Speake softly in the Lobby there for waking my Ladies foisting hound Mop. Godsme my mother's stealing of a nap Hip. Nay shee cannot bee said to steale a nap for the noise shee makes herselfe would discover her theft but Dorus sith your fortunes are poore you should study to enoble your deserts and beget effects worthy to court and win your Ladies acceptance Dem. Lasse madam I chuse no better moderater then your selfe betwixt me my unworthy services suppose your selfe though but a Cucko compar'd with this sweet singing Nitingale should be sued to by a Prince like me I meane like me in loue for loue in Princes pesants admits comparison suppose Demetrius should in like disguise court you as I doe Mopsa sigh for you as I doe for Mopsa kneele to you thus as I doe to Mopsa lay downe his life to you as I doe to Mopsa prefer your good before his owne as I protest I do Mopsaes suppose he should shew you the knowen marke of his neck to assure you he were Demetrius as I doe this to Mopsa to witnesse I am the sonne of Menalchas could your disdaine stand out like Mopsaes Hip. What a keenes necessitie sets upon the edge of invention trust me Mopsa your servant speakes well and if hee can proue himselfe the man he speakes of and my wishes well hope Demetrius you haue no reason to thinke scorne of him Mop. Why what should I doe Madam my mother tels me I must not say as I thinke Hip. I am no counseller but should Demetrius in like disguise court me thus would I embrace him thus seale my affections with a kisse and thus argue thinke not Demetrius that the clouds of basenesse could so musfle thee but that the Sun of valour shind through them long since and in regard of thy serviceable dutie in concealing and unprevented policy in thus making knowen thy loue sort but out fit opportunity and in despight of al guardians strict observance goe where thou wilt the worth of Demetrius shall draw Hippolita this would I vow and this will I performe De. And were I Demetrius and you Hippolita I would deceiue Dametas outreach Miso forsweare Mopsa and forsake Arcadia to share the fortunes of divine Hippolita Mop. And what should I doe then Dem. I doe but speake in the person of Demetrius and under Hippolita shadow what I intend to the rare and never enough wondred at Mopsa the blacke swan of beauty and madg-howlet of admiration Mop. Doe not you flout me Dorus and you doe not provide a Priest and I le marry you and my father and mother shall never know on 't De. Manasses is the man Mop. And I le bee the woman whosoever say nay to 't little dreames my mother of what we haue done De. T' may be she did for she sigh'd groand much in her sleepe Mop. T is well shee was so quiet for shee eate pease-poridge to breakefast and they 'l make mebreake wind in my sleepe like a horse and see as the devill will ha 't she wakes and here comes my father no words and yee loue me Enter Dametas Dam. Why God a mercy Dorus this diligence becomes the servant of Dametas and I le preferre thee for 't Hip. You were worse then the devill else for they say hee helps his servants then you may doe little and you cannot helpe yours Da. Will you breake your jests against the bars of your chamber window and cleare the greene the Duke is comming to bowles and I would not for halfe mine office you should be a rub in the way of his patience daughter and wife conduct her to the Lodge Exit And Dorus make you haste about
your busines Dem. I warrant you Sir be my hopes rightly plac't You will condemne me for my too much haste Exeunt Dam. Why so this t is to be in authority Inferiour persons I and the Princes themselues fly from my presence like the chirping Birds from the sight of the Faulcon my very breath like a mighty wind blowes away inferiour Officers the Court rubbish out of my way and giues me a smooth passage I am the morning starre I am seldome seene but about the rising of the Sunne indeed I am never out of the Dukes eye and here he comes Enter Duke Dutchesse Lisander Violetta Duke Doth our match hold Dutch Yes whose part will you take Duk. Zelmanes Dutch Soft that match is yet to make Viol. Le ts cast a choise the neerest two take one Lis My choice is cast helpe sweet occasion Viol. Come here 's agood Lis Well better'd Dutch Best of all Lis The Duke and I. Duk The weakest goe to the wall Viol. I le leade Lis I le follow Viol. We haue both one mind Lis In what Viol. In leaving the old folke behind Duk. Well jested daughter and you leade not faire The hindmost hound though old may catch the hare Dut. Your last bowle come Viol. By the faith a me well lead Lisa Would I might leade you Viol. Whither Lisa To my bed Viol. I am sure you would not Lisa By this aire I would Viol. I hope you would not hurt me and you should Lis I 'de love you sweet Viol. Soure so I heard you say Lisa A cept it then Viol. Of what acquaintance pray Lisa Of loves and mine Duke Daughter your bowle winnes one Viol. None of my Maydenhead father I am gone The Amazon hath wonne one Lisa Yield to that Viol. The cast I doe Lis Your selfe Viol. Nay scrape out that Dut. Whose is it yet Lisa The Dukes play smooth and fine The smallest helpe that is will make you mine Viol. Me yours Lis You mine for though the cast I lose I ha wonne your love Viol. Much in my tother hose Dut. Come the last marke this cast is worth all the rest Viol. The leader as the follower Lisa Bad 's the best I winne her for ten Crownes and there they be Viol. I take your lay Lisa A match twixt you and me Dut. I le