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A07448	Wits common wealth The second part. A treasurie of diuine, morall, and phylosophicall similies, and sentences, generally vsefull. But more particularly published, for the vse of schooles. By F.M. Master of Arts of bot Vniuersities.; Palladis tamia	Meres, Francis, 1565-1647.; N. L. (Nicholas Ling), fl. 1580-1607. Politeuphuia.	1634 (1634)	STC 17835; ESTC S121517	258,252	788

seauen principall vertues Faith Hope Charitie Pruden●e Iustice Fortitude and Temrance which vertues Hel●uicus The●tonicus particularly compares vnto the seauen Planets in his first booke de coelo elementis cap. 84. As there bee seauen principals mettals Q●ick siluer Brasse Gold Siluer Tin Iron and Lead so there be seauen chiefe vertues vt suprà which the same Helu●icus particularly compareth to these mettals in his second Booke d● metallis l●pidibus cap. 40. As Garlicke hath seauen medicinable qualities in it so haue the seauen principall vertues which the same Authour setteth downe in his third Book de vegetabilus plant●s cap. 8● As there be fiue outward senses the sight hearing smelling tast and touching so there bee fiue inward vertues Faith Obedience Hope Charitie and Humilitie which the same writer compareth together in his sixt booke de homine eius membris cap. 77. As the bones are the strength of the body so vertues are the strength of the Soule F. Ioannes a S. Geminiano lib. 6. de homine membris eius cap. 77. As the bones are bo●nd together by certaine ligaments so all vertues are so combined and linked together that one cannot bee had without another ibid. As the bones are nourished by the inward marrow so vertues are nourished by diuine grace As the best Wine is in the middest of the Barrell so vertue doth consist in a meane Idem lib. 9. de artificibus rebus artisicialibus cap. 82. It is to no purpose to light a lampe to burne if oyle be not powred in so it is to no purpose to teach that vertue is to be embraced if the way and manner bee not deliuered how to attaine vnto it Plutarch Euen as a ditcher that by chaunce findeth a precious stone doth little esteeme it because hee knoweth not the price of it so ignoraunt infidels and prophane worldly men make little reckoning of vertue and vertuous men because they neither know the dignity of vertue nor the estimation of her followers Lodouicus Granat lib. 1. Ducis peccatorum The Images called Sileni were vnpolished without but curiously and with great Art wrought within so vertue out wardly seemeth rough when inwardly it is full of beautie ibidem As blood releiueth a distressed heart so vertue comforteth an afflicted soule ibidem Euen as God is a goodnesse so vni●ersall that in him alone are found all the perfections of all good so after a certaine manner the same are found in Vertue ibidem Euen as of the conueniencie and proportion of the members and lineaments and of the humours of the naturall body a certaine beautie a riseth which is acceptable to the eyes of men so of the order and vertuous frame of the life laudably led and formed so great a beautie proceedeth that not onely it is most acceptable to the eye of God and Angels but it is also beloued of peruerse and froward men ibidem If a noble and beautifull Woman worthy of a Kings bed should be married to a foule Collier it would moue all men to compassion that beheld her so much more effectually shall he bee moued that seeth vertues worthy of God and diuine reward to be made vassals to compasse the drosse and dung of this world ibidem He that selleth precious 〈…〉 rich Gemmes●ought very well to 〈◊〉 them that he be not deceiued in the price and the ouerseer and gouernour of a Princes house ought to know the deserts of euery one in the house that he may dispose of euery one according to his dignitie for otherwise hee shall ●omit many errours and offer great inequality so a man that dealeth with the worth and value of vertues is to knowe the price and dignitie of them that comparing them betweene themselues he may see which is to bee preferred before others and render and tender to euery one her due honour ibidem Euen as wee make greater account of an heape of Gold then of Siluer and doe more esteeme an eye then a finger so also it is meete and requisite that with greater endeauour and diligence we should apply our selues to the worthier vertues and with the lesser to the lesse worthy lest we disturbe the spirituall businesse Ibidem lib. 2. Ducis peccatorum As in all