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“DE VITA FUTURA; 162:8.
Meditation: oftbe life to come. %
an »  W 0rd, vvhcn thouivcrcatcdfi Man as L-
   A the lat’: ofthy nobieii wor:ks,rhat Cregjion é.
     thou mighteii crown him asthe fi¢l10fM4».

  

    endiiandiperfetfiiqn of thy work...
manfhip, I hdoumadcPcihirna Kingiatfirfi,
gavefl: him Fruit: and dominionovcriall the
Creatures spfthc Earth; ”I~hou entcrtai-ned’ft

him likeiaPrénceby bringingzhim intoaimofl i

{fate-I y PaIlace,covcrcd ovcnwith as. glorious
Argh3¢;ml3n(Tndwithinfinitefiuds aindefpanr

with all the varieties anddaintics that were
pn.;c:adr»rb.”i iiihouiiplaccdffi him in thy. own Gan-
dgamwhczre all his fcmfes werofatisficdiwith
uxmuttgqrablc delights, 1 th€l'C,th01:I'igU3l'dv¢flZ

him «ivithiinnun1arab1cA~ngdls ‘and .p.crmita-

glc ofigoid.'Iifdl1ou madcfléhiimairoiyiallfnafl:   V

tcdffi  

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T/Je /964-
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filem.

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Meditations of

ted’l't him to walke in thy owne Walk as a
companion for thy felfe.But that man might

be taught an etetnall lelion of humilit y,The A

commiflion of that one finne in eating the
forbidden fruit,coli him his life and the lolie

of all his happinelie I together, and derived

an everlaliing curfe and corruption upon all
his polieriry, But yet {uch was thy excee-
ding goodneflt.-,0  o D, that rather then
thou woulldfl loofe the company of lo noble
a'creature,thou devi{ed'Pt a means to redeem
him,and thereby to joynehim nearer to th
lelfe in more glorious manfions and farre
greater pleafures,both for a duration oftime
and extention ofdelight.   n

Glorious things are fpoken of thee thou
City ofGod, thou Motmtsian, thou Hemaenli
Iemfalem, thou City of tbs great King, for by
divers fuch names art thou called. This is
the ‘place wherein the Ancient of daies hath
chofen to dwell, whofe molt glorious pre»
fence fo illightnetlh that Imperiall feate,that
the darkefl corner: ofll-Imrzten  u (if I rnay fo
{peake of luch infinite brightnefle  is farre
lighter then the greatefl: fpleadour of the
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the life to come.

 

3'unne fhining iii his full flrength, There are“

the innumerable company*ofAngels,tho{e
celefiiall quires with molt melodious *‘ ezjres

r continually laudingand praifing him that

fitteth upon the Throne. There are thofe

' numberles numbersofthe fpirits ofjullc and

perfect men, outof all Nations, kindteds
and peoplefianding before the Throne clo-
thed with white robes, and palmes in their
hands, giving glory, wifedome, thankcfgi...
ving,honour,power and might "io G o D,‘ for
ever and ever; Vi/hen we but confider what
company we {hall meet with in Heaven,we
neede not be curious to fearch after the exe-

ceedingjoyes which G o D   hath there pm-- i

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vided for their entcrtainement eonely let us *

content our fclves with what we read inge-
nerall and beravilht in the reading of it, that
eye hath notjeme,eare hath notheezra’, neither is
the heart ofmem able to conceive the things which
God hath prepared for tho]; that love hz'm.lf the
onely delight we have here be in the com-
munion with the Saints on Earth, how {hall
our delight exceed in Heaven, where we
{hall meet with innumerable Saints that

W A 2 there

% 6 {re fig».  -'i’t‘U:i‘

I aCor.ze9. t

:4 ll Meditationslof

"”"”‘ vlmrefllrallbeamcus¥companyV rot-m.%
3 ,   sthis is mat alLl,;for zbatwhlchh lluslalllltlh ere

