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diff --git a/27280.txt b/27280.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a6a0208 --- /dev/null +++ b/27280.txt @@ -0,0 +1,2463 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Praise of a Godly Woman, by Hannibal Gamon + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Praise of a Godly Woman + +Author: Hannibal Gamon + +Release Date: November 16, 2008 [EBook #27280] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PRAISE OF A GODLY WOMAN *** + + + + +Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Christine D. and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + [Transcriber's notes: + + Original spelling and puctuation were retained, including u/v and + i/j substitution. Text has been put on the left side of the dividing + line and notes on the right to make the plain text version easier to + work with. Some of the Latin note text was illegible, many thanks to + the Distributed Proofreaders Volunteers who helped look up the + references in various internet sources.] + + + + THE PRAISE OF A + GODLY WOMAN. + + + A Sermon preached at the Solemne Funerall + of the Right Honourable Ladie, the Ladie + FRANCES ROBERTS, at _Lanhide-rock-Church_ + in _Cornwall_ the tenth of + August, 1626. + + By + + HANNIBALL GAMON, Minister of the word + of God, at S^t. _Maugan_ in the same Countie. + + + _1 Cor. 4. 5._ + + Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lord come, who + will bring to light the hidden things of darknesse, and will manifest + the counsells of the hearts, and then shall euery man haue praise of + God. + + + _Galath. 3. 28._ + + { Neither Iew nor Greek, + There is { Neither Bond nor Free, + { Neither Male nor Female, for yee are all one in Christ Iesus. + + + S^t. Hierom. Eustoch. + + _----In seruitute Christi nequaquam Differentia sexuum valet, + sed mentium._ + + + Idem ad Principiam. + + _Non facie vllam inter Sanctas Feminas Differentiam, quod Nonnulli + inter Sanctos Viros & Ecclesiarum Principes, stulte facere + consueverunt._ + + LONDON, + + Printed by _I.H._ for _Iohn Grismond_, and are to be sold at his shop in + _Ivie-Lane_ at the signe of the Gunne. 1627. + + + + TO THE TRVLY + NOBLE IOHN ROBERTS, + Son and Heire to the Right + Honourable RICHARD _Lord_ ROBERTS + of _Truro_: the Vnualuable Riches of + sincere Grace here, and of Eternall + Glory hereafter. + + + HONOVRABLE SIR, + + Although it bee true (which a | + worthy Diuine[a] obserueth) that | [Note a: M^r. _Bolter_ Disc. of + formall Hypocrites are heartned and | true Happinesse, p. 61.] + hardned in their lewd courses & | + false conceits of happinesse, when | + they heare more infamous Sinners | + than themselues, gloriously and | + flatteringly commended at their | + Deaths; yet we need not feare any | + such bad effect by the | + Funerall-commendation of Gods true | + Saints; because the publike | + Testimonie of their iust Praises | + doth not onely make the wicked more | + inexcusable, and the Glory of Gods | + Graces shine farre brighter to | + Posteritie; but also enkindleth in | + the hearts of the godly a greater | + fire of Zeale for imitation. These | [Note b: _Psalm. 37. 37. Deut. + are some of the Ends, why it hath | 34. 7, 10, 11, 12. Hebr._ 3. 2. & + euer been and is still an | 11. cap._] + vnreproueable Custome in Gods | + Church, that the Godly should be | [Note c: _2 Chron. 32. 33._] + _Marked_[b] and _Honoured_[c] at | + their Deaths, as _Hezekiah_ was by | + all _Iudah_ & _Ierusalem_: | + _Valentinean_, _Satyrus_ and | + _Theodosius_ by Saint _Ambrose_[A]: | [Note A: _S. Ambr. tom. 3._] + _Basil_, _Gregory_ and _Gorgonia_ | + by _Nazianzen_[B]: _Nepotian_, | [Note B: _Greg. Nazian._ + _Paula_ and _Marcella_ by _S. | { 30. + Ierom_[C]. Had not their Holy Liues | _Orat._ { 28. + and Happie Deaths beene published | { 25.] + by such vnpartiall Pens, wee should | + haue bin ignorant now of many | [Note C: _S. Ierom._ + excellent Courses of sanctified Men | { _Heliod._ + and Women, of many comfortable | { _Eustoch._ + workings of the Holy Ghost in them, | _Ad_ { _Princip._ + and should haue wanted many | { _Ocean._] + inflaming Motiues to follow their | + religious steps. Vpon this | [Note d: _Testor Iesum cui illa + consideration I was bold to commend | seruiuit & ego seruire cupio, me + vnto Gods people the more than | utramq, in part[=e] nihil fingere; + Ordinary passages of your | sed quasi Christian[=u] de + Honourable Mothers Holy Life and | Christiana quae sunt vera proferre, + Death: wherein I haue as a | id est, Historiam scribere non + Christian spoken the truth of a | Panegyricum. S. Ierom, Epitaph. + Christian, that is, (as Saint | Paulae._] + _Ierom_[d] protesteth in a like | + case) made a true Narration; not a | + Vain-glorious Panegyrick. Let Poets | + and Oratours praise those women, | + which _Poppaea_-like[e], are graced | [Note e: _Poppaea cuncta alia fuere + with all other things sauing a | praeter Honestum animum. Tacit. + Gracious Heart: Let them commend | Annal. l. 13._] + their Wit, Wealth, Beautie, | + Nobilitie, and other Gifts of | + Fortune (as they call them) in | + stead of Vertues[f]. Wee the | [Note f: _Laudauit ipse Nero apud + Ministers of Christ, and Stewards | rostra formam eius & quod diuinae + of the Mysteries of God, must | formae parens fuisset, aliaque + adorne none with the Honourable | fortunae munera pro Virtutibus. Id. + Attributes of Heauenly Praise; but | Annal. l. 16._] + such as are truly beautified, | + enriched, and ennobled with the | + Purity and Power of Gods Feare in | [Note A: _Esai. 61. 3._] + their Humble Soules[A]. This praise | + the Lord will Prosper[g], which is | [Note g: _Eccles. 15. 10._] + vttered in that _Wisdome_[h], | + whereof the _Feare of the Lord is | [Note h: _Prou. 9. 10._] + the beginning_. But for the Saints | + themselues: I dare say with Saint | [Note i: _Epist. 125._ where S. + _Augustine_[i], that they desire | _Augustine_ refuseth to commend + more the Imitation, than the | vnto a wicked Husb[=a]d his godly + Commendation of their vertues: and | wife that was dead, not onely + therefore to tell you the truth (as | because she desired not his praise, + the same Father doth his friend) | saying: _Laudem ab hominibus iam + you should neuer haue heard mee | illa non quaerit, imitationem vero + commend this deceased Lady, but in | tu[=a] tantum quaerit etiam + hope, that Gods Graces in Her might | defuncta, quantum te dilexit etiam + by this meanes, suruiue in your | dissimilem viua_; but also because + religious Imitation, and not only | her Husband loued Her not, which he + in you and all them that are of Her | proueth thus: _Nam utiq si amares, + bloud; but also in all them that | cum illa esse post mortem + haue heard or shall reade this | desiderares, quod profecto non + Sermon. This is all the gaine I | eris, si qualis es, talis eris._] + looke and pray for, that Gods[k] | + word, which I haue faithfully | [Note k: _Ier. 23. 22, 28. 1 Pet. + alledged (not without some | 4. 11. Tit. 2. 8. 2 Tim. 2. + Illustrations (I confesse) borrowed | 15. 1 Tim. 4. 13. & 6. 3._] + from the holy Fathers[l], whereof I | + need not to be ashamed) may be | [Note l: _--Ingenuo pudore qui + constantly practised by vs all. For | ornabat aetatem, quid cuius esset, + when all is done and said, assure | confiteri ... Illud (aiebat) + your selfe (Deare Sir) it is only | Tertulliani, istud Cypriani, hoc + the Life of Grace, the Grace of the | Lactantij, illud Hilarij est. Sic + _Feare of the Lord_ can truly | Minutius Foelix, ita Victorinus, in + Honour you, or any vpon earth, | hunc modum est locutus Arnobius. S. + sweetly comfort you at your Death, | Ierom. ad Heliodor de Nepotian._] + and eternally Glorifie your Soule | + and Bodie in Heauen. Abandon then I | + beseech you in the name of | + Christ[m], all iniquitie, and all | [Note m: _2 Thess. 3. 6. 2 Tim. + workers of iniquitie, yea abominate | 2. 19. Prou. 4. 14. 1 Cor. 5. + the sweetest sin, to which your | 11. Ephes. 5. 11. Psalm. 26. + youthfull affections are most | 4, 5. & 119. 32, 36, 128. 2 + endeared, else you will neuer be | Chron. 19. 2. & 20. 37._] + able to encline and enlarge them | + to the pursuit and practise of so | + excellent and Glorious a Grace as | + the _Feare of the Lord_; because | + this godly Feare and the impenitent | + Allowance of any lust, is as | + incompatible as Heauen and Hell: so | + that if you should hate to be | + diuorced from your Bosome-sin | + whatsoeuer it be (which God forbid) | + you could haue no true right and | + interest to the precious promises | + of this and of that other life[n]. | [Note n: _1 Tim. 4. 8._] + Thinke on this continually, and | + hold it your greatest Honour, the | + Noblest imployment of your Soule, | + as it is indeed, to keep your selfe | + (as a King[o] did before you.) from | [Note o: _Psal. 18. 23._] + your iniquitie. _Quod si tu (quod | + procul absit) nolueris, ego liber | + ero. Epistola, immo concio me haec | + mea, cum lecta fuerit, | + absoluet._[p] And so I rest, being | [Note p: _S. Ierom. ad Castorin. + mindfull of your Vertues, | Materteram._] + | + | + _Saint Mauganthe + 19. August 1626._ + + _Yours in all Christian Deuotion, + and heartiest prayer to God for + you,_ + + + HANNIBAL GAMON. + + + THE PRAISE OF A + Godly Woman. + + + PROV. 31. 30. + + _--But a woman that feareth the Lord, shee + shall be praised._ + + Praise is a Debt (saith _Gregory | + Nazianzen_[a]) and it must be paid, | [Note a: _Orat. 25. fol. 439. Rom. + not to men alone, but to women | 13. 7, 8._] + also; yet not to euery woman, be | + shee neuer so noble, wittie, | [Note: The Diuision.] + wealthy or faire[b], vnlesse she be | + godly withall: For _fauour is | [Note b: _Non possumus reprehendere + deceitfull, and beautie is vaine; | diuini artificis opus; sed quem + but a woman that feareth the Lord, | delectat corporis pulchritudo, + shee shall be praised_. | multo magis illa delectet venustas, + | quae ad imaginem, Dei est intus, non + A promise this is and affirmatiue, | foris comptior. S. Ambr. Instit. + and an affirmatiue promise hath two | Virg. c. 4. Prou. 11. 22. Eccle. + parts in it. The first is the | 11. 2. ... Homo igitur mihi non tam + Partie to whom it is made, and shee | vultu quam affectu admirand^s + is _Muliertimens Dominum_. _A woman | emineat atque excellat: vt in his + that feareth the Lord_, which is | laudatur, in quibus etiam Deus + also the reason why she shall be | prophetico iudicio laudatur de quo + praised: euen because she is _a | scriptum est Psal. 66. 5. + woman fearing the Lord_. The second | Terribilis in consiliis super + is the thing promised, and that is | filios hominum; cuius opera coram + _Laudabitur, she shall be praised_. | Deo luceant, qui bona iugibus + | operibus facta contexat. Id. ib. + | cap. 3._] + In the former, it is not enough | + that she is a woman, because | [Note I.] + euery woman is not _Timens_, one | + that _Feareth_, nor sufficient that | [Note c: _Naturale vocabul[=u] est + she _Feareth_; because euery woman | Foemina. naturalis vocabuli + that feareth is not _Timens | generale, Mulier.--Tert. de Virg. + Dominum_, one _that feareth the | Veland. cap 4._] + Lord_; but _she_ that _shall be | + praised_, is all three. 1. A woman | [Note d: _Aliud est Timere + by nature[c], where the weaker her | simpliciter, aliud Timere + sex is, the more shee shall be | Deum----quippe timere & amare + commended. 2. By Grace[d], _a woman | simpliciter prolata, affectione: + that feareth_, where the continuall | cu^m additamento aute virtutes + act of this Fearing is required. 3. | signific[=a]t. Simplices nempe + _That feareth the Lord_, where the | affectiones insunt naturaliter + right Obiect of her continuall | nobis tanquam ex nobis, Additamenta + feare is limited. | ex Gratia. S. Bern. de Grat. & lib. + | Arb._] + And in the latter we are to | + consider; First, to what matters, | [Note II.] + _Laudabitur_, her praise will | + reach, and in what respect to | + _Ipsa_ Her person. Then secondly, | + When _she shall be praised_; not | + for the present, perhaps, no more | + than she hath beene heretofore; yet | + _Laudabitur_, the time will come | + when _she shall be praised_, and | + then too her praise shall so be, | + that it shall be still. Thirdly, of | + whom shee shall haue praise, for | + _Laudabitur_ is an action, and must | + bee done of some agent, therefore | + we must finde who shal praise her, | + and they will fall out to be her | + Husband and her Children (if she | + haue them[e]) and if they faile in | [Note e: _Mulier enim no natura + this dutie, then the godly shall | nomen est vxoris, sed vxor + praise her; and if they cease to | coditione nomen est mulieris. Tert. + doe it, then her own workes shall | ib. c. 5. Gen. 2. 