things as well artificiall as naturall there are found some true and some seeming appearing so but are not so in deed and as there is both true Gold and that which is false lawfull money and counterfeit coyne true Gemmes and false Gemmes so also among Vertues some are true and some that appeare to be so but are not so in truth ibidem As the foule Toade hath a faire stone in his Head the fine Gold is found in the filthy earth the sweete Kernell lyeth in the hard shell so Vertue is many time● harboured in the heart of him that most men esteemed mishapen As the precious stone Sandastra hath nothing in outward appearance but that which seemeth blacke but being broken powreth forth beames like the Sunne so Vertue sheweth but bare to the outward eye but being pierced with inward desire shineth like Christall FAITH AS a Child that learneth his first elements ought to beleeue that his Master teacheth him and not to aske the reason why this Letter is called A and that B so in the misteries of Faith we must not aske the reason how this may be and that may be but we must giue credite to the Scriptures Lodo●icus Granat in lib. de deuotione As he that hauing neuer seene glasse before seeing a curious and an excellent vessell made of it and set before his eyes can not be induced to beleeue that it was made of a certaine kind of straw and sand and that onely by the breath of man so is it in matters of Faith being considered of by the light of reason Ibidem As we cannot imitate nor well vnderstand the Arte of Bees in making their Hony Combes and tempering their Honie nor the Arte of Spiders in weauing their Wibbes nor the Arte of Silke wormes in spinning their Silke so much lesse can we imitate the diuine workes or comprehend in our reasonable vnderstanding the misteries of Faith ibidem If thou hast life thou hast heate so if thou hast a liuely Faith thou hast good workes Nazianzene As fire cannot be without heate nor the Sunne without light so a iustifying Faith cannot bee without iustifying workes As a riuer commeth from a fountaine so faith commeth from the Lord. As water maketh the earth fruitfull so faith enricheth the soule with good workes As the Carbuncle shineth in the night and in darknesse casteth light vnto the eyes so faith shineth in the darknesse of herisie and in the night of persecusion neither can it be ouercome or extinguished of either As there are twelue kinds of a Carbuncles so there are twelue Articles of our Faith Isidorus As a garment touched with the stone Amiathon doth resist fire and if you hang it ouer the fire it will not

burne but become brighter so the soule being endued with Faith doth resist the heate of persecution and by it becomes more glorious I●idorus As Quick-siluer is the Element or matter of all mettals according to the Phylosopher so Faith is the foundation of all vertues As the Almond tree flourisheth before any other tree so Faith ought to flourish before any other vertue As wee cannot liue without the elements so we cannot attaine knowledge without Faith Clemens Alexander lib. 2. Stromat As nothing is delectable vnto me● without light so nothing is acceptable vnto God without Faith Origenes lib. in Iob. As a light is not lightned of Oyle but is nourished by Oyle so Faith doth not grow of works but is nourished by workes Chrysostomus hom 18. operis imperfecti HOPE EVen as an Anchor fastened into the earth keepeth the Ship safe which stayeth in the midst of the waues and maketh it that it feareth not the billowes of the raging Sea so liuely Hope being firmely fixed vpon the heauenly promises preserueth the minde of the ●fighteous vnremoued in the middest of the waues of this world and maketh it that it contemneth and despiseth all the storme and tempest of the winds Lod. Granat lib. 1. Ducis peccat Euen as a Sonne in all his troubles and necessities which happen vnto him trusteth and affianceth his repose in his Father especially if he be rich and powerfull that his helpe and fatherly prouidence will not at any time faile him so should man haue this heart of a Sonne to God his Father who both can and will helpe his children better then all the Fathers in the World Idem lib. 2. Ducis peccatorum As a Ship by the anchor is kept from the violence of the tempests so the soule by Hope is kept from the rage of temptations F. Ioannes a S. Geminiano lib. 9. de Antificib reb Artif cap. 70. As a staffe doth support a man so doth Hope ibidem As the h●sbandman soweth his land in Hope of fruit