What Wesley Left Out

~182 words

the 
face both of the Heauen 
and waters is ſtill, faire, 
and equavle, Tharitis 
ſuch an euen diſpoſition 
of the hearr,wherein the | 
(coales of the mindenet 

ther riſe vp towards the 
beame , through their 
owne lightnefle , or the 
ouer - weening opinion 


of 


— 7 


Heauen pon earth. 


of proſperity,nor aretoo 
much depreſſed with a- | 
ny loade of forrow z but. 
hanging equall and vn- 
mooued betwixt both, 
giuea man libertie in all 
Occurrences to enioy 
himſelte , Not that the 
molt remperate minde | 
can beſo the maiſter of 
his paſſions, as not ſom- 
times to ouer-ioy his | 
[grief , or ouer-gricue | 
| his toy. according tothe 
contrary occations of 
both, for not the cueneſt 
weights, but at their firſt 
putting into the balance 
lomewhat ſway both 
| parts thereof, not with- 


out| \ | 


a a a ac _— Mc 


hd. ee Ee 


Heauen vpon earth, 


our ſome ſhew of ine- 
qualitie,which yer after 
lome little motion, ſertle 
themſelues in a meete 
poyle, lt is enough thar 
afrer ſome ſudden agi- 
tation, it Can returne to 
itſelfe, andreſtir ſelfe ar 
laſt in a reſolued peace. 
And this due compoled- 
neſle of minde wee re- 
quire vnto our Tranquil- 
litie, not for fome ſhore 
fies of good moode , 
which ſoone after ende 
in diſcontentment , bur 
with the condition of 
perpetuitie. For there is 
no hart makes ſo rough 
weather, as not ſome- 


CD——_— 


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Heauen vponearth, 


AAA 


— 


times to admitte of a 
calme, and whether for 


| that he knoweth nopre- 
 ſemtcaulc of his trouble 


or for that he knoweth 
that caule of trouble 
is counteruailed with as 
great an occa(ion of pri- 


uatcivy, or for thatthe | 


inultitude of euils hath 
bred careleſſcneſle, the 
man that is mo{t d'/{or- 
deredfinds ſome reſpits 
of quietneſle, The ba- 
lances that are moſt il] 
matched in therr vnſted- 
dic motions come to an 
equahrie, bur ſtay nor at 
it. Thefranticke man 
cannot auoide the impu 


rati-| 


——m—_—_— 


—_— J—_ 


———— 


— 


— 


Heaen vpon earth 


ratio of madaes, though 
hee be ſober for many 
moones, if he rage in 
one. So then the calme 
minde muſt be ſerled in 
an habiruall reſt,notthen 
fhrme when thereis no- 
thingto ſhakeit,butthen 
leaſt ſhaken when i is 


. | molt aſſayled, 


Sect, 3 

Hence eaſily ap- 

pears how vain- 

42x ly :t hath beene | 
| ſought enther in ſuch a 
| conſtant eſtate of out- 
| ward things, as (houlde 
' give nodiftalie vnto the 
mirde, whites all earthly 

rminges varie with the 


Inſuffica* 
ency of 

tumane 
preccey is, | 


WCca- 


xi 


I2 


Heauen vpon earth. 


—— 


weather, & haue no ltay | | 
but in vncertaintie, or in | | 
the naturall temper of | | 
theſoule , ſoordered by | | | 
humane wifedome, as | |: 
that it ſhouldnot beaffe- 
cd with any caſuall 
euents to either part; | | 
ſince that cinoteuerby | | | 
natural power bee held | | 
like to it (elfe

~173 words

of man is too weak 


B to 


20 


Heauen vpon earth. 


OT — RO OS 


by againſt all onfets : 
There are light croſles 
that will take an caite re- 
pulſe, others yer ſtrong- 
er ,that thake the houſe | 
fide, but breake nor in | 
vpo vs;others vehement, | 
which by force make | 
way to the hart where | 
they findenone,breaking | 
open - the dore of the | 
loulthatdenies entrance. | 
Others violent tha? lift F 
| 


to beare out it ſelte here- | 
| 
| 
| 


the minde off the hend- 
gcs, or rend the bars of 
it in pceces, others furi- | 
ous that teare vp the. ve- 
ry foundations from the 
bottome .leauing no mo- 


A Er ITE 


14 onadgan 


= 


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 Heaxen opor earth. 


nument behind them, bur! 
raine. The wiſeſt & moſt 

reſolute Moraliſt that e- 

ucr was,lookt pale when| 
he ſhold traſt of his Hem- 
locki& by his timoroul- 
nefſe made ſporttothoſe 
thatenuicd his ſpeculati- 
ons.The beſt of the hea- 
then Emperors(that was! Antonius 


| honored with the title of Pius. 


pictic) iuſtly magnified 
that courage of Chriſt- 
ans which maderthemin- 
ſulc ouer their cormEtors 


& by their feareleſſeneſle ER 


of earthquakes, &deaths| $225 con 
argued ne truth of thei [= 


the perſe. 
religion . It muſt beyit| cured chi. 


can benone but a Snine $1408 | 


B 2 power, 


— 


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22 Heauen vpon ear th. | 


ho 


power, that can vphoid 
the minde againſt the 
rage of maine afflictions 
&yer the greateſt croſics 
are not the greatelt ene- 
mics to inward peace. 
Ler vs therefore looke vp 
aboue our fſclues , and 
' from therules of an hyer

~169 words

hell | 
which was within them | 
E ſecond hell withour. | | 
| The confcience leaues 

not where the feends be- 
 gin,but bothioyn toge- 
ther 1a torture.But there 


| thoſe fondly impatient 


are | 


- Id - 


— | 


OO OIATY; © 


' | Heauen vpon earth, 


[3] 
4. 4 


are ſome fire & obdy- 
rate forheads,whoſe re- 
ſolution can laugh their 
ſinnes out of counte- 
nance. Thercarc ſo large 
and ablegorges as that 
they can {wallow & di- 
gelt bloody murders, 
without coplaint, who 
with the ſame handes 
which they haue ſince 
their laſt meal embrued 
in blood ci freely caruc 
tothElelucs large mor- 
ſels ar che next ſitting , 
Belecueſtthourhart ſuch 
a inas heartlaughs with 
his tace?willnot he dare 
to bean Hypocrite that 


| 


The ioy 
and peace 
ot the guil 
ty but duf- 
lemblcd, 


durſt bea viilaine? Theſe 


glow 


— —— O__ 


— 


Heaxen vpon earth. 


glow-wormes when a 
night of forow compal- 
ſes them, make a light- 
fome and fierie ſhew of 
ioy, when if thou preſſe 
them thou findeſt no- 
thing but a cold & crude 
moiſture. Knoweſtrhou 
not that ther are thoſe, 
which count itno ſhame 
toſtn,yer colitit aſhame 
to bee checked with re- 
morſe eſpecially fo as o- 
thers cics may deſcry? to 
| whom repentanceſcems 
| baſe-mindednefle , vn- 
worthy of him that pro- 
teſſes wiſedome and va- 
lour. Such a man can 
gricue when none ſees | 


It, ; 


— 


> ——— 


Heauen vpon earth. 


32 | 


ic, but himſelfe can laugh 
when others ſceit, him- 
ſcife feels not, Aſſure thy 
ſelfthat mans heart blee- 
deth when his face coil- 
terfeits a ſmile, he wears 
| out many waking hours 
| whethou thinkelt he re- 
 ſteth,yeaas bis thoughts 
affoorde him not ſleepe, 
{o his very {lcep affoords 
him not reſt: but while 
his ſenſes are tyed vp,his 
fin is looſe, repreſenting 
itſelfe ro him in his vg- 
lieſtſhape and frighting 
him with hortible and 
helliſh dreames. And if 
_—_ cuſtome hath 

redacarclcſnes in him, 


| (as 


_— 


32 Heawen vpon earth. 


(as we ſee that viuail 

whipping makes the | 
childe

~176 words

I may | 
confidently tell the care» | 
Iſle ſinner as that bold | 
(Trared:i (aidto his great 
Pompey, The time (hall | 
\com2s wherein thou | 
[ſhale fetch deep ſighes, | * 
| &thersfore ſh!r ſorrow | 


| 
dcl- | 


——— 


—_— 


Heauenvpon earth. 


33 


deſperarly,becauſe thou 
ſorrowedft not fooner, 
Fhe fire ofthe conſciece 
may ly for a time fmothe 
redwitna pile of greene 
wood,that it cannot bee 
diſcerned, whoſe moi- 
ſture when once it hath 
mailtred, itſends vp fo. 
much greater flameby 
how much had greater 
rcfſtice. Hope nor then 
to ſtop the mouth of thy 
conſcience from exclai- 
ming whiles thy fin coti- 
nues , that indeuoris 
both vain & hurtful; ſol 
haue ſcene thEthat haue 
ftope the noſthrill for 
bleecding in hopeto ſtay 


| 


4 the 


Heauen vpon earth. 