23. Haec vocabitur + praise her, yea rather than faile, | mulier, quoniam de viro suo sumpta + God himselfe shall praise her, | est: Quia sumpta est (inquit) de + which is best of all. So sure she | viro suo, non quia virum experta + is to be praised, not for the | ... Non enim corruptelae, sed sexus + present onely, but for euer. And so | vocabulum est. Gal. 4. 4. Luke 1. + this Text besides that it is a | 28. S. Ambr. ibid. c. 5._] + _Promise_, it is also a _Motiue_ to | + stirre vs vp to feare God, that so | [Note: A Promise, and Motiue.] + we also may haue true and eternall | + praise of God. It is both, and | [Note: _I. The partie that shall be + both waies wee to haue vse of it, | praised._] + as of a _Promise_, and as of a | + _Motiue_: both these waies at once; | + _A woman that feareth the Lord she | + shall be praised._ | + | + A weake sex[f] to beginne with, and | [Note f: _1 Pet. 3. 7. Ier. 50. + yet being strengthned by Grace[g], | 37. Nah. 3. 13. Gal. 3. 27, 28._] + no impediment; but that a woman as | + wel as a man may feare the Lord, | [Note g: _--Ex parte natura (nisi + and haue praise of him, and so | sit fortitude maioris gratiae) + become the partie who shall, and | facilius incarnatur ad malum sexus + one Reason too, why _shee shall be | formineus. Bonau. L. 2. d. 21. q. + praised_. | 3. p. 18._] + | + For a woman must be more good than | + nature, art, policie, preferment | + can make her, else shee is not good | + enough for Gods Spirit to praise | + her. He commends neither men nor | + women considered in their pure | + Naturalls only, in that estate of | + corruption, they all heare alike to | [Note h: _Rom. 3. 9._] + their disgrace, that they are _All | + vnder sinne[h]_, _All come[i] short | [Note i: _Rom. 3. 23._] + of the glory of God_, and are _All | + the children of[k] wrath_, because | [Note k: _Ephes. 2. 3._] + they _Are without all feare of | + God_[l] | [Note l: _Rom. 3. 18._] + | + By nature then both sexes are alike | + faultie, alike disc[=o]mendable in | + Gods sight, and so they should be | + in ours. We should not dispraise | + women more than men, for the sex | + sake only (as some doe[m]) because | [Note m: _Eurip. Plutarc. de + they haue as noble soules as men, | Tranquilit Mulier quantibuis proba, + for[n] soules haue no sexes, (as | Mulier tamen est._] + Saint _Ambrose_ saith) nor praise | + women for the endowments of the | [Note n: _Anima enim sexum non + flesh onely (as othersome doe[o]) | habet.--De Virg. som. 1. lib: 3. + vnlesse they be adorned also with | fol. 99._] + the sauing Graces of the Spirit, | + whereof a chiefe one is not noble | [Note o: _Cornel. Agrip. de + birth, great wealth, excellent wit, | Nobilit. foeminei sexus. Bocacius + or rare beautie: but _the feare of | de claris mulieribus._] + the Lord_, his treasure.[A] This | + godly feare is that, that makes a | [Note A: _Es. 33. 6._] + Woman in relation[p] to God, | + praise-worthy. And good reason it | [Note p: _Caiet. in. loc._] + should do so, if we regard the | + weaknesse of a woman, in whom so | + excellent a Grace as _the feare of | + the Lord_, is found, and the | + Noblenesse of fearing the Lord, | + being so found. | + | + First, a womans weaknesse is | + naturally[q] greater than the mans, | [Note q: _Naturaliter etiam maior + and therefore by how much her flesh | lucti est inter carnem et + is weaker, and her spirit lesse | spirit[=u] mulieris quam viri: + willing, by so much the combate she | quanto enim caro eius infirmior, & + hath, is more difficult, and the | spiritus minus promptus, tato pugna + victory she gets, more commendable. | dissicilior--& victoria + I know a man (_Blesensis_ by name) | comm[=e]dabilior. Pet. Bles. ser. + that thought two things should | 33. p. 420. Timeo autem ne forte + excuse him at the dreadfull day of | viri a virginibus iudicentur: + iudgement, the Frailty of his | Comparatione tam[=e] non + flesh, and the Ignorance of his | Auctoritate: quia per duo tantum + minde; but then he feared lest God | scilicet: per Fragilitat[=e] carnis + would iudge men by wom[=e], whose | & Ignorantiam mentis putoba, &c. + sex being more fraile, more | ser. 35. p. 428._] + ignorant than that of mens, were | + for all that oftentimes more holy, | + more deuout than many men. | + | + Secondly, the _Feare of the Lord_ | + is the truest Nobilitie (as | + _Gerson_[r] proues) the noblest | [Note r: _Tractat. de Nobilitate, + grace that can ennoble and extoll a | part. 2. p. 52. lit. E. Et Greg. + man or a woman. Other naturall, | Naz. Orat. 13. tom. I. fol. 352._] + ciuill, and meerely morall | + excellencies, perfections, and | + endowments a woman may haue, nay | + (which is neerest the point) other | + kindes of Feare she may haue, and | [Note B: _2 Kings 9. 34. Act. 14. + yet be base, seruile, cursed as | 25. 1 Ioh. 4. 18._] + _Iezebel_[B], not praise-worthy, as | + namely, if she feare men[C], or | [Note C: _Matth. 10. 28. Es. 51. + what else besides more than God, or | 12._] + not for God (as Saint _Bernard_[s] | + limits) or if shee feare God as a | [Note s: _Convertatur ad ipsum + Iudge, in respect of his | etiam Timor tuus, quia peruersus + punishments only[t], & not as a | est timor omnis, quo metuis aliquid + Father for loue of his goodnesse, | praeter eum aut non propter eum. S. + and from an hatred of wickednesse, | Ber. in cap. Ieiun. ser. 2._] + or if she haue cast off the feare | + of the Lord, which shee hath seemed | [Note t: _Quid magn[=u] est, + to haue, or if shee puts off his | poen[=a] timere? Quis enim n[=o] + _Feare_ from time to time, and | timet? quis Latro, quis sceleratus, + continues not in it. | quis nefarius? &c. S. August. de + | Verb. Apost. ser. 15. fol. 332. + Looke we then first to the Obiect | tom. 10._] + of the _Laudable womans feare_, | + that he whom she feareth be the | [Note: I. _The Obiect of her + Lord, in respect of his Mercy and | feare._] + Iustice both; then to the | + continuall employment of her | + _Feare_, not one that hath feared | + him, or will feare him; but one | + that doth feare him for the | + present, and continueth therein, | + else shee is not a woman _Timens | + Dominum_, _Fearing the Lord_, and | + so not worthy to be _praised_. | + | + First then (that the Obiect may be | + right) the [u]_Lord is her feare_, | [Note u: _Deut. 10. 12. 2 King. + who shal be praised. For if He be | 17. 36. Luk. 12. 5. Es. 8. 13. + not, all exquisitenesses besides | Mal. 1. 6._] + are nothing in comparison; and if | + He be, all sufficiencies | [Note x: _Loquacitas in + (remarkable in that sex) are | aedificatione nulla turpis, si + improued, and all Duties | quando turpis. Itaque si de aliquo + (obserueable in the feare of the | bono sermo est, res postulat + Lord) are practised. To see this | contrarium quoque boni recensere. + the better, let vs follow | Quid enim sectandum sit, magis + _Tertullians_[x] rule, and oppose | illummabis, si quod vitand[=u] sit, + one against another, a vessell of | proinde digesseris. Tertul. de + dishonour against a vessell of | Patien. c. 5. tom. 2._] + honour, a woman not Fearing, | + against a woman Fearing the Lord. | [Note: _A wom[=a] fearlesse of + | God._] + She that fears not the Lord, sets | + light by Gods anger and her | [Note y: _Esth. 1. 12, 17, 20, 22. + Husbands[y], not caring whether | Eccl. 26. 26. Es. 36. 9. & 3. + they bee pleased or displeased. | 16. Prou. 30. 33. Eccles. 25. + Shee neglects to plant the feare of | 13. & alibi passim. Vbi vero timor + the Lord in her childrens hearts, | Dei non est, ibi dissolutio vitae + chusing rather to be an example of | est. S. Aug. de Temp. ser. 213. + wickednesse vnto them, and to | tom. 10._] + misplace them in mariage for | + sinister respects. She brings want | + of things necessary to her family | + by her wastefulnesse, brauery, and | + idlenesse. She contemnes her | + naturall and legall kindred, lifts | + vp her selfe aboue her equalls, | + disdaines her inferiours, | + dishonours her place by an | + ouer-loftie or an ouer-base and | + contemptible behauiour in the same. | + She alienates the hearts of Gods | + people from her, by neglecting the | + offices of courtesies and | + helpfulnesse. She declines and | + vnderualewes the most searching | + meanes of Saluation, the Word, | + Prayer, Conference, Repentance, | + Meditation, Sacraments; in a word | + (according to Saint _Ambroses_[z] | [Note z: _Aliud est timere quia + Distinction) she feares hell | peccaueris, aliud timere ne pecces. + torments, because shee hath sinned, | Et ibi est formido de supplicio, + but shee feares not Gods | hic solicitudo de praemio. Epist. + displeasure, lest she should sinne, | 84. tum. 3. Est quem timor Dei + and therefore shee liues and dies | ligat, qui non expauescit ad vultus + in worldlinesse, wantonnesse, | homin[=u], sed ad memoriam + pride, hatred, variance, | gehennalium tormentorum. Et hic + emulations, wrath, strife, reuenge, | quidem peccare non metuit, sed + impatiencie, gluttonie, or some | ardere. S. Bern. de Tripl. + such darling sinne: and tell me | Coberent: Vincul. &c. Es. 33. 14._] + (Beloued) if such a woman not | + beautified and adorned with | + religion and the feare of the Lord, | [Note a: _Tertul. de Habit. Mulieb. + be worthy to bee praised of the | & de Cultu Foem. tom. 2. S. Cyprian + Lord? I am sure the ancient Fathers | de Discipl. & Hab. Virg. to. 2. + [a]declaime bitterly against her | Greg. Naz. aduers. mulier: + filthy heart, false haire, | Ambitiose se ornantes. to. 2. S. + adulterate paintings, naked | Ephraem aduers. improbas mulieres + breasts, new-fangled fashions of | tom. 1._ if his workes. _Riuet. l. + superfluous, monstrous attire: & | 3. c. 21._] + the holy Scriptures[b] vilifie her | + to her face, threatning her | [Note b: _2 King. 9. 20, 30, 34. + (notwithstanding all her other | Es. 3. 16, &c. & 32 9, 10, 11. 1 + ornaments and excellencies of | Pet. 3. 3, 4. Matth. 5. 36. & 6. + nature, art, policie, preferment,) | 27. Eccles. 25. 13, 19._] + that without this _Feare of the | + Lord, it shall not be well with | + her, Eccles. 8. 13. The Lord will | + come neare to her to iudgement, he | [Note c: _Eccles. 23. 26. Prou. + will be a swift witnesse against | 10. 7._] + her, Mal. 3. 5. She shall leaue her | + memorie to be cursed[c], and her | [Note d: _Eccles. 26. 25._] + reproach shall not be blotted out, | + she shall be counted vngodly of | [Note e: _Eccles. 7. 26_] + all[d], more bitter than death[e]. | + As rottennesse in her husbands | [Note f: _Prou. 12. 4._] + bones[f], As spittle[g],_ yea _As a | + Dogge[h],_ and at last she shall be | [Note g: _Eccles. 26. 21._] + cast into hell fire, _Salua Venia_, | + without pardon from God, because | [Note h: _Eccles. 26. 25._] + (saith _Tertullian_[i]) she hath | + sinned _Saluo metu_, without any | [Note i: _Sic ergo & ipsi, salua + feare of God. | venia in gehennam detrudentur, dum + | saluo metu peccant. De paenit. c. 5. + But on the other side what | Reuel. 21. 8. & 22. 15._] + personall sufficiency, what | + singular duty is there requisite in | + a Woman, either in respect of God, | [Note: _A wom[=a] fearing the + or of her husband, children, | Lord._] + kindred, seruants, place, and of | + Gods people, which the life of | [Note k: _Gen. 3. 16. Eph. 5. + Grace, the Grace of the Feare of | 23.33. 1 Cor. 7. 34._] + the Lord doth not animate, aduance, | [Note l: _1 Tim. 5. 10. 2 Tim. 1. + and accomplish? This godly Feare | 5. & 3. 15. Tit. 2. 4. Deut. 6. + ennobleth Nobilitie, beautifieth | 7._] + Beautie, enricheth wealth, teacheth | + wit, wisdome. She that hath this | [Note m: _Prou. 31. 15, 21._ + _Feare_, dare not for her heart, | _Matth. 8. 6._] + but be loath to offend her husband, | + and deny her inferiority[k], but be | [Note n: _1 Tim. 5. 4. Esth. 2. + an example of godlinesse to her | 7, 10. & 4. 4. Ruth 4. 15. + children[l], prouide things | Exod. 18. 7._] + necessary for her seruants[m] both | + in health and in sicknesse; loue | [Note o: _Phil. 2. 3. Rom. 12. + her naturall and legall[n] kindred, | 10, 16._] + esteeme her equals aboue her | + selfe[o], countenance and relieue | [Note p: _Iam. 2. 1. 1 Tim. 6. + her inferiours[p], maintaine the | 18._] + dignitie of her place by all such | + vertues as may discharge the[q] | [Note q: _Titus 2. 