so men performe the duties of Christianity in Hope of heauen Macar hom 14. As a Mearchant taketh paines to furrow the vast Ocean in hope of earthly gaines so a Christian strugleth through the waues and billowes of this life in hope of heauenly reward Basil. in Psal. 1. As the hope of a Crowne and victory maketh the discommodities of war tollerable so the hope of heauen maketh the griefes and turmoyles of this life portable Chrysost. lib. 3. de prouidentia Dei As an helmit defendeth the Head so hope defendeth the soule idem homilia nona in priorem ad Thessalonicenses As Pillers support and vphold earthly buildings so hope supporteth and vpholdeth spirituall buildings Laurentius Instinianus in ligno vit● c. 2. de spe As it did not hurt Rahab to dwell with the people of Iericho but her faith kept her safe so sin doth not hurt them that in Faith and Hope doe expect their redeemer Macarius hom 31. As without sustenance the body would sinke so without hope the heart would burst As Abraham begat Isaac so Faith begets Hope CHARITIE AS the Physitian hateth the disease yet loueth the person of the diseased so wee must loue that in our neighbour which is good and made of God and abhor that which man and the Deuill haue made euil Lod. Granat lib. 1. Ducis Peccat As the members of the same body albeit hauing diuerse duties and functions and differing also in forme doe tenderly and mutually loue one another because they liue by one and the selfe same reasonable soule so much more ought faithfull Christians to loue one another who are made a liue by that diuine Spirit who by how much he is more noble by so much also hee is more powerfull to knit and vnite those together in whom he dwelleth ibid. In the Temple there was not any thing which either was not Gold or that was not couered with pure Gold so it is not lawful that any thing should be in the liuely temple of our soule which is not either charity or ouer-gilded and deaurated with charity Idem lib. 2. Ducis Peccatorum Euen as all the life of the body proceedeth from the soule so all the dignity and worth of externall vertues proceed from the internall but especially from charity Ibidem As Gold excelleth all other mettals so Charity excelleth all other vertues whether theologicall or morall Geminianus lib. 2. de Meiallis lapid Cap. 40. As in a materiall building one stone is knit vnto another by lime and morter so in the spirituall building one Christian is ioyned to another by charity Chrysostom hom 7. operis imperfecti As death is the end of sinne so is Charity because hee that loueth God ceaseth to sinne Ambrosius lib. de Isaac anima As Harts in swimming ouer a riuer by holding vp one anothers head doe helpe one another so wee sailing ouer the Sea of this world by charity should helpe one angther August lib. 83. quaest 8. As Ginger is medicinable against the cold causes of the breast and lungs so charity is a medicine against the cold icenesse of niggardice and auarice Geminianus lib. 3. de vegetabilib plant cap. 5. As a roote is ingendred of moisture and celestiall heat so charity groweth from the moisture of deuotion and supernall heate of the holy spirit Idem lib. 3. de veget plan● cap. 9. As the Cipers tree is very fragrant in sauour so the odour of Charity is so sweete vnto God that without it nothing smelleth well Ibidem As the same hand is diuided in diuers fingers so the charity of many doth make them one yet they are seuered Plut. As fire in all shops is an instrument for all artisans and workemen so nothing is well done without charity As the Sunne is of an vniting vertue for it vniteth the planets in their effects so charity doth spiritually vnite and therefore it is called the bond of perfection because it perfectly vniteth the soule to God and bindeth the hearts of the faithfull together F. Ioannes a S. Geminiano libro 1. de caelo clementis cap. 13. As the Sun is of a reuiuing nature so is charity a●d doth translate from death to life ibidem As the Sun is of an attractiue power to draw vapours vpwards so is charity for it healeth the heart and draweth vp the affections to God ibidem As the Sunne and the fire are neuer without heat so charity is neuer without works and well doing ibidem As the Sunne and the fire are communicatiue of themselues so also is charity ibidem As fire most actiue among the elements so is charity most actiue among the vertues ibidem As a light is not diminished by participation so charity is not lessened by being deuided to many but rather augmented ibidem As heate is the chiefe agent in generation so is charity in producing the workes of vertue ibidem As heate mollifieth hard mettals so charity softeneth hard hearts ibidem

