rule of opposition And good as we distinguish by possession After his fall he likewise understood The Guilt of Evill by the losse of Good Others did call it so by the Event Because it did procure his punishment But this not fully doth explaine the place August de Civ Dei l 14. c. 12. The Tree was wholesome and had pleasant grace How was it evill then By Accident Not of it selfe By the Commandement Gen 2 17 For this cause it was said Thou shalt not eate The precept made it so the pow'r was great To warren Man from Sinne in Innocence Who after was to fall by Negligence Thou shalt not eate This precept tells him why But what commands the God of Majesty Rom 12.3 He bids him for to rectifie his Will And not to covet that would make him ill He bids him to be wise in all discretion And not to rise in thought 'bove his condition He tells him how his glory might consist In true obedience if he will persist He tells him though he were a Prince on earth Yet it was He that gave him first his birth And being but a Subject and a Creature Luk 20.25 Deu 10.12 He must pay homage to his Lord and Maker Thus as a Rule the Tree of knowledge stood To tye him to Obedience which was good It was not set by Gods appointment there For to intrap his life as with a Snare As the malicious multitude surmise Who murmure ' gainst the Lord that 's only wise But God therein would his Obedience try To prove his Love his Faith and Loyalty Deut 10.12 Nor did he stand in need of Mans obedience Who was to doe it upon his allegiance Nor could the Lord be better'd ought thereby Psal 16 2. For nought can adde unto his Soveraignty No Power can make him greater than he is Psa 145.3 No Ioy can helpe to perfect up his blisse No Iustice make him just by betterment Psal 50.11 No Knowledge adde to his experiment With one sole act he viewes all things that be Through his essentiall Conspicuitie Psal 94.11 And knowes the very secret thoughts of All By uncreated Power Personall Gods power is himselfe Prov. 8.15 He is the sole perfection of all things He maketh Lords inaugurateth Kings He pluckes them downe he reares them up againe For by his pow'r all Kings doe live and reigne Zanchy upon the Attribute Lord. Psal 50 12 Psal 145 3 Isay 40 12 Psal 147 9 He is the true and compleate Lord alone That helpeth All yet stands in need of None If he be hungry who shall give him meat For the whole world is his he is so great He measures Heav'n and Earth as with a Span He feedes the Beast and giveth food to Man He heares the little Ravens when they cry Iob 39 3 Psa 147.9 And gives them meat to to their voracity He with a word did Earth and Heavens make Psal 33 6 And he becomes a Begger for our sake He begs a loyall and a faithfull Heart Pro. 23 2â— Deut 10.12 He sued to Man and Man would not impart His bound obedience to his Maker great His soveraigne Lord of prime and Supreme-seate VVhat could the Lord in favour more have done Than have required duty of a Sonne VVhat could a Sonne in due have chosen rather Than true obedience to so good a Father Luk. 20.25 Who did exact obedience as his due To have confirm'd his Faith and blest him too Gen. 2.17 Who did in mercy warne him of his fall That he might shunne the punishment withall But see the nature of Ingratefulnes Adam forgot the God of Righteousnes He would be elevated through Ambition Rom 12 13. He would be like the Highest in Condition He would be wise above Capacity He would be equall to the Deity Presum'd to gaine this knowledge by that Fruite But through his folly was made destitute It was no petty Sinne he did commit The greatnesse of his sinne No trifling Apple which he sought to get Although Pope Iulius third of that same name Did prize his Peacocks losse above the same His Sinne was most exceeding insolent Against the mighty Lord omnipotent Psal 145.3 He that is great without all Quantity He that is good without all Quality 1 Tim 1 17. Psal 90 2. Isay 66.1 Ier 23 24. He that is everlasting without Age He that in Heaven hath his heritage Who with his Essence Pow'r and Saving-grace Fills Heaven and Earth and is in every-Every-place This same is he which Adam disobey'd Rejecting Iacobs God to be his ayde All through the fond perswasion of his Wife And so I come unto the Tree of life THe Tree of life had properly the name From the true Vertue which was in the same The Fruite thereof retein'd this property To keep the body from mortality August de Civ Dei l 14. c. 26. In such a state and perpetuity As should have banisht all infirmity As Hunger Thirst olde Age and Feeblenesse Sorrow and Sicknesse Death and Wretchednesse And when that Adam had continued there In all the blisse and jollities that were In a full space of time contented then He should have gone not dyed as other men Like Enoch Gent 5.24 It was as a Sacrament of life to man