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A05311	The sanctuarie of saluation, helmet of health, and mirrour of modestie and good maners wherein is contained an exhortation vnto the institution of Christian, vertuous, honest, and laudable life, very behoouefull, holsome and fruitfull both to highest and lowest degrees of men ... / written in Latin verie learnedly and elegantlie by Leuinus Lemnius of Zirizaa, physitian, and Englished by H.K. for the common commoditie and comfort of them which understand not the Latine tongue ...	Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568.; Kinder, Hugh.	1592 (1592)	STC 15454.5; ESTC S3877	132,793	266

vineyarde diligently and faithfully which is a part of charitie For the Lord God who searcheth the hearts and rei●… and looketh into mens thoughts Eccles 23. whose eies are 〈◊〉 thousand times brighter then the Sunne beholding all the wayes and workes of men he I say knowet● all the minde will intent desire and affection of 〈◊〉 faithfull seruants Psal 38. and their gronings are not hidd●… from him Surely all the faithfull disposers and towards of the holy mysteries and secrets of God 〈◊〉 of the manifold graces of Iesus Christ haue gr●… cause to lament these euill and woful daies Reuel 12. wherein the diuell is come downe to the inhabitants of the earth that is to those that are giuen to the wo●… and fleshly lusts and to bewaile the blindnesse 〈◊〉 hardnes of mans heart whose imaginations are 〈◊〉 euen from his youth Gen. 8. and the great wickednesse 〈◊〉 man on the earth so that the earth is corrupt before God Gen. 6. and filled with crueltie because all flesh 〈◊〉 corrupt his way vpon earth For euen as it was in 〈◊〉 dayes before the deluge or floud when those ob●…rate and obstinate Giants contemned the preachi●… and despised the warnings of Noe the friend of God the eight person a preacher of righteousnesse 2. Pet. 2. 1 Pet. 3. yea rather were disobedient vnto our Sauiour who in spirit preached vnto them by the mouth of Noe So now it is to be feared Ierem. 9. yea rather with heades full of water and with eyes that haue a fountaine of teares the pastours of Christs flocke haue cause to weepe day and night because so many wanton worldlings lie weltring in wickednesse and turne the grace of God into voluptuousnesse Iude. beeing fulled asleepe in carelesnesse and caried headlong to perdition with contempt of the worde of God Ephes 2. 2. Tim. 2. Now vndoubtedly is the time come wherein the prince of darkenes beareth such sway in the children of disobedience and holdeth so many disobedient wretches captiue at his will Now doth that malicious aduersarie that roring lion walke and let about 1. Pet. 5. seeking and gaping for his pray most perniciously deuoureth so many sillie miserable and succourles soules cruelly Now because the hirelings of whom we haue to too many care not for the sheepe Iohn 10. but leaue them without succour and defence and flie from them the woolfe commeth vpon them with insaciable rapacitie and greedinesse and catcheth and scattereth the sheepe and maketh lamentable hauocke of the poore afflicted flock of Iesus Christ Now verelie yea euen now at this present Reuel 12. the great Dragon that olde Serpent called the diuell and Satan sheweth his rage and hath great wrath because he knoweth that hee hath but a short time Mat. 4. For hee is the Prince of this worlde which title he vsurpeth and chalengeth to himselfe and he rideth vpon wanton wicked worldlings as it were vpon a horse And this is the cause that there bee so many workers of iniquitie Mat. 7. 2. Thess 3. so little faith on earth so fewe faithfull followers of Christ We are they vpon whome the ende of the worlde is come for whereas the Apostle sayth Hebr. 9. that Christ in the ende of the worlde hath appeared once to put away sin by the sacrifice of himselfe To which wor● the Apostle Saint Peter agreeth 1. Pet. 4. and saith Nowe the end of all things is at hand how much more now may this our time and age bee called the ende si● that we are come so much nearer vnto the day of the Lord For now all those euils calamities sorrowes which our Sauiour foretolde should come vpon the earth are come in deed and those true prophecies of the infallible truth it self are now most certeinly fulfilled Mat. 24. and most manifestly verified For iniquitie is increased yea it aboundeth and hath the vpper hand vpō the face of the whole earth Charitie is cold yea it is extreemly frozen The Disciples of Christ are afflicted yea they are hated and persecuted euerie where among all nations And although indeed here in England the light of the louing mercifull countenance of our good gracious long suffering God doth now at this present shine among vs most cōfortablie blessed be his holy name therfore yet it is to be feared yea surely it is rather to be expected that