imperfecti As no man can measure the winde or weigh the fire so no man can attaine vnto the vnsearchable iudgements of the Lord. Euen as one standing vpon the shoare doth see the Sea and yet doth not see the breadth and depth of it so the Angels and all the other elect which bee in Heauen doe see God really yet they cannot comprehend either the depth of his greatnesse or the altitude of his et●nitie Lodouicus Granatensis lib. 1. Duc●s peccatorum Euen as there can be found nothing more bright and visible then the Sunne yet nothing is lesse seene then it by reason of the excellency of his brightnesse and the weakenesse of our sight so there is nothing in it selfe more intelligible then God yet there is nothing in this life lesse vnderstood then he for the same reasons Ibidem As the Painter when he depainted the funeral solemnity of a certaine Kings Daughter pourtrayed her kinsfolks with heauy countenances and her Mother more sorrowfull then the rest but when he came to delineate the Father he did couer his face with an artificiall shadow signifying thereby that his Art did here faile him so when we speake of God and the deepe mysteries of his di●●nitie vnder awe of admiration wee are to lay our hands on our mouthes and to adore him with ineffable and chast silence Ibidem God is not the Authour of sinne AS the Sunne which is made to illustrate and enlighten things cannot obscure and darken them so God who is righteousnesse it selfe cannot doe vniusily Origines lib. 3. contra Celsum As the wicked doe naughtily entreate the goodnesse of God so God doth vse to good ends the euill workes of the vngodly Eusebius Emissenus hom 4. de Epiphania As the Smith is not the cause why the iron rusteth nor the progenitour of a liuely body is the cause of the filth and blemishes it afterwards gathereth so neither God although he make and order all things is the cause of any sin and wickednesse in them Mercurius Trismegistus in Pymandro As it belongeth vnto God being only good to bee the cause of euery good worke so it is vnmeete and incongruous that hee should be supposed the authour of any euill Fulgentius lib. 1. As a Master that would try his ser●ant whether he be good or bad setteth in place where hee may come to sweet meats money now if this seruant dee take any his Master compelled him not to ill but laid open his bad disposition so also God giuing vnto men occasion to sin if they will sinne he doth not make them to sin but manifesteth the maliciousnesse of their hearts Chrisostomus homil 46. operis imperfecti As the Sun is not hurtfull although it seemeth so vnto weake and bleare eyes and as hony is not bitter to the tast albeit sicke folke deeme it so so God ●s not euill nor carelesse of mens actionsi● albeit wicked and reprobate men thinke him so Chrisost. hom 7. in Ioan. As it is no wonderfull thing to make a golden Bracelet of gold but it is admirable to make pure gold of base lead so to make good of good is a thing of no such wonder but to extract vertue out of vice this is diuine God out of the wickednesse of the vngodly done against the righteous doth extract their profit yea out of our owne faultes hee doth produce our welfare for by it he worketh in vs contrition and by his fauour wee bring forth the fruits of repentance Pintus in Eze. cap. 38. The patience and long animity of God AS God patiently suffered Ionas to bee swallowed of the Whale not that he should perish but that he being cast vp againe might more submit himselfe vnder the mighty hand of God and more glorifie him so God from the beginning hath beene patient in suffering man to bee swallowed vp of that great Whale who was the authour of preuarication not that hee should finally perish but that he might prepare him to seeke for that saluation of which Ionas was a signe Irenaeus lib. 3. contra haereses cap. 22. An houshoulder doth not suddainly cast forth a faithfull seruant but desireth him to stay so the Lord long suffereth if any one hath beene faithfull vnto him August sermone 146. in Lucam As Cities and Common-wealths doe nourish hangmen and executioners of iustice by whom ●hey may exceute offenders and malefactors not praysing the office of the hangman but tolerating his ministry for necessary vses so God the great magistrate and justicer of this world