PROV. 31. 30.

_--But a woman that feareth the Lord, shee

shall be praised._

Praise is a Debt (saith _Gregory |

Nazianzen_[a]) and it must be paid, | [Note a: _Orat. 25. fol. 439. Rom.

not to men alone, but to women | 13. 7, 8._]

also; yet not to euery woman, be |

shee neuer so noble, wittie, | [Note: The Diuision.]

wealthy or faire[b], vnlesse she be |

godly withall: For _fauour is | [Note b: _Non possumus reprehendere

deceitfull, and beautie is vaine; | diuini artificis opus; sed quem

but a woman that feareth the Lord, | delectat corporis pulchritudo,

shee shall be praised_. | multo magis illa delectet venustas,

| quae ad imaginem, Dei est intus, non

A promise this is and affirmatiue, | foris comptior. S. Ambr. Instit.

and an affirmatiue promise hath two | Virg. c. 4. Prou. 11. 22. Eccle.

parts in it. The first is the | 11. 2. ... Homo igitur mihi non tam

Partie to whom it is made, and shee | vultu quam affectu admirand^s

is _Muliertimens Dominum_. _A woman | emineat atque excellat: vt in his

that feareth the Lord_, which is | laudatur, in quibus etiam Deus

also the reason why she shall be | prophetico iudicio laudatur de quo

praised: euen because she is _a | scriptum est Psal. 66. 5.

woman fearing the Lord_. The second | Terribilis in consiliis super

is the thing promised, and that is | filios hominum; cuius opera coram

_Laudabitur, she shall be praised_. | Deo luceant, qui bona iugibus

| operibus facta contexat. Id. ib.

| cap. 3._]

In the former, it is not enough |

that she is a woman, because | [Note I.]

euery woman is not _Timens_, one |

that _Feareth_, nor sufficient that | [Note c: _Naturale vocabul[=u] est

she _Feareth_; because euery woman | Foemina. naturalis vocabuli

that feareth is not _Timens | generale, Mulier.--Tert. de Virg.

Dominum_, one _that feareth the | Veland. cap 4._]

Lord_; but _she_ that _shall be |

praised_, is all three. 1. A woman | [Note d: _Aliud est Timere

by nature[c], where the weaker her | simpliciter, aliud Timere

sex is, the more shee shall be | Deum----quippe timere & amare

commended. 2. By Grace[d], _a woman | simpliciter prolata, affectione:

that feareth_, where the continuall | cu^m additamento aute virtutes

act of this Fearing is required. 3. | signific[=a]t. Simplices nempe

_That feareth the Lord_, where the | affectiones insunt naturaliter

right Obiect of her continuall | nobis tanquam ex nobis, Additamenta

feare is limited. | ex Gratia. S. Bern. de Grat. & lib.

| Arb._]

And in the latter we are to |

consider; First, to what matters, | [Note II.]

_Laudabitur_, her praise will |

reach, and in what respect to |

_Ipsa_ Her person. Then secondly, |

When _she shall be praised_; not |

for the present, perhaps, no more |

than she hath beene heretofore; yet |

_Laudabitur_, the time will come |

when _she shall be praised_, and |

then too her praise shall so be, |

that it shall be still. Thirdly, of |

whom shee shall haue praise, for |

_Laudabitur_ is an action, and must |

bee done of some agent, therefore |

we must finde who shal praise her, |

and they will fall out to be her |

Husband and her Children (if she |

haue them[e]) and if they faile in | [Note e: _Mulier enim no natura

this dutie, then the godly shall | nomen est vxoris, sed vxor

praise her; and if they cease to | coditione nomen est mulieris. Tert.

doe it, then her own workes shall | ib. c. 5. Gen. 2. 23. Haec vocabitur

praise her, yea rather than faile, | mulier, quoniam de viro suo sumpta

God himselfe shall praise her, | est: Quia sumpta est (inquit) de

which is best of all. So sure she | viro suo, non quia virum experta

is to be praised, not for the | ... Non enim corruptelae, sed sexus

present onely, but for euer. And so | vocabulum est. Gal. 4. 4. Luke 1.

this Text besides that it is a | 28. S. Ambr. ibid. c. 5._]

_Promise_, it is also a _Motiue_ to |

stirre vs vp to feare God, that so | [Note: A Promise, and Motiue.]

we also may haue true and eternall |

praise of God. It is both, and | [Note: _I. The partie that shall be

both waies wee to haue vse of it, | praised._]

as of a _Promise_, and as of a |

_Motiue_: both these waies at once; |

_A woman that feareth the Lord she |

shall be praised._ |

|

A weake sex[f] to beginne with, and | [Note f: _1 Pet. 3. 7. Ier. 50.

yet being strengthned by Grace[g], | 37. Nah. 3. 13. Gal. 3. 27, 28._]

no impediment; but that a woman as |

wel as a man may feare the Lord, | [Note g: _--Ex parte natura (nisi

and haue praise of him, and so | sit fortitude maioris gratiae)

become the partie who shall, and | facilius incarnatur ad malum sexus

one Reason too, why _shee shall be | formineus. Bonau. L. 2. d. 21. q.

praised_. | 3. p. 18._]

|

For a woman must be more good than |

nature, art, policie, preferment |

can make her, else shee is not good |

enough for Gods Spirit to praise |

her. He commends neither men nor |

women considered in their pure |

Naturalls only, in that estate of |

corruption, they all heare alike to | [Note h: _Rom. 3. 9._]

their disgrace, that they are _All |

vnder sinne[h]_, _All come[i] short | [Note i: _Rom. 3. 23._]

of the glory of God_, and are _All |

the children of[k] wrath_, because | [Note k: _Ephes. 2. 3._]

they _Are without all feare of |

God_[l] | [Note l: _Rom. 3. 18._]

|

By nature then both sexes are alike |

faultie, alike disc[=o]mendable in |

Gods sight, and so they should be |

in ours. We should not dispraise |

women more than men, for the sex |

sake only (as some doe[m]) because | [Note m: _Eurip. Plutarc. de

they haue as noble soules as men, | Tranquilit Mulier quantibuis proba,

for[n] soules haue no sexes, (as | Mulier tamen est._]

Saint _Ambrose_ saith) nor praise |

women for the endowments of the | [Note n: _Anima enim sexum non

flesh onely (as othersome doe[o]) | habet.--De Virg. som. 1. lib: 3.

vnlesse they be adorned also with | fol. 99._]

the sauing Graces of the Spirit, |

whereof a chiefe one is not noble | [Note o: _Cornel. Agrip. de

birth, great wealth, excellent wit, | Nobilit. foeminei sexus. Bocacius

or rare beautie: but _the feare of | de claris mulieribus._]

the Lord_, his treasure.[A] This |

godly feare is that, that makes a | [Note A: _Es. 33. 6._]

Woman in relation[p] to God, |

praise-worthy. And good reason it | [Note p: _Caiet. in. loc._]

should do so, if we regard the |

weaknesse of a woman, in whom so |

excellent a Grace as _the feare of |

the Lord_, is found, and the |

Noblenesse of fearing the Lord, |

being so found. |

|

First, a womans weaknesse is |

naturally[q] greater than the mans, | [Note q: _Naturaliter etiam maior

and therefore by how much her flesh | lucti est inter carnem et

is weaker, and her spirit lesse | spirit[=u] mulieris quam viri:

willing, by so much the combate she | quanto enim caro eius infirmior, &

hath, is more difficult, and the | spiritus minus promptus, tato pugna

victory she gets, more commendable. | dissicilior--& victoria

I know a man (_Blesensis_ by name) | comm[=e]dabilior. Pet. Bles. ser.

that thought two things should | 33. p. 420. Timeo autem ne forte

excuse him at the dreadfull day of | viri a virginibus iudicentur:

iudgement, the Frailty of his | Comparatione tam[=e] non

flesh, and the Ignorance of his | Auctoritate: quia per duo tantum

minde; but then he feared lest God | scilicet: per Fragilitat[=e] carnis

would iudge men by wom[=e], whose | & Ignorantiam mentis putoba, &c.

sex being more fraile, more | ser. 35. p. 428._]

ignorant than that of mens, were |

for all that oftentimes more holy, |

more deuout than many men. |

|

Secondly, the _Feare of the Lord_ |

is the truest Nobilitie (as |

_Gerson_[r] proues) the noblest | [Note r: _Tractat. de Nobilitate,

grace that can ennoble and extoll a | part. 2. p. 52. lit. E. Et Greg.