But in his beauteous Strength and Happinesse Have beene translated to Gods blessednesse It likewise was a Signe of Life to Man That he might duly contemplate thereon And so obeying the commandement Might endlesse live without all punishment It was a Type of Christ the Sonne of God Rev 22 2. Pro 3 13 Ioh 6 33. Who should be borne to feele his Fathers rod And so give life to Mans posterity Who lost the same by Adams misery Thus stood these Trees in midst of Paradice Gen 2 9. When Adam listen'd unto Gods advice Thus Adam was in his Magnificence Gen 1 26 Long of his Makers great Benevolence Thus was he in Dominion over all Psal 8.5 6 In State and Power most Majesticall Thus was he seated thus did he command All things that were either in Sea or Land The Ayre was pure unblemisht to his eye The Sunne surpassed in his radiancy The Ground was fruitfull without helpe or labour And all the Hearbs had a most pleasant savour His Body was so comely and so faire As if it had beene made of purest aire His Lookes were heavenly and his Thoughts divine And all his Parts to goodnesse did incline His Second-selfe had all things that he had Gen 2.23 And in this Sympathy was Adam glad He cal'd her Woman and in that fit name He shew'd her Being and from whence she came â—bid v. 25 They both were naked and were not ashamed Their perfect comelines in Both unblamed Gen 3.7 They had no clothes to cover nakednesse Aug Civit. Dei l. 14. â—26 Till Sinne brought Shame to hide
uncomelinesse They had no need of any Indument When neither Heat nor Cold could them torment They had no need of any such defence When they were clothed in their Innocence They did not loathe at one anothers sight For being comely Nature wrought delight â—ug Civit â—ei l 14. 22. They were not prickt by nature unto lust For being naked they were likewise just They did agree in such a heav'nly vnion As two were then but one by that communion Sam 18.1 The Woman in the Man was so compris'd That both in neither might not be despis'd She onely formed was in Paradice Yet there the Divell tempted her to vice She was not made of Earth but of the Man To shew where her beginning first began She was not of the foote nor of the head But from the side as equall honoured â—hrys Hom 〈◊〉 Gen. 24. She was the Rib and neerest to his Heart That Man might love her as his dearest part She was but of the Rib therewith to tell her How to obey her Hashand her Exceller God tooke but one from him which Man affords Gen. 2 2â— The greater part of Woman was the Lords And thus was Woman in her excellence The joy of Adam in his quintescence The Queene of Earth and Mother of us all From whom we had our first originall She was the Type as each Divine allowes Of the Church militant our Saviours Spouse And Adam was a Type of Christ the Lord Rom. 5 14 And herein all the learned doe accord His sleepe in Paradice did tipify Our Saviours passion on Mount Calvary Out of whose side the Church was likewise taine Gen. 2.21 1 Pet. 1.19 Ransom'd by blood and sweetly cleans'd againe Their Iugall Marriage which was but carnall Did typify the other Spirituall By which our God by his all power divine Hosea 2.20 Doth to himselfe the Faithfull Soule combine Christ and his Church I say had reference Note To Adam and Eves state in Innocence 'Tweene whom there was such correspondencie As makes a twofold firme Analogie One in the carnall state comparative â—n each particular derivative Christ like Adam The Church like Christ The other from Christ Iesus spirituall â—n his owne Person which is mysticall â—f you will understand what I relate How each the other doth assimilate Marke these five heads of their Congruity And the Conclusion shewes the Mystery 1. Adam as earth was of the earth a Virgin The Earth a Virgin is saith Origen Now Christ the Sonne of God thought it no scorne To be incarnate of a Virgin borne â—ohn 1 3 Rev 1 3. 1 Cor 12 27. Col 1 18. Gen 2 22 Iohn 6.37 39. 2. Adam of mankinde was the head of all Christ is his head and our originall We are his Body and he is the Head To whom in spirit we are coupeled 3. Adam tooke Eve then Marriage first began God gave Contract espoused her to Man So God unto his Sonne his Church did give Whom Christ did then receive as Adam Eve 4. Whom Eve accepted with a full consent Cant. 2 16 2 Cor. 11 2. Cant 2 16 Gen. 2 24 Hebr 2 11 Gen 2 25. 