doth suffer tyrants and oppressors as certaine hangmen that by them he may take vengeance of vngodly men and afterwards deliuereth the tyrants vnto torment so God punished the Children of Israell by the Assyrians Theodoretus ser. 6. de Gracarum affectionum curation● Gods Prouidence AS a King when he would keepe any man safe from danger placeth him in his palace that not onely the wals of the King but also the eyes of the King may defend him from his enemies then the which guard none can be saser so the heauenly King by the same prouidence doth defend his Lodouicus Granatensis lib. 1. Ducis Peccatorum As the Sun doth not onely illuminate Heauen the Sea and the Earth but shineth also thorow a window or a little ●reuice and doth cast light into the inmost place of the house so the diuine prouidence doth not only preserue great things but also respecteth the very least that are in the Earth Clemens Alexand●mus lib. 7. stromatum As wee know that there are men in a Ship that directly sayles into an hauen although we 〈◊〉 none of them by reason of the right guidance of it so we know that God is the gouernour of all things by his prouidence albeit we cannot see him with our carnall eyes Theophilus Antiothe●us lib. 1. ad Antolycum As an house decayeth without an inhabiter as a Ship perisheth without a Pylot and as the body dyeth being forsaken of the soule so all things goe to wracke and ruine without the diuine prouidence Lactantius lib. 3. cap. 20. As a Wagoner directeth his chariot and a Pylot his Ship so God guideth all his creatures Philo. lib. de Sommijs As we know that there is a soule in a mans body by the motion of the body albeit the soule be inuisible so God by his prouidence and ordering of all things is apprehended although by no eye hee can be discerned Theophilus Antiochenus lib. 1. ad Antolycum As an Eagle caryeth her young ones vpon her wings and as a mother carieth her child in her armes so God supporteth his Deuteron cap. 1. cap. 32. As God respecteth a little bird of the Sea called Alcyon that in the midst of winter he sendeth a calme for fourteene dayes which the Mariners call Alcyo● dayes till she hath hatched and fledged her young ones that the waues of the Sea may not trouble her nor destroy her brood so the diuine prouidence regardeth men in all their actions

capitall crime to killa Storke for none other cause but because shee killed Serpents and in England Kites are spared by an act of parliament because they purge Cities of garbage and entrals of beasts so honour and dignity is to be bestowed vpon some not that they are worthy of it but because their diligence is necessary for vs. Falling starres are suddainly extinguished so those that fortune hath suddainely aduanced are in a trice cast downe Plut. Meteors soone breed soone vanish so in honors and dignities those that are soone vp are soone downe As that which falleth from an high loft maketh a great noise and is heard of all so hee that falleth from an high estate his ruine is euery where heard of Chrysost. hom 40. operis imperf As hee that presumeth to vsurpe ho●our not giuen him of God is worthy of blame so hee that putteth it from him being giuen vnto him is guilty of disobedience Idem 1. in 1. Timoth. As they that climbe vp a rotten adder are in danger of falling so all ●onour power and glory which is contrary to humilitie doth endanger the possessour Climacus de discretion● gradu 26. As wise men doe not estimate the valour of horses by their trappings so neither doe they value great personages by their honours and dignities but by their vertues Isidorus de humilitate tomo primo Honour AS he that stands on a high Tower if his foote but slip is in danger of a shrewd fall so hee that sits in honours seat As the Iuy winds about an old dry Tree to make it saplesse so doth honour circle thee to leaue the accountles As there is nothing that flies away more speedily then a shadow so there is not any thing more vnconstant then 〈◊〉 As the Viper being burnt to ashes is good to heale the biting of a Viper so if thou beest beaten with worldly honours and vanities desiring likewise to be healed thereof remember that thou must returne to ashes the very corruptible matter whereof thou wast made As the first Adam lost honor by pursuing and following euill so the second Adam got honour by auoyding and ●schewing it As the Iron must first be well heated in the fire ere it can bee wrought by the hammer and driuen out on the anuile so cannot thy fame