our sinfull securitie noughtie negligence and horrible ingratitude will verie shortly and sooner then many thinke turne away his fauourable face from vs and set his face with heauie displeasure and indignation against vs and take away these his great blessings of peace tranquillitie trueth and prosperitie from vs. For when they shall say peace and safetie 1. Thess 5. then shall suddaine destruction come vpon them Ought not we then to looke dailie and continually for these imminent perilles and punishments Seeing therefore that all these calamities and afflictions present are iustly come vpon this wicked worlde and manie m● grieuous sorrowes are to be looked for 2. Pet. 3. what maner persons ought wee to bee in holy conuersation and godlines looking for and hasting vnto the comming of the day of God Howe great cause haue wee to watch that we may be readie for the comming of the Lord Happie are those wise virgins who hauing oyle in their lampes Mat. 25. are readie to meete the blessed bridegroome Iesus Christ and do enter with him vnto the glorious mariage of him that most louing husband with his Church that is the congregation of all faithfull soules dispersed vpon the face of the whole earth and knit together in one by faith and by the confession of his holy name through the operation of his holy Spirite Ephes 5. Which Church hee hath sanctified and appointed to bee his spouse or bride holy chaste and without reprehension Mat. 22. Happie are those ghests that come in thither clothed and adorned with the most precious wedding garment of his righteousnesse of a pure affection and vpright conscience wherewith all they are inuested that assuredly and constantly beleeue in him and in whome by his righteousnesse grace reigneth vnto euerlasting life Happie are those seruants whom their lord when he cōmeth shall find well doing Mat. 24. Luke 12. 19. For such good faithfull seruants wil the Lord himselfe commend in the presence and hearing of their brethren and make them partakers possessours of his vnspeakable ioyes Happie are they that so continue to the end for they shal be saued These are they that be clothed with white garments euē with the innocencie sinceritie perfect righteousnes of that immaculate lambe Reuel 7. whō he hath purged washed cleansed and purified with his most precious blood These are they whom hee that rideth on the red horse persecuteth Reuel 6. euen Satan with his blooddie tyrannie But the Lord will for their sakes shorten these euill wofull

worthie to be sought laboured for is in this books verie orderly and aptly first set downe according to that diuine and principall precept of our Sauiour Mat. 6. Seeke yee first the kingdom of God his righteousnesse Whereby we are admonished that as the soule being as I said before a diuine spirituall and immortall substaunce doth farre excell the bodie which is nothing els but dust earth and ashes Genes 18. Euen so the sacred and eternall foode and assured saluation of the soule ought to be acquired with far greater care and more earnest studie zeale loue desire and affection then the health and welfare of the bodie But alas how lamentable a thing is it in these dayes wherein the light of the Gospell shineth so clearely to see the preposterous peruersitie of many of vs whose minds like vnto brute beastes are fixed vpon present and caducall things and are plucked and cast downe frō heauen and heauenly desires vnto earth and earthly vanities and do care and trauaile incessantly for the pampering and cherishing of the bodie but are so slouthful careles and negligent in seeking the saluation of our soules 1. Cor. 2. And albeit I confesse with the Apostle that no man knoweth the thinges of a man saue the spirite of a man which is in him Neither doth any man knowe and vnderstand the heartes of men but God onely Psal 33. Mat. 12. yet bycause a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good thinges and an euill man out of an euill treasure bringeth forth euill thinges for of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh Therefore by the outward man may the inward mā be perceiued of them which intentiuely looke thereupon examine the conuersation of men by the lawe of God and trie the spirites whether they be of God 1. Iohn 4. by the touchstone of truthe And againe although wee ought not to iudge any thing of our brethren before the time vntill the Lord come 1. Cor. 4. who will lighten things that are hid in darkenes and make the counsels of the hearts manifest lest wee our selues by iudging be iudged and in condemning be condemned Luke 6. Yet if wee looke not euery man on his owne thinges but euery man also on the things of other men Philipp 2. and behold some mens sinnes that are open before hand and go before vnto iudgement 1 Tim. 5. and take heed both vnto our selues and to all the flocke whereof