( 9 J / J ^i- DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FRIENDS OF DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY GIFT OF Simeon K. Heninger • \ ttmf,\i'ith tbcfiiAthntgocc3ptiue,?nd the Batikxt of them thai ftrctchcdihemJcliics,{l?M(||{|tmoucd. f /uf 8 I v\;il turne \ our Fcafts into mourniW^, and all your SongI o Lamer- oh and I will brinj;fackclqth.ypon all loy nts, and b?ldn« tiiei id . and I will make it as themoitining of sn onely Sonhc» and the end thcieot as a bitcn day. Aii^tt,os deV(fn!t. Pafcitur libido comwtjs, HHt/itur deiicns, J. viri9 accenditur, ehriet^.tefiurrmnitifr. <^^ Laft is ffd with Fcifts, fatted with PkafHics, ^»— ^ firtd with Wine, made flaming with Drunkcnncfle. Printed tJy ThomM Snodham for ''H^'lfh CMab , and are to be foldin Paules Churchyai^J, at the figne of the I Grayhound. 1614. ?/%. r r 1o TH ^--f -i.-"^^^^"" ' TO THE VERIE WORTH IE AND VERTVOVS GENTLEN4AN, Sir Ge'orge Fit^-feoffery Kniglit, one of his Maiellies luftices of the Peace znd ^o- rum, in the Countie o^ Bedford-, faninn^ health. Right WorlJ)ffu\l ; ; His Sermon ^\\\o^^^ it be borne lall: , was 'not io concciucd. But as it came copalTe in To- mars trauell of her Ttvwnei ? though Zarah put forth his hand firft , and had ^Jcarln threedtytd to it , the dillin- guifbingmarkc of primogeniture, yet his brother Pharez>vizs borne before him. I intended this i Suhteif to a worthic Audience , faftning my me- ditations on it : but fbone finding, that I had graf pe^ more fands , then I could force through iht Olajje in two houres , Oiid loath to iniure my pro- A 2 pofedJ The Ei'isTLE pofed mcthodej I lee itflccpc, till titter opporti^ ! nitie might waken it. Now behold, without the common plea of this writing age, the importunate j requeft otTricnds, I willingly aduenturcit to the light. And fincc your fauour to my wcake (or ra- ther n^ deferts , hath becne euer full of rcall en- couragements : (ince your aft'e(5tiO!i to literature, j (and the beft oHearning the Gofpell) hatheucr vouchfafed a friendly countenance to your neigh- bour-Minilters : Icould not make my lelfe fo li' able to the c en (urc of ingratitude, as not lointreat your Nimi for Patronage. \\ hich, though it dc« femes bctteracknowledgemenr, andh'ndcsitfrom more worthic voices; yet I, that yeeld to all in learning, would yeeid to nore in lone, and ieruice to you. The caufein qucfiion requires a worthy defender: not for the owne weakencfle , but for the multitude and ftrength of oppolicions. Men brooke worfe, to haue their finncs ranfackedj then their inveterate wounds and vlcers fcarched. SIm v'mum venerium vccmt , they that call drunken- nedcpoyfoning, fpeake harfh to their eares, that {i]t*aft deuTK colunt) embrace and worfhip it as a G^d. You are one of that furrogatioOj int^il^ofe hands God hath trufted his /a'^r^of lufVicc. Draw it in his defence againft the enemies of his Gruce 2indGoJJ'ell, You fit at the conimon (tcrnc , and therefore are not fo much your owne , as your CoHHtries. Oir derided, reieded Preaching, ap« pealcs to your aydcs. Heipe vs with your hands, we will helpc you with our Prayers. With wife- 1 dome ' Dedicatokie. dome and courage rule the wilde day es you li :c in. ProcccdCj (worthy i'/r) as you hauc conformed your fclfc, to reformc others. Reach forth your hand to your confined hmits ; ouer-turnc the Tj- blg, (poile the Bunket , chaQice the Guejls at this riotous Feaft. You fee, how iuftly , this poorc, weakc , courfe-woucn labour dcfircs the izloflic of your Patronage to be fct on it. I cannot either diftruftyour acceptance , knowing thegencrouf- nclle of your difpofiticn j nor neede I io much to intreatyourpriuatcvfe, (who arc ftored wi-.h bet- ter inftrud^ions,) as your commending it to the world. If any good may, hcrcbyj be encouraged, any cuill weakened , my reward is full. The dif- courfc is fexduple ; whereof the firft fruits arc yours ; whale my fclfe am, that dcfirc ftill to con- tinue Tours Worjhip in tfty heflfiruicts^ A? Th o. Adams. Ad I I m I I 1 1 1 I I I ■< E^EL'O 'S^ T'*''*™*'*^* ^ECT!SI<^El(I^<^aB^»fflI^ Ad vel in Ledlorem. ^^^^^^M f'lfgiom Reader, (for Ithinke, '""""^ " ' few of the profane rabble read any Scr m ons) let mc in treat thee for this , that (cum Ic* (Storii ncmen fcrasjtie li6to- ris ofiicsum geras ) //r<7« -KOuUfl accent tt^ not except againjt it i and being but a Reader , not vfurle the office of a Cenjurer. The mxine intent \ of all Vvc^^ chtxs J and the contents of all Serinons, ayme to beat dowve finne, and to conuert linhers. Which the mo^ abfolhte and vn-ernn^ Scriptures hauejhadowed vn- der diuersmetaphores; comparing them to beads, ^^ blots, to fickrfeflcs, /^ iter nil i ties, to pollutions,/^ leaucnings,/^? whoredoinesj to Dcuils In all which (and many other fuch figuratiue (peeches) Ithtnke it lawfrll^nay neceffary forvs^ Gods Minislers^toeX' plane the Metaphore ; and (fitU withm hounds of the ftmiUitude) tofhew the fit accordance and rejpon- dencte of the thing meant , to the thtng menttoned» Indeede^tojlretchthe Text againft the ewne wtll, is to marttr it ; and to make euery metaphore runne vpon four e feet ^ ts often violabile facris. Butfo long as we keepe the AnaUgieoffaith^ and the fen; e of the pre fent Theame^ it ts a faulty to finde fault Tvnh vs. Indeed Rhetor icall flour ifies without /olid matter, is like an E^iptian bond-womaft m a ^ueenes robes 5 or the Courtiers C hamber , which is often a rotten roomCy curioujly hanged. Cods word isfuUofdarkefpeeches^ Ad vcl in Ledorcm. darkenotm themfelues, but to our thtckefiihted vn- derflandin^s : therefore hts pro pofiuons^ require ex^ pojttions. Not that we/hould turne plane Morals in- to AlleiorieSy but Aliegorus into pUi»e Morals, The former wai Ongcns fault, ofrvhom it tsJAi /, {I/peake nottovncoutr that Fathers na'^dneffe -, but to /hew that all men mxy erre, and therefore truth ofloue mufl not preiudtce loue of truth) that wherein heefljould not allegorize ^he did ; and wherein hejhouldhaue al- iegortz/d , to bts woe, he did not. I haue prefumed, not without warrant ofthebeji 'Expofitors, to mani^ fefi the manifold tempt attons ali»ai*«a .^' THE DIVELS BANKET- Thefirfl Sermon, Pr OVE RB. $, lyi i8. SttfUert rvAUrsarefweet.And thehreAd tf Secrecies is fleafant ; but he knoweth not that the dead are there ^ And that her guefts are in the depth of Hell, Haue here chofcn two Texts in one, intending to Preach of a couple of Preachers-^ one by vft^pation, the other by a^gfut- fiwjthe Worlds {'haplen,3ind the Lords ProphaSNhcrc conceaue, I . the Preachers : 2 .their Texts: 3. their Sermons: 4. their Pul- pits :-5. their Coramiirions. I. The Preachers ^Yctwo, the firft hath a double name: Literally, here, the Harlot : Metaphorically, Sinne the mindes Harlot-,for betweenthcm is all fpiritual adul try committed: Some vnderftand itniore Sinecdochtcally, the Temptation to Cmnc I but {omne moulds inclt*ditmi^tis) B their The contrary Sermons '''Hcbr.ii.ij- fcHcbr.5.13. <^2Tim.5.i6. •^tThef.i.ii. I King. iiii V€tfci7. their interpretation is like &.2it Jhort l>edj you cannot lay this Harlot at her ful length in it. Others conceaue an ^»tithe[i^ here-^ and by conferring the 4. verfe with the I <5. colled an oppoiition of tv/o forts of Preach- ers 5 the fincerc Profhets of Wifedome-, and the corrupted Teachers o( Traditions, -errors, leajrngs. I cannot fubfcribe to this {^tni'^-, fts full enough : let it goe for a branch, call it not the body ot the Tree. This ^ivi\. Preacher than, is the a de/i.^^htf::Inejfe, or ii you will? the b deceitfu/nejfe of finne. The fecond is Solor^/on •, not erring ? adulterating? idolatrifing Solomon, but conueited,contirmedi'o/oww. A Kinff and a Preacher, 2 . Their TVayj- ; i . Smnes Text is from Hels Scrip- turn efi : taken out of theDeuils Spell -^ txh-zx-Lucian his olde Tejiatnent^ or Machlauell his new : lawes made in the court of damnation, enacT:ed in the vault of darke- nelfe-, like thofevnder the Parliament-houfcjGunpow- 1 der-lawes, fit for the luftices of HelL 2. Soiomons-Tz'nt \ isthcff^ordofeternallTruth: with a Scrrptum^Jl , cxiitm injptratum'j giuen from Heaiien : this is'Vefuper , the o- thcr Defuker-y this is all, c Scripture is giaen hy mjpimtion from God, profitable, cfrc. the former is thed Delnjlon of ' the T)em'l •, that f ljin(r^ fpirit in the mouth of j haue locall and ceremoniall diffe- rence. I. The Harlot's h defcribed verfe 14. She fits at the dore of her houfe-^on a fe^^tn the hiqh places of the (fuie. I. Sedet;lhefits: flie is got into thatinchaunted f Chaire, Pfal.j. 2. at her houfe : fliee neede not ftrayfarrefor cu Homers : in feturbaruunt luxuriofa,proci : they .come in troupes to her : 3 . ^r hev dore : flice prcfents her felfe to the common eye, and would be notable, though not able to anfwere the fliew: 4. on a SeatmoHttfrnm lo- cjtm: Viceknowes her Seat; the DeuiW is not without B2 his Verfe 18. i f Pfal.i, I. r^ SiKin.2i.io ^ I King.io.i8 i Vcrfc 20. iKing.4.31. Thff Dluellhath his Preachers T « Efa,6..6. L his T^^ew^^.what fay you to aTauernca Play-hpufe, \ a Feaft, a May-game? that I fay iiot,an Ordinary : f, in the Cttie. Whoredome, fcorncs to hue obfcurely in the Suburbs*: Shee hath friends to admit her withiti ^^the - walles. a. Nay, in the high places of the Citie : inthfe largeft ftreetesjpopulous and popular houfes j inexcet- fis vrbis : one of the moft curious and (lately edifices of the Citie. Thus Sime rcAdes not a high-way ledure onely? as, among Theeues ; nor a Chamber-Iedure onelyV as among Courtezans j nor a Malfe-ledure onelyj as a- mong Icfuites, nor a Vault-lcdurc onelyj as among Traitoursj nor aTable-lefture onelyjas among Humo- rifts 5 nor a Tap-houfe-Ledure onely, as aipo^g Df on- kards •, that fetch authoritie froM'^e'fot^hkc^ugufius Cafar, totaxeall the world: but a Citie-Iei^ure, fuch a one as i lefa^'e// read to Iez.ree/1: a publike Preachings her Pulpit being excelfa cmitatis, top-gallant ; filling eminent places? with emanant poilbns. 2. Solomons Pulpit is yet tranfccndent and abouc it -, for it \s a Throne 5 a '' Throne of I none, OMcrla'rdwith gold: fuch a Throncjas no ^Ktngdome could follow it. The Preacher IS a/Cw^, the P^//?//^ a Throne 5 nay, TiWOracle: de Solio rex oracula fundtt. For God gaue him wifedome, ye^j fuch a wifedome, that no man but his Antitype? God and man, did euer excell him. 5 Their Cofnmijpom. i . The Deuill gaue ifiw?/^ her err And '^ guilded her tongue, and poifoned hepheairt: put a cup of damnation into her hand, and the Sugar €i^ Temptation to fweeten it -, allowed her for his Citie- Recordcr, or his Towne-clarke 5 andfealed her a com- miflion from Hcllj as ^ Saul had from the Htgh-PrieJl,to binde with fnares ( Vilm Terra ) the Sonnes of Men. 2. ButGod gaut Solomon Si ce\t(\:\2i\V rotdeto eate, as to S^kiel J and ® toHched his Up with a code from hisvv^ ^Altar I '^'l AS (jodhath his. • Ill' '■ tAltar, as to Sfay^ putting into his mouth (docHmtnta vita) the ordinances of etemall life. God hath fet this day before you two diuers Pulpits, aduerfc Preachers , dilfonant Texts ; declares , who fpeakes by his warrant, who befides it, again ft it. Be- hold, as Aio(es faid , / hme [et life and death before yon, take your choyR". The Dialogue of both the verfes prefent vs with a Banket : (comtiumm, orconmtium rathcrj a Feaft,but a Faftwerc better : a Banket worfe then " lobs childrens-, or the '^ Dagonals, of the Phihjlins., (like the Bacchanals of the Moenades)w\-\QX\ for the (hutting vp of their fto- machsjthc houfc felldowne, and broke their neckes. You hauc oifered to your confi derations, i/fr/f 17. (fupplying but the immediatly precedent word,D/A:/>) I. The Imjiter : 2. the Cheare. Solomon comes SLi'tety fas with Salt and Vinegar j and tels you 3 . the Gftejisr^ 4. and the'Banketting-houfe, verfei%. 'But the dead ail;;, there,(^c. The Inviter : It is a wom^n, She faith to him: but that name is too good ; for (lie hath recouered her credit'! a woman, as llie brought woe to man,fo llie hrougiit forth a wcale for man : cattfadcliliijolatmn reliSii: an inftrumentall caufe of tranfgreftion , and no lelfe of Saluation. If you fay, ihe brought forth J'/^;?^' with- out man, fo (he brought forth a ^^«/<7«r without man: asthePDiuell tempted her to the one, To the '\ Holy Ghofl oHerJhadovped her to the other. This not a wo- man then,but ^Harlot, meretriciamtilier : a degenerate woman, vnwomaned ( ct pudore &fudicitia) of both; modeftie and chaftitie. The feaft is like to be good when an Harlot is the Hofiice. And fure the Scriptures found fome fpcciall parietie,if notidentitie betweenethefetwo: not ma- king their names conuertible,which had beenemuch j B 3 but - ■ ■ ... ■ — -^-^ir; - "lob 1. 19, oItidg,i6. ^o; Ver^ i'8. I Tim, 1,1 4, Gal.4.4. f 1 Luke I, J 5. Iofh.x.2. m^ Bijfereftce ofFeafls, \ Matth.iz.i. Cam.J.i. Reuclia.i7« «Luke 14 II. s Reu.!?.?. t Gen.* 1.8. « Iudg.14. 10. * Vrimum mi- raculum affir. matuf ; qtK>d expritnis non dubitatur. aioh.l.U. cDan.r.a. * ludg iiS.ij. eMark.6.z8. fLuke 16. 19. but exprcfling by one word bodi of them , which is more 5 as if it concluded their profeffions and condi- tions? names and natures all one, which is moft of all. Imp/eta tn noflris ktc efl Scriptura dic(;Hs. Experience hathiuftified this circumftance. A Harlot then? bids, and feaftsjand kils : what other fuccclFe can be looked for? l^DalUah muitz Sampfon, ware his lockes; (hee willfpoile theNazariteof hishayres: there aremany Dalilahs in thcfedayes. I haue read of many //^^//Vfrj in the holy TVrit: fome good? many indifferent, mofl: euill, this worft of all. Jt . Good, Mntth. 11, you haue the King of Heanen a Feaft-makcr; Cant.s. you haue the Kings fonnea Feaft-maker : Jefw ChnfibidsyS^.te oh friends, drmke abundantly, oh heloited, '^ml.iz. you haue the Spint of glorie a Feaft-makerjan d an Inviter too: The Spirit and the Bride [aji, Come. To this Feafl:^ f;w come,but thofe that doecomc, are welcome : well come in regard ot themf:lues, for there is the bell: chcare : « Blejfed are they thxtare called tothe Adariage-Si^pper oftheLambe: welcome,in refpec!^ ot God, who doth not grudge his mercies. 2. Many inditFerent,and incliningto good. ^ Abrahams feafl: at Ifaacs weaning : " Sampfo;7SZt his marriage. The Wcdding-feaft in Ca;ia-)V'hcrQ the King of glory was a Gheft^and honoured it with a Miracle, with the * firfl: Miracle, that euer hee * wrought. 