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Selected sentences out of sacred antiquitie, conducing to the establishment of faith and good manners. Gathered by W. Wynne
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Wynne, William, fl. 1616-1624.
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vnlesse the one bee rooted out the other will neuer be planted 26. Hee verily is a Christian that worketh Mercy to all that is mooued with no Iniury that feeles the griefe of others as his owne to whose Table the Poore is no stranger who is reckoned inglorious before men that hee may be glorious before GOD and his Angels who despiseth Transitory thinges to enioy Eternall who suffereth not the poore to bee oppressed if he can helpe and to conclude who weepes with them that weepe which was well obserued by St. Paul Quis saith hee infirmatur ego non infirmor Who is infirme or grieued and I not so too 27. In vaine takes hee vpon him the name of a Christian that doth not imitate the life of Christ for alasse what is it for you to bee called that you are not or to vsurpe anothers name 28. A Christian is hee that thinkes himselfe a Stranger in his owne house our Countrey being aboue our home at Heauen 29. Will you walke Christ saith I am the way will you not bee deceiued I am the Truth will you not dye I am the life Aug. 30. As the many branches of a Tree doe grow from the roote onely so many virtues spring from Charitie alone nor hath the branch of a good worke any life or greennesse if it abide not in the roote of Charitie Greg. 31. Say not that you carry chaste mindes when you haue wanton eyes for a wanton eye is the messenger of a wanton heart Hierom. 32. Among all Christian conflicts those of Chastitie are the sharpest for there is continuall batterie and rare victorie Beautie and Chastitie seldome lodge together Ibid. 33. Confession is the health of Soules the destroyer of Vices the scourge of Deuils briefely it stops the mouth of Hell and opens the gates of Paradice 34. A cleere Conscience is that which can neither bee justly accused with what is past nor vniustly delighted with what is present Aug. 35 Gold is Caesars Coyne Man is GODS Caesar is seene in his Gold GOD in Man Therefore offer your wealth to Caesar but reserue your Conscience for GOD. Chrysost 36. You should rather thinke of what you want then of that you haue what you haue beware you leese not and that you want pray God for Consider in what you are lesser not in how much you are greater for if you compute onely wherein you are or haue beene excellent that may ingender vanitie and pride in you which is to be feared but if you reckon wherein you are or haue beene lesse or defectiue this will breed humilitie and teares in you which are to be wished And doubtlesse if you striue to bee humble you shall walke more safely you shall not runne headlong your foote shall not slippe 37. God is aboue you the Beasts are vnder you acknowledge him that is aboue you that they may acknowledge you which are vnder you Therefore when Daniel acknowledged God aboue himselfe the Lyons acknowledged him aboue them 38. O Man if thou didst consider what comes frō thee by thy mouth by thine eares by thy nostrils by thy pores other euacuations of thy body Thou wouldest confesse neuer to haue seene a more vile and loathsome dunghill then thy selfe Aug. 39. To giue a simple man Counsell is Charitie to a Wise man Presumption but to giue it in case of peruersitie or necessitie is Wisedome Greg. 40. Among the Sages one was wont to say that a good Custome is neuer diswonted without shame and that good Communication runnes into affectuall habit according to that who fore-goeth Vertue being young shall not know how to forbeare Vice beeing olde Basil 41. Let not your heart vary from your face or Countenance carry not a face vpward and a heart downward The heart is little and desireth much it is scarse enough to giue a Kite his breakfast and yet the whole world is not able to satisfie it Bern. 42. Open Sinne before all requireth open Punishment for example of all Aug. 43. Impunitie is the of-spring of negligence the mother of Insolence the roote of vnshamefastnesse the Nurse of Sinne. 44. Couetousnesse is the roote of all mischiefe it commits Sacriledge and Theft it rauins and deuoures it makes warre and murther it buyes and fels by Symonie it asketh and receiueth wrongfully it negotiates and floords vp vniustly it is at hand with all fraud and deceit it dissolues pacts and violates oathes it corrupts Witnesse and peruerts Iustice 45. Three thinges are most affected Wealth Pleasure and Honour of Wealth comes wickednesse of Pleasure turpitude of Honour vanitie for wealth breeds Cupiditie and Auarice Pleasure breeds Lust and Gluttony Honour fostereth Pride and Ostentation Innoc. 