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A67549	The chiefest divine vertues epitomized, or, A compendious treatise of the three theological graces, faith, hope, and charity by Richard Ward ...	Ward, Richard, 1601 or 2-1684.	1655 (1655)	Wing W802; ESTC R12309	115,178	272

hearts are purged and purified Acts 15.9 And XI It justifies us before God Gen. 15.6 Habak 2.4 Rom. 1.17 3.22 25 30.4.5 24 5.1 And XII It makes us the children of God Gal. 3.26 And XIII It distinguisheth us from the children of wrath In ipsâ distinguuntur filii Dei à filiis Diaboli filii lucis à filiis tenebrarum August By faith the Sons of God are distinguished from the Sons of Sathan and the sons of light from the sons of darkness And XIV Faith makes us like Bees in whom four things are very remarkable 1. They make no strangers Denizons 2. They bring home store of wealth but transport or export little 3. They harbour no sluggish Droans 4. They go forth well furnished with wing and sting for offence and defence Thus those who are endued with faith I. Will not suffer any strange lusts to harbour in their lives or hearts II. They improve their talents and encrease their gifts and graces not hiding them in a napkin much less spending them in the service of sin and Sathan III. They are enemies to sluggishness and sloathfulness in Gods service desiring that all that is in them may praise and serve the Lord R●m 12.1 1 Cor. 6.20 IV. They labour to put on the whole armour of a Christian whereby they may be enabled both to defend themselves to offend their foes and to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling Eph. 6.13 c. Fourthly Some Benefits Fruits c. of faith are Eternal for if we believe in Christ we shall have life eternal through his Name Mark 16.6 John 6.47.20.31 Acts 16.31 1 Tim. 6.2 or faith saves our souls Luk. 7.50.8.12 Eph. 2.8 1 Pet. 1.9 I will conclude this question thus Faith saves the sinner scares the Devil overcometh the world makes our sacrifices welcome commands the Sun and brings salvation to man Nullae majores divitiae nulli thesauri nulli honores nulla hujus mundi major est substantia quam est fides catholica quae peccatores homines salvat caecos illuminat infirmos curat catechumenos bapizat fideles ●ustificat poenitentes reparat justos augmentat martyres coronat clericos ordinat sacerdotes consecrat in aeterna haereditate cum sanctis Angelis collocat August de verbis Dom. Qu 42. Wherein doth the happiness of those who are endued with true faith consist Answ In these seven things which follow viz. First That the true knowledge of the truth belongs only unto them John 6.37 For I. Christ will only teach his not the world II. Christ only can teach the saving truth it being a mysterie revealed only by Christ III. Those who believe not do not hunger after nor labour for this knowledge and so they are destitute of it because they regard it not And Secondly That a blessing alwayes goes along with them and that not only I. In regard of themselves as was shewed in the fore going question but also II. In regard of others as Egypt was blessed for Israel Potaphar for Joseph Laban for Jacob Zoar for Lot and the woman for Elias 1 King 17.14 And Thirdly That they may certainly believe even in temporal things Gen. 50.25 Acts 27.22 25. Phil. 1.25 For I. The nature of faith is to be certain and it apprehends and applies temporal things yea all things And II. Faith is founded upon the truth fidelity and particular providence of God which ordereth disposeth ruleth and governeth all things Job 1.21 And III. The faithful are not led by sense but dare boldly trust God further then they can see him Rom. 8.24 2 Cor. 4.18 And Fourthly That the holy Spirit is given unto them Isa 44.3 Jer. 32.39 Ezek. 11.19 Joel 2.28 John 7.38 Acts 2.17 1 Cor. 3.16.6.19 For I. We can do nothing of our selves but as we are enabled by Christ Rom. 8.9 And II. Christ is not in us in his own person but by his Spirit 2 Cor. 13.5 By whom he bestows these inestimable blessings upon the faithful viz. 1. He preserves them from sin 1 Iohn 3.9 2. He gives grace unto them 1 Cor. 12.11 1 John 2.27 3. He corroborates grace in them Ephes 3.16 4. He begets faith in them Gal. 4.6 5. He seals them Eph. 1.13 6. He infuseth the love of God into their hearts Rom. 5.5 7. He comforts them in temptation and tribulation John 14 16. 8. He teacheth them so to speak that their adversaries know not how to oppose them Acts 6.10 9. He teacheth the hidden things of God unto them 1 Cor. 2.12 And Fifthly That their spiritual felicity is subject to no mutability or change For I. In heaven their life is eternal Isa 9 6.25.8 Dan. 7.14.22 2. II. The death of the wicked will be eternal Mat. 25.41 46. 