be your halfe Duk. That were unkindly done Viol. Pardon me mother I le beare all or none Lisa I ha wonne you Madam Viol. Me Lisa I meane your bet Viol. Then take your winnings I le not die in debt Lis Madam beleeve mee I am as I protest a Prince my name Lisander Vio. Looke to the Dukes standing Madam Dut. So I will I warrant you and to your falling Lis Thus clouded as you see for your love my soule speakes in my tongue I appoynted this match at Bowles a purpose to acquaint you with it Vio. Barre stealing Father yet and all hit right Here 's one would steale a piece of flesh to night Lis Deere Madam Vio. No more words I have perceived as much in your eye as you can expresse with your tongue and as farre as my mothers jealousy would give me leave answered it with kind lookes your bias stands wrong mother Dut. Why it stands toward Zelmanes Vio. Hath it stood so long Dut. All the game through Vio. Then all your game 's bowld wrong furnish you with necessaries befitting an escape and my will shall be as ready to take wing as yours put in a cast now mother or the game is gone indeed Dut. Whose is the throw Vio. Ours till the last bowle came But that hath wonn't em cleere both cast and game Lis Our winnings come a kisse and bate the rest Dut. What doe you kisse in eanest or in jest Viol. In earnest in good truth Duk. Troth kindly sed Take heed you kisse not out your Mayden-head Viol. In jest Duk. In earnest Viol. T is the fashion Much in request among our nation Duk. To kisse away their Maiden-heads Viol. Now and then And being gone to kisse it backe agen For lovers indentures nere are fairly drawn Vntill the Maiden-head be left in pawne As earnest of the match so mothers sed And so will daughters doe when mams be dead Duke What pawne their Maydenheads Viol Yes and lose em too Dut. And you'â— maintaine that fashion Vio. Signeor Noe. Musicke of bells c. Duk. Lay by this home-bred mirth and prepare your eares to entertaine strangers Viol. Strangers why father strangers are as welcome to mee as mine owne Country-men if they bring good manners and civill humanity in their company otherwise they are like foule weather come afore they be sent for Enter Dametas Manasses Iulio Amintas Viol. Dametas nay then we shall have newes enough for he never comes into the presence but he brings a whole sacke full of lies of newes I should say Duk. Welcome Dametas what officious fellow is that Dam. A pure well willer of your Majesties and a follower of mine Vio. O t is Manasses and he could make armes as well as he maâ—res legs hee would grow in great request for Heraldry What 's your newes Manas These Lacedemonians subjects to your Majesty having a message to deliver to your Majesties instruments of hearing commonly eclip'd eares Vio. How hath any one here clipt eares Manas Sweete Feminine clip off the taile of thy discourse with the Sissars of attention as I say these Lacedemonians have chosen me their tongue Vio. Of a long tongue thou speakest very little Man That proves me no woman for they speake over much Duk What grievances oppresse them briefely speake Amin. Merchandize my Liege through the avarice of purchasing Officers is wrackt with such unmercifull impost that the very name of Trafficke growes odious even to the professour Iulio Townes so opprest for want of wonted and naturall liberty as that the native Inhabitanus feeme Slaves and the Forreiners free Denizens Amin. Offices so bought and sold that before the purchaser can be sayd to be placed in his office he is againe by his covetous Patron displac'd Iulio Common Riots Rapes and wilfull Homicide in great mens followers not onely not punished but in a manner countenanced and applauded Amin. Indeed since your Majestie left the Land the whole body of the Common-wealth runs cleane against the bias of true and pristine governement Iulio And your honourable Brother like a ship tost upon the violent billowes of this insurrection by us intreats your Majesties Letters of speedy reformation for feare the whole Kingdome suffer inevitable shipwracke Duk. Which after short deliberation with our Councell your selfe shall returne Dametas reward their travels with two hundred Crownes in the meane time let them taste the best entertainement of our Court. Proud Rebels they shall see that a Dukes frowne Can at his pleasure turne Rebellion downe See them rewarded Auri. Manasses see the fellowes entertayned I must attend of the Duke Man Boy see the fellowes entertayned I
marry I was the woman in the Moone that made you walke all this last night like the man in the mist I could say somewhat to you Madam as for Dametas and his man let them stand like fooles as they are Dut. Can it be possible Dem. No no we are Guls innocent sots but lante tanta the girles are ours we haue won them away to Dargison Lis Come we haue won the conquest and that 's sufficient Dem. You are a Manasses t is not sufficient aha not Hercules for Iole Ioue for Danae Apollo for Daphne Pan for Sirne nay the whole packe of their piperly godheads could a discharg'd a stratagem with more spirit of all merit an ambling nag and a downe a downe we haue borne her away to Dargison Enter Iulio and Amintas Dut. 