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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85498	The saints hony-comb, full of divine truths, touching both Christian belief, and a Christians life, in two centuries. By Richard Gove.	Gove, R. (Richard), 1587-1668.	1652 (1652)	Wing G1454; Thomason E1313_1; ESTC R202241	83,389	226

cease till the house with the stones and timber and morter of it were all broken down So 't is with man Grace may doe much and alter many things that were amisse in him and make him leave many sins to which he was formerly given but to have sin wholly cast out and left that is not to be expected till this earthly tabernacle of his body be by death pulled down and dissolved Expression XIV That to be rich in good works and to distribute to the necessities of Christs poor and needy members is the way to lay up in store for our selves a good foundation against the time to come MAny of the antient Authors in their Writings doe make mention of a certain Country whose fashion was yearly to chuse them a new King who had for that year absolute authority to doe what he listed but the year being ended he was deposed from his place and thrust naked into a remote Island there to end his life in hunger cold and want of all necessaries Whereof one of them being advertised thought aforehand to prevent this inconvenience and therefore in that short time of his reign he sent over his wealth and his treasure into that Island by means of which when he came there he was ●elieved and provided for and did not live in that misery and want that others his Predecessours had done Such is our case for be we never so noble never so mighty never so rich we have no assurance of any long continuance in this world not so much as for one year for here we have no abiding City Heb. 13. 14. and this short time that we have allowed us must at last have an end and as we came naked into the world so must we return naked out of it Job 1. 21. Let us then with that wise King now in the time of plenty provide against the future famine and make us friends of that unrighteous Mammon that when we want they may receive us into everlasting habitations let us now send away our wealth before us in distributing to the necessities of the poor for what we give to the poor we send before us to Heaven and there we shall one day find it to our souls unspeakable comfort See Luk 16. 9. 1 Tim. 6. 17 18 19. Expression XV That a Christian in this life may be infallibly assured of his Salvation ANd this may be thus illustrated A King sendeth a pardon to forty thousand Rebels without putting down in particular the names of any of them onely he puts in a condition that all those shall be pardoned that will lay by their arms and weapons and come in to him the which he sendeth an Herald to proclaim and the people hearing it doe accordingly and thereby know infallibly that they are pardoned And if any man should molest them because their names are not expresly written in the pardon they might contemn them and securely conclude their deliverance from the Condition that is expressed In the same manner doe we assure our selves of our salvation For all men being sinners against God he hath sent out the pardon of his Gospel not writing any mans name therein in particular but putting in a Condition that so many as will be saved by Christ must repent believe and obey him the which being published by preaching assoon as the Elect hear they receive and doe know infallibly they are pardoned And if any would molest them as the Papists for example doe because their name is not particularly and expresly set down therein they might despise them and both against theirs and the Devils accusations securely conclude their salvation from the condition expressed thus He that repenteth and forsaketh his sins and believes and obeys the Gospel unfeignedly shall be saved but I repent and forsake my sins I believe and obey the Gospel unfeignedly and therefore I shall be saved Expression XVI How a man may know whether there be any life of Grace in him ANd to resolve this we need no other signs than we doe make use of to know whether a man be alive or no For if there be any life left in the body at the heart it will beat at the mouth it will breath at the pulse it will be felt So where there is the life of Grace in any man or woman it will appear to himself by his good thoughts and holy desires which he hath in his heart and it will appear to others by the gratious words that proceed from his lips and from the good works that proceed from his hands And if it cannot be perceived by any or all these waies then certainly there is no life of Grace left in a man Expression XVII That holy and regenerate men may have unholy and unregenerate children ANd this Saint Austin illustrates by a two-fold comparison the one of winnowed Corn the other of the circumcised Jew For as Corn that is never so well winnowed and cleansed from all chaff if it be sowen brings forth corn with chaff about it And the circumcised Jew begat uncircumcised Children so holy and regenerate Parents doe beget unholy and unregenerate Children And no marvell for they * beget not their Children according to Grace but according to Nature for Grace is personall but Corruption is naturall and God willeth that they shall onely communicate their nature and leave the dispensation of Grace to himself Expression XVIII That Christians should be compassionate and have a fellow-feeling of one anothers misery THis Saint Austin illustrates thus Behold saith he the foot treadeth on a thorn and see how all the members condole it the back bendeth it self the head stoopeth the eye most remote in place diligently searcheth the ears attend where it is said to be the hands pull it out every member is busied to help and succour it and yet neither back nor head nor eye nor ear nor hand nor any other part but the foot was pricked And just so it should be between the members of Christs mysticall body If one member suffer all the rest should suffer with it See 1 Cor. 12. 26. Rom. 12. 15. Job 30. 25. Expression XIX That the Devill is most busy to tempt men when they are about Gods worship and service AENeas Sylvius reporteth that Saint Benedict coming upon a time to a certain Monastery and entring into the Church there where those of that fraternity were at their prayers he espied a multitude of Devils about every one of them at the sight of which being amazed and much affrighted he left the Monastery and went into the Town adjoyning where there was at that time a great fare or market and a multitude of people come together to buy and sell and walking up and down therein he could there espy but one Devill only who sate idle and had nothing to doe and wondring with himself why there should be so many Devils in the Church and they all so busy