3._] + same; winne the affections of Gods | + people, to her more and more, by | [Note r: _Luk. 1. 45, 56. Prou. + the offices[r] of courtesies, | 1. 20 & 5. 20 Gal. 6. 10 1 Tim + salutations, gifts, visitations, | 5. 10 Iob 6. 14_] + inuitations and of helpfulnesse; | + yea she that feares God, dare not | [Note s: _Gal. 6. 9. Iam. 1. + for her heart but _Honour them that | 19. 1 Tim. 4. 13. 1 Thess 5. + feare God, Psal. 15. 4._ but keepe | 17. Luk. 2. 37. Ephes. 4. 26. + her set taskes[s] of hearing, | Phil. 4. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 4. Luk. + reading, fasting, praying, | 9. 23. & 14. 26._] + meditating, moderating passionate | + distempers, and of all other | [Note t: _Psal. 18. 23. & 77. 10. + gracious exercises, of | Gen. 39. 9. Prou. 16. 6. & 8. + Selfe-deniall[t]; so that there is | 13._] + not any knowne[u] sinne which she | + nourisheth, alloweth, or goeth on | [Note u: _Gen. 17. 1. Psal. 6. 8. + in, but quaketh and trembleth at | & 116. 9. Act. 10. 33. 2 Cor. + the very first thoughts, yea | 6. 17. Iob 34. 21. Prou. 15. 3. + motions and inclinations thereunto, | & 5. 22. 2 Chron. 16. 9 1 King. + as being in the sight[x] of an | 17. 1. Magna est cautela peccati, + inuisible God, vnder the perpetuall | Dei semper presentiam timere. S. + presence of his All-seeing glorious | Aug. de Temp. tom. 212. tom. 10._] + pure eye, which shee will not | + prouoke to anger by any sinne, for | [Note x: _Multum enim refraenat + all the gold that euer the Sunne | homines c[=o]scientia, si credamus + made, or shall make while it stands | nos in c[=o]spectu Dei uiuere, si + in Heauen[y]. | non, tantum quae gerimus uideri + | desuper, sed etiam quae cogitamus, + | aut loquimur, audiri a Deo putamus + | &c. Lact. de Ira Dei. c.8._] + | + | [Note y: _Es. 3. 8. 1 Cor. 3. + | 22. Psalm. 119. 14.72. 127.162._] + | + This glorious description of a | [Note a: _2 Tim. 1. 7 & 3. 2._] + woman fearing the Lord, is not mine | + (Blessed Brethren) but the | [Note b: _Rom. 8. 15._] + Scriptures, wherein I finde; 1. The | + cause of her Feare to be not | [Note c: _Es. 29. 13._] + Selfe-Loue[a], but the Loue of God; | + not the spirit of Bondage[b]; but | [Note d: _Deut. 4. 10. Es. 66. + the Spirit of Adoption: 2. The | 2. Eccl. 12. 13. Prou. 13. 13._ + Obiect of her feare to be not the | _Psal. 119. 161._] + precepts of men[c], but the | + Commandements of God[d]: not his | [Note e: _Psal. 119. 120. & 52. + Threats only[e], but his Promises | 6._] + also[f]: not his Anger only against | + sin[g], but his Mercy also in | [Note f: _2 Cor. 7. 1. Heb. 4. + Christ[h]: not his Presence only, | 1. Psal. 130. 4._] + as a Reuenging Iudge[i], but his | + Forbearance also as a louing | [Note g: _Deut. 5. 9_] + Father[k]. 3. The workings of her | + Feare to be in the heat of | [Note h: _Hos. 3. 5. Psal. 33. 18 + temptations and afflictions, not | & 130. 4._] + Despairing[l]; but Beleeuing the | + forgiuenesse of her sinnes, not | [Note i: _Ier. 5. 22. Act. 10. 2, + Limiting God to the present danger; | 33._] + but [m]waiting for his mercy, not | + Distrusting his Prouidence; but | [Note k: _Mal. 1. 6. Os. 3. 5. + hoping for Good[n]: not Murmuring | Hebr. 12. 9._] + against him; but praising Him, and | + praying vnto Him[o], yea (which is | [Note: II. _The continuance of her + the proper Act of her Feare) not | Feare._] + Louing any sin, but hating and | + eschewing all sin[p], not out of a | [Note l: _Ier. 17. 17. Eccles. 2. + slauish terrour of punishment; but | 8._] + chiefly because it is Sinne, an | + Infinite euill; and because an | [Note m: _Psal. 33. 18. 20. + Infinite Good God, whom she loueth | Eccles. 2. 7._] + (saith Saint _Augustine_) is | + offended by it, though she should | [Note n: _Psal. 115. 11. & 56. 3. + neuer goe to Hell-fire to be | Eccles. 2. 9._] + punished for it[A]. | + | [Note o: _1 Cor. 10. 10. Psalm. + | 22. 23. Act. 10. 2._] + | + | [Note p: _Exod. 20. 20. Eccles. + | 15. 13. Prou. 8. 13. & 16. 6. 2 + | Tim. 1. 7. 1 Ioh. 4. 18. Hos. + | 3. 5. Psal. 97. 10. Ier. 4. 18. + | & 2. 19._] + | + | [Note A: + | _Vero-Christianus--profici[=e]do + Lastly, in the Scriptures I finde | perveniet ad talem anim[=u], vt + Perseuerance or Constancie[q] to be | plus amet Dominum quam timeat + euer an inseperable Attendant vpon | Geh[=e]nam: vt etiamsi dicat illi + her Feare! For she is not one that | Deus, vtere delicise carnalibus + hath not yet tasted of this sauing | sempiternis & quantum potes; pecca, + Grace, or else not continued in the | nec morieris, nec in Geh[=e]nam + same; but she is a woman for the | mitteris, sed mecum tantummodo non + present, _Timens Dominum, Fearing | eris; exhorrescat et omnino non + the Lord_. You shall neuer finde | peccet, non iam vt in illud quod + Her otherwise, than (as God would | timebat non incidat, sed ne illum + haue her) _In the feare of the Lord | quem sic amat, offendat. De + all the day long, Prou. 23. Fearing | Catechiz. Rudib. cap. 27. tom. 4. + and keeping his Commandements | fol. 912._] + alwaies, Deut. 4. Doing her Husband | + Good and not euill all the daies of | [Note q: _Ierem. 32. 39, 40. + her life_, verse the 12. of this | Deut. 4. 10. Prou. 23. 17. & 14. + Chapter. | 2. 1 Tim. 2. 15._] + | + It is true indeed, as Feare is | [Note r: _Matth. 28. 20 Es. 43. + opposed to Diffidence, _Luke 1._ So | 1, 2._] + she serves God without a | + Distrustfull Feare all the daies of | [Note s: _Ier. 14. 9. Lam. 3. + her life; because of Gods | 22, 23._] + continuall presence with Her[r], | + continuall mercy towards Her[s], | [Note t: _2 Cor. 12. 9. Es. 26. + continuall power[t] ouer Her, in | 4. & 45. 24. Psal. 121. & 35. + Strengthening, Helping, and | 24. Rom. 8. 26._] + Vpholding Her, _Esai. 41. 10._ But | + yet as Feare is opposed to | [Note u: _Matth. 10. 28. Deut. + Negligence, so she still feares | 28. 58._] + God, lest she should be secure by | + reason of his Power which is | [Note x: _Esai. 29. 15, 16. Psal. + inuincible[u]; of his Wisdome, | 50. 21._] + which is infallible[x]; of his | + Mercy, which is compassionate[y]; | [Note y: _Esai. 43. 25. & 63. 9. & + and of his Iustice, which is | 49. 13, 15._] + inflexible[z]. | + | [Note z: _Esai. 42. 14._] + | + It is as true also (which _Gerson_ | [Note a: _De diuersis tentat. + and others haue obserued[a]) that | Diaboli, part 3. M^r. Greenham 5._ + many times a Deuout Soule is so | part, among his Rules for an + disquieted with a slauish Feare of | Afflicted minde.] + the Aduersary; that she feares lest | + she hath not any true Feare of Gods | [Note b: _Esai. 54. 8, 9, 10. c. + Maiestie; but yet (_B. B._) say the | 49. 15. Ier. 31. 3. 36. c. 33. 20, + _Pelagian_ what hee can to the | 21. Ioh. 13. 1. Rom. 8. 38, + contrary, such is the | 39. Mat. 12. 20. Esai. 42. 3._] + Euerlastingnesse of Gods Loue[b], | + Mercie[c], and Couenant[d], the | [Note c: _Psalm. 103. 17. 2 Sam. + Vnconquerablenesse of his Power[e], | 7. 15._] + the Immortality of his Word[f], the | + Certaintie of his Promises[g], the | [Note d: _Psal. 89. 28, 34. Esai. + Efficacie of Christs Spirit[h]; | 55. 3. c. 59. 21. Ier. 32. 40._] + Prayer[i], Merits[k], and of Faith | + in them[l]; yea such is the durable | [Note e: _Ioh. 10. 29. Iude vers. + vigour of this sauing Grace of _the | 24. 1 Pet. 1. 5. Esai. 26. 4. + Feare of the Lord_[m], that being | Psal. 80. 17. Manus Dei est + once rooted by God, (as Saint | ista, non nostra vt non discedamus + _Augustine_ vrgeth) it cannot be | a Deo, manus inqu[=a] eius est + remoued; but through it we may | ista, qui dixit, Timorem meum dabo + perseueringly adhere vnto God | in cor eor[=u] &c. S. Aug. de Bono + according to his promise: _I will | perseuer. c. 7. to. 7. Ier. 32. + put my Feare in their hearts, that | 27._] + they shall not depart from me, Ier. | + 32. 40._ with _Psal. 80. 17._ She | [Note f: _1 Pet. 1. 23. 1 Ioh. 3. + then that truely hath this _Feare_, | 9._] + doth so feare the Lord in Loue, and | + loue him in feare[n], that as in | [Note g: _Ephes. 1. 13. Numb. 13. + the midst of Gods not Consuming, | 19. Ios. 21. 45. 1 Ioh. 5. 10. + but Consummating Anger (for so | Hebr. 7. 27. c. 11. 11. Rom. 4. + Saint _Augustine_[o] calls Gods | 21. 1 Cor. 1. 9._] + Anger towards the Godly) shee can | + see the yerning and relenting | [Note h: _Esai. 59. 21. Ephes. 1. + Bowels of a Compassionate Father, | 13, 14. c. 4. 30. Ioh. 14. 16, + so in the height of Satans | 17. 1 Ioh. 2. 27._] + Terrifying iniections, she can | + shunne and abhorre Gods | [Note i: _Luke 22. 32. Ioh. 17. + Displeasure[p], more than all other | 15, 20. Rom. 8. 34. Hebr. 7. + miseries of Punishments, and | 25._] + therefore in what state soeuer she | + be of Consolation or Desertion, | [Note k: _1 Pet. 1. 2, 3, 4, 5. 1 + shee is still the same Woman, | Ioh. 5. 4, 18._] + _Timens Dominum, Fearing the Lord_. | + | [Note l: _1 Pet. 5. 9. Ephes. 6. + | 6. Matth. 16. 18._] + | + | [Note m: _Ierem. 31. 40._ + | _Perseuerantiam enim promisit Deus, + | dicens: Timorem meum dabo in cor + | eorum vt a me non recedant. Quod + | quid est aliud quam talis ac tantus + | erit Timor meus, quem dabo in cor + | eorum, vt mihi perseueranter + | adhaereant? Idem de Bono Perseuer. + | c. 2. tom. 7. Rom. 11. 29._] + | + | [Note n: _Absit enim vt timore + | pereat amor, si castus est timor._ + | _S. Aug. in Psal. 119. tom. 8._] + | + | [Note o: _Est ira consummationis, & + | est ira c[=o]sumptionis, (nam omnis + | Vindicta Dei, Ira dicitur) sed + | aliquando ad hoc vindicat Deus, vt + | perficiat: aliquando ad hoc + | vindicat, vt damnet. Idem in + | Psal. 58 to. 8. s. 599._] + | + | [Note p: _----Qui glutine Deo + Thus wee haue seene who she is, who | conglutinatur, id est charitate ... + _shall be praised_, lest we should | terribilius & horribilius ipsa + praise Her vnawares, whom we should | Gehenna iudicat, in re leuissima + not praise. And now it were good we | vult[=u] omnipotentis scienter + did thinke a little better on the | offendere. S. Bern. de Tripl. + Reason, why _she shall be praised_, | Coharen. Vincul._] + euen because she is such _a woman | + fearing the Lord_. | [Note: _The Reason._] + | + For if any thing, so rare and | [Note q: _1 Pet, 3. 7. Vir itaq, + excellent a Grace as the _Feare of | nominatus est, quod maior in eo Vis + the Lord_ is, should moue vs to | est quam in foemina, & hinc Virtus + affect it, and labour for it, | nomen accepit. Item Mulier a + especially being found in so weake | mollicie est dicta ... velut + a Vessell as a Woman is[q]. For I | Mollier. Lact. de Ops. Dei. cap. + could tell you, there are more | 12._] + _Michals_[r] than _Abigails_[s], | + more _Iezebels_[t] than | [Note r: _1 Sam. 18. 21. & 25. + _Sarah's_[u], more proud | 41._] + _Vasthy's_[x], than humble | + _Esthers_[y], more Fearefull women, | [Note s: _2 Sam. 6. 16, 20._] + than Women _Fearing the Lord_; and | + therefore the rarer such Phoenixes | [Note t: _1 King. 21. 7. 2 King. 9. + are (as S. _Ierom_ calls them[a]) | 22, 30._] + not _One_ to be found by wisest | + _Salomon_[A], among a _Thousand_, | [Note u: _1 Pet. 3. 6._] + greater is her praise _that feareth | + the Lord_[b]. | [Note x: _Esth. 1. 12._] + | + | [Note y: _Esth. 8. 5._] + | + | [Note a: _Optima foemina rarior est + | Phoenice. Malarum foeminar[=u] tam + | copiosa sunt examina &c. S. Ier. + | epist._] + | + | [Note A: _Eccles. 7. 28. Prou. 3. + | 10._] + | + | [Note b: _Laus tanto maior deferri + | solet, quanto est bonum rarius quod + | exigit Laudem. S. Aug. lib. 1. de + | Ciuit. Dei. cap. 28. tom. 5._] + | + Then I must tell you, that euery | [Note c: _Esai. 8. 12 Col. 2. + Feare is not commendable. Not that | 20._] + Feare which is Hypocriticall, for | + this is Superstition, when men | [Note d: _2 Tim. 3. 2. Mat. 10. + feare the Feare of Idolaters[c]. | 28. Quis animae Dominator, nisi + Not that feare which is Worldly, | Deus solus? Quis iste, nisi ignium + for this is wicked selfe-Loue, when | comminator? ... Illi potius metum + men feare Men[d], Losse of Goods, | consecand[=u] &c. Tertul. aduers._ + Fire and faggot, more than God the | _Gnost. c. 9. tom. 3._] + Onely Soueraigne Commander of the | + Soule, the Only Dreadfull Threatner | [Note e: _Timor Seruilis n[=o] est + of euerlasting Burnings. Nor that | Virtus, quialicet mala declinari + feare which is Seruile[e] or | saciat: non tamen hoc sacit bene, + adulterate[f], for this is no | id est saudibiliter; immo iliter et + Vertue (proues _Paris._) when men | brutaliter, videlicet solo metae + feare the _Euill of Punishment_ | ferae, ita enim occupat animum & + only; not the _Euill of Sinne_, as | intentionam timentis, oraculos + an Adulteresse feares the Comming | cordis ad solam poenae euasionem + home of her Husband; but feares | habeat &c. Paris. de Virtutibus, + not the Committing of Adultery. | fol. 81. lit. H._ & _Paludan. l. 3. + Nor is that feare commendable, | d. 34. q. 3._] + which is Distrustfull or Immoderate | + like _Ruben_ (as _Gerson_[g] | [Note f: _--Coniun quae adulterinum + alludes) growen great, and lying | anim[=u] gerit, etiam si timore + with _Bilhah_, for this is | viri non adulterium perpetrat: + Infidelitie when men tie Gods Grace | tamen quod deest aperi, inest + to present deliuerance out of | voluntati, Casta vero aliter timet: + danger, without a Beleeuing and | nam & ipsa times virum; sed caste. + waiting Spirit for his Mercie, | Deniq, timet illa, no vir insestus + _Esai. 28. 