man or a woman. Other naturall, | Naz. Orat. 13. tom. I. fol. 352._]

ciuill, and meerely morall |

excellencies, perfections, and |

endowments a woman may haue, nay |

(which is neerest the point) other |

kindes of Feare she may haue, and | [Note B: _2 Kings 9. 34. Act. 14.

yet be base, seruile, cursed as | 25. 1 Ioh. 4. 18._]

_Iezebel_[B], not praise-worthy, as |

namely, if she feare men[C], or | [Note C: _Matth. 10. 28. Es. 51.

what else besides more than God, or | 12._]

not for God (as Saint _Bernard_[s] |

limits) or if shee feare God as a | [Note s: _Convertatur ad ipsum

Iudge, in respect of his | etiam Timor tuus, quia peruersus

punishments only[t], & not as a | est timor omnis, quo metuis aliquid

Father for loue of his goodnesse, | praeter eum aut non propter eum. S.

and from an hatred of wickednesse, | Ber. in cap. Ieiun. ser. 2._]

or if she haue cast off the feare |

of the Lord, which shee hath seemed | [Note t: _Quid magn[=u] est,

to haue, or if shee puts off his | poen[=a] timere? Quis enim n[=o]

_Feare_ from time to time, and | timet? quis Latro, quis sceleratus,

continues not in it. | quis nefarius? &c. S. August. de

| Verb. Apost. ser. 15. fol. 332.

Looke we then first to the Obiect | tom. 10._]

of the _Laudable womans feare_, |

that he whom she feareth be the | [Note: I. _The Obiect of her

Lord, in respect of his Mercy and | feare._]

Iustice both; then to the |

continuall employment of her |

_Feare_, not one that hath feared |

him, or will feare him; but one |

that doth feare him for the |

present, and continueth therein, |

else shee is not a woman _Timens |

Dominum_, _Fearing the Lord_, and |

so not worthy to be _praised_. |

|

First then (that the Obiect may be |

right) the [u]_Lord is her feare_, | [Note u: _Deut. 10. 12. 2 King.

who shal be praised. For if He be | 17. 36. Luk. 12. 5. Es. 8. 13.

not, all exquisitenesses besides | Mal. 1. 6._]

are nothing in comparison; and if |

He be, all sufficiencies | [Note x: _Loquacitas in

(remarkable in that sex) are | aedificatione nulla turpis, si

improued, and all Duties | quando turpis. Itaque si de aliquo

(obserueable in the feare of the | bono sermo est, res postulat

Lord) are practised. To see this | contrarium quoque boni recensere.

the better, let vs follow | Quid enim sectandum sit, magis

_Tertullians_[x] rule, and oppose | illummabis, si quod vitand[=u] sit,

one against another, a vessell of | proinde digesseris. Tertul. de

dishonour against a vessell of | Patien. c. 5. tom. 2._]

honour, a woman not Fearing, |

against a woman Fearing the Lord. | [Note: _A wom[=a] fearlesse of

| God._]

She that fears not the Lord, sets |

light by Gods anger and her | [Note y: _Esth. 1. 12, 17, 20, 22.

Husbands[y], not caring whether | Eccl. 26. 26. Es. 36. 9. & 3.

they bee pleased or displeased. | 16. Prou. 30. 33. Eccles. 25.

Shee neglects to plant the feare of | 13. & alibi passim. Vbi vero timor

the Lord in her childrens hearts, | Dei non est, ibi dissolutio vitae

chusing rather to be an example of | est. S. Aug. de Temp. ser. 213.

wickednesse vnto them, and to | tom. 10._]

misplace them in mariage for |

sinister respects. She brings want |

of things necessary to her family |

by her wastefulnesse, brauery, and |

idlenesse. She contemnes her |

naturall and legall kindred, lifts |

vp her selfe aboue her equalls, |

disdaines her inferiours, |

dishonours her place by an |

ouer-loftie or an ouer-base and |

contemptible behauiour in the same. |

She alienates the hearts of Gods |

people from her, by neglecting the |

offices of courtesies and |

helpfulnesse. She declines and |

vnderualewes the most searching |

meanes of Saluation, the Word, |

Prayer, Conference, Repentance, |

Meditation, Sacraments; in a word |

(according to Saint _Ambroses_[z] | [Note z: _Aliud est timere quia

Distinction) she feares hell | peccaueris, aliud timere ne pecces.

torments, because shee hath sinned, | Et ibi est formido de supplicio,

but shee feares not Gods | hic solicitudo de praemio. Epist.

displeasure, lest she should sinne, | 84. tum. 3. Est quem timor Dei

and therefore shee liues and dies | ligat, qui non expauescit ad vultus

in worldlinesse, wantonnesse, | homin[=u], sed ad memoriam

pride, hatred, variance, | gehennalium tormentorum. Et hic

emulations, wrath, strife, reuenge, | quidem peccare non metuit, sed

impatiencie, gluttonie, or some | ardere. S. Bern. de Tripl.

such darling sinne: and tell me | Coberent: Vincul. &c. Es. 33. 14._]

(Beloued) if such a woman not |

beautified and adorned with |

religion and the feare of the Lord, | [Note a: _Tertul. de Habit. Mulieb.

be worthy to bee praised of the | & de Cultu Foem. tom. 2. S. Cyprian

Lord? I am sure the ancient Fathers | de Discipl. & Hab. Virg. to. 2.

[a]declaime bitterly against her | Greg. Naz. aduers. mulier:

filthy heart, false haire, | Ambitiose se ornantes. to. 2. S.

adulterate paintings, naked | Ephraem aduers. improbas mulieres

breasts, new-fangled fashions of | tom. 1._ if his workes. _Riuet. l.

superfluous, monstrous attire: & | 3. c. 21._]

the holy Scriptures[b] vilifie her |

to her face, threatning her | [Note b: _2 King. 9. 20, 30, 34.

(notwithstanding all her other | Es. 3. 16, &c. & 32 9, 10, 11. 1

ornaments and excellencies of | Pet. 3. 3, 4. Matth. 5. 36. & 6.

nature, art, policie, preferment,) | 27. Eccles. 25. 13, 19._]

that without this _Feare of the |

Lord, it shall not be well with |

her, Eccles. 8. 13. The Lord will |

come neare to her to iudgement, he | [Note c: _Eccles. 23. 26. Prou.

will be a swift witnesse against | 10. 7._]

her, Mal. 3. 5. She shall leaue her |

memorie to be cursed[c], and her | [Note d: _Eccles. 26. 25._]

reproach shall not be blotted out, |

she shall be counted vngodly of | [Note e: _Eccles. 7. 26_]

all[d], more bitter than death[e]. |

As rottennesse in her husbands | [Note f: _Prou. 12. 4._]

bones[f], As spittle[g],_ yea _As a |

Dogge[h],_ and at last she shall be | [Note g: _Eccles. 26. 21._]

cast into hell fire, _Salua Venia_, |

without pardon from God, because | [Note h: _Eccles. 26. 25._]

(saith _Tertullian_[i]) she hath |

sinned _Saluo metu_, without any | [Note i: _Sic ergo & ipsi, salua

feare of God. | venia in gehennam detrudentur, dum

| saluo metu peccant. De paenit. c. 5.

But on the other side what | Reuel. 21. 8. & 22. 15._]

personall sufficiency, what |

singular duty is there requisite in |

a Woman, either in respect of God, | [Note: _A wom[=a] fearing the

or of her husband, children, | Lord._]

kindred, seruants, place, and of |

Gods people, which the life of | [Note k: _Gen. 3. 16. Eph. 5.