3. Euill-, ^iV^(^^/j feafl: at his Sheepe-fhearingj a drun- ken feaft : ^ Bel/hazzitrs fczd to a thoufand of his Lords, furfetting'With full carcufes from the facred Bples ; a facrilegious Feaii The '^P^//i/?i«/ feafl: to the honour oi Dagon • an Idolatrous fcaft. ^ Hcrods birth- day-feafl:, when /£'/'« Bapti.fts\-^2id\^''a.s the laftcourfe of theferuicc-, a bloody feafl:, f The rich Churles, a quotidian feaft, avoluptuousfurfet,all bad. 4. This y&t worft of all, tl:ie Harlots feaft,whercCtlie Ghefts at once : ^ Satans Banket wants nocofl. oncQ^comedmt, (^-'comeduntHr : } their follies teaft on euils , and are a feafl: to Dcuils:for whiles men dcuouie fins 5 fins deuoure them, as AEhxon was eaten vp of his owne dogs- This is a bloody 'S^^e^ where no gheft efcapcs Without a woiind,ifwith lifetfor if ^'««wkecpe t\-\zl\eHels, Lv.fls are the lunhets , Ehrietie drinkes the Wine, Bljfphemk fayes the Grace, and B/oudis thccon- cIufioTi. But allcgoricallv Stnrte is hccre fliadowcd by tlie Har/ot'j V'ohiptHOffncffs^ (merctricum mcretrtx) the Har- lot of Harlots-, whofe Biw dc is Bee/fel?Hi7, and whofe Bridevcell is broad Hcil. Wickednelfe ( foemtnci generis dicitptr) is compared to a Woman : and hath ail her fenfes : Lf^ is her eye to fee : Bnberie her hands to fcele : Senfudittc her palate to tafte : Malice her eare to iiQtirc PeUilancy hcrnofcto fmcll: and ('becaufcdiee is ofthc foem:nincfexe,we will allow her the fixtfenfe) tittle-tattle is her tongue to talke. This is the common Hoftfce ofthc world-, Satat:s hcnfc-keeper, whofe dores are neuer lliut : ndlhsatiji^e dicspatct, &c. There is no man in the world keepcs fuch hofpitalitic , for hee fearcheth the ayre, eatth,fca, nay, the Kitchen of Hell, tofitcuery palate. Viteliuu fcarched farre and wide for the rarities of natiirc5Birdes,Beafts,Finiesof in- cftrmable price 5 which yet brought in, the bodies are fcorned, and onely the eye of this Bird, the tongue of that Filh is taken : that thefpoylcs of many might bee facrificcs to one fupper. TliC Emperour of (the low Countries) Hell , hath delicatcs of Granger varitie, curiofitie. Doth W.i.> ftomach (land totreafon? there it is; hee may feede liberally on that diili. Doth Nero third for homicidc3?the Deuill drinkes to him in boles ofbloud: \s%Ieroboam hungry ofldolatric? behold acoupleof Calues are fct before him: \\z.t\\*« The Dwell hathfeuerall Matth.4,^. i»Matth. ».i6. I King.xi.4 *Aas »5.r4. iRcueI.17.4, is prefented him for a metre, a (lirewd baite : Machia^ uels polition j fakh-breach for Kingdomes is no Jinne. TheDeiiili thought this Dilh would pleafc Christ himfeUe , and therefore offered him many kingdomes for amorfell j referuing this to the laft,as the ftrong- efl: argument of his Sophijlrie. Doth Herod atfed: En- uie ? behold, a Banket of Reuenge, furniflied with the murdered corps of thoufands, ^ Infants. Doth the rauening mawe of the Pope ( ^ Ahab-\\k.t ) forbeare meat, becaufe he cannot get the Vineyard of a King- dome ? or hath hee bound himfelfe with thefpels of diueliifli conteftations (likethofe'^n ^^fjjnottoeat or drinke till he hath killed Paul? behold,here is wine fet before him in a golden cup,^ ^Wine of Abomination) wherewith whole nations reele: Locuji-f gind Vipers, peftilent and ferpentine poifons, whereof the world laughing dies. Is any Courtier proud? here are piles of Silkes : Is any Officer troubled with the itch in his hands?here is vnguentprm aureum to cure \x.-, a meile of bribes. Hath any Gentleman the hunger-worme of Couetoufneife ? here is cheare for his diet: Vfuries, oppreHions, exadions, enclollngs, rackings,rakings, pleafing gobbets of auarice. \^ any Tradef-man light- fingered, and lighter-confcienced ? here is whole feafl: of Fraudes, a table furnillied with Trickes,con- ueyances, gloflings ,pcriuries , cheatings. Hath any Papifl a fliperftitious Appetite? he is fet downe in the chairc of Ignorance, and to him are ferued in hy Sor~ bomfls, lefmtes. Seminaries ^LojoHfis 5 a large and lauifh feaft of Crucifixes, vnd:ions,fcrapings, traditions? Reliques,&c. AndasCheefe to digeft all the reft, yet it felfe neuer digeftedjTr^^;/. For your route of Epi- cures, Ruffians , Roarers, Drunkards, Boone-compa- nions, you may know the place eafily where theie Kaftrils light , euen at the carkafe-feaft. Sinne hath inuited Dijhes for eueyy Palate. inuited them, and they fcorne to be fcornefull} hither they come,and euery man hath a dilli by himfelfe,eate whiles hee blow againe; except their appetites agree in the choife. You heare the Inviter. Let it not palFe vs without obfcruation , Satun i« j Obferuat. not without his FaU:ors- abroad:he hath fpirits cnouoh of his owne , my name is Legion , Marke 5. but hee is Markc y.9. not content, except he fuborne man again ft man, till (homo be homini demon) man a IhAm to his friend, wo- man an Sue to hor husband. I confelfchc hath many Setters of this litcrall name and difpofition -, Harlots, fcattring his Stewes (^like the lice of Egipt) ouer all the world ; but I will not reftraine his Kiiigdomc to thefc narrow limits onely, which is not bounded but with the Earth: he that compajfethit, and hath fuch dealings lob 2. in all Kingdomes, is not without his plottcrs,and In- telligencers in euery corner. Hee hath fuperftitious Seminaries in the Comtric, mercaiary pcriurers in the Hall, a long Lane for Bro- kers and Vfurers in the Citie, and fometimes a dange- rous brood of lefuitesin forraigne (^otirts, croaking like Frogs, euen in their rW««A, • moulded by Erronr, and baked in theOuen o^ Tradi- tion. Wee haue three commune Enemies j as wee are Meny the Diuell -, as (^hrtpans, the Turke -, as profejfors of the Gojpell, the Pope; the firOhath the two laft for his Favours: of whom? we pvsLy,afit conuertantur , ne pereant : aut confundMtur -, nenoceant : eyther for their conuerfion, to faue themfelues •, or for their confu- fion, not to hurt vs. Ainongftvs , the Pope doth moft prefent mifchiefe : s Teter tolde Christ, 'Behold-, heere are two Swords-, ^Christ told Petey^ Behcldyhere are the Keyes : Peter hycshy his Swords, and takes the Keyes: the Pope nowlayesby his Keyes and falstohis Sword : Oh cfttantMrn hk P etrpes ah illo ? What ditferencc berwixt the true Fm tanta fmt %omam tthv caufa videndi ? What fool i 111 winde blowes you to "Kerne f He hath infinite petfieflales, totcmptmentofinne, whom he hath officed for Bidders to this Feaft. Will you take a (Imrt mufter of fome of his Jnviters^orgarut imcjHttatis ■) enginers, biddersto thisS/w^/'.^'z/^wjifiV.- theyhaueallthcir feuerall (lands. I. In the Cotirt-fho. hAth fctay^wbition, to watch foi' bafemindes, that would floopeto any fecure vil- lanie for prcfemientj and to bring them tothisFeaft. This rvfth the Tfef^h Banket, This attempt can tempt none but the bafe, the Noble fpirit can not be fo wrought vpon ; this is a princi- pal! Bidder. 2. In Foro, at the Hi^/Zgates, hcc fets Inviters,that becken contention to them, and fill the world with broilcs. I meane neither the reuerend Iudges,nor the worthy Councellors,nor the good Attumeys;butthe Labels of the Law; ^(^///ofrrxindeed/orthe/ arc afol- licitation to our peace: Petty-foggcrs , S^taw fire- brands, and mortall things -, which hecafieth abroad, to makehtmjclfefport: but they do more hurt aniongft the Barley,theCommons of this L^i\d,thtv\Sampfons Foxes with the fire at their tailcs: Oh, that they were Ihipped out tor firgmia j or ( if they would trouble fo good a Soile) intofome defart,where they might fet Beafts to- gether by the eares , for they can not liue witliout making broiles. 3 . Pride is another Bidder, And flie keepes a fliop in the Citie: You fhall finde a defcription of her Shop,3ind take an Inuentory of her Wares, from the Prophet, Sfa.'^. Thetir.cklmgornamenti , the Cayrtes,andthe Aioonf- tires,&c. Shee (its vpon the Stall, and courts the Pafl fengers with a What lackeyed Nay,befides her P erfoM j{\iq hangs out her Pt^m-e;^ pidure vnli ke her felfe,though fliee not vnlikeher pidure -, all paint, hifinitetraf- fiqueto her,butwith the fame luckeand fucceile, that the vifitant hearts came to the ficke Lion : Vejligia mllarcrrorfum .- or at bed, as the runners to Rome-) that returne with ihame and beggerie. 4. I ngrofllng is anorlier Inviter 5 and hath a large walke: fometimes he watcheththelanding of a Ship : fomtimes he turnes whole loads of Come befides tnc market. This Bidder preuailes with many a Citizen, Gentleman, Farmer, and brings \n infinite gucfts : the Deuill giues him a letter of Mart for his Pyracie. C Z 5- Brtberie II Common Bairctours. Pr9U. ludg.ij.J. Efa.j.iS.&c. ' .^V If II ^m-' The I) emit hath many FaBourfy 5, Briberie is an officious fellow , and a fpeciall h'tdder to this Feaft. Hee inuites both forward and froward : the forward and yeoiding, by promifes of good c\\Qzit' fecHnda dies-^ that theylliall haueafaire day of it: the backward honeft man, by terrours and menaces, that his caufe fhall elfe goe Weft-ward : (in- deed it goes to ^^ there is roome enough for him in hell. There are infinite (warmes of Inviters befides^which runne like vagabonds ontheDiuels errand, with ly^/*- tem's in their mouthes 5 as Iwlas to lefiis, ail haile ; but it proued a ratling falutation, for Deaths ftorme fol- lowed '\x. : all thefe declare to vs tlie bankets prsepara- tion. Infinite among ourfelues 5 %ome offers vs more helpe : but wee anfwere them , (as OElautan did of the Crowe : ( Satis iflarHm auium habemm domi.) We haue enough of thefe brides at home : they are all Mclfen- gersot ourwracke, Porkpofes, premonillnng a tem- ped 5 Vfurers, Brokers, Vagrants , Ruffians , Biafphe- mers,Tiplcrs, Churles,Wantons,Pedlcrs of pernicious wares j Seminar[es,Incendiaries, Apoftatcs,Humorifts, feditious troubicrs of our peace ; you may perceiue. C 3 that 14 Vfe. Rom.8. Satans Agents the InTtrnments of good to Gods children. Bfay.io.fwith tfay.14.15. lob.zi. 17-30. Pfal.73.19. Clauiian. that our Winter's bufie , by the flying abroad of thefe wild-geeie. All are Bidders. Thefe Inftruments of Tcntation cannot hurt vs, except wee be enemies to our feliics. They doe their worft : Vertit^ in meliora dens : Godturnes all to our hefl. Like wandring Planets , they are caried with a double motion, (Smo c^ frimo mobiU : ) with their owne, and afuperiour mouer. By their owne, which though (non fine errore ', tamenfme terrore) wandring, and ilalking with bigge lookes, yet are not fo feared as they exped", 2. By vc\t Firfl M\<\ Great Mopters , which oucr-rules them with a violent hand. Perhaps they exercife vs with tentations ? as Afhur did Ifraelt-, but the worke . done, the rod is throwne into the fire : they are but rubbilh tofcowre the vejfc/s of Gods ho»/e -, Apothica- riesto minifter vs bitter drugges, not able to put in one dram more then G'aters', neither Succourie nor Endiue,&c. no re- frigerating w^^j-, to coole the Soules heate, huttpaters ot inflamation : SpalnesT^^/afol/^, water of In^uijition: Tyrones VfcjHebah, water of%^bellion : Tin-key's Acjuafor'- tis, a violent and bloodie water-: Romes acfua inferna, a fu^erjiitioiii water 5 ftillcd out of Sulphure and Brimjloney through the Lymbeck of Herejie. Oh J you wrong it : it is aepiavitcc , and ac^na ccelefiu. Let the operation te- ftifieit: it xsacjuafortu , aqua mortis. Vinum Barathri : the wine of hell : nopoyfonsarelb banefull: It taftes like honey 5 but if Jonathan touch it, hee will endanger his life by it. Thefe are wretched waters, worfe then theinoori(h and Fennieriuers? which (the Poets faine) ninne with a dull and lazie courfe : tranej^lU aha : ftreames, ftill at the top? butboyling like a Cauldron of moulten Lead at the bottome : Phlegeton, ^ Pyri- vhlegeton (ignitThrone of God. But the lutulent, fpumy, maculatorie waters ofSmne ; either fquealed from the 'Ipungie cloudes of our cor- rupt natures, or fiirging from the contagious (vaines ofnell) fprings of Temptation. I might here blab to you the Diucl:ifecrets, and tell you his riddles, histrickes,hispolliciesjinthathecalls Simes, Waters, and would make his guefts bcleeuc, tbat they wonderflilly refrelli 5 but I referue it to a fitter place; the Sweetnejfe (hall carrie that note from the D waters * Ioh.4.14, ••Rcucl.ii.i, Jl i8 - Ohfernat.l. Exodus jhath fomevillanie in hand, and is then fitted with valour, the drunkard is an Hercules fnrens : he will kill and flay : how many doe that in a Tauerne>which they repent at a Tibume? you will fay, it is not with drinking water : yzs, the Harlots waters, (fuch as is ferued in at the Denils Ban- ket 5 ) mixt witli rage and madnelfe. Water is an Ele- ment, whence humiditie is deriued : the fap in the Vine, theiuyce in the Grape, the liquiditieinthe Ale or Beere, is water : Indeede fometimcs Neptune dwcls too farre off from Bacchus dore ; and the water is ma- ftred with additions : yet it may (alienate the proper- tie) not annihilate the nature and elfence of water: water it is ftill, though * compounded water: com- pounded in our drinkes, but in wines, deriued, (apri- mps n.it'ir£ per media) not extinguiflied in th© being* not brought to a nullitie of waters. Drinkethen, bi- bend:7n alujuid , though the Harlot giues it a modefl and cool e name, ^<«fHrs drinke too decpe ot thcfe Waters-, before they come to /ics,not\\\n° will patrewithvs? but rare aixi nouell rnattersj (lemnta ruro fiomttchiu vtilgaruttemnit) ^ and in thefe, we ftudy to admire the garbe > not to admit the profit. 3 . Wee finde Grace compared to Fire, iLn^grace- iefneffe to water : the Spirit came downe on the (i^fpa- files in the Ifkenejfe offirie tongues ^^t the day ofPente- coft : and lohn Baptifi teftifics of C H r r s t , that heelhould Bapttfe with the Holy Ghofi , andrvith Fire. The fpirit of iinne falls on the heart like a cold deaw. It is implied, "Reuel.-^.is- that zqAc is hote, wicked- nelTe colde , neutrallitie Inke-warme. Fire is hot (and dint)}Vat€r is cold ('andmoyftJpracdominantly,and in regard of their habitual! qualities : fozeale; is 1 . hote-^no incendiary, no prxter-naturall, but afuper- naturall heate ^ equally mixed with Loue and Anger: fuch was Elias zeale for the Lord of Hofies ^ he could not be cold in this life, that went vp inFire toHeauen. 2. Drie: not like Ephraim, a Cake hakedon the one fide, but crude and raw on the other: no, the heate of zeale hath dried vp the moifture of prophane^jejfe. But mckednejfe is i . colde, ageltd nature, a nttmneffe in the Confidence: that, (as when the Ayre is hoteft, the Springs arc coldefl:, fo) when the Smne of Grace warmes the whole Church, is yetfliaking of an Ague ; nay, and will notcreepe (\{\ii/7»^« Frogs in P/ptpwhoCe challenge was, mthi terra lacnfj,-, I haue Land and vSeafor my walke: but alas, it tliew^r^^rbe xiwt water o^ jmne, bclecuc it, the Fire is but a falfe fire, the blaze ot hypocrific : but the Hermite turned his gueft out of dores forrhis tricke, thathee could wafme his coldc hands with the fame breath whuld be eafily van- quilhed. The Deuill knowes that (vis vnitafortior) colleded ftrengths are vnconqucrabJe : and therefore driues his reaters To , that (vndaers of /{/^"turned lefns (^hnfl out of your 'Inne,into a beiiftly vSt.ibk; r/liiles Pride (Its vppermoft aryour Tables, Malice vfuipcs the beft Chamber in your mindcs. Lull polfelTcth your eycsjOathesimpIoy your tongues, Ebrietic befpeakcyour taftes. Theft and iniurieinthronethemfelues in your hands , Mammon onfiireth your afiedions: Sicke,fidce,al] ouer: you may cry with the Shunamites So-me,, ^ Caput dolet: my head-, my head: and viith lernfalcm^ '' my borvels^ mybo- tvcls. Oh let faith and repentance make way, that the bloud of our Sauiourmay hcaleyou. We arenotonely guilty of A'/s>ne it '^pritten. It is not lejp yours ^ though f JIZ. MIB^BBaMMMH THE Second Scruice of the T>euils "Banket. Thefecond Sermon, Pr overs, p. IJl SteJlen wAters are/weet^ and Brad eaten in fe* cret is feafam, E E haue already (erued in the firft courfe at the Tyeuils Banket •, and feaftcd your earcs with thofe Watcrs^^xom which God kccpe your foules fafting. Some things arc propofed to our pradife, fome thing'^aiC expofcdto our contempt and diflike. The more accurately the Scriptures defcribe finnes, the more abfolutely they forbid them: where wickednelFe is the fubied? aH G fpeech ^» ■'■ m Mi Sen, I Cor.io.ii. t The ScriftHres Jpeech of fmne is euer condemnatory . jfpoech is decUmation. As no fpe(51:ator at thofe hoi- rid Tragedies, where 0arih'fo theConfciences'of men ; thinke that they are related, that they may be reiedled: to beftow vpon the Deuils Gates his owne names : the glory of Vride, the fatietie of -E);?V/zn7z»f, the gal- Ian tnelFe o'i Ehnetie^^z credite of Murder, the great- nelFe of Scorne , the gracefubeire o'^ Stvearing , the brauerie of ('the ftigmaticke j Fajhion, the fecuritie of "Ly^r/f, the fingularitie o^Ofinion, the content of J"/^- perfiition-j nHnci-anmr ,vtrenuncient${r : thinke not, they are prcfcribed for you , when they are defcribed to you. Monflrantur vt monftra : they are {ti foorth as monfters, that they might be loathed: they are aduan- ced as Traytours heads, in terroremfpttwri proditoris^to the terrour of him that(hould be tempted to future Treafoti. Gods intent Jn declaring this Banket of i'w??