Bedtiflall inoll loflall dclightus; ll‘ll1all*blcle‘rhe ll/highs: of
515:” ‘mm ?G«Od,flh3t beat~ificallvi{1on which thc“‘Arzcielnt:
<9» «sips fczcief lb niuch lipcallce ()f,t0 wit; the bcholcling of
“"“““"“r “*"  df ~ f   Th ‘I 1’ f 11
glena ffzentza JO » EICL T0 * 3094.. at l5 [0 ;1y,ap Rifle, U
;’,,’:,,"f,?’,,’:§4‘”i‘,’f, ff; andfamiliar revelation of"hi1nl7elfc to us, [0
f“f'*‘l”"“ ‘D“'."°' much as our nalturesare capable of, a figura-
nzmzs ccrmtur _ l . ‘ A . _
<93 lumen :'I1u— nve kmdc of {peach talccnfrom the Adm-:6’:
WW‘ 4 ‘W b h ld' f   b   h l   
tliaglarficetsr. C ‘- 0 llflg 0 0D€“m3fl y 2110! 61', W ICFC‘
;,‘,‘,;<*§;;"““”;1’;‘,:; by the beauty ofthc faccls the better difco-
“‘-'='W"’9'D€°= vcred and it is called ‘ch-c Face ofGo D bya
cujm alfieflm 3 '

pulcber, facie: ‘phtafc taken from men, b7ccau‘l"c the perfe-
decara, eloquiii

duke: de!e¢5la- élzion ofbealutylin man orwo.mani’si.n thcl

“fj,[,‘j.§;' Face,whichcl1icfly dclightcth the eycs,a’r-Id

“4P"‘fi*“’“’“'” »tl1CtCf0l‘CGOD in difcovcring his beauty to V

(9%. O beam _ _ _ 5
gfio yiftcf us tea._rmlcs1_tbylh1s Face. Hence arcthofe,
:1 et 0, % % , . _ A . _
..,.-ff:§’.Z’,-n flax; fvveezdefcrxptlons by the Brzde, or her hea-

e_'9~' no: in ca. l

BM vcnly B;‘ia'c;groametl1rOughout the Canticle:

  Medir-wP-7- by his Eyes, his Lippes, hi*sMout/9, his Haire,

I. , -
‘ 39/Qpwvrom

.&a§. his Tectb,i9’c which all concurre to hcautific
the face of man , but yet all fo farrc flmrt to
rcprcfcnt unto us that which is fignificd by

‘ theFaccofGon,thar ifall theexc*cllcncyof
* beauty in the faccsldfallthcsmenl and we.

men s

there is no appetite.

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iI’1C1&‘ln'ltl1é world “were? unitetl into we 
gular perfeetion; y'Ct—iit‘WOt1l’(i not fotnritlt

astdt=4ci~pher t"ll‘it‘O us "one ta t':»’fG on s glib’-

rioustcciuntenance thiatlhall°‘lhiitie ‘iupffori :13
in Heaven! In his ]>re[ence({aith thePj2tt’;:wi/2)
2;: fztt7nq;7e ofj0)’$' and it is the fullneife that
makes upthe joy. A Hence iris that in the
earth the foule can have no truejloy,beCélufi':
it tan have no fulr1efl'e,nothingin earth can
fill the defires of it,foAr when we have heaped
up never (0 many pleafuremnever fo many
delights we (‘till dcfirc more. Thercafdn is,
the {oule hath not yetattained thofe dtelights
that will fillitmortevcr will,till it meet with
him thatfils heaven and earth, and then will
it cverlallingly fill it {elfe.For beyond fulnes

But this is not all,our

ties of Gov ifiuing from his gletious coun-
tenance; but herein isthe fingularity éfour

t delight in 1¥Ieaven.
that we lha1lbehold,thc inexpreflible beau-

ffal.16.

4.
Tbe delight
Offbe féttle

in Hcwvm.

joy,thatwe1ha1lbe wonderfully taken with  

-his beauty,aml out foules linwatdlylraviflied

with the things chatwelhall behold. ll.*.”c”lt“LiS
refume that former inl"tian“tf‘c‘l,“ “wlilch is the
A 3

‘Qt.

