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A47663	The secret miracles of nature in four books : learnedly and moderately treating of generation, and the parts thereof, the soul, and its immortality, of plants and living creatures, of diseases, their symptoms and cures, and many other rarities ... : whereunto is added one book containing philosophical and prudential rules how man shall become excellent in all conditions, whether high or low, and lead his life with health of body and mind ... / written by that famous physitian, Levinus Lemnius.; De miraculis occultis naturae. English	Lemnius, Levinus, 1505-1568.	1658 (1658)	Wing L1044; ESTC R8382	466,452	422

Resurrection strengthens feeble minds and all comfort in the greatest dangers is in the faith of the Resurrection let us set this faith against all the terrours and temptations wherewith the Devil endeavours to overthrow and weaken our minds and let us hope assuredly in him who is the Author unto us of so great advantage and liberty What Christ's Birth did The long expected birth of our Saviour did exceedingly raise the Souls of men to a high hope of salvation and confidence of it His conversation amongst men his upright life his doctrine and lastly his death which he suffered for us to free us from destruction did confer much thereunto What Christ's Resurrection did But the truth of his resurrection did effect this that when he had got the victory over death no man need to doubt of his salvation but ought to hold a firm hope that what hath been done already in Christ their head shall be perfected in them also Wherefore all our hope depends on our Saviours Resurrection whereby he vanquished death and thereby he pulled out the sting of death that is sin that bred the Enmity between God and us Wherefore since we have obtain'd so great felicity by the death and resurrection of Christ Peter 1. let us not be removed from the truth but let us endeavour to partake of the fruit of so much good works and look steadfastly upon him who by his singular favour and mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope by Christs rising from the dead and hath restored us to life that shall never end and hath assigned unto us an immortal Inheritance pardoning all our offences Colos 2. and blotting out the hand-writing that was against us The memory of this benefit should be alwaies before our eyes especially at our last conflict The Resurrection should still be in our minds when detesting all the wickednesse of our former life we must oppose against Satan sin death and hell the immense mercy of God the Father by out full assurance in Christ by whom there is provided certainly for us salvation and remission of all our sins and reconciliation by his blood By him we have admission and entrance unto the Father He is the propitiation for our sins Considence in Christ gives us courage For so God loved the world that he gave his onely Sonne to redeem us that every one that believes in him trusts in him and relyeth on his promises may not perish but have everlasting life Which confidence raiseth our minds to bring forth good fruits by works of charity whereby we love God above all things and our neighbour for his sake Mat●h 25. What Faith dictates Charity performs For a working Faith begets charity and charity nourisheth faith Faith joyn'd to Love So in the foolish Virgins lamps the light of faith went out because there wanted oyl of charity Wherefore this faith and confidence of promised mercy that is infused into our hearts by the Holy Ghost must be stirred up and nourished in us that by the merit of Christ our Mediatour we may cry Abba Father For the Spirit of Adoption Gal. 4. and the earnest of our Inheritance raiseth up our hearts and comforts us with the redemption and possession purchased for us and takes from our minds all fear and trembling and terrour of Conscience and makes us acknowledge Gods favour presence and mercy and that we may attain Redemption and Reconciliation by the help of Jesus Christ whom God hath set forth to be our peace-maker through faith in his blood Wherefore being justified by faith we have peace with God and a settled Conscience and a quiet mind so that all distrust and desperation is discussed and we apprehend certain hopes of the Resurrection and Immortality and doubt nothing of our salvation so that we depart from hence chearfully to our heavenly Country and place of rest to enjoy everlasting comfort with our Redeemer And that these things may never slip out of our minds and so great a benefit may never be forgot Christ instituted his holy Supper The Communion whereby we may remember and recollect what he hath done for us that our mind may be elevated and grow hot with the frequent meditation of the new Covenant to adore him and receiving his body and blood we may be united to him and may conceive certain hope and trust of his great love and mercy to us whereby he was willing to dye for us Which wonderful work we ought daily but especially to meditate on at our end when death approaches The Lords Supper that our minds may be settled and we may firmly believe in him and we may give him continual thanks for that inestimable gift of our salvation by the shedding of his blood whereby he wiped