2 Pet. 2.17 Jude 13. III. The distribution of grace is eternal for whom he loves he loves unto the end John 13.1 Rom. 11.29 1 Cor. 1.8 Phil. 1.6 Sixthly That they are safe and secure from perishing everlastingly John 3.16.6.39.17.12.18.9 For I. If they look up unto God then they see to their great comfort 1. That God is most faithful and true in all the promises he hath made unto them Hebr. 10.23 1 Cor. 1.9 Tit. 1.2 1 Thes 5.24 Heb. 6.10 And 2. That God is omnipotent able to defend and keep them and to perform his promises Ioh. 10.29 Rom. 14.4 And 3. That God is omniscient and knows all things 1 Cor. 8.3 2 Tim. 2.19 II. If they look into the promises there they find 1. That all their former sins are remitted and pardoned Ezek. 18.22 Acts 2.38.3.19 And 2. That not only are their sins pardoned but their persons also are reconciled unto God in Christ 2 Cor. 5.19 Eph. 2.13 And 3. That if they sin hereafter they shall be pardoned Psal 89.32 33. 1 Iohn 2.2 And 4. That they shall be protected from a final and total relapse Iohn 10.28 Rom. 8.31 34. 14.4 1 Cor. 1.8 Phil. 1.6 1 Iohn 2.27.3.19 Seventhly That they shall certainly be saved at the last Iohn 3.19 or that undoubtedly they shall come to life eternal in the end God hath divided the two worlds with his children giving them a crown of thorns here and reserving a crown of glory for them hereafter Luke 16.25 Rom. 8.17 1 Cor. 15.19 58. 2 Thes 1.5.7 Hebr. 6.10 Vincentius observes four lives viz. I. A corporal life II. A spiritual life III. A celestial life i. e. A life after death in soul And IV. An eternal life after the Resurrection Indeed there are but three sorts of Lives viz. 1. A corporal life which is so full of gall and wormwood that is all manner of temporal evils that it deserves the name of death rather then life And 2. A spiritual life which is a little sweetned for what is gracious to the spirit is grievous to the flesh And 3. An eternal life which is unspeakably joyous and delightful 1 Cor. 2.9 The first life is given for our suffering or sorrow The second for our

Comparatively in the second degree of love and thus he loves his Church and children Deut. 10.15 Hos 11.4 Zach. 2.8 III. Superlatively in the highest degree of love and thus he loves Christ Iohn 10.17.15.9.17.24 An. 2. Sometimes love is referred to God the Son who is said I. To love his Father And II. His Church Psal 45.11 Cant. 1.2.7.10 And III. Some particular persons Mark 10.21 John 11.35 36.20.21 And IV. To love righteousness Psalm 45.7 Answ 3. Love sometimes is referred to God the holy Ghost Rom. 15.30 And 4. Sometimes to the Church of Christ Can. 7.12 5. Sometimes to men and that both I. To good men Gen. 22.2 Luke 7.5 Iohn 21.15 16. 1 Pet. 1.8 And also II. To bad men 2 Chron. 26.10 Psalm 52 3 4. And 6 Sometimes to beasts Hos 10.11 Qu. 6 How many ways is a thing loved An. Things are loved three manner of ways viz. I. Propter se for themselves thus we love health II. Non propter se sed propter aliud not for themselves but for another end thus the sick man loves a bitter potion not for it self but for healths sake III. Et propter se proper aliud somethings are loved both for themselves and for another end thus we love good wine and such Preserves and Censerves as we like and are good for our health and the preservation thereof Qu. 7. From whence comes this word Love An. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Love comes from doing or working because it is a working grace not onely working it self but setting all the soul on work to attain what is believed True love is never idle but worketh industriously to serve him who is beloved for as fire is most active among the elements so is love most active among vertues and graces and As a root is ingendred of moisture and celestial heat so love groweth ariseth or springeth from the moisture of devotion and the supernatural heat of the holy Spirit whence it becomes so vigorous and active Qu. 8. What is Love in general An. Ovid who thought himself a Master of that art and writ precepts of the same thought it more obscure then the letters of Ephesus or the riddles of Sphinx to tell what it was so that being demanded to shew the definition thereof said Love is I know not what it cometh I know not from whence who sent it I know not it engendreth I know not how it is satisfied I know not wherewith it is felt but how I know not and to what end it tendeth I am ignorant but sure quoth he it is the loss of a mans self Anacreon said It was a sweet mischief sith for a pinte of pleasure we receive a gallon of sorrow and pain Callimachus called it a Court without Sergeants because they who love obey without constraint and are captive without conquest Propertius saith Love is a sweet tyranny because the Lover endureth his torments willingly Natural love is an inward good will which we bear to Parents Husbands Wives Children or Kindred moved thereunto not onely by nature thinking that we should love them as our selves but also by a likeness of mind whence generally we love all because all be in some things