^, is to make you loathe it 5 and that which isTvrmen^for our wfiruclioK, to dcterre,not to commend, as fome of the Heathen had a cuftomc in their folemne Feafts,to make a bondflaue drunke, and then fethim forth as aTfedieolous olMcd to their children.This Banketthcn, yerhihemr una & prohibcttfr -, is at once declared and declaimed, fpokcn o^ and forbidden : left through ignorance you Ihouldlik* and eate it, you are more fully ■ ^ ^- * * T^e Scriptures jpeech of Jinne is euer condemnatory , fully made acquainted with the vilenelfe of it. Hence our toy^WPrcachcr drawcsthe Curtaine of the World, and fliewesyou all the delicatcs of herTable^ not to whet your appetites to feed on them , but to coole your courage, dilliarten your opinions, alienatcyour affcdions; giuing you a true cenfure of their worthi- nelll'j aJlisvanine,andvexiUion of Joule, They are de- tedcd, that they might be dctcfted. Therefore ii' any of Gracchm brood , lliall like a (^atUmary difpolition the better, becaufe 7W/y hath indided, interdicted, condemned it : if any fonne of 5^4t//,l]i all more affe- dedly deuoure fome morfell of damnation at this Feajiy becaufe the Preacher hxtn execrated it ; and de- fine at once notice and incouragement from our ter- rifying cenfures : teflimoniHm Jihi ferat condemnatioms : let him beare in himfelfe the euidence of hisowne condemnation. They are wretched men, (c^immime dcclmant, (juodbonimaxime declamam) that mo ft im- petuoully purfue, what all good men dilFwade : run- ning w\t\\ the more eagerly, becaufe their friend loab forbids them. So blafphcmoufly fpakc thefacrilegiousfpoilers ofProferpmes Temple in Locr/s, whofe ring-leader was Dtomjtfu : Vtdetts neiiTnici,c}mm bona nauigntto ab ipfts Dijs facnlcqis tribuatur ? failing home, and now arriuing at the Hauen fafe^fee you not my friends, faith Dlomfim.\\ow faire and fortunate a Nauigation, the Gods vouchfafe to Sacriledge? as if they therefore robbed the C h v r c h , becaufe they were by the Oracle exprelTely inhibited : fo (gens humana rmt in vetitum nefas) mans nature pr of bis honour ? Saboth-impietie of his refcrued time ? Doth not Irrencrence rob our betters? AdurAer rob man of his \\i(dTheft of his goods? Falfe tefiimonie o\\\\s good name or right? Doth not thQ Harlot htvQ. , knit the eight precept to thcfeuenth, and call (adtdteriam-, furtmn? ) ^The pleafurcs of a forbidden bed , StoUenwaters ? ^ I^t vs jo Lcc oprr [clues ■with loues, for the icod man i-s net at hcme.Q^c. Sincethen, all linnes are waters oCjlcalth, it is an in- cuitable confequent, that euery fmne robs fome : let vs examine , whom. The parties robbed arc. i. GoJ. G3 " 2. Man. 45 ; In ft ice giiie-i cuiq\ fuum.Dee J re'igiontm^ftbi I mnnditia~ I r(ntibushono~ I renif famiUtri- busprovidfttti- am, filijscor- refltcnerHy fro- tribasamortm, Dcminis fnb. ieilionem, fub- itClis biuignita- ottinibus. Ar- dens. * Ttctare^tfl \o play the bcalt : or ra- ther necrcr to the Scripture phrafe, (>eccare, (ft quaji pdli' Mre, to be an Harlot J or an Harlot-hunter; to commit fpi- rituall sciiiltO' I rie. *• Pro. 1 7. 18. 1 J 4.^ Aaters : yetfuchas many a Separatiftloucs to drinkcof: they thinke not thttthey rob God , whiles they fteale peace from the Church. Chrijii tunica muft be vnica : Chrifts Coate was without feame, his trnth mufl: be without Rent : wee mufl: be all atoncjleaftatallnone. let vs not pleadc fo hard for ■pantte in the Church , till wee bring Anarchte into the Common-wealth: let our difpofitions htX^azzAbra- hams : <^ I pray thee, let there be no ftrtfe betireene mee and thee, for vre are Brethren, Let not Gods eutaxte. Order, by our friuolous fcruples be brought to ataxic, Qo\-\\Vi- fion. Let Calmns rule ouer-rule our turbulent and re- fradlarie fpirits : Omnia indijferentia in Ecclejice libertate pofitafunt. AUinditfcrentthingsareput tothedifpofi- tion and ordering of the Church. Oh you , whom Cbrift hath made Filliers offoules, fifli no longer in ^•^^ ' H 2 troubled ^ GA,6.6. ' Mai, J. 1©. I Macch.j. ^ Gen. 1 3. S. 5i «* Ioh.i4 9. exKmg.if. li. Fa^io'/t contendi to rob God of his Peace. \ troubled waters : Let vs not wrangle any more about colours? as the Conjlantinopolttans did once in the dayes o^Ififimian, about blew and greene-, till they were all neither blew nor greene? but red ; the ftreetes fwim- minginbloud, and the Emperourhimfelfe endange- red. So the Factions of the Btaf7cht znd Neri , about tl>e two colours of blacke and white , coft the Duke- dowe oi F^oref^jce dcerC) euenthe beautie and peace of the Countrey. What? haue wee aJI beene deceiued? hath God beene a ftranger to vs all this while i '^ Hme I beene fo lonq time rvith yoMf and haueyonnot kytowne mee, faith Chrtft to Philip ? hath the Truth beene hid in cor- ners J thatwemuft gropeforitinaSedlaries budget? or are not fuch men rather, ficke ofDonmfme? that cuery Noneliji with a whirlegig in his braine , muft broach new opinions, andthofe made Canons , nay SanSlions-^ as fureas if a gcnerall Councell had confir- med them. Wretched men , that fliake off the true comely habitc of Religion, tobefpeake them anew- fafhioned fuite ol profellion at an HumourifisShop.Oh that their fore eyes could , before they left vs, haue feenewhat facrilegious breaches they haue made into Gods free-hold ; robbing his Church of her peace,and waki^gthe Spoufe of Chriji with their turbulent noifes. Fadlions SLVcfloIien waters. 5. The lafl; viall of this firfl- Courfe is Profanenejfe : A compounded ^^/^r, whereoutiio linneis excluded: there was no poifon the Deuill could thinke on left out, when he tempered this rrater. It robbes God othis glory. Wee are borne to honour God : it is his due ; and thathee will haue, either (ate, or dete) by thee,or vpon thee : Irrcligion robbes him of this honour: Solummodo hoc }habet , cfrc. onely he hath this to helpe himfelfe, thathee can make itfhine in thy luft confii- fion. So " Menahem deftroyed Tipfah , becaufe they would Profaneneffe is a Bnndle of alljlnnes. would not open vnto him : but thefe will open to Chrift knocking, if hee will be content: Stramineas habttare cafas , &c, Bafcly to dvpell ift the dtnided part, Of the fowle,jlKttiJJj, and follpited hart. If C H R r s T will dwell with BeUall, and lliarcpart of the Confcience with wickednelfe, let him come, and welcome : buthec fcornesto be an Inmate, and let Sathan be Lord of the houfe : he that accepted a flable for his prcfcnce-chamber in his humilitie, doth iuftly difdaine fuch abode nowin his glory: though the walls be but Clay, if the furniture be good, Humt- litie and Repentance • and the cheere anfwerable, Faith and Chahtte, c hce will enter in and Feafl:. But as his Wombc was,v^'hcrein borne •, and his Tombe,where- in buried •, fo mufl: his Temple be now glorified. Hec was conceaucd in a wombe , where none cl(e was conceaued 5 receaued into a Tombe where none clfe was interred: fo hce will temple himfelfe in a heart, where no afFeded finneihallbe his equall. The profane among the Heathen were thru ft from their fa- crificiall folemnities. Innocfii veniant : proculhi-4C,proctilmpit^efto, Cajia placent fuperis j fur a cum tner.tevenite. Pftre, innocent, andjpotles ff'rites. Are welcome to thefe holy rites : To the profane and fenfuall Jiate, Be eUer fljHt the Temple gate. But now, our profane faue that labour 5 thcythruft from themfelues all pious rites ; they fmg not with the H 3 Church, 53 eReucI.j.io. i 54 fCant 3-4. e Mattl\^.34. Profanenejje nemr dreames of death. ^Matth. J. 10. Church > a ^ Tenebo te Domme, Irvillholde thecfafl , oh Lord J but \v\x)[\ Simeon , a AW^ ^?w^m, though with another fpirit: they are glad to be gone. Ch r i s t is as welcome to them as ^ that, if they bee feene dealing the- Grapes , fall a biting their defcryers by the fhinnes. Becaufc the Church hath not heretofore giuen fome theKeyes of herTreafure, nor called for them when Biflioprick.es and promotions were a dealing, they will inditeher of incontinenciewith7<£«?e, fmiferable fonnesjto (launder their Mother with adulterie J What they would and can not doe themfelues ? they blame in others ? with Corah, ' Tee take too much vfon^ye fames of Lent. Libels ^cjiollenwaters. 2 . Murder vfurpes the fecond roome ; a red Pf^ater, that robbesman of his life: whither they bePopifh commiflions to cutt]i\vo'Mz&->iovtht'fVhoreofBabtlon can drinke nothing but blood 5 or the monftrous illu- minations of the Anabaptiftsjderiuing reuelation from the fpirit of horrid murder 5 that the brother (hould cut off the brothers head> by a command from Hea- uen,thc Father & Mother ftanding by : Luther cats this a grolfe Deuill : orthe fuddcn quarrels of our age, where euidencesof pufillanimitiejorfatbeft) incon- fiderate furie,are produced as arguments of Valour: A crolTe word is ground enough for a challenge.: and whatilTue hath ftreamed from thefe Duells, who can- thinke and not c^^^itl^The Lnndis defjedwith bloody not flicd by an alien hai:a, God hath beene content, (talem mbts aaertere -peflem )to free vs from that plague: but ciuill rvnciuill broiles. We fall out for feathers ; fome lie dead in the Chanell, whiles they ftood too I much for the wall : others facrifice their hearts blood I for the loue of an Harlot ; Not to pledge a health , is caufe Honncidejhallnotfcape with impmitic. S9 caufc enodgh to loofe health and hfe too. Oh > who ftiall wa(h our Land from thefe afpcrfions of blood ? Murder is but Manf-flaughter, an ^. Mmf^llaughter no more then dog-flaughter. Parceciammfa^gumiy Ihould be our condition of life, as it is a fandion of nature, ftofpare the blood of Citiz2ns5Connanjrall,collateral, connationall With our felues:) but now it is notfpared ( ftngmnivd ciuiunt velfanCionim) to fpill the blood of either Citizens or Saints : y^t precious m the fight of the Lord is the blood of his Saints , when the biood of his enemies Ihall notbeimpunely Ihcd. There is not a drop of blood thus fpilt vpon the earth, but fwels like an Ocean-, and nothing can drie it vp, till it be reuenged. The moft excellent of Gods creatures on earth, the beautic, the extrad: , the*ab- ftrad, or abridgemcntof the world, the glory of the v/orkeman, the confluence of all honour that mortal- iitie can afford, and (what is abouc all thereftj the Image of the almightic God, with paine borne,witli ex- pence nurtured, mud fall in a moment: and by whom? onefonne Q^viAdam by another: the prouerbc '\% exiled, homo homini 'Dewy man is a God to man: nay, it \s rare, faith the Philofophcr, to finde a man to man : for want of vfing reafon how many are beaft 55 and for not vling it well, how many Dcuils ? Hearc the Law, yelawlelFc broode of Cam , that jlt^ a man in yotsr anaer: 'Blood for blood. You thinke to fcape with aPardon, but there is no pardon ok Earth can eafe the bleeding confciencc. Let none killC^in, thatfo eucry daykils himfelfe. As in that great plague on Egipt, " all the waters in their Ri- uers, Streames, Ponds, Pooles,Veircls were changed into blood ; fo fliall it be in the confciencc of ?he Murderer : his eyes Iball behold no other colour but red, as if the ayre were of a fanguine dye: his vifipns . in the night Ihall bee all blood 5 I z his * MicrceoftHit ^Exodj.ij. 6o No [dine for the blood-gmltie, but Chrijis blood. J Hcb. 11.14. Mt»mb.3j.jj Ovfot. AirUn, his dreames fprinkling blood on his face ; all his thoughts iliall flowwith blood : If Any Dauid fcapes the wounds of mans fword to his body, or Gods to his foule, let him thanke the blood of the crucified I E s V s ) whofe wounds mufl; intercede for his? and procure a pardon. This is that 'Slood, which doth HgiiTova P^^K&y, y jpeaks better thm^s , and ftintthc ceafelelfe cry of the b/ood of nAbell : but all this to none? but thofe that bleed in foule for thofeiinnes. Purge the Land of this blood, ye Magifirates: ^ For the Land cannot be cleanfcdof the blood that is Jbedtheremy bnt by the blood of them that [bed it. ' : I meane, the bitter woe of a tcm- porall difcontent 5 which \s an infeparable confequent of Chriftian affcdlion wronged : but more woe to the Robber •, who,befides the corporall ftrokes ol Heauens angry hand in this life,fliall feelethefearefull addition ofaneternallwoe in hell. ^Whore-mongers andaAulte- rers God will iudge. If a prefent punilhmcnt be fufpen- dedj thefutureihallneuer be di^ended with. Our fir- mament hangs too full of thefe falling iy^^^^rw 5 corrupt Meteors, wandring Planets, that onely glimmer ia the night, when the Smne of vigilancie is fet. This^curfed weede begins to grow almofl: as rankc m England,zs in Italy : onely no Juthontie giues toleration to it : they are heere, AcjUjefttrreptttky waters ofjhalth j but tliere, InuUant adaperta viros mate limina Jpfircos. The open dores inuite their entrance, whiles the law doth not onely winke but warrant. There is no hope to keepe outVenfUi when Drunkenneffe her Gcntleman-Vflicr, and Dice her olde company-keeper are let in. Many ^Nightingales haue fung fad lamentations , woe and ruine again ft thefe rapes and whoredomes 5 but the vn- cleane Sparrowes , cherping the voice o(Lt^ft on the houfe-tops J are fufFcred to haue nefts in the roofe, when the good Nightingale is driucn to the Woods. I 3 There 61 Ier.z3.1e. 6i *lCot.7.pi Gen.j.i. ] il/i^tM.IO. Trifi. t, Gell.Uh,i. fVantm *Bookes are the Demls bajtes. There are not wanting, by report, (and thofe no beggars) that iuftihe this , and -^leare it from (irihe by arguments : ftrong wits, and thofe fublimed : the wit- tier, the wickeder. I will giue them a double anfwere, which no diftindion fliall cuade. God hath charged^ Thanpjdt not commit zAdnlterie : Hazard thy felrc to difpute again ft and eneruateGods Prohibition, and try, if the fecond confute thee not; the blacke poifon of thy owne con(cience ; which is let "* on fire by Lfifi heere, and though it haue the fircofHell added to it fhallneuer be wafted. TheDeuillwas modcft when he came to j&/^, with, fr(tcepitneDem,&c, Hath God charged yoii not to eate,&c? now bluntly, Non pracepit Depu : God hath not concluded Adulter te a Jinne. Inaptdita oraculafiindit. Impudence in tlie highcft degree, to giue God the lye j and except againft the abfolutenelfe of his precept. I intended breuitie in the broaching thcCeJlo/kn wa- ters ; the matter forceth moe to prolixitie againft my will. Lh/} hath many friends in thefc dayes -, many Pro- moters, whereby lliee infinuates her Cdfe to the world. Among all, thofe in print doe mort mifchiefe. Lii>ri Sybarittci, as the fame llnne-guilty-<'W<2m4//calls them ; Bookcs of Spicurifme and Senfuality. Ohids amatorieshauc brioht and trite couersjwhcn the booke of 6*0^ lyes in a duftie corner. The Dcuill playes with vs, ^sHippome- nes with Atalattta, feeing vs earneft in our race to f/^- w», throwesvs heere and there ^ golden "Ba/l, an idle Pamphlet. IfCleanthes open his Shop , hee ihall haue Cuftomers : Many a Trauellcr there fets downc his ftaffe ; though hee pulls off his eyes with Omds dole ; Cur alujuid vidi , cur noxta Iwnma feci ? Why haue I fb couetoufly beheld thefe vanities ? Panct^ de Philofophia gufiandumy was the olde charge : let few drinke at the rbuntaine of Philofophy : but we are drunk with th^ all liM. i There are mce Theeues, then arefo apprehended. <^3 all Philofophy condemned. The Stationer dares hard- ly venture fuch cofl: on a good Sermon, as for an Idle Play: it will not fell fo well : wicked dayes the whiles. Oh that they were all condemned to an Ephejian fire ; Ad. r^, that we might fay^as //.