, the iſſue when the blood | | 


' hindered in his former 
| courſe hath broken our 

ot the mouth, or found 
way downe into the ito- 
macke. The coſciencec is 
| not pacifiable while ſin 
| is within to vexe 1t: no 
| moretkE an angry ſwel- 
| ling canceaſethrobbing 
| and aching whiles the 
' thorne or the corrupted 


| matter lies rotting vn- 


medies all other euils of | 
the mindincreaſcth this, 
which like to bodily dil- 
| caſes proues worſe with 
| cotinuance, andgrowes 
| vpon vs with our age, 


Seft- 


| | 
| derneath. Time that re- ; 


— 


Heauen vpon earth. 


35 


vnTuer 
Colience 


o& Se. 5. 

Lf 

C | 

11 ] Here can be|x;,.,... 
16 therefore no; dyofan 

: | | peacewithour 

® reconciliatio, 
: [thoucanſt not befriends 


Es 
* 
= ——— 


with thy fſelfe, till with 
God: forthy

~159 words

the midſt of 
| his diſſembled iollity, 
and after all vaineſtrites | 
ſhall fall into many ſe- 


cret 


Heauen t vpon earth. i 


Heanen 0pon earth. 53 


76g. © | Crer domps, from _ 


h | his guilty heart ſhallde- 
- # | ny tobecheared, tho all 
hee the world were hismin- 


'o- ſtrell. Oh pleaſure wor- 
\& ely to de piticd, & laugh 
all | tzr worthy of teares,that | 
is withoue this! Go then 'The vaine 
tooliih man, and when —_—— 
| © | choufeeleſtany checkof ihe 
* | thy ſ{inne, ſecke after thy 
locondelt companions, | 


Ic 
a deceive the time and 
;, | ehyſelfe with mery pur- 

; poſes, witch buſy games, 


| feaſt away thy Cares, 
f buric them andthy ſelie 
in wine and lleepe, after 
| all rhefe frivolous Cif-- 
| errings , it will returne 


| —_—— — 


vpon 1 


Heauenwpon earth. 


'vpon thee , when thou 

| wakeſt, perhaps ere thou 

| Wakeſt, nor wil be repel- 

| led rill it haue ſnowed | 

| the thy hell,nor whenit 

' bath ſhowed thee, will 

| yet berepelled; So the 
| ſtricken Deer having re- 

| ceiued a deadly arrowe, 


whoſe ſhaft ſhaken out 
hath left thehead behind 
it,runs from one thicket | |} 
to another, not able to 
change his paine with 
hisplaces,but finding his 
wounds {till the worſe 
with continuance . Ah 
foole,thy ſoule teſterer!! 
within , andis attected 
ſo much moredigeroul- | 


— " 
Do nm ——— —— — 
| 


3 Heauen Vpon earth, 


55 


ly by how much lefle 1c 
appeareth, Thou maiſt 
while thy {elfe with vart- 
| ety,chou canlt not eaſe 
j thee, Sinne owes theea 


'| ſpight,& wil pay it thee, | 

chaps whe thou artin | 
wortt caſeto ſuſtain ut. | 
| This fitting doth - bur 
| prouide fora further vi- 
| olence at laſt. l haue (een | 
| | aliccleſtream ofnonoiſe 
* | whichvpon his ſtoppage | 
| hath (welled vp,& with | 
| a loude guſhing hath | 
' borne ouerthe heape of 
| turues wherewith it was 
' reſiſted

~180 words

not with a bold heart;ho 
ping to preuaile by wea- 
 rying vs, & wearving vs 
by iatrearies. Let all (ug- 
geſtions therefore finde 
| thee refolute:{o ſha'lthy 
! | foule findeir felfe ar ret} | 


| for 
4 '— 


Heawen vpon earth, | 


The orle- 
rrg of 


afteQious. 


i 


: 
: 


| 


| 


| 


PR_—_ 


| way With refiitance. Co | |« 


by a ſtrong andyertem-| | 


——_ 


for as the Diucll, (© fin Fri 
his naturallbrocd flies a- 1} 


which purpoſe ail our |t 
hcadv & dilordered a!- |\a 
fetions, which arethe |1 
ſecret fators of ſinne & | |! 
Satan,muſt be reſtrained  |« 


perate command of rea-| | 
fon and Religion; thele, | 
ifthey finde the reynes 
looſe in their necks(like 
to the wilde horſes of 
that chaſt hunter,in the 
Trazccie) carry vs ouer 
tis androcks,& neuer 
caue vs till we be Gil 
nembred , and they 
breathleſle ; bur contra-| | 


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— 


— 


x | 
Tl:Y | 


— —<—_ = — '— 
4 


| {theſe varulie affc&i - 


Heanenwponea rth. 


rily if they be pulled in | 
with the fudilen vio» 
lence of a ſtraite hand, 
they fall ro plunging, 
and careering, and ne- 


' uer leaue til] their ſaddle 
'be emprie,andeuenthen 
| daungerouſlly firike at | 
their proſtrate rider, If 
[there be any exerciſe of 
| Chriſtian wiſcedome, it 
[is in the menaging of | 


| ons,which are not more 
receflarie in their beſt 


| 


| vie, then pernicious in 

'their mil-goucrnance . | 
Reaſon hath alwaics | 
| beene buſke in i og 
| taking this fo neceflarie | 


-— —_ A a Ut AU EE 


ns. _—_—— — —_ 


A 


62 Heiuen vpon earth. 


| 2 moderation » herein OL 
altho thc haue preuailed }£ 
| W ithlomeof coldertem- \» 
per , yet thole which © 
| hauebeen of more ſtub- 1\* 


' borne metall, like vor l 

; growenchollers, which | \! 

| {corne the ferule that ru- \ 
| 


led their minoritie, haue | | 
{:11] deſpiſed her weoke| | 
indeauors , Onely chri- | 
ſtianity harh

~276 words

of 
thine? I come now, my | 


-  ioyes, I come to poſleſſe 
i'} [you3 I come through 

paine and death; Yea, if | 
bad ' hell it ſelfe were in the | 
. | way betwixtyouand me, | 


| |Þ would paſle through | 
il | hell it ſelfe to enioy 
- you.And in truth if that | 


3 
re | F2 heathen 38 


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178 Heanen vp on earth. 


heathen Cleombrotus a | 
af follower of the ancient F|, 
alli- |Academie , but vpon, © |, 
|=ach, | only reading of his Mai- _ | 1 
Epigram. | ter Platoes diſcourſes of _ 
the immorralitic of the | | |; 
c 

c 

: 

[ 


”. 


loule, could calt downe 

hinelte heaalong from 

anhie rocke , and wil- | | 

fully breake his necke, 1 
| 


that he might be pol- 
ſeſſed of that immorta- 
litie which he belceucd | * 
'to follow vpon death, | |q 
| ' how contented ſhould 'E 
18! 1 they be to dyethat know Þ| |;, 
= they ſhall be more then | þ 


* | immor:all glorious? He mu 
went. not in an hate of [of 
the ficſh asthe Patrician | 74 


| | Nee” 


| 


———— 


Heauen vpon earth, 


wag 


herericks of olde, but in 
a blind loue to his foule 
out of bare opinion : 


| Weevponan holy loue 
| grounded vpon aſſured 
| knowledge: He vpon an 


opinion of future life, we 
on knowledoe of future 
glory . Hee went vaſent 
tor, we called for by 


' our maker: Why fhou!d 
| | his courage exceedours, 

hace our ground, our e- 
| ate ſo far exceedes his ? 
'Enen this age, within the 
reach of our meinorie , 


bred that peremptorie [- 


 taltin which in imitation 


| 


ot the 01d Romane cau- 
rage (leaſt in that degene 


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Heauen Vpan earth. 


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Then taine onely is prett-} 


rated nation,there ſhould | 

bee no fizp left of the| F 
qualitics of their Ance-| * 
ſtoures) entring vpon his | | 


torment for killing a Ty- 


rant , cheared humſclfe 


with this confidence.My 
death is ſharpe; my fame | 


(hall bee everlaſting \þ7 


Tnevoice of a Romane, 
not of a chriſtian z My 
{ame ſhall bee eternal; 
An le cofort:My fame 
(hall ue , not my ſoule| 
live to ſee it: VVhat thall | 
it availe theeto be talkt| 
of while thou art not : 


ous Wnhena inan lives to 
enioy it; The fame that! 


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Heanen pon earth, m1 


d | Þ| ſyrnives the foule is boot- 
e| © lefle:Yer eucn this ho 

-| | cheared him againſt the 
s || violice ofhis death;whar 
/-  *| ſhould it doe vs,that not 
e _ | ourfame but our life, our 
| glorie after death cannot 
e |: | dy? Hethat hath Stephens 
' | ciesto look into heauen

~202 words

to define in what point Wir 
the goodnes therof con-J 
fiſtech: 1s it in hye del 
cent of blood? I would 
thinke {o , if nature were 
tyed by any law to pro- 
duce children like quali- 
tiedro ther parents: But ſpf 
although inthe brute cr©-Þha 
atures (he be cuer thus fWea!( 


re gu 


YU————— 


- —— 


Heauen 8 7p03 earth 


y 


egular, that ye ſhallne- 
jer finde a yong ptzcon 
| hatched in aneagles neſt, 
Þicither can I chinke that 
rue( or if true it was m0- 
trous ) that Micrppus 
is ſheepe ſhould yeane 
Lion; yet in the beſt 
reature({ which hath his 
orm & her attending qua 
ities fromaboue) with a 
tkenes of face & teatures, 
s commonly founde an 
nlikenes of diſpoſition: 


ollowes the ſecede; wile - 
lome, valour, vertue are 
ff another beginning : 

Shall Il bow to a molten 
ate becauſe it was made 


ee 


| — — 


rely the earthly parte | . 