16._ | adueniat, ista ne offensus + | abscedat. S. Aug. epist. 120. c. + | 21. to. 2._] + | + | [Note g: _Ruben violat Balamdum + | nimium grandis effectus est, quia + | timor si simius est, dum se + | custodire nititur, format inutiles + | imaginationes, quibus se connoluens + | a salutaribus impeditur. Tract. + | 10. super, Magnificat. part 3._] + | + But the _Feare_ for which a _Woman | [Note h: _Lege Esaiam: vide quantia + shall be praised_, is informed by | subiecerit timorem vt faceret + Wisdome, instructed by | irreprehensibilam & bonum Timorem. + Vnderstanding, directed by | Spiritus inquit Sapientia &c. Talle + Counsell, strengthned by Might, | Timori Domini ista & est + gouerned by Knowledge, adorned with | irrationabilis & insipiens Timor, + Pietie, as Saint _Ambrose_ collects | vnus ex illis: Foris pugnae, intus + out of the eleuenth of _Esay_[h]. | Timores. In Psal. 118. Ser. 5. + It is a Faithfull feare trusting in | tom. 4._] + God[i], and making Him her _Feare_, | + _Esai. 8. 13._ and her Hope too in | [Note i: _Psal. 115. 11. & 147. + the Day of Euill, not without this | 11. Esai. 50. 10._] + feruent Prayer vnto Him then: _Be | + not thou a Terrour vnto me, Ier. | [Note k: _Psal. 19. 9_] + 17. 17._ A chast and _Cleane | + Feare[k], Cleansing from all | [Note l: _2 Cor. 7. 1._] + filthinesse of the flesh and | + Spirit_.[l] A Reuerent and Godly | [Note m: _Hebr. 12. 28._] + Fear[m], Preparing the heart, | + Humbling the Soule in Gods | [Note n: _Eccles. 2. 17. & 21. 6._] + sight[n], Trembling at his Word[o], | + not Disobeying it, Eschewing[p] | [Note o: _Esai. 66. 2. Eccle. 2. + euill, Working righteousnesse and | 15._] + Giuing much almes[q]. A Blessed | + Feare it is[r], Blessing them that | [Note p: _Iob 1. 1._] + haue it, Blessing the Lord that | + giues it, Praising Him and saying: | [Note q: _Act. 10. 35, 2, 31. + _That his Mercy endureth for | Eccles. 25. 1._] + euer_[s]. | + | [Note r: _Psal. 112. 1. & 128. 1._] + | + | [Note s: _Psal. 135. 13. & 118. 4 & + | 22. 23._] + | + Lastly, it is an Euerlasting Feare, | [Note t: _1 King. 18. 3. 12. Tob. + euer encreasing[t], and _Enduring | 14. 4._] + for euer_[u], though not in respect | + of the Act of Declination or | [Note u: _Psal. 19. 9. Reuel. 7. + eschewing of sinne[x], because in | 10, 11 & 19. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6._] + Heauen there is no feare of | + sinning[y]; yet in respect of the | [Note x: _Bonau. lib. 3. d. 34. q. + Act of Celebration or Reuerencing | 3. p. 89. Tho. Aquin. II q. 79. + God, because there the Saints doe | a. II_] + nothing else; but still Giue Glory | + to Him, and Worship Him with humble | [Note y: _In coelo, vbi non est + Acknowledgement of their owne | peccatum Gloria est & perpetua laus + Vnworthinesse, _Psal. 19. 9._ with | & indefessae praeconia. S. Ierom. ad + _Reuel. 4. 10. 11._ | Therdoram. Epitaph. Lucinij. + | {Offensa + | { & + Now (Honourable and Beloued) though | Timorem {Poenae. Gloria + I haue set nothing at all besides | {Patriae + this Heauenly Manna before your | propter coram imperfectionem n[=o] + eyes; yet your full Soules must not | paritur. In tuto enim erimus et + Loath it. For if that only is to be | [(a] poenae et ab offensa. Paris. + praised which is excellent[z], then | de Virtutibus, lit. A. F._] + (by your leaue) I must stand | + somewhat longer vpon the | [Note z: _Laudare plus est quam + Excellencie of this _Feare_, before | probare & praedicare. Nam Laudamus + _a Woman_ can be _praised_ that | id quod excellit &c. _Auso. Popma + hath it. | de Differen. Virt. l. 3._] + | + I demand then what doe you count | [Note: The Excellencie of Godly + Excellent? Riches, Honour, Life. | Feare.] + Why, these are neuer well gotten, | + nor well kept; but by _the Feare of | [Note b: _Prou. 22. 4. & 19. 23._ + the Lord_. So saith _Salomon_, _By | _Eccles. 1. 11, 12. & 23. 27. & 40. + the feare of the Lord are Riches | 26, 27. & 10. 20, 22._] + and Honour, and Life_[b]. Say what | + you will, it must needs be an | [Note c: _Inter Laudes meas & illa + Excellent thing wherwith Christ | est eximia: quod ipsum Christum + Iesus Himselfe was Filled, and that | Domin[=u] Apothecam, immo fontem + was with _The Spirit of this Feare, | Gratiarum omnium & Virtutum replere + Esai. 11. 2._[c]. An excellent | dictus sum &c. Paris. de Moribus, + thing which God Himselfe so | fol. 99. Lit. P._] + earnestly desires to be still in | + vs, and that is this Feare. _O_ | [Note d: _Deut. 5. 29._] + (saith He) _that there were such an | + Heart in them, that they would | [Note e: _Eccles. 12. 13. Deum + feare me, and keepe my | time--Ergo si hoc est omnis Homo, + Commandements alwaies_[d], which is | absq, hoc Nihil omnis Homo. Serm. + indeed the _whole Dutie of Man_[e]; | 20. in Cant._] + without which (Saint _Bernard_ | + concludes) _Euery man is Nothing_. | [Note f: _Vsus enim humani animi + He is not a Man (reasons a | pendet a Timore conspictus Diuini + Schoole-man[f]) but the Shadow of a | tanquam a primi regula. Caiet. in + Man; because He imployes not his | Eccles. c. 8 13. v._] + Soule to that noble End for which | + he had it, namely, to be squared | [Note g: _Prou. 9. 10. Iob 28. + and ruled _by the feare of the | 28._] + Lord_: without which no man can so | + much as Begin to be wise, because | [Note h: _Eccles. 25. 12._] + this _Feare is the Beginning_[g] | + _of wisdome_, nor so much as _Begin | [Note i: _Leuit. 2. 13. Pet. + to Loue God_, because this _Feare | Bles. ser. 36. p. 430._] + is the Beginning of the Loue of | + God_[h]. It is the _Salt_ (alludes | [Note k: _Psal. 2. 11._] + _Blesensis_) that must be in euery | + _Sacrifice_[i], in euery _Worke we | [Note l: _2 Cor. 7. 11. Eccl. 21. + doe_, so that there is no _Seruing | 6._] + God_, no _Reioycing_ in Him[k], no | + heartie _Repenting_[l], no _Chast | [Note m: _1 Pet. 3. 2._] + Conuersing_[m], no _Perfecting | + Holinesse_[n], no _Working out our | [Note n: _2 Cor. 7. 1._] + Saluation_, but with _Feare and | + Trembling_[o]; nay there is no | [Note o: _Philip. 2. 12._] + _Saluation_, no _Blessednesse_ | + without _Continuing in this | [Note p: _Eccles. 2. 10. 1 Tim. + Feare_[p], _Prou. 28. 14._ Againe, | 2. 15._] + is not that Excellent, that will | + make vs more Excellent than our | [Note q: _Prou. 12. 26. Eccles. + Neighbours[q], that will Exalt vs | 15. 5._] + aboue them, that will keepe our | + hearts from Hardning[r], our Houses | [Note r: _Prou. 28. 14._] + from Ouerthrowing[s]? but nothing | + can doe this; but this _Feare of | [Note s: _Eccles. 27. 3._] + the Lord_. This feare (saith | + _Paris._[t]) can cause a spiritual | [Note t: _Ego sum Tempestas ad + Earth-quake in a mans Heart, able | liberationem & salutem, Terraemotum + to ouerthrow all the Deuils | spiritualem in corde humano + strongest holds, any[u] | faciens, et omnia Diabolica + Bosome-sinne, be it neuer so | aedificia in co subuertens et + pleasing and profitable, by reason | discutiens ab codem. Paris. de + of that Contrarietie and | Moribus fol. 99. lit. F._] + Opposition[x] that is betweene | + Lying in any Sweet Sinne, and | [Note u: _Prou. 8. 13. & 16. 6. + Liuing in Gods Feare and Fauour, as | Psal. 119. 6, 36. 117. 128. v. + you may see, _Leuit. 25. 36._ | Iam. 2. 10. Psal. 86. 11._] + | + | [Note x: _Sed aiunt quid[=a]: Satis + | Deum habere si corde & animo + | suspiciatur, licet actu minus fiat. + | Itaq se saluo metu et fide + | peccare; hoc est Salua castitate, + | matrimonia violare, Salua pietate, + | par[=e]ti venenum temperare._ + | Tertul. de _Poenit. c. 5. tom. 2._] + | + Lastly, this is an Excellent Feare, | [Note y: _Prou. 14. 27._] + because it is _A fountaine of | + Life_[y]: wherefore? _To driue away | [Note a: _Eccles. 1. 21._] + Sinnes_[a], Sinnes which haue beene | + committed by Repentance (saith S. | [Note b: _Timor Domini expellit + _Bernard_) and Sinnes whereto we | peccatum, sine quod iam admissum + are Tempted, by Resistance[b]; and | est, sine quod tentat intrare. + yet this is not all the Excellencie | Expellit sane illud quidem + of this Feare: For it is _A | poenitende, hoc Resistendo. Serm. + fountaine of life_ also: _To Cause | de Diuers. Affect._] + vs to finde fauour at our | + Deaths_[c]; and which is more, Such | [Note c: _Eccles. 1. 13._] + an Excellent Feare as will make vs | + _Not feare, nor be afraid_[d]. | [Note d: _Eccles. 34. 14. Exod. + Whereupon Saint _Augustine_[e] | 20. 20. Prou. 1. 33. & 19. 23. + concludes for my purpose: _Discat | Psal. 27. 1, 2, 3. & 34. 4 + timere, qui non vult timere: Discat | --Auferendi sunt metus, sed ita, + ad tempus esse Solicitus, qui | vt hic solus relinquatur, qui + semper vult esse securus_. Let him | quoniam legitimus ac verus est, + learn to feare, that would not | solus efficit, ut possint caetera + feare: Let him be wary and | omnia non timeri, Lact. de Vero + cautelous for a time, that would be | Cultu. l. 6. c. 17. Qui enim Deum + happie and secure for euer. | veraciter timet, nihil terrenum & + _Tertullian_ giues the reason[f], | caducum timet, immo ex ipso Timore + because if _We feare to Offend_, by | Dei, ipsis Timoribus + Fearing we will take heed, lest we | supereffertur. Bonau. lib. 3. d. + Offend, and by Taking heed, we | 34. q. 1. p. 62._] + shall be in safetie; otherwise if | + wee presume and be not alwaies | [Note e: _De Temp. Serm. 214. tom. + watchfull ouer our hearts lest they | 10._] + offend, we cannot be _Saued_[g], | + _Ier. 4. 14. Qui solicitus est, | [Note f: _Nam qui praesumit, minus + is vere poterit esse securus_: He | veretur, minus praecauet, plus + that is not ouer-bold on his owne | periclitatur &c. De Cultu Faem. + strength[h]; but confident in | cap. 2. & de Paenit. cap. 6.--Volo + Christ[i], and liues not securely | te timere & non timere, praesumere & + in the minion-delight of any knowne | non praesumere, timere vt paeniteas, + sinne; but stands in such | non timere vt praesumas. Porro + continuall awe of Gods _Presence_, | praesumere ne diffidas, non + _Precepts_, _Promises_, _Threats_, | praesumere ne torpescas. Ber. cp. + that he dare not so much as once | 87. ad Oger._] + make any offer of incurring his | + Displeasure by the impenitent | [Note g: _Prou. 4. 23. Ier. 4. + Allowance of any sinne in his | 14, 18. & 16. 10, 11, 12. Es. 55. + heart[k], and studies to do euery | 7. Mat. 15. 19. Nec sufficit + Good worke as carefully, as if it | non egisse aliquid impium, si + were the Last he should doe in this | m[=e]te cogitatur impietas. S. + World, and as exactly, as if his | Hilar. in Psal. 65. fol. 424._] + whole Saluation depended vpon it, | + such a Man (in Ancient | [Note h: _Prou 28. 26. Rom. 7. + _Tertullians_ iudgement[l]) may be | 18. & 11. 20._] + truely secure of Perseuering in | + Grace here; and of being Glorified | [Note i: _Phil. 4. 13. 2 Tim. 2. + hereafter[m], _1 Thess. 5. 15, 24._ | 1. & 4. 18. Eph. 6. 10. 2 + Once more I haue done. Is not that | Chron. 16. 8, 9. et. 20. 12. + an excellent thing that is for the | Deut. 6. 3, 4. Quicquid est + Good of them that haue it, & of | circa te vel in te unde possis + their children after them? Riches, | praesumere, abjice a te, & tota + Honour, Beautie, Policie, these and | praesumptio tua Deus sit, illius + the like are not oftentimes so, as | indigens esto, vt implearis &c._ + we see by woefull experience in | _S. Aug. in Psal. 85._] + _Nabal_, _Haman_, _Absalom_, | + _Achitophel_; but _the feare of the | [Note k: _Psal. 66. 18. 1 Pet. 3. + Lord_ is euer so, _for the Good of | 15. Ez. 33. 31. Psal. 24. 4 + them that haue it, and for their | Iam. 4. 8. Heb. 10. 22. Redi + children after them_, as the | ad te, intus tibi esto iudex. Ecce + Prophet saith, _Ier. 32. 