«n,^r as The Flatterer U theBemlsfiAdmcate. 6^ as light as Ay re, yet weighed in his Parajites balhnce, hec Ihall poyfe with folid Vertue, nay, with God him- felfe. Oh, for fomc golden Statute againfl- thcfc Arifiofhor nes T owner i , an d Hcrodian Ptcl^-thankes , th at cry , tu, fcu, indVox Det, like the Churchwardens Bils, Om- ma bene., euery thingis as it Ihould be, when allthefoun- dations of the earth are out of contrfe. Thefcltaiianate Apes, and French Parrats, that can fpinnc thcmfelues lilken futcs (ex ajfent^tndo) on the voluble wheeies of their plcafing tongues. Oh that wee could thinke, whcnthefe beai^s play and skippe abouc their wont, that there is fomc temped a coniming. Tho. Flatterer is a delightfullCoofenagCj finooth pcriurie, rumours friend, Confciences aducrfarie, Honefties murderer. Hec allures to Vice vnken'd j colours Vice perpetra- ted : the horriblefl: linne is but an errour in his vcr- di6l. He can ^ Blejfe and Curfe vpith one month 5 Laugh and (/ry with one looke ; s Kijfe and Betray wirh one (igne. Bion compares him to a Beafl : Plato to nrPitch-, all to a Theefi; fomc to a Deui/l. '^ Plmnocct lingua adu- lator is, qmm manm^erfecutorii. There is no Foe to tlic Flatterer. The Gramarians fitly: Mobile cum fvco Axko. the Adieftiue, he varies cafe and gender with his Sub- flantiue. A Cameleon ! tettgtt quofcunj^ colores , to all colours 5 except Red and White, faith Plmie: Red fig- nifying Modellie, White Innocencie. Natio Gomada efi .- rides ? fftaifire cachinnt conCHtitur, (^ c. If thou fayeft,itis bote, hee wipes his forehead : if colde, he quakes of an Ague. As in the Delphtcke Ora- clCyPjithias did neucr prophccie,butwhen iliee was fet on a Treuit,and the winde blew intelligence into her: K ^ fo SLuke 22,48. ^ Auguft.rn Tftl.66. Metam, luuen^Sattj, T> \ Jkw, Ub,/^, 'Aasi^.ij, ^Exod.io. 19. TheParafiteiTongMma'mta'mes hisTeeth. fo this DcLiils prophet \s dumbcj till you fet him on the Trtpcde of £afe , (yedit. Game, and ftroke him on the headlikea Spanicll,and then hee will licke your hand, and fill your eares with the Oracles of Hell. Hee is fihi natiti , mtiltis mtm , omnihiu nocum : Afrmdi mthm, Infermnixits. Hee is borne to himfclte,knowne to ma- ny, hurtfuU to all: the worlds Baftard, Hels true- borncChilde. Patitfirdum pontur. Hee fuffers much, that he mayputv^p fomcwhat, when hee fpeakes of the abfentj hee knowes no cafe but the accufatiue : loues none (from hisPatro;t) but the dmi\Q..Hte Uudes numerate drnn ille Uudes mtmerat. Hee wi 1 1 multiply thy praifes , ii thou wilt diuide to him thy goods. There IS amonftrous fzbhm the z^lcorany tliAt the. Sarth is placed vpon thefliarpe end of an Oxeshorne; the weakenelfe whereof is the caufe of Earthquakes : but hee thatfixeth his cftate on ^Flatterers lliarpe tongue, will put an Earthquake into it, and foonerunne to ruinc. Our Chronicles report of CnnutHs , that when his Flatterers ftiled him %tiler of Sea andLand, he com- maunded his chaire of Ellate to bee brought to the Sea-iide : and when the wanes beat on him, he cryed, IcommaundyoH to ret time : the fturde waters, ffcorne- fuU of fuch acontroll, as the Deuils were of thefbns ot Sceua , ' lefiu rvee k»oiv , but who are ye e ? God wee know, calming floods^ quieting the windes, but who art thou? ) beat on him more furioufly : then,loe faith CanfitHSjwh^i a goodlyGod I amjand behold my com- maund 5 conuincing his flatterers. Oh that fome flrong Weft-winde would ridde our Land of thefe ^Locufts. The lafl: fort of 'L'iVj/j ferued in at this Courfe-) are Stollen Tvaters , which immediately robbe our felues. The Deuill findes vs chearc at our owne cod, and with cates ttollen from our owne poireflions , hee makes . ■ ■ < Simes Feafi makes the Guffls more hnnpy. 71 Iphcf.4. 1^. makes vs a bounteous feaft. Truth is, eueiyCup of linne wee drinke of, is a water, thsit (at leaft indiredJyj FDbs ourfclues: neither can wee feede on Athcifme, Herefie,Sacrilcdge, iMurder, Adultericj but we rifle our foules of grace, our Confciences of peace: for the DeuUs Banket ncucrmakesamanthe fatter for his fee- ding : thegucfts , the more they eatc, tlie more leane and meager they looke : their ftrength goes away with their repaO, as x'i they fed on nothing but Sauce ; and all their fweet delicatcs in taile were but fretting in digeflion 5 Clikc Vinegar, Ohues, or Pulfe; neither doth batten &chcerini, becaufe it wants a blcfiing vn- to!t. pncly it gets them a Ilomach : the more hartiiy they teed on hnne, the greater appetite they haueto \x.. Though cudomeoflinne hath brought them faflfec- //«^,and they haue Ion" fince ma.de a deed of gtfi ofthem- felues into the hands QUicentioufne^'e^yzt behold in them ftill an eager profecution oi'i\nnt-,eHenveith greedmeffe. Though mtfchtefe was the laft thing they did when I Micah.:;-: they went to bed ; nay theoncly adion of their bed, yet they rifeearely, fofoone as the momingisltght fo fraaifett. They may be ficke of fms incurable furfet yet feele them (clues hungry i^ill ^ that the Cnp of their wickednclfe may be filled to the brim; and fo receiue a portion and proportion of torment accordingly. Thus Asthtgyrouagiecfm, moUmtrahentes^ malt urn amluUr.t, parftm promouem ; the MiI-turning-horfe,coniured inta his Circle, moues much, butremoues httle ; or as the Poet of Ixio». Voluitftr Jxion, (jfufe fec^mtHrj^fitgua^ : Soothe more thefe guefts eat, the more vnfatis^ed they j-ife vp: Te (hall eat, and not befatisfiedtyefiail d^mke, 0- not befdled;^% \\e,that dreameth of good cheareM awakes with an bmgry foHle. All the delights of fume putnotthe Jcalt drop of good blood into the vaines , nor blelfe the heart with the fmalleft addition of content. ' They Wicali.,fayesZ'^^/5andfoneere to Atheifinc , with a no-God : that it makes a carnall God. In mea patria 1>eHi venter : as profound , and profane , as the Babiloriians facrifice ; they to their Bell, S'! '., cyffomferd ^ark^e argues a Jiarued Confcience. 'Bell, thefe to their Belly. Perhaps, you will fav , they are morekinde to themfelues: not a whit; Tor they wrappe vp death in their full morfcls , and fwal- low it as Pilles in the Pappc of delicatie. They ouerthrow nature , with that Ihould preferue it, as the Earth, that is too ranckc , marres the Corne. They make fliort \^orke with their eftatcs , and not long with their liues j as if they knew that if they liued long, they muft bee beggars: therefore at once they make hafte to fpend their liuings,and ende their liues. Full Suppers, midde-night Re- ucls , Morning lunkets, giuc tneni no time to blow, but adde new to their indigefted furfets. They are the Deuils crammed Fowles , like omim) wifely difpence, but blindely fcatter the gifts of GOD. They pray not fo much for daily 'Bread, as for daintic Bread j and thinke God wrongs them, if they may not ("Diues-liVz) fare dtlkioufiy cueryjay. Senfe is their Purucyour; A^fet'tte their Steward: They place Varadife in their throates, ^.ndiUeaHen in their guts. Meanc time, the (late waftes, the foule pines, and though the flelh be puffed and blownc vp, the fpii it3 languilh •, they louc not to liue in a Fenne, but to haue a Fenne in them. It is not plague enough that GOD mthall fends leanneffs into their foules , buttheir eftates (incke , their hues fall away : they fpinne a wcbbe out of their owne bowels : worfc then the ouv&^cc7rokecpes a Regiller of Iniuriesj and graues that in Marble which Charitie writes in the duft, Wrong. It cannot endure that anyfliould be conferred with it, preferred to it. Heccjuemquamiamferrefotefi Cafaruepriorem, Pomfeinfue far em. Cafar can brooke no Greater ; Pompey no riuall. lohn Baptiji was of another fpirit : when he heard that the people had left him to follow ChriJ}, he fJ3ake with the voice of content, A'fy toy isfulf^led. He mufl encreafcy and I mnfl decreafe, ItJuidm non eft idonetu auditor. The enuious man \% an incompetent hearer : his eares are not fit to his head. Ifheehearcs good of another, hee frets that it is good : \^A\ , he is difcontcnt that he may not ludge him for it. \{ wronged , hee cannot ftay Gods leafure to quit him : he is ftraight,either a Saul ox an EfoH 5 by fecrct ambufhes, or by open hoftillitie,he muft carue himfelfe a fatisfadion. No plaifler will heale his pricked finger, buthisheart-bloud tliac did it: if he might feme himfelfe , he would take vnreaib- nable peny-worthes . S-f^Hgnsiine would cooJe his heate. Vis vindicari Chriftiane ? Wdt thou bereuenged of thine aduerfarie oh Qjnfiian ? tarry a while : Nondum L 3 vindicate 77 Ioh.|.i9. ^rifi. 4 7S Gen.i8.jr. Matth.132^. AKiog.10.s3. Malice IP ares not friends to berenenged on foes. vindicattisefl Chriflns : Thy Lord and Sauiouris not yetauenged of his enemies. Malice is fo madde, that it will not fpare friend , to vtreake vengeance on foes. So Garnet told the Powder- traltours ; thsit foTne innocent might he deflroyed with mam mcent , if the fnbiicke good conlanot othervpife be ^erfeUed. His inftance was , that in a Towne befieged, though fome friends were there 5 yet no wrong nor offence, at aduantage to cut all their throates. Hence^if there had bcene Papifts in the Parlianient-houfe, yet rather then loofe fo holy a malfacrej they muft haue flowne vp with others. Call you ^dt Saints^. Tanttne ammis cot- lejiibiii ira ? It was Gods releruation in the oIde7Vi?4- ment, for accurfed Sodome, Si decern inflij if tenne righte^ oiisferfons befoHndthere,&c. It w^s (^hrifis fufpenfion in the ntv^-yLet the tares alone till Harttefi, leaf the PVheate be plucked vp witha/l, Theodojitcs was taxed? that tnfontes vnacumfontibastrHcidalfet, that he had flainethe good with the guilty ; and mightnot be fuffred to enter into the Temple. In the Primitiue Church the Bijhops ftaid procelfe againil: the Vrlfcillian Heretikes, ne catholici cum illis perirent , leaft fome good Chriftians ihouldperifli with them. lehu intending due deflrudtion to the wor- fliippers o^Taal, made a fpcciall fearch, that none of the Lords fernants were amongfl them. But malice is euer blinde, tofecwhatfequcll attends her courfes. The Snniom man is content to loofc one eye of his owne? fb he may put out both his neighbours : nay, which is worfcj hec will loofe both his owne to put out one of his. The Icaft trefpalfc ihall not patfe without fuitc. The Deuill can fend him on a very flight errand to Weftminfter-hall. Be the cafe neuer lb broken, if the Laviycrs wit can ftitch it together , that it may hold to awy?/>W«^, it is enough. I may (with a little inuerfion) teade his deftinic from the Poet, Hunc I EtmesjickfJeffe is the ettftieds health. 79 lit. Jltmc nee dira vettena, nee fjoJiiHs anferet enfis. Nee Literum dolor, ant tujfis, vel tarda fodag^a : GarrMlm hunc quando eonfumet. Let him not fcarcDomefticall poifbn, nor forraine (word; nor a ftitch in's fides, nor a Cough in's lungs, nor the Gowtc in's ioynts : tiunc ^ro^rim Imor con- fumct. hJee wi/l fiet himfelfe to duTt. His Pr<£Cordta are ftceped in Vineger. ^foundheart is the life oftheflefh : but Enitic is the rottcnne^'e of the bones. The Drunkard rots his fleOi, the malicious his bones : Hee burnes vp his bloud in the fornace of hatred. Iftfamt J cunt alienanequitjfHa peCfora rodii Madde, that hispoj/fon wi/l not others kill. He drinker it off himfelfe, himfelfe tojpid. En^ie \s throwne like a ball of Wild-fire at anothers Barne j rebounds and fires thine ownc. The Swallow hauing crolfed fome Lands and Seas, returnes next Summer to hcrolde Chimney: the Arrow of malice lliot farre off, turnes vpon his heart, that fet it flying. Bielfe your felues j you know not whither you will be carried, if once you behor/ed on the backe of the ^«- uioMj man, Forbeare then this veater, as thou loueft thy health, bloud, life and peace. 5- The fift Qip is Drmkennejfe ■ a Fia/l of the yva- ters o^ Stealth : a liquid foodc literally taken. For that, V/\'\\Q\\£brietie finnes withall, \s wine and fhom drinke. (ZJxfortibm adpotandnm. Woe to them that are mvrhtie to deuonre Drinke •, and ftrong to carrie it away ; for their habillitie encourageth their more frequent (innes.) But DrunkennelTfe , as it is a Cup of this fer- uice, is a fpeciall water of it felfc, at the T)eml'sBankef. This Pr0u.i4.jo. Matth. 13.28. EQ.f.ii. i 8o Prou.ij.li. D.Boys.Tcfiil, Ehrietie is a cofily(inne> atidrobs the Effate. This finne is an horrible felfe-theft : God hath part his word again ll him. TheT>rHnkitrd and the Glutton (hall comevnto^oHertie-i and Drorojineffe (hall cloathaman with ragges. Hee that drinkes more in a day, then hee can earne inavveeke? whatwill his gettings come to at theyeeres end ? There is no remedie , hee muft (liake hands withbeggerie? and welcome it into his compa- nie. How many (in the compalfe of our knowledge) haue thus robbed themfelues ; and beene worfe ene- mies to their owne eftates, then the moft mifchieuous | Theeues J Theeucs cannot fteale Land , vnlelfe they be Weftminfter-hall Theeues, crafty contenders, that eateoutatruetitlewithafalfe euidencc: but the Drun- kard robs himfelfe ofhis Lands : Now he dilfolues an Acre, and then an Acre into the Pot 5 till hee hath ground allhis ground attheMalt-querne j and runne all his Patrimonic through his throate. Thus hee makes himfelfe theliuingtombe, ofhis fore-fathers, of hispofteritie: heeneedesnot trouble his fickeminde wicn aWill,nordiftruft thefidelitie of Executoursjhe drownes all his fubftance at the Ale-fat; and though he deuoures much , is the leaner eucry way. Drunken- nelTe is regius morbm , a coftly finne. It is like Gun- powder, many aman \s blownevp by it. He throwes his houfefolongoutatwindowes, t.llatlafthishoufe throwes him out at dores. This is the Tiplers pro- grelfe: from luxurie to bcggerie j from beggerie to theeuerie: from the Tauerne to Tyburne, from the Alehoufetothe Gallowes. 