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A42036	A most excellent and pathetical oration, or, Declamation of Gregory Nazianzen's stigmatizing, and condemning the Emperor Julian for his apostatising from the truth and containing, by way of history, the persecution of the Christians during his reign, the confutation of pagan abominations and the obscenity, as well as absurdity, both of the substance and ceremonies of their pretended religion, with respect unto its doctrine and the ... ceremonies approved of among the primitive Christians.	Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.	1662 (1662)	Wing G1879A; ESTC R293	69,488	210

Sect Neverthelesse thou most wise and generous if thou wilt not admire the things I have said came to passe heretofore because of our Religion at least contemplate on that which is present and consider the patience of our Scipioes and Epam●nonda's seeing thou marchest with thy Army and causest thy self be served with meats common and not delicate to eat that approvest very much of those Emperors who make War and conduct their Armies themselves that savourest of I know what generosity and discretion in honouring the virtue of thine enemies and makest more esteem of the valour ●f thine Adversaries then of the ●owardlinesse and idlenesse of whosoever of thine own party ●eest thou not many among us ●aving in their possession neither ●ouses nor goods stript likewise ●f their flesh and blood and yet ●hrough such their sufferings approaching near unto God who ●ye on the bare earth their feet ●as Homer speaks of a certain Devil that desired to honour him all ●irty who are humble and yet ●levated above all here below who are on earth here with men ●nd yet at the same time in heaven above with God who are bound and yet free forced and yet invincible who possesse nothing in the world and yet injoy all things that are in the world who consist of two sorts of lives the one which they make no reckoning of the other whereof they esteem very much who dye to live who through the dissolution of body and soul are re-united unto God who live exempt from all inordinate affections and yet filled with the holy and true love of God to whom appertains the fountain of light whose beams already penetrate their souls who are spiritually nourished as it were with angelicall singing of Psalms and kept turns whole nights together in praising God who have thei● minds already in heaven by a divine rapture before they dye to whom appertains cleannesse and purity who know its all one to depart from this world and to be with God to whom belongs rocks and also paradise to be cast down upon the earth and yet to be set upon thrones in heaven to be naked in their bodies and yet cloathed with incorruption in their souls to be here in deserts but yet in heaven with good company who neglecting and repressing the sensualities of the body injoy for all that a perpetual and un expressible content of the soul whose tears are the deluge ●f sin and restauration of the ●orld whose extended hands put ●ut fire tame the raving of wild ●easts dull the edge of the sword ●ake whole troops fly away and ●now thou also that at length ●hey shall withstand and triumph ●ver thy impiety although for a 〈◊〉 thou bravest it and with thy ●evils dancest as I may so say 〈◊〉 the delights of thine own hearts ●●sts and heathenish devices Nevertheless O impudent fel●ow as thou art how can it be ●hat in the mean time thou better ●onsiderest not of these things ●hou who art as liable to death as ●ny other worldling How can'st ●hou find in thine heart to make no ●reater esteem of those before ●poken Saints of God neither to ●everence them as thou oughtest ●re not the gifts and graces where●ith those clear Lights of heaven ●hine so bright far to be preferred ●efore the unsatiable covetousness ●f Solon that wise man whom Craesus made tryal of with his Lydian gold or the Philocaly of S●crates that is an affection in doating upon fine things for I am ashamed to think of much less b● in love with his foul sin of Sod●my I mean although with ver● much artifice heathen men hav● strove to cover it and are commended for their so doing O● the licourishness Plato shewed i● Sicily which brought him to suc● a condition that he was sold without being redeemed by any of hi● own disciples or other of th● Greek Nation Or the glutton● of Xenocrates the Cinicalne●● of Diogenes who made a Tun hi● house wherein he more accounte● of Beggars then of Princes o● Barly-loaves then of fine Manche●● as the Tragedy hath