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A07085	A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent synners, newly prepared by Theodore Basille.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1542 (1542)	STC 1749; ESTC S109686	59,968	178

melody togyther signifi eth theyr inward vnsayned ioye which they haue cōceyued in theyr hertes for the redempciō that they haue in Christe Iesus CHRI But what meanethe theyr Palmes and Oliues or other greene herbes in theyr handes PHIL. I haue declared vnto you before that the Palmes signify the victory y t we haue gotten ouer Satan thorowe oure LORDE captayne Iesus Christe as S. Paule sayth death is swalo wed vp into victorye O deathe where is thy stynge O hell where is thy victory The stynge of deth is syn The strength of syn is y e law But thanckes be vnto God which hath gyuen vs the vyctory thorow our LORD Iesus Christ. Christ him selfe also sayth in the world ye shall haue trouble but be on a good con fort for I haue ouercome y e world All that is borne of God ouercommeth the world saythe S. Iohn this is y e victory which hath ouercome the worlde euen our faythe EVSE What is signified by y e grene Oliues or other herbes PHIL. The aboundance of vertues The be arynge of Olyues she wethe that we are not only delyuered oute of seruile captiuite that we haue gottē the victory thorowe Iesus Christ are set at liberty that we beyng w tout feare delyuered frō y e poore of oure enemies shoulde serue God all the dayes of our lyfe ī holines righteousnes but that we are also thorow hi plenteously garnysshed enuyroned w t al kīdesof vertues do now no lesse florysh w t vertues than y e Olyue tree dothe w t fruyte which as Plini writethis neuer w t out grene leues fruyte Therfore saith Dauid I being as a fruytful Olyue tree in y e house of God haue trusted ī the mercy of God for euer more CHRI we perceyue now these thynges ryghte well What followeth I praye you PHIL. These thi ges once done thā the people gothe somewhat further vnto the chyrch doreward and there stondeth styll EVSE I remēber it well PHIL. Im mediately after certayne chyldren stondynge vpō an high place right agaynst the people syngynge with a lowde voyce a certayne Hymne in the prayse of our Sauioure Iesus Christ which begynneth Glorialaus THEO It is trueth PHIL At the ende of euery verse the chyldren caste downe certayne cakes or breades with ●…loures EVSE What do they meane by this PHIL. The chyldrē which sig betokē y e faithful christen men in this worlde whiche ought to be simple hūble in hert as a chylde is as Christ sayth vere ly I saye vnto you excepte ye be cō uerted become as a chylde ye shal not enter into the kingdome of heuen Who so euer therfore hūblethe himselfe as this chylde he it is that is greatest in the kyngdome of heauen Also S. Paule Brothers be not chyldren in vnderstandynge howe be it as concernynge maliciousnes be chyldren but in vnderstandynge be perfecte Nowe as cō cernynge the syngynge castynge downe of cakes floures ye shall heare now thre thiges The fyrst is geuyng of glorye prayse to Christ for his innumerable benefites shewed vnto vs which is signifyed by the syngyng of the chyldren For it is conueniente that we be not forgetfull of Goddes goodnes toward vs but that we be thanckefull agayne for it and synge perpetuall prayses to his moost blyssed name For this is the rewarde and amendes that he desireth as he himselfe sayth the Sacrifice of prayse shall honouor me Also y e Psalmograph sayth O●…ier to God the Sacrifice of prayse The seconde is an honest conuersacion the continuall exercyse of godly vertues which is signified by the floures that y e chyl dren east do●…ne For seing that we are restored vnto oure olde liberte thorowe Christe whiche we lost in Adam are nowe become christen mē we ought not only to be thākeful to God for his benefites but al so leade an honest pure lyfe that by this meanes also Goddes glory maye be set forth by vs as Christe sayth Let youre lyght so shyne before men that they maye se youre good workes glorify your father which is in heauen We are set w toute feare delyuered frō y e power of our enemies sayth Zacharye y e preste father of S. Iohn Baptiste that we should serue God all y e day es of our lyfe in holynes ryghteousnes