39._ and | in cubiculo tuo abscondito, in ipsa + God himselfe before him, _Deut. 5. | vena intima cordis tui vbi tu solus + 29._ | es, & ille qui videt; illic tibi + | displiceat iniquitas, vt placeas + | Deo.... Parum est in vultu, parum + | est in lingua, in corde noli + | respicere, id est, noli diligere, + | noli acceptare. Idem in Psal. 65. + | to 8._] + | + | [Note l: _De cultu Faem. cap. 2. to. + | 2._] + There is no want to them that haue | + this _Feare_ of any Good thing that | [Note m: _2 Thess. 3. 3. 2 Tim. + is Good for them[n]. For first, | 2. 19. Ioh. 15. 16. Luke 10. + _Psal. 25. 14. The secret_, that | 20. Ioh. 16. 22. & 10. 28, 29. + is, _the feare of the Lord, is with | v. Psal. 35. 5. & 125. 1. Prou. + them that feare Him_; and is not | 10. 30._] + that enough, though I should say no | + more with the Psalmist, because | [Note n: _Psal. 34. 9, 10. + _Godly Feare is Gods Treasure, | Eccles. 40. 26, 27. & 1. 16._] + Esai. 33. 6._ and _Better little | + with it_ (saith _Salomon_) _than | [Note o: _Prou. 15. 16._] + Great Treasure_[o]? But there is | + more behind to moue you further to | [Note p: _Psal. 25. 14._] + affect this Excellent Grace. For if | + you will _Feare the Lord_, He will | [Note q: _Mal. 2. 5._] + shew you his _Couenant_[p] _of life | + and peace_[q], _Teach you the way | [Note r: _Psal. 25. 12._] + that you shall chuse_[r], _Haue a | + Booke of remembrance written before | [Note s: _Mal. 3. 16._] + Him for you_[s]: _Hee will Arise | + vnto you the Sunne of | [Note t: _Mal. 4. 2._] + Righteousnesse with healing in his | + wings_[t]: _He wil hide you in his | [Note u: _Psal. 31. 20, 21._] + presence from the pride of men_[u], | + _Keepe you secretly in a Pauilion | [Note x: _Eccles. 33. 1._] + from the strife of tongues, Deliuer | + you in Temptation euen againe_[x]; | [Note y: _Psal. 147. 11._] + yea _He will take pleasure in | + you_[y], _Pitie you as a Father | [Note a: _Psalm. 103. 13. Mal. 3. + doth his children_[a], _Fulfill | 17._] + your Desire_, _Heare your crie and | + saue you_[b]. And what is all this, | [Note b: _Psal. 145. 19._] + but in a word (the word of my Text) | + _Hee will praise you_, which is the | + Thing Promised to _a woman fearing | + the Lord_. | + | + _Ipsa Laudabitur: She shall be | [Note: II. + praised._ | _The thing promised._ + | _In what respect to_ Ipsa.] + She shall be so; but may not that | + labour be spared? For a man would | [Note c: _Prou. 28. 4 & 24. 24. & + thinke, she hath been praised all | 17. 15. Eccl. 10. 23, 29. Tho. + this while; because Godly Feare, | Aquin. 22. q. 115. a. 2. Corp._] + the Grace of God in Her, and the | + onely cause of her Praise, hath | [Note d: _Ego carnis bona quae + beene alreadie so much commended | semper & ipse contempsit, in animae + vnto you? No (Beloued) my Text (you | laudibus n[=o] requiram----ad + see) applies and appropriates this | Heliodor. Epitah. Nepot._] + praise to _Ipsa_, Her own Person, | + by vertue indeed of _the Feare of | [Note e: _Prou. 27. 14. Vox autem + the Lord_. For were it not for | grandis, laus excedens mensur[=a] + that, it were better Contemning | Meritorum his intelligetur--Paris. + Her, yea Contending[c] with Her, | de Moribus. fol. 123. lit. M._] + than Commending Her, because that | + is a constant marke of the Godly to | [Note f: _Es. 26. 12. 1 Cor. 15. + Contemne the vngodly, _Psal. 15. | 10. & 12. 6. Phil. 2. 13. Ier. + 4._ This, of the wicked to Praise | 32. 40._] + the wicked, to Blesse the Couetous, | + whom _the Lord abhorreth_, _Psal. | [Note A: _Laudari in bonis operibus + 10. 3._ It is not her Friendship, | debes; sed in eo quod operaris, + no nor _Carnis bona_ (as Saint | homin[=u] laudes expectare non + _Ierom_[d] calls them) _the Good | debes--Deus Laudetur in operibus + endowments of the flesh_, can | tuis. De statu Vidu. ad Gallam + priuiledge him from a _Curse_, if | epist. 2. Si qua sane in Sanctis + so be, he praise her without or | digna laude vel admiratione + aboue[e] her Deserts, _Prou. 27. | intueor, clara luce veritatis + 14._ Onely _the feare of the Lord_, | discutiens, profecto reperio + with the excellent fruits thereof, | Laudabilem siue Mirabilem alium + is Gods Gift[f], for which (saith | apparere atque alium esse, & Laudo + _Fulgentius_[A]) she ought, and he | Deum in Sanctis eius. S. Bern. + may safely commend her, because | Ser. 13. in Cant._] + then, not shee; but _Gods Grace_ in | + her is _Praised_, _Ephes. 1. 6._ | [Note g: _1 Pet. 3. 4. Enimvero + Yea then, _not she_, but _God | quis non animae dabit summam omnem, + himselfe is Glorified_ in Her, | cuius nomine totius Hominis mentio + _Gal. 1. 24._ | titulata est. Tertul. de Anima. + | cap. 13._] + But what? is not _She Praised_, | + when Her Husband, Her Children, Her | [Note h: ... _Nihil in illa + Kindred, Her Friends, Her | laudabo, nisi quod propr[=u] est._ + Attendants, Her Wit, Her Wealth, | _S. Ierom ad Princip._ And so of + Her Beautie, Her Nobilitie, or all | _Paula_ he saith. _Nihil laudabimus + these and the like of Hers are | nisi quod proprium est & de + commended? Yes, all these come very | purissimo sanctae mentis fonte + neere Her, and mutually receiue | profertur. Id. ep. ad Eustoch. Nam + lustre and eminencie from this | cum omnia opera sua laudauerit + Godly Feare; but they are not | Deus, coelum, terram &c. vbi ad + _Ipsa_, Her selfe, that is,[g] | Homin[=e] v[=e]tum est, solus non + principally Her Soule truely | videtur esse laudatus propter quem + Generous, and ennobled with the | omnia generata s[=u]t. Quae igitur + _Feare of the Lord_. Vntill such an | causa est, nisi forte ea, quia alia + Humble Soule be found in Her, She | in specie sunt, Homo in occulto? + is not She, that _shall be adorned | quia aliorum Gratia foris, huius + with the Garment of praise_, _Esai. | intus est. Aliorum in Natiuitate, + 61. 3._ Therefore Saint _Ierom_[h] | huius in Corde.--Ideo ergo homo non + would not commend in Noble | ante laudatur, quia non in forensi + _Marcella_ any thing saue Her owne | pelle, sed in interiore Homine ante + Godly selfe. _Ipsa Laudabitur_: She | probandus, sic praedicandus est._ + is She that shall be Praised. | _S. Ambros. Instit. Virg. cap. 3. + | tom. 1._] + And so we see how far forth Praise | + is to be extended to Her. Now to | + speak of the Extent of Her Praise: | + Let the word haue his full | + latitude. _Laudabitur_ is generall, | [Note i: _2 Ioh. 1. 1. Hebr. 13. + no kinde is limited. 1. Therefore | 1. Ephes. 5. 25._] + for the Extent, to be praised euery | + manner of way. 2. For the Time when | [Note k: _1 Thess. 5. 13._] + it shall be best for her. 3. For | + the Praiser, by him who can best | [Note l: _Mark. 14. 9. Psal. 112. + doe it. Of all these briefly. | 6._] + | + First, what praise she shall haue. | [Note: I. _What Praise she shall + 1. Euen that (which being true) is | haue. The Extent of Laudabitur._] + euer accompanied with Dearest Loue | + to her person[i]. 2. Highest | [Note m: _Gen. 23. 2. Ioh. 11. + estimation of Gods abundant graces | 33, 35. 1 King. 14. 13. 1 Thes. + in Her[k]. 3. Frequent | 4. 13. Eccles. 22. 11, 12 & 38. + Commemoration of them[l]. 4. | 16, 17._] + Moderate Lamentation at her | + Death[m]. 5. Solemne Funerals | [Note n: _Act. 8. 2. 2 Chron. 32. + according to the Dignitie of her | 33._] + place[n]. 6. And aboue all, with | + precise imitation of her excellent | [Note o: _Iam. 5. 10. Hebr. 12. + Vertues[o]. All this Honour God | 1. & 13. 7. 1 Cor. 11. 1._] + allowes Her, that honours Him with | + His Feare[p]. But because all | [Note p: _1 Sam. 2. 30. Deut. 26. + Praise is properly in Words (as the | 19. Ioh. 12. 26. Esai. 8. 13. + Schoole-man teacheth[q]) and better | Timor Hominis, Dei Honor est. + words shee cannot haue to praise | Tert. de Poenit. c. 7_] + Her, than God himselfe speakes[r], | + therefore she shall be Commended in | [Note q: _Tho. Aquin. 22. q. 103. + no other, neither in regard of God, | a. 1. ad 3._] + nor of her Husband, Children, | + Kindred, Seruants, and Gods People. | [Note r: _Psal. 12. 6._] + | + First in respect of God, she shall | [Note s: _Psal. 16. 3._] + be praised for One of his | + Excellent[s], Hidden Ones[t]: for | [Note t: _Psal. 83. 3._] + one of his Iewels, which hee will | + make vp[u]: for His Daughter[x], | [Note u: _Mal. 3. 17._] + His Sister[y], His Mother[z], His | + Spouse[a], His Loue[b], His | [Note x: _2 Cor. 6. 18,_] + Doue[c], His Faire[d] one, as Faire | + as the Moone, as Pure as the | [Note y: _Cant. 4. 9._] + Sun[e]: as the Moone by inherent, | + and as the Sun, by imputed | [Note z: _Matth. 12. 50._] + Righteousnesse. To her Husband she | + shall bee commended, as the Louing | [Note a: _Hos. 2. 19._] + Hinde and pleasant Roe[f], the | + Desire of his eyes[g]; An Helpe | [Note b: _Cant. 2. 10._] + like vnto Himselfe[h]; His | + Companion[i]; for A Pillar of | [Note c: _Cant. 2. 14._] + rest[k], so that He shall haue no | + need of spoile[l]; for a Good | [Note d: _Cant. 2. 13._] + Portion[m], a speciall Fauour[n] | + and Gift of the Lord[o]; a Double | [Note e: _Cant. 6. 10._] + Grace[p], Doubling the number of | + his Daies[q], Fatting his bones[r], | [Note f: _Prou. 5. 19._] + and making him knowne in the Gates, | + when he sitteth among the Elders of | [Note g: _Ezek. 24. 16. Eccles. + the Land[s]: for a Tower against | 36. 22._] + Death vnto him[t]: A greater | + Blessing vnto him than either House | [Note h: _Gen. 2. 18. Eccles. 36. + or Inheritance[u], Aboue children | 24._] + and the Building of a Citie to | + continue his Name[x], yea for a | [Note i: _Mal. 2. 14._] + Crowne vnto her Husband[y], not a | + Gold-ring on his finger; nor a | [Note k: _Eccles. 36. 24._] + chaine of Gold about his necke, nor | + a Brouch in his hat; but for a | [Note l: _Prou. 31. 11._] + Crowne vpon his head (an Ornament | + more conspicuous and eminent than | [Note m: _Eccles. 26. 3, 23._] + the former, the Principall Ensigne | + of Princes[z]) gracing him that | [Note n: _Prou. 18. 22._] + hath her, as much as a Crown doth | + Him that weareth it: so that there | [Note o: _Eccles. 26. 14._] + is none aboue her, that feareth the | + Lord[a], None greater than she, not | [Note p: _Eccles. 26. 15._] + Great Men, nor Iudges, nor | + Potentates[b]: Her Grace is aboue | [Note q: _Eccles. 26. 1._] + Gold[c]. Her Price is farre aboue | + Rubies[d]. Her Continent minde | [Note r: _Eccles. 26. 13._] + cannot be valewed[e], and by reason | + of Her, her Husband is a Blessed | [Note s: _Prou. 31. 23._] + Man[f], Not like other men[g]. | + | [Note t: _Eccles. 26. 22._] + | + | [Note u: _Prou. 19. 14._] + | + | [Note x: _Eccles. 40. 19._] + | + | [Note y: _Prou. 12. 4. Non annulus, + | non torques aureus, non monile, sed + | Corona. Cartw. in Prou._] + | + | [Note z: _Psal. 21. 3. Esth. 2. + | 17_] + | + | [Note a: _Eccles. 25. 10._] + | + | [Note b: _Eccles. 10. 24._] + | + | [Note c: _Eccles. 7. 19._] + | + | [Note d: _Prou. 31. 10._] + | + | [Note e: _Eccles. 26. 14. 15._] + | + | [Note f: _Eccles. 26. 1._] + | + | [Note g: _Eccles. 36. 23. Sine + | Muliere igitur Homo non habet + | Laudem, in Muliere praedicatur, &c. + | S. Ambros. Instit. Virg. cap. 3. + | tom. 1._] + To Her Children shee shall be | + Commended; because by her they haue | [Note h: _Prou. 14. 26. & 11. 22._] + a place of Refuge[h]; by Her they | + haue good meanes to bring and | [Note i: _Deut. 5. 29. Psal. 112. + continue true Honour vpon them[i], | 2._] + and if They (the Fruit) be a great | + Blessing[k] (as it is to haue Issue | [Note k: _Psal. 127. 3._] + by such a One) what is the Root | + that beareth it[l]? | [Note l: _Psal. 128. 3._] + | + But I must hasten: How shall she be | [Note m: _Gen. 29. 9._] + Praised in respect of her Parents? | + euen as _Rachel_[m] for doing | [Note n: _Eccles. 3. 7._] + seruice to them as to her Masters | + (the true propertie of one that | [Note o: _Ruth. 4. 15._] + _feareth the Lord_[n].) In respect | + of her kindred by mariage, as | [Note p: _Ruth. 1. 8._] + _Ruth_, louing them[o], Dealing | + kindly with them[p], and Cleauing | [Note q: _Ruth. 1. 14. & c. 2. 11_] + vnto them[q]. And in respect of her | + kindred by bloud, as _Esther_, who | [Note r: _Esth. 2. 20._] + did the Commandement of _Mordecay_ | + when she was a Queene, like as when | [Note s: _Esth. 4. 4._] + she was brought vp with Him[r], who | + was exceedingly grieued at his | [Note t: _Esth. 4. 16._] + Griefe[s], and procured the | + Enlargement and Deliuerance of her | [Note u: _Esth. 8. 3._] + kindred with her _Feasts_[t], her | + _Teares_[u], and the Hazard of her | [Note x: _Esth. 4. 11, 16._] + _Life_[x]. | + | [Note y: _Prou. 14. 