like unto us but yet we love them most who both in body and mind do most resemble us Love is a passion or affection in the concupiscible anpetite that it may enjoy the thing which is esteemed to be good as near as it can Or Love is the purest rightest and best affection of the soul whereby we love God for his own sake and our neighbor for Gods Or Love is Complacentia appetibilis an appetible complacency of that which is good For the understanding of this definition given by the Schoolmen we must note That there are three things in love I. An affection to the thing or person loved II. A desire to be united or conjoyned unto or possessed of the thing or person beloved III. An extraordinary and unspeakable joy in the fruition and possession of what we love Hence we may gather How we shall love the Lord I. We must be enflamed in our affections and ravished with the love of God 2. We must then desire to be made partakers of the Lord to enjoy him by faith in our souls and to be married unto him with an everlasting covenant 3. Being once made partakers of the Lord we must re●o●ce in him as the Church did in her beloved when she had found him Cant. 5. Qu. 9. Wh ch ● true Love An. 2. Not that which is in word and tongue onely 1 Iohn 3.18 ●ut 2. That which is without dissimulation Rom. 12.9 or that love which is unfeigned 1 Pet. 1.22 that is which is indeed and in truth 1 Iohn 3.18 3. That which is fervent Cant 8 7. 1 Pet. 1.22 4. That which springs from faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1.5 5. That which proceeds from a good conscience 1 Tim. 1.5 6. That which issues out of a pure heart 1 Tim. 1.5 1 Pet. 1.22 Qu. 10. Whereunto may Love be compared An. 1. Love is like nature in light and heavy bodies for it presseth down if it be terrene and earthly it raiseth up if it be heavenly hence Augustiwe saith Amor meus pondus meum eo feror quocunque feror my love is the lead and weight which sets all the wheels of my soul on work and guides me whethersoever I go and in whatsoever I do 2. Love is like Fire that is like a fire enclosed which straitly kept more fiercely flames at last Adverso tempore crevit Amor. Ovid. Love heightens by depression And as fire in all shops is an instrument for all or the most Artisans and workmen so nothing is well done without love and charity 3. Love is like to a Racket for as at Ten●● Rackets make the ball live in a perpetual motion so do repulses in love reflecting it stronger into one anothers bosom the best temper of it is that the communication thereof be neither too forward to cool desire nor too froward left it cause despair 4. Love is like a light for as a light is not diminished by participation so love is not lessened by being divided amongst or imparted to many but rather augmented 5. Love in many things is like unto the Sun For I. As the Sun is of an uniting vertue it uniting as some Astrologers say the Planets in their effects so love doth spiritually unite and is therefore called the bond of perfection because it perfectly uniteth the soul to God and bindeth the hearts of the faithful together II. As the Sun is of a reviving nature so is love it translating from death to life and quickening the soul to every good work III. As the Sun is of an attractive power to draw vapours upwards so love ravisheth and raiseth up the affections unto God setting the heart upon those things which are above IV. As the

Spes ad m●jora audenda sese erigit Greg. in Job 4. l. 5. c. 29. and 4. Hope upholds in all labours troubles adversities and disasters Spes commodi furatur labores metum ab cond●t Periculi Ambros in Psal 12. An Italian suffering many cross adventures and troubles painted in his study a Pinnace or small Bark tossed with tempestuous storms and in the sail was written Expectanda d●es meaning that he hoped for one Sun-shine day to recompence all his glowry and winter moneths Hippolito Cardinal de Medic● to the same purpose figured the Moon in the Eclipse which happeneth by reason of the interposition of the earth between the Sun and it with this Motto Hinc al quando eluctabor Thus Lewes of Luxemberg a French Captain coming to the wars in Italy had for his Impress A Sun Or in a field Azure invironed with thick clouds with this Mot Obstantia nubila solvet to infer that he having endured divers adversities after the beheading of his father the high Constable of ●r●nce hoped notwithstanding by his valour and vertue that even as the Sun with his scalding beams dissolves the clouds so he hoped to vanquish all who were averse to his shining vertues Maximian an Italian Earl being enamoured with a Lady named Anna Moronna who afterward was his wife had for his Impres● a Silkworm which onely liveth with the leaves of the Mulberry-tree which tree in Lombardy is called Moronnna with this Mot Quol di cio vivo Onely of th●● I live disdaining other food to shew that as