] 
, 


of 


134 Heanen vpou earth. | 


of golds eare-rings? Shal 
I 2 inner of - 
the firſt head (tho vpon IN _. 
never ſonoble deſerving) | 7. 
becauſe it can ſhew no- & 
thing before itſelfburt a} |, 

white ſhicld? I Ceſar or 

Aeathocles be a Porters & 
{onne ſhall I contemne ble 
him? Orit wiſe Boz bee | 4 
Olimpia- | the ſonne of an infamous 
his | Curtizan,ſhallthecenſo- 
| rious lawyer race him of 
the Caralogue with par- Nc 
tus ſequitur ventrenm? La: 
ſite ſhall I account tha 
good, which is incident/Þ},,. 
wo the wor(?? Either ther- P 
fore greatries muſt thow " 
| fome charter wherein it | _ 


_———— 


is | 


—_— 


Heanen von earth. 


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135 | 


is priuledged with fuc- 
ceſſion ot vertue, or els 
the goodnes of honor 
cannot cecnſfilt in blood. 
[s1tthen inthe admirati- | 
on and hie opinion that | 
others haue conceiucd of | 
thee , which drawes all 
dutifull reſpet,and hum-| 
ble offices from them to 

thee:?O fickle good thar | 
is euer inthe keeping of | 
others eſpecially ot the? 
vnſtable vulgar,that beaſt | 
of manicheads,w hoſe di- | 
vided tongnes.as they ne- | 
uct agree with each ot-| 


| ther,ſo ſe dom whe ever | 


= long with them- | 
lelues. Do we not (cethe | 


ſuper- 


- 


— — - —_ — 


| 136 Heauenvponearth. 


| ſuperſtitious Zyſtrids, r 

| erc-Winle would neede 
| make Paul a god again 
; his wil, & in deuout zeal: 
drew ccowned buls to theff 
 altars of their new /up1tenſÞ'®! 
and Merearyfviolence ct 
| ſearceho!d them f:6 (9! 
| crificing to him:now noe 
| many houres after gatheÞ*< 
vp ſtones againſt him;hz th 
| uing in their conceits cur} *! 
,q him from a God into 19 
| a malefaQor3 and arerez}®* 
| dy to kil' him in ſtead co: '© 
| killing a ſacrifice ro him << 
| Such isrbe multitude and 
| | fuch the ſteadineſſe off ©* 
| their honour : then} ** 
'then onely is true hc 


| nou 


Macile from vertue 3 Re- | 


your blood is eanobled 


<A— 


ii 


Heauen vpon earth. 


137 


Our where blood and | 
rertue meete together , | 
e greatnelſe whereof is | 
from blood , the good- 


ioyceyeec great men, that 


with the vertucs and de- 
ſerts of your Auncel-, 
ſors

~292 words

they dare not cenſure itÞ} | 


{ ſo while the knee bedeth, 


[c 
the minde abhorreth, and F 
telleth the bodie it ho- | E 
nors an vnworthie ſub-F' 


| iet;within ir ſelfe, ſecret le 
' ly comparing that vici- c; 


ous great ma,on whomeP| t 


his ſubmiſſe curteſic 5Þ G 
caſtaway,to ſom goodlſÞ/o: 
faire bound Senecaes Tre th 
gedies, that is curiouſly th 


gilded without; which {ua 


Heanen vpon earth. 139 


offi | 2 man open he ſhal finde | 
ut | 7hye/tes rhe roomb of his | | 
$ 2 | o'wne childrE;or Oedipus | 
aw þ! | the husband of his owne 
toÞ} | mother, or ſome ſuch ms. 
hat 'trous part, Which he at 
theF | once reades and hates. 
2.1 SeF.20. 

E T him thinke 
and that not onely Ti< (eco: 
ho- 


die of 
on theſe outwarde (,,.... -ioyed] 
u 


Ele 


thinges are not in them- prolperizic. 
crete ues good, but that they | 
ck |expole their owners to 
ome! miſery: for beſides that | 


he | 'God viſually puniſh:s our | 
od ouer- -louing them with | 
Trxſ{ their lofle ( becaule hee | 
oull thinks thE vnaworthy ri-| | 
ich Muals ro himſelf, who chal- | | 

G lengeth 


CO ee em 
—— =O — 


Heauen wpon earth, 


as his onely right)ſo that 


eſtate maks an opE way to 
ruin; while a ma walks on 
plain ground he falls nor, 
orit hecfall hee doth bur 
meaſure his legth on the 
groiid, & riſe again with- 
| out harme , but hee thar 
; climbeth hieis in danger 
of falling &ithefal ot kil- 
ling. Allthe ſales hoiſed 


' gtue vantage to a tem-f 


; pet, which by the mari- 

\neis forelight giving 
timely roome thereto b) 

| their fail dcliver the vcl- 


— ——_— 


a) 


— ——_ ——_ - — —_— 


: 
© 


| lengeth all keight ot loue | 


| the way to looſe is to loue | 
much,che largenes more- ||? 
ouer cither at aftecio, or | 


: 


: 
: 


— 
_ th 


eee eee ee EE ee ee. 


_— 
SO 0 
—_ 2 
wn 


«cl. 


YO CO " — ————— 


Heauen vpon earth, 


{ell trom the caunger of 
chat guſt whoſe rage now 
paſſes ouer with onely 


|? [beating her with waves, 


for anger that hee was 
prevented; So the larger 


+ | our eſtate is, the fayrer 


marke hath miſchiefe gi- 
ven to it; and which is 


the 


worſe, that which makes 


ith- | vs fo cafiero bit, makes 


our wounde more deepe 


| and gricuous : If poore 
' | Codrus his houſe burn,he 


{tand+ by and warms him 


'F | withtheflame, becauſe he 
knows it is butthe loſle of | 


an outſide, which by ga- 
thering ſome few ſtickes, 


, 


raw, andclay, may with 


rec 


ec, 


G2 litlelabox 
_ — E—— 


he ett VO IE WO "I 


—— © 
_— 


— 


142 Heauen vpon earth, 


| labor,&nocolt be repai- |} 

red: But when the many ** 
| lofts of the rich man doc 
; one giuctire to another, 
[| he crics out one While of 


— 


his counting houſe, ano- 
| ther while of his war - 
drobe,the of fone noted 
cheſt,& ſtraight of ſome 
rich Cabincer,&lameting | 
| | both the frame & the fur- F | 
| niture,istherfore inpati- | | 
| ent becauſe he had ſome-. 
. thing. | 
| | ' Sed. 21. 

| L151 if there be any 
| [Ther tie | ISS forcerefſe vpon 
jo Pleaiure | 9 F © (WW. = 
the third c- | WS carth, 1t 15 P.ca 
nemvon | ſyre, which fo inchareth 


| =A | the minds of mc,& wor- 
_X.-- keth 


4 a «  .o  anf80_|O _mvaEGxC AX. A J©-. Ei 


— 


Heauen vpon earth. 


_ 


kerhthe diſturbiceofour | 
' Peace,with ſuch ſecretde 
light, that fooliſh men 


' thinke this wit of Tran- 


quillitie,happineſle

~247 words

in him 
' ſuch matter of contenr- 
ment, that hee may paſle 
ouer all theſe pertye 
grieuaunces with con-. 
rempt 3 which whoſo-! 
cuer Wantes , may bee. 
ſecure , cannot be qui | 
et . The minde of man! 