1._] + In regard of her Seruants also, she | + shall be commended because she | [Note z: _Prou. 31. 14._] + Buildeth her House[y]: _Shee is | + like the Merchants ship, She | [Note a: _Prou. 31. 15._] + fetcheth her food from farre_[z], | + _She giueth meat to her | [Note b: _Prou. 31. 21._] + Houshold_[a], _She cloatheth them | + all with Scarlet_[b], _and Shee | [Note c: _Prou. 31. 27._] + looketh so well to their waies_[c], | + that _As the Sunne when it ariseth | [Note d: _Eccles. 26. 16._] + in the high Heauen; So is her | + beautie in the Ordering of her | [Note e: _Reuel. 12. 1._] + House_[d]. | + | [Note f: _Gal. 3. 28._ Ephes. 4. + Lastly, because all the Essentiall | 15.16. Cant. 2. 10.--Cum ipsos + Glory and Fairenesse, which is to | cogitatis amantes, non virum & + bee found in the whole Church, _The | Foeminam, sed verbum &c. Animam + Woman cloathed with the Sunne_[e], | sentiatis, oportet. Et si Christum + as that of Iustification & | & Ecclesiam dixero, idem est, nisi + Sanctification &c. belongs to euery | quod Ecclesiae nomine non vna Anima, + Member of the Church[f], and | sed multarum vnitas, vel potius + c[=o]sequently to euery _Woman | vnanimitas designatur._ S. Bern. + fearing the Lord_, therefore to | serm. 61. in Cant._] + Gods people she shall be commended, | + as one of the Hands of the Church | [Note g: _Cant. 5. 5._] + _dropping with sweet smelling | + Mirrhe_[g]: as the _Curtaines of | [Note h: _Cant. 1. 5._] + Salomon_[h]; _As a Lilly among | + thornes_[i]; _A Garden inclosed_: | [Note i: _Cant. 2. 2._] + _A Spring shut vp_. _A Fountain | + sealed_[k]. | [Note k: _Cant. 4. 12._] + | + But when shall shee haue all this | [Note: II. _When she shall be + Praise and of whom? Not by and by, | Praised._] + nor of Euery one[l], for Praise is | + not comely in the mouth of euery | [Note l: _Luk. 6. 26. Eccles. 15. + one, of euery scoffing _Ishmael_. | 9._] + | + But first of the Time. | [Note m: _Esay 28. 16. 30. 18. 40. + | 31. 64. 4. Heb. 10. 36, 37, 38. + Many when they heare a Promise (and | Hab. 2. 3, 4._] + a Promise I told you at first, this | + is) thinke to haue it by and by; | [Note n: _1 Cor. 4. 5._] + but they marke not, that a Promise | + and the Fruition of it is not all | [Note o: _1 Pet. 1. 7. Et nos + at once. It must be waited for[m], | ergo n[=o] a nobis laudem exigamus, + especially this Promise of Praise: | nec praeripiamus iudicium Dei & + _Vntill the Lord come_ (as the | praeueniamus sententiam iudicis, sed + Apostles limit the Time) _and | suo Tempori, suo Iudici + then_, at his Appearing, _she shall | reservemus. S. Ambros. in Luc. l. + haue praise of God_[n]. _Then at | 8. c. 17. tom. 5. 2 Tim. 2. 5. + his Appearing_[o], _Her Faith shall | Eccles. 11. 27.28._] + be found vnto Praise and Honour, | + and Glory_. Therefore in the mean | [Note p: _Nam si laudari ante + while, best for her to _Feare the | Gubernator non potest quam in + Lord_, and so be praise-worthy, | portum nauem deduxerit: quomodo + than to be praised for the present. | laudabis Homin[=e] prius quam in + | stationem mortis successerit? S. + 1. Not only because it is safest | Ambr. de Bono Mort. c. 8. tom. 4. + praising Her as a Master of a ship | Merito ergo differtur, vt sequatur + is (saith S. _Ambrose_[p]) when she | foenerata eius Laudatio, cuius + is safely arriued in the Hauen, | dilatio non dispendium; sed + past all danger of shipwracke: or | incrementum est ... Et ideo + growing more proud by her praise | laudatio eius non in exordio; sed + (which many Liuing doe) as _Herod_ | in fine est. Nemo enim nisi + for one[q], and that Philosopher | legitime certauerit, coronabitur. + for another, whose soule being | Ideoq, sapiens tibi dicit: Ante + before no bigger than a mans | mortem non laudes hominem quemquam. + finger, became so puft vp and | Ratio. Quia in fine hominis + swolne with others commending him, | nudantur opera eius. Id. Instit. + that (as _Arrianus_ reports) it | Virg. c. 3. tom. 1._] + grew greater than two Cubits[r]. | + | [Note q: _Act. 12. 21._] + 2. Nor only because actuall praise | + is in the lips of the praiser, and | [Note r: _Arrian. Epict. l. 3. c. + so a wicked woman may be praised, | 2._] + and yet not be worthy of it, and a | + godly woman may be praise-worthy, | + and yet not haue it, whereas | + praise-worthinesse is euer in the | + partie to be praised, and fewest | + (you know) haue this worth; but | + many haue praise without it, | + therefore praise-worthinesse is the | + Nobler Grace of the two, and | + consequently best for a Woman to be | + worthy of praise, though she be not | + praised for the present. | + | + 3. But one of the chiefest Reasons | + is this; because indeed all our | + earthly praise is _Laudatur_, that | + is, for the present; but continueth | + not. Is, but shall not be. | + Sometimes a godly woman is | + commended, and sometimes she is | + not. As S. _Paul_ praised the | + _Corinthians_[s], _Now I praise you | [Note s: _1 Cor. 11. 1, 22_] + Brethren_, and by and by he saith: | + _Shall I praise you in this? I | + praise you not_: whereas This | + praise here promised so Is, that it | + _shall be_ still, and that cannot | + be in this Transitory world; but in | + Heauen, where Her praise that | + feareth the Lord for euer, endureth | + for euer: _Laudabitur, She shall be | + praised_. | + | + The best Time then for commending | [Note: III. + Her is yet to come, and that from | _Of whom shee shal be praised._] + Him who can best doe it; But I must | + tell you first, this Time should | [Note t: _2 Kings 9. 11. Act. 24. + neuer come, could the scoffing | 5. & 26. 24. Neh. 6. 13._] + _Ishmaels_ of our daies be heard | + railing vpon, iesting at, belying | [Note u: _Tert. Apolog. c. 7. &c. + and slandering Her and Him _that | Arnob. aduers. Gent. M. Faelix in + feareth the Lord_. It was euer | Octau._] + their Deuillish propertie[t] with | + many disgracefull censures to dimme | [Note x: _Gratias ago Deo meo, quod + the glory of the children of Light, | dignus sum, quem mundus oderit._ + spitefully to aggrauate their | _S. Ierom. Asellae._] + tender frailties, rather than to | + commend their vnreproueable Graces. | [Note y: _Ephes. 5. 15. Phil. 4. + So of old they scourged the | 8, 9. 2 Cor. 8. 20. 1 Pet. 2. + Primitiue Christians with their | 12. Heb. 11. 39. Eccl. 41.12. + viperous, virulent tongues[u]; but | --Nec ex nobis scintilla + as Saint _Ierome_ thanks God that | procedat, per quam aduersus nos + He was counted worthy to be hated | sinistrae famae flamma confletur--Nos + of the world[x]; so should euery | id agamus, vt male de nobis nemo + good man and woman, not much | loqui, absque Mendacio possit._ + trouble themselues for the vniust | _Paulin. epist. ad Celant._] + censures and disconceits of | + witlesse and worthlesse | + prophanenesse; but rather (as | + _Paulinus_[y] exhorts) haue more | + regard to their good name, lest any | + sparkle or appearance of euill | + truly proceed from them, whereby | + any flame of euill report may be | + kindled, and so to liue, that none | + may speake euill of them without | + lying. For maugre the malice of all | + Sensualists, the Time will come, | + when euery man and woman that | + feareth God, shall haue praise of | [Note z: _1 Cor. 4. 5._] + God[z], 1 Cor. 4. which is the best | + praise, when all is done[a], 2 Cor. | [Note a: _2 Cor. 10. 18. Iob. 12. + 10. Yea (Beloued) that you may not | 43._] + count _the Lord slacke_ concerning | + his promise[b], Saint _Iames_ tells | [Note b: _2 Pet. 3. 9._] + you, This _comming of the Lord | + draweth neere_[c]: _Behold the | [Note c: _Iam. 5. 8, 9._] + Iudge standeth at the doore, He is | + readie to iudge the Quicke and the | + Dead_ (saith Saint _Peter_[d]) | [Note d: _1 Pet. 4. 5._] + readie to commend them, whom the | + world hath condemned; and to | + condemne them, whom worldlings haue | + commended: readie to reueale vnto | + the whole world the good workes of | + the godly, _Honorifico pietatis | + testimonio_, with an honourable | + approbation of their blessed | + godlinesse; & also to reueale vnto | + the whole world the wicked Deeds of | + the vngodly, _Manifesto impietatis | + vituperio_, with a publike, and | + open, vncontrouleable | + Discommendation of their cursed | + wickednesse[e]: yea the Iudge is | [Note e: _Mat. 25. 34, 41._] + ready to turne _Laudabitur_ into | + _Laudatur_, her praise worthinesse | + that feareth Him for euer, into | + euerlasting Praise; so that should | + her Husband and Children faile to | + praise Her, which yet they do not, | + for they commend Her in the 29. | + verse of this Chapter, saying: | + _Many daughters haue done | + vertuously; but thou excellest them | + all_[f]: or should the Godly cease | [Note f: _Prou. 31. 28, 29._] + to praise Her, which they will | + neuer do either here or in | [Note g: _Cant. 6. 9._] + Heauen[g]. Here Her remembrance is | + so sweet in all their mouthes, that | [Note h: _Eccles. 39. 10. Eccles. + they say:[h] Let her Memory be | 44. 15. Eccles. 49. 1._] + blessed: _Let her bones flourish | + out of her place_; and _Let the | [Note i: _Eccles. 46. 11, 12._] + name of Her that was honoured be | + continued vpon her Children_[i]: or | [Note k: _Reuel. 4. 13._] + should Her owne workes giue ouer | + praising Her in the Gates, which | [Note l: _Gen. 4. 4. Act. 10. + they are forbidden to doe, vers. | 35. 1 Pet. 2. 5._] + 31. of this Chapter; yet God | + himselfe will haue _Her workes | [Note m: _Hebr. 13. 15._] + follow her to Heauen_[k], and | + _Accepting of her_[l], and _Them, | [Note n: _Esai. 8. 13._] + by Christ Iesus_[m], _Hee himselfe | + will praise Her, that hath made Him | [Note o: _Deut. 10. 21._] + Her Feare_[n], _Her praise_[o], | + saying: _Well done thou good and | [Note p: _Matth. 25. 21._] + faithfull seruant, thou hast beene | + faithfull ouer a few things, I will | [Note q: _Perfecta Die laudatio + make thee ruler ouer many things, | magis anim[=a] perficit, quam Dei + Enter thou into the ioy of thy | fruitio, quia magis laetatur in + Lord_[p]. Where it is best to leaue | Gloria & plus gaudebit de Dei + Her, euen with her Lord, taking | gloria & honore, quam de sua + more ioy (as a Schoole-man teacheth | Glorificatione, & plus iocundabitur + truly) in praising Him, than in | in laudando Domin[=u], quam in + contemplating her owne praise, in | consider[=a]do proprium bon[=u]. + Glorifying God, than in her owne | Bonau. l. 3. d. 1. q. 1, p. 66._ + Glorification[q]. | A selm. Prosolog. c. 15. & 16._] + | + But though we haue brought a Godly | + Woman where she would be, to | + Heauenly Praise, and Honour, and | + Glory, and found them by Gods free | + fauour in Christ giuen vnto Her; | + yet who is such a Woman? We haue | + not found Her yet; and why not yet? | + Because among other reasons, as | + Saint _Ierom_ was afraid to entreat | + of the Death of that Venerable | + Matron _Paula_[r]; so am I to | [Note r: _Quid agimus anima? cur ad + speake of the Decease of this | mortem eius venire formidas?--S. + Honourable Lady. Therefore giue me | Ier. Epitaph. Paulae. Epist. ad + leaue (beloued) to deferre the | Principiam. Gal. 3. 28._] + vncomfortable Passions of her | + Death, vntill I be a little better | + heartened by relating some of the | + laudable actions of her Life. | + | + For the subiect then of my Text, I | [Note: _Application. The Lady + dare say, in regard of the | deceased. Mulier Tim[=e]s + Description thereof, your owne | Dominum._] + consciences haue made the | + Application, and doe witnesse for | + Her, that She was _A Woman fearing | + the Lord_. A Woman indeed, & so the | + _Weaker Vessell_[s], yet | [Note s: _1 Pet. 3. 7._] + neuerthelesse Honour to be giuen | + Her in that respect; but rather the | + more (as Saint _Peters_ inference | + will allow) because though shee had | + _This Treasure of the Feare of the | + Lord in an Earthen and in a Weaker | + Vessell_[t], yet Gods strength was | [Note t: _Esai. 33. 6. 