We are the workemanshyp of god sayth S. Paule created in Iesus Christe vnto good workes which God hath prepared that we shoulde walke in them Agayne ye are derely bought Glorify GOD now therfore ī your body ī your spiryte which are Goddes Also in another place If any manne be in Christe he is a newe creature The thyrde is mercy towarde the poore people which is signifyed by the ca stynge downe of the cakes Thys mercy towarde the nedy mēbers of Christ ought diligently to be exer cised of all christē men which haue the goodes of y e world in theyr possession or els they shewe thē selues vnworthy the benefites of GOD. For by mercye faythe are synnes pourged saythe the wyse man To do mercy iudgement pleaseth the LORDE more then Sacrifice Giue almes sayth christ behold all thiges are cleane vnto you Thus se you what is signifyed by the syngynge of the chyldren by the castynge downe of the floures and of the cakes Wherof ye learne what is youre dutye to do agayne vnto God for his excedynge incomparable benefytes towarde you verely to be thanckefull to lede a godly lyfe to be mercyfull to y ● poore mēbers of Christ. THEO Undoubtedly the significacions of these ceremonies are godlye I woulde all men knewe them woulde do ther after PHIL. The very same wysh I also CHRI But what doth it mene I praye you y ● the chyldren which singe cast downe the floures and cakes stonde in so hygh a place frō the ground PHIL. This preacheth vnto vs y e they which gyue prayse vnto God practyse an honest con uersacion and shewe mercye to the poore poople shoulde not do it for vayne glorye nor for the prayse of men but only for the glory of God settynge theyr myndes seyng they are come to Christe no more vpon earthlye thynges but vpon thynges celestiall heauenly In token wherof they ascend and go vp into such an hygh place from the earth And this is it that S. Paule wry teth yf ye be rysen agayne w t christ seake for those thynges that are aboue where christ is syttynge on y ● ryght hāde of God Seke for those thynges that are aboue not that are vpō y ● earth For you are dead your lyfe is hydde with Christ in God EVSE This is a good lesson we thancke you for it PHIL. Well nowe marke the ende of your Procession for it is almoost done THE.

the Palme than by ony other tree PHIL. For Aristotle Plutarche do wryte as Aulus Gellius testifiethe that the nature of a Palme tree is this y e although there be neuer so great weyghtes burdens layd vpō it so that a mā would not thyncke it possible to be borne yet doth not the Palme tree once bowe nor gyue place to y e bur den but valeauntly aryseth preuayleth agaynst the weyght layde vpon it Therfore by this Palme tree rather thā by any other is vic torye alwaye signifyed yea that not only in diuyne but also in humayne literature CHRI We perperceyue it nowe ryght well EVSE Surely it is a thing much worthy to be noted PHIL. Ye saye trueth If men dyd knowe the significaciō of those bowes which they beare in theyr hādes at y t tyme they would not so supersticiously abuse them as they do THEO Ye say truth but let those thynges passe let vs go forwarde with oure Procession PHIL. Than go they forthe with y ● Crosse vntyll they come vnto a cer tayne stedde in the chyrche yearde where they stōde styll in y e meane seasō y e prest rede y e gospel EVSE It is trueth what meneth y t PHIL. It signifiethe the Prophetes whiche prophesied of Christes commynge declared that whan he once came captiuite shoulde be exiled liberty reduced all sorow care should be dry uenawaye all ioyfull me ry thinges succede come in place They prophesied that at hys commynge the eyes of the blynde shall be opened the eares of y e deafe shall heare the halte shall skyppe as the harte the tonge of the dūme shall speake Agayne the preached that whan y e annoynted sauioure come he shall preach mery tidynges to y e poore heale the contryte in herte preach delyueraunce to the preson ners and syght to the blynde c. Are not all these ioyfull pleasa●… newes This doth the Gospell signify which the prest readeth ther. For this Greke worde Euangeliō which we cal Gospel ī Englysh so●… deth in our common tonge a good ioyefull and mery message Thus ye perceyue what the readinge of that Gospel signifyeth THEO Yea forsothe very well I praye you go