  oftneft i

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M editdtiom of

_ oftnefl ufed in Scripture to expielie the

joycs of H eavennoiz. of the Bridegroome and
the Bride. If the Bridegroom: appearc never
fo lovely in comclineffe of body and condi-
tion ; never fo amiable in the endowments
of minde; yet if the affefiions of the Bride be
not inflamed with a love of them,if {he prize

them not above all,if her heart be not thete- M

by tied to him with a conitant and perpe-
tuall tye.3 by how much {he is deprived of
thcfe, by (0 much is {hee difpoyled of her
chiefefl comfort. B ut here is the excellency
of our (‘care in Heaven, that we {hall behold
from the face of Goo molt fingular beauties
beyond what we are able to fpeake or think.
And which is mote,our foules {hall be conti-
nually ravilht with adelight of themsnothing
{hall bee able to make out joyes either to

faintor to fail:-.,for.that nothing can Ieparate

betwixtGon and the glorified foule,either

to darken thofe beamcs of glory fliining ’ 4

upon it, or to diminifh its joyes in the frui-
tion of tllem. Fotfirme which made all the
bate bctwcenc Got) and uswc. left behind

p  uswith our fleih, A for it could not follow us
   A i into

’ncth_; how light then istheatvfen whenevcry

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the life to come.

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into heaven, and together with finne wee ”

atted with all our mifeties, all our gticfes
and fearcs, and other calamities the vvteti.-—
ched fruits and effefis therofiwhich the Scrip...
ture tels us {hall be there abolilhcd, when it
tells us that ezfl teares /7140 he wiped fi-om our
eyes. There [hall be no matter not caufeof
riefc in H cavcn,but only of joyes un{.'peakt~
able and glorious. ’   v  
And how can thofejloyes bee othcrwife,
when Goo from whom they flow is infinite
in power to make them fo, and everlafling
in goodncffe and love to them who {hall he
made partalters of them. When Chrifiwho
hath pulrchafed this glory for them, con-
traits with his Father that his children (hall
cnjoyyit, ~ Iohn17.2.4. Father I wifl that they
whom thou hafigivenhme he with me where I am,
that they may behold myglory ‘whichthou hefigi.»
wen me; ‘ As w ercceived from his fullncflc a

Revels]. 17.8:
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5- M
Czmfi: ef _
this jay .

meafurc ofgrace on earth, fo {hall we an

exceeding meafure of glory in heaven. We

fee when the Sunnc

neth all parts ofthe vvotldon which: it [his

lhincth how it illight-

i Meditations of

0 Civitaa C4813-

[;'.v,'5, mm:fiofe- P

curigpatrta fer-
rili; </5" umpm,
totum comment
quail demiet.
Bermzvlezl.

part of it; is in it fcilfcifmric brighter than t-ha
Sun; and when Ganiwhofesiiey €:$?3l'¢ t¢:~n»thou-
{and timcs brighter than thcsun tihem (him;
in P€l'f..€'a,3‘giDl'iy-g   A,n.dr:hicrfQrci cxcallentgly

A doth tharbclovcdi Difciplcdeifcriibo that

lace; ~Rwel;z:.Vcr.2;.i T’/2eiCz'ty,. faith. he,
Imtlmcmced oft/yesiunnei (admittiingit to be
meant ofiHcavcn)neit/Jar of '17/16 Moon to flying

in icfirr r/Jeglozgy ofGod dotbillrg/Jten z't,cmd. 1:/ye  

Laml2e.~z35..tla:lzgbtfrtbereofi Eve:y~Saint {hall

[hincithcre like a:Staxre,and,fhall contribute  

tieinlighxi fog t;hc;.bcautifying:of i that] nwfi
gibriousiplace. X   Q, whatliigh»t~iw*Vill:thepebu
in Heaven whcniiwcfhall fcicfio many» Suns.
N ay,G.oD.\Mould Ioofc: of;tbeenid<~of,ihis crea-

lionOfzhcaiflCfl‘:ifidX¢.S3iI1Ffigdiidlflfltth31'G bfi-r  

hoildiand cnjoyiinfinitc gI_ory“a:nd deliighta.
For be mad c-. it. not; for himfclffiai (fithiall
places are alike to himewhofilsah,c'avcn and
Ca;l'§h".§)‘,' but:themfom:did*2hccii.m ak eii;.w~i;h
fuch infinite variety aind~spe;ttc€tionof;b»c”aup

ty, thamzhcrchisSaintsmightii fin w«ithh_im-

an d  fing hisipraifcs fbri cyermom  A Whein
the Ifoulciiotfixainti Auflinii wiasica tried up into

thic~:i1irdi.~i1ca1;wn«, iniithofe his divine Mc-

ditations

thelzfistocome.       ,,  

ditations of the joyes thereof, eonfidering
the unmixed pleaiures of that places -that ‘
rel’: was there without labour,dignit with-
out (care, riches without lofle, health with-
out iickneflie, aboundance without‘ want,liFe
without death, felicity without calamity,
and eternity.Wi"h0ut vanity. But when he
had further brought into his raviihed mind  
thoie mofl: melodious Dittiesof the Angels,
and delicious Songs of the Saints, and fuck
other delicate Muficke that was in heaven,
he breakes forth into this celefiiall rapture,