yet bare bread and wine we call them not but the Sacrament of the body and bloud of our Saviour Christ the which whosoever receiveth worthily receiveth therewith by vertue of Christs Word and Promise the very body and bloud of Christ his Saviour to all intents and purposes for the comfort and nourishment of his soul as truly as he receiveth the outward elements of bread and wine for the comfort and nourishment of his body I say still that it is so to the worthy receiver for otherwise it is here again as in the usance of a conveyance If a conveyance made to Peter lying upon the table be given to Richard or if Richard fraudulently take it away he receiveth nothing but bare wax and parchment by reason the covenant was not made with him but with Peter he is not the party that hath the right though to Peter it be a further matter then bare parchment And so the unworthy receiver being not the party to whom the promise is made of receiving Christ with the benefits of his death and passion receives onely Panem Domini as the Fathers speak The Bread of the Lord but not Panem Dominum The Bread which is the Lord Expression XCVII That an hearty desire and sincere endeavour to be perfect is perfection in the sight of God LVther writes of one Staupitius a godly learned man how that he had vowed a thousand times that he would become a better man yet for all his vowes he perceived no improvement or bettering of himself Now in that he was not better he was imperfect but in as much as he desired earnestly and endeavoured to be a better man he was perfect Agreeable to which is that of Bernard for he is confident that Indefessum proficiendi studium jugis conatus ad perfectionem perfectio reputatur That an indefatigable desire of profiting and continuall endeavouring to be perfect is perfection Expression XCVIII That Gods Children must be sanctified throughout 1 Thes. 5. 23. THe Scriptures usually call Gods Children by the name of Temples as 1 Cor. 3. 16. 1 Cor. 6 19. 2 Cor. 6. 16. Now there was no part of the Temple of old but was holy yea all the limits thereof round about were so too Ezech. 43. 12. The innermost part of it was the place of Gods residence and therefore was called Sanctum Sanctorum the most holy place The next to that was Sanctum holy and the rest Sanctuarium partaking of holinesse though in a lower degree So in Gods Children the heart soul of man being the place of Gods residence must be most holy the senses coming nearest to that must be the holiest next and our bodies the outermost parts of this Spirituall Temple must have their measure of holinesse too for even they are to be the Temples too of the Holy Ghost as in 1 Cor. 6. 19. Expression XCIX How a man may try the sincerity of his heart DIvines in their Treatises and Writings have set down sundry notes and marks whereby to make this triall but I shall onely commend unto you two out of all that variety which two are indeed as good as a thousand namely Integrity and Constancy for these are not to be found in any Hypocrite 1. Integrity Psal. 119. 6 Luke 1. 6. For this is a true Rule in Divinity Quicquid propter Deum fit aequaliter fit Whatsoever we doe for Gods sake in obedience to his commands we doe it equally 2. Constancy for as Seneca observes more like a Divine than a Philosopher Qualitatis verae tenor permanet falsa non durant Qualities that be true be permanent but false ones endure not And this is prettily gathered from the very name of Truth in Hebrew for {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Emeth in Hebrew which signifieth Truth cometh from the root {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Aman which signifieth firmare or stabilire to confirm or establish Now to make a sincere Christian both these are requisite for it is in the soul as it is in the body 1. Physicians say of heat and sweat and such like things Vniversalia salutaria partialia ex morbo If a man be hot in one part and cold in another as if the palms of his hands burn and the soles of his feet be cold then all is not right but if he be of an indifferent equall heat all over that is held a good sign of health 2. They say if heat come by fits and starts and paroxisms leaping eftsoon and suddenly out of one extreme into another so as the party one while gloweth as hot as fire another while is chill and cold as ice and keepeth not at any certain stay that is an ill sign too and it is to be feared that there is an Ague either bred or in breeding but if he continue at some reasonable certainty and in a good mediocrity of heat and cold it is thought a good sign of health And just so it is in the state of our souls if the Graces that be in us be universall equally bent upon all good and equally set against all evill things and if for the most part and in the ordinary constant course of our lives we have the practice of Repentance Obedience and other fruits of Grace in some good comfortable measure it is a good sign of a sincere heart towards God but if we repent of one sin and persist in another if we obey one Commandment and break another if we are zealous in one thing and cool in another if we hate one vice and love another or if we have any of these things onely by fits and starts and sudden moods and no otherwise we have just cause to fear that we are still Hypocrites and no sincere-hearted Christians Expression C. How that to fear God and to keep his Commandments is the whole duty of man THat which our English Translations render the whole duty of man the Vulgar Latine renders thus hoc est omnis homo this is all man or as Junius and Tremelius render it hoc est totum hominis this is the whole of man And well may it be so said to be for as the Jewish Rabbines have wittily observed there are in all the Law of God but 613 Precepts whereof there are 365 Negative as many as be daies in the year and 248 Affirmative as many as be joints in mans body to shew that God looks that the whole man all the daies of his life should serve him and keep his Commandments Which that we may the better doe Let us hear the Conclusion of the whole matter saith the Preacher Fear God and keep his Commandments for this is the whole duty of man Eccles. 12. 13. Walafrldus Strabo de rebus Ecclesiasticis Si quid in hoc Lector placet assignare memento Id Domino quicquid displicet hocce mihi A CATALOGUE of some speciall Books Printed for Richard Royston