Grace, the Grace of the Feare of | 23.33. 1 Cor. 7. 34._]

the Lord doth not animate, aduance, | [Note l: _1 Tim. 5. 10. 2 Tim. 1.

and accomplish? This godly Feare | 5. & 3. 15. Tit. 2. 4. Deut. 6.

ennobleth Nobilitie, beautifieth | 7._]

Beautie, enricheth wealth, teacheth |

wit, wisdome. She that hath this | [Note m: _Prou. 31. 15, 21._

_Feare_, dare not for her heart, | _Matth. 8. 6._]

but be loath to offend her husband, |

and deny her inferiority[k], but be | [Note n: _1 Tim. 5. 4. Esth. 2.

an example of godlinesse to her | 7, 10. & 4. 4. Ruth 4. 15.

children[l], prouide things | Exod. 18. 7._]

necessary for her seruants[m] both |

in health and in sicknesse; loue | [Note o: _Phil. 2. 3. Rom. 12.

her naturall and legall[n] kindred, | 10, 16._]

esteeme her equals aboue her |

selfe[o], countenance and relieue | [Note p: _Iam. 2. 1. 1 Tim. 6.

her inferiours[p], maintaine the | 18._]

dignitie of her place by all such |

vertues as may discharge the[q] | [Note q: _Titus 2. 3._]

same; winne the affections of Gods |

people, to her more and more, by | [Note r: _Luk. 1. 45, 56. Prou.

the offices[r] of courtesies, | 1. 20 & 5. 20 Gal. 6. 10 1 Tim

salutations, gifts, visitations, | 5. 10 Iob 6. 14_]

inuitations and of helpfulnesse; |

yea she that feares God, dare not | [Note s: _Gal. 6. 9. Iam. 1.

for her heart but _Honour them that | 19. 1 Tim. 4. 13. 1 Thess 5.

feare God, Psal. 15. 4._ but keepe | 17. Luk. 2. 37. Ephes. 4. 26.

her set taskes[s] of hearing, | Phil. 4. 5. 1 Pet. 3. 4. Luk.

reading, fasting, praying, | 9. 23. & 14. 26._]

meditating, moderating passionate |

distempers, and of all other | [Note t: _Psal. 18. 23. & 77. 10.

gracious exercises, of | Gen. 39. 9. Prou. 16. 6. & 8.

Selfe-deniall[t]; so that there is | 13._]

not any knowne[u] sinne which she |

nourisheth, alloweth, or goeth on | [Note u: _Gen. 17. 1. Psal. 6. 8.

in, but quaketh and trembleth at | & 116. 9. Act. 10. 33. 2 Cor.

the very first thoughts, yea | 6. 17. Iob 34. 21. Prou. 15. 3.

motions and inclinations thereunto, | & 5. 22. 2 Chron. 16. 9 1 King.

as being in the sight[x] of an | 17. 1. Magna est cautela peccati,

inuisible God, vnder the perpetuall | Dei semper presentiam timere. S.

presence of his All-seeing glorious | Aug. de Temp. tom. 212. tom. 10._]

pure eye, which shee will not |

prouoke to anger by any sinne, for | [Note x: _Multum enim refraenat

all the gold that euer the Sunne | homines c[=o]scientia, si credamus

made, or shall make while it stands | nos in c[=o]spectu Dei uiuere, si

in Heauen[y]. | non, tantum quae gerimus uideri

| desuper, sed etiam quae cogitamus,

| aut loquimur, audiri a Deo putamus

| &c. Lact. de Ira Dei. c.8._]

|

| [Note y: _Es. 3. 8. 1 Cor. 3.

| 22. Psalm. 119. 14.72. 127.162._]

|

This glorious description of a | [Note a: _2 Tim. 1. 7 & 3. 2._]

woman fearing the Lord, is not mine |

(Blessed Brethren) but the | [Note b: _Rom. 8. 15._]

Scriptures, wherein I finde; 1. The |

cause of her Feare to be not | [Note c: _Es. 29. 13._]

Selfe-Loue[a], but the Loue of God; |

not the spirit of Bondage[b]; but | [Note d: _Deut. 4. 10. Es. 66.

the Spirit of Adoption: 2. The | 2. Eccl. 12. 13. Prou. 13. 13._

Obiect of her feare to be not the | _Psal. 119. 161._]

precepts of men[c], but the |

Commandements of God[d]: not his | [Note e: _Psal. 119. 120. & 52.

Threats only[e], but his Promises | 6._]

also[f]: not his Anger only against |

sin[g], but his Mercy also in | [Note f: _2 Cor. 7. 1. Heb. 4.

Christ[h]: not his Presence only, | 1. Psal. 130. 4._]

as a Reuenging Iudge[i], but his |

Forbearance also as a louing | [Note g: _Deut. 5. 9_]

Father[k]. 3. The workings of her |

Feare to be in the heat of | [Note h: _Hos. 3. 5. Psal. 33. 18

temptations and afflictions, not | & 130. 4._]

Despairing[l]; but Beleeuing the |

forgiuenesse of her sinnes, not | [Note i: _Ier. 5. 22. Act. 10. 2,

Limiting God to the present danger; | 33._]

but [m]waiting for his mercy, not |

Distrusting his Prouidence; but | [Note k: _Mal. 1. 6. Os. 3. 5.

hoping for Good[n]: not Murmuring | Hebr. 12. 9._]

against him; but praising Him, and |

praying vnto Him[o], yea (which is | [Note: II. _The continuance of her

the proper Act of her Feare) not | Feare._]

Louing any sin, but hating and |

eschewing all sin[p], not out of a | [Note l: _Ier. 17. 17. Eccles. 2.

slauish terrour of punishment; but | 8._]

chiefly because it is Sinne, an |

Infinite euill; and because an | [Note m: _Psal. 33. 18. 20.

Infinite Good God, whom she loueth | Eccles. 2. 7._]

(saith Saint _Augustine_) is |

offended by it, though she should | [Note n: _Psal. 115. 11. & 56. 3.

neuer goe to Hell-fire to be | Eccles. 2. 9._]

punished for it[A]. |

| [Note o: _1 Cor. 10. 10. Psalm.

| 22. 23. Act. 10. 2._]

|

| [Note p: _Exod. 20. 20. Eccles.

| 15. 13. Prou. 8. 13. & 16. 6. 2

| Tim. 1. 7. 1 Ioh. 4. 18. Hos.

| 3. 5. Psal. 97. 10. Ier. 4. 18.

| & 2. 19._]

|

| [Note A:

| _Vero-Christianus--profici[=e]do

Lastly, in the Scriptures I finde | perveniet ad talem anim[=u], vt

Perseuerance or Constancie[q] to be | plus amet Dominum quam timeat

euer an inseperable Attendant vpon | Geh[=e]nam: vt etiamsi dicat illi

her Feare! For she is not one that | Deus, vtere delicise carnalibus

hath not yet tasted of this sauing | sempiternis & quantum potes; pecca,

Grace, or else not continued in the | nec morieris, nec in Geh[=e]nam

same; but she is a woman for the | mitteris, sed mecum tantummodo non

present, _Timens Dominum, Fearing | eris; exhorrescat et omnino non

the Lord_. You shall neuer finde | peccet, non iam vt in illud quod

Her otherwise, than (as God would | timebat non incidat, sed ne illum

haue her) _In the feare of the Lord | quem sic amat, offendat. De

all the day long, Prou. 23. Fearing | Catechiz. Rudib. cap. 27. tom. 4.

and keeping his Commandements | fol. 912._]

alwaies, Deut. 4. Doing her Husband |

Good and not euill all the daies of | [Note q: _Ierem. 32. 39, 40.

her life_, verse the 12. of this | Deut. 4. 10. Prou. 23. 17. & 14.

Chapter. | 2. 1 Tim. 2. 15._]

|

It is true indeed, as Feare is | [Note r: _Matth. 28. 20 Es. 43.

opposed to Diffidence, _Luke 1._ So | 1, 2._]

she serves God without a |

Distrustfull Feare all the daies of | [Note s: _Ier. 14. 9. Lam. 3.

her life; because of Gods | 22, 23._]

continuall presence with Her[r], |

continuall mercy towards Her[s], | [Note t: _2 Cor. 12. 9. Es. 26.

continuall power[t] ouer Her, in | 4. & 45. 24. Psal. 121. & 35.

Strengthening, Helping, and | 24. Rom. 8. 26._]

Vpholding Her, _Esai. 41. 10._ But |

yet as Feare is opposed to | [Note u: _Matth. 10. 28. Deut.

Negligence, so she still feares | 28. 58._]

God, lest she should be secure by |

reason of his Power which is | [Note x: _Esai. 29. 15, 16. Psal.

inuincible[u]; of his Wisdome, | 50. 21._]

which is infallible[x]; of his |

Mercy, which is compassionate[y]; | [Note y: _Esai. 43. 25. & 63. 9. &

and of his Iustice, which is | 49. 13, 15._]

inflexible[z]. |

| [Note z: _Esai. 42. 14._]

|

It is as true also (which _Gerson_ | [Note a: _De diuersis tentat.

and others haue obserued[a]) that | Diaboli, part 3. M^r. Greenham 5._

many times a Deuout Soule is so | part, among his Rules for an

disquieted with a slauish Feare of | Afflicted minde.]

the Aduersary; that she feares lest |

she hath not any true Feare of Gods | [Note b: _Esai. 54. 8, 9, 10. c.

Maiestie; but yet (_B. B._) say the | 49. 15. Ier. 31. 3. 36. c. 33. 20,

_Pelagian_ what hee can to the | 21. Ioh. 13. 1. Rom. 8. 38,

contrary, such is the | 39. Mat. 12. 20. Esai. 42. 3._]

Euerlastingnesse of Gods Loue[b], |

Mercie[c], and Couenant[d], the | [Note c: _Psalm. 103. 17. 2 Sam.