it Or th● Philosophy of Epicurus who kne● no other soveraign good then th● pleasure he took to please hi● senses You make great account o● Crates Certes 't was an exploi● worthy a brave Philosopher vo●untarily to quit himself of his ●reat revenues and that they not ●inder him in his study of Philo●ophy to cast away much riches ●ormerly possessed by him in great ●ontempt but the manner of his ●penly making known the same ●y boastingly publishing the know●edge thereof to posterity is a ●●gn he was ambitious of popular ●pplause a mark whereby we dis●ern him to be affected as well with ●he tumour of Vain-glory as with ●he humour of being a Philosopher ●ou admire him who being at ●ea and commanding all his goods 〈◊〉 a tempest to be cast over●oard thanked fortune that she had ●educed him to a Sultan or to a ●hilosophers cloak Also Anthiste●es who as a quarreller having all ●is face broken made no more ac●ount of it then the writing on his ●prehead as on a table the name ●f him that had beaten him to ●he end peradventure he might make his complaint more hainous against him when time should serve Thou highly prizest 〈◊〉 other that lived not long since who making his Oraisons to th● Sun stood upon his feet as long a● the day lasted observing it ma● be to begin then when it came nea● the Earth that such his prayer● might be the breifer and finishing them when the Sun set Thou als● makest great account of him who in winter being on the guard too his charge so to heart that he passe● the whole night which froze hard in contemplation and had hi● mind so intent thereon that he fel● not the cold at all Thou praises● also the curiosity of Homer's desir● to know the Riddle of Arcadia● and Aristotle who stayed sometim● on the bank of Euripus to understand the cause of its Ebbing an● Flowing neither of which bein● perfectly understood by either o● them was the cause of the one an● of the others death Thou esteemest also of the Wells of Cleander of the Girdle of Anaxagoras an● of the Weeping of Heraclitus Now tell me how many hast thou of these and how long have they ●asted And wonderest thou not at so ●any thousand of ours that have ●ollowed the like Philosophy and ●ar more admirable all their lives ●eest thou not how in all parts of ●he world as well men as women ●f our Religion have striven one ●ith an other even unto admira●ion on all sides who should be ●ost renowned for vertuous living ●orgetting even the laws of nature ●hen endeavouring to appease God 〈◊〉 their chast conversation and pa●ence not onely the meaner sort ●f people that are wont to live of ●odily labour but the great and fa●ous also for their ancestry and ●ignities Who changed their for●erly accustomed delicious man●er of living in all plentifulness 〈◊〉 variety of

and above acknowledged that in that he had nothing to doe to meddle or to trouble his head with such matters The truth is It was not for a man who had no great assurance either in the truth of his own Re●igion or in his own ability of ●eaking well to go about to hin●er us from speaking no more ●han if he should think himself the ●aliantest Champion in the world ●nd thereupon forbid all gallant ●hen either to fight or to enter ●●to the lists with him No so to ●o would be thought rather a sign ●f a fearful Coward than valiant Captain seeing the prise is won of ●hose that fight and not of them ●●at sit still of those that have ●●eir full strength allowed them ●nd not of the maimed or that are ●●ated in any part of their vigour 〈◊〉 try mastery with If there●ore thou beest in fault for hin●ering on thy part the means of ●ombating and wilt not suffer 〈◊〉 to fight therein thou shew●●t thy self overcome and thence ●all I carry the victory against ●ee without contending because thou permittest me not to fight See then the fine doings of this wise Emperor and Law-giver who that there might be nothing free whatsoever from his Tyranny hath published his own folly by being in the beginning of his Reign desirous and undertaking after to exercise that his Tyranny on words and on the Art of eloquent speaking It will be a most fitting thing for me notwithstanding to render all possible thanks to Almighty God with the words of my mouth for recovering so to do through his providence to offer up unto him all kind of honorable sacrifice not sparing any thing therein either of goods or other inheritance possessed by me who having run the hazzard both of the times and of his Tyranny have been preserved however by the onely providence of God for that purpose whom before