1 Pet 1 19 The Church received Christ as Continent For Christ receiv'd her as his Wife to make And she her Husband Christ did thankefull take 5. As Eve and Adam were alike by kin And naked too and yet devoid of sin So Christ will have his Church to be the same And he is naked too devoid of blame So poore and naked that he made his mone Mat 8 20. He had no house to rest his head upon Foxes had holes to serve them in their need The birds had nests therein to lay their breed Ps 115 16 But he the Lord of Heav'n and all the Earth VVanted what Creatures had by right of birth 2 Cor. 8 9 And would be poore that we in wealth might swim And be the Riches of our God in Him Mat 13 55 Iohn 14 3 Mat 5 3 Luke 2 7. The Concret name signifies the Person The Abâ—tract name the Naâ—ure Gods â—erson not Nature Came of poore Parents to raise up on high The poorer sort to glorious dignity VVas borne an Infant naked to the pap Swadled in clothes laid in his Mothers lap Suffer'd as God but in the Concret name Yet in the Abstract he did not the same Naked he liv'd contemning worldly drosse Naked he dy'd fast nayled on the Crosse And being dead he was enforc'd to have Anothers Sepulchre to be his grave The Church with him hath like congruitie The Churches congruity with Christ Eph. 4 24. â—or she is naked too as well as he â—aked and spoiled of the Carnall-man â—aving Christ Iesus spiritually put on Naked of Riches then despise them not â—or poverty is oft the righteous lot Naked by voluntary poverty Mat. 16.22 â—orsaking all out of meere piety Despis'd revil'd condemn'd to banishment Mark 13 9 Yet patiently doth beare the chastisement No whit ashamed for to undertake â—ll these afflictions for her Husbands sake Zanch treatise of spiritual Marriage Eph. 5 â—â— Therfore to perfect the a alogy She fitly doth the Womans place supply Becomes obedient to her Husband Christ Contracted to him in the Eucharist Fruitfull in Good Workes the effects of grace And therefore fitly doth supply her place Made so by operation of his word Iam. 1 18 Which unto him doth heavenly Sonnes afford Begetting of her spirituall Sonnes indeed By the effectuall power of his Seede 1 Pet. 1 23 â—he is as Evah was a helping-One â—lesh of his Flesh Bone of his very Bone Eph. 5 30. Regenerated by his holy-Spirit That she eternall glory might inherit Be like him in created sanctity As he was like her in'is humanity By his Eternall Fathers owne decree 1 Pet. 1 20. Cant. 5 â— Eph. 1 5 6 11 22 23. This was exprest in Christ whâ— the Word took â—lesâ— Ordain'd his Spouse from all Eternity Design'd by him to be her holy Head Before the world was made or finished In whom our sweet conjunction is exprest In his owne Person reall manifest Having two Natures in himselfe alone 1 Cor. 8.6 7. Iohn 14.16 17. Eph. 2 18. Ioh. 17.21 Eph. 4.5 1 Cor. 10.17 Phil. 2.2 Eph. 4.15 Psal 45.13 We many persons are in essence one Vnder one Maker who created all Vnder one Saviour who redeemed all Vnder one Spirit who doth sanctifie And yet these three makes but one Deity Of one Faith here 's our blessed Vnion One Baptisme and one best Communion One minde and one unanimous consent Vnder one Head Christ Iesus permanent The Church is that same Daughter of the King Of whom the Psalmist doth so sweetly sing Arrayed in a garment of pure gold Which is Christ Iesus glorious to behold Ibid. v. 14 All full of needle-worke most richly wrought Which are his sufferings as Divines have taught Phil. 3.9 Glorious
BARTAS JVNIOR OR THE WORLD EPITOME MAN Set forth in his 1. GENERATION 2. DEGENERATION 3. REGENERATION MICAH 7 8. Rejoyce not against me ô mine enemy when I fâ—â—â— shall rise when I sit in darknesse the Lord shall light unto mee LONDON â—â—inted by W. I. for Francis Coules and arâ— to be solde at his shoppe in the Olde â—â—ylie neere to Newgate 1631. TO THE READER Gentle Reader IT is almost 12 yeares since I finished this subjects and now by the importunity of a learned friend divulged That câ—nctation is my blemish thy dislike but surely dislike the subject thou wilt not yet if thou doe not approve and dislike it thou art not thy selfe Thou art my subject comprized in Adams loynes In thy first estate I present thee like Ovids Cornucope stored with all the fecundity of blessings blessed man can beare In thy second and worse estate like Pandora's boxe stored with all the fecundity of miseries that wretched man shall beare In thy first estate I know thou wilt approve thy selfe in being the Image of God made perfect holy immortall In the second I suppose thou wilt dislike thy selfe being made imperfect unholy mortall Man that is in honour and understandeth not is like the beasts that perish Psal 49.21 Dislike or approve doe which thou wilt doe both I am 〈◊〉 EDVV COOKE THE JNDVCTION BEfore the Lord distinguisht time or place Each creatures forme lay open to his face And in the presence of their Maker were That is iâ— his eternal Idâ—â—a Though not then extant as t' us now they are For his all-seeing Essence was the glasse In which he saw what after came to passe Yet he that view'd them in one onely act Zanchy Gen 1 â—0 And in one Chaos did them all compact Would not in one day but in sixe dayes space Make them apparent in their proper place That Man might know it was his will and