—— 


can il I 


Heaney Upon earth. I53 | 


fuge, and ( as wee fay | 
of the Elephant) cannot | 
reſt vnleſſe it haue ſom- 


thing to leane vpon : 

The couctous man , 
r 
; 


cannot want ſome re- | 


; whoſe h:auen is his 
cheſt, when hee heares 
| him ſelfe rared and cur- 
ſed for opprefiton,comes 
zome and ſeeing his bags 
fafe,applauds himſelte a- 
gainſt all cenſures: The | 
_ when he loſeth | 
riends or good name; 
yet ioyes in his full | 
furniſht table , and the | \ 
laughter of his wine ; | 
more pleaſing himſelfc | 
in ſome one dith; then he | 


[ 
| 
| TR can 


— 


* 54 Heauen vpon earth, 


can be greeued with all 
the worlds miſ-cariage: 
The needie ſcholler 
whoſe wealth lies all in 8 ** 
his brain , cheares him- [*: 
leife againſt iniquitie of 
'times, With the conceit 
| of his knowledge. Theſe £,” 
| (tarting holes the minde 
cannot want when itt c 
harde driven : Nuw i 
when as, like to ſome £S® 
chaſed Si(cra,it (hrowdes 
it{elfe vnder the harbor 
of theſe 7:el!s,altho they 
giue it houſe-roome,and 
milke for atime , yet at! 1 
lalt either they entertain 
it with anailin the rem- "I 
þ2 ples , or being guilrie 


es 


to 


—— 


CC _—_ — —  _ —.”— 


Heauen vp08 earth. 


totheir oWne imporen - 
cie ,{end it out of them- 
ſelues 3 for (afetie and 
peace. For if the Crofle 


light in that which it 


made his refuge(as ifthe 
couetous man becroſied 
in his riches) what earth 

ly thing can ſtay bim frs 
adeſperate phrenly? Or 
if the croſle fall in a de- 


pree abouc the height of | 


his ſtay. as if therich mi 
de lick or dying (wherein 
all wea'th 1s either con- 
temned , or remembred 
with anguiſh) how doe 


Yall his comforts(like ver- 


mine from an houſe on 


| fire ) runne away from 


vs | 
| 


—— a _———— _ 


— 


CO IO 


"_ 


156 


| 
Heauwen vponearth. If 
A— | 


—— _— 


—— 


| 


him, and ſeauchim ouer || ſola 
to his ruine ? Whiles|f ther 
che ſouie , that hath} Ma 
placed his refuge aboue, f| the! 
is fure that the grounce]| the 
of his comfort cannot] tie: 
bee matched with anſ to e 
earthly ſorrowe, cannoi] 
bee made variable by 
the change of any e- 
ent bur is infinitly a- 
bouz all calualtyes, and 
without all vncertain - 
tics, VVhar ſtare is rnere 
wherein this heauen]y 
Ray (hall nor afforde me 
[nor onely peace but 
joy? Aml

~132 words

of 


| God, of both I cannor: 
The world would loue 
| memore, if I were leſle 


| 


friends 


* a "9 ets 


ms 


| 160 , Heauenvpon earth, "_ 


_— 


: 
=_—_= 


| friends with God:it can-/ 'all 


nathate me ſo much as |" 
God hates it ; what care |} 
[ to be hated of them, | 
| whom God hateth.He is | 'ic 
vnworthy of Gods fauor | k©: 
that cannotthinke it hap-|ſ| [3 
pyneſle enough without Þ do 
the worlds > How eaſic Þ'Y 
| is it for fuch a mi, whiles { bt 
| the world dilſgraces him [11 
' at once to {corne & pit- lot 
| ty it,that it canaot think} ** 
nothing more contemp- [| >* 
tiblethenit ſelf?) am em-/ | lic 
voucriſhed with !ofles : I) "© 
That was neuer through- || be 
ly good,that may belolt: Þ| 7 
My riches willnot leelc | Uhe 


mec; yea, tho I forgo: | 


' 
a, 


WT: VIELL 


| wealth, Forithe be rich 
{chat hath fomthing,how 
F:ich ts bechathaththe ma! 
| ker & owner of al things? | 
lam weak and cifealed in| 
| body; He cannot miſcar- 


——————_— 


Heauen vpon earth. 


all ro my $kin, yer haue [| 


notloſt any part of my | 


ry that hath his maker for 
his Phyſician : Yee my | 


 {Oule,the better parte is | 
| {ound,tor that cannot be! 
| weake , Whoſc |: irength | 


| God is: How many are | 
ficke in that & complain 
[not! | can bee contentto 


| bee Ierblood inthe arme 
||} or foot for the cutting of | 

the head or heart; lhe| 
health of the princtpzll 


161 | 


: 


CC 


IEZ 


Heazen vpon earth. 


— 


—— 


| necdes bee , that our in- 
; choare conuerſl ing with 


mf 


part 1s more 10y to 


mee then it is troubeh 
co be diſternpered in the 


inferiour, Let me kno 
that God fauours me, 
then I haue libertiz in 
priſon, home in baniſh- 
menr, honor in contept, 


in lofles wealth » health | 


in inficmitie, lite

~148 words

ſometimes 
ſome are hid in y croud; 
| which yet are , butap- 
| pear not : They may be 


cannot be ſcuered. 


8 


mooues, and yet is the 


euer refts, andyectis the 
place of our trouble : 
| Outwarde motion can 
be no enemy to inward 
reſt ; as outwarde reſt 


| wardc vnquietneſle. 
| ” 


| The Heauen euer 


ſhut out from fight; they | 


| 


place of our reſt : Earth | 


| may well ſtand with in- | 


Obſeruations. 


None liue fo ill, but 
they contet themſelues 
in ſomewhat : Eventhe | 
beggerlikes the ſmell of 
his diſh. Iris arareeuill- 
' | that hath not ſome- 
thing to ſweeten it, et- 
ther in ſenſe or in hope: 
Otherwiſe men woulde 
growe deſperate, muti- 
| nous,enuſous of others, 
wearie of themſtlues . 
{ The berter that thing 1s 
wherein wee place our 
comfort , the happier 
we liue: andthe more: 
wee loue good things ,| 


the 


ee 


Holy 


(the better they are to 


vs. The Worldlinges 
comfort,though it bee 
oadto him becauſe he 
as it; yet becaule it is 
not abſolutely andeter- 
nall good, it failes him : 
wherein the Chriſtian 
hath iuſt aduantage of 
him , while hee hath all 
the ſame cauſes of ioy 


| refined andexalted; be- 


ſides more and hyer, 
whichthe other knows 
not of : The worldling 
laughes more, butthe 
Chriſtii is more deligh- 


Z 


| ted. Theſetwo arceafily | 


| ſeuered s Thou ſceſt a 


es" 


"IS 


ol 


0bſernations. 


—_ Picture, oran| 
cap of thy gold : thou 
laugheſtnor,yet thy de- 


light is more then-ina 
teſt chat ſhaketh thy 
ſplene : As grief, ſoio 
7 oo 

( is not leſlewhEitislea 
expreſſed. 


| T0 
l haue ſeenethe worſt 


ued mindsnor affeRing 
[all finnes : burſtill

~155 words

am ſure ſome 
of them haue denomi- 
nation from ſome ſinnes 


man applaude himſelfe| 
for thoſe finnes he wan- , 
tcth, butcondemnhim- 


hath. Thoucenſureſt a- 


nother mans ſinne, heel. 


chine;; G O D curſer 
boths . 24 | | 


2 #. | 
Golde is the heauleſt 


B 


— — — — 


' Holy 


| 


man. is vſually carrycd 
downward to his place. 
[c is hard for the foule, 
clogged with: manic 
weights,to alcEdto hea- 
uen : It mult be a ſtrong 
and. nimble ſoule that 
can carry vÞ icſelte, and 
ſucha lode ;. yet Adam 
and Noah flewe 'vp thi- 


\ther with the double 
-| Monarchy ofthe world; 
|the. Patriarkes : with 
much wealth ,. maoit 
|holy Kings with maſlic 


Crowns and Scepters , 
The: burden of:: couc- 
tous: defiires'' 1s more 
-heauy to an empty ſouk 


I 


. l %* , ; 
IÞ&j4. 
o C'. 5" Lon 
* * da " CIV : we 


then 


tt EMA YR To RU RR gy 


YI | 


0 OT nents et” "CEE 


| = Obſeruations. 


ons giue poiſe or light- 


Either abate of chy lode 
it thou finde ittoo pre(- 
{ing , whether by ha- 


uing lcfle , or loving 


ſtrength$ aivitie,that 


Ire 


ui 


— 


| wayes muſt hauerhree 


thou mayſt yetaſcend. 
[tis fnore commenda- 
ble,by how much more 
harde, ro climbe into | 
heauen with a burden. 


I2 | 
AChriſtian in all his 


then much ticalure to | 
the full; Qur afteRi- 


neſle to carthly things. | 


lefſe : or adde to thy | 


en | 
—_ 


B 2 puides 


—__ 


Holy 


| their wiſedome,, and of- 


(guides: Truth, Chari- 


amiſle.I haue ſeen ſome 


| ſalve vp ancrrour with 


as mp. 


| 
ty, Wiſedome

~174 words

And 
others while they would 


loue , haue fayled in 


fended againſt iuſtice , 
A charitable vntruth , 
and an vncharitable 
ruth , and an vnwilc 
menaging of truth. or | 
louc, arcall co be care- 


= 


"a F 
8 


"8 D4Y Ch TY ww 


wh ww kd fo, © t(& ow (&> 


| right foot inthe narrow | 


in the proſperity of his 


a. 


|can bee good with plea- 


— 


Obſernations. 


fullic auoyded of him | 
that woulde goe witha 


way. 