 

0 how happy/hould Ihe, if I might but hJ6’dI"€..—v sew» mimitmz

fbme ofthofiéfweete Songs that are there [mg in Mxfi "5" W’

A meruere genie‘
henour afth ehlefled Trimzgy, hut if I might hee re mmcu 500-

mino 1e’u C hri~

    r-uouchyezfed to he one ofthafl’ heavenly gMjrifl-- flu t_Ie_Jd;g¥6i1'W
. . . . . I H 1073» t
ere that mtghtjing hue onefong to the Lord Ie/M tjxgfgfan, ,. 5.  

Chrift qfl % he f weer Songs of.S'z‘on,z'e would he a fag 

 i licitjteelhirgh fbr me.

A Ohwho would then faflen his delights A6. ._ i
‘on any picafure thatcan here be offered urn» T5‘ ‘”‘”"‘JV

. to us’, when as the greatefi fclicitie in this “ft/"’ P164-

world, ifwefhould eomp;2tffe.Sea and Land fifiimf % is

A for the obtaining of it, is but like that of the
ngraflqwhich in the morning flourilh eth and  

B   groweth  

1 o " A Meditation: of A‘
smiyfif W» growath “P3 but in the evening iscut downdc

*V;m(hWm) andwirhercdfi. %Takc‘aihortfurvcy of the

mea4,-o.aafiar{{*i-- glory ofallthecarth, and beginne wirhlifc  

l'”,'ta’,-~’ A »  .
,§’i,";’qf,§“q;‘jff_, It felfe the bcfi ef humane things, Skzmze for

jggfffiégefijf skimze amlafl 2:/mt amxm ~/ms/J (fiiith I01: ) & will
gfirfirgggo /aegzve for /n?:1zfé,and yet what more *fraiIc
my}. --magi: at; and brittle! what tongue wanteth“ not words

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”§‘}'}§f,’,’3,_,‘;’,,»f,‘,:(;i %ro.exprc$ITc the“ vamty of It 3.’ A dreams, a
f;’;‘;:f5”,f2jf,§ff ihadow, a blafl, a buble, aw1nd,a vapour,
NW gawlw, atale, a pof’c,acIoudV(all of them phrafes
/fcztim triffar: _ . ,r "
mmc 'vz'gco,jam and fimxhtudcs of holy Wm) yet cannot

in zmzar, azuzsc

-A 1,,-1,,,,,,w»,,,,,,(,, fufiicicntly expreflbthc vanity of mans life.

;‘;;;r’:,j";}:j’f;j “ As t/aacloud is cmgfumca’ ( faith lob). andr0.:z4-
. _ _ 2 _ , _ ’ I |
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ar[Iob7_¢_~;o,1o_ ‘Health, the very pcrfcétnon of Me, hovv
VanicY0f A 3 %    ~ , I - ~
,,c;,1t,,‘ vame an c et at1s,one cxampcm holy
»;ef§;§d“fMf;; wrxt wnllfervc fora hve¥y exprcffion of the
-ma: A ¢ _vamty ofbotb,m that cxccllentflory inthc

% 5 2,.Bookc of‘Ki£igs@,‘Cap.4?. fer out on purpofcm
as it fccmesmto.d1'fcover the vanity of all
temporal!-happineffe, Agreat noble we»
 ‘       man

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the 113% to come,

man of}?/tuntm, who abouuding  Icon...
ceive) in many outwards efelicitie:-2:, yet watt-

tinga child which fhee eflcemed zzhovesall,

t‘clti!ecl tlile Kings favour in relpeét of this
bl<={lingslltis liktely the Prophet for the kind-
ncllelhc {hewecl him would have fatisfied

A her defite in any thing, yet neither honour,

not tiches,not prefermengnor thefavout of
a King (which many thoulancls would have