pleasure To order them in Number Weight and Measure In this eternall powerfull operation Gods transient operation ouâ— of himself Which GOD did explicate in the Creation Out of himselfe as Transient unto us He shew'd his love and mercy plenteous But in his owne worke wrought internally He doth reveale more power and mystery That same internall secret power is it Of this power St. Augustiâ—â— speakâ—â—â— to Mâ—â—â—â— miâ—â—â— By which he did the Word his Sonne beget VVhich worke continues and is never done And yet he hath begot a perfect Sonne Much like the Beame which from the Sunne doth rise Alwayes begot yet perfect to our eyes But his externall worke my Muse must show As transient from himselfe to things below And passe his inselfe-worke so infinite To speake somewhat of this so exquisite Psal 104.24 Made with such wisedome and variety As did expresse the Makers Deity BARTAS JVNIOR THe glorious Earth was fruitfull without rain Gen. â— â—1 The creeping Serpent suffered then no paine The irefull Adder had no power to sting Leviathan was then a harmelesse thing The Wolfes and Lyons with the Lambe did play Isay 11.6 7 No creature then became the others prey The great vast Sea no vigour had to rage August de Civit. Dei l. 14. c. â—6 No force had Nature then to bring old age The Thornes and Bryers they did trouble none Perfection was the end that made them knowne Then scarce and rare these served for to show The Wisedome of our GOD in things below Ps 2. â—â— The Trees were greene and grow without plantation Gen. 1.11 12. Iob 26.7 The Earth was firmely laid without foundation The heavenly Orbe was fil'd with harmony The lower-Region had like sympathie The beast with man most friendly did agree And man with GOD had blessed company He fram'de and finish'd the whole hoste of heaven Psal 33. â—â— He made them All of Nothng streight and even He did the Angels and Archangels make Col. 1.16 And having made them he no rest did take He never rested till the Man was made And then he rested when his Bed was laid The Center of mans heart he made his nest And there in mercy did vouchsafe to rest Heavens Earth and Sea each sublime terrene thing Psal 33.6 Fiat lux One onely Fiat unto passe did bring But Man the last of creatures then to be Imploy'd to make him the whole Trinity In him their sacred image may be found A Trinity in Vnity profound Which from his soule most severall doth arise 1 Minde 2 Will 3 Worke of power all from one soule As Minde Will Worke Three royall faculties His Minde conceiving well doth represent The Fathers royall person excellent Who being God as Father did beget His onely Sonne which worke continues yet The Image of the Trinity in the soule of man His Wills Affection being gain'd or reapt Or else begotren of the Mindes conceipt Resembles well as we from it may gather The Sonne of God begotten of the Father The power of Worke done and in action still Proceeding from his Minde and from his Will Resembleth well the Holy Ghost as one Proceeding from the Father and the Sonne As these three Persons make but one-sole God Not three Gods but one God Not three soules but one soule Distinct in Office and yet not at odde So these three faculties not three Soules make But from the Soule doe their Existence take And as no Person in the Trinity In time precedes others in dignity But onely in their order so are brought The Son is not the Father neither is the holy Ghost the Sonne For some externall worke upon us wrought Distinct in office and in Personall state Yet in the Worke all-three cooperate So neither in this one Soules act within Did Minde in time before his Will begin Or power of Worke in time as after brought For that begins before the thing is wrought But in respect of order properly Existing with the Soule immediately But as an Image pictur'd to the sense Comes short of that whom neere it represents And can no whit attaine to that perfection Whereof it is an Image by reflection So Man comes short of the blest Trinity Though in himselfe he beares th' Imagery When he was made this creature wanted name When it was given he receiv'd the same Not from his Goodnesse Wisedome rationall Adam doth signify Reaâ— earth But from the earth his Parent Naturall Which name not taken from his dignity Taught him a lesson of humility Nay in that name though he Immortall were A mortall Character he then did beare Though death were farre off in propinquity And he enjoy'd all with tranquillity The Tree of life to serve him for his meate August de Civit. Dei l. 14. c. 26. The Angels as his guard while he did eate A body of so sound a constitution As should have kept him from all dissolution Yet if he fell he should be as his name And so returne to earth