Edt, LE —S 
-» GOD broughtman 
forth arfirſt; notinto'a 
Wilderneſle, but a Gar- 
den ; yetthen he expec- | 
ted beſt ſeryice othim, I 
never finde tharhee de- | 
lights inthe miſery, but 


ſeruants '; Cheerfulnes 
pieafes' him bener'then 
a deieted and dull hea- 
uineſſe of hcarr. If wee | 


_ , 


I 


=. : 


| ſure hee grudgeth not|.- 
| our ioy; It nor, itis beſt 
[to ſtint our ſelues 5 ;not 
for that theſe comforts 
are not good, but be-| 


| cauſe our harts are cuil :| 


falting notitheirnatbre| 
þut our vic atld{ ny | 
tion, 


14; 'Þ 


The banc Gains 


thatwedoe inan honeſt 
calling, tho it be butto 
play, ordig, if donein 
obedience; & edſcience 
of Gods comandemednt, 
i: crowned with ann am- 


ple + 008 eee the 


It 


WP OIAY IP. XY OW 3D > 


of Guds iniunRtion and 
glory , are loded with | 
curſes: God louethad- } 


ob ſernations. 


beſt works for their kind 
(preaching,praying,of- 
fcring euangetical ſacri- 
fices) if without reſpect 


uerbs; & cares not how 
good,buthow well. 


ng 
The goldEinfancy of 
ſome hath groccededto 
a brazen youth, anden- 
dedinaleaden age: All 
humane maturities have. 


their period : Onely 


grace hathnone. I'durſt | | 


neuer laje roo muche 


- 


Pe EEE 
- mt Met 


Holy 


hope on the forwarde 
beginnings of witt and 
memorie, which haue 


dren . I knewthey could 
but attaine their vigor ; 
and that if ſooner, no 
whicthe better : for the 
eatlier is their perfeQi- 
on of wiſedome the 16- 
ger ſhalbe their witleſs 
age . Scaſonableneſle 
is beſt in allgheſe things 


neſſe and decay : Wee 


[can neuer hope too 


much of the timely 
bloſſomes of grace , 


' | whoſe ſpring is perpetu- 


all 


cm ——— 


em 


been app/auded in chil- 


which haue their ripe- | 


SY nn” YSSO ths 


{ | 


Y 


OO —— 


0bſerwations. 


all; and whoſe harucſt | 
bepins with our end. 


I6 T1 8 
A man muft giue 


| thankes for ſome-what 


which

~823 words

good things 
we pray both forthem, 
and their good vſc: in e- 


vic , not themſclues : 
Yet , , wee. muſt. giue 
thankes for.þath , For, 
there is noewllof paine 


: [0619098818 e 24 
,-Onehalfofthe world 
| knowes not how-he 0- | 


thing. but is worthy, of 
than s $015 UV 


"RACK. 
4 4% 


ther liues:'and therefore 


thebetrer ſorr pitty not 


[the diſtreſſed , and the 


mj- 


CNS 
A a A AC 


| ' Obſeruations, 


miſerab|c envy not thoſe 
which fare better, be- 
caule they knowe itnot. 
[Each man iudges of 0- 


owne. The worllt ſort 
would be too much dif- 
contented, if they ſawe 
how farr more pleaſant 
the life of others is: And 
if y betterſort ({uchwe 
cal thoſe which ate grea 
ter)could look down ta 
the infinitmiſerics of in- 
feriours, it Would make 


compaſſion, or proude 
in conceite.. Itis good, 


thers condition , by his | 


—_— 


— 


them either miſecablein |- 


ſome-times ,': for the 


P_ 


| delicate | 


— 


4 


. —OueI— — 0 n—— 
— wc Al... 


| 


4 


te. 


Ss - 


b ———_— 


a 


—_ 


| 


——————— 


| 


Godin mercy gives him 


|God, more mercy to 


delicate riche man to 
look intothe poor mans 
cupboard : and ſecing 


not to knowe their ſor- 
rowe by experience,to 
knowe it yet in ſpecula- 
tion : This ſhall reache' 


him more thankes to 


men,more contentment 
in himſelfe. 


| -18 | 
Such as a mans pray- 
eris for another, it ſhall 


| be intimeof his extrea- 
mtty for himſelfe : For, 
though he loue himſelfe 


more 


/ 


0bſernations. 


his apprehenſis of God 
is alike for both. Such as 
his praier is in a former 
extreamity, it ſhalbe al- 
ſo in death: this way,we 
may haue experience c- 
ven of a thing future : 


If God havebeen far off 


| | fo thee in a firof thine 


ordinary fickneſle, feare 
leaſt he willnot benee- 
rerthee inthy laſt:Whar 
differs that from this, 
but in time? CorreAthy 
dulneſſe vpon former 
proofs : or els at laſt thy 
deuotion ſhall want life 
betore thy body. 


more then others, yer! 


| 


| 


bn 


19 Theſe 


Thoſe that come to 
their mcat as to'a medi- 
cine (as Anuguj/imere- 
ports of himſelf) liue in 
an auſtere & Chriſtian 
tEper; &ſhalbe ſurenor 
toioy too much 1n the 
creature, nor to abuſe 
themſclues: Thoſe,thart 
come totheir medicine 
as to.meate,ſha]l be ſure 
to live miſerablie and 
dye ſoone :. To come 
to meate as meate, if| 
without a gluttonous | 


appetite & palate, is al- 
lowed to Chriſtians ; 


, 
* 
b 
i 
! ; F 
: F . 
f 4 
: 
\ : 


Tat 


TY 


Obſeruations. 


x 
% ” 
—_ —— 


Tocometo meatas to 
-a ſacrifice. viitoy belly, 
isa moſt baſe 8 brutiſh 
1doIatry: ra) obo 


The worſt that ever 
 were,cuen.Caize and 14- 
145 have hadfome tau- 
tors:that haue honou- 
red them for Saints : 
And-the: Serpent: that 
beguyied our firſt: Pa- 
ren;s hath inthatname 
had diutne honour | 
and .thankes .. +Neuer| * 
anie 'man trod ſo peri- 
Jous and deepeſteppes, 


but ſome haue follo- 


AM — 


wed, 


SS 
= 5 


Holy": 


SN 
| wed, and admired him: 


Each maſter of hereltc 
hath found ſome clients; 
cuen hee, that taught all 
mens opinions were 
true : Againe, no man 
hath been ſo exquilite , 
but ſome hauc detrac- 
red from him, cuen.in 


| thoſe qualityes which 
| haue ſeemed moſt wor- 


thy of wondertoothers. 
A man ſhall beeſureto 
be backed by ſome, ey- 


both, Ir is good for a 
man not to.ſtand ypon 


FY 


[his Abbetters, but his 


— 


- wm <>  - 


ther in goodoreuil, and| 
by ſome ſhouldred: m,| 


Obſeruations. « 


33 


= IT 


 D——_— 


pend vpon others , but 
himſelfe. 


| 


_ 
We ſee thouſands of 
Creatures dye for our 
vie, and neuer doe fo 


why do wethink much 
to dye once for God ? 
They are not ours fo 
much as wee arc his ; 
nor our pleaſure ſo 


loſtto vs , ours but chi- 
gedtohim, 


much to vs as his glo- 
ry to him: theirliues are | 


[quarrell; and notto de- | 


much as pirty them :|_ 


| 


0 "Tg 


bh” 


AE 


32 Much 


OS ee OO Ont 29” on I 


Holy © 


- + 

Much ornament is no 
good f1gne : Paynting 
of the face argues an ill 
complexion of bodie, 
2a worſe minde. Truth, 
| hath a face both ho- 


| neſt and comely , and} 


lookes beſt in her owne 
colours : but, aboue all, 
| divine « truth "is moſt 


 faire,and moſt ſcorneth |. 


to borrowe beautie of 
| mans witt or tongue : 
ſheloveth tocome forth 
in. her native grace like 


a Princely Matrone ;| 


(and counts it the grea- 


reſt | 


ll obſernations. 


35 


þ | nature;: +4hey knovHher 


reſt indignity, to be dal- | 
lyed with as a wanton | 
Strumpet : Shelookes 
to command reuerece , 
not pleaſure: ſhe wauld 
be kneeled to,not lavgh- 
ed at; To:pranke her : 


faſhions.,.. or to ſport: 
with her in_a light and 
youthful maners. moſt 
|abhorring-; from-i'Her | 


not, that giue her uch ; 
entertainment3and ſhall; 
firſt knoweher angry, 
when they doknowher., 
Againe, ſhee would bee 


vp in vainedreſles and 


wo = 


playne., but not baſe, | 


| 41'S 6 not 


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as, 
ba 


36 


Holy 


| 


——_— 


| her juſt guiſe, but more 


not ſluttiſh : She would 
be cladnot gariſhly,but 
| not in" ragges 2 Shee 
likes as little to beeſet 
out bya baſe foyle, as 
to ſecme credited with 
_gaye colours. It'is no, 
{mall wiſdome toknow 


to followeit; and foto 
keepe the meane, that 


| while we pleaſc her,wee | 


 difepntent not the be-: 
_ Sc 2 


© In worldly carryage 


ſo much is a man made 


— _ __— 


| of, as herakes vpo him- | 


i. 


—_ ———__—— 


"ſelfe 


Obſeruations. 