6. ThelaftViallofthefe [dh-Jlolne water f, is Coue- toufnejje: a dilh ofdrinke ^t the Deut/s Ba»ket, which more come tor, then for all the reft. The couetous is a cruell Thiefe to himfelfe, worfe then the Deuill : for the Deuill would giue much for a foule 5 how much would hee giue foi himfelfe ? The CottetoHs man loues money All vices are content to put Couetoufhejfe formojl. money better then his owne foule ? This mcrcenarie Souldier is fit for any office in the Deuils Campe. There is no finne fo vgly, fo hideous , but fent to the Qouetotu mans dore in a golden vizour, it fliall haue en- tertainement. This Sinne is like a ereat Beafl; , which violently nbreaking vpon Gods free-hold, makes a gappe wide enough for the whole Heard to follow. FrmturmHndoyvtttHrBeo.Tht Couetous polFcircth the world,and make? vfeof God:but if a man cannot ferue Godand Mammonhz can much lelle Ccruc Mammon and God: God fcornes to be fet aftei the world. He heauens himfelfeon earth, & for a litle pelfe coufaps himfelfe of bliire. He (Icales ^jHtetfrom his owne bones, /^^^c^ from his confcience,^r more hee- ded, then a booke on the Stationers fliop, with the way to heauen, for the Title. Neither letvs (as is faid) iudge him onely to drinke of this renter, that extorts from o- thers jbut euen him that pincheth h imfelfe.So S. Auguji. j M 2 Non I Stntc. LA.i,Tr^. Hot. Matth.6.2j. 84 Tlin. Mich.a.i. xTim.6,io. The fatterthe Pftrfe,(mofi often) the leaner the Confcience. ~_j _________ Non folUin anarpu efl qui rapit aiiena, fed qui ctfpideferiMt fu£. He is not onely couetoiisj that raketh from others, but he alfo that taketh from himfelfe. The niggards lookes to his entring guefts, is like Ditma's Image in Chics, which frowned with alowring countenance on all that came into the Temple, but looked blithe, and fmiled on them that departed. This is he thatthinkes there are no fuch Angels as his golden ones ; nofuch Paradife as in his Counting-houie. Hee cares not to runne quicke to the Deuill of an errand, fo gainefends him,& payes him for his paines. He hath a fhortcon- fcience,and a large damnation. He is a fpeciall gueft at the Deutls boord ; and neuef miileth nis Ordinarie, which he afFe(5ls the more, becaufe hee payes nothing. The more hee deuou res, the hungrier hee is: a full fupper of profit, giueshimthe more eager appetite to his morrowes breakfaft. AH he eates, is like Phyficke to him •, hee lookes thinner after it. Hee takes great paines to goe to hell : whither fince hee will goe? hee might doe it with n^re eafe. He hath no heauen, nei- ther prefent nor future ; and hauing fold blilfe for riches , as ice^ Rcucl.^.16. Ephef.4. ^iPct;.j.ij- « Luke 17.17. a>:^U7^Teiv, of hiding or coue- ring. Fur a fur ho, quia in obfcuro venit. A theefe as well for ftealing on vs, as for dealing from vs. He comes in the darke, when no body fees, treads on wooll,that no body heares,watcheth an houre that nobody knowes. This Theefe fliall fteale on you,perhaps Banketting at this Feaft of Vanitte : as the Flood came on the old World, whiles they « ate anddranke,^\\6. were mcr- rie. f Watch therefore., for you know not what houre your Lord doth com^-. So Chryfiflome on that place,from our Sauiours companion o( t\\t goodman of the houfe : nm Uderetur iiie fHrto,Jifciret venturum: vos fcitis -) -para- tiores. The day of ludgement Jhall come iu a, Theefe. 87 f tioYes ejfe dehetis. The theefe fhould not hurt him, if he knew of his comming:yoii know he wil come,prepare for his welcome. We are all hoiiHiolders-, our bodies are our houfes 5 our foules our goods ; our fenfes are the Doores and Wmdores ? the Lockes are Faith and Prayer. The day of our doome will come as a thcefej let our Repentance watch, Jet it neuer llccpc, lefi wepe- rijh. Siprxfcirent homines ^cjuando ntoritnrtfint ,deltgentiam fuper earn rem oflenderem. I f men foreknew the time of their death, they would fliew carefulnelFe in their pre- parationj how much more being ignorant ? But alasj Ignorance concnants tvtth de.^jh : and fecuritie ^ puts far away the euUl day , and caufeth the feat of violence to come nerre>N\\t\'\ the Prophets of our 7/^*^^// threaten Judge- ments , you flatter your felues with the remotenelfe. f The vifton that he feeth, is for many dayes to come^ndhe prophecyeth of the times that arefarre ojf As if it concer- ned you not what ruine laid wafte the Land, Copeace might be in your dayes. (But there is S no peace, fayth my God, to the wicked.) our Rofe-buds are not withered, our daunces are not done : fleepe Confcience, lye ftill Repentance. Thus with the fentence of death inftant, and in a prifon of bondage to Satan prefent, faith S. Augiifiinej Alaximo (raudi/) debaccham-ur : wee are drun- ken, we are franticke with pleafures. There may be o- ther, there can be no greater madnelfc. Loc, the fucceife of thefe fiollen vraters. You heare their nature: time hath preuented their fweetr^fe. God of his mercie, that hath giuen vs his fVord to enfbrme our Judgement, vouchfafe by his Spirit to reforme our confciences , that wee may conforme our liues to his holy precepts. For this let vs pray. &c. fVhat here is good, to God afcribed be, fVhat is tnfirmc, beiongs of right to me. FINIS, Chfjf. • Amos ^.5. *E2:ck.x».^27. SEIa.^7.11. Deeottfl.yh, ^ yirtut. THE Breaking vp of the O R The Gonclufion. BY Thomas Adams, Preacher of Gods W^oidzt fMmgtfi/t inBedford-fhire. Rom. 6,21, What frait had yc then in ihofc thing*, whereof yoa are now alhamcd? For the end of thofe things is death. T E R T V L. lib. adMartyres. Pax nojha, hillum contra Satanam, To be at warre with the Dcuill,i« to be at peace with our owae Con- fcicncff. L O N T> O N: Printed by Tkomoi Snodham for 'R^lfh Mah, and are to be fold in Paules Church-yard, at the figne of the Grey-hound. 1^14. -*»- 'J ' : < f I . TO THE RIGHT VERTVOVS AND VV O R< thy Sifters, the Lady Anne Gojl^jh^ and M"'. Diana Bowles: fauing Health. Hat f hauc^ clothed this Sermon in the Liuery of your Patronages^ j might giue many reafons to fatisfie others. But this one-, to mec^ , is in ftead of all-, that- you affe^l the Gofpell : Nof^ith the Juddaine flafhes of fome oner- hot e dijpoftionSf but yoith mature Difcretion-, and found Obedience. I could not therefore fujfer any thought of mine oycne rvnworthi- nelje , to dijjwade mec^from prefenting this poorer labour to your hands 5 '9pho haue fo ''-' N 2, fauoih mm-*' The Epiftle Dedicatoric. fanourahly accepted my ypeaker Jeruices. I owe you both a treble debt^-, ofLoue^ofSer- uicc^y ofThankefulnejfc^. The former-) the more Ipay-^the morejliil I owe. Thefecond-, 1 ypm be ready to pay -i to the^ttermofi of my porter} though Jhort both of your deferts-, and my owne de fires . Of the lafl-, J-^illflriue to giuefull paiment, and in that (ifitbepof fible) to come out of your debts. Of all thefe^ in this JmaQ Volumnc^ -, I haue giuenyou the earnefl. As you should therefore^ y doe -Sfiith an ill debtor^ take it^ till morc^ comes. Itjhall be the more currant-. , if you yptUfet thereon the feaksofyour acceptance^. It is the latter end of a Feafl :yet it may^perhapSy afford you fome Chriflian delicately to cork- tent your yoeH affeBed ^irits. It JhaU let yonjee the laftjertiice of Sinnes Banket 5 the har/Ij and rvnpleafant clofure ofrvani- tie} themadnefe of this doating Agc^i the formaU diflike andreall hue of many to this Worlds the euillyporks offome critic all-mothers hypocriticall dijpofitions-, the endings conclu- fion , and beginning confufon ofthc^ De^ nils The Epiflle Dedicatoric. uils Guefts. The more^ perfeBly you /hall hatefinne) the more conftantlyyou/hali hold your erfl embraced rpertues. And fo in happy time work^ out your ovvne faluations. Godgiue afuccesfuH blefiing to your Chriftian Indeuours : 'which /hall euer bee faithfully prayed for y by Your VVorfhips dffe^maufy deuoted Thomas Adams, 95 TH E Breaking vp of che The third Sermon, Pb. o V e r b. p. ly: StfiUf» water! Are fvpeet j And Bread eaten infe* cret is fleafam. H E cLiftorne offinne hath fo bc- iiummed the fcnfc of it ; and the delighted affedions brought the confciencc (o faft: a (Icepe in it j that •' he troubles Ifrael, who would waken Ifrael : and his fpeech is hardi Barbari(inc,that fpeakes againft the Deuils ^' 1)/- ana^t\\Ql, keene and rankling Slander, nartie and ill-lliapen Idle- nefje, fmooth and faire-Ipoken Flatterie, bee comely ? what is deformed 5 If thefe hcfweet , there is no bitter- nelle. But though the Deuill be not § an Angcll of Ught , yet he woul^iW^ like one. Though heeneuer fpeakes Truth-, yet he'i'Ouid often fpcakethe ^ colour of Truth. Therefore let vs obfcrue, what fallaces and dcceitfull arguments hee can produce, to make good this attri- bute-, and put the probabilitic of frveetnejfe into his fiollen waters. For the Deuill would not be thought a Dunce ^ too weake to hold a Pofition, though it be ne- ucr fo abfurd. Stollen waters , Iniquities ^xcfweet to the wicked in three refpeds. i.Becaufe they Ar^Jlo/Zen. z. Becaufethey are cheapc. 3. Becaufe they giue de- light, and perfwaded contenttothc flefli. I. Stollen ox fouhtdden. Euenin this conlifts- the ap- probation of their/ir^^/wj^, that they come hy Jiealth, and are compaifedby dangerous & forbidden paines. O Furta 97 «Efa.f . zo. /"rer.9.rj. ^2 Cor.H.14 ^ Matlh.4.^. 98 Granted things are held in mofi contempt. Gcn.g.tf. * Bonum, quo tomwHnius^ c» . melius. Ftirta flacent , etiam cjMod furta. Theft delights > cuen in that it is theft. Thefruites of a wicked mans owne Orchyardj are notfo pleafant-tafted as his neighbours: neither doe they reierue their due fweetneire j if they be freely granted. But as the Prouerbchath it: Dulcia fs^nt poma, cum abeji cfifios. Apples zvefjveet, when they are plucked in the Gardiners abfence. £f/e li- ked no Apple in the Garden fo well as the forbid- den. ^Antiochtii fcornes Venifon as bafe meate? if it bee not lurched. It is an humour as genunie to our affedions; as moifture is infeparable to our blonds, that, nitimurin vetitum femper-, Wee runne madde af- ter reftrained Obiedis. Wee tread thofe flowers vn- der our difdainefuU fcete, which mured from vs, we would breake through ftone-walls to gather. The libertie of things brings them into contempt : neg- led and Duft-heapes lye on the acceflible ftayres. Difficultie is a fpurre to contention, and there is no- thing fo bafe, as that which is eafie and cheape. Sol IpeBatorem, ntficum dejicit, non h..'?t : nemo obferuat Lh~ nAm niji labrfantem. The two gieat lights of hea- uen 5 that rule in their courfes the day %Qd night, are beholding to no ty&s , for beholding them , but when they are ecelipfcd. We admire things lelfe won- derfull, becaufe more rare. I f the Sunne fliould rife but once in our age, wee would turne Perjians, andwor- iliip it. Wine.s would bee lelTc fet by, if our owne lands were full of Vineyards : Thofe things that Nature hath hedged from vs , wee long and languilh for; when Manna it felfe , becaufe it lies at our dores , \s loathed. Virtutem prafentem fere innofiri^ odimm j Sub- latam ex ocHlUprosul quttrmm tnuidi. The more fpread- ing good things are , the more thought vile s and (though againft that olde and truc."^ rule) the commu- nrtie The wicked natttre furfues for hidden ObieEis. niticniall detradfrom the commoditie. It is the per- uerfencire of our natures, till fan dlifi cation hath put a new nature into v$ , that Qod.%yo\^ ^ too hemie fbrour ftioulders : we cannot draw in the geeres of obedience We can trauell a whole day after our dogecs- but \t authoritic fliould charge vs to meafure fo many miles, how often would wee complaine of wcarinelle ^ The Bird can fit out the day-meafuringSunne, fee his rife and fall without irkfomnelfc, whiles fliee is hatching herEgges-, ifherneftwereaCage, w;th what impa- tience would nice lament fo Jong a bondaee i So the Vfurer, though hee began his firft bagge with the hrit houre, and pulls not off his hands or his eyes, till the eye of Heauen h adiamed of it, and de- nies further light, hee \% not wearie; \tt. him fit at Church two houres, the ftate '\^ vneafie, his bones ake, either a Cufliion to fall a fleepe with , or he will bee gone. That ^/^n)? may iuftly and fitly continue that his reproofe vpon fuch : dm ye not watch nuh ptee one houre ? Thus the Commaund makes things burdenfomc, and Prohibition defirable. T he wicked would not fo eagerly catch at vanities, if God had notfaid , ;;.///^ tangere, touch them not. Rapine, Lu(l, Ebrietie,Sa- criledge would fitte idle for want of cullomers , li Gods interdi(5lion had not fette a ne inorediaris , on their doores. -Enter not. ^me , (I know not how truly) bragges, (and let her ^ boa ft her finne) that fhee hath the fewer Adulterers, becaufe (hee fet^vp theStewes. It is reported, that /r^/ydid neuermore abound with vStudents, then when luUm had fiiut v^t\,tScho0le.doores, and turned Learning into exile. He had fellowes in that Empire offo contrarie difpo- litions ; that fome reftrayned all things , fome forbad nothing J and fo made their times either tyrannous or O X licen- 59 Mattli.ii.jc, I Mattb.z^.^o. • Prou.4.r4. ''Philip.^. 1 9. *Inthcbcft learn. ng. lOO It is danger om to be crojfe to God. licentious: infomiich that it was abufie ^ueftion in thofc times •, whether of thofe Emperours wereworfe 5 one, that would let euery man doe as he lift ; and the other J that would fufFernomanto doe as hee would. It is obferued of the lewesj that whiles the Oracles of heauen were open, and Religion leaned on theflioul- ders of peace? they fell frequently to Idolatrie : but with the BabiloriMn bridle in their mouthesj they ea- gerly purfue it : their perfecution for it, encreafed their profecution olit. So the bloud o^ Martyrs ittdiQst\\Q, Ponrch ; as if from their dead aflies. £prur^ (PhantX' J(ike) many profclfours. - -!:,,- . ■ < 1 If troden Vertue grow (b faft,like Camomill ? how then doth reftrained Vicethriue? fure this Hydra m- ther multiplies his heads, by the blowes of reproofe. Sure it is^ that ex mails moribpts ormntHr flnrinu leges. It men were not prone to infinite fmnes , anipre fa- ring number of lawes would ferue our turnes. .An4 the more dangerous the Jaw hath made the palVag^ oflniuftice, the more frequently, feruentlytheyloue to faile after it. What they quake to fufFer , they tickle to doe j as if their Itch could not bee cured till the Law fcratch them: fo peruerfe is their difpofition> that onely coadion mull: force them to good, onely corredion binde them from euill. Now, as \i is lliamc, that neceftitie lliould draw vs to that , whereunto our ownegood iliould leadevs: foit ispaft Ihameto warrc for that, which God hath charged vs to ware of. Malnm eft agere cjuod frohibetur , Jed agere cjHia prohi- betnr, pcjfimnm. Hce that doth that which is forbid- den, is euiJl , hee that doth it becaufeit is forbidden, Deuill. But as the honeftman, that hath fom.ewhat to take to, is in moft care to come out of debt 5 fohe€ that hath neither honeftie norlands, takes care onely to come into debt, and to be truftcd. :. i £ v; Thus Safe delights ure held no delicti 101 Thus wee all long foi retrained things, and doate on difficulties 5 but lookewithanouerlyfcorncj and winking negle(5l on granted Faculties. Pharaoh is ficke j E^od 8. of Gods plague : the peaceable diTmifTion of Ifraell will cure him : hee fees his medicine : no? hee will be ficker yetj Ifraell fliall not goe. Oh, that thefc , who wraftlewith God-, would thinke that the more fiercely and firily they alfault him, they are fureof the forer fall. The harder the earthen velFell ruflieth vponthe Brafen the more itis (liiueredinpieces. But nothing doth giue the vngodly fuch content, as that they dan- gerouily pull out of the iawcs of difficultie. No Flowers hauefo good a foaell as thtStollen .