' coveted) could content her, but fhee fe—;-

cretly asked that queftion that Abraham as-
ked of GoD,O LORD what wit; tbougive mee
fltb 1 gas cbildlejjé. The P tophct granted her
a fonne, never woman hate him with more

joy, when this fonne Was gtowue up, and

hcrjoy encteafed with his yeatsghow quick-

  ly was this linconipatablt: Iemll {natcht

from her, an morning beféll ficlte in MI /mm’
andjlyedere naonc.   All that ptetinellc and
beauty that was in the childe is now vani-
fhcd, and allthat lwondetfull joy ofthc mo-
ther that was bound up in the life of her Ion,
vvas novv diflolved into more fadncflc and

heattsgriefc,theniflhe never had enjoyed

the benefit.

B 2 What

Gen, 19.2. -‘

Ill

W? 172 ‘
-7. ‘
Vawtt of
the whole
world.

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‘ Medzmtiom of

‘What is {aid oflife and health may be {aid
ofallthings in the vvorld btefides. Larva not
the ‘world (faith the Apoflle) 1. Iolgp zwrv: 2 6,

17. nor tbe things in the world; - And he gives
the reafon by fumming up the things of the
.vvorld,anddividing them into 3. parts, F or
ail rim: is in the world (faith he) 15: either the,
lufl oft/'26 fie/5,1.“/9e Zufl oft/J6 eye,0rpride 0flg'fIe,
and than in the next words he Ihewcth the
vanity of them .But the ‘morldpaflétb away and

the luff tberof;<i'_9’c.   But tlmfe gen crals wil be
   tbettcrdifcerncdby difcaverirxg the vanity« th
of thcfe 3. particulars, l3e4utj, Re’:/m, Ho-

noar, beingthc lively charaéters and cxaék
cxprcflions of the lufly oft/ye fle/hmft/ye eye... ,

andprédeoflzfié, and which are indeed the.
  grand impmftots, and bcwitchtrs of the-
whole worId,and oftentimes flealc: away that

hearts of G o D s own: people.   ,
  For Beauty, we may at once {cc both the
pewter and thctrvamty ofit, in that it infnated‘

" atrdthcguilédthczboliefl, the wifchfft,‘ andthc;~
h flrangef/Z of‘men::‘ D4'm’d,Sa1amantand Samp-
t fombow dcareditd tho{t§de1ightscotPc thcn'1?»=

vyjth h-owimatmy afflifiions were thofc bitnct

plcafutest. ‘ i

W the life to come.

""""—--v-—.--—.—~...._.. ._ V

the houre of his death David was not quiet
from vvarre, from rebeilitens,from treaforzs,
from troubles brought upon him by his
owne bowels. Nay, leta man behold the
greatcll beauty that can pollibly bee in the
pe rfon of any, let the Face be never [0 amia--

ble fer colour and favour, letthe body bee

never fo comelytfor feature and lhape, let
the skinne be as white as the Lilly, and em...
broalt=redo'wr ‘voitbpurple ravines; adde to this,
the mall gtacefull motion that ever vvas in

any creature, yet were the mind of man by e

exemption of unruly afiefiions, it but spen-

t mitted to be wife, and to paufe upontthis. A
leafant vanity, hands but iconfider lthiiatif
thiszfaire body wasfmitteu from G to n with
the boyles and botches of 101:, “W bat an ugly
» fpeétacle it would be,   worrwhat by additional

oflbme lirt»le?more time itwill be, A when it
fllallbe withered andrivelled together wirlt

age, or if that be not,‘ when it (hall be tur-- _~ ‘ a
need into\a1'.9;ttencarcall“e. Certainely 

B. 3 A foul:

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eleafurels attended, iniomuch asit coft   
‘lall his life, the other his Kingdome, andrhe
firll his contentmenrt liar from that time to e

 

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  Meditations of

foule oiinan would never tell till it haul  

{oughtouta farre more glorious tieli ht
both fotthe excellency of being and lal’c1ng-
neffe of tzotttinuattce, and therefore moi’:
true is that which the wifedome of truth
hath uttered, Fmzour 13“ cz’ecez'tful},[2eauty it

frvanizgy, {o vaine, that’ the leafl; ague doth

claange it,,a frnall {iclmcs cloth waft it,a little
time doth fade it, a little furrow doth melt
and con {it me it.Wben than with relzukesjfaith