all things we are bound nevertheless both with our words and deeds to glorifie after that man●er As out of an abundant Harvest ●herefore common to all partakers ●ith me of such his grace I 'l fi●●sh the intended discourse I have 〈◊〉 say of Words fearing if I stretch 〈◊〉 speech farther I be longer ●han is requisite and somewhat ex●●avagant beyond the due bounds ●● that subject for which I came ●ther to dilate of And now me-thinks I perceive ●y discourse well-nigh approach●h and advanceth it self in a ge●●ral congratulation to all that I ●●hold at present And therefore ●call unto a spiritual Dance and ●efreshment all you who in fast●●g weeping and praying pass ●●ys and nights to obtain deli●erance from oppressing evils ●●ounding a most assured remedy ●●ereof on Hope that never fail●h I call in like manner those ●ho have suffered infinite pains ●avels and vexations through ●●eat and d●verse torments of the times been made a spectacle to Men and Angels as the Apostle speaks their bodies abased but their souls remaining invincible doing all things through Christ that strengthneth and comforteth them And you after the same sort who undervaluing the object of mortals malice wordly honors have taken in good part the spoiling of your temporary goods have for a time been injuriously separated from your Husbands Wives Fathers Mothers Children or any other in whatever degree of blood affinity or friendship allyed unto you were willing to participate with your Saviour in the fruit of his blood-shedding and otherwise suffering for his Name-sake being now able to say and sing with the Prophet unto God Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads we went through fire and water but thou broughtest us out into a place of safety I call on the other side also to this famous Banquet all those who acknowledging God above all things have hitherto re●●ined an assured faith notwith●●anding the mysteries of Provi●●nce which oftentimes out 〈◊〉 contrary accidents draw un●oked for events and by vertue ●●ereof win us as evincingly to ●epentance our reason being for●erly carried away with perverse ●●petuosity which should have ●●en held out or renewed it self 〈◊〉 not being so envious at the fool●sh as the Psalmist hath it when 〈◊〉 saw the prosperity of the wick●● but rather conforming our ●●lves to the will of God and con●●uing constant to the end by put●ng little repose in what we saw ●resent before our eyes which ●eing brought to pass nevertheless 〈◊〉 we would have it should con●●rm and further fortifie us in the ●●uth I call also you who have ●our minds wholly fixed on the ●ca●fold and great Theater of this ●orld In doing whereof I will 〈◊〉 the words of Esdras saying ●ome hither women who come to see the plays and stop the eyes of your minds keeping them from errors and deceits know it 's the same God that 's exalted among the Nations exalted in all the earth In all times and things he hath wonderfully and extraordinarily made himself known but never so manifestly never so evidently as at this time Moreover would to God there were even in this good company in this numerous Troop which heretofore chanted with us not a feigned and unsavoury Song and whereunto we gave honorable way have opinion they 'l one day render themselves worthy of reproof But I wonder wherefore they are so retired apart from us and marvel how in so solemn a Rejoycing they are not present with us and that contrarily they have made a particular Dance which falls not at all in any good cadence They 'l pardon me though I speak after this manner and that zeal encites me to declare and manifest things as they are Notwithstanding I will ●●eviate the stinging of my tongue 〈◊〉 the honor of the hope and pre●●rvation of my brethren having ●●w more respect to the antient ●●●endship then to the neglect I 〈◊〉 But yet because hereafter I ●●all be more patient I will be ●ore vehement at present in chid●●g and reproving I exclude then 〈◊〉 of this Assembly with grief and ●●me trouble a sort of men la●enting at that they understand 〈◊〉 grieving at that they feel for there lies the pity of their ●il however I reject it These 〈◊〉 they who have not sowed on 〈◊〉 and firm ground but their 〈◊〉 fell upon stony places where ●●ey had not much earth The ●●me are they that hear the word ●nd for a while with joy receive it 〈◊〉 have they not root in themselves ●nd therefore dure but for a time ●●r when tribulation or persecution ●riseth because of the Word by and 〈◊〉 they are offended I will banish from this company yet further off those that are worse who departing from him that ha● purchased and conducted them t● a place of greater safety and magnificence have given no manner o● resistance to the times or to thos● that cousen'd them into a miserabl● and slavish captivity but rather with obstinate alacrity shewe themselves perverse and of no reputation being scandalized at th● good word of God and suffere● themselves to be carried awa●