the holy Ghost hath made vs ouerseers Act. 20. to feede the Church of God which he hath purchased with his owne bloud I speake to them that are called thereunto wee may easily and euidently see 1. Iohn 5. if wee will not winke one at anothers faults that the whole world lyeth in wickednes that is all men generally as of themselues lye as it were buried in euill and that many wicked people forget God Psal 9. and therefore as the prophet sayeth shall be turned into hell For of two detestable iniquities most grieuous enormities namely maliciousnes and forgetfulnes of God we haue in these our dayes two manifest arguments apparent signes and plaine tokens to wit mens negligence coldnes and slackenesse in the inuocation of God by praier and their ingratitude in not ascribing praise and giuing thanks to the Lord of life for his benefits bestowed vpō vs. These two kinds of impietie do spring from two most horrible and filthie fountaines of all iniquitie namelie ignorance and securitie Ignorance when a man knoweth neither God nor him selfe rightly nor his due obedience to God Securitie● when a man knoweth and yet regardeth not but contemneth the iudgements and law of God Therefore as all the faithfull ministers of the word of God in fulfilling their functions diligently faithfully 〈◊〉 rebuking the people for their disobedience and iniquities meekely and modestly 1. Tim. 5. 2 Tim. 2. must needes see a●… note these foure pernitious and pestilent maladie●… wherewith the flocke of Iesus Christ is moste mi●…rably assayled daungerously depraued and dea●… annoyed by that auncient malicious and subtile serpent and do like good Physicions apply wholesome medicines of the worde of God vnto these cruell wounds of the enuious enimy and after the example of that mercifull Samaritaine cure and comforte the wounded afflicted consciences Luke 10. giuing two pence vnto the host for the reliefe and succour of him that is thus robbed and spoyled of the grace of God that commeth by Iesus Christ which two pence are the two testaments which our Sauiour hath deliuered vnto the host that is to say to the faithfull preacher and syncere disposer of the secrets of God cōmanding him to take care cure of his members which are desttiute of the knowledge of God and to minister vnto them the most comfortable meditine of his mercie in the merits of Iesus Christ So I being one of the lest of the ministers of Iesus Christ which ●…m not worthie to be called his minister bycause I ●m not any waie at all able to fulfill the due office perfectly nor do the dutie throughly of that high holy worthie excellent reuerend vocation seeing and ●amenting the ignoraunce and negligence of the people of God the flock of Iesus Christ my brethren ●y adoption and grace in Christ was moued and in●lamed with zeale of the Lordes house to bring somwhat vnto the buylding thereof by writing sith that cannot by preaching being not called to the diuine ●acred and reuerend function Mat. 25. Luke 19. For as our Sauiour ●ayeth he that receiueth but one talent ought not to ●…igg and hide the same in the earth or lay it vp in secret Cic. pro Arch. poe And as Cicero saith in his oration Pro Archia Poeta Caeteros pudeat siqui ita se literis abdierunt vt nihil ●…ssint ex his neque ad commimen● afferre fructum neque 〈◊〉 aspectum lucemque proferre That is Let others be shamed or other men maie be ashamed if any such ●ere bee that haue so studyed in secret that out of ●…eir studies they can neyther affoorde any thing vnto the commoditie of the common wealth 〈◊〉 bring any thing abroade into the sight and light of the world Let such be admonished of theyr charge and excited and stirred vp vnto diligence and vigilancie with this sage sentence of Cicero Cic. Cornific Famili 12. Nulla lassi●… impedire officium fidem debet That is No wearyne●… ought to hinder men in doing theyr dutie duty fully and faithfully Therefore let vs not bee wearye 〈◊〉 well doing but labour to reape the fruit I write 〈◊〉 this to dispraise or reprehende the negligence of any man or to commend mine owne industrie which were a point of errogancie but to animate and encorage them whom duety byndeth and the gift of knowledge enableth hauing receyued many tale●… of the Lord to labour in the Lordes