away all spots of sin from us and freed us from dear of death and from the cruel tyranny of our great Enemy the devil so setting us at liberty Therefore by this mystical Bread and holy Sacrament we are assured that Christ is in us and we in him and that we are joyned to him by the most firm bond of love Heb. 8. Whence it is that being born up with certain hope as with a staff we are confident to receive those things that faith infused into us by the Spirit prompts us with and perswades us unto for from faith as the root spring forth the branches of charity James 2. that yield plentifully the fruits of good works For works testifie that faith is alive and safe and sound in all parts of it There must be choice of works For saving faith is never without good works that are pleasing to God but as a good Tree brings forth both leaves and fruit Since therefore those heroick and divine vertues inspired by God which are so joyned together that they can never be asunder are so necessary to salvation the mind must be daily busied in them that after the troubles of this life are past after that we have approved the profession of our faith and shew'd it openly which God requires we should do Sinners are Justified by Faith in God and exerciseth us therein we may come to those riches that Inheritance those rewards that God hath appointed for them who in the conflict of this life have employ'd their Talent as they ought to do Ezek. 18. wherein if they have erred the next way to salvation is to lift up their souls to God and to commit themselves wholly to his great mercy Wherefore depending on his clemency in hopes of mercy which he denyeth to none that repent Heb. 4. Let us come with boldnesse to the Throne of Grace that we may find mercy in time of need And let us continually from our very heart speak in the ears of our merciful and placable Judge those words of the Prophet Psal 148. Enter not into Judgment with thy servant Psal 119. O Lord because in thy sight

Luke 2. strength and power whereby he casts down his enemies and supports those which are godly is inexpugnable and invincible For there is nothing but must yeild to his omnipotence and no Towers Bulwarks or Forts be they never so strong that can resist his force His Judgments and Justice Gods Justice Ps 78.47.84 whereby he distributes to every one what belongs to him and rewards men according to their works and as they have deserved are right holy sincere lawfull and most equall so that no man whose judgement is not depraved can justly speak against them His Mercy Ps 16.22.149.84 Gods mercy is a refuge for sinners Clemency Placablenesse which every Prophet hath at large and magnificently set forth is immense and over all his works For all those that fear his Justice fly unto his mercy as a place of refuge and safeguard This removes distrust and desperation from fearfull minds Psal 32.56 Colos 1. With this the Holy Ghost the Comforter supports those that slip and fall and by putting into them hope and confidence to attain Salvation he drives them to the throne of Grace which mercy the Dutch call it Remis ende quiit schelding van misdaet that they may obtain it So that nothing can be imputed unto them Heb. 4. or make them guilty of death When Paul had made trial of this he became an Apostle from a persecutor So he supports the doubtfull and wavering minds of men and provokes them to seek for Gods mercy by his own notable example Whereas 1 Tim. 1. Paul magnifies Gods mercy Joh. 16. saith he I was first a persecutour blasphemous and injurious I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly through unbelief that is wanting faith and being ignorant of Gods counsel for he thought when he persecuted the Christians that he did God good service Saint Paul provokes all men to submit to Gods mercy Now that every man may take care of his Salvation and all may know that sins are purged by Christs bloud for so many as believe in him Paul pronounceth with an asseveration and firm assertion that this is a faithfull saying and worthy of all men to be accepted that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners whereof I am chief But I therefore obtained mercy that Jesus Christ might first shew in me all long suffering for a pattern to them who should hereafter believe in him to life everlasting that is in hope and expectation of his heavenly kingdome Which benefit since it must be onely referred unto our heavenly Father and it is not meet to deprive him of his due praise and glory he concludes thus To the King Immortal Invisible to the onely wise God be ascribed all Glory and Honour both now and forever Amen Peter also by reason of the Mystery of Redemption 2 Pet. 1. Saint Peter infinitely extols Gods mercy Tit. 3. gives the like praise unto God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Who according to his abundant mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope by the rising of Iesus Christ from the dead unto an Inheritance Immortal Undefiled and Uncorruptible laid up for us in the heavens that is for the love of us For after that the gentlenesse and love of God our Saviour appeared unto us not by works of righteousnesse that we had done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost which he shed on us abundantly through Iesus Christ our Saviour that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life This is a faithfull saying and every man ought to fix it in his mind Since therefore the love and inclination of God is so great unto mankind so great is his favour and mercy that besides the use and commodity of all things he hath also given his onely beloved Son to Redeem us that by the death and Resurrection of Christ we might obtain favour and Reconciliation We must approve our life to God Faith is adorned by works It is but just and all equity and gratitude for so great a benefit requires it of us that every man should place his hope and confidence in God and extol him with the highest prayses and strive to approve his life unto him and to please him by faith not that which is vain and conceited but which is compassed about and garded by works of charity denying all ungodlinesse and carnal lusts to consecrate himself unto God Tit. 2. and to live soberly justly and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquities and to purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works For by this way of ordering our lives Rom. 5. by the assistance of the Spirit our Comforter peace and security shall be maintained in our minds and all trembling and fear of death being cast away we shall find an entrance into immortality and those blessed mansions Christ being our leader For death is not the destruction of our bodies but the renewing of them not the annihilation of Nature Death is the renewing of life but the passage to a better life and the gate and first entrance into the heavenly City and the way to eternity And of the certainty hereof no man ought to doubt or to distrust Gods promises since the truth it self that cannot lye will faithfully perform what he hath promised For God is truth but every man is a lyar God is faithfull in his promises Ps 62.115 Rom. 3. that is God deceives no man nor mocks him or frustrates him of his hope and expectation he is none of those vain boasters or idle promise-makers as men are who break their Covenants and rend asunder all bargains and agreements and that find out some subtile waies to elude and to free themselves from what they seriously promised but he is stable firm constant and will with the greatest assurance and fidelity make good all his promises and what he said he will do he will perform But every man is a Lyar that is false trivial idle light slippery inconstant What is meant by man is a liar unfaithfull changeable doubtfull wavering diverse fraudulent vain captious uncertain and who will say one thing sitting and another when he stands up so that no man can safely put any confidence in him But these crimes are far from the majesty of God for no humane passions fall upon him Wherefore we must chiefly depend upon him in full assurance all our wishes hopes and desires must be transported unto him whether dangers or calamities or death and our last conflict come upon us In danger of life we must fly unto God For all things grow more tolerable by reason of his favour and presence and be they never so bitter and sowre they are thereby made sweet The fear of death is shaken off by our trust in him and all trembling and fear is driven out of our minds For the love of him we despise and regard not the delights and flatterings of this World By his help and assistance we endure all such miseries and calamities that compasse us in every moment By a solid hope and expectation of eternity and being supported by him we joyfully leave the Prison of this world and we are carried on to those blessed habitations Christ being our Conductour But it will trouble us the lesse to forsake the society of our bodies here and to leave our station of this life Christs death purgeth our sins and our last conflict with death makes us lesse sorrowfull and doubtfull wherein almost distrust and desperation are ready to lay hold of us because we are certain that Christ by his merits hath obtained redemption and favour for us Christs Resurrection justifies For Jesus Christ who is the Mediatour between God and man hath reconciled us to his Father and washed away all our sins by his own bloud and by the power of his Resurrection hath justified us For Christ was delivered for our sins John 1. Rom. 4. as Saint Paul saith and was raised again for our Justification So that by Christs Resurrection as by a pledge we are confirmed and are confident that we shall be saved and be raised again by his power For he as the Apostle testifies shall transform our vile bodies and make them like unto his glorious body Philip. 3. according to his mighty power whereby he subdues all things unto himself For although according to Saint Paul his doctrine 2 Cor. 4 5. this earthly house of ours or this earthly Tabernacle be dissolved like to a ruinous building that is disjoynted and all the frame and contignation of it taken asunder yet we have a house with God not made with hands which is eternal in the heavens For God who hath raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by him and shall make us partakers of the same glory and this certain assurance effects thus much in us that we are not so refractory and unwilling to leave this World FINIS