without any affliction or tentatio● at all assaulting them Nay rather like inconsiderate wretches 〈◊〉 they are either to gain some littl● temporary estate or retain other evil gotten goods have sold their eternal salvation in exchange forsuch transitory trash such riches falsly so called of short continuance And now seeing we have cut off from this noble Assembly that which is superfluous let us take courage and purifying our bodies and souls as much as is possible for us all agreeing in one spirit with one voice sing the triumphant and ●●torious Ditty that Israel rejoy●●● in at the time when the 〈◊〉 were swallowed up in the 〈◊〉 Meriam leading and be●●ning the Tune as followeth I 〈◊〉 sing unto the Lord for he hath 〈◊〉 gloriously the Horse 〈◊〉 his Rider hath he thrown into 〈◊〉 Sea I change that of the 〈◊〉 But where it hath pleased 〈◊〉 and as he thought fit and just 〈◊〉 that doth and disposeth all 〈◊〉 even He that turneth the 〈◊〉 into the morning as the ●●●phet Amos hath it and maketh 〈◊〉 day dark with night 〈◊〉 strengthneth the spoiled a●●●nst the strong He rules 〈◊〉 governs as in a circle all this ●●rld that which agitated and t●●ubled and which is not all our 〈◊〉 that are subject to variation 〈◊〉 change and that are carried ●●●etimes on this manner and ●●●etimes on that for our sakes 〈◊〉 are immoveable fix'd and 〈◊〉 firm in the Divine Providence however they seem to go ●● proceed contrarily That whi●● is known to the world viz. ●● Divine Wisdom of his Father 〈◊〉 us is covered and hid He hat● put down the mighty from th●● seats and exalted them of low degree Also which I have take from another Text of Scripture The Arms of the wicked shall 〈◊〉 broken but the Lord upholdeth 〈◊〉 righteous In like manner fro● another place as my memo●● serves me having abundance 〈◊〉 Texts wherewith to compose th●● Song and which offer themselve● to this Thanksgiving It 's he 〈◊〉 raisethg up the wicked above the 〈◊〉 then putteth him down agai● that he appears no more If we tak● heed to turn away readily and 〈◊〉 the evil pass Who is he among them th●● treats of Divine matters that 〈◊〉 sufficiently sing and make relatio● of these things Who that ca● worthily represent the power o● God and make all his praises understood What voice or power of ●●●quence equal this miracle Who 〈◊〉 that divided the sea by his 〈◊〉 that brake the head of the 〈◊〉 in the waters that brake 〈◊〉 head of the Leviathan in pieces 〈◊〉 gave him to be meat to the 〈◊〉 inhabiting the Wilderness 〈◊〉 Who hath shut up the sea with 〈◊〉 when it brake forth as if it 〈◊〉 issued out of the womb When 〈◊〉 the cloud the garment 〈◊〉 and thick darkness a 〈…〉 for it and brake up for it my 〈◊〉 place and set bars and 〈◊〉 and said Hitherto shalt thou 〈◊〉 and no further and here shall 〈◊〉 proud waves be stayed Truly 〈◊〉 hath appeased them they not 〈◊〉 been long time furious and 〈◊〉 up Who is it that hath 〈◊〉 us the favour to go upon the 〈◊〉 of Serpents and Scorpions 〈◊〉 laying not our selves in wait to 〈◊〉 their heels that at the same 〈◊〉 assailed us publickly and 〈◊〉 up their heads against us 〈◊〉 also he ordained we should tread under our feet Who is that hath done justice and judg●ment when it was not looked for Who that hath not for ever reac●ed out the rod of sinners upon 〈◊〉 righteous I say upon the right●ous if righteous any may be said be while remaining upon eart● and no otherwise or to spe●● more humbly upon those 〈◊〉 knew God For the truth is 〈◊〉 have not been afflicted as righteous for as none simply are so so fo● being so none are afflicted but fo● their good and to the end lik● brave Champions they should pu● shame and confusion upon their afflicters But as sinners rather w● had the punishment of sin through afflictions imposed upon us after which the Lord in mercy hath been pleased to shew his fatherly care and affection towards us by his so having chastned us that we might become wise and as far as he thought needful to make us the more advised in our after return unto him For He hath not rebuked us in his anger nor chastned 〈◊〉 in his heavy displeasure but 〈◊〉 shewed his mercy in the one 〈◊〉 in the other viz. in his