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A68133	Occasionall meditations by Ios. Exon ; set forth by R.H.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.; Hall, Robert, 1605-1667.	1631 (1631)	STC 12688.5; ESTC S103693	60,258	379

those his faithfull Seruants that haue left their bloud their spirits their liu●● in these precious Papers and haue willingly wasted themselues into these during Monuments to giue light vnto others LXXII Vpon the red Crosse on a doore OH signe fearefully significant this Sicknesse is a Crosse indeed and that a bloudy one both the forme and the colour import Death The Israelites doores whose lintells were besprinkled with blood were passed ouer by the destroying Angell here the destroying Angell hath smitten and hath left this marke of his deadly blow Wee are wont to fight cheerefully vnder this Ensigne abroad and be victorious Why should we tremble at it at home Oh GOD there thou fightest for vs heere against vs Vnder that wee haue fought for thee but vnder this because our sinnes haue fought against thee wee are fought against by thy iudgements Yet Lord it is thy Crosse though an heauy one It is ours by merit thine by imposition O Lord sanctifie thine affliction and remoue thy vengeance LXXIII Vpon the change of Weather I Know not whether it be worse that the Heauen looke vpon vs alwayes with one face or euer varying for as continuall change of Weather causes vncertainty of health so a permanent setlednesse of one season causeth a certainty of distemper perpetuall moysture disolues vs perpetuall heate euaporates or inflames vs cold stupefies vs drought obstructs and withers vs Neither is it otherwise in the state of the minde if our thoughts should bee alwayes Volatile changing inconstant wee should neuer attaine to any good habite of the Soule whether in matter of iudgement or disposition but if they should bee alwayes fixed wee should run into the danger of some disperate extremity to bee euer thinking would make vs mad to bee euer thinking of our crosses or sinnes would make vs hartlesly deiected to bee euer thinking of Pleasures and Contentments would melt vs into a loose Wantonnesse to bee euer doubting and fearing were an Hellish seruitude to bee euer bold and confident were a dangerous presumption but the interchanges of these in a due moderation keepe the Soule in health O GOD howsoeuer these Variations bee necessarie for my Spirituall condition Let mee haue no Weather but Sunne-shine from thee Doe thou lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon mee and stablish mee euer with thy free Spirit LXXIIII Vpon the sight of a Marriage WHat a comfortable and feeling resemblance is heere of CHRIST and his Church I regard not the persons I regard the institution Neyther the Husband nor the Wife are now any more their owne they haue eyther of them giuen ouer themselues to other not onely the Wife which is the weaker vessell hath yeilded ouer her selfe to the stronger protection and participation of an abler head but the Husband hath resigned his right in himselfe ouer to his feebler consort So as now her weaknesse is his his strength is hers Yea their very flesh hath altered property hers is his his is hers Yea their very Soule and Spirit may no more bee seuered in respect of mutuall affection then from their owne seuerall bodyes It is thus O Sauiour with thee and thy Church Wee are not our owne but thine who hast married vs to thy selfe in truth and righteousnesse What powers what indowments haue wee but from and in thee And as our holy boldnesse dares interesse our selues in thy graces so thy wonderfully-compassionate mercy vouchsaues to interesse thy selfe in our infirmities thy poore Church suffers on Earth thou feelest in Heauen as complaining of our stripes canst say Why persecutest thou mee Thou againe art not so thine owne as that thou art not also ours thy Sufferings thy Merits thy Obedience thy Life Death Resurrection Asscension Intercession Glory yea thy blessed Humanity yea thy glorious Deity by vertue of our right of our Vnion are so ours as that wee would not giue our part in thee for ten thousand Worlds Oh gracious Sauiour as thou canst not but loue and cherish this poore and vnworthie Soule of mine which thou hast mercifully espoused to thy selfe so giue mee Grace to honour and obey thee and forsaking all the base and sinfull riuality of the World to hold mee onely vnto thee whiles I liue here that I may perfectly inioy thee heereafter LXXV Vpon the sight of a