from whence he came The Angells did admire at Adams state The living creatures did before him waite Iob 38.7 Gen 2.2 He gave them names and they obedient were To that dominion which his Image beare Psal 8.6 His Image was his Makers sanctity Infus'd into him as a quality The essence of the soule and faculties Like unto God in her agilities In all things perfect with a holy will With free election to be good or ill In Purity and Iustice Excellence Eph 4.24 Befitting such created Innocence In upright Iudgement and in Wisdome pure Immortall if he stood so to endure Yet one thing Man did want he was alone And therefore God himselfe provides him one Obiection Was Man alone when as he might converse With all the Creatures in this Vniverse Question Ioh 16.32 Was he alone who had society With the three Persons in one Deity Answer He was alone because he could not finde A selfe-like Nature Female of his Kinde It was not good for Man to be alone When each had Females and himselfe had none He spake it in his counsell that did know Tertul. contra Prax. And the whole Trinity approv'd it so Who at that time consulted thereupon As meet for Man to have a helping-One To give a full perfection to his state VVhom he had made most fit to propagate Zanch treatise of spiritual Marriage To adde a perfect joy unto his life In the fruition of a faithfull Wife VVho in the state of his pure innocence Should cheare him up with selfe-like diligence And in his fall or disobediency Prove his best comfort in extremity Nay in the further issue of the deed God had a greater end in this decreed That Christ should come from Adams loynes distinct True God true Man the Arrians to convict Of Adams seede a holy Church erect Subsisting totally of the Elect VVhom he would in his wisdome separate Ephes 1.4 Eph 2.10 From the defiled sinfull Reprobate VVhich could not stand by Natures argument VVithout the helpe of such an instrument For how could this vast world be peopled then VVithout the helpe of women and of men Vnlesse the Lord had wrought a miracle VVithout the helpe of them by oracle Being a Potent all-sufficient Lord Able to have perform'd it with a word But God to finish his great worke begun Would onely have it in this manner done He cast the wonder of the world asleepe His sleepe was not naturall but divine desceÌ„ding from heaâ—ven not ascending from the stomacke to the head Presaging a most sacred mist'ry deepe Tooke from his side a rib most neere his heart Not putting him to any paine or smart VVith flesh did close the hollow place againe VVherein the rib did formerly remaine Then fram'd a Woman like him in each thing Save in the sex where was the differing But in the action you must understand God did it by his power not by his hand August de Civit. Dei l. 12. c. 13. He spake the word or wil'd it instantly And it was finished effectually Then in a vision he declar'd to Man How and of what he builded the Woman How she was fram'd of him and of his bone That they might not be two but both be one How all men from that one deriv'd should be Aug. 〈◊〉 l. 12. c 2 〈◊〉 22 To shew how he affecteth unitie And that in her he should repose his trust Being so chast wise modest constant just Thus God in vision did to him declare The Vertues of his Wife particular Gen. 2.22 And He no sooner from his sleepe did wake But God his new-made daughter then did take And bring to Man who when to him she came According to her Nature tooke her Name God gave Her unto Man Man tooke his Wife With all the blessings suting to her life Gen 1.28 He bade them to increase and multiplie And fill the Earth with humane company He bade them to beare rule o're Fish and Foule On Each-thing creeping that had life or soule He gave them the whole Earth for to possesse And Paradise withall to keepe and dresse He tolde them where hereafter they should dwell And fill those places whence the Angels fell He bade them on his favour to relie And He would blesse them and their progenie He gave them all the fruites and hearbs to eate Gen 1.29 Which he before appointed for their meate But of the Tree of knowledge next to life He must not eate thereof nor may his Wife For whensoever they did taste the same They both should dye and dying feele the blame Gen. 2.9 These two were in the midst of Eden plac't And had their Names agreeing to their Taste VVhat Fruite they bare Scripture doth not expresse But Trees they were and that we all confesse Origen Planted and watered growing bearing fruite True trees not Allegor'es as some dispute But why so called Here will be the ground To taxe the Rabbins and the truth expound They thought the Tree of knowledge to be such Ioseph Anâ—iq l. 1. c. 2. As might augment his knowledge by the touch Increase his wit his understanding more And make him perfecter than heretofore This same conceit made Iulian to misdeeme Iulian the Apostata That God did then but little Man