chastise●●nt and pardon Who is it that 〈◊〉 done vengeance among the ●●●tions chid and rebuked his 〈◊〉 The Lord strong and 〈◊〉 the Lord mighty in battel 〈◊〉 a Voice a Verse that hath 〈◊〉 to the great graces we now 〈◊〉 which Isaiah uttered to 〈◊〉 ages and is very agreeable 〈◊〉 this season and sutable to the 〈◊〉 of benefits at present 〈◊〉 by us Sing O heavens be joyful O earth and break 〈◊〉 into singing O mountains God hath comforted his people will have mercy upon his afflict●●● For all creatures all 〈…〉 have knowledge as I 〈◊〉 of these things For the 〈◊〉 was made subject to 〈◊〉 not willingly but by reason of 〈◊〉 who hath subjected the same 〈◊〉 Because the creature it 〈◊〉 also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into th● glorious liberty of the children 〈◊〉 God For we know that the wh● creation groaneth and travelleth 〈◊〉 pain together untill now The Apostle also enters further into the sam● celebration and rejoycing to 〈◊〉 God's children have the enjoyin● of this contentment and delight Now then Sing O barren for cannot pass by the alledging 〈◊〉 Scripture thou that didst not bear● break forth into singing and 〈◊〉 alond thou that didst not travel wit● child for more are the children 〈◊〉 the desolate than the children of th● married wife Rejoyce also all you who hav● been wrapt up in this unpleasan● and irksome winter of adversity For God hath had pity of his people and hath not forsaken his inheritance He hath done wonderful things his antient determination and purpose is true which 〈◊〉 to satisfie those that fear him tha● hope in his mercy For he hat● broken the gates of brass and 〈◊〉 th● bars of Iron in sunder ●t's true because of our 〈◊〉 he hath humbled us but 〈◊〉 ●ave been comforted and the 〈◊〉 being broke we have been 〈◊〉 by the grace of God which 〈◊〉 called us and which comforts 〈◊〉 that are lowly of heart See 〈◊〉 I compose this Hymn with 〈◊〉 Words and Divine 〈◊〉 And truly I know not how to 〈◊〉 merry and recreate my soul 〈◊〉 any other being transported 〈◊〉 my self as it were with ●●●lowing content So that I 〈◊〉 no esteem of low and 〈◊〉 things fitting and alledging 〈◊〉 many matters which are 〈◊〉 unto me by the holy 〈◊〉 ●ell then there have been 〈◊〉 in the first place the 〈◊〉 of God's providence in 〈◊〉 Translation of Enoch and 〈◊〉 of Elias in Noah that 〈◊〉 and with him a 〈◊〉

fear or hope There were also very many of low condition of no great esteem but for their number unto whom having given the assault he was by them repulsed even as a great and thick wall by a thin and ●●eak Engine Moreover he angred not him●●lf any more because those that ●ot from him had courage and ●onquered for he was so much out ●f his senses that those whom he ●oped to overcome seemed to him ●s all won already Yea he had ●he boldness to undertake against ●he great Standard which being ●oftily displayed with the Cro●s woven therein conducted and magnificently guided the Army that had the Vertue as the Latine word bears the name of comforting and lessening labours and trawails and which as a man may say is the King of Standards as well of them adorned and enobled with the Pictures of Emperours enrich't with devises by Embroderies of diverse colours as of those carried at the end of a Lance and flying in the air with faces of horrible Dragons and jaws gaping casting flaming lights and embroidered with ranks of Shels represented to the life in cloath of Gold thereby affording both applause and pleasures to the beholders After then that with content he had ordered his House and thought he was on the top of all his businesse and out of whatever fear and danger he attempted that which followes What was that to suppresse the truth of God by labouring Tooth and Nayl as we say in the Proverb utterly to subvert and root out not onely the Christians but also Christianity it self from off the earth O foolish wicked and ill taught man in things out of thy reach and of highest concernment dared'st thou thus obstinately to undertake so silly and unlikely an enterprise against that fair portion of Gods inheritance and Manna of the habitable earth which had penetrated throughout all extremities by means of the profit and facility of preaching of the Gospel that thou childishly calledst folly and yet had subdued the wise withstood Devils and resisted time as being old and new together accordingly as those of thy party the Heathens have composed one of thy Gods The first viz. the truth of the Old Testament declared but to a few the last viz. that of the New to very many the former as