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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02538	Heauen vpon earth, or Of true peace, and tranquillitie of minde. By Ios. Hall.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1606 (1606)	STC 12666; ESTC S119001	38,487	228

which if they could be found here below certainly that heauē which is now not inough desired would then be feared God will haue our pleasures here according to the fashion of our selues compounded So as the best delights may still sauor of their earth See how that great King which neuer had any match for wisdome searce euer any superiour forwealth trauersed ouer all this inferior world with diligent inquirie obseruation and all to find out that goodnesse of the children of men which they enioy vnder the Sunne abridging himselfe of nothing that either his eyes or his hart could suggest to him as what is it that hee coulde not either know or purchase and now comming home to himselfe after the disquisition of all naturall and humane things cōplaines that Behold all is not onely vanitie but vexation Goe then thou wise scholler of experience and make a more acurate search for that which hee sought and missed Perhaps somewhere betwixt the tallest Cedar in Lebanon and the shrubbie Hissop vpon the wall Pleasure shrouded her selfe that shee coulde not be descryed of him whether through ignoraunce or negligence Thine insight may be more peircing thy meanes more commodious thy successe happier If it were possible for any man to intertaine such hopes his vaine experience could not make him a greater foole it coulde but teach him what hee is and knoweth not And yet so imperfect as our pleasures are they haue their satietie and as their continuance is not good so their conclusion is worse Looke to their end and see how sudden how bitter it is Their only curtesie is to salute vs with a farewell and such a one as makes their salutation vncomfortable This Dalila showes and speakes faire but in the ende she will bereaue thee of thy strength of thy sight yea of thy selfe These gnats flie about thine eares and make thee Musick awhile but euermore they sting ere they part Sorrow repentāce is the best end of pleasure paine is yet worse but the worst is despa●re 〈…〉 of the ●●rst of these one of the latter shall 〈◊〉 thee perhaps both Howe much better is it for thee to want a little hony thē to bee swolne vp with a venemous sting Thus then the minde resolued that these earthly things Honours wealth Pleasures are casuall vnstable deceitfull imperfect dangerous must learne to vse them without trust to want them without griefe thinking still if I haue them I haue some benefit with a great charge if I haue thē not with little respect of others I haue much security and ease in my selfe which once obtained we cannot fare amisse in either estate and without-which we cānot but miscarry in both Sect. 22. ALL the enemies of our inwarde peace are thus descried and discomfited which done wee haue enough to preserue vs frō miserie but since wee moreouer seeke how to bee well and happily there yet remaine those positiue rules whereby our Tranquillity may bee both had continued and confirmed VVherin I feare not least I should seeme ouer-diuine in casting the anchor of Quietnes so deep as heauen the only seat of constancy whiles it can finde no holde at all vpon earth All earthly thinges are full of variablenes therefore hauing no stay in themselues can giue none to vs. He that will haue and hold right Tranquillity must find in himselfe a sweete fruition of God and a 〈◊〉 apprehension of his prese●ce That when he finds manifolde occasions of vexation in these earthly thinges he ouer-looking them all and hauing recourse his comforter may finde in him such matter of contentment that he may passe ouer al these petrye grieuances with contempt which whos euer wants may be secure cannot be quiet The mind of man cānot want some refuge as wee say of the Elephant cannot rest vnlesse it haue somthing toleane vpon The couetous man whose heauen is his chest whē he heares him selfe rated and cursed for oppression comes home and seeing his bags safe applaudes himselfe against all censures The gluttō when hee looseth friendes or good name yet ioyes in his full furnish't table the laughter of his wine more pleasing himselfe in some one dish then he can be greeued with all the worldes mis-carriage The needy scholler whose wealth lyes al in his brain chears himselfe against iniquity of times with the conceit of his knowledge These starting holes the mind cannot want when it is hard driuen Now when as like to some chased Sisera it shrowdes it selfe vnder the harbor of these Iaels altho they giue it house-roome and milke for a time yet at last either they entertain it with a nayle in the temples or beeing guilty to their owne impotency send it out of themselues for safety and peace For if the Crosse light in that which it made his refuge as if the couetous man bee crossed in his riches what earthly thing can stay him from a desperate phrensy Or if the crosse fall in a degree aboue the height of his stay as if the rich man be sick or dying wherein all wealth is either contemned or remembred with anguish how doe all his comforts like vermin frō an house on fier runne away from him and leaue him ouer to his ruine VVhiles the soule that hath placed his refuge aboue is sure that the ground of his cōfort cānot be matched with an earthly sorrowe cannot be made variable by the chāge of any euēt but is infinitly aboue all casualtyes without all vncertainties What state is there wherein this heauenly stay shall not aforde me not only peace but ioy Am I in prison or in the hell of prisons in some darke low and desolate dungeon Loe there Algerius that sweet Martyr findes more light then aboue and pitties the darknes of our libertie wee haue but a Sunne to enlighten our world which euery cloud dimmeth and hideth from our eyes but the father of lights in respect of whome all the bright starres of heauen are but as the snaffe of a dim candle shines into his pit the presence of his glorious Angels make that an heauē to him which the world purposed as an hel of discomfort What walles can keepe out that infinite spirit that filles al thinges What darkenesse can bee where the God of this sunne dwelleth what sorrow where hee comforteth Am I wandring in banishmēt Can I go whither God is not what sea can diuide betwixt him and mee then would I feare exile if I could be driuē away as wel from God as my country Now hee is as much in all earthes His title is alike to all places and mine in him His sun shines to mee his sea or earth beares mee vp his presence cheareth mee whethersoeuer I goe Hee cannot bee saide to flitte that neuer changeth his host Hee alone is a thousand companions he alone is a world of friendes that man neuer knew what it was to be familiar with God that complaines of the want of home