Vnconquerablenesse of his Power[e], | 7. 15._]

the Immortality of his Word[f], the |

Certaintie of his Promises[g], the | [Note d: _Psal. 89. 28, 34. Esai.

Efficacie of Christs Spirit[h]; | 55. 3. c. 59. 21. Ier. 32. 40._]

Prayer[i], Merits[k], and of Faith |

in them[l]; yea such is the durable | [Note e: _Ioh. 10. 29. Iude vers.

vigour of this sauing Grace of _the | 24. 1 Pet. 1. 5. Esai. 26. 4.

Feare of the Lord_[m], that being | Psal. 80. 17. Manus Dei est

once rooted by God, (as Saint | ista, non nostra vt non discedamus

_Augustine_ vrgeth) it cannot be | a Deo, manus inqu[=a] eius est

remoued; but through it we may | ista, qui dixit, Timorem meum dabo

perseueringly adhere vnto God | in cor eor[=u] &c. S. Aug. de Bono

according to his promise: _I will | perseuer. c. 7. to. 7. Ier. 32.

put my Feare in their hearts, that | 27._]

they shall not depart from me, Ier. |

32. 40._ with _Psal. 80. 17._ She | [Note f: _1 Pet. 1. 23. 1 Ioh. 3.

then that truely hath this _Feare_, | 9._]

doth so feare the Lord in Loue, and |

loue him in feare[n], that as in | [Note g: _Ephes. 1. 13. Numb. 13.

the midst of Gods not Consuming, | 19. Ios. 21. 45. 1 Ioh. 5. 10.

but Consummating Anger (for so | Hebr. 7. 27. c. 11. 11. Rom. 4.

Saint _Augustine_[o] calls Gods | 21. 1 Cor. 1. 9._]

Anger towards the Godly) shee can |

see the yerning and relenting | [Note h: _Esai. 59. 21. Ephes. 1.

Bowels of a Compassionate Father, | 13, 14. c. 4. 30. Ioh. 14. 16,

so in the height of Satans | 17. 1 Ioh. 2. 27._]

Terrifying iniections, she can |

shunne and abhorre Gods | [Note i: _Luke 22. 32. Ioh. 17.

Displeasure[p], more than all other | 15, 20. Rom. 8. 34. Hebr. 7.

miseries of Punishments, and | 25._]

therefore in what state soeuer she |

be of Consolation or Desertion, | [Note k: _1 Pet. 1. 2, 3, 4, 5. 1

shee is still the same Woman, | Ioh. 5. 4, 18._]

_Timens Dominum, Fearing the Lord_. |

| [Note l: _1 Pet. 5. 9. Ephes. 6.

| 6. Matth. 16. 18._]

|

| [Note m: _Ierem. 31. 40._

| _Perseuerantiam enim promisit Deus,

| dicens: Timorem meum dabo in cor

| eorum vt a me non recedant. Quod

| quid est aliud quam talis ac tantus

| erit Timor meus, quem dabo in cor

| eorum, vt mihi perseueranter

| adhaereant? Idem de Bono Perseuer.

| c. 2. tom. 7. Rom. 11. 29._]

|

| [Note n: _Absit enim vt timore

| pereat amor, si castus est timor._

| _S. Aug. in Psal. 119. tom. 8._]

|

| [Note o: _Est ira consummationis, &

| est ira c[=o]sumptionis, (nam omnis

| Vindicta Dei, Ira dicitur) sed

| aliquando ad hoc vindicat Deus, vt

| perficiat: aliquando ad hoc

| vindicat, vt damnet. Idem in

| Psal. 58 to. 8. s. 599._]

|

| [Note p: _----Qui glutine Deo

Thus wee haue seene who she is, who | conglutinatur, id est charitate ...

_shall be praised_, lest we should | terribilius & horribilius ipsa

praise Her vnawares, whom we should | Gehenna iudicat, in re leuissima

not praise. And now it were good we | vult[=u] omnipotentis scienter

did thinke a little better on the | offendere. S. Bern. de Tripl.

Reason, why _she shall be praised_, | Coharen. Vincul._]

euen because she is such _a woman |

fearing the Lord_. | [Note: _The Reason._]

|

For if any thing, so rare and | [Note q: _1 Pet, 3. 7. Vir itaq,

excellent a Grace as the _Feare of | nominatus est, quod maior in eo Vis

the Lord_ is, should moue vs to | est quam in foemina, & hinc Virtus

affect it, and labour for it, | nomen accepit. Item Mulier a

especially being found in so weake | mollicie est dicta ... velut

a Vessell as a Woman is[q]. For I | Mollier. Lact. de Ops. Dei. cap.

could tell you, there are more | 12._]

_Michals_[r] than _Abigails_[s], |

more _Iezebels_[t] than | [Note r: _1 Sam. 18. 21. & 25.

_Sarah's_[u], more proud | 41._]

_Vasthy's_[x], than humble |

_Esthers_[y], more Fearefull women, | [Note s: _2 Sam. 6. 16, 20._]

than Women _Fearing the Lord_; and |

therefore the rarer such Phoenixes | [Note t: _1 King. 21. 7. 2 King. 9.

are (as S. _Ierom_ calls them[a]) | 22, 30._]

not _One_ to be found by wisest |

_Salomon_[A], among a _Thousand_, | [Note u: _1 Pet. 3. 6._]

greater is her praise _that feareth |

the Lord_[b]. | [Note x: _Esth. 1. 12._]

|

| [Note y: _Esth. 8. 5._]

|

| [Note a: _Optima foemina rarior est

| Phoenice. Malarum foeminar[=u] tam

| copiosa sunt examina &c. S. Ier.

| epist._]

|

| [Note A: _Eccles. 7. 28. Prou. 3.

| 10._]

|

| [Note b: _Laus tanto maior deferri

| solet, quanto est bonum rarius quod

| exigit Laudem. S. Aug. lib. 1. de

| Ciuit. Dei. cap. 28. tom. 5._]

|

Then I must tell you, that euery | [Note c: _Esai. 8. 12 Col. 2.

Feare is not commendable. Not that | 20._]

Feare which is Hypocriticall, for |

this is Superstition, when men | [Note d: _2 Tim. 3. 2. Mat. 10.

feare the Feare of Idolaters[c]. | 28. Quis animae Dominator, nisi

Not that feare which is Worldly, | Deus solus? Quis iste, nisi ignium

for this is wicked selfe-Loue, when | comminator? ... Illi potius metum

men feare Men[d], Losse of Goods, | consecand[=u] &c. Tertul. aduers._

Fire and faggot, more than God the | _Gnost. c. 9. tom. 3._]

Onely Soueraigne Commander of the |

Soule, the Only Dreadfull Threatner | [Note e: _Timor Seruilis n[=o] est

of euerlasting Burnings. Nor that | Virtus, quialicet mala declinari

feare which is Seruile[e] or | saciat: non tamen hoc sacit bene,

adulterate[f], for this is no | id est saudibiliter; immo iliter et

Vertue (proues _Paris._) when men | brutaliter, videlicet solo metae

feare the _Euill of Punishment_ | ferae, ita enim occupat animum &

only; not the _Euill of Sinne_, as | intentionam timentis, oraculos

an Adulteresse feares the Comming | cordis ad solam poenae euasionem

home of her Husband; but feares | habeat &c. Paris. de Virtutibus,

not the Committing of Adultery. | fol. 81. lit. H._ & _Paludan. l. 3.

Nor is that feare commendable, | d. 34. q. 3._]

which is Distrustfull or Immoderate |

like _Ruben_ (as _Gerson_[g] | [Note f: _--Coniun quae adulterinum

alludes) growen great, and lying | anim[=u] gerit, etiam si timore

with _Bilhah_, for this is | viri non adulterium perpetrat:

Infidelitie when men tie Gods Grace | tamen quod deest aperi, inest

to present deliuerance out of | voluntati, Casta vero aliter timet:

danger, without a Beleeuing and | nam & ipsa times virum; sed caste.

waiting Spirit for his Mercie, | Deniq, timet illa, no vir insestus

_Esai. 28. 16._ | adueniat, ista ne offensus

| abscedat. S. Aug. epist. 120. c.

| 21. to. 2._]

|

| [Note g: _Ruben violat Balamdum

| nimium grandis effectus est, quia

| timor si simius est, dum se

| custodire nititur, format inutiles

| imaginationes, quibus se connoluens

| a salutaribus impeditur. Tract.

| 10. super, Magnificat. part 3._]

|

But the _Feare_ for which a _Woman | [Note h: _Lege Esaiam: vide quantia

shall be praised_, is informed by | subiecerit timorem vt faceret

Wisdome, instructed by | irreprehensibilam & bonum Timorem.