esteeme VVhen as he might not touch but by it glance Thereby to keepe him still in Ignorance But this same Tree had no such property To adde unto the Soule such faculty For sure such corporall fruites could ne're erect Within the Soule such sp'rituall effect Nor can a thing that 's perfect well be said To be imperfect or unperfect made Adam was perfect in each faculty In will in knowledge and in memory In wisedome justice and in understanding Having the creatures under his commanding Gen. 1.28 He had a twofold essence in degree Denoting him the Worlds-Epitomee Chrysost in his treaty on the 2 Cor. 12.9 Being a twofold world for to declare One God was Earth and Heavens Artist rare Better he could not have beene made by Nature Vnlesse he had beene made some other Creature God I confesse might have created him A holy Angel or a Cherubim He might have given him better Qualities Agreeing to his god-like Faculties But as the Lord is good so is he wise Psal 34.8.104.24 And gave him what his Nature did suffise He made him perfect in the prime Creation His Knowledge could receive no augmentation Either by Science or by naturall Fruite As these wise Rabbins vainly doe dispute If then the Tree could not augment the same Let us inquire then why 't had the name Some say that it was called Good and Evill Through the deluding promise of the Divell VVho being to deceive him told him so And he gave credence to his mortall Foe But did not Adam know both Good and Evill Question Before he was foretold it of the Divell Answer Yes he knew ill by
calls them Cherubims to end disputes Others with the text in this agree And call them Angels as indeed they be But going forward without wit or sense They drown'd their judgement by this inference Saying these Cherubs did not watch and ward â—orer tom 1. l. 6. cap. Onely from Man the Tree of Life to guard But likewise for to keepe the Divell backe Lest he should take it when as Man did lacke And having life which that Tree did afford Should proffer it to Man to be ador'd A foolish and ridiculous conceit Of which the superstitious Scholemen treat Quest on Gen. 40. Theodoret a Father did surmise Them onely Apparitions in the skies But from him all the Fathers disagreed Maintaining them for Cherubims indeed Which there continued as God thought good Till Adams death or after till the Flood Epiph. hares 64. Then ceasing left some little glimpse behind That we the place of Paradice might find And by the Fiery-blade they understand A two-edg'd Sword put in the Cherubs hand Such a flame iâ— to be seen in Babyloâ— Plin l. 2. 〈◊〉 106. supposed to bee the place of Paradise Numb â—â— 1 Chro 2â— 16. Which blazing as a Comet to the eye Made Adam to desist from comming nigh And usually the Cherubs did appeare With a two-edged Sword producing feare 'T was Such a one met Balaam in the way And made his Asse to speake and him to stay 'T was Such a one King David did beholde After the Plague when he the people tolde And Such a one as ordered slew outright All the first-borne in Egypt in one night Such did appeare to holy-men with wings Exod. 12 29. Esay 6.6 Exo. 25 1â— Bearing the mandates of the King of Kings Such God by his appointment out did marke To have their Figures placed in the Arke Such onely doe delight in Gods aspect And doe rejoyce to further his elect One of them flies with more than winged speed To helpe good Hezekiah in his need 2 Kings 1â— 39. And of Senach'ribs Host destroyed then One hundred foure score and five thousand men Another comforts Hagar in her flight Gen. 21 17 Tob 11 7 Gen. 19 16 And one restores Tobias to his sight Two Both at once assisted righteous Lot When out of Sodome he in safety got A multitude of Angels fills the Clouds And makes the Aire shrill with beatitudes While all the Creatures are restor'd to favour Angels to Man Man to his God and Saviour What glorious exultations doe they vent Luke 15 7 If One ungodly Sinner but repent How doe they guard our Persons and our State From the devouring mouth of Chance and Fate If we be sicke they comfort us in love With the celestiall Paradise above If we be troubled with adversity Psa 91.11 12. They cheere us up to beare it patiently Waking through Gods permission they doe save When danger brings us almost to the grave Sleeping they doe protect us from that foe Which would both soule and body overthrow If dead unseene full solemnly they come Luk 16 22 Bearing our soules to Abrahams bosome The wicked'st person breathing on the earth Hath One attending on him from his birth Guarding his body from that accident To which through Sinning it is incident Mat. 18 10 1 Cor. 15 52. Mat 24 31 Mar 13 27 1 Thes 4 16. The righteous person he hath two or three According as his danger seemes to be Millions of Angels shall attend the Iust At the last day to bring