'T was the most rarest divinest Metaphysicalst piece of invention that what say you my liege Duk. I giue your deserts their full merit you haue gotten equality Iulio All the wenches gaue you Dem. Alas â—hat spirits under the Moone could haue detaind her but know that her cherry red lip a downe a downe Amin. Trust me but you haue deserved high commendation Iulio Your merit stood of the upper staire of admiration Dem. Why thou hast a pretty relish of wit now that canst see the broad eye of my desert at a little hole of demonstration Iulio Your desert saue mee free you haue done a most to use your owne phrase Metaphysicall peece of service but you had some helpe in 't questionlesse Amin. I doe not thinke but the Ladies had some handin't Dem. A finger I confesse a finger by the hope of perseverance a very little finger Iul. I thought as much by making of the jest Amin. I cannot detract from the Ladies worth for I know them for excellent worke-women Dem. Worke-women fit to make Taylors men Amin. I by my faith doe I nay your best taylors are arrant botchers to them you shall haue a Lady make an end of a sute a Court sute especially when all the Taylors in a countrey know not how to set a stitch in 't Dor. Some ordinary sute perhaps Amin. Your best Court suits that are are finisht by Ladies I haue knowen a suite my selfe lien a making and mâ—ring â— â— and fiue yeare together and then a Lady hath dispatcht it in a moneth with a wet finger such a finger might the Ladies haue in your plot Dem. Never wet a finger by this Sunne Iul. Then she helpt you with one dry jest or another but and we may be so bold faith whereare the Ladies Dem. Sure enough I warrant you some fooles now would haue kept them here and haue bin guld on them againe and laught at age but to prevent all danger we haue shipt them home for Lacedemon Iulio To Lacedemon your sunne of wit shines but dimly in that me thinkes to whose charge haue you trusted them Lisan To them we durst nay you must thinke we are no fooles Iul. Fooles nay deepe wit and pollicy forbid Dem. We had no sooner their surprisall but we had disguise ready a ship ready a couple of lusty friends ready the Lacedemon Intelligencers Iul. Durst you trust such pretious jewels in such rusty caskets Dem. Durst our health our liues why they were my tenants nay you must thinke we sifted them we are no fooles in that neither Amin. If in any thing your wits deserue the bable t is in that Iul. None but fooles would haue committed such inestimable peeres to a couple of strangers Amin. And in a ship too Iu. And under saile too Dut. And unfurnisht of friends too Duk. And without shipping to follow them too Iul. You were no fooles in any thing but that and in that not to flatter you expresse the true shape of folly and meerely merit the name of fooles Dem. What will you say now when these fellowes surrender us our loues Amin. Wee le discharge you and set their names downe for Guls in your steed Dem. You knovv the Proverbe vvhen the skie sals vve shall haue Larkes Lisan And vvhen you can bring proofe that vve are consend of our Wenches vvee le be the Woodcocks Iulio VVhy then we have once spring'd a couple of woodcocks Enter Violetta and Hippolita Amin. Doe you know these who are the fooles now Dem. Hippolita Lis My Violetta Dem. VVhat a strange change is here Hip. Yes saith Gallants you have very strange carding and you knew all but I hope you 'l offer up your cards and yield the set lost Dem. Gulls Lis And abus'd I le lose my life before I le lose my honour Dem. Honour and life before I le lose my love draw Du. Nay Gentlemen wee barre all violence the liberty of our challenge was to all alike equally free and since these by faire play have won em it stands with our honour to see them peaceably possest of em then surely take em for though you weare the breeches give us leave to stand a little Hip. VVhy father is 't not time that we were sped T is a great charge to keep a Maydâ—â—â—-head Lose it we must and to prevent ill course Better to giv 't then haue it tane perforce If you be pleas'd let envy doe her worst Spit out her poyson or contain't and burst VVelcome to all to all a kind good-night They truely live that live in scorne of spight FINIS DAVIDS DESIRE TO GO TO CHVRCH as it was published in two Sermons in S t Maries in Oxford The One the fift of November in the Afternoone to the Vniversity 1609. the Other on Christmas Day following to the Parishioners of that place By IOHN DAY Bachelour of Divinity and one of the Fellowes of Oriell Colledge Basil in Psal 115. Audite vos Ecclesiam relinquences in domibus communibus diversantes miserabilia pretiosi corporis fragmento quòd preces ac vota in medio Ierusalem reddere oportet hoc est Ecclesiae Dei AT OXFORD Printed by Ioseph Barnes 1612. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL M r D r BLENCOW Provost of Oriell Colledge the Fellowes Students there WITH THE RIGHT Worshipfull the Worshipfull and the rest of the Parish of S t Maries GRACE BE WITH YOV and peace from Godour Father from the Lord Iesus Christ THE EPISTLE Dedicatorie RIGHT Worshipfull you the rest Beloved in our Lorde That which the Apostle said coÌ„cerning Wiues of being subiect to their Husbands that even they which obeyed not the word might without the word haue beene wonne by the conversation of the wiues while they beheld their pure conversation which was with feare may with good congruity be said to Protestant-Christians of often frequeÌ„ting Church-Service that even they which obey not the word I meane Roman-Catholickes may without the word be wonne by the conversatioÌ„ of such Protestants while they be hold our pure conversation which is or ought to be with feare Howbeit such hath beene the coldnes of a manie in this kind the aversenes of others