- no rcpaft fo fauoury as the cates of Theft. ^m venit extuto, mmtn cfh accent a volnptM. Facilitie and libertie onely takes off the edge of Lufl j and what God doth rcftraine, man will n.otrefrainc. The Adulterer cares not for the chafte focietie of a faire and louing wifejbut the lufts ofvncleannelfe, which he ftealeswith hazard, from anothersbcd,a re fweet in his opinion. or more violent reuocation of the fickenelte 3 fo their miferie erelong is doubled : and that which was but a ftitchin the fide, is now a llirewd paine in the heart. TheStagge and the Horfe ffayth the Fiction) were at variance : the Horfe, being too weake defires Man to helpe him: (Ji'lan gets on the Horfes backe,and chafeth thcStagge, Vfj^ adfiigam , vf^ admonem, to flight, to death.Thus the Horfe gets the vidorie ; but is at once vi^or ^ vi- ^m, Captaine and captiuc : for after that he could ne- uer free his mouth from the bit , his backe from the Saddle. Non eqi-titem dorfo, nonfritnum depulit ore. Man '\s befet with exigents : hee wailes his weakcneire : the Deuiil fteps in with promiies of fuccour. ludas is made rich, 6'(?/7^gcts change of fuites : Nero is crow- ned Emperour,but withal! hee gets poireffion of their affcdlions, whence all the power of man cannot vn- tenant him. Thus the ' lafl flauerle is ivorfe then thefirfty and the cheare is notfo cheap at fitting downe, as it h deare at rifing vp. This The hefi things are bcfl cheapt This is the Deuils chcapencire: no, ^ eitery noodmd perfeli gift is from aboue. The Dciiill giues nothing, but ^ God giues to all-> zyA^ffi'&c, richly, or abundantly, fo that when he giuesjhee takes nothing backc : for '" the gifts of the Jptrit are 'x.Ui!ocuiK\^oc, without repentance. " Ho, euery one that thirjieth, come ye to the waters of life, and he that hath no money, c^c. God hath waters, no (lollen water, but waters of fVeedome-,and other blef- rings(if ye loue liquid things)ot an anfwerable nature, greater vertue-, and thofe, whereof hee is atruepro- prietarie. fVme and Afilke : iJUltlke to nourilh , fVi^e to cherifh the heart of man : bay them without money. let not your pouerty keepc you backe : here is cheap- rjelFcj if you haue a fauing deiire : come freely and take your lilies : ° The Gojpe/l is preached to thcpoorc. Thinke not to buy the ^ g>-aces of God with money: left you and your money perifh, Onely take your time, and come whiles God \^ a giuing : for there is a time when the dore of bountie is lliut. '^T hough hee fir etch forth hts hand of mercy all the daj'^ yet the night comes when hee drawes it backe againe. They that anfwere him, proffering grace, as Darnel to BelfhaK^^r,^ Keepe thy rewards to thyfelfe, andgme thy gifts to another 5 may knocke at his gates, and be turned away emptie.A^on', fpare to fpeake, andfpare to fpeed. Then, thouohyon cry vnto mee , I will not heare : « To day, then, harden not your hearts. Pray vnto him, and ^ he will giue goodthmgs to them that aske him. Hee doth not fell, but giue-, not the lliadowes, butthefubftanccsof goodnelfe. The concludonthen is clcere, blelfings and graces are truly cheape, ^ And no good thing will God withhold from them tharrvalke vprightly : "" Allthings/hallworke to their good, that are good. The Deuill giues nothing, butfels all for price 5 neither are they good things he felleth^ but figttras boniythz mcere formes& counterfeits of goodnes. P But '' lam. 1. 1 7. °'Rom.i i,i9, nEra.j5.i. Lac nittriens, ynsum exhiU' runs. »Matth,ii.j. P AdsS.zo. iRom.io. zi, "^Dan.J.x/. s Heb,j.7. tMatth.7.11, Dat mn yendtf, ^bomrum mn ymbrtUy fid fubfiantioi. ^Pral.84.11. "Rom.S 2 8« "Nj^l'i dat b»t*a^ ntq-y bonafunt ^H* yendit. io6 yAmos j.8. 2 lob 40.15. Homer. Romes Banket hath little cheapenejfe. But it the cheapefiejfe of finnc (o affedl men , what meanc they to runne to Rome for it? where I doe not fay onely, that/ww^ and damnation hath a Oirewd price fet vponthenij butcuen bltjfe and comfort : and no P//- (rrim can get the leafl: falue-plaifter to heale his wounded (^onfcience, hut at an vnreafonnable reckoning.Butfoftl itisobiedted, thatl^cwi? is ftill baited in our Sermons-, and when we feeke vp and downe for matter, as Saul forhisAires, wee light vpon the F*?/^ ftill. lanlwere, that I can often palte by his dore and not call in : but if he meets me full in the face, and affronts mee, (^ for good manners fake) non pratereo infalmatHm , I muft change a word with him. The pope is a great Seller of thefe Stollen tvaters : Cyet his Chapmen thinke themcheape.j Hethrufts his Speare into the Mountaines,and fluceth out whole floods : as it is fabled of n^olfM. Heevfurpes that of Godj that he can fpanne the waters in hisfijl :tnat he hath all the graces of God in his owne power; and no wa- ter can palle befides his Mill : as if^hee could >' ca/lfir the waters of the Sea, andpowre them out vpon the face of the Earth : or as loh fpeaketh of behemoth : * Behold, he drinheth vp a T^uer and hajieth mt : and trufieth that he can draw vp Jordan into his mouth . As if all tht^aces ofGodwcYC packed vp in a bundle, or lliut into aboxe, andthePcfifoncly wasputin truft tokeepe the Keyj and had authoritie to giue and deniethem. So(ty£ol/is the God of WinJcs (favth the Poet) gaue Vltjfes a Maile, wherein all the Windes were bound and wrap- ped vp togetiier j. except the Wefternewindcj which hee muft needs occupie to carry himfelfe home. The Pope brags, that all waters are banked vp into his foun- taine, and none can drinke but by his leaue 5 except the Supremacie &: perfed SanFittte : which is the Winde Iand the Watqrjhe muft vfc himielfejthereby to faile to Hea- The Pope bnyes de>ire, therefore cannot fellcheape, Heauen : (a Hauen that fewe Popes arriue at : ) but otherwife there is no^race to be had, but from the mo- thcr-C/wrc/7 of Rome-, whole vncontrollable head is the Pcpe. A miferable Ingrolfer, that would lliut vp all goodnelfe into hisowneWarc-houfc. Yet when hee lifts,he will vndcrtaketo ^powrejbods onthefolui groand-j and ^ make Rmers rnnite in dry places. Hee hath a huge Pond of Purgatory , whcreout whole millions drinke, and arepleafed. But^Damu ptirfued, drunke puddle-water, and faid, it was the beft drinke that euer he taftcd. So it is the menaced ter- rour, and the falfe alarmes,thatthe /fy«A?«f/ ring in Ig- norances earc , that makes men drinke Co greedily at the Popes Puddle-wharfe. He is a great Land-lord of thcCcpol/en waters. ' Hee Jits vpen many waters. Some he fteales from thelcwcsjfome from the Turkes,rome from the Pagans, much from Idolatrie , all from He- relie. That (as lobn de Rupefctjfa in a popular Sermon) if cueryBird Hiould fetch her owne feathers , you fliould hauea naked Pope. Let euery Riuer challenge her owne waters, you will haue a drie Rome: Butnow Sxpatiatarkunt per apertos fltwtina compos. his waters fpread ouer the face of the Earth: neither arc they cheape , belecuc but a Bird of their owne Cage. Temples and Priefls are Aiarchandix^'d for pelf e, Altars,Prayrs,Crownes-ynayfHeaHen and Godhtmfelfe. Vendit Alexander Cruces, Altaria-^QorifiHnu, Vender e inrepotefi : emerat iUe prit^s. 7^« Sea is fold, to ejHcnch the Popes madthirji, IVellmight he fell it : for he bought it frjl. p 2 '^ But 107 •• Pfal ioj.4». •=Rcuel.i7.i. Met^m, FitnaUa ttebu TempUj^. io8 Taxa. et CeUar. Matth.i^.z^ Jf money vpouldfatte them, few rick would goetdHetl, But is the Shop neuer opened? but to the mart of fo good CommodttiesJyes,!^ theirFir^^w^cf-Parlourwas opened, you might finde a rate for Stollenvraters: Par- don for offences committed : nayjndulgences for fu- ture finnes , which but for an impregnable toleration might not bee done. And let the traffiquers fpeake from their owne feeling how cheape they are. They haue a pecuniary patronage? and are warranted from the Popes Exchequour > rather then his Ghancerie. Euen that corrupt luftice giues fuch finnes no conni- uence, but when the dufts ofbriberie haue (hut his eye- lids. It is their carefulnetTe, £luod huiu/modt dtjpenfatt- ones fton cencedantur^oHferibtis, That fuch difpeiifations be not graunted to the poore. If this dodrine were truejit was time to raze Chrifts fpeech out of the Scripures : It if hard for a rich man to enter into BeaHen- for it is eafie for the rich j that can open the gatewith a golden Key? and the poore are onely in danger of exclufion. And,that which would be moft ftrange, Hell fhouldbe peopled with none but Beggars : Not an Vfurer, not an Epicure , not a Cormorant? not a vicious Potentate (liould grace the Court o^ Sathan. For the Pope will for Money feale them a Pafport for Heauen. Nay , how doth this diP grace Purgatory J when none but beggerly wretches rfiall bee in danger of drowning in that whirlcpoole. Whence all their friends fbeing equally poore) haue not money enough for their redemption. Thefe are the rotten polls whereon the Fabricke of Rome ftands. Thinke not tiiQW Jlo'len rvaters cheape. Your purfes muft pay for them. Yet happy wereyou? if no higher price was fct on them. All is not difcharged Vvith your ready mony ; there isanotherreckoning: your jfoules mufl; pay for them. The Deuill tycs his Cuftomers in the bond of Debets j. and. woe to them, Eafie faith is gmen topleafin^ DoBrines, them , that are too faire in his bookcs : for ifChnJ} cancell not his hand-wmtn« aqainji them , hee will fuc them to an eternall Outlawrie 5 and make them pay their foules , For that they boarted they had To good cheape. 3. The third argument ot thefe waters fiveetnefe, is deriued from our corrupt atfedions. Sime pleafeth the F/e/h ? Omnefimils maritjimile. Corruption inhe- rent is nourifhed by the acceffion of corrupt adions. ludxi Couctoufneire is fwcetned with vniuft gaine. ^loab is hartned,and hardned with h\o\i6Theft is fitted to, and fatted in the thceuifli heart with obuious boo- ties. Pnde is ted with the officious compJements of obferuant Groomcs. Extortion battens in the Vfu- rers affedions by the trolling in of his monies. Sa- criledge thriues in the Church-robber , by the pleafing diftindlions of thofe Sycophant-? nefts 5 and helped with their (not laborious) profit. Nature is led, is fed with Senfe. And when the Citadell of the heart is once wonne, the Turret of the vnderftanding will not long hold out. As the futFumigations of the opprelFed fto- mach , furgc vp and caufe the head-ach : or as the thickefpumy mills, which vapour vp from the danke and foggy earth, doe often futFocate the brighter aire, and to vs (more then ecclipfe) the Sunnc. The blacke and corrupt afted:ions , which afcend out of the nea- therpartofthefoule, doe no lelFc darken andchoake the vnderftandi^ig. Neither can the fire of grace bee kept aliue at Gods Altar, (mans heart,) when the cloudesot/^lhallrainedowne fuchihowres oflm- j pictie on it. Pent omnc ludkium , cum res tranjitadaf- feU-um. Farewell the perfpicuitie of Judgement, when thematter is put to the partialitic of affedion. Let then the taft be ludge at this Fea-ft , and not the ftomach, Lull and not Corfcience 5 and the Gates hauc vii. .: P 3 vncjue- 109 Coloff.i. 'ti 'i King. I. J, no *i King.xz.ti * Gen. J. 4. Mic.'i.ii. Sen. i nit. LetNatttre be Judge , audRontes is a f leafing Religion. vnqiiedionable^f'f^w/^. Hee is eafily credited , that fpcakes what we would hauc him. ^ Goe vp to %amoth Cilead andprcher , was pleafing Mulkkc in Ahahs care. ^ TefhJtnk die, though yoii eate, delighted Eae. The 5>rf»j Song is more eftecmed,then the Oracle of P^//^-, becaufe it is rungtolutl:kiIl,notWire Auditoiirs. The ftrange diftindtionsj which they giiie in thefe dayes,that (claw the BeHill) flatter an Vfurerforgaine, are beleeued, before the vSermons , of the Somes of the Prophets , of the Some of God. Let a tadioiis Nottelift maintaine the iiiftnelle of Impropriations at the Church-wronoers Table foramcale 5 histaike is held arguments ? w-hen the Scripture-arguments are held but talke. As Micah fpeakes of the Prophets , that would preach for Drunkenneire. So thefe fell their confcience for countenance 5 and feed mens humours, whiles they haue an humour to feede them, ^od ni- mis mifer'i volmt , hoc facile credunt. Though they bee Prophets for profites, yet they are readily beleeued. So eafily the brainedrinkesthepoifon, which the af- fedion minifters. It is not then Grange, '\{ thefe Gates be fwcet, when concupifcence tafts them. Pafcitptr li- bido comiudjs, nutntur deltcijs , vino accenditnr, ebrietate fUmmatur. Lui}:is fed with Bankets, nourilhed with delights, kindled with Wine,ret on fire and flame with Drunkenneire. What could make the Religion ofRomeCofweet and welcome to many , but the congruence and pleafing- nelfc to their nature ? Whiles Nature findes afcribed to her felfc freedomc of will, validitie of merites, the Lati- tude ofan ignorant and curforie faith, flie runnesmad of conceit. Tliut Indulgences forallfinnesmaybe de- riued from that open E>xhequour ^that if a man wants not money, he needes not loofe heauen -, that the bare A6k of the Sacrament conferres ^ace without faith 5 and It is a fir iinge Religion that toilerates IVhoredome. and the meerc tranficnt figne of the Cro(fe , who eiier makes it, can keepcoffthc Deuill. Oh iielmon fweet to Natttre. Nay (to fpcakc nccrcr to our diftrid inflance.) Lurt not onely atfeclLiali,butadii.ill5is diTpenfedwith. Prtcfis are liccnfed their Concubines , though inhibi- ted Wiues. Adulterie is reckoned among their pettie finncs. I haue road it quoted out of Pope lyimceMti/a the third, ot their Priejis. Alane filwm virgims ojfe- runt in choro : Notle filmm vencrU agitant in th«ro. The Prieils doe not engroire all the Market of venerie to themfelucs , (yet they doe prettily well , for their allowance. One Benefice with one Wife is vnlxwfM , hut- two Benefices (ind three Whores are toUerable.) But the Stewes , like the common Bath , is afforded to tlic Laitie ; and if their States will maintainc it , a pri- uate fupply bcfldes. XJrhs efl vam tota. LupanAr. The whole Citie is become a meere Stewes. As the Pro- phet Efaj faid once of lernfalem ; fo wee may fay of %ome : The holy Citie is become an Harlot. Full of Har- lots they will not fticke to yecld, andfo %full of A- dulterers. Nay , the Citie it fclfe is an Harlot , and "^ hath lefi her firsl lone . Shee committcs Idolatrie, (which is the vileft Adulterie) with Stockes and Stones. Thus Natwe drinkes plcafant 'p;aters , but they are fiollen. Luft encroacheth vpon the Law: and Con- cupifcencics gainc is Gods loiFe. Some of them, faith "Bifhop Ier)-ell , haue written in defence of filthi- nclle. What blacke Vice fliall want fome Patro- nage ? But cjtifa patrocimo non bona , pcior cnt. PowerfuII arguments, no doubt : yet powerfull c- noughto oucrcome the yeelding fpirit. Strono affe- dion giijes credite to weake reafoiis. Afmall temp- tation ferues to his peruerfion , that tempts him- feife 'y and. vyould j^ee g(Iad of acloake to hide his Lcprofie, III Cern,^grip, s Ier.5.7. / 112 By Bread the Scrip, exprejfe ajufficiencie of all good things. trintUs^ Sacra- ntentalis^yiffft- alts. Ludol^h. i Gen. 3. 