2 Cor. 4. + made perfect in her Weaknesse. And | 7._] + it is S. _Ieroms_ rule[u], you | + should iudge of Vertues, _Non | [Note u: _--Non considerantes + Sexa, sed Animo_: Not by the Sex, | Holdam & Annam ac Debboram, viris + but by the Minde and constant | tac[=e]tibus prophetasse, & in + purpose of a Regenerate Heart: This | seruitute Christi nequaquam + makes the Difference of force in | differentiam Sexuum valere; sed + the seruice of Christ, not either | Mentium. S. Ierom. Eustoch._] + Male or Female. | + | + Suruey then (if you please) as | [Note: _The workings of Godly feare + briefly as you wil, the seuerall | in regard of Her: Husb[=a]d: + workings of Her Godly Feare. | Children._] + | + First to Her Head, her Subiection | + and Helpfulnesse like that of Saint | + _Augustines_ Mother to his | [Note x: _S. Aug. Confess. lib. 9. + Father[x]. | cap. 9._] + | + To Her Children, her tenderest | + Affection and Sollicitousnesse to | + plant _the feare of the Lord_ in | + their hearts, to fit them with | + worthy Matches out of Religious | + Families, to adorne her onely Sonne | + with the richest endowments of | + Grace and Learning: Witnesse her | + Letters to that Learned | + Professour[A] in our famous | [Note A: Doct. _Prideaux_ Rector of + Vniuersitie, worthy to be kept as a | Exceter College in _Oxford._] + Monument of her truly Noble spirit | + and Godly Desire (like that of | [Note y: _Greg. Nazian. in Laudem + _Gregory Nazianzen's_ Sister) to | Gorgon. Orat. 25._] + haue the fruit of her Body become | + the fruit of the Spirit[y]. | [Note a: _S. Ier. ad Princip. + | Nusquam sine Matre &c.--_] + To Her Parents, shee was another | + _Rachel_, another _Marcella_[a]. | [Note: _Parents._] + | + To Her Kindred by mariage another | [Note: _Kindred._] + _Ruth_, and to them by bloud | + another _Hester_. | + | + To Her Seruants, shee was | [Note: _Seruants._] + bountifull in their Health; | + compassionate (as _Fabiola_[b]) in | [Note b: _Id. Epitaph. Fabiola._] + their Sicknesse, either of Minde or | + of Body, prouiding for them (like | + the Centurion) both spirituall and | + corporall Physicke. | + | + To All, Her whole Deportment was so | [Note: _Religious Deportm[=e]t to + Louely, so sweet, what _by the law | all._] + of kindnesse in her tongue_[c], | + Salutations, Gifts, Almes-Deeds, | [Note c: _Prou. 31. 26._] + Visitations, Inuitations, and by | + other offices of courtesies and | + Hospitalities, that Her Amiable | + Behauiour was a powerfull Meanes, | + an attractiue Load-stone to draw | + vnto Her the hearts and loues of as | + many as knew Her, yea as but heard | + of Her. | + | + But vnto Gods children she euer | [Note: _Especially vn-vnto Gods + only afforded the dearest pangs, | people._] + the highest Degree of her kindest | + Affection[d]: Their company she | [Note d: _Psal. 16. 3. Psal. 119. + most loued, and they Hers. Not so | 63, 79. Gal. 6. 10. 1 Pet. 2. + much in regard of Her fauour | 17. Coloss. 1. 4._] + towards them, which was great; but | + chiefly by reason of that spiritual | + Helpe and refreshment, which they | + might get by conuersing with Her in | + the choicest passages of | + Sanctification. For shee had the | + Art to vphold holy conferences | + about perplexities of conscience, | + Relapses into sin, and Remedies | + against the same: Shee had the | + skill to beget many ioyfull | + Meditations of mortifying Grace and | + euerlasting Glory: She had the | + Zeale to nourish Heauenly | + mindednesse, boldnesse in the | + waies, and cheerefulnesse in the | + exercises of Religion and Deuotion. | + | + Touching Her submission to the | [Note: _Constant vse of the Meanes + Meanes of Saluation: O what delight | of Saluation._] + shee tooke here and in _London_, to | + heare conscionable and searching | + Sermons! It was Her onely Pleasure | + in that Citie (as she professed) to | + frequent them there; yea what | + Griefe was it vnto Her (as it was | + vnto Saint _Ambrose_) to heare of | + the Death of any of Gods zealous | [Note e: _Paulin. in Vita D. + Ministers[e]? | Ambros._] + | + And should I be silent, yet Her | + Oratory in her house hereby, this | + Church too (a part whereof her | + Zeale, together with her Honourable | + Husbands Loue to Gods House newly | + erected) that Closset also of Hers | + in _Truro_, yea euery place almost | + would speake aloud of her constant | + reading, hearing, meditating on the | + Word, solemne Humiliations, | + solitary conferences with her God, | + feruent prayers and eiaculations, | + which (as the sweetest incense) | + shee euer and anon sent vp to the | + Throne of Grace for the pardon of | + her sinnes, the fauour of God, the | + spirituall Good of her Dearest | + Husband, Children, and Gods Church. | + | + But adde vnto all these, another | [Note: _Vnfained Resolution to + more speciall, essentiall, and | mortifie her most preuailing + superiour working of Her Godly | Sinne._] + Feare, and that was Her continuall | + Combating against all sinne, euen | + Her most commanding sin whatsoeuer | + that was[f]. For there was a time | [Note f: _Psal. 18. 23. Rom. 7. + to my knowledge, when after the | 21, 22, 23, 24._] + preaching vnto Her of the power and | + efficacie of Gods promises, and of | + Christs Death and Resurrection, for | + the mortifying and mastering of any | + bosome and beloued sinne, you might | + easily see in Her, how willingly | [Note g: _Psal. 119. 6, 8. Act. + she yeelded vnto the Sanctifying | 11. 23._] + worke of the Holy Ghost for the | + Ouer-comming of her strongest | [Note h: _Mic. 7. 18. 1 Ioh. 1. + corruptions, how heauily shee was | 9. Rom. 6. 14. Ez. 36. 25. 2 + displeased with relapses into | Cor. 12. 7, 9._] + smaller offences of daily incursion | + against the generall and constant | [Note i: _Rom. 6. 4, 5, &c. Vis, + purpose[g] of her heart not to | inquam, illa Christi mortis nobis + sinne in anything; how faithfully | communicatur, vt per h[=a]c + she rested vpon those sweetest[h] | Christivim moriamur peccato, sicut + promises of God (which she | Christus peccato semel mortitus + confessed she had not erst so well | est, id est, non vt peccatum nobis + weighed) for the mortifying of | non imputitur, (id enim ad + speciall infirmities, and how | Iustisicationem pertinct) sed vt + vnfainedly shee resolued to set her | peccati vis iam non sit in nobis + Faith on worke, to draw not onely | efficax, immo vero contra freti vi + assurance of pardon from the Merit | illa Christi, cui per Spiritum + of Christs Death and Resurrection; | Sanctum coniuncti sumus, peccatum + but also that Power and efficacie | occidamus.--pistiemo quia non satis + which is in them, to _Die to Sinne, | est n[=o] peccare; sed etiam bene + and Liue to Righteousnesse_.[i] | agere oportet, eadem vis illa + | Christi, qua victor peccati et + This was the Life of this Elect | mortis in carne nostra viuere + Lady fearing the Lord, and | coepit Deo--nobiscum communicata + therefore she hath right and | coepit Deo--nobiscum communicata + interest to all those Honourable | facit vt &c. Beza epist. Theolog. + Attributes of Praise, which you | 45. p. 211._] + heard euen now God himselfe giue | + her in His owne words. | [Note k: _Eccles. 8. 8._] + | + But O my Soule what dost thou? Why | [Note l: _S. Ierom. Eustoch. + art thou yet afraid to come to her | Epitaph. Paul._] + Death? as if while I held my peace | + and were busied in Her Praises, Her | [Note m: _Neq, par[=u] distat inter + Death could be deferred? Alas it | has lachrymas Deuotionis & aetatis + could not by all the Meanes that | vtiq, iam virilis, atque eas quas + were vsed. For _No man_ (saith the | primaeus aetas inter infantiae vagit' + Preacher) _hath power ouer the | emisit, lachrymas vtiq, poenitentiae + spirit to retaine the spirit_[k]. | & confessionis. Veruntamen longe + Then speake of her Death I must, | amplius vtrisque procedunt aliae + and yet (to make vse of S. | quaed[=a] lachrymae, quibus in + _Ierom's_ words in a like case) | funditur sapor vini. Illas enim + _Quis possit siccis oculis Paulam | lachrymas vere in vin[=u] mutari + narrare morientem[l]?_ Who can | dixerim, quae Fraternae Compassionis + relate the Death of the Lady | affectu in feruore prode[=u]t + _Frances Roberts_ without shedding | charitatis, pro qua eti[=a] ad + some Teares of Compassion, of | horam tui ipsius immemor esse, + Deuotion, yea and of Compunction | sobria quad[=a] ebrietate videris._ + too[m]? Shee deserues some Teares | _S. Bern. in Epiph. Dom. Serm. 3._] + from vs (Beloued) as well as from | + the Poore, weeping now and shewing | [Note: _Bountie to the Poore._] + the Coats and garments which this | + _Dorcas_ made for them, while she | [Note n: _Act. 9. 36._] + was with them[n]. | + | + But to stop the current of them a | + little longer. Begin we with Gods | + mercifull preseruation of Her in | + _London_ from the noysome | [Note: _Thakfulnesse for + Pestilence; because she | Deliuerance from the Plague._] + acknowledged it (as was meet) with | + humble Thankfulnesse[o]. And then | [Note o: _Psal. 91. 7. Psal. 50. + remember, that vpon Her returne | 15. Psal. 33. 1._] + home, being summoned by Sicknesse, | + by and by she set her _House in | + order_, like _Hezekiah_; She spake | + to the Hearts of Her Children, | + Friends, and Seruants, that were | + then about Her (like _Iacob_) by | + putting them in remembrance of Her | + Departure and their Duties: She | + hungered and thirsted after the | + Body and Bloud of Her Dearest | [Note: _Worthy receiving the + Sauiour, which shee receiued with | Sacrament._] + Due Examination[p] of Her | + Knowledge; Faith; Loue and | [Note p: _1 Cor. 1. 28._] + Repentance, with reuerent Gesture, | + heartie Thankfulnesse, deuout | + Attention, and very Fruitfully to | + the greater strengthning and | + refreshing of Her Soule then | + trauelling for the other Life. | + | + And now (Beloued) that she lieth on | + the bed of Languishing, we must not | + be austere in reprehending euery | + Infirmity; but Pitifull in | + considering the tender frailtie of | + it. | + | + For what though shee were (as Sicke | [Note: _Passionatnesse by reason of + folke are commonly[A]) more | Spiritual and Bodily Dist[)e]per._] + Passionate than others, yea than | + Her selfe in Her health, yet if God | [Note A: [Greek: Dusareston hoi + iudgeth not according to the | nosountes aporias hupo] _Eurip. + strange Effects and Symptoms of Her | Orest._] + sicknesse, not according to the | + short moment and violent passions | + of Her Death; but according to the | + holy Actions of Her Health, the | + former Affections of Her Heart, and | + the Generall Course of Her Life[q]; | [Note q: M^r. _Greenham_. 1. Treat. + then it is our Dutie, not seuerely | for Afflict. Consc. fol. III. part + to censure her passionatenesse, who | 2.] + by reason of the parching Feauer of | + the Spirit, as well as of the Body, | + was disquieted in her Imagination | + (as the Physitian of the body could | + discerne) though not in her Memory. | + Consider therefore O Man (as that | + excellent Physitian of the Soule | + aduiseth thee[r]) if thou canst | [Note r: _Id. Of Death, fol. 9. + beare with a fraile Body, that thou | part 2._] + must much more beare with a fraile | + Minde and Body too. Consider also O | + Man, that this her Pettishnesse did | + more wound her to the heart, than | + any iniury thou couldst presse her | + with. Neither doe I speake this to | + nourish passion in any, or to proue | + her Anger to be Sinlesse[s]; but to | [Note s: _Vitemus ergo aut + be a lesse Sinne, because her | temperemus irac[=u]diam: ne sit + Spirituall and Bodily Distemper was | eius aut in Laudibus exceptio, aut + so great, or rather because her | Off. lib. 1. cap. 21._] + Faith quenched the flame of this | + fiery passion in Christs Bloud, | + resolued and melted her heart into | + many penitent Teares afterwards. | [Note: _Repentance for the same._] + Oh, said she to me, (pressing her | + with _Dauids_ example, _Psal. | + 131._) In my Health I could digest | + any iniury, and deemed it base and | + vngodly, not to be able to doe so; | + but now (I know not how) me thinkes | + I am ouer-tender in bearing them. I | + am impatient indeed, and then I | + weepe for my impatiencie. For I | + know (as she her selfe vrged) _The | + wrath of Man doth not accomplish | [Note t: _Iam. 1. 20. Psalm. 4. + the Righteousnesse of God_[t]. | 4._] + | + Thus shee was Angrie with her selfe | [Note u: _Ephes. 4. 26. Vel certe + for being Angrie with others, and | sic: Si irascimini, vobis + then (according to Saint _Ambroses_ | irascimini, quia commoti estis, & + rule) it ceased towards them before | non peccabitis. Qui enim sibi + the Sunne went down[u]; and was not | irascitur, quia cito c[=o]motus + this Holy Reuenge on her selfe a | est, desinit irasci alteri. Id. + true fruit of Euangelicall | ibid._] + Repentance? _2 Cor. 7. 11._ | + | + But aye me! me thinkes I now heare | [Note: _Her Agonie._] + her groaning vunder the dolefull | + pangs of Death, vnder those pangs | + of which shee had foretold saying: | + I shall suffer much more ere I goe | + hence. And can any haue the heart | + to heare her groaning pangs, | + without renting his owne heart from | + his darling pleasure? without | + lamenting his owne sinnes, which | + vnlesse he forsake betimes, will | + bring him to euerlasting | [Note x: _Ezek. 18. 