miserable Mat. 24. and sorrowfull dayes for so he prouideth for his children in the middest of their troubles Yet a verie little while Hebr. 10. and he that shall come will come and will not carie as he himselfe promiseth saying Reuel 22. Behold I come shortly and my reward is with me to giue euery man according as his worke shall be Therefore he will come shortly to comfort vs which haue the 〈◊〉 fruits of his Spirit Rom. 8. which mourne in our selues and looke and waite for the adoption euen the deliuerance of our bodie Philipp 3. 1. Thess 4. And he will come to change o●… vile bodies and make them like vnto his glorious bodie to receiue vs vp in glorie that we may euer be with him Bur we must beware that we esteeme not the length nor shortnesse of the Lords comming by our owne imaginations but with all pacience ●… be constant and reioyce in all our tribulations 2. Pet. 3. for the Lord is not slacke concerning his promise O how ioyfull shall his comming bee to all them that looke for the same paciently and faithfully O how terrible and dreadfull shall the fight of him bee to them the pierced him Zach. 12. Phis 3. 2. Tim. 3. Heb. 6. Luke 16. 17. Marke 16. Luke 16. 20. Ioh. 12. Rom. 9. Rom. 2. Mat. 25. 2. Cor. 5. to the enemies of his crosse to them that resist the truth to them that crucifie him afre● to the hypocrites and vnbeleeuers to them that ●…stifie themselues and haue not attained the righteousnesse of faith Vpon them shall that elect and precious stone fall and all to grind them to powder Vpon them shall come indignation and wrath tribulation and anguish vpon the soule of euery man that doth euill When the sonne of man commeth in his glorie and all the holy Angels with him then shall he sit vpon the throne of his glorie and before hi● shall be gathered all nations Therefore remembring and considering that we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ that euery man may receiue the things that are done in his bodie according to that he hath don whether it be good as euill It behooueth vs as the Psalmist saith to number our dayes Psal 90. that wee may applie our hearts v●… wisdome The daies of our pilgrimage as Iacob saith are few and euill Gen. 47. which when they are past wee can not call againe as the Poet hereunto alludeth V●… irreuocabile tempus Let vs therefore follow the admonition of the Apostle Ephes 5. and redeeme the time because the dayes are euill and recompence the race of lewde life that we haue runne with godly conuersation all the residue of our age And forasmuch as wee commonly consume and lose the most and best part of our age and life time especially youth in vanities and friuolous delights wee must beware Luke 21. least our hearts be oppressed and ouercome with cares with sensualitie with intemperance with concupiscence and voluptuousnes and so death come hastily vpon vs and preuent vs Eccles 12 before we remember our creator now in the dayes of our youth wealth and prosperitie 1. Thess 5. and least the day of the Lord comming as vncertainly and suddenly as a theefe in the night take vs vnwares and finde vs vnprepared and prouided But let vs watch diligently and continually for the defence and safegard of our houses that is to say of these our earthly and transitorie tabernacles Mat. 24. our fraile bodies and let vs not suffer them to be broken vp and digged through and the treasures of our soules dearely bought Hebr. 9. and our consciences purged with the bloud of Iesus Christ to be spoyled and caried away vnto perdition by the vncleane spirite which neuer resteth vntill he returne vnto the place from whence he came out Mat. 12. if he can find ingresse and regresse possibly and maketh the end of his captiue farre worse and more miserable then the beginning And let vs through assured faith in Christ Iesus Mat. 6. lay vp for our soules incorruptible and vnmoueable treasures in heauen and whilest we are in these tabernacles let vs keepe surely and safely the same treasures of the grace of Christ Iesus in these our earthen vessels 2. Cor. 4. Happie are they that haue their loynes girded about and waite for their master with their lights or lamps burning in their hāds Luke 12. the light whereof shineth to the glorie and praise of God and to the good example of men and edification of the Church of Christ whose godly vertuous and honest conuersation euen the Gentile superstitious idolatrous people beholding 1. Pet. 2. are moued and induced thereby to extoll and magnifie the name of god in the day when God dooth mollifie open and illuminate their blind and hard harts by the light of the Gospel of Iesus Christ If we would consider howe short momentanie miserable our life is we should neuer bee drawne with any earthly pleasures and worldly delights which indeed are nothing else but miseries from the most comfortable contemplation cogitation and desire of that life to come which so farre excedeth this as no heart is able to conceiue nor tongue expresse For as the Apostle sayeth The thinges which eie hath not seene neither eare hath heard 1. Cor. 2. neyther came into mans hart are which God hath prepared for them that loue him Esai 64. So that no mortall man can thinke Gods prouidence towards his The eternitie of which incomprehensible and inexplicable felicitie may be perceyued by these wordes Eccles 18. lyke as drops of rayne are vnto the sea and as a grauell stone is vnto the sand euen so is a thousand yeares vnto the daies euerlasting But as for our life what is it els but a vapour Iam. 4. that appeareth for a little tyme and then vanisheth awaie Dauid very aptly likeneth and resembleth the life of man somtyme to a spanne Psal 39. Psal 90. somtime to a shadowe somtime to sleepe sometime to a wind that passeth ouer and cōmeth not agayne sometime to a dreame somtime to a tale that is told Psal 49 62 102 103 73. 