46. The Thiefe confessed Christ Peter denyed him in Peter the Iust are taught not to presume in the Thiefe a Sinner conuerted not to despaire Therefore let the Iust be off aid of falling through Pride and the Sinner of despairing through malice 47. Let no man distrust nor any sinner despaire of Gods mercy for God knowes how to change his Iudgment if you know how to change your life Aug. 48. Desperation holts the gates of the Eternall Citie Hope vnbolts them but Faith sets them wide open Chrysost 49. Not onely they are guiltie that vtter falshood but such also as easily hearken thereunto Ibid. 50. The heart lifted vp to God corrupteth not if your Corne were layde in vnder-romes to saue it from moulding you would remoue it higher you raise your graine to higher losts so lift vp your hearts to Heauen But now should this bee done say you what strong Cords what Ladders what Engines will bee required to this Isay the first step is your affection the lest of your labour is your will by Loue you ascend by neglect you descend and when you loue God you are in Heauen vpon Earth 51. The Deuill is euery where ready to hurt euery one but that his power is restrained by a greater power for if he could but what hee would there should not a Iust soule bee left to breath Aug. 52. The DEuils office is to suggest ours not to consent as oft as wee resist euill so oft wee ouer come it wee glad and glorifie the Angels wee honour God who visites vs that wee may fight helpeth vs that wee may conquer and aydes vs that we may not shrinke Bern. 53. O wretch that I am how much am I bound to loue my God who Created me when I was not and redeemed me being lost for I was not and hee made me of nothing yet hee made me not a stone not a tree not a meere Animal but a Man hee gaue mee to liue to feed to vnderstand hee deliuered me from bondage redeemed mee from seruitude and called mee by his Name that I might remember him for euer 54. CHRIST annoynted mee with the Oyle of gladnesse wherewith himselfe was annoynted that of the annoynted I might bee annoynted and of Christ bee called a Christian August 55. To
haue knowledge being ignorant is rash who denyes that knowledge hee hath is vnthankfull 134. An Olde mans discourse should not onely bee weightie and graue but withall short or not very long Aug. 135. An Old man heareth the messengers of Death and will not beleeue them the messengers are three Casualtie Sicknesse and old Age it selfe Casualtie propounds thinges vncertaine Sicknesse thinges sorrowfull old Age thinges certaine Casualtie shewes death lurking Sicknesse death appearing old Age death present From vncertaintie of Death proceeds feare from paine of Sicknesse griefe and from the certaintie of old Age should come not obstinacy and stiffenesse but Mortification and Humilitie Hug. 136. The patience to say nothing the oportunitie of speaking and the contempt of worldly wealth are the chiefe foundations of Vertue 137. As it becomes not a Bishop to sell that hand hee layeth vpon others so the ordayned Minister must neither set his Tongue nor his Pen to sale 138. When a Bishop purchaseth vndue Order with money whereby his inward man is cast off his Body receiueth honour and his Soule loseth honestie Ambrose 139. Euery one is so much the more vnwise inwardly as hee striueth to bee thought wise outwardly Greg. 140. If a Rich man proud bee scarce tollerable who will suffer an insolent Begger Aug. 141. Pride precipitateth from the highest Heauen to the deepest pit of Hell Humilitie exalteth from below to aboue an Angell fell from Heauen into Hell Man from Earth ascendeth to Heauen Bern. 142. The vicious for the most part loue such as are like themselues onely one proud body can neuer indure another Inno. 143. Present feare begets eternall securitie now feare God aboue all thinges that you need not be affraid of Man 144. Let Man vnderstand that GOD is a Physitian and tribulation a Medicine to Saluation not a preparatiue to Damnation 145. In the Furnace Strawe burneth Gold purifieth the one consumeth to ashes the other is purged of drosse and corruption the Furnace is the World the Gold is the lust the Fire is Tribulation the cunning workman is GOD What the workman willeth I doe where and when hee appoints I suffer hee that appoints mee to endure