Vnderstanding, directed by | Spiritus inquit Sapientia &c. Talle

Counsell, strengthned by Might, | Timori Domini ista & est

gouerned by Knowledge, adorned with | irrationabilis & insipiens Timor,

Pietie, as Saint _Ambrose_ collects | vnus ex illis: Foris pugnae, intus

out of the eleuenth of _Esay_[h]. | Timores. In Psal. 118. Ser. 5.

It is a Faithfull feare trusting in | tom. 4._]

God[i], and making Him her _Feare_, |

_Esai. 8. 13._ and her Hope too in | [Note i: _Psal. 115. 11. & 147.

the Day of Euill, not without this | 11. Esai. 50. 10._]

feruent Prayer vnto Him then: _Be |

not thou a Terrour vnto me, Ier. | [Note k: _Psal. 19. 9_]

17. 17._ A chast and _Cleane |

Feare[k], Cleansing from all | [Note l: _2 Cor. 7. 1._]

filthinesse of the flesh and |

Spirit_.[l] A Reuerent and Godly | [Note m: _Hebr. 12. 28._]

Fear[m], Preparing the heart, |

Humbling the Soule in Gods | [Note n: _Eccles. 2. 17. & 21. 6._]

sight[n], Trembling at his Word[o], |

not Disobeying it, Eschewing[p] | [Note o: _Esai. 66. 2. Eccle. 2.

euill, Working righteousnesse and | 15._]

Giuing much almes[q]. A Blessed |

Feare it is[r], Blessing them that | [Note p: _Iob 1. 1._]

haue it, Blessing the Lord that |

giues it, Praising Him and saying: | [Note q: _Act. 10. 35, 2, 31.

_That his Mercy endureth for | Eccles. 25. 1._]

euer_[s]. |

| [Note r: _Psal. 112. 1. & 128. 1._]

|

| [Note s: _Psal. 135. 13. & 118. 4 &

| 22. 23._]

|

Lastly, it is an Euerlasting Feare, | [Note t: _1 King. 18. 3. 12. Tob.

euer encreasing[t], and _Enduring | 14. 4._]

for euer_[u], though not in respect |

of the Act of Declination or | [Note u: _Psal. 19. 9. Reuel. 7.

eschewing of sinne[x], because in | 10, 11 & 19. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6._]

Heauen there is no feare of |

sinning[y]; yet in respect of the | [Note x: _Bonau. lib. 3. d. 34. q.

Act of Celebration or Reuerencing | 3. p. 89. Tho. Aquin. II q. 79.

God, because there the Saints doe | a. II_]

nothing else; but still Giue Glory |

to Him, and Worship Him with humble | [Note y: _In coelo, vbi non est

Acknowledgement of their owne | peccatum Gloria est & perpetua laus

Vnworthinesse, _Psal. 19. 9._ with | & indefessae praeconia. S. Ierom. ad

_Reuel. 4. 10. 11._ | Therdoram. Epitaph. Lucinij.

| {Offensa

| { &

Now (Honourable and Beloued) though | Timorem {Poenae. Gloria

I haue set nothing at all besides | {Patriae

this Heauenly Manna before your | propter coram imperfectionem n[=o]

eyes; yet your full Soules must not | paritur. In tuto enim erimus et

Loath it. For if that only is to be | [(a] poenae et ab offensa. Paris.

praised which is excellent[z], then | de Virtutibus, lit. A. F._]

(by your leaue) I must stand |

somewhat longer vpon the | [Note z: _Laudare plus est quam

Excellencie of this _Feare_, before | probare & praedicare. Nam Laudamus

_a Woman_ can be _praised_ that | id quod excellit &c. _Auso. Popma

hath it. | de Differen. Virt. l. 3._]

|

I demand then what doe you count | [Note: The Excellencie of Godly

Excellent? Riches, Honour, Life. | Feare.]

Why, these are neuer well gotten, |

nor well kept; but by _the Feare of | [Note b: _Prou. 22. 4. & 19. 23._

the Lord_. So saith _Salomon_, _By | _Eccles. 1. 11, 12. & 23. 27. & 40.

the feare of the Lord are Riches | 26, 27. & 10. 20, 22._]

and Honour, and Life_[b]. Say what |

you will, it must needs be an | [Note c: _Inter Laudes meas & illa

Excellent thing wherwith Christ | est eximia: quod ipsum Christum

Iesus Himselfe was Filled, and that | Domin[=u] Apothecam, immo fontem

was with _The Spirit of this Feare, | Gratiarum omnium & Virtutum replere

Esai. 11. 2._[c]. An excellent | dictus sum &c. Paris. de Moribus,

thing which God Himselfe so | fol. 99. Lit. P._]

earnestly desires to be still in |

vs, and that is this Feare. _O_ | [Note d: _Deut. 5. 29._]

(saith He) _that there were such an |

Heart in them, that they would | [Note e: _Eccles. 12. 13. Deum

feare me, and keepe my | time--Ergo si hoc est omnis Homo,

Commandements alwaies_[d], which is | absq, hoc Nihil omnis Homo. Serm.

indeed the _whole Dutie of Man_[e]; | 20. in Cant._]

without which (Saint _Bernard_ |

concludes) _Euery man is Nothing_. | [Note f: _Vsus enim humani animi

He is not a Man (reasons a | pendet a Timore conspictus Diuini

Schoole-man[f]) but the Shadow of a | tanquam a primi regula. Caiet. in

Man; because He imployes not his | Eccles. c. 8 13. v._]

Soule to that noble End for which |

he had it, namely, to be squared | [Note g: _Prou. 9. 10. Iob 28.

and ruled _by the feare of the | 28._]

Lord_: without which no man can so |

much as Begin to be wise, because | [Note h: _Eccles. 25. 12._]

this _Feare is the Beginning_[g] |

_of wisdome_, nor so much as _Begin | [Note i: _Leuit. 2. 13. Pet.

to Loue God_, because this _Feare | Bles. ser. 36. p. 430._]

is the Beginning of the Loue of |

God_[h]. It is the _Salt_ (alludes | [Note k: _Psal. 2. 11._]

_Blesensis_) that must be in euery |

_Sacrifice_[i], in euery _Worke we | [Note l: _2 Cor. 7. 11. Eccl. 21.

doe_, so that there is no _Seruing | 6._]

God_, no _Reioycing_ in Him[k], no |

heartie _Repenting_[l], no _Chast | [Note m: _1 Pet. 3. 2._]

Conuersing_[m], no _Perfecting |

Holinesse_[n], no _Working out our | [Note n: _2 Cor. 7. 1._]

Saluation_, but with _Feare and |

Trembling_[o]; nay there is no | [Note o: _Philip. 2. 12._]

_Saluation_, no _Blessednesse_ |

without _Continuing in this | [Note p: _Eccles. 2. 10. 1 Tim.

Feare_[p], _Prou. 28. 14._ Againe, | 2. 15._]

is not that Excellent, that will |

make vs more Excellent than our | [Note q: _Prou. 12. 26. Eccles.

Neighbours[q], that will Exalt vs | 15. 5._]

aboue them, that will keepe our |

hearts from Hardning[r], our Houses | [Note r: _Prou. 28. 14._]

from Ouerthrowing[s]? but nothing |

can doe this; but this _Feare of | [Note s: _Eccles. 27. 3._]

the Lord_. This feare (saith |

_Paris._[t]) can cause a spiritual | [Note t: _Ego sum Tempestas ad

Earth-quake in a mans Heart, able | liberationem & salutem, Terraemotum

to ouerthrow all the Deuils | spiritualem in corde humano

strongest holds, any[u] | faciens, et omnia Diabolica

Bosome-sinne, be it neuer so | aedificia in co subuertens et

pleasing and profitable, by reason | discutiens ab codem. Paris. de

of that Contrarietie and | Moribus fol. 99. lit. F._]

Opposition[x] that is betweene |

Lying in any Sweet Sinne, and | [Note u: _Prou. 8. 13. & 16. 6.