1 9. ^ 1 King.6.22. iVcr.23. »"Iob.4i.il. ''Pfal.41.9. »Ioh.6.5i. leprofie, though he fteale it. How can it then be de- nied, that finnes iLtefreet, whiles LuB doth take, taft, cenfurethem? The Demls3anket is not yet done 5 there is more cheare a comming. The rVater-kruicQ is ended : now begin Gates of another nature* otjifyou will, of ano- ther forme, but the nature is all one. Norma et forma manet. Thefame Methode ofSeruicc, the fame man- ner of lunkets. It may bee diftinguiOied (as the for- mer.) CAfrefcriptorUi^dQ^o. Bread, Into «^^ defcrtptwny dequanto. Bread of Secrecies. (jin afcription. de quali. 'Bread oj pleafure. 'Bread hath a large extent in the Scriptures. V^/t fHJfcient'iam vUa etprcefetitti etftitur^. Vnder it,is contai- ned a futficiencie of food and nourifhment. i . For the body. 2. For the fonle. Therefore fome would dcriue the Latine word, Panemyhom the Greeke word , TraVj and fo make it a generall and comprehenfiue word j to fignifie, omne quod mbts nece^arium, all things need- full, whither to corporallor animallfuftenance. i. Corporall : the fourth petition in thatabfolute Prayer, lelioned to vs by our Mafl:er,implies fo much .• Gwe vs this day onr daily Bread. Where faith S. Augu- Jiine : Omnem necejjariam corporis exhibitionem pettmm : Webeggeall nccelfariefu dentation to our temporal! life. So, ' infiidore vuhm vefcerispane tm : AH thy repaft fhall bee dcriued from thy trauell. ^Set Bread before them, faith Elipja to the King of Ifraell: And ^ he made greatprouifion for ihem. lobs kindred djd'^eate Bread,th^t is, feafted with him ? " Hee that ate of my Bread, faith Tyauid, or did feed on the delicacies of my Pallace. ' 2. Forthefoule. ^ 1 am the liuing'Bread, that came downefrom heauen : if any man eate of this Bread, hee^fhaU- line Sy Bread theScnp.expreJfe afujjiciencie ofall goodthmas, line lor euer. It is not ftraitned of this fenfe. Matth. 1 5. "S Itis not meete to take the childrens Bread, and to throw it to dogcres. Chr'tfl and all his beneh'tes are iliadowcd forth by Bread. The lolFe of the Word, is called by the Prophet, T a Famine, or lalfe o^ Bread. "Bread then implies multitudinemfalHtum, magnitudi^ ncm folaminum , flenitudinem omnium honor um: Much health, great comforts > fulneileof all requifite good things. And what? Will Satan bragge that hee can glue allthefe? and that his Bread, intenjiue, xsh virtu- all in itowne nature : and extenfine, that it fliall alford fo much ftrength of comlort , vaJiditie of nutriment ; and ncucr failc the collation of health to hisguefts? This is in him an hyperbolicall, and almoft an hyper- diabolicall impudence 5 to make the bread o^Jinne, e- quall with the "Bread of life : and to afcribe vnto it p&- tentiam virtutis, Andvirtutem dulcedinis 5 that it is Bread, SLndfiveethvca.d, nourifliing and well-tafted. As Ceres muft bee taken and worfhipped for the Goddelle of Cornc, and Bacchus for the God of Wine ; when they were (at the vtmoft) but the firft Inuenters of grind- ing the one, and preffing the other; for God is the God of both fields and Vineyards. So tho. Bemll would (eeme owner of Bread ^xidWater , when God onely is LordofScz and Land ; that made and blelFeth the Come and the Riuers. His Poirer containeth all, and his Prouidence continueth all that is good vn- to vs. Obfcrue, how the Deuill is Gods Ape , and ftriues to match and paralcll him,both in his words and won- ders. Hee followes him, hut {not pajfib us acjuis) with vnequall fteps. If Chrift haue his waters ofUfe at the Lambes wedding Feaft 5 the Deuill will haue his waters too at Lufts Banket, l^'^the higheH gme his thunder, haileflones, andcoalesoffire, (astoJE'/z^wfacrifice:) the Q^ red "5 PMafth.iy.i6' lAmos.S.ii. Obferu. I. "^PfaLi 8.1 2. i J 114 sRcu.ij.ig. uGcn.12.1. Met4m.li. yEfa4i.7. The Dentil flrutes to be Gods {Zmi or) Ape. Dec'iuiuDei. lib.i. RCll.22. 2 Efa.J$.i. Matta4.4. red Dragon doth the like : ^ He makethfire to come downe pomheaHen,intheJjghtofmert. l^ Adofes xnvnt\\\s rodto a Serpent, the Sorcerers doe the like : but yet they fall Oiortjfor'^ Mofes rod deuoured all theirs. MutkJbr/i- ham '■' facrifice his Some to the God of Heauen I (*Agar- memnon muft facrifice his daughter to the Prince of Darkneifc. ARamme redeeemes Ifhaac-, a Hinde/p^/- gema.. For lehouah's Temple at leKufaiem, there is ^ great Diana s 2X Ephefus. Itisfaid of thei^ow?? of God, that he fliall y gme fight to the blinde 5 and healc the Gcknef- fes of the people j The Sonne of Inpiter , ». Of which ^.(»^«^/^i«/? well: We majfuf^eU, the Greeketale of the one, meanes the He- bretv truth of the other. Thus, if Chrifl: at his Table of- fer to his Saints , his owne body for bread , bloud for wine, in a mifticall fort : The Deuill will proffer fome ibch thing to hisguefts, 'BreadoLwd Waters -^ Waters o^ Stealth, Bread oiSecrecie. He is loath to giueGod the better: hcwould notdoe it in heauen, andtherefore turned out: and doeyouthinke, heewill yctyeeldit? no, in fpight of Gods water ofChrifiall, peace "aaxdglory ; he will haue his -waters di Acheron , guilt and vanitie. But by Satans Icaue , therd \s a Bread, ^ that nourijheth not. Wherefore doe ye jpend rmncy for that which is not 3read? and your labour for that , which fatisfieth not ? h (feemes but) is not bread: and (if it be, yet) ttfatisfies not. Say it could, yet ^ man Hues net by bread onely j bm by the ivWand blelCng oi'God, tk o^^vja, ail the de- licates, MMarka!aMfc^rfa*<*MMM> Satans cunning in fitting his Temptations, licates, that »y/i;«;?/m'; God few good Corne,but whence are the tares?T\\t feed whereof this^re facit optUy I quoi noneji fw \um,yt itafa iat opus quod tflftt- um, Cyprian. ladantjnftit. Lib, z. cap. I J. "^iCor H.14. « Mattli.11.43 Adanj entertaine the T>euill in the Lambskinne of hj/pcrijie. uates his power , weakens his Kingdome. TheDeuill doth not euer pradifc this cunning ; but then alone, when he is put to his lliifts. For, fome are fo vile, that the Deuill himfdte, would fcarce wifh them worfe. Such are Atheifts, Rob-altars, Vfurcrs, Traytours,&c. Butforne liuing in the circumference of the GofocU, are by mans awe and law reftraincd from profelfed abominations 1 what would you haue him now doe I vSure Satan is fuil of the Polititjues, Dtcmonas gramma- t'tci dtcios volant , ejuaJi^AixovcL^, td eft , prrttos ac remm fcios. He is a Deuill for his craft. I call therefore the reaping , his Suhtilt'ie: for he might fceme thereinto dillblue his Kingdome, andfpoile the height ot finne, by cutting it downe. But the fequell and fuccelle proues , he doth it rather to corroborate the power thereof, by making it fitter for application. Thus he ^ transformes himfelfe to an Angell of light ; and is con- tent to top the proud rifings of palpable and outward Impieties , that hee may more ftrongly poileire the foule by hypcnfie. Thus there may be an expulfion of Satan ^lom thehoufe of the heart, quoad vet er em erup- tionem , when his repoilcffion is made ftronger, t^tioad nouamcorruptionem. Common grace throwes him out, hut he findes the honfe empty, fweft, and garnijhed , that is, trimmed by hypocrifie, and therefore tfw^^srx and forti- fies with *j^^»f» other Jptrits more mcked then thefrji. What he cannot doe by notorious rebellion, hee per- formes by diflimulation. So that as Sorcerers and Witches conuerfe with cuill ipiritsin plaufibleand fa- miliar formes, which in vgly fliapcsthey would ab- horre. So many would not endure him , vt rude caco- dxmon, as a rough and grolfe Deuill, in manifell out- ragious enormities 5 who yet as a fmooth, fleeke,fine, and transformed Deuill , giue hira entertainment. This then is his Harueft. 4. Being \ That Tvonldnot indnre him in his tvoluipj ^rofanenejfe. 4. Being thus reaped and hous'd,he foone threflieth it out, with thcFIaile oF his ftrength. Hee is called f theflrom mm ; where he takes poiredion, he pleads prefcription 5 hee will not out. His power in the cap- tuied confcience fcomcs limitation: Hee is not con- tent to hauethc feed lye idle in the heart , hee muft thrcfli it out , caufe thee to produce fome curfed ef- fe(fls. Hee doth not (to fpeake for your capacitic in theCountreyj hoord vp his Graine 5 but with all his might, and thchclpeof all his infernallflailcs, hee threlheth it out, and makes it ready for the Market. If any Q'^in, or Indm be fo haftic,thathe will not ftay till it be made Brc/id, tarry for tentation , but tempt him- fclfe-, the Dcuill is glad that they faue him a labour : howfocucr, he will haue his Graine ready ; his fuggc- ftion fliall not be to fceke when hefliould v{e it, Hcc would be loatli that the luftfull eye fliould want a Harlot, the corrun Officer a bribe , the Papift an I- mage, the Vfurcr a Morgagc, the thcefe a bootie. Hee knowes not what guefts will come, ho will thrafli it ready. 5'. Being thraflied out , it muft fyou knowj bee ground. SatM hath a fVater-miW of his owne: thougli founded on mare mortmm, a dead Sea, (for all finnes s are dead yvorkcs) yet the current and ftreame that driucs it, runnes with fwifter violence, then the ftraites o^ Gthcraltare. The flood of concupifccncedriues it. The Mill confides of two ftones, DeliciMark.8.i5; Sutans temptations worke vpon mans concupifcence. Idleneire would lye ftill? but ^ouetoufnejfe is content to trudge about, and glad when any fackes come to the Mill. Thefe two grindealltheDeuils grifl:,andfupply him with tcntations for all the World. All the vgly births of finnes , that haue euer flicwed their mon- ftrous and ftigmatickc formes to the light? haue bene deriued from thefe Parents; CarnallpleafHre and (^one- tottfnejfe. You fee how the Deuill grindes. 6. It is ground, you hcare : It wants leauening. The Leaften is the colourable and fallacious argu- ments, thatper{wade the /B'<' , as proud of- the Ulliion. They talke of a Confcience , that icekes- coucrs, XWq Ad.tms Figgclcaucs: but thefe ^ glory in their fjAme-^ vfhofe end is d.tmnaticn , faith Saint P^/i"/. The very Harlot comes lliort of them : fliee wipes her lippcs , and faith, Jhee hath notfnned. Better fare thofc, that yet would be accounted honed. Wee may iullly paralell thefe.times and our com- plaints to the Prophet Efafs , « The Jherc of their countenance doth witnejfe againji them : they declare their finneat Sodomc , they hide it not. But rvoe bee to their fotdes, for they haue rewarded cuill to themfelues. So the Icwes anfwered God, pleading hard to them, P There is no hope : no , for I hone lotted Jlranqers , and after them I Will goe. Nay, rcfolutelythey difcharged G O D ot further paines : 1 Jf^ee are Lords , wee will no more come vnto thee. Therefore S<,ekiel denounceth their de(lru(5lion : For this caufe ^ )eefl?all bee taken with the hand of ludgement, becanfe your finnes are dtfcouered : and in all your doings your tranfrrreffians doe appeare. So the fame people to the Sonne -^ -s^ they had erft to the Ser»^nts : JVee. will not come vnto thee. Hotv often would I haue gathered you , but yon woe Lord. Thcfe are crying fmncs, and haue Hirill voices in Heauen, neither are they fubmilfe and whifpering on the Earth. To bee lliort j moft men are eyther Publicanes or Pharifes : eyther they will doe no good > orloofethat they doe by oftentation. Many ad the part of a re- ligious man , and play Deuotion on the worlds Theater, that are nothing befide the Stage-, all for fight. Angels in the High-way, Dm/f in the by-way: fo monftrous out of the C h v r c h, that they fliame Religion. It was proucrb'd on IVero , It muji needesbe good that Nero perfccutes : their wicked lines giue occa- Tion to the world, to inuertit on them. It mufl needs heeuill-, that [uch wretches profejfe. Others are like Publtcanes : Onely they were Chriftened when they were Babes, and could not helpe it ; but as angry at that indignitie, they oppofe Chrift all their lines. Take heed, Belouea-^ Hell was not made for no- thing. The Deuill fcornes to haue his Court emptier: you will not bend , you fhall breake : you will not ferue God, God will feme himfelfe of you. Put not thefe vices from you, by your impudent cloakings J How many ftand here guiltie of fome of thefe finnes ? How many may fay with non murorum cafpu, A Cities ouerthrow is fooner wrought by lewdliuesj then weake wallcs. Were the walles of our Cities as ftrong-Turreted and inexpugnable? as the wall that Thocm built about his Pallace 5 yet it may bee really performed on them; asthevoyce in the night toldc him : Did they reach the Clouds, they may be fcaled: the jinne reithin reill marre all, Grattiores fptnt intmici mores praui , cjitam hoftes infefti. Our word enemies are our ownefinncs. And thoughthefe pgniHimcnts fall not fuddenly, yet certainely, if repentance ftep not be- tweene The JppHciitiott, twcene. i 4, TO THE VERY WORTHY GENTLEMAN, M^ Francis Cravviey: fauing Health. Y R ; There are fourc^ forts 0/ Bankets, -svhich I may th/is diflinguijhi , Lxtum, letifcmm j bel- lum ,belluinum Thejirfl is a toy full Fcaft ; Such yiPOJ rfeBreakc-faft of the Worldy in thc^ Law, or the Dinncr^w the Gofpell, or (yet the future^ more fully ^ the Lambcs Supper o/" Glory ; this is a delicate 'EcaA, Tetnot more , then the next is deadly ^ the blackc Banket , 'S^hich is prepared for the kicked in Hell. Which confifts ofr^o DiJIjes,fayth the Schoole : Poena damni , and poena S 3 fenfus : The Epiftle Dedicatorie, Reael.j :©. fenfus } or as thePhiloJopher d'tftingi'ijhetb all miferie^into copiam & inopiam : copia tri- bulationis, inopia confolationis. Or after Jomcy of three : amifsio cctIi,priuatio rerrac, pofitio inferni : the mljling of that they might hauc^ had , the priuation of that they had-itbepoftton of that they haue^ and'Soould not hatte-, torment : or according to others y offoure : Mercilefife mifcrie , extremitie, vniuerfallityjeternitie ofanguifi. Our Sa- uiour abridgeth aQ intotwo^ or rather one^ {for they are homogenea) weeping and gnafhing of teeth. This /f^ bloody Ban- ket, yphere (crojje to thefejliuallp'ouerbc^ the more the merrier) the multitude^ of guefls/had adde to the horror ofmiferiesifo afjiiBing one another ypith their ecchoing and reciprocaU grones^ that it Jhall be no eaf^^ (bcios habuifle doloris. This is a lamen- table ^ but the third a laudeablelceaA. ft is 4hat thc-^ Chriftian maketh-, eyther to man (-pphich is a Feaft o/Charitie) or to Gody (-^hich is a Feaft ofGTZcc.)Wheremto God hathpromifedto be a GuQA^and to fuppe with The Epidle Dedicatorie. with him. The loft is a beafiiaS Banket ; 'therein either man is r^^ S ympofiaft , and the X)QU\\\the clifcimbent^orSathan thc^ Feaftmaker, and man the Gue/}. Sinner- the food in both. The djet is not yariedj but the Hoft. Sdiih^nfeafts the -picked-, -whiles they feed on his temptations to Jtirfet. The '9cickedfeafl 5atan , -whiles their accuflomed fnnes nouri/Jj his power in their hearts. So S' , Hieromc, Ditmonum cibus ebrietasjux- uria, fornicatio&: vniuerfa vitia. Our ini- quities are the yery dyet to* dainties oftheDe- nils. With this lafl onely haue I medled , en- deuouring to declare it^ to dijfwade it*, ( accor- ding to the dichotomi^d carriage of aU our Sermons,) by explication, by application . Sinisthe white {or rather the blacke marke) my arrow flies at. Itruft^he thatgaue ayme to my tongue , -s^iBalfo dircEb , leueli^ and keepe my Penne fromfo?aruing. But pnce reproofs areas Goad'SjandBeaJis'SpiUkicke "^henthey are touched to the quiche 5 and he thatfpeaks in Thunder , flja^ bee anfwered '^oith Light- ning 5 by-pphich confequence^ I may fu^e5i fiormesy The Epiflle Dedicatorie. flormes , that haue menaced flormes : there- fore -^ behold^ it runnenoyoufor/helter) not to inflruByour knowledge-fypho cangiuejo ex- quilite comfeU to others in the Law , to your Jelfe in theGo^ell*, being qualified-, as that, perfeB Rhetorician fhould be , vir bonus, diccndi peritus ; hut that^ through your Name, i might offer (andadde) thispoorc^ Mite into the treafurie of thc^ Church : ajcribing the Patronage to your felfc^ , the ryfeto theyporldjthe fuccejJetoGod. Accept then this poore tefiimonie of my gratitude^ -^pho haue yowed myfelfc^ Your VVorfliips in aK faith/uU firuice Thomas Apams, l^B^>ia«MbaaMi ■ II' ^ ' r?7 THE SHOT. The vv^of ull price which the wicked pay Lr the Feaft ofVanitie->. The fourth Sermon. ] Pk O V f r. b, p, i8. But bee htioweth mt that the dead Are there , Md thitt her gueUs An in the depth of H( U* (, Atms gucfts are vnhappily come from the end of a Feaftj to the beginning of a fray. As the ^<7^ow>fw eate and dfunke? till the (ire was about their earcs.