the draught or discription of a shadow the latter as the accomplishment of the same mystery folded up and reserved for a certain time onely and to be revealed after Again who and from whence art thou that thou daredst to set upon so rich an inheritance of Christ so rich and great I say both and which shall never perish although there were never so many more furious and more out-ragious then thou wast but shall advance itself and grow more and more famous for ever In regard I beleive the Prophesies of old and those things in like manner which are manifest at present before our eyes things that as God he hath created and as man inherited which the Law hath set forth but grace accomplished the Prophets fore-told the Apostles confirmed and the Evangelists consummated or made good and perfect from the beginning unto all ages Hast thou been so bold as to approach near the holy Sacrifice of Jesus Christ with thy abominations and to come with the blood of thy beasts in opposition to his divine blood that hath washt and purged all the world Diddest thou dare to make War against peace to lift up thy loose hand against him that was fastned both for thee and by thee upon the tree hast thou set or composed thy tast against Gall wouldest thou set up a Trophee in defiance of the Crosse of Christ erect against his Death a Destruction against his Resurrection a Rebellion against the truest Martyr that ever was if a Martyr we may call him those that were no Martyrs Persecutor as Herod Traytor 〈◊〉 Judas but that thou never shew●d'st thy repentance in an halter as ●e did Thou who hast crucified ●esus Christ in like manner as Pi●ate enemy of God's as the Iews who to thine own inevitable ●hough future destruction wast ●eserved for a time to be Author ●f so much mischeif dost thou ●othing respect those that have ●een sacrificed for the name of Je●us Christ Hast thou no regard to ●hat great St. Iohn Baptist to St. Pe●er St. Paul St. Iames St. Steven ●nd a world of other valiant Cham●ions that both before and since ●heir time have miraculously main●ained Gods truth in peril of their ●ives and goods manfully fought ●gainst fire and sword powerfully ●ubdued beasts and Tyrants by pre●ent torments and denounced condemnations as if they had only borrowed their bodies or indeed had no bodies sensible at all of what they suffered for Gods cause Now wherefore all this That with their mouth at last they should renounce the true Religion So belike or otherwise thou wouldst never have caused honour● to be ordained for them together with praises and feasts But so far off was this Devil Iulian from bringing this to passe that the Christians in his reign for the most part not onely still perfisted in their former profession and defence of Gods truth but also by them Devils were cast out Diseases cured Apparitions and Prophesies followed their humane bodies upon touching or repairing unto had vertue and power given them a● well as their sanctified souls to work miraculous effects yea further drops onely of their blood or the like little remains of their Martyrdome had the same efficacy and power c. What sayest thou wilt thou still slight and not yet have a reverent esteem of such like persons Thou who admirest the burning of Hercules caused upon a disaster of having offended women and the dismembring of Pelops either for the love of strangers or Gods with respect whereunto the Pelopides rendred themselves noble and remarkable both by the shoulders and by the Ivory who admirest the gelding of the Phrygian Preists that receive their shame with the sweetnesse of musical Instruments wherewith appeased after the torments and cruelties used in the mysteries of Mythra and his burnings as well just as mystical That murdering of Strangers kil'd by Bull 's The Sacrifice of that Kings Daughter because of the City of Troy and the blood of Meniceus which was shed for the Thebans then that of the Daughters of Scedasus at Euctres thou that makest so great account of those young Laconicks who whipt one another till the blood followed and besprinkled the Altar for the delight of that chast Goddesse and Virgin who makest so great esteem of the Hemlocke of Socrates of the Thigh of Epictetes of the Belly of Anaxarchus whose patience was more by necessity then of good will who commendest also the precipices of Cleombrotus moved to cast himself from thence by the reading of the discourse of the Soul the dispute of Pythagoras touching his Beanes the content of death by Theanes or of I know not what other of his School and