Dmridjdocft cortex‘? man for iniquity, thou ma-~ A V

kefl 172‘: beauty to can/umeolzike a moth.
For Riches, if in the obtainement of them

wee doe butlooke upon the ends of Judas a

and the Rich Glutrorz, , itmiglit mak c us very
flow tocovetthemg much more to aFFe6’t
them. Eotbefidesthcit vanity, that the

taketo them {elves wings anclflie aw*ay,_how
many "are the mifcriies that   attend upon
them, in the getting, keeping and parting
with them? Butif to thele, they begotten

  with an ill conleience, and enjoyed without

godlintzile, they are fnares and themes, my
very plagues and :«co.tpions unto us; fucll

  ‘tojtlllt lufis, let; to our pray cats, and blocks

in

the hf: to come.

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us, 'Z‘im.Cap.6Jv.ro. Thatt/as Zeveqfmmagy

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% cfl'e¢°cgrcatermifery then Apofiacy from

Co D, which is utually accompanied xiiiith
fcarefullforrowes if not difpaire, witncffc
that iamettntible Pcory e ofFrancz$r Spire, who
from this more of covetoufnclie to conti-
nue his Offices and mcancs of getting, dc-

nied the true ptofeflion of the Gofpell, A

wherein he had greatly profited, andr fub-

fcribed to Popery whichformerly" hcc had ‘

4 renounced, and to fell into that intolerabic

“mifery ofid cfpaire of histowne falvation.
“ r i t For Honour and Ambition, i£rrex~amplesdoe
give inflruflaions, as theythen’ doe, when

~judgemem$‘are declared uponithem, wee

need. goe-no further for {catch of this vanity
‘A H M‘ then

Hrmau zr.  

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~Me_a'itatiom‘ of A

Szzmmifq3nega-
mm flare dm :
nimuioqzte gm-
-ves /ub pom-{ere
lap f15, Lzwan.

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sgw ex! Bun rm
Elev Stab.

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than in Nimrod, Nebuc/l:wzdne;;qar,i Ddfillfi
Alexana’er,Cas[ar,&c. what valt delires vvere

in them all for inlarging their Kingdomes, t
‘ even to the clouds, what infinite care and

paines tooke they for the eompailing of
thofe clefires to the haltning of their ends,
and vvalting out theitlamps of life , and yet

all their glorious Raignes are now {but up A  

in vanity, their remembrance is as if they
had never beenc, nay let the dcfites of man

1  filled with all the earthly glory that is to
be found in thevyhole vvotld, and let his
heart cheate in it as’ much as may bee, yet

that it might appeare to fraile man, that the

highefl vvorldly happineffe is not exempted ‘

from that condition of vanity, which Gen
and nature hath infcpetably 1 tyed to it,
fome crofle otmifery that the vvifeft man
~co~uIdn~ever fote~fee,lha1I ever attend high
place to make it irkfome and uncomforta;-‘
ble, it if not to overthrow the hotle V and the

 rider; and call down: the Ambzriozza man

Lfloriesm allkinclsj; I vjtfill take but one for

lower then the dull; A I nnumerable examples

might be pro ciueed to prove this out ofHi-

tal

the hf? to come.

all out of the befl of them, Time Books T

G o D, Haman (wee know) wanted notfor
as much honour as could be heaped upon a
man; Prince and people wereall but as in.
{lruments to contribute to his happincffe :
and yeta (wonderfullthing) the want of a
cappe from poore Mordemj, whofe head he
might have taken off at his pleafure marred
all his mirth ~, a filly crofle one would thinkc
to vexe a wife man, yet G on put fuch a
fling into it, that it did not onely quite be-
reave this proud man of allhisjoy,butne--

a vet left him til it call him down from the top

of all his honour fo low, as that his place
could no more be found.To proceed high-
er,and as farre as earthly felicitie can firetch
unto, let honoutand high place,and all the
outward pompc of this world bee conferred
upon agodl} mm, and let this man have abi-
litic from Goo to beare it, {to that no whit of
G o D s glorie beelofhnor any ofG o D s gra-
ces in him dirninifhcd, (which rarely hap-
pens to high place) yet that the mofl glo-

tious {late of man might Pcill bee fubjeét“ to

that yanitymhich is over all.crcatcd felicity,
C fome

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,,1J/Etmmmn
quioquid 'uenz't
ad eacitiumpro-

pe efl.Senec.