Liuing in Gods Feare and Fauour, as | Psal. 119. 6, 36. 117. 128. v.

you may see, _Leuit. 25. 36._ | Iam. 2. 10. Psal. 86. 11._]

|

| [Note x: _Sed aiunt quid[=a]: Satis

| Deum habere si corde & animo

| suspiciatur, licet actu minus fiat.

| Itaq se saluo metu et fide

| peccare; hoc est Salua castitate,

| matrimonia violare, Salua pietate,

| par[=e]ti venenum temperare._

| Tertul. de _Poenit. c. 5. tom. 2._]

|

Lastly, this is an Excellent Feare, | [Note y: _Prou. 14. 27._]

because it is _A fountaine of |

Life_[y]: wherefore? _To driue away | [Note a: _Eccles. 1. 21._]

Sinnes_[a], Sinnes which haue beene |

committed by Repentance (saith S. | [Note b: _Timor Domini expellit

_Bernard_) and Sinnes whereto we | peccatum, sine quod iam admissum

are Tempted, by Resistance[b]; and | est, sine quod tentat intrare.

yet this is not all the Excellencie | Expellit sane illud quidem

of this Feare: For it is _A | poenitende, hoc Resistendo. Serm.

fountaine of life_ also: _To Cause | de Diuers. Affect._]

vs to finde fauour at our |

Deaths_[c]; and which is more, Such | [Note c: _Eccles. 1. 13._]

an Excellent Feare as will make vs |

_Not feare, nor be afraid_[d]. | [Note d: _Eccles. 34. 14. Exod.

Whereupon Saint _Augustine_[e] | 20. 20. Prou. 1. 33. & 19. 23.

concludes for my purpose: _Discat | Psal. 27. 1, 2, 3. & 34. 4

timere, qui non vult timere: Discat | --Auferendi sunt metus, sed ita,

ad tempus esse Solicitus, qui | vt hic solus relinquatur, qui

semper vult esse securus_. Let him | quoniam legitimus ac verus est,

learn to feare, that would not | solus efficit, ut possint caetera

feare: Let him be wary and | omnia non timeri, Lact. de Vero

cautelous for a time, that would be | Cultu. l. 6. c. 17. Qui enim Deum

happie and secure for euer. | veraciter timet, nihil terrenum &

_Tertullian_ giues the reason[f], | caducum timet, immo ex ipso Timore

because if _We feare to Offend_, by | Dei, ipsis Timoribus

Fearing we will take heed, lest we | supereffertur. Bonau. lib. 3. d.

Offend, and by Taking heed, we | 34. q. 1. p. 62._]

shall be in safetie; otherwise if |

wee presume and be not alwaies | [Note e: _De Temp. Serm. 214. tom.

watchfull ouer our hearts lest they | 10._]

offend, we cannot be _Saued_[g], |

_Ier. 4. 14. Qui solicitus est, | [Note f: _Nam qui praesumit, minus

is vere poterit esse securus_: He | veretur, minus praecauet, plus

that is not ouer-bold on his owne | periclitatur &c. De Cultu Faem.

strength[h]; but confident in | cap. 2. & de Paenit. cap. 6.--Volo

Christ[i], and liues not securely | te timere & non timere, praesumere &

in the minion-delight of any knowne | non praesumere, timere vt paeniteas,

sinne; but stands in such | non timere vt praesumas. Porro

continuall awe of Gods _Presence_, | praesumere ne diffidas, non

_Precepts_, _Promises_, _Threats_, | praesumere ne torpescas. Ber. cp.

that he dare not so much as once | 87. ad Oger._]

make any offer of incurring his |

Displeasure by the impenitent | [Note g: _Prou. 4. 23. Ier. 4.

Allowance of any sinne in his | 14, 18. & 16. 10, 11, 12. Es. 55.

heart[k], and studies to do euery | 7. Mat. 15. 19. Nec sufficit

Good worke as carefully, as if it | non egisse aliquid impium, si

were the Last he should doe in this | m[=e]te cogitatur impietas. S.

World, and as exactly, as if his | Hilar. in Psal. 65. fol. 424._]

whole Saluation depended vpon it, |

such a Man (in Ancient | [Note h: _Prou 28. 26. Rom. 7.

_Tertullians_ iudgement[l]) may be | 18. & 11. 20._]

truely secure of Perseuering in |

Grace here; and of being Glorified | [Note i: _Phil. 4. 13. 2 Tim. 2.

hereafter[m], _1 Thess. 5. 15, 24._ | 1. & 4. 18. Eph. 6. 10. 2

Once more I haue done. Is not that | Chron. 16. 8, 9. et. 20. 12.

an excellent thing that is for the | Deut. 6. 3, 4. Quicquid est

Good of them that haue it, & of | circa te vel in te unde possis

their children after them? Riches, | praesumere, abjice a te, & tota

Honour, Beautie, Policie, these and | praesumptio tua Deus sit, illius

the like are not oftentimes so, as | indigens esto, vt implearis &c._

we see by woefull experience in | _S. Aug. in Psal. 85._]

_Nabal_, _Haman_, _Absalom_, |

_Achitophel_; but _the feare of the | [Note k: _Psal. 66. 18. 1 Pet. 3.

Lord_ is euer so, _for the Good of | 15. Ez. 33. 31. Psal. 24. 4

them that haue it, and for their | Iam. 4. 8. Heb. 10. 22. Redi

children after them_, as the | ad te, intus tibi esto iudex. Ecce

Prophet saith, _Ier. 32. 39._ and | in cubiculo tuo abscondito, in ipsa

God himselfe before him, _Deut. 5. | vena intima cordis tui vbi tu solus

29._ | es, & ille qui videt; illic tibi

| displiceat iniquitas, vt placeas

| Deo.... Parum est in vultu, parum

| est in lingua, in corde noli

| respicere, id est, noli diligere,

| noli acceptare. Idem in Psal. 65.

| to 8._]

|

| [Note l: _De cultu Faem. cap. 2. to.

| 2._]

There is no want to them that haue |

this _Feare_ of any Good thing that | [Note m: _2 Thess. 3. 3. 2 Tim.

is Good for them[n]. For first, | 2. 19. Ioh. 15. 16. Luke 10.

_Psal. 25. 14. The secret_, that | 20. Ioh. 16. 22. & 10. 28, 29.

is, _the feare of the Lord, is with | v. Psal. 35. 5. & 125. 1. Prou.

them that feare Him_; and is not | 10. 30._]

that enough, though I should say no |

more with the Psalmist, because | [Note n: _Psal. 34. 9, 10.

_Godly Feare is Gods Treasure, | Eccles. 40. 26, 27. & 1. 16._]

Esai. 33. 6._ and _Better little |

with it_ (saith _Salomon_) _than | [Note o: _Prou. 15. 16._]

Great Treasure_[o]? But there is |

more behind to moue you further to | [Note p: _Psal. 25. 14._]

affect this Excellent Grace. For if |

you will _Feare the Lord_, He will | [Note q: _Mal. 2. 5._]

shew you his _Couenant_[p] _of life |

and peace_[q], _Teach you the way | [Note r: _Psal. 25. 12._]

that you shall chuse_[r], _Haue a |

Booke of remembrance written before | [Note s: _Mal. 3. 16._]

Him for you_[s]: _Hee will Arise |

vnto you the Sunne of | [Note t: _Mal. 4. 2._]

Righteousnesse with healing in his |

wings_[t]: _He wil hide you in his | [Note u: _Psal. 31. 20, 21._]

presence from the pride of men_[u], |

_Keepe you secretly in a Pauilion | [Note x: _Eccles. 33. 1._]

from the strife of tongues, Deliuer |

you in Temptation euen againe_[x]; | [Note y: _Psal. 147. 11._]

yea _He will take pleasure in |

you_[y], _Pitie you as a Father | [Note a: _Psalm. 103. 13. Mal. 3.

doth his children_[a], _Fulfill | 17._]

your Desire_, _Heare your crie and |

saue you_[b]. And what is all this, | [Note b: _Psal. 145. 19._]

but in a word (the word of my Text) |

_Hee will praise you_, which is the |

Thing Promised to _a woman fearing |

the Lord_. |

|

_Ipsa Laudabitur: She shall be | [Note: II.

praised._ | _The thing promised._

| _In what respect to_ Ipsa.]

She shall be so; but may not that |

labour be spared? For a man would | [Note c: _Prou. 28. 4 & 24. 24. &

thinke, she hath been praised all | 17. 15. Eccl. 10. 23, 29. Tho.

this while; because Godly Feare, | Aquin. 22. q. 115. a. 2. Corp._]

the Grace of God in Her, and the |

onely cause of her Praise, hath | [Note d: _Ego carnis bona quae

beene alreadie so much commended | semper & ipse contempsit, in animae

vnto you? No (Beloued) my Text (you | laudibus n[=o] requiram----ad

see) applies and appropriates this | Heliodor. Epitah. Nepot._]

praise to _Ipsa_, Her own Person, |

by vertue indeed of _the Feare of | [Note e: _Prou. 27. 14. Vox autem

the Lord_. For were it not for | grandis, laus excedens mensur[=a]

that, it were better Contemning | Meritorum his intelligetur--Paris.