78. the remembrance whereof is soone and suddainly gone sometime to vanitie sometime to a flower to hay to grasse to beasts that perish And therefore he oftentimes complaineth of the shortnesse of his age and life time Full well in deed may our life be likened to a dreame the delights pleasures therof do so soone vanish away euen as cōmonly it cōmeth to passe in a dreame when one awaketh For a man dreameth that he hath great plētie of delicious meates and banketting cheare when he awaketh he feeleth nothing but hunger Againe in sleepe a man weeneth that he hath abundance of riches golde and siluer and worldly wealth and being awaked findeth nothing but pouertie

man ought to think it strange or marueilous that we find in euery place so many mē in so great debt How men come in debt not only of the vulgar mean sort cōmon people but gentlemen also yea Courtiers Barons noble mē of the realm that ride roially with notable pomp like princes which somtime defrauding wards widowes from whom they scrape all the money that can bee gotten yet they pay no man any part of their debt no not whilest they bee aliue much lesse doe they leaue order to pay it after their decease when in trueth they haue more then their life so gaged and so farre indaunger to their creditors that immediately after they haue chaunged life all their goods are put vnder the voyce of the Bedle or Cryer and the creditors striue who should be first serued Let no man despise that estate lot or condition that is allotted and appoynted vnto him CHAP. 35. Let euery man be cōtent with his owne state BE content with that state and condition which hath happened vnto thee in this course and standing place of life and stage of this worlde and beare the same for the time moderately and patiently yea what person or parte soeuer thou beare in what place or in what order and state soeuer thou stand Let euery man abide in his calling S. Paul requireth the same of the Corinthians 1. Cor. 7. bringing in his exhortation the example of a freemā and of a seruant of the circumcised and vncircumcised of maried and vnmaryed and exhorteth euery one willingly and gladly to abide in his calling and not for any state of life to swarue or shrinke from the true religion of Christ after they haue once begonne to imbrace and professe the same For godlines as he teacheth Timothie 1. Tim. 6. is plenteous great gayne to a man that with his whole heart is content with that which is allotted vnto him But some there be Inconstācie is reproued who because they are grieued with their condition and weary of the state wherein they liue doe wish to haue it chaunged and to bee translated into another which may be more commodious and conuenient for them Which thing if it cannot bee obtayned according to their minde and will and as they desire or that it be not altogether so expedient for them there is no cause nor reason why they should macerate afflict vexe disquiet or consume themselues with sorrow but take all things mildely and quietly and not resist striue grudge God is the gouernour of all things or murmure against God the gouernor of all things who by his singular prouidence ruleth and ordereth this worlde and prouideth very well for the maintenance and welfare of men not onely as Cicero sayth for all vniuersally but also for euery one particularly Which thing also Dauid in many places doth inculcate and oftentimes repeate and specially when he sayth Psal 33. He fashioneth the hearts of men euery one he vnderstandeth all their workes Wherfore euery man ought to bee perswaded and assured of this that God is the gouernour of all thinges and that euery thing is done according to his good pleasure at his beck and after his will and finally that he seeth marketh and considere● of what condition inclination and disposition euery man is what he doth what offence hee committeth with what minde purpose and intent with what affection loue and zeale hee doth fauour and reuerence religion what is expedient necessary conuenient behoouefull and healthfull for euery man And therefore if at any time al things bee not answerable to our desires and that we bee disappoynted of those things that we wish for yet let euery man abide in his vocation which God hath appoynted vnto him vntill the fauour and louing kindnes of our highest father doe determine otherwise concerning his estate 4. King 20. Esai 38 Iusu 10. For he chaungeth the course he turneth and