Snake I Know not what horror wee finde in our selues at the sight of a Serpent Other Creatures are more loathsome and some no lesse deadly then it yet there is none at which our bloud riseth so much as at this Whence should this bee but out of an instinct of our old enmitie Wee were stung in Paradise and cannot but feele it But here is our weaknesse It was not the body of the Serpent that could haue hurt vs without the suggestion of sinne and yet wee loue the sinne whiles wee hate the Serpent Euery day are wee wounded with the sting of that old Serpent and complaine not and so much more deadly is that sting by how much it is lesse felt There is a sting of guilt and there is a sting of remorse there is mortall venome in the first whereof wee are the least sensible there is lesse danger in the second The Israelites found thēselues stung by those fiery Serpents in the Desart and the sense of their paine sent them to seeke for Cure The World is our Desart and as the sting of Death is Sinne so the sting of Sinne is Death I doe not more with to finde ease then paine If I complaine enough I cannot faile of cure O thou which art the true brazen Serpent lifted vp in this Wildernesse raise vp mine eyes to thee and fasten them vpon thee thy mercy shall make my soule whole my wound soueraigne LXXVI Vpon the ruines of an Abby IT is not so easie to say what it was that built vp these Walles as what it was that pull'd them downe euen the wickednesse of the Possessours Euery stone hath a tongue to accuse the Superstition Hypocrisie Idlenesse Luxury of the late owners Me thinkes I see it written all along in Capitall letters vpon these heapes A fruitfull Land maketh hee barren for the iniquity of them that dwell therein Perhaps there wanted not some Sacriledge in the Demolishers in all the carriage of these businesses there was a iust hand that knew hovv to make an vvholsome and profitable vse of mutuall sins Full little did the Builders or the in-dwellers thinke that this costly and warme Fabricke should so soone end violently in a desolate rubbish It is not for vs to be high-minded but to feare No Roofe is so hye no Wall so strong as that sinne cannot leuell it with the Dust Were any pile so close that it could keepe out ayre yet it could not keepe out iudgement where sinne hath beene fore-admitted In vaine shall wee promise stability to those Houses which wee haue made witnesses of and accessaries to our shamefull vncleannesses The firmnesse of any building is not

below in the Ministration to thy Saints It is that thine inuisible world the Communion wherewith can make mee truly blessed Oh GOD if my body haue fellowship here amongst Beasts of whose earthly substance it participates Let my Soule bee vnited to thee the God of Spirits and bee raised vp to inioy the insensible society of thy blessed Angels Acquaint mee before-hand with those Citizens and affaires of thine Heauen and make me no stranger to my future Glory LXXXVIII Vpon the stinging of a Waspe HOw small things may annoy the greatest euen a Mouse troubles an Elephant a Gnat a Lion a very Flea may disquiet a Gyant What weapon can bee nearer to nothing then the sting of this Waspe Yet what a painfull wound hath it giuen mee that scarce-visible point how it enuenomes and rankles and swels vp the flesh The tendernesse of the part addes much to the griefe And if I bee thus vexed with the touch of an angry Flye LORD how shall I bee able to indure the sting of a tormenting Conscience As that part is both most actiue and most sensible so that wound which it receiues from it selfe is most intollerably greeuous there were more ease in a nest of Harnets then vnder this one torture O GOD howsouer I speed abroad giue mee Peace at home and what euer my flesh suffer keepe my Soule free Thus pained wherein doe I find ease but in laying Hony to the part infected That Medicine onely abates the auguish How neare hath Nature placed the remedy to the offence Whensoeuer my heart is stung with the remorse for sinne onely thy sweet and precious merits O blessed Sauiour can mitigate and heale the wound they haue vertue to cure mee giue mee grace to apply them that soueraigne receit shall make my paine happy I shall thus applaud my griefe It is good for me that I was thus afflicted * ⁎ * LXXXIX Vpon the Araignment of a Felon VVIth what terrour doth this Malefactor stand at that Barre His hand trembles whiles it is lift vp for his tryall his very lips quake whiles hee saith not guilty his countenance condemnes him