Her, yea Contending[c] with Her, | de Moribus. fol. 123. lit. M._]

than Commending Her, because that |

is a constant marke of the Godly to | [Note f: _Es. 26. 12. 1 Cor. 15.

Contemne the vngodly, _Psal. 15. | 10. & 12. 6. Phil. 2. 13. Ier.

4._ This, of the wicked to Praise | 32. 40._]

the wicked, to Blesse the Couetous, |

whom _the Lord abhorreth_, _Psal. | [Note A: _Laudari in bonis operibus

10. 3._ It is not her Friendship, | debes; sed in eo quod operaris,

no nor _Carnis bona_ (as Saint | homin[=u] laudes expectare non

_Ierom_[d] calls them) _the Good | debes--Deus Laudetur in operibus

endowments of the flesh_, can | tuis. De statu Vidu. ad Gallam

priuiledge him from a _Curse_, if | epist. 2. Si qua sane in Sanctis

so be, he praise her without or | digna laude vel admiratione

aboue[e] her Deserts, _Prou. 27. | intueor, clara luce veritatis

14._ Onely _the feare of the Lord_, | discutiens, profecto reperio

with the excellent fruits thereof, | Laudabilem siue Mirabilem alium

is Gods Gift[f], for which (saith | apparere atque alium esse, & Laudo

_Fulgentius_[A]) she ought, and he | Deum in Sanctis eius. S. Bern.

may safely commend her, because | Ser. 13. in Cant._]

then, not shee; but _Gods Grace_ in |

her is _Praised_, _Ephes. 1. 6._ | [Note g: _1 Pet. 3. 4. Enimvero

Yea then, _not she_, but _God | quis non animae dabit summam omnem,

himselfe is Glorified_ in Her, | cuius nomine totius Hominis mentio

_Gal. 1. 24._ | titulata est. Tertul. de Anima.

| cap. 13._]

But what? is not _She Praised_, |

when Her Husband, Her Children, Her | [Note h: ... _Nihil in illa

Kindred, Her Friends, Her | laudabo, nisi quod propr[=u] est._

Attendants, Her Wit, Her Wealth, | _S. Ierom ad Princip._ And so of

Her Beautie, Her Nobilitie, or all | _Paula_ he saith. _Nihil laudabimus

these and the like of Hers are | nisi quod proprium est & de

commended? Yes, all these come very | purissimo sanctae mentis fonte

neere Her, and mutually receiue | profertur. Id. ep. ad Eustoch. Nam

lustre and eminencie from this | cum omnia opera sua laudauerit

Godly Feare; but they are not | Deus, coelum, terram &c. vbi ad

_Ipsa_, Her selfe, that is,[g] | Homin[=e] v[=e]tum est, solus non

principally Her Soule truely | videtur esse laudatus propter quem

Generous, and ennobled with the | omnia generata s[=u]t. Quae igitur

_Feare of the Lord_. Vntill such an | causa est, nisi forte ea, quia alia

Humble Soule be found in Her, She | in specie sunt, Homo in occulto?

is not She, that _shall be adorned | quia aliorum Gratia foris, huius

with the Garment of praise_, _Esai. | intus est. Aliorum in Natiuitate,

61. 3._ Therefore Saint _Ierom_[h] | huius in Corde.--Ideo ergo homo non

would not commend in Noble | ante laudatur, quia non in forensi

_Marcella_ any thing saue Her owne | pelle, sed in interiore Homine ante

Godly selfe. _Ipsa Laudabitur_: She | probandus, sic praedicandus est._

is She that shall be Praised. | _S. Ambros. Instit. Virg. cap. 3.

| tom. 1._]

And so we see how far forth Praise |

is to be extended to Her. Now to |

speak of the Extent of Her Praise: |

Let the word haue his full |

latitude. _Laudabitur_ is generall, | [Note i: _2 Ioh. 1. 1. Hebr. 13.

no kinde is limited. 1. Therefore | 1. Ephes. 5. 25._]

for the Extent, to be praised euery |

manner of way. 2. For the Time when | [Note k: _1 Thess. 5. 13._]

it shall be best for her. 3. For |

the Praiser, by him who can best | [Note l: _Mark. 14. 9. Psal. 112.

doe it. Of all these briefly. | 6._]

|

First, what praise she shall haue. | [Note: I. _What Praise she shall

1. Euen that (which being true) is | haue. The Extent of Laudabitur._]

euer accompanied with Dearest Loue |

to her person[i]. 2. Highest | [Note m: _Gen. 23. 2. Ioh. 11.

estimation of Gods abundant graces | 33, 35. 1 King. 14. 13. 1 Thes.

in Her[k]. 3. Frequent | 4. 13. Eccles. 22. 11, 12 & 38.

Commemoration of them[l]. 4. | 16, 17._]

Moderate Lamentation at her |

Death[m]. 5. Solemne Funerals | [Note n: _Act. 8. 2. 2 Chron. 32.

according to the Dignitie of her | 33._]

place[n]. 6. And aboue all, with |

precise imitation of her excellent | [Note o: _Iam. 5. 10. Hebr. 12.

Vertues[o]. All this Honour God | 1. & 13. 7. 1 Cor. 11. 1._]

allowes Her, that honours Him with |

His Feare[p]. But because all | [Note p: _1 Sam. 2. 30. Deut. 26.

Praise is properly in Words (as the | 19. Ioh. 12. 26. Esai. 8. 13.

Schoole-man teacheth[q]) and better | Timor Hominis, Dei Honor est.

words shee cannot haue to praise | Tert. de Poenit. c. 7_]

Her, than God himselfe speakes[r], |

therefore she shall be Commended in | [Note q: _Tho. Aquin. 22. q. 103.

no other, neither in regard of God, | a. 1. ad 3._]

nor of her Husband, Children, |

Kindred, Seruants, and Gods People. | [Note r: _Psal. 12. 6._]

|

First in respect of God, she shall | [Note s: _Psal. 16. 3._]

be praised for One of his |

Excellent[s], Hidden Ones[t]: for | [Note t: _Psal. 83. 3._]

one of his Iewels, which hee will |

make vp[u]: for His Daughter[x], | [Note u: _Mal. 3. 17._]

His Sister[y], His Mother[z], His |

Spouse[a], His Loue[b], His | [Note x: _2 Cor. 6. 18,_]

Doue[c], His Faire[d] one, as Faire |

as the Moone, as Pure as the | [Note y: _Cant. 4. 9._]

Sun[e]: as the Moone by inherent, |

and as the Sun, by imputed | [Note z: _Matth. 12. 50._]

Righteousnesse. To her Husband she |

shall bee commended, as the Louing | [Note a: _Hos. 2. 19._]

Hinde and pleasant Roe[f], the |

Desire of his eyes[g]; An Helpe | [Note b: _Cant. 2. 10._]

like vnto Himselfe[h]; His |

Companion[i]; for A Pillar of | [Note c: _Cant. 2. 14._]

rest[k], so that He shall haue no |

need of spoile[l]; for a Good | [Note d: _Cant. 2. 13._]

Portion[m], a speciall Fauour[n] |

and Gift of the Lord[o]; a Double | [Note e: _Cant. 6. 10._]

Grace[p], Doubling the number of |

his Daies[q], Fatting his bones[r], | [Note f: _Prou. 5. 19._]

and making him knowne in the Gates, |

when he sitteth among the Elders of | [Note g: _Ezek. 24. 16. Eccles.

the Land[s]: for a Tower against | 36. 22._]

Death vnto him[t]: A greater |

Blessing vnto him than either House | [Note h: _Gen. 2. 18. Eccles. 36.

or Inheritance[u], Aboue children | 24._]

and the Building of a Citie to |

continue his Name[x], yea for a | [Note i: _Mal. 2. 14._]

Crowne vnto her Husband[y], not a |

Gold-ring on his finger; nor a | [Note k: _Eccles. 36. 24._]

chaine of Gold about his necke, nor |

a Brouch in his hat; but for a | [Note l: _Prou. 31. 11._]