ſelfe : but ſuchis Gods | 
leſſing vppon true hu- | 


mility,char it ſtill procu- 
reth reuerence . I ne- 
uer ſawe Chriſtian leſſe 


honored for a wiſe neg- | 


Ic of himſelfe : It our 
deieion proceed from 
the conſcience of our 
want , it is poſſible wee 
ſhould be as little eſtec- 
med of others, as of our 
ſelues : But if wee haue 
tcue graces, and prize 
them not atthe higheſt; 
others ſhall value both 
them in vs, andvs for 
them ,- and with vſurie 


give vs that honour wee | 


withe 


&Y 


with held I moddiyne io 
our ſelues. © 


24" 

Hetiar takes his ful 
liberty in wharhe

~466 words

our enemies 
in the face alwaies, and 
are alwayes ſcene and 


= 
» 
| z 


aſſalted :: cuer reſiſting, | 
cucr defeding,recciuing | 


and returning blowes. 


It 


, Holy 


If eyther wee benegli- 
gent or weary, wee dy: 
what other hope is ther 
while one fights, & the 


other Gands flill > Weld 


Ne # 
can neuer haue ſafetih 
& peace,but in viory, 
There muſt our. refif- 
tance be couragious 8nd: 

yielding isdeath;and all 
__ of peace mor- 
all, 2B; 21  - 


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Neutrality in things 
Þoodorcuilis both odi- 
ous, and preiudicial;but 
in matters of an indiffe- 


xcnt 


| 


| 


| may perhaps hauveleaſt 


| 


| 


 himlſelfe, 


| 


| ſurd then that Epicure- | 
 anreſolution, Lervs eat 


| 


| 


wee ſhall dy: As if wee 
| were made onely for 


Obſernations. 


mm 


" 


reat nature is ſafe and 
commendable; Herein 


taking of parts, maketh 


ſides, and breaketh vni- 
tie . In an vniuſt cauſe 


of ſeparation , hee that 


fauoureth-both partes, 


loneofcither ſide ; but 
hath moſt charitie in 


27 
Nothing is more ab- 


and drinke, to morrow 


— 


- the 


[EET 


mms s—_—__—_—_— 


Holy | 


| may periſh? whoſe grea- 


{ 


the paunch,8: lined that 


we might liue: yet ther 


| was neuer any naturall| 


man found ſauor in that | 
meat which hec knewe 
ſhould be his laſt: wher- 
as they ſhould ſay ; Let 


vs faſt and pray,to mor- 
row We (hall dic: For,to 


what purpole is the bo: | 


dy ſtrengthened that it 


ter, ſtrength makes our 
death more violent. No 


man :beſtowes a coltly 


| rocfe on 4 ruinous tene- 


ment : That mans end 
15 eaſlie & happy whom 
death finds with a weak 


-' 
T - 
v 


I 


_— A. ” _ 


* Obſernations. 


bodie , and. a ſtrong | 
foule. 


| 
| 28 

| Somtimes,cuen things 
in themſeJues naturally | 
| g00d, are to beerefuſed 
 torthoſe, which (being 


 enil)may be an occaſion 
[to a greater good. Life 


is in it ſelf p ood, and | 


—_—— 


| deathecuill : Els Panid, 
| Elias and many excel- 
j ent Martyrs would not | 
have fled,to hold lite, and 
| auoid death ; Nor Eze- 
k£/4h haue prayed for it, 
nor our Sauiour have 
bidden vs to flee forit,| 


L = 


nor 


| 


Holy 


L 


nas tor his gourd would 


needs outface God that 


it is better for him to 


nor God promilcditto 


his for a reward;yetifin| 


ſome caſes wee hate 
not life, wee loue not 
God, nor our ſoules. 
Heerein, as much as in 
any thing, the peruerſ.| 
neſſe of our nature ap-' 
peares, that wee wiſhe 
death, orlouclife vpon' 


wrong cauſes: we would | 


liue for pleaſure, or wee | 
woulde die for payne ; 
lob for hisſores, Elias 
for his perſecution , 1o- 


preſently dye, and will | 


dic, | 


. = 


| Obſernations. 


die, then toliue : wher-| 
| in wee arc like to garri- 
| | | fon ſou!diers,that while 
Ot | they live within ſafe 
'S.| | | wals, andſhowethem-+ 
1! | | ſe'\nes once a day rather 
1-' | | for ceremony & pomp, 
p-! | | then neede or daunger , 
Ne | {like warrefare well en- 
Mn | | ough; but if once called 
Id| | | foorth to the field, they 


cc | | with thElelnes at home. | 


as | 2 9 
" Not onely the leaſt 


Id| } [bn the worſt iseverin | 


" the bottome : Wwhar 
at | | |(ſhonlde God doe with | 


the drepges of our age ? 


, 


C9 when 


tk. 


—— 


| "Holy 


mounds 


” 


| 


thee his Clyentno lon- 
ger, then God ſhallbe 


| beholdE to thee for thy 


ſervice : Thus 15 God 
dealt-with ia all other 
offcings z The worſt & 
leaſt ſheafe muſt bee 


Gods Tenth : The de- 
formedlſt or ſimpleſt of 
our Children muſt bee 
Gods Miniſters : The 


when ſinne will admit | 


vncleanlycſt and moſt 


Gods Temple;the idlcſt 
and ſlcepyeſt houres of 


ued for our praiers; The 


worlt part of our age 


carelefle houſe mult be |* 


the day mult bee reſer-| 


for 


; (uh Obſernations. 

| for r Deuotion . . Wee | 

| woulde have, God giue | 
'e| | | vsftil ofthe beſt,and are | 
y | | | ready ro murmure at C- | 
d| || |ucrie littlecu.lihefends | 
cr ÞÞ | vs : yet, nothing isbad } 
&| | enough for kim,of who | 
e| || | weEreceiue all, Nature 
e-| | condemnes this i inequa- 
pf] | lity and cells vs, that he 
<|| | Which is the author of 
e || | gocd, ſhould hauethe 
ti h| beſt; ' and hee which | 
e|| 81 ues al ſhould have his 
ſt] | : choice, | 
fl | 36. > 
r-| | When we goabout 
e| | | an eull buſineſſe, it is' 
73 | range how readiethe | 

| C divell 

|| cd 


————— 


Holy — | 


| 


diuell is to ſet vs for- 
ward; how carefu'l that 
we ſhould want nofur- 
therances : So thatifa 
man would bee lewdly 
witty, hee ſhalbeſurcto| 
be furniſhed with ſtore 
of profane ieſts, where- 
in a looſe heart hath 
double aduirage of the 
conſcionable .* If hee 
would: bee voluptuous , 
hee ſhall want neither 
obiefs nor opportunt- 
ties, The currant paſſzge 
of il] enterpriſes is fo far 
from ging cauſe of in- 
couragement , that it 


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(houlde iuſtly fright a 


man 


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a 2. = H- a a 


we OW. 0 


TE N 


Obſernations, 


Qu— 


manto look back tothe 


author; and roconlider 
that hee therefore goes | 


falt, becauſe the Diuell 


drives him, 


$3 
|  Inth EA of c0- 
| anions 
ſation , it is good dea- 
| ling

~688 words

the 
value of it once founde 
requytes the coſte of 
both, 


34 
Afffecation of ſuper- 
Auicic, is inallthingesa 
ligne of weakneſle: As, 
in words heethatvfeth 


preſſe himſelte, ſhowes 


want of memory, and 


circumlocutions to ex- 


| want of proper ſpeach : 
And muchrtalk argues a 


| braine feeble & diſtem- 


| 


pered, 


Holy | 


[in that which is ſuper- 


|pered: what good can a- | 
{ny carthly thing yield vs | 
' belice his vie? and what | 
'1Sit but vanitieto affeR | 
' that which doothvs no | 
| g00d > and whar vie is 


fluous ? 1t is a great skill 
L% know what 1s enouph1, 
and- great wiſedome to |. 
care for no more. 


25 £1 
Goodthings, which 
in abſence were dcfired, 
now offring themlc]ues | 
to our preſence are | 


ſcarce intertained; or at | 
(leaſt not with our pur-| 


poſed 


Fn ——_—_—— ——— OC 


| 


J———— 


| Obſeruations. 


poſed cheercfulnefle 5 
 Chriſts comming to vs 


| and our going to him 


are-in our profefſion wel 
elteemed , much wi- 
(hed : But when hee ſ1n- 
gleth vs out by adiret 
meſſage of death, or by 
lome fearefull figne gi- 


| ueth likelihood of a pre- | 


ſent returne, Wee ale 
as. much afteRed with 
feare, as before with! 
defire. All changes, al- | 
though to the better , 
are troubleſome for the 
tine, vntill our ſettling : 
Ther isno remedy her- 
of butinward preuenti-| 


To 


ON 3 


Holy 


| 


change , before our c- 
(tate be changed. 


| 26 


Thoſe age greateſt e- 
nemies to religion, thar 


ous. Atheiſtes, tho in 


worſt, yetareſeldome 
found hot Perſecuters 
of others : wheras thoſe 
which in ſome one fun- 


reticall, are commonly 
| moſt violent in oppoſt- 


cret infeQion , the 0- 


mac 


ther 


on : Our minde muſt | 


are not moſt irreligh-| 


themlelues they be the 


damentall point be he- | 


tions. One hurts by ſe- |. 