altereth the order of humane things according to the rule power and dominion of his will He rayseth vp the abiect and despised from the base and lowest estate of beggers Psal 113. and doth illustrate and make them famous noble with dignitie honour and power Hee bringeth downe the arrogant and hautie and such as be puffed with pride Psal 113. and throweth them out of the throne of their felicitie Hee maketh the barren and fruitlesse women to be fruitful and to be ioyful mothers of many children Wherefore let euery man quietly and gently beare and indure his calling in hope trust to obtaine and haue a better and let him leane wholly to God and rest onely in him for vpō him chiefly principally lieth the care of mās estate To which effect that saying of Esai hath relation Esai 30. Thus saith the Lord God euen the holy one of Israel In silence and hope shal be your strength and safetie A place of Esai expoūded By which wordes he driueth mistrust out of troublesome and vnquiet mindes and exhorteth them quietly and assuredly to looke for the help ayde and succour of God For it shall come to passe that in his good time when he thinketh knoweth best they shall obtayne their desire so that they do not distrust his promises although sometime he defer his help yet them that long and labor to come to him he neuer disappointeth of their affectuous hope and patient expectation The Poet Horace who curiously espied marked mens doings when he perceiued that men are as it were tossed too and fro with such inconstancie in that maner purpose trade of life which they haue once imbraced that there is no stedfastnes nor constancy in their minds insomuch that euery man contemneth disdayneth his owne estate desireth to change with another mans the marchant the souldier the husband man the lawyer He demandeth thus Horat. lib. 1 Serm. Sat. 1 Mecoenas how com'th it to passe that no man liu'th content With such state as his purpose was or fortune to him sent But rather doe those men commend Who diuers artes to prooue intend Which afterward he prosecuteth with an elegant prouerb by a Metaphore taken of heard● of cattell Horat. lib. 1 Epist. 14. The slow oxe would the saddle beare the horse doth wish the plough Whereby he noteth the naturall propertie of mans inclination to be yrke of his owne estate and condition We are yrke of our selues and desireth that it might bee chaunged with another mans and counteth things vnprooued better then things prooued In another place also hee giueth a reason of this inconstancie and lightnesse whereby the mind wauereth by an altercatiō that arose betwixt two concerning the delight to dwell in the country and in the Citie For the one praised the ciuilitie vrbanitie courtesie and affayres of the Citie the assembly resorte hant noise of the people the other esteemed solitarynesse and husbandry and the

reuerentlie bee giuen and ascribed vnto him hee saith Exod. 20. Deut. 5. I am the Lorde thy God which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt and house of bondage Thou shalt haue no straunge Gods before mee Iehoua that is Lord is a singular name of God By this holy and wonderfull name he ascribeth vnto himselfe the rule and dominion of all thinges that haue their being For sith that he is the fountayne spring and beginning of all vniuersally and sith that hee alone hath his permanent being and perpetuall abiding by himselfe hee onely giueth power and strength to all things to haue their being and abiding Wherefore it is meete and decent This name is assigned to God of his effect that all mortall men obey his commaundements and ordinaunces and bee subiect vnto his lawes and not seeke protection health helpe and saluation of any other but of him nor turne themselues vnto any other but vnto him who onely is from euerlasting This name which the Hebrewes call Iehoua the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Latines call the same Existentem that is being Therefore the nomination of the diuine substance is deriued of many thinges Namely of his first and perpetuall power and might to bee of his eternitie of his magnificence Maiestie rule and dominion to the which all things are subiect and vnder obedience and by which hee ruleth all creatures and guideth and gouerneth them by his most effectuall and principall prouidence GOD hath also a name assigned vnto him of his placabilitie or mildnesse Ose 3. Ioel. 2. Naum 1. in that his displeasure is so soone appeased and so easily mitigated of his meekenesse mercie and compassion which he vseth towards men which doe humbly beseech and lamentably desire his ayde his helpe and succour in their necessitie distresse and miserie For the hebrewe word El expresseth the clemencie or mercie of God ioyned with his righteousnesse Naum. 2. Ose 11. wherwith hee comforteth strengtheneth and preserueth the godly and