* fo thcfe are iouiall , and hng care aypay 5 but '\x. fcemes by the fequcllj that the DeuiJl will not he pleafed with a Song -, as the Hofl: in the F^^/ Obfer.i. X40 E«clcf. il.p. fVtckfd pleafftres hafte afodaittefiof. It ftandsinthemidft, like a Rudder or Oare, toturnc the Boat another v^Xf^ioyce oh jonv man, <:$-€. But knorv that for aUthefe thin(rs,Goebwii bring thee to lodgement, ^c. AH runncs finooth , and cnclines-to the byace ofoiir owne afFecVion?, till it lights v^pon this rub. The Ba- /-f/Zoflniquitic is built vpapaccj tillconrufion ftepsin v/itha^«^ It is likethefuddaineclapof aSerieanton a Gallants lliouldcr. He is following his luftsjfullfent and full crie ; the arreft ftrikcs him with a Bat, and di's at a lolFc. As in a fairc Stimmcrs morning, when thcLarke hath called vn the Simne, and the Siinne the Hu(^ bandman : when the earth had opened her Shop of perfumes , and a pleafant vvinde fanncs cooleiielfe through the heated ayre: when euery creature is rc- ioyced at the heart. On afodaine the furious windes burfl: from their prifons? the thunder rends the clouds, and makes way for the lightning , and thefpowtcsof hcauen ftrcamedownelhowres; a hideous tcmpeftfoo- ner dampcs all the former del ighr? then a mans tongue •can '.I'cll exprelTeit. With no Iclfe content doe thcfc gucfts offinnepatfe their life, theycateto eate, and drinke to drinke,often to flecpe,alwaies to furfet: they caroll, dauncc, fpend their prcfentioyes, andpromife themfelucs infallible (upplN^. Oa a fodaine, this But comes like anvnlookcd fcr {lormc^and turncsall into mourning 5 andfuch mourning (as Tv^/jtr^s'hadforher Children) that will not Ipe comforted t hcnyfc thtlx ioyes are not. A wicked man runncs headlong in the night of his vnwaked fecuriticTafter his wonted /ports ; and becaufe heekecpes his old path, wiiich neuer interrupted him with any ob(laclc,hee nothing doubtsj but to ipeed as hee had wont : but his cncraic hath digged a pit in his way, and in he topples, euen to thQ^th cfHetl. Thus wicked God hath his time, when mans is pafi. | 1 4 1 wicked ioycs haue wretched (brrowes : and as man h^thh\sSic, (o God hath his i'<"<:/. IFwe will haueour wiU in /inne, it is fit, he (hould haue his will in punifh- ing. Tothisfenfe, i'o^^?^^ frequently in hisProHerh: They will purfuc wickednclTe, B/^t they fliall bee plagued. I haue forbidden vfiiric, adulteiie, fwcaring, malice, as vncleane nieaces •, you v/ill fecde on them : But you (hall b^z punil'bcd. There is a reckoning be- hindcj aTJ/z/rheyneuerOiotat: but they Ihotbelidcs the^«/, the whiles. God hath prepared them as the mifcrable ^ markes, that iliall receiue the arrowes of his * Iob.7.to, vengeance? till thej dre dmn'^e with blood. They fliall futfer that in paflTionj which Job fpake in apprehenfion. ^ The nrrotves of tife 'ttAlmtghtie fhill be ivtthitt them, the ^ Iob.^,4. toyfon ivhcrcofJhAll drifjke vp their jpir its , and the terrours ofGodpullfetthemjelussinarayagamfi them. So Afofes fungin the perfon of 6'(?^ againft the wicked. ^Iwtll ^Vt^w.^x.^!, make mine arroTves drtmke vcith blood, andnij ftvordjhall eatefiejh, &c. They forget, that when God (liall rebuke them in hiswrath, and ^ chajlen them in his hot dijpleafure, i Pfal, ,8.1 1. his arrowes fhallfiickefaft in them , and his hand fha/l prejfe them fore. This is their fad Epilogne, or rather the brea- king off their Sune in the mid ft; The Banket o'tftollen waters-nndfecret bread is pleafant : Bnt the dead are there, and the gue sis be in the depth ofHelL The Dcuill doth but cozen the wicked with his ' ObferttX, cates-, as before in the promife of Dclicacie, fo here of perpetuitic. Heefets the countenance of continuance on them, which indeede are more fallible in their cer- taintie, then flourifhable in their brauerie. Their ban- ketting-houfe is very 'JUpperie ; and the feaft it fclfe, a \ t pfal.yjig. mecre ^dreameXct the GkcJ} prefcrue but reafon,and he fhall eafily make thccolledion ; that iffor theprcfent, Gandta plus al'cyfindc themfelues deceaued, for the dead are there, O'c. Then put no truft in fo weake comforts, that will bfe vnto you,as Egypt to ^rtf«2r^ thef^ajwhere- intoitruns. Me/liJluuii»JiyeJfus,fe/Itpii^re^7reJfM, yccld your ioyes fweet at the Porch, fo you grant them bit- ter at the Pofterne. SecurM et Secun^ muil mecte. Wickednelfe and wretchednetfe mull be made ac- quainted. -Thel^wd mans dinner, ftia'U hauethat rich 7W^»j Supper : ' Thoufoole, thU night thy foale/hall he re- mired of thee. The Deuill then you fee, is a crafty and cheating hoaft, whofe performance falls as rtiortofhis promife, as time doth of eternitie. Let then the Apo- ftlescaueat, be *he vfe of this obieruation. ^ Let «» wan deceiHeyoHVDith vamerpords: for becatiji efthefethingSj commeth the wrath of God on the children of dijohedtence. Thepunifliment^of the wicked are moftvfuallyin the like; proper and proportionable to their offences. I. Solomon here oppofeth the houje of mourning^to the houfe offeafitng; as in exprclletcrmes. Ecclej.y. for as it isHt in the body, that furfet fliould be followed with death : fo thefe that greedily make themfelues fickc withfmne, become iuftly ^^^fc^infoule. 2. They hauc affeded theAvorkes of hell, therefore \t \^ iu ft that hell Oiould atfed: them, and that euerie one fliould be gran- • X-tdi their ' owrte place. 3 . As they would not know what -they did,till they had done it;fb they fitly know not tl:te place whither they Ih all goe, till they are in it. Nefcit : hee knoweth not, &C, 4. For the high places, . which their ambition climbed to^yer.14. They are-caft downe Pjmjhmentsare (often) froportionAhle to ejfer.cei. cfow.ic, like L^tciffy-,iot\iiii not ferae Codm . a^ion. which they haue in their abHHdince abafed, Albion, itJhMlferue him inpafpott. Where voliintarie obe- dience is denied, involuntarie anguilli flialfbefuffe- red. Know this thou fwearer , that as thy tongue (pets abroad the flames of Hell , fo the flames of Hell ifiall bepowred on > thy tongue. As the Drunkard will not now kecpc the Cup orfatictiefrom his mouth, Co God (hall one ddty hold the Cup of vengeance to k, and he fliall drinkc the dreggcs thereof. As the Vfurers are tormentors to the Common-wealth, on earth ,fo they Ihallmcetc with tormentors in Hell ; thatlhall tranf- cend them both in malice and fubtiltic : and load them with bonds and executions-, and (which is (Irangely pofliblc) hcauier then thofe, they haucib long traded in. The Church-robber, inclofcr,ingroirer,lhali find worfe prolling and pilling in Hell , then thcmfelues vfed on earth -, and as they hauc beene the word Dc- uilsto their Countries wealth, fotheworlt of Deuils fliall attend them. The vncleane adulterer fliall haue fire added to his fire. And the couetous wretch, that neucrfpakc but in the Horfe-leaches language, and carried a mouth more yawning, then the graucs , is now quitted with his nttttftamfati-s, andfindes enough of fire in the depth of Hell. The Deuill hath feafted the wicked , and now the wicked feaflthe Deuill : and that with a very charge- able Banket. For the Deuill is a daintie Prince, and more curious in his diet, then Vitelline. He feedes, like the Caniball, on no flefli, but mans flefli. He loucs no Vcnifon but the Hart , no fowle but the Breafi , no filh but the SokU. As tht^vngedly hauc eaten vp Gods pecple 04 bread yfothcmCchiQS ihall be eaten as bread: it is iuft, that they be dciioured by others , that haue de- uoured others. As they haue beene Lyons to cralh the bones of the poorc ; Co a Lyon (hall crafh their bones : they arc SatAm Fcaft, ' heJhalldeaoKre them. Thus they ''-■ V 2 that "^ 147 Ob/eru.^. »Pfal.i4.4. « 1 Pet J. 8. I 148 " Rom^.ix. 'Eph.5.11. TMarth.8.11. 2 Matth.4.9. «Matth.8.jr. I^Luk.12.- T'rm^yent t kings yeeldmjpitiffjillion to thefonle. that were the guefls, are nowthe B^.nkft: as they haue becnefeaflcdwith euils,(bthcy feaftthe Deuils. Make a little roome in your hearts,ye fear^leiFe and defperatc wretches, for this meditation. Behold? now, as inafpeculatiueglaire, the DeuiU- hofpitalitie. Once be wife : beleeue without trial], without feeling. Yceld but to be " Ajh.imedefyourfinnes , and then I (can with comfort) aske you, n hatfimt they euer brought you ? Let me but appeale from Phthp of Macedon, when hee is drunkc, to Philip ofAfacedon, when he is fober •, from your bewitched lufts,toyour waked confciences 5 and you muft needes fay , that breui^ hac, non vera volnptas. All '^ the workes of darknejfe /tre vnfrHitfull, except in pro- ducing and procuring y vtter darkle j[e. Sinne is the De- uils earneft-peny on earth? in Hell hegiue« the Inheri- tance. Temptation is his prelfe-money : by rebellion, oppreflfion, vfurie, blafphemic, the wicked like faith- full Souldiours fight his battels: When the field is wonne, or rather loft (for if he conquers , theyarethe fpoile) in the depth of he'l hee giues them pay. Who then would march vnder his colours ; who, though he promife ^ i the Deuill his Junkets faldy : for the gucfts muft pay ; and that dccrely ^ when the Icaft Item in the bill, for paines, is beyond the grea- teftdifh of the Fcafl:,for pleafures. Solomons Sermon fbcnds it felfc vpon 149 rTtrnptiug. Shet. A rtght Harlot :m* appearesb/her cTtrrms < Ttmfud.ThiVead TwoCircom* , All death it from < linne^ whether jditimfttd.HthiMytf- that all delighted vice is a fpirituall adulteric. ! c'io :. : i". . The couetous man couples his hcirt to his gold. The Gallant is incontinent with his pride. The cor- rupt Officer fornicates with briberie. The Vdirer fcts continuall killes on the cheeke of bis fecuritie. The heart is fet, where the hate fliould be. Andeucryfuch finngrfpends hisfpirits, to breed andfce the ilFueofhis dcfiries. 5'/>»/?, then, is the Deuils //4>'/(!'/-, which being tricked vp in tempting colours , drawes in vifitants^ pr Prodition r iSi 5>Pral.l4.i. •P/al.io.6. *Prai4J>.ii. Ii5i Temptation to etsill is Tred[on againji good. I Augu^mt, 1. ProJition is the ranckling tooth that followes her rauilhing killes. Iitdoi kilFcd his Maiftcr with the fame heart, iniquitie hath an infediousbreath^ ifa faire countenance. All her delights arc like faire and fwectflowefs, but full pF Serpents. The tempted may giwe a concluding groane* - - ; Sic violor violii, oh videntAf tuU. Thy foft flowers haue fl:ung me to death. For in- deede it \% moft true ? ' Nemo ipfum peccatntn ttmat, fed male amando illud c^md amat, illacjHeatHr pcccato. No man Ipuesilnne for it ownc fake, but by an irregular and ti- niftcrloue, to that hee dothloue, hee is fnared with finne. The Deuill knowes , that his Ephefian Harlot^ Vtcct would want worfliippers, i^ treafon and death , were written vp on the Temple-dore : therefore health and content are proclaimed , and as on the Theater prefcnted 5 but there is Heli vnder the Stage j there is. treafon in the vault. rj ->•, '.- <„ . i: i ..> , bi ^' 5* 7 i i Thus Temptation mifleades the Nauigatourswith a' Pyrates light ; deceiiies the lining fowles with a dead bird : 2. Syren, zludas, alcbufite, alefuite. For were the Icfuite to play the Deuill , or the Deuill the Itfuite Oil the ftagcof this world ; it would be hard to iudge which was the lefuite , which the Deuill ; of which played the part moft naturally. As Iniquities areJ"/?- thans Harlots to corrupt the affedions 5 io Jefuites are his Engines toperuert rhebraines: fonfthenewguefl: here be heart-Iicke, fo their Profeliteis braiue-licke« Both are made fo diifolutej till they become defolatej robbed and deftitute of »11 comfort. . Sinne deales with her guefts , as that bloody Ger- mane Prince, that hauinginuited many great States to a folemne Fcaft? flattered and fmglcd them out one by one, Wickfiinejle is rnans greatfjl vndoing, one , andcutoff all their heads. As fatall a fuccelFe attends onthc flatteries offinnc. Oh thtn^fnge fecca- tum extilceratrkem hmc : Fly this Httriot , that carries death about her. Goc aloofe from her dore , as they C^y, theDeuill doth by the Crolfe : but (let that fauour of fuppoHtion, nay of fuperftition) doe thou in fincerc dcuotion flie from fmne, e^uajl a facie colnhri , as from a Serpent. Shcehathatfy/'-fw/ voyce, a Mcrmaides face, a Hif/^wbeautic to tempt thee : but a Leapers touch, a Serpents fting, a trayterous hand to wound thee. The beri way to conquer Sinne , is by the ParthtanwAnsj to runne away. So the Poet. Sedfnge : ttttiuadhuc Parthtu ab hnjlefugAcfl. Tunc ^e€c4tafu«antt(r^ cttm fngumrur . Wee then put finne to a forced flight, when itputsvstoa voluntarie flight.That Poetical! armris Arttfex etmediCHi, focoun- fels. Fugeconfcia vejlnconculfkMjC^c. But beyond all exception, the holy Apoftlegiues the charge, fiteFor- nication. Shunne the place, fulpecfl the apparance of enill. You fee her Predition. WtxperditionMlo^ts. Shec vndoes aman 5 notfo much in the eftate of his carkalFcasof his confcience. The gucftis not fo much damnified in refpejfl of his goods, as damned in relpef^ofhisgrace. Eucryman is not vndonc, that is beggered: many hkcloby Mimme fereuHt , cum maxime pertre videtunr , are indeede leaft vndone', when they feeme mod vndone. Nay, fome may fay with the Philofopher, ferieram, mjiferijffem, ii I had notfuftaincd lolFc, 1 had bcene loft. So D^t^ids great trouble made him a good man. NAdmans lea- prous fledi , brought him a white and cleane fpirit. But the perdition that vice brings, is not fo vifible, as it iimiferable- The iequell of the TJrx-f willamplifiethisJ onely now I apply it to the fLtrUt, The HarUt de- ftroy es a man many wayes. X I, la 15; i{em.^m.lii.l. [ 154 Pro.^.i^. fVicksdnejfe is m Am great eji vndomg. I. In his goods. It is a coftly finne. Thamar-would notyceld to Ifidah without a hire. The hire makes the Whore. SMt meretrix certo cfiom mer-cayilis