P"I_ 


0bſeruations. | T9] 


— — 


uſt / | ther by open reſiſtance : | 
@. One is carcleſſe of all 

[truth , the other vehe- | 
| | ment for ſome vntiuth. | : 
| An Atheiſt is worthy 
e- | | | vfmore hatred, an He- | 
ar | | | reticke of more feare 
4- | | | both;ofauoidance, | 


7 
c = 8 

el | | Wayesifneuervſed 
5 | | | cannot but bee faire; if 
. much vſed are made c0- 


| modicully paſſable ; if | 
| before oft vied, and now 
 ſeldome, they become | 
deep and dangerous . If 
the hart benot at al inu- 
red to meditation, it fin- | 


deth 


: = TION 


[not for thar it is inno- | 


—_— — —— ——— U —_ 


 dethno fault with it ſelf 


cent, burfecure; If of- 


ten, it findeth comfot-, 


fable paſſage for his! 

thoughts ; If rarely, and| 
with intermiſſion, tedi- 

ous and troubleſome . 

In things 0:this nature, 
wee oneiy eſcape com- 
| plaint, if wee vſethein | 
eyther alwayes or ne- 
uer, 


38 
Our frnlag} hand holds 
fat whatloeucr deliaht 


it apprehCdeth : our ſpi- | 
'ritzall hand caſliy reimit- | 


| 
teth, | 


—_— 


PR w—— —_———— DA 


Fe 9 4 — aw. A a £4; _ OT pon — 


| 


ſelues to a conſtant 


| % 
 teth; becauſe appMite is | 


rae fault is notia grace, 


Obſernati ons, 


ſtronger in vs thEgrace: 
whence it is that wee ſo 
hardly deliuer our felues 
of carthlie pleaſures , 
which wee haue once 
entertayned ; and with 
ſuch difficulty dcaw our 


: 


courſe of taith,hope,and 
ſpiritual] 10y , ortothe 
renued acts of thc once 
intermicted, Ape is na- 
turalily weak , and youth | 
VISOrous; bee i in vs the 
olde man is ſtrong, the 
newe faint and feeble : 


but in vs : Faith dooth 


not 


Holy 


| we want faith. 
| 39 
It is not good in 
worldly eſtates for a 
| man to make himſelfe 
neceſſary, For, herupon 
he is both more toyled , 
and more ſuſpeaed: but 
in the ſacred "ky 
wealth of the Church, 
a man cannot bee inga- 
ged too deepely by his 
ſeruice ; The ambition 
of ſpirituall well-doing, 
| | breedes no danger. He 
| that doth beſt, and may 


oe Want ſtrength 3 but 


worlt be ſpared, is hap- 


picſt.. 


— 
i... \ 


num tus — an AA A A my 28Þo* ey eo au my \ «©, OY? 


40 It 


, 


the heart can reſt vpon 


|| nor ſoule can finde eaſe 


—l— 


Obſeruations. 


Gl 


—————_— 


40 
It was a fic compari- 
ſon of worldly cares, to 
cthornes : For, as they 
choakthe word, ſo they 
prick our foules ; Ney- 
ther the word can grow | 
vp amonglt them, nor 


'them : Neyther bodice 


while they are within, 
or cloſe to vs : Spirituall 
cares are as ſharpe; but 
more profitable ; they 
payne vs, butleauec the 
ſoule better. They break 
our ſleepe R but tor a| 


\ 4 


(wees- 


ets. pe AE 


UA 


_— — 


Hoiy 


1 


{ſweeterreft; we are not 
wel but either while we 
haue them, or after wee 
| have hadthem, Irtis as 
iFpoſlible to hatie ſpi- 


rituall health without 


| ly ſtrength with the 0- 


theſe, as to haue bodi- | 


ther. 


4T 


things.itis beſt tolive in 
doubt ; not making full 


In temporall good | by 


account of that, which 
we hold inſo weakate- 
nure, In fpirituall, with 
confidence; not fearing 
| that which is warranted 


—_— ——_—.... 


to 


QIU ww a ww moo w tos 


9 


| Obſeruations. 


63 


'to vs by an infallible 
promiſe & ſure carneſt , 
He lives moſt contered- 
. ly,that is moſt ſecure for 
this world, malt reſolute 
for the other, 


| 42 
God hath in nature 
given euery. man incli- 
| natios to ſome one par- 
| ticularcalling ; which if 


EE—_— —  — — — _— 


| hee crofle, he proues a 
| non-proficict 8 change- 
| able : Bur all mens na- 
fures are equally indit- 
pulſed to grace, andto 
the. common vocation

~316 words

to pray; it is yet vnſca- 


ſonable,ſtay for a better 


OPPpor- 


ſhall not come yer : It 


k ſhallnot come at all:. 
| If of heauen and our la- 
bourto reach it ; Trou-| 


| 


] 


D © —_ Us non F'Y 


= a 
—_— —_wc__—_ 


Obſernations. 


— 


73_ 


| opportuninie: To giue 
| almes 3 thou knoweſt 
| not thy owne future 
| wars : To reprout;what 


| necedeſtthou thruſt thy | 


| ſelfe into wilfull hatred ? 
| Every good aCtion hath 
\-his lett : He can neuer 
| begood, that 1snot re- 
| ſolace, | 


| 

we 

'- All Artes are Maides 
to Dininitic z therefore 
they both vayic ro her, 
and do her ſeruice: and 
fhelike a graue miltreſle 
controlls them at plea- 


ſure : Naturall philoſo- | 


Ds phic 


Holy 


{ 


—_—_—_— 


phie reacheth , that of 
nothing can be nothing 


| made ; and, that from 


the privation to the ha- 


| bite is noreturne : Di- 


uinitie takes her vp, for | 
theſe ; and, vpon iuper- 

naturali principles, tea- 
ches hera Creation, n 
Reſurreion . Philofo- 
phy teaches vs to follow 


ſenſe, as: an infaljible 


puide; Diutnity tels hir, 
that faith is ofthings not 
ſeen. Lopgick teaches vs 
firſt to diſcourſe, then to 
relolue: Diuinity , to al- 


ſent without arguing . 
Ciuil law teacheth,thar- 


— 


; long 


b- Obſernations. 


T3 


(long cuſtome preſcri- | 
beth : Diuinity that old | 
things are paſſed; Mo- 
|rall Philofophie that 
rallying of injurics.is1u- 
flies : Divinitic, that 
gocd mult be returned 
for ill ; - Policie , that 
berrer- is - a miſchicte 
then an Nconuentence: 
Diuinitie , . that': wee 
maie not-doc cuill that 

g20d mate enſue... The 
Schoole1s.well ordered, 
while Diuinitie keepes 
the chaire : but ,if anie 
other . skill vſurpe it , 
and checke- their mil- 


eſſe, rhere can followe | 


— 


nothing 


nothing but confuſion 
and Athciſme. 


BTR 
Much difference is to 
bee made betwixtare- 
uolter, and a man tray- | 
ned vp inerror. A lew 
and an Arryan both de- 
ny Chriſts deity yetthis 
opinion 15 not in both 
puniſhed with bodily 
death . Yea,a renolt to a 
lefle error is more puni- 
ſhable then education in 
a Capitall hereſte. Er- 
'rors of iudgement, tho 
lefle regarded then cr-| 
rors of practice, yet arc 


more 


none ſo deadly astheirs 
{chat once were in the 


|edto, ir is dangerous 3 


| well done, when weare 
oladthar it1s done; To 


Obſernations. 


— 


more pernicious : but] 


truth. If cruth be nor ſu- 


bur it forſaken, deſpe- 
rate. : 


$2 
Tr is an ill argument 
of a good ation not 


bee affected with the 
comtort of the conſci- 
ence of wel

~1,034 words

excellent;not 
ſo much in theaiſelues , 
as that they are induce- 
meats to greater. 


BD 

Gods immediate ac 
tions are beſt, ar fitſt, 
The irameSf his crea- 


it vader his hand! after- 
wardes, blemithed by 
our {1n: mans indeuours 
are weake in their be- 
ginnings, and perfitter 
by degrees. No ſcience, | _ 


— 


ae uy 


no 


Holy 


Gr}ELOUS——— 


{ nodeuiſe hath cuer bin 

perfite in hiscradle; or 
| at once hath ſcene his 
| birth and maturitic : of 
the ſame nature are 
thoſe ations which 
God worketh mediate- 
ly by vs according to 
| our meaſure of reccit., 
| The cauſe of both is,on 
the one ſide the infinite- 
| nefſe of hiP wiſcdome 
| and power which can- 
| not bee correRted by a- 
ny ſecond afſayes : On 
the other, our weakenes 
helping it felfe by for- 
mer grounds and tryals. 
H=e ts an happie man 


that 


— 


— | 


| 


OO. 0. 


lone : Thole that heere | 


b. m— 


\ Obſeruations. 


| = 
tha derractes nothing 

from Gods workes, and 

addes moſt to his oWwne. 