chastiseth punisheth and correcteth the wicked and by putting his feare in their hearts calleth them backe from their wickednesse Hee is also named of the light wherewith he driueth away the darknesse the blindnesse ignorance and errours of the minde and vnderstanding and doth illuminate lighten mens hearts which are full of darknesse with the light of his trueth and knowledge of him For so saith our Sauiour Ioh. 8. I am the light of the worlde hee that followeth mee walketh not in darkenesse Of the fire also wherewith hee enflameth and brenneth the godlie with the loue of his diuine Maiestie and endueth their mindes with holesome and liuely doctrine But hee consumeth and vtterlie destroyeth his aduersaries which neither reuerence worshippe nor feare him and bringeth them to naught euen as the fire licketh vp drye strawe or stubble or such like light nourishments thereof Deut. 4. Therefore Moses and Saint Paul doe admonish vs to worshippe GOD reuerentlie and religiouslie that is with pure heart and good conscience that wee may bee accepted before him For our GOD saith hee Hebr. 12. is a consuming fire Wherefore let euery man behaue himselfe lowlie and humblie before him Mich. 6. Ose 2. GOD hath also a name attributed vnto him of his goodnesse He is called God of his goodnesse liberalitie and bounteousnesse which hee vseth toward his faithfull seruants whom hee suffereth not to bee oppressed with any extreame necessitie or to perish for want of thinges necessarie but in all things that they haue neede of he prouideth for them plentifully and giueth vnto them aboundantly all thinges needfull and profitable both outward goods and also tranquillitie of heart quietnesse of minde and peace of conscience And hee is called Father of his pietie louing kindnesse and fatherlie affection wherewith he embraceth his children and by his bountifull prouidence careth and prouideth for theyr health safetie and commoditie So the Lorde saith by the Prophet Ieremie Ieremy 31. Malach. 1. Thou shalt call mee father and shalt not ceasse to goe after mee Agayne Ieremy 1. Esa 63. I am become a father to Israel and Ephraim is my first borne and I will lea●e them foorth by the brooke of waters in the right waye and they shall not fall That is to saye they shall followe my steppes they shall goe with mee and they shall agree vnto my will and continue therein and I will keepe them safe in all theyr waies neither shall any harme happen vnto them no iniury no wrong or despite shall bee done vnto them no destruction no calamity no misery shal be brought vpon them Moreouer the Prophet Esay doth commemorate and recoumpt those goodly faire glorious and triumphant titles which God the Father attributeth vnto Christ that euery man may knowe what Christ hath done for vs by his natiuity death and resurrection and by his ascension into Heauen For thus the Prophet expresseth the greatnesse of his might and power his magnificence his excellency his brightnesse his glory his honour his power his highnesse his maiesty Of the which euery one redoundeth vnto our profite and commodity whereuppon he is called Emanuel that is to say What Emanuel doth signify Esai 9. God with vs. A childe is borne vnto vs and a Sonne is giuen vnto vs and the principality is vppon his shoulder and his name shal be called Wonderfull The giuer of counsail The mighty God The Father of the world to come The Prince of peace Ierem. 5. Innumerable and infinit are the testifications of praise honour and glory which may be applied and ascribed vnto his exceeding infinite incomprehensible and surpassing maiesty yea euen which he attributeth vnto himselfe Ose 7. Esa 61. Mat. 9. So he calleth himselfe the Phisition because he giueth assureth the health of soule and body and cureth amendeth and healeth both the inward and outward vices corruption of men Hee calleth himselfe the Sheepheard Esai 40. Ioh. 10. Psal 77. 78. 1. Pet. 2. because he very carefully diligētly and watchfully looketh vnto his flocke and gathereth together the dispersed and scattere● sheepe and feedeth and refresheth them with the holesome pasture and foode of his holy word Ioh. 15. A similitude of a vine So Christ calleth himselfe the fruitefull vine and his Father the husbandman and vs the braunches growing and abiding in the vine whom he purgeth and pruneth and clenseth from the vine the vnprofitable stalkes or stemmes that is to say cutteth cleane away superfluous lustes and couetous desires to the end they may bring forth more fruit But those whome he findeth vnfruitefull and voide of yearely profite and increase by which Metaphor he meaneth them which bring foorth no fruite of Faith hee adiudgeth and appointeth them to the fire as vnprofitable and dry withered shragges that haue no iuice but are vtterly fruitelesse A similitude of building 1. Cor. ● Saint Paul also