13, 30._] + Burnings[x]? or without learning to | + compassionate euery weake one, to | [Note y: _--Si quem viderimus + assist any one yeelding vp the | pauper[=e] moriturum, sumptu + Ghost, because (as Saint _Ambrose_ | iuvemus, & dicat vnusquisq, + giues the reason[y]) the holy | nostrum: Benedictio morituri in me + Peophet _Iob_ desired the Blessing | veniat: Si qu[=e] viderimus + of one, that lyes a Dying: | debilem, non deseramus, si quem in + _Benedictio morituri, in me veniat: | extremis positum, non relinquam^s._ + Let the blessing of him that is | _S. Ambros. de Bono Mort. cap. 8. + readie to die, come vpon me!_ | tom. 4._] + | + Let vs then, not yet, leaue this | [Note: _Deuotion at Her Death._] + Departing Saint. For in the midst | + of this her Agonie, after shee had | + layen groaning many houres without | + any articulate or distinct speech, | + yet vpon triall made of Her sense | + and memory by demanding of Her, | + whether she would haue prayers made | + for Her, she answered plainly: With | + all my heart, pray, pray. And then | + as _Gregory Nazianzen_[a] reports | [Note a: _Orat. 28. de Funere + of his Father, that though He was | Patris. Tom. 2._] + daily, yea hourely, in great paine | + before his Death, yet He was euer | + still and quiet from paine, onely | + while Diuine Seruice was saying; so | + this Deuout Lady forgetting (as it | + were) Her former Groanings, did | + listen attentiuely to the prayers | + that were made for Her, without | + fetching so much as one sob during | + that time. And afterwards | + rehearsing distinctly part of the | + Lords Prayer, you might heare Her, | + when S. _Stephens_ Vision and last | + words[b] were read vnto Her, repeat | [Note b: _Act. 7. 53, 56, 59._] + very often these last words of Her | + Sauiour[c]: _O Heauenly Father into | [Note c: _Luke 23. 46._] + thy hands I commend my spirit_. | + Thus on a sudden I haue told you | [Note A: _Reuel. 14. 13._] + how she _Dyed in the Lord_[A], and | + is _with Christ_[B]. | [Note B _Phil. 1. 23._] + | + And though we saw her afterwards | + mouing her lips; but heard not her | + Voice, no more than they that were | + at Saint _Ambroses_ Death did heare | [Note d: _Paulin. in D. Ambros + his Voice; but only saw his lips | Vita._] + moue[d]; yet we must not thinke | + _The Spirit of strength_[e], of | [Note e: _Esai. 11. 2._] + _Prayer_ and _Grace_[f], is then | + onely strong, when we heare a Dying | [Note f: _Zach. 12. 10._] + Saint pray, because Christs Spirit | + cries in Gods Children, _Abba, | + Father_[g], with Vnutterable | [Note g: _Gal. 4. 6._] + Groanings[h] which we cannot heare, | + and therefore I doubt not, but this | [Note h: _Rom. 8. 26._] + Elect Lady cried loudest in Gods | + eares, when we heard not her words; | + and why may we not thinke now, our | + sinnes hindered vs from hearing | + them? I am sure, heretofore she | + hath spoken againe and againe many | + Heart-piercing speeches to deterre | + from Sinne, and to allure to | + Holinesse of Life. If she be not | + hearkened to now, henceforth wee | + shall heare Her speake no more. _I | + charge you therefore before God and | + the Lord Iesus Christ, and the | + Elect Angells_:[A] you (I say) I | [Note A: _1 Tim. 5. 21._] + charge whomsoeuer shee hath iustly | + reproued for any Sin, that you | + forsake those Sins; and whomsoeuer | + she hath zealously exhorted to holy | + Duties, that you performe those | + holy Duties, for henceforth you | + shall heare Her speake no more. | + | + But why should I detaine thee | [Note: _Conclusion. Sed quid ego te + (Honourable Lady) any longer? Or | morer Frater? quid expectem? vt + what doe you (Beloued) expect more? | nostra tecum c[=o]moriatur et quasi + That our speech also should Die | consepeliatur oratio? S. Ambr. de + together with Hers, and (as it | Obitu fratris. Tom. 3._] + were) be Buried together with Her. | + O my Blessed Brethren, suffer | + neither this Godly Lady, nor Gods | + word to depart so dishonourably | + from you. | + | + Suffer not Her so to depart from | [Note: I. + you; but let her euer liue in your | _Imitation of Her Vertues._] + breasts by Esteeming Her very | + highly in loue for Her workes sake, | [Note i: _Ideo laude oris ad + by Commemorating Gods Graces in | Hominem vtimur, vt alios apud quos + Her; but aboue all by Imitating her | laudatur, in bonam opinionem, & + Faith and Vertues[i]. Then you | Reuerentiam, & Imitationem ipsius + shall not need to grieue very much | inducamus. Thom. Aquin. 22. q. + for Her Absence from you; because | 91._] + she is _with Christ, which is best | + of all_[k]; because she is _Taken | [Note k: _Phil. 1. 23.--Et Christum + away_, not from you; but _from the | laedimus cum euocatos quosque ab + euill to come, Esai. 57. 1._ From | illo quasi miserandos non + you shee is not Taken, but from | aequanimiter accipimus. Cupio, + seeing the plagues and miseries of | inquit Apostolus, recipi iam ... + this wretched world, yea from | Ergo votum si alios consequutos + seeing the future Deaths of you, | impatienter dolemus, ipsi consequi + Her Dearest friends[l], for whom | nolumus. Tertul. de Patient. cap. + she would haue wept full bitterly; | 9. Temperet sane Dilecti Gaudi[=u], + but you haue greater Cause, if you | moestitiam desolatorum, & + will heare S. _Ambrose_ and S. | tolerabilius fiat nobis, quod + _Ierome_ comforting themselues in a | Nobiscum non est, quia cum Deo + like case, to Reioyce[m] and to | est. Ber. in Cant. ser. 27._] + giue God thankes[n], that you Haue | + had Her, nay that you Haue Her, if | [Note l: _Non enim nobis ereptus + so be you follow Her good example, | es, sed periculis.--raptus est ne + and represent her to the life by | totius orbis excidia, mundi finem, + your Godly Life. | propinquor[=u] funera, &c. S. + | Ambros. de Obitu Fratru. fol. 17._] + To conclude: I beseech you all | + (Blessed Brethren) Suffer not the | [Note: II. + Word of God, which you haue heard | _Practise of Gods word._] + this day, for want of the Feare of | + God, which is _The firmest | [Note m: _Laetandum est enim magis, + foundation of Gods word_[o], to | quod talem fratrem habuerim, quam + vanish into aire, into nothing, to | dolendum, quod fratrem amiserim. + rebound from your flintie hearts | Illud enim munus, hoc debitum est._ + (as a shaft shot against a wall of | _Idem ibid. fol. 13._] + Adamant[p];) but in Gods Name, Let | + the Sword of Gods Spirit sunder | [Note n: _Non maeremus quod talem + euery one of our minion sinnes from | amisimus, sed gratias agimus, quod + our bosomes: Let Gods pretious | habuimus, immo habemus. S. Ierom. + promise here of praising a _Woman | Epitaph. Paulae._] + that feareth the Lord_, feare vs | + from our strongest corruptions. | [Note o: _Basis quaedam Verbi est + _Atq vtinam praeconia foeminarum, | Timor sanctus. Sicut enim + imitarentur viri_. And I may well | simulachrum aliquod in Basi + wish with Saint _Ierome_, that Men | statuitur----ita verbum Dei in + would emulate and imitate Women in | Timore Sancto melius statuitur, + their deserued attributions of | fortius radicatur, hoc est, in + Praise[q]. Lastly, if you desire to | pectore timentis Dominum--S. + know, besides this motiue of | Ambros. in Psal. 118. Serm. 5._] + obtaining Heauenly praise, what | + other Meanes you should vse to get, | [Note: III. _Means to Godly + keepe and increase such a godly | Feare._] + Feare in you, then consider the | + examples of Gods dreadfull | [Note p: _Iam. 1. 22. Zach. 7. + iudgements[r] on them, that Feare | 12._] + Him not, yea on Christ Iesus | + Himselfe pursued for our sins[s] to | [Note q: _S. Ierom. epist. ad + the fulnesse of Bitternesse by the | Furiam._] + iustice of God, consider that | + first. Then remember your owne | [Note r: _1 Cor. 10. 11. Reuel. + Deaths to haue them before you[t], | 14. 7._] + remember your strict Accounts to be | + made[u], remember the restlesse | [Note s: _Esai. 57. 11. & 53. 5. + Terrour of Conscience[x], which | Mat. 27. 46._] + followes the impenitent, and then | + or neuer you will _Feare the Lord | [Note t: _Eccles. 3. 14. Iob 7. + Greatly_, as _Obadiah_ and this | 1. Psal. 39. 4. & 90. 12._] + Blessed Lady did. Be not deceiued | + (my Brethren) after all this | [Note u: _2 Cor. 5. 10. Matth. + Hearing, it is not a Little Feare | 12. 36._] + will serue the turne. For to Feare | + God but a little (as _Fulgentius_ | [Note x: _Rom. 2. 15. Reu. 6. + saith) is to contemne Him very | 16. Psal. 18. 23. Prou. 8. + much[y]. It must bee at least so | 13._] + Great a Feare, as must feare you | + from your Greatest, your Sweetest | [Note: IV. _So Great a Feare as + Sinne whatsoeuer that be, else if | must feare vs from our Bosome + you Die in it[a] without Repentance | Sinne._] + (which God forbid) your _Worme | + shall not die, neither shall your | [Note y: _--Hunc si quis parum + fire be quenched, and you shall | metuit, valde contemmi--B. Fulg. de + be_, not a praise, but _an | Myst. Mediat. ad Trasim. l.2. pag. + Abhorring to all flesh_, the last | 215._] + verse of the Prophet _Esay_ with | + _Iames 2. 10._[b], and _Ezekiel. | [Note a: _Si in solo vno peccato + 18. 10, 11, 13._ | decesserit Homo, irreuocabiliter + | mittitur in ignem aeternum--Gerson. + | 2. p. de Mendicit. Spirit. lit. D & + | H. part. 3._] + | + | [Note b: _Ex parte enim Auersionis + | dicit Iacobus qui offendit in vno + | factus est omnium reus, quia + | scilicet vno peccato peccando + | incurrit poenae reatum, ex hoc, quod + | contemnit Deum, ex cuius contemptu + | prouenit omnium peccator[=u] + | reatus. Aquin. 12. q. 73. a.1 ad + | fin. Peccatum enim remitti non + | potest, quam disi Voluntas peccato + | adheret. Idem. p. 3. q. 87. a. 1. + _Knowing therefore_ (as Saint _Paul_| c. & q. 86. a. 2. c. Vnde non + concludes[c]) _the terrour of the | potest esse vere poenitens, qui de + Lord, we perswade you_ (Blessed | vno peccato poenitet, & non de + Brethren) _to feare God_ Greatly, | alio. Si enim displiceret ei illud + and to _Giue Glory vnto Him_[d]; | peccatum, quia est contra Deum + then you _shall haue praise of | super omnia dilectum--Sequeretur, + Him_, then hee _will glorifie_ you; | quod de omnibus peccatis + and to say no more than this (with | poeniteret. Id. q. 86. a. 3. + the Prophet _Ieremie_[e],) which | c._] + will make the Fearlesse Sinner | + inexcusable: _Who would not feare | [Note: V. + thee O Lord, thou King of Nations, | _Reasons to feare the Lord._] + thou King of Saints?_ 1. _For thou | + onely art Holy:_ 2. _For all | [Note c: _2 Cor. 5. 10, 11._] + Nations shall come vnto thee, and | + worship thee_: 3. _For thy | [Note d: _Reuel. 14. 7._] + iudgements are made manifest_[f]: | + 4. _For there is none like vnto | [Note e: _Ier. 10. 7._] + thee, that pardoneth Iniquitie, and | + passeth by the Transgression of the | [Sidenote: VI. + remnant of thy Heritage[g]?_ Who | _Prayer for Godly Feare._] + would not Feare Thee such an | + _Almightie, All-seeing, Iust, | [Note f: _Reuel. 15. 4._] + Mercifull Lord God? Put thy feare | + therefore in our Hearts_ (as thou | [Note g: _Mic. 7. 18._] + hast promised[h]) _that wee may | + neuer depart from thee_; but | [Note h: _Ier. 32. 39._] + clinging inseparably by a liuely | + faith, vnto the bleeding wounds of | [Note i: _Si enim amamus Christum, + our Blessed Redeemer, may without | vtiq aduentum eius desiderare + all slauish Feare[i] of Death and | debemus. Peruersum enim est, & + Iudgement, Louingly[k] appeare | nescio vtrum ver[=u], quem diligis, + before thy Iudgement-seat, and | timere ne veniat, orare, Veniat + without desperate _Crying to the | regn[=u] tu[=u], & timere, ne + mountains and rocks Fall on vs_[l], | exaudiaris. Vnde autem timor? ... + may ioyfully heare Thee say vnto | Quisquis ergo futur[=u] iudic[=e] + vs: _Come ye Blessed of my Father, | times, praesent[=e] c[=o]scienti[=a] + Inherit the Kingdome prepared for | tu[=a] corrige. S. Aug. in Psal. + you from the foundation of the | 147. tom 3._] + world_[m]. | + | [Note k: _2 Tim. 4. 8._] + Which God grants vnto vs all, for | + the All-sufficient Merits of his | [Note l: _Reuel. 6. 16._] + Dearest Sonne, the Sweet Lord | + Iesus: To whom with Himselfe and | [Note m: _Matth. 25. 34._] + the Holy Spirit be ascribed _All | + Praise, Honour, Glory, Power, | + Dominion and Maiestie, now and | + euer. Amen. 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