K.’-.~—~._.......,..,.,‘.— ..

 t A   Meditation: of
fnieEn'Dy,_ uflvition, jealoufic, di/dm'ne,i9’t-;
otother accident {hall alwaies attend earth -
ly glOfy:t_9 make”ittni{’erable.l. A Abettetin-
fiatxce cannot be given then in holy Daniel,

n.m,5.,,,,—. whom when that great D.ariu.s' had advanced
(meerely fothis virtues without any fuing
orfleeking of his owne) above all the Prefi-
dents and Princes in his Kingdom c; this ve-
ry thing wrought fuch envie and difdaine in

the hearts of the Princes againli him,that al-
thoug‘h,as the 1" ext faith, T /Jere was net’:/Jar

Nzmquam mg, error norfdultfbumz’ in Daniel, yet they ne-

ggfgg’ vet refied till they had cafl: him from the

viii: in Pér/We heightof his happinelie to the lowelt pit,

more efiwatcrr. . . , .

i even a Denna of Lzom. To {umme up all 111
“this one period, Give me a man endowed

with all the excellencies that have beene in
anyfincethe«Cteation”, let him attaine to

the Lmrning,Wifl2dome, Ric‘/J65‘ omdGlory, of

King Salomon, let him be as wife for coun-

fellas Abitopbel, let him have the mcckne/fee
o.fMofi's, the courage of”Dzwz'd, the flrengtb

of Sampflm, the-patience of I012, thcimzocency
of Ijzmck, theieloqucnce of Paul. the beauty of
= 5~“-m- *4-=5 ' A:'2folon,*that from top to toe had no blemilh
   t 111

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in him, yet what is allthis but admired twini-

py? All this pompe fhall not follow him to

the grave, the wormes and duff [hall ide-  
voure both it and himir'Iibe Prophet David pm 45.4.

I remakes this Epimp/9 for him,  brmtbgoetb

fort/J, be returnet/9 to /1125 mrt'l9,_in t/mt rvety day '
bzls t/Joug/atsperi  
How incomparably excellent thcnis the 3?
lorie of Heaven,where none of thefe chan~ Egefifgy

ges lhallbe, where [hall be wondetfullad- 0f e '

vancement, but without lnjullice, abun—-

dance ofglorie, but without Envie,infinite

we-alth,but without woe; admirable beautie

and felicitie,but without vanity or infirmity. ’

Here {hall the patient fufierings of the Saints

be amply rewarded, and all the rage and

fpite of their enemies on earth, [hall inftead

of doing them hurt, adde much to their

crowne of glorie, here {hall all thofe fcofies,

thofe bitter gybes and jcfis againft the pu-

ritic of (3005 children,bc turned withhot-

rible amazements and tertour into the

boliomes of wicked men , when they

{hall behold with eanguifh of fpirit what

they here jcficd ate Tim onely tbs purclin Math 5- st
‘ C 2. jgliria

the life to come, i  A

 

up A Meditation: of

ffiirite/Z243 fire G on 4:41 be/Jold ma-A glory;

' 9- Othen my foule, fith by thele few in-
*"PPl"“‘””’“ Ptanc est thou maifl; take a fcatltling of the va-
to t/ye fault’. . . . .. . . .
1»;-_.h,«z fi.,,,m mtlc and nnlene ofall vvotldlyhappmelle,
 raifeupthy clefiresto tllatblcflédplace ‘where
   fzellnajfe 0] 0] gzndjaletzfitrey for warmers, To
ma,_ mm /22.. /azm m ‘worn it no rvarzety nor/7) z;:2,’o“sv ofcbange;
§§jf;"Z,e‘:’;,},fjj to that companie which evetlafiingl A ling
~B”"’W*~’4“"" _ and are never {ad.Thmk with thy felfe when