forthe PHIL. The Gospell beynge once done thā goeth y e people forth with the Crosse that is couered euen streyght wayes not farre frō them come other people the prest with the Sacrament which haue with them a Crosse bare vncouered prycked full of grene Oliues Palmes CHRI What do all those thynges I praye you preach vnto vs. PHIL. Tary a whyle I shall de clare to you altogyther But fyrste ye shall note that there come forth certayne chyldren before the naked Crosse ●…ngynge a certayne songe whiche begynneth En rex venit Beholde the kynge commeth EVSE What meanethe that PHIL This may be vnderstonded by those Pro phetes whiche prophecied of Christes cōmynge a lytle before he was borne shewynge that he was nere at hande or it maye ryght well sig nify S. Iohn Baptist whiche dyd not only shewe before that Christe was at hand but also poynted him euen with his fynger sayenge Beholde the lambe of God whiche taketh awaye the sinne of the world Now as towchynge y e naked crosse it signifyeth Christ alredy come borne into this worlde And they y t go w t the crosse betoken the people of the newe Testament whiche beleue in Christ receyue hym with enbrasynge armes EVSE But I praye you for what cause is that Crosse adourned wythe grene Oliues Palmes PHIL. The grene Olyue leaues declare vnto vs the vnmesurable aboundans of vertu es whiche are in Christe of whome alone we haue al that euer good is And what so euer vertue is in vs or what so euer good dede comme from vs all that we do receyue of Christ the sole Author foūtayne of all goodnes I am y e vyne sayth Christe ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me I in him brī geth forth much fruyte For without me ye can do nothyng And as concernynge the Palmes they signify the victory which Christ hath gotten ouer Satan synne death hell desperacion c. by his mooste blessed passion the shedyng of his moost precious bloude as he sayth by the Prophet Oze from the power of death sayth he wyll I delyuer thē yea from death it selfe wyl I redeme them O death I wyl be thy death O hell I wyll be thy destrucciō Thus ye se what is ment by the grene Olyues and Palmes wher w c the naked Crosse is adourned CHRI Yea verely PHIL. Nowe marke what followethe After the songe of the chyldren the preste go eth forthe wyth the Sacrament certayne people also withe the naked Crosse vntyll they mete wyth that Crosse that is obnelated and couered They are not so sone met but the bumbled Crosse vanyshe away is cōueyed from the companye streyghte wayes Than all the whole people enclose togyther w t great ioye singyng makyng melody tryumphantly followyng the naked crosse bearyng in theyr handes euery one a Palme ī some places also they beare some grene herbes in the stede of Oliues EVSE What is signifyed I praye you by all those thynges PHIL. Where as y e couered Crosse vanyssheth away goeth out of place at the ingresse commynge in of the naked opē Crosse it preachethe to vs y t whan Christe was once come appeared in the flesh had suffered and dyed for vs that than all the Ceremonies types figures clowdes shadowes of y e olde lawe vanysshed away and were no l●…nger of ony effecte Whan the lyghte once shyneth the darkenes bearethe rule no lenger Christ the true lyght of the worlde is come therfore those ceremonies of the olde law are now no more necessary The trueth of Goddes promyse is pformed Therfore al shado wes which were as pledges ought of necessite to vanysh awaye They that are truly conuerted vnto the LORDE haue no more the vayle of ceremonies before theyr faces but are free with open eyes of theyr sayth they se y ● LORD Christ. More ouer y ● people that accōpany bothe crosses mete togyther enclose as one followyng the open and naked crosse THEO What signifieth that PHIL. This sheweth y ● they whiche were before the cōmynge of Christ they that haue bene syns y t tyme are all one of one chyrche of one cō gregacion of one shepefold professe one God beleue in one Sauioure haue one heauēly father loke for one rewarde which is the glory of heauen thorowe Iesus Christe as S. Paule sayth all dyd eate of one spirituall meate all dyd dryncke of one spirituall dryncke for they droncke of y e spirituall rocke which accōpanyd thē And this rocke tru ly was Christ. They syngynge and makynge