before the Iudge and his feare is ready to execute him before his Hang-man Yet this Iudge is but a weake man that must soone after dye himselfe that sentence of Death which he can pronounce is already passed by Nature vpon the most innocent that act of death which the Law inflicteth by him is but momentany who knowes whether himselfe shall not dye more painfully O God with what horror shall the guilty Soule stand before thy dreadfull Tribunall in the day of the great Assizes of the World Whiles there is the presence of an infinite Maiesty to daunt him a fierce and clamorous Conscience to giue in euidence against him Legions of vgly and terrible Diuels wayting to seize vpon him a Gulfe of vnquenchable Fire ready to receiue him whiles the Glory of the Iudge is no lesse confounding then the crueltie of the Tormenters Where the Sentence is vnauoydable and the Execution Euerlasting Why doe not these terrors of thee my GOD make me wise to hold a priuy Sessions vpon my Soule and actions that being acquited by my owne heart I may not bee condemned by thee and being iudged by my selfe I may not bee condemned with the World XC Vpon the Crowing of a Cocke HOw harshly did this note sound in the eare of PETER Yea pearced his very hart Many a time had hee heard this bird and was no whit moued with the noyse now there was a Bird in his bosome that crow'd lowder then this Whose shrill accent conioyned with this astonished the guilty Disciple The weary labourer when hee is awakened from his sweet sleepe by this naturall Clocke of the Houshold is not so angry at this troublesome Bird nor so vexed at the hearing of that vnseasonable sound as PETER was when this Fowle awakened his sleeping Conscience and call'd him to a timely repentance This Cocke did but crow like others neither made or knew any difference of this tone and the rest there was a diuine hand that ordered this Mornings note to be a Summons of Penitence Hee that fore-told it had fore-appointed it that Bird could not but crow then and all the noyse in the High-Priests Hall could not keepe that sound from PETERS eare But O SAVIOVR couldst thou finde leasure when thou stoodst at the Barre of that vniust and cruell Iudgement amidst all that bloudy rabble of Enemies in the sense of all their furie and the expectation of thine owne Death to listen vnto this Monitor of PETERS Repentance and vpon the hearing of it to cast backe thine eyes vpon thy Denying Cursing Abiuring Disciple O Mercie without measure and beyond all the possibility of our Admiration to neglect thy selfe for a sinner to attend the repentance of one when thou wert about to lay downe thy life for all Oh GOD thou art still equally mercifull Euery Elect Soule is no lesse deare vnto thee Let the sound of thy faithfull monitors smite my eares and let the beames of thy mercifull eyes wound my heart so as I may goe forth and weepe bitterly * ⁎ * XCI Vpon the Variety of thoughts by way of Conclusion VVHen I bethinke my selfe how Eternity depends vpon this moment of life I wonder how I can thinke of any thing but Heauen but when I see the distractions of my thoughts and the aberrations of my life I wonder how I can bee so bewitched as whiles I beleeue an Heauen so to forget it All that I can doe is to bee angry at my owne vanity My thoughts would not bee so many if they were all right there are tenne thousand by-wayes for one direct As there is but one Heauen so there is but one way to it that liuing way wherein I walke by Faith by Obedience All things the more perfect they are the more doe they reduce themselues towards that vnitie which is the Center of all perfection Oh thou who art one and infinite draw in my heart from all these stragling and vnprofitable Cogitations and confine it to thine Heauen and to thy selfe who art the Heauen of that Heauen Let mee haue no life but in thee no care but to inioy thee no ambition but thy Glorie Oh make mee thus imperfectly happy before my time that when my time shall bee no more I may bee perfectly happie with thee to all Eternitie FINIS THE TABLE MED FOL 1 Vpon sight of the Heavens moving 1. 2 Vpon the sight of a Diall 4. 3 Vpon sight of an Eclipse 7. 4 Vpon sight of a gliding Starre 9. 5 Vpon a faire prospect 12. 6 Vpon the frame of a Globe casually broken 16. 7 Vpon a Cloud 18. 8 Vpon the sight of a Graue digged vp 20 9 Vpon the sight of Gold Melted 22. 10 Vpon the sight of a Pitcher carried 24. 11 Vpon sight of a Tree full blossomed 26. 12. Vpon the report of a man suddenly strucke dead in his