them from the dust When that all-sounding Trumpet shall be blowne To summon all the World to Heav'ns high throne Then they that sleepe in Earth in costly tombes Inclosed safe as in their mothers wombes Opprest with weight of many Marble Stones And overcloy'd with skulls and dead mens Bones Shall cast them off I off as things too light And all appeare before their Makers sight Rev 20 13 The Sea shall likewise regive up her dead Which her vast Ocean once devoured And all againe shall the same shape assume Note Which God and Nature gave them in the Wombe Onely this shall accrue the Property They must be changed in the Quality That which was sowne a carnall must arise A spirituall body without fallacies 1 Cor. 15.44 Ibid v. 43 Acts â— 1â— Luk 21 27 1 Thes 4.15 16 17 That which was sowne in Weaknesse in that hower Must with a Word be raised up in Power Then shall our best beloved Saviour come To judge the world in this great day of Doome Met by the last surviving Saints that are With shoutes and sounding clamours in the ayre Whil'st all the world lyes frying in a Flame And hath no water for to quench the same Whil'st wicked Soules shall gnash their teeth and grin Luk 13 18 With howling noyse affrighted with their Sinne. Cursing the day that brought them to this lucke Cursing the Pappes that first did give them sucke Cursing the first occasion of their Fall Cursing Themselves and cursing God and All Rev 16 11 Rev. 6 16 Wishing with all their hearts that mountaines might Defend them from this great Avengers sight Who then as Scripture perfectly denotes â—hall separate these barren Carrion Goates Matth. 25 32 From fruitfuil Sheepe whose vertue did afford â—lenty to Man and Goodnesse to the Lord. Who gave him Drink to drink when he was thirsty Chrys on this same text Mar 25 32. Zenchy Who gave him Meat to eat when he was hungry Who gave him Clothes in his necessity â—ho shew'd their Faith by perfect Charity â—n distributing Almes unto the poore â—n taking Orphanes straying by the doore Esay 58 â— Ezek 18 â— â—n helping Widdowes in their great distresse 〈◊〉 pleading gratis for the Fatherlesse Mat. 25 For this they shall possesse their Masters joy Which passeth all the slights of mans annoy Mal. 4 3 For this their Foes shall all be trampled downe And they receive an everlasting Crowne Rev 14 11 For want of this the Wicked are in Hell And with the Divells lastingly must dwell Where they receive infinite penalties For their unsatiate sinne and cruelties Bernard Note Not till a Wren may drinke the Ocean dry For then they might expect recovery But this word ever cuts off all reliefe And makes it prove an everlasting griefe A griefe though certaine yet inutterable A griefe to Mortalls most insufferable Luk 16 26 A griefe of griefes surpassing all their paine To be debarr'd of comming forth againe Parsons in his resolution A griefe to thinke how happy they had bin If they had not committed Such a Sin A griefe to see those persons Angeliz'd O're whom so often they once tyranniz'd A griefe unable of them to be borne Psa 7 13 Isay 26 10 When God and Angels laugh at them with scorne A greater griefe excluded from His Face To be included in so vile a Place Mat 8 12 Rev
to make him way But She good Soule could not obtaine this favour For none she had and yet she would not stay Such Faith as this will suffer no delay She came her selfe and He did Others send Mat 15 22 Christ her deni'd she forc't him in the end He for a Servant whom he dearely lov'd â—uk 7.4 7 Mat. 15 22 Made sute to Christ and did but once request She for a Daughter was extremely mov'd Because a Spirit had her Childe possest This Saint was weary of so foule a Guest O then if many Divells us invade Let 's flee to Christ as she did here for aide And let not us misdoubt the premisses Gods helping Grace is not to be restrain'd If we lay holde upon the Promises What is it but by Christ shall be obtain'd The Woman askt the good-Centurion gain'd His sute was granted and had no denyall But hers was not obtain'd without her tryall He e're our Saviour came into his sight â—uk 7 6 7 Sent backe to stay him by his Faiths Confession Her Faith makes to him in as swift a flight â—at 15.22 And plyes him with her outcryes for Compassion He suff'red in her yet did shew no passion â—â—id v. 23 Seeming as deafe no hearing to afford Seeming as dumb and would not speake a word Good harmelesse Soule how was her Heart deceiv'd Expecting comfort onely from his sight Now vieweth God the Word of speech bereav'd A gracious God a Convert for to slight A faithfull Woman and a Canaanite 〈◊〉 I One of the chosen Vessells of his Choyce Who felt him inward speake yet heard no Voice But when he spake for to deny her helpe Mat. 15 2â— To be her Saviour yet not sent for Her Reputing her no better than a Whelpe Verse 26. And