and name be honourably enlarged till they haue first suffered the strokes of many temptations and through the fire of piercing trials The purest wine gets soonest into the head which makes a wise Lord or ruler of Seruants when he sees any of his followers seeke to disorder themselues with drinking of the best wine that they shall abate the strength thereof with water euen so is the will of God when fauour of men and worldly regard doe trouble the sences and ouermaster our wits that they should bee qualified with the water of more prouident respect namely those blames and defects which depend vpon them When A●tiochus entred the Temple hee tooke away the lights and the candlestickes euen so worldly fauor no sooner enter into our thoughts but it extingusheth all light of knowledge of our selues As things caried aloft by the winde the wind no sooner ceaseth but they fall to the ground so it fares with them who without desert and by the fauor of men are highlie promoted when fauor slacketh down-fals their dignity in a miserable case is he that hath no better assurance As the snowe in summer and as raine in haruest are not meete so is honor vnseemly for a foole As euery crown doth not become euery conqueror so euery honour doth not become euery man Plut. As a great Collossus and a huge statue ill poysed are easily subuerted so too much honour through enuy doth ouerthrew many Plut. They that heape honours and glory vpon an euill man doe giue wine to one sicke of a feuer honey to one oppressed with choler and meate to one troubled with morbus coeliacus which encrease the disease of his mind that is his foolishnesse Plut. Nobilitie AS faith is very rich but without works quite dead so nobility is good but if not accompanied with vertue most base and infamous Stella de contemptu mundi As of one roote springeth both the Rose and the brier so of one mother may descend both a bad Sonne and a good for a man may be borne of a noble birth and yet himselfe become vile and dishonorable ibidem As in fertill earth growes the Hemlocke which is a venemous and deadly hearbe and in the barren growes the pure Gold so oftentimes out of honorable house issues degenerate minds and out of base Stockes proceeds valorous thoughts ibidem As he is a foole who hauing at all no beauty in him will neuerthelesse extoll his owne beauty and perfection euen so as foolish is hee that beleeues himselfe to bee noble not hauing any part of nobility in him As of a bitter roote many times comes sweete and pleasant fruite so from a poore race may issue some to be famous and noble by the vertuous behauour which afterward shall renowne them Ibidem As grosse clowds couer the Sunne Moone and Starres and robs men of their celestiall splendour so the vices of them that are vertuously descended obscure the worthy actions of their famous forgers ibidem As brickes take their beginning from clay so nobility tooke her beginning from obscure parentage Gregorius Nyssenus apud Antonium monachum in Melissa As it nothing profiteth a muddy ●●uer to haue sprung from a pure fountaine so it nothing helpeth vicious Children to haue descended from noble houses Hector Pintus cap. 16. Ezechiel As he that is borne a foole is borne a slaue so hee that is borne a wise man is noble borne And therefore An●isthenes said very well that nobility did soly and onely consist in vertue and wisdome whereupon the Stoikes concluded that onely wise men were noble men As estimation many times springs from the foolish opinion of the people and not from desert so doth nobility Lodo Viues in introductione ad Sapientiam cap. 3. As little Crab fishes doe hide themselues in great empty shels that they may bee the more safe so some distrusting their owne strength and vertue doe protect themselues vnder the noble titles of their ancestors Erasmus As no bird can looke against the Sunne but those that bee bred of the Eagle neither any Hawke soare so high as the brood of the Hobby so for the most part none haue true sparks of heroicke maiestie but those that are descended from noble races As the wine that runneth on the lees is not therefore to be accompted neate because it was drawne of the same peece or as the water that springeth from the fountaines head and floweth into the filthy channell is not to bee called cleare because it came of the same streame so neither is hee that descendeth of noble parentage if hee desist from noble deeds to be esteemed a Gentleman in that hee issued from the loynes of a