59 
The olde ſaying is 
more comon then true; 
that choſe. which are 1n | 


damned perhitly milera= 
ble,that out oftheir own 
coxment , they lee the 
felicitic of the ſaints; to- 
either with their impoſ- 
ſibility of atrayning 1 . 
Sight without hope of 
fruition is atorment a- 


hell know no other hea- | 
nen : forthis makes the | 


might | 


——— ER 
——_—— —_— | 


Hoiy 


4 might ſce God 1 and will 


| 60 


nor, ordoe ſee him ob- 
(curely and Jove him 
not, {hall once ſee him 
wich anguiſh of ſoule & | 
not enioie him, 


Somtimes euill ſpee- 


ches come from good 
men, intheir vnaduiſed- | 
ncfle ; and, ſomtimes,c- 
uen the gond ſpeeches. 
of men way proceede | 
from an ill ſpirit . No 


"100 Chriſt ; Ic is note» 


| confeſſion coulde bee 
' better then Satan gale | 


A, 


——— 


noygh 


-— -—, 


14 kd 


| 


| 


| 
| 


nough to conſider what! 


Ebur whence, & for what. 


— 


_ Obſeruations. 


is ſpoken, or by whom ; 


The ſpirit-15 oft-cimcs 
tryed by the ſpcectr; but 
other-times . the ſpeech 
mult bee examined by 
the (ſpirit; andthe ſpirit, 
by the rule of an. high- 
er word, 


61 

Greatneſſe puts hie 
thoughts, & big words, 
intoa ian; whereas the 
dcieted minde takes, 
carcleſly, what offers It 
ſelte . Eucrie world- 
ling is baſe- minded ;| 


=] &] d 


een 


Holy - 


& therfore his thoughts 
creep ſtil lowe vypon the) 
carth . The Chriſtian 
both is & knowes him- 
ſe}fe truely great 3 and 
thereupon minderth and 
ſpeaketh of ſpirituall , 
immortall , glorious, 
heauenly thinges . 90 
much as the ſoule ſtoo- 
perchtocarthly thoughts; 
ſo much 1s 000 aogd 
rate. 


08 
Long acquaintance 
| As it roaketh thoſe things 
| which are evill, to ſcem 
| lefſe euill 3 ſo it makes 


good | 


obſeruations. 


— 


good thinges which at 
fickt were vnpleaſant , 
delightfull . There isno 


cuill of payne, nor no | 


morall good ation , 
which is not harſh at the 


firſt . Continuance of 
euill, which might ſeem | 
| co weary vs,is the reme-! 
die and abatement of 


wearinefle: & theprac- 
tice of good, asit pro-, 
fiterh, ſo it pleaſeth . He 
thax is aſtragerto good 


and cuill , findes both | 
| of them troubleſome. 


G OD therefore dooth 
well for vs,while heex- 


erciſerh vs withlong af- 


E - fiat 


Holy 


Aitions : and wee doc 
well to our ſelues while 
wee continually bulic 
our ſelues in good cxcr- | 
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Sometimes it is wel 
taken by men, that wee 
humble our ſelues low- 
er then there is cauſe. 
Thy ſernant I a cos, 
faycth that good Patri. 
arch; to his brother, to 
his inferiour,. And no 
lefle well doth God take 
thele ſubmiſle extenua- 
tions of our ſelues 5 1 


am a worme & no man; 


Surcly 


—_— 


0bſernations. 


Surely I am more foo- | 
liſh then a man, & haue 
not the vnderſtanding 
of a man in mee. But 
E never finde, that anie 
man bragged toGOD 


Truth , and within the 
compaſle of his deſert, 
and was accepted, A 
man may be toolowly |} 


cuen vnto contempt : 
with'God hee cannot; 
but the lower hee fal- 
lech, the higher is his ex- 
altation. : | 


Y 


although in a matter of | 


in his dealing with men, | - 


» 


| 


Holy 


a 


| 
64 | 


 bodie,ſtarued with hun: 
ger as the body , Ic- 
quires proportionable| 
diet and neceſſarie varie-' 
tie , as the bodice, All a- 
ges and ſtatures of the 


| milk for ſpirityal infants, 


ſoule beare not the ſame 
nouriſhment. T here is 


ſtrong meate for the 
growen Chriſtian. T he 


ſpoone is fit for one, the 


beſt Chriſtian is not ſo 


| 


growen that hee neede 


— 


Theſoule is fed as th! | 


knife for the other, The | 


mn 


— 


Q 


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. Vis I Zh, Bok, 


's 
bd 
fo 
E 
c 
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q 
c 


| 


\nefſe, -which they ne- | 


 [knowehow withſafetie | 


I —— 


obſ, ernations. 


to ſcorne the ſpoone : 
but the weake Chriſti- 
an may finde a ſtrong 
feede dangerous. How 
manic haue beene caſt 
away with ſpirituall ſur- 
fetsz becauſe being but 
| newe-borne they haue | 
ſwallowed down bigge | 
morlelles of the high- 
eſt myſteries of godli- 


uer coyld digeſt; but to- 
gether with them haue | 
caft vp their proper no-.| 
riſkment. A:man mult.] 
fit know the power of | 
his ſtomach , ere hee 


| 


ee CEE 


» E 3 and 


Holy 


PI ER 


— 


—_——— 


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[ and profic to frequent 
Gods Odinary. 


| 


It is verie hard for 
the beſt man, in a ſud-|} 
davne extreamitie of 
death, to ſatisfic himſelf 
in apprehending his 
ſaic,. and repoſing this 
 heartyppon it 7 forthe 
ſoule/ :is' fo oppreſſed!} 
with ſuddaine terrour; 
that it cannot welcom- 
maund it ſelfe , till ir: 
haue digeſted aneuill'; | 
it were miſerable. for 
the beſt Chriſtian, if all 


his former prayers avd | 


ww” ] 


medi- | | 


Obſeruations. 


| 


| ſerue to ayde him in his 
laſt ftraices , and meete 
cogether in the. center , 
of his extreamitie : yiel- 
ding thovgh not ſenſt- 
ble rcliefe,yet ſecrerbe-! 
nefitto theſoule; wher- 
as the worldly man in 
this caſe,hauing not laid. 
| yp forthis houre , hath 


or from others, or 
| from himſclfe, 


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All externall good 


or euill is meaſured by 


no comfort from God, | 


- 


{ meditations did not | 


| 
| 


| 


| 


...m——_—_—— ———_ 


E 4 ſenſe 


Holy 


4 


ſenſe: neither can we ac- 
count that eyther good 
orill, which doth ne1- 
ther actually auaile, nor 
hurt vs : ſpiritually this 
rule holds not. All our 
beſt good is inſenſible.. 
For,al our future (which 
15 the greateſt ) good,, 
we hold onlic in hope; 
and the preſent fauour 
of God wee haue many 


rimes,and feel note The 


ſtomach findes the beſt 
digeſtion euen in fſleepe 
when we leaſt perceiue 
it; and whiles wee are 
moit awake, this power 


worketh in vs eyther to 


——— 
- 


further 


further firength or dif- 


— — I ern en rn no 


Obſeruations. 


eaſe, without our know- 
ledge of what is done 
within : Andon the 0- 
ther {ide , that man is 
moſt dangerouſly (ick, 

in whome nature de- 
cayes Without hts fee- 
ling , without his com- 
plaint, To knowe our 
{clues happie, is good : 
but wo wereto vs Chri- | 
ſtians, if wee couldnot 
bee happie and knowe 
itnot. | 


6&7 | 


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euer did fo much mil- z 


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Holy 


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chief to' the Church, as 
thoſe that haue beene 
excellent in wit & lear- 
ning . Others may bee 
ſpightfull enough, but 
want power to accom- 
pliſh their malice . An 
enemy. that hath both 
ſtrength 8& craftis wor* 
thy bee feared '» None 
can (inne againſt the 
| Holy-Ghoſt, but thoſe 
which haue had former 
{lumination. Tell not 
mee what partes a man 
thath, but whar grace: 
honeſt ſottiſhnes is bet- 
ter then, profanc eimi- 
[nence. 


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Obſeruations, 


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The intertainement 
of all ſpiritualll events 
muſt bee with feare or 
hope; but,of all earthly 
extreainities, mult bee | 
wich corempr or derifio . 
For, whatisterrible, is 
worthy of a Chriſtians | 
contempt; what is plea- 
ſant, to bee turned ouer 
with a ſcorne , The 
meane requires a mean { 
affection betwixr loue | 
&hatred. We may not | 
loue-them:, becauſe of | 
their vanitie : Wee may 


pn —_— 
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of. 


eee 


Ln 


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Holy © 


of their neceflarie vie. 
[c is an hard thing to bee 
2 Wiſe hoſt; and to fit 
our entertainmentto all: 
comers: Which if it be 
not done, the ſoule is 
ſoone Waſted , eyther 
for want of cuſtomers, 
or for the miſ-rule of 111 
gueſts. 


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