so no Grace upon her to confer The God of Grace to be no Comforter Oh this might well have driv'n her to despaire And yet all this not makes her to forbeare But as an Eagle molts away her Feathers Simile Psal 103 5 And breakes her olde Bill to renew her strength So by Denyalls she more force regathers Vntill her Faith had conquered him at length And out of cinders burst to such a flame That now the World is blazed with the same MEDITATION 1. IS Faith of force to bring me to my Saviour To make him mine to keepe me in his favour To obtaine mercy and to cleanse my Heart Vniting me to Him never to part Lord give me Faith let me have no deniall Then when thou wilt Lord put me to my Tryall MEDITATION 2. LOrd when thou wilt then let thy Spirit come Speake then unto my Soule when thou seem'st dombe Let me then heare the Presence of thy Voice When thou seem'st Deafe to make my heart rejoyce Then like This Woman shall my faith have strength And through thy Mercy overcome at length MEDITATION 3. ARe Rich and Poore great Emperours and Kings Devoid of Christ counted but brutish things As whelps dogs foxes vipers swine let mee Sweet Iesus have my Part and Name in thee So when thy glorious Comming shall appeare Thy Saints shall sing when Dogs shall howle for feare FINIS Dedicated To all the Captaines Lieutenants Ensignes and Serjeants of the Trayned Bands of London Middlesex Bristo Exeter Norwich and Kent OF whom should Homer or the Muses sing If not of Souldiers or the Souldier King Whose actions are Heroike and whose Armes Protects as King the meanest man from harmes Oh did his Majesty behold you all Each in your Armes acting the Generall He would surmise Epaminondas by Or you transform'd to his Imagery Wish all his subjects were but â—uch as you Having his wish tell you what he would doe â—he Emâ—erour Aâ—rian made â—n this Iâ—â—nd a wal â—â—o miles â—ong Gods Arâ—y divided â—nto three â—arts â—antguard â—iddleâ—ard Rearâ—ard The Kings strength in his subjects doth consist And such an Army who can well resist He needs no Adr'an wall to guard his Land Your hearts defend his heart for you doth stand You are part of his Army of his host You are of Gods owne Army therefore boast Gods mighty Army hath three severall parts Subsisting of these Noble valiant hearts As Adam Noah Abraham and Iob To make the Front in that Celestiall Globe With all the Prophets Peter Iames and Iohn The Saints and holy Martyrs dead and gone The Middleward subsists of them that die And of our selves waiting mortality The Reareward are those Saints which must survive To meet our Saviour in the clouds alive Now being Militant reflect your eye On Sampsons strength and on his Chivalrie See what our Israels Champion can afford And as he was be Champions for the Lord. Yours to imitate Edâ—â—â—d Câ—â—â—â— Strong Sampsons Birth his mighty strength His many conquests death at length Hid Manna of the History Revealed in th' Analogy HISTORY SAMPSON VVHat God doth promise he will sure perform In the full time When Israel as a worme Is trod upon Iudg. 13. then Manoahs Comforter Though barren beares them a Deliverer Now is their Bondage with the Philistins No whit so during as their lordly Sinnes Verse 1. Nor can their Sinnes oblitterate his Favour That gave his Sonne sent Sampson for a Saviour An Angel brings the tidings of his Birth Iudg. 13 â— Or else the God of Angels treads on Earth Shap'd as a Man in our Humanity Angel in Place God in Authority Sampson doth grow in Stature Strength and than The Spirit moves him in the Campe of Dan Tweene Zorah and Eshtaol Verse 25. Iudg 14. â— bids him arise And goe to Timnath for new Enterprise The Nazarite obeyeth Seekes a Wife Verse 1. A Lyon comes against him for his Life 5. He rents him as a Kid immediatly 6. There Sweetnesse findes in Her Disloyalty 9â— He slayeth thirty Philistins for spoyle 10. Destroyes their growing Corne upon the Soyle Iud g 15 Their standing Stocks the Vineyards by the same For which the Timnite with his House doth flame 6. But Sampson well repayes their cruelty And smites them Hip and Thigh abundantly Goes to Rocke Etam They invade the Land Versâ— 8.9 1â— Sampson is bound betrayed to their hand 14. He breaks the bands discomforts all their host 15. He slayes a thousand with a Bone doth bost 18. He thirsteth fainteth prayeth doth obtaine 19 And from the Bone Water doth flow amaine He drinketh of the Rocke for Christ was by The Substance will not let the Shadow dye Chap 16 2 Verse 2. He speeds to Gaza seeth Dalila Hazards his Life beareth the Gates away 17. He doteth she betrayes his Lockes are cut 20. His strength doth faile he to the Mill is put 21. His Eyes thrust out conducted to the Court 25. To be their laughin stocke the Vulgers sport 28 He prayeth to his God strength comes againe 30 He plucketh downe the