that little beast doth onely live of those leaves so he onely contented himself to feed on the leaves of his love in hope one day to enjoy the fruit of legitimate marriage 5. Hope doth not onely uphold in labour but comforts in misery hence Bernard calls it the god of the wretched The evenings hope may comfort the mornings misery The apprehension of hope derideth grief and fulness of hope consumeth it Hope of all passions is the sweetest and most pleasant whence it is said that hope onely comforteth the miserable Qu. 10. How many sorts of men are there in regard of Hope Answ 1. I might answer three for I. Some hope for that which they may hope for II. Some hope for that which they should hope for III. Some hope for that which they should not hope for Or An. 2. I may answer four for I. Some men neither hope in God nor fear him these neither regard his wrath nor his mercy II. Some fear but hope not these regard his wrath but not his mercy I●I Some hope but fear not these regard his mercy but not his wrath IV. Some hope and fear these regard both his mercy and his wrath Qu. 11. Who is the Hope of the Elect An. 1. God Psal 71.5 Jer. 14.8.17.13 Joel 3.16 2. Christ 1 Tim. 1.1 Qu. 12. In whom or what may we hope An. 1. In the Lord Job 5.16 Psalm 31.24.38.15 As a son in all his necessities and straits trusteth unto and dependeth upon his father especially if he be great and rich that he will help him and not suffer him to want nor permit him to suffer so should we hope in the Lord and depend upon our heavenly father who is abundantly able and most affectionately willing to relieve help save and succour us 2. We may hope in the word of the Lord Psal 119.74.147 and 3. In the judgements of the Lord Psalm 119.43 Qu. 13. Whence comes our Hope in God An. 1. From God Psalm 22.9 Rom. 15.13 ● Thess 2 16. and 2. From spiritual experience Rom. 5.4 3. From the consolation of the Word Rom. 15.4 Qu 14. Why must we hope in the Lord Answ 1. Because the eyes of the Lord are upon those that hope in him Psal 33.18 2. Because sometimes the Lord proportions his mercy towards us according to our hope in him Psalm 33.22 3. Because the Lord will hear those who hope in him Psalm 38.15 4. Because hope is a soveraign antidote against spiritual dejection Psalm 42.5 11. 5. Because such are happy as hope in him Psalm 146.5 Jer. 17.7 and 6. Because the Lord taketh pleasure in such Psalm 147.11 7. Because he is our Portion Lam 3.24 8. Because we are saved by hope Rom. 8.24 Qu. 15. How doth Hope respect God Answ 1. Divine hope respects God as the object which is expected for God himself is the principal object of hope 1 Pet. 1.21 the less principal objects are all those things whereby as by degrees and means we come unto God 1 Pet. 1.13 Hence God himself is called The hope of Israel Jer. 14.8 and Rom. 15.3 the God of hope not so much because he is the Author and giver of hope as because it is he in whom we hope 2. Hope respects God as the Author and giver of every good thing which it expects Psal 37.5 6. Jer. 17.7 Qu. 16. Who must hope in the Lord Answ 1. The people of the Lord Psal 130.7.131.3 2. The particular servants of the Lord Jerem. 17.17 Qu. 17. What is the duty of those who hope in the Lord Answ 1. To be of good courage when they are in any want distress or danger Psalm 31.24 2. To wait patiently for that which they hope for Rom 8.25 3. To rejoyce in their hope Rom. 12 12. 4. To remember that their hope is not for temporal things or the things of this life but for eternal after this life and therefore the want of temporal things must not shake their hope 1 Cor. 15.19 5. To purge themselves even as Christ is pure 1 John 3.3 6. To continue in their hope unto the end Col. 1.23 Heb. 3.6.6.11 1 Pet. 1.13 Qu 18. VVhen hath the righteous hope Answ 1. In this life Psalm 71.5 Joel 3.16 and therefore while there is life there is hope A Rhodian being cast into a cave by a Tyrant and fed there after the manner of a wilde beast some of his friends perswaded him to abstain from eating that so he might dye to whom he answered Dum spiro spero I will hope while I have life Thus though we in our journey unto Canaan through the Straits meet with many cross winds and storms yet we must labour skilfully to steer and keep on our course by the Cape of good hope till we arrive at the haven of eternal happiness 2. The righteous have hope in their death Prov. 14.32 Qu. 19. VVhen must we hope in the Lord Answ 1. When we are in any misery or distress as was shewed before And 2. When humane help fails De divina miseratione tunc sperandum amplius est cum Praesidia humana defecerint Ambros in Hexam Qu. 20. VVho can have no hope in God or Christ Answ 1. Not those who go down into the pit Isa 38.18 Nor 2. Those who are without Christ Ephes 2.12 Nor 3. Those who are strangers from the Common-wealth of Israel Ephes 2.12 Nor 4. Those who are aliens from the Covenant