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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19513	Two fruitfull and godly treatises, to comfort the afflicted viz. 1. Of the heauenly mansions. 2. The praise of patience. The first contayning the description of the house of glory: the second the loue of patience, to endure all tribulations and affliction to obtaine that heauenly kindome full of sweet consolation for the godly. By Mr. William Covvper, Bp. of Galloway.	Cowper, William, 1588-1619.	1616 (1616)	STC 5943; ESTC S118545	71,081	312

in pectore Christiano Luporum feritas Canum rabies Should the fiercenesse of Wolues and fury of Dogges be in the breasts of Christians Were not such Wolues and Dogges actors of that Tragicall Murder of Paris and plotters of the Powder-Treason Thus euen their workes doe bewray them It is a shame to shrowd such beastly crueltie vnder a Christian name It is a double sinne to couer the iniury vnder the garment of God This may well proue them successors to Romane Persecuters but not to the patient sufferers of the Church Primitiue Non enim conuenit vt hoc argumento nos Christianos declaremus si quam plurimos occiderimus sed si quam plurimos seruauerimus For it is not an argument to proue our selues to bee good Christians if wee slay many but rather if we saue many If wee be otherwise minded Fieri potest vt citius in Turcas degeneremus quam Turcas in partet nostras pertrahamus It may come to passe that wee degenerate into Turkes then draw Turkes to bee of our Religion For by the shedding of bloud Fiet vt latius fortasse regnet Pontifex aut huius Cardinales non vt latius regnet Christus It may be perhaps that the Popes Kingdome and of his Cardinals may be encreased but the Kingdome of Christ by such meanes cannot be aduanced but leauing them wee returne to our selues Our Sauiour here forewarneth his Disciples of great troubles they were to sustaine for his names sake the armour hee recommends vnto vs is not the Sword the Pope may vse it because Peter did it without a warrant but the watch-word giuen by our Lord vnto vs all is Possesse your Soule by your Patience This is the weapon whereby I ouer-came and this same doe I recommend to you As the Thunder saies Plinie ouerthrowes any tree but the Lawrell so persecution and tentation ouercomes any man but not a patient man Impatience makes a man a prey to euery one that pursues him but hee who hath Patience is inuincible Euery iniury offered to a patient man returneth backe to him that did it Eodem exitu quo telum aliquod in pe●…ram constantissimae duritiae libratum obtusum No otherway then a dart shot at a hard Rocke eyther falleth downe blunted or is beaten backe vpon him who shot it Impatientia exhedra est omnium delictorum Impatience is the receptacle and right lodging place of all sinnes Malum enim est impatientia boni For euill is but the impatience of good who would commit adultrie if hee were patient of Chastitie Patientia vero Charitatis est firmamentum Ira Discordia Simultas locum in pectore non habent in quo dominatur Charitas But Patience is the sure keeper and stablishment of Charitie Anger Discord Hatred haue no place in that heart in the which Charitie ouer-rules Though all the world were against such a man hee resteth quiet in his owne minde and possesseth his soule in Patience Where by the contrary the impatient man at euery light offence is carryed out of his owne wits and put beside himselfe and becomes like one who teareth his owne soule as Bildad spake of Iob. Hee that would see the right Image and liuely portraiture of an impatient man let him consider this Historie set downe by Saint Marke There met him a man who had an vncleane Spirit who had his abiding among the graues and no man might binde him no not with chaynes because that when hee was often bound with fetters and chaynes hee plucked the chaynes a sunder and brake the fetters in pieces neyther could any man tame him Both night and day hee cryed in the mountaines and in the graues and strucke himselfe with stones But here is the great inconsideration of men A man this way bodily possessed is pityed of all that behold him but though hee be spiritually possessed and oppressed by the enemies of his soule to raging railing blaspheming whoring and all sort of impietie who doth regard it Alwayes to returne great is the praise of Patience that it makes a man possesser and master of himselfe The reason of this is because Patience is neuer alone all the remanent Graces of the Spirit frequent the Palace of