‘ thou feeft anddelightefl in the heautie of
any creature,hee it wifc,children, houfes,
lands,6’.9’c.that thefe are but vanities under
the Sumac; to put thee in minde,that ttue fe-,
licities reach as high as Heaven, and were
they as glorious as the Sunn it felfe,yet they
are not freedftom clouds and.daotl<enefl”e;
and many eclipfes, which thew their cmptl-.
neffe and infehcitie. Nay, wee know not
when we beholclthemlin their highefl: per.-
feétion, whetherthey will next turne to hit-
ternelfe at the lat}, Htzzae!olooked'amiablyt
upon F~‘li—;:;m5,l yet that good Prophet wept
when hee {aw him, as beholding the aboun-
dance of evill which that goodly petfon
fhouldalfterwards extecute.Tbeeye ism/ace»

ficde

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faith the wile man“ The more a ma.nicove‘rsi
and hunts after the things efthis iiffiahifi d5“
fires are hereby more enlarged: but 110? his
contentment; for the mind is not pieafed in
that it is not farisfir-;td.   M _

Ge; thee gone rh en, 0 my fouie,and fire 10;
hence to thofe celefhall nlanfiohs w’hCf§ 0"" com um.
ly thou {halt finde refl, there, there fhiiralall
thy defircs be fitled Irhere {hail the pre encc O

fG D re lenifl] [hcc Wiith unu‘rte1‘ablede- 1» torrent; il-
0 0 P " h b . Iim -voluptatia
1ighrs,rherc onely {halt thou care t e vozce ,,,-, ,,,,m ,,P,,e_

. i , ' or net cumulam
Of 4146! gladnef]? 7 andfbrrow d momfmgz-g fi;r’z'e1_’al5‘tc.zt7zta

i ' c . - ~ Ky ~ 1 a
[lull flee away, d1V01‘CC thy afieflrons from in er:;:eil:fd.w
and from all the pleafures of the world
though never fo deare tt)th€r5: and m3“Y
them to Cmusr, “thy garneihall bee great,
thy glory greater, even Iifc and-happlflfiflé

for cvermore. Why. {houldfl thouflay and

abide any longer hcre~amongPc the enemies
of thy peaee,aimid’& fo many forrowes and

affliétiorls purfuing thee for thy fins? Who Deiicatrmr fl’

(94 bic rvia gaze.

4

would norforgoc a cottage to gaine a King-— we cum/mic»

‘ r «   er  ,-
domeewho would not exchangcafewrfrade narerPf£}n:“CiJ£igi-

. 7. u - ' k I     3-E .3
comforts 0«fth»lS»ilfO: {OE “Wk P“m3_‘“°‘“ aifleliiigur. P
C 3 V   J‘?Y°5

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Meditations of

joy es of blilTe.>why vvilt thou any longer fet-
tle thy heart upon that which is nothing?
what are the choifefi delights hereelow be-
ing rightly ballanced, other then recruit} and
rvexarzon ofjfirit. Ceafe then to admirean
outward excellencies and be vvholy taken
with thofe refplendent beauties that are in
the face of thy Saviour, to vvhom ere long
thou [halt bemarried, and partake of that
great feaft with which hee vvill entertaine
thee at that vvedding day. Carl: e and care
onely for thofe durable riches that (ball
then abide with thee vvhen thou (halt bee
here no more.I-laflen and hunt after the ho-
nour and happinelle of the Saints 3 there is
no preferment like being in heaven, politffe
thy felfe of him vvho hath beetle thy G 0 D
from thy yourh,vvho hath many a time rai-
fed thee up with his comforts, vvhen thou
halt beene in the V alley oftlae//tmdovo of death,

  who hath bee we the portion oft:/vine in/Jeritancea

and bath maz'nmz'n’d t/9} lot: forfake -him not
and he will bring thee to honour at the lafi,to
{uch honours as all the glory of this World
cannot reach unto? He that made heaven

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f~<;hi~e oivvne Childieon, can oncly declare

thcjoyes of that place 2 lflemrzae t/yen imto L“/ay
rgfi 0 myfoule, from vvhlch than hail long

~ vvanderccl, Be content to part with any

thing on earth which thou canli net keepe,
to gain: every thing in Heaven; whlch thou
canfi never loofe; drowne all thy delights in
thofc fweete comemplations of heavenly
blifie, prefle hard to this matke, Pcrive for
this viétorie, fight for this C ro=wne,Zay
bola’ on ctermzfl life, andlet nothing
in this world take away

they Crowne-.

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I'‘**1N13s

2;

Saint taro me-
a,defidmr ilfud
mm fitbflantia
memdazzec intré‘
in gaudium

Dornini meijbil

permanfurua
per fecula.
Amen.‘ Aug.
M4n.cap.36. _