knowes when I shall bee pure though the strawe burne and set mee on fire yet when it is turned to ashes I shall bee cleane without spot or staine 146. Our LORD saith Forgiue and you shall bee forgiuen say not with your tongue you forgiue and differ with your heart for God knowes what you say and thinke together Man heares what you say but GOD sees what you thinke It is much better to forgiue heartily and say nothing then to carry a faire golden mouth and a false froward heart Aug. 147. So mercifull is our Lord IESVS that hee would haue pardoned Iudas if hee had but craued pardon and hoped for CHRISTS mercy Ambr. 148. O Man thou canst not bee without sinne and if alwayes thou wilt bee forgiuen all then forgiue alwayes how much thou wilt bee forgiuen so much forgiue how often thou wilt bee forgiuen so often forgiue yea and because thou wouldest bee forgiuen all forgiue all I say O man conceiue that in forgiuing others thou forgiuest thy selfe Chrysost 149. Truth is both sweet and bitter sweet when it spareth bitter when it cureth Aug. 150. What booteth a cleane Body with a corrupt Minde an humble Wife is better then a proud Virgin 151. What is the Mindes virginitie entire Faith strong Hope and perfect Charitie Aug. 152. Virginitie surpasseth the condition of humane nature by which men are made like vnto Angels yet greater is the victory of Virgins then of Angels for Angels liue without Flesh but Virgins triumph in Flesh 153. Virginitie is the Sister of Angels the Conquest of Lusts the Queene of Vertues the Treasure of Goodnesse Cyprian 154. Vertue the more it contemneth the more it is esteemed It is great Vertue to striue with Prosperitie and great Prosperitie not to bee ouercome by it 155. The minde can neuer enioy the kingdome of Vertue vnlesse it first shake off the yoake of Vice Aug. 156. There is no such persuasion to Vertue as often to remember the vglinesse of Sinne. Chrys 157. There is nothing well-done vnwillingly though the thing done bee neuer so good 158. If you steale not because you are affraid to bee seene yet inwardly in your heart you haue stolne and are to bee held guiltie thereof though you take nothing away Bern. 159. When you will you cannot because when you might you would not so as through an ill will past you haue lost a good beeing present Aug. 160. With GOD who knoweth all thinges before they be done a resolued will to doe well or ill is reckoned for the deed done Aug. 161. His braine is taken away whom GOD intendeth to punish least hee should by prouidence auert the intended plague 162. He that makes an vndiscreet Vow is foolish and hee that keepes it is impious Hier. 163. Alwayes breake vnlawfull Promises and change vngodly Vowes 164. What good you haue vowed freely that you are bound to performe justly Bern. 165. A greedy Couetous man who deuoureth all like Hell would haue none left aliue but himselfe that hee might possesse all Aug. 166. When God rewardeth Merites hee crowneth nothing but his owne Guifts in the merite you doe nothing in the worke you worke alone your Crowne is of God your worke of your selfe yet not without Gods assistance Aug. 167. Many good things doth God in Man which man doth not for Man doth nothing which God doth not that Man may doe it Ibid. 168. All our merites are in such manner the guifts of God that Man is for the same more indebted to God then God to Man Bern. 169. Merite and Grace are at this oddes that Grace will neuer enter where Merite takes the vpperhand Bern. 170. I know well that by no vertue no merite he shall euer bee saued who by the Passion of CHRIST is neuer moued Aug. 184. Whensoeuer Ideuoutly remember and meditate the Passion of CHRIST I shall be safe Ibid. 172. Not any one vpon earth is so rich as hee desireth nothing but God and he is the Almes-man of CHRIST that is out of loue with the world Aug. 173. Among thirtie thousand men scarse one of those shall repent truly who driue of Repentance to the last cast 174. Hee is farre enough from Faith that deferreth his repentance till his Death Greg. 175. Repentance should not bee late not compelled not fained not desperate 176. In a sound man Penance is sound in a sicke man it is sicke and in a dead man it is dead 177. Reckon from Adam to the last Iust man and you shall find none to bee saued but by very hard and rough wayes 178. Alwayes in your heart eschew ill Company and when you cannot auoyde them conuerse very warily amongst them 179. The vertue of the Sacraments is not abated by the viciousnesse of the Priest 180. I had rather vndergoe