Patience there are they preserued and entertayned As vices are linked together so are Vertues they march in battle against the spirituall enemie in comely order after this manner Truth goeth before and leadeth them bearing in her badge the Lanterne of the Word to shew them the way wherein they should walke against the Prince of darknesse At the one hand of Truth stands Fore-sight as in a Watch-tower euer looking out to discouer the approaching of the enemie at the other hand stands Feare with this watch-word in her Banner Walke circumspectly In the second rancke after Truth followes Faith foot for foot for Faith followes No de●…eiuable Fables and Faith hath in the right hand the Sword of the Spirit and in the left A Buckler able to quench the firie darts of the Diuell Vpon the right hand of Faith standeth Charitie or Loue for Faith worketh by Loue and Loue carries in her Banner The complement of the Law on the other hand stands Holinesse for The Heart is purified by Faith and Holinesse bea●…eth in her Banner The Image of God In the third rancke at the backe of Holinesse stands Humilitie hauing in her badge the similitude of a man mortified and dead with Christ. Beside Humilitie at the backe of Loue standeth her sister Meeknesse bearing in her badge the similitude of a Lamb. In the fourth rancke standeth Patience Domina regina virtutum the Lady and Queene of Vertues bearing a high Standard not vnlike that of of Constantine the Great hauing in it this name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with this Dictum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for in Christ and through him Patience ouercomes at the length In the fift rancke at the backe of Patience stands Experience for Patience brings forth Experience and Experience beareth in her badge an open written Booke contayning a Register of the Lords manifold former deliuerances Experience hath vpon the one hand Hope whose badge is a brazen Piller and on the other hand Fortitude in the similitude of an armed man hauing on his head the Helmet of saluation and on his body the Brest-plate of righteousnesse When Patience is sore put at and somewhat moued out of her place by vehement trouble shee leanes backe vpon the piller of Hope and Hope succours her with this Dictum Spera meliora From Hope shee lookes ouer and reades the Booke of Experience whose first Dictum is Remember the dayes of old betweene these two Patience begets Fortitude by whom the battle is againe renewed In the last roome followeth Perseuerance hauing in her Badge a Crowne holden vp on high with both her hands with this Dictum He

that perseueres to the end shall be saued Through all these flyes Prayer like a winged Cherub When Truth is sore impugned and Faith beginnes to faint Loue languisheth when Patience is sore put at and Hope beginneth to houer or any other of the remanent Graces waxes weak then Prayer goes vp as a speedy messenger to the great Captaine of the Lords Army Iesus Christ and procures for helpe to be sent from him which without failing comes alway in the time of neede And this is the way whereby the Saints of GOD possesse their Soules in Patience Of this it is euident that no true Patience can bee where Truth Faith Loue and the rest of these Graces are not and therefore the greatest sufferings of Ethnikes Heretiques and others voyd of Faith Truth and Loue are iustly excluded from the praise of Patience Ethnici multa tulerunt animo forti nulla tamen cum solida consolatione Ethnikes haue suffered many things with a strong or rather an obstinate heart but without any solide consolation Curtius a Romane Knight armed and vpon horsebacke precipitated himselfe and his Horse head-long into a gulfe of the earth for a good which in his ignorance he supposed might thereby come to the Citie of Rome this was fury not Fortitude And many other naturall men out of the like madnesse to shew their magnanimitie and stoutnesse of minde haue not onely endured horrible paines inflicted by others vpon them but haue made an end of themselues by poyson by fire and many sorts of cruell death this is not to possesse their soule in Patience this is not saith Augustine magnanimitie but pusillanimitie the Daughter of Impatience which because it cannot endure it seekes to eschew that which grieues it Soli Christiani sicut veram Sapientiam ita veram habent Patientiam Onely the Christian as hee hath true Wisedome so hath hee true Patience And of all other Patience beside Christian Patience that is true which S. Iames speakes of all other wisedome Non est ista Patientia desur sum descendens sed terrena animalis diabolica cur enim non sit superborum falsa Patientia sicut superborum falsa Sapientia This Patience comes not from aboue but is earthly sensuall and Diuellish seeing proud men haue their owne false sapience what maruell they haue also their owne false and deceitfull Patience And of this same nature is the Patience of Heretiques they may make a shew of voluntary Religion in not sparing the body but seeing they haue not the truth of GOD how can they haue true Patience The Baalites of Idolatrous Israell launcing themselues with kniues the Gymnosophists of India who pine and distresse their bodyes with labour not required at their hands the Poenitentiaries of Rome so much boasted of who scourge themselues and spare not their owne flesh the foure religious Orders of superstitious men among the Turkes who in hard vsing of their bodies goe beyond these I haue spoken of yet are they all strangers from this Praise of Patience Cum ergo vider is aliquem patienter aliquid ferre noli continuo laudare Patientiam quam non ostendit nisi causa patiendi quando illa bona est tunc ista vera est When therefore thou seest any man suffer any thing patiently prayse not thou incontinent his Patience for patient suffering cannot bee commended vnlesse the cause of the suffring be known if the cause bee good then the Patience is good also Circumcelliones a most pernitious branch of the Heresie of the Donatists were so desirous to obtayne by suffering the prayse of Martyrdome that they would throw themselues downe headlong from high places or cast themselues into fire or water But Augustine in his learned Disputes pulleth from them the Praise of Patience Quid miseri faciunt qui cum non solum impietatis aduersus Deum sed etiam ipsius quam in se exercuerunt crudelitatis luant poenas insuper quaerunt Martyrum glorias What doe these miserable men who when they suffer punishment of their impietie toward GOD and crueltie toward themselues yet out of such suffering seeke the glory of Martyrdome An impatiens passio coronabitur Shall an impatient passion bee crowned Aut quomodo innocens iudicabitur cui dictum est diliges proximum sicut teipsum si homicidium committit in seipso quod committere prohibetur in altero Or how shall hee be iudged innocent who is commanded to loue his neighbour as himselfe if hee commit murther in himselfe which hee is forbidden to commit in another Si enim parricida eo sceleratior est quam quilibet homicida quod non tantum hominem verum etiam propinquum necat quo propinquiorem quisque necat tanto immanior iudicatur sine dubio peior est qui se occiderit quia nemo est homini seipso propinquior For if a parricide be so much the more wicked then another homicide because he not onely slayes a man but a kinsman and the nearer the man bee to him whom hee slayes the more beastly is hee that slew him esteemed to bee of all men then out of doubt much worse is hee that slayes himselfe seeing there is none nearer to a man then a man himselfe But how is this that our Sauiour calleth Patience ours for so saith hee By your Patience possesse your soules Patience is ours euen as the Soule is ours to wit by the gift of God wee haue it not of our selues Hee is the Father of lights from whom descends euery good gift The Pelagians of olde attributed this grace to the power of mans free-will the Papists of our time affirme the same But as Augustine said to the one Error iste superbus est This is a proud error so say wee to the other For what is the Creature wandring from the Creator vnlesse the Lord bee mindefull of him Et eligat eum gratis diligat gratis and choose him of his free grace and loue him of his free grace Otherwise Prae cecitate non videt eligenda prae languore fastidit diligenda such is his blindenesse that hee sees not what hee should choose and such is his languishing weakenesse that hee loathes that which hee should loue Si quis per naturae vigorem bonum aliquod quod ad salutem pertinet cogitare aut eligere posse aliquem affirmat absque illuminatione inspiratione S. sancti haeretico fallitur spiritu If any man affirme that man by the strength of nature can eyther thinke or choose any good pertayning to saluation hee is deceiued by an Hereticall spirit Nulla tibi facultas inesse potest voluntatis aut operis nisi id gratuito munere diuinae miserationis acceperis There is no abilitie in thee eyther to a good will or a good worke vnlesse thou receiue it by the free gift of diuine commiseration Dei est omne