Crowne vpon his head (an Ornament |

more conspicuous and eminent than | [Note m: _Eccles. 26. 3, 23._]

the former, the Principall Ensigne |

of Princes[z]) gracing him that | [Note n: _Prou. 18. 22._]

hath her, as much as a Crown doth |

Him that weareth it: so that there | [Note o: _Eccles. 26. 14._]

is none aboue her, that feareth the |

Lord[a], None greater than she, not | [Note p: _Eccles. 26. 15._]

Great Men, nor Iudges, nor |

Potentates[b]: Her Grace is aboue | [Note q: _Eccles. 26. 1._]

Gold[c]. Her Price is farre aboue |

Rubies[d]. Her Continent minde | [Note r: _Eccles. 26. 13._]

cannot be valewed[e], and by reason |

of Her, her Husband is a Blessed | [Note s: _Prou. 31. 23._]

Man[f], Not like other men[g]. |

| [Note t: _Eccles. 26. 22._]

|

| [Note u: _Prou. 19. 14._]

|

| [Note x: _Eccles. 40. 19._]

|

| [Note y: _Prou. 12. 4. Non annulus,

| non torques aureus, non monile, sed

| Corona. Cartw. in Prou._]

|

| [Note z: _Psal. 21. 3. Esth. 2.

| 17_]

|

| [Note a: _Eccles. 25. 10._]

|

| [Note b: _Eccles. 10. 24._]

|

| [Note c: _Eccles. 7. 19._]

|

| [Note d: _Prou. 31. 10._]

|

| [Note e: _Eccles. 26. 14. 15._]

|

| [Note f: _Eccles. 26. 1._]

|

| [Note g: _Eccles. 36. 23. Sine

| Muliere igitur Homo non habet

| Laudem, in Muliere praedicatur, &c.

| S. Ambros. Instit. Virg. cap. 3.

| tom. 1._]

To Her Children shee shall be |

Commended; because by her they haue | [Note h: _Prou. 14. 26. & 11. 22._]

a place of Refuge[h]; by Her they |

haue good meanes to bring and | [Note i: _Deut. 5. 29. Psal. 112.

continue true Honour vpon them[i], | 2._]

and if They (the Fruit) be a great |

Blessing[k] (as it is to haue Issue | [Note k: _Psal. 127. 3._]

by such a One) what is the Root |

that beareth it[l]? | [Note l: _Psal. 128. 3._]

|

But I must hasten: How shall she be | [Note m: _Gen. 29. 9._]

Praised in respect of her Parents? |

euen as _Rachel_[m] for doing | [Note n: _Eccles. 3. 7._]

seruice to them as to her Masters |

(the true propertie of one that | [Note o: _Ruth. 4. 15._]

_feareth the Lord_[n].) In respect |

of her kindred by mariage, as | [Note p: _Ruth. 1. 8._]

_Ruth_, louing them[o], Dealing |

kindly with them[p], and Cleauing | [Note q: _Ruth. 1. 14. & c. 2. 11_]

vnto them[q]. And in respect of her |

kindred by bloud, as _Esther_, who | [Note r: _Esth. 2. 20._]

did the Commandement of _Mordecay_ |

when she was a Queene, like as when | [Note s: _Esth. 4. 4._]

she was brought vp with Him[r], who |

was exceedingly grieued at his | [Note t: _Esth. 4. 16._]

Griefe[s], and procured the |

Enlargement and Deliuerance of her | [Note u: _Esth. 8. 3._]

kindred with her _Feasts_[t], her |

_Teares_[u], and the Hazard of her | [Note x: _Esth. 4. 11, 16._]

_Life_[x]. |

| [Note y: _Prou. 14. 1._]

In regard of her Seruants also, she |

shall be commended because she | [Note z: _Prou. 31. 14._]

Buildeth her House[y]: _Shee is |

like the Merchants ship, She | [Note a: _Prou. 31. 15._]

fetcheth her food from farre_[z], |

_She giueth meat to her | [Note b: _Prou. 31. 21._]

Houshold_[a], _She cloatheth them |

all with Scarlet_[b], _and Shee | [Note c: _Prou. 31. 27._]

looketh so well to their waies_[c], |

that _As the Sunne when it ariseth | [Note d: _Eccles. 26. 16._]

in the high Heauen; So is her |

beautie in the Ordering of her | [Note e: _Reuel. 12. 1._]

House_[d]. |

| [Note f: _Gal. 3. 28._ Ephes. 4.

Lastly, because all the Essentiall | 15.16. Cant. 2. 10.--Cum ipsos

Glory and Fairenesse, which is to | cogitatis amantes, non virum &

bee found in the whole Church, _The | Foeminam, sed verbum &c. Animam

Woman cloathed with the Sunne_[e], | sentiatis, oportet. Et si Christum

as that of Iustification & | & Ecclesiam dixero, idem est, nisi

Sanctification &c. belongs to euery | quod Ecclesiae nomine non vna Anima,

Member of the Church[f], and | sed multarum vnitas, vel potius

c[=o]sequently to euery _Woman | vnanimitas designatur._ S. Bern.

fearing the Lord_, therefore to | serm. 61. in Cant._]

Gods people she shall be commended, |

as one of the Hands of the Church | [Note g: _Cant. 5. 5._]

_dropping with sweet smelling |

Mirrhe_[g]: as the _Curtaines of | [Note h: _Cant. 1. 5._]

Salomon_[h]; _As a Lilly among |

thornes_[i]; _A Garden inclosed_: | [Note i: _Cant. 2. 2._]

_A Spring shut vp_. _A Fountain |

sealed_[k]. | [Note k: _Cant. 4. 12._]

|

But when shall shee haue all this | [Note: II. _When she shall be

Praise and of whom? Not by and by, | Praised._]

nor of Euery one[l], for Praise is |

not comely in the mouth of euery | [Note l: _Luk. 6. 26. Eccles. 15.

one, of euery scoffing _Ishmael_. | 9._]

|

But first of the Time. | [Note m: _Esay 28. 16. 30. 18. 40.

| 31. 64. 4. Heb. 10. 36, 37, 38.

Many when they heare a Promise (and | Hab. 2. 3, 4._]

a Promise I told you at first, this |

is) thinke to haue it by and by; | [Note n: _1 Cor. 4. 5._]

but they marke not, that a Promise |

and the Fruition of it is not all | [Note o: _1 Pet. 1. 7. Et nos

at once. It must be waited for[m], | ergo n[=o] a nobis laudem exigamus,

especially this Promise of Praise: | nec praeripiamus iudicium Dei &

_Vntill the Lord come_ (as the | praeueniamus sententiam iudicis, sed

Apostles limit the Time) _and | suo Tempori, suo Iudici

then_, at his Appearing, _she shall | reservemus. S. Ambros. in Luc. l.

haue praise of God_[n]. _Then at | 8. c. 17. tom. 5. 2 Tim. 2. 5.

his Appearing_[o], _Her Faith shall | Eccles. 11. 27.28._]

be found vnto Praise and Honour, |

and Glory_. Therefore in the mean | [Note p: _Nam si laudari ante

while, best for her to _Feare the | Gubernator non potest quam in

Lord_, and so be praise-worthy, | portum nauem deduxerit: quomodo

than to be praised for the present. | laudabis Homin[=e] prius quam in

| stationem mortis successerit? S.

1. Not only because it is safest | Ambr. de Bono Mort. c. 8. tom. 4.

praising Her as a Master of a ship | Merito ergo differtur, vt sequatur

is (saith S. _Ambrose_[p]) when she | foenerata eius Laudatio, cuius

is safely arriued in the Hauen, | dilatio non dispendium; sed

past all danger of shipwracke: or | incrementum est ... Et ideo

growing more proud by her praise | laudatio eius non in exordio; sed

(which many Liuing doe) as _Herod_ | in fine est. Nemo enim nisi

for one[q], and that Philosopher | legitime certauerit, coronabitur.

for another, whose soule being | Ideoq, sapiens tibi dicit: Ante

before no bigger than a mans | mortem non laudes hominem quemquam.

finger, became so puft vp and | Ratio. Quia in fine hominis

swolne with others commending him, | nudantur opera eius. Id. Instit.

that (as _Arrianus_ reports) it | Virg. c. 3. tom. 1._]

grew greater than two Cubits[r]. |

| [Note q: _Act. 12. 21._]

2. Nor only because actuall praise |

is in the lips of the praiser, and | [Note r: _Arrian. Epict. l. 3. c.

so a wicked woman may be praised, | 2._]

and yet not be worthy of it, and a |

godly woman may be praise-worthy, |

and yet not haue it, whereas |

praise-worthinesse is euer in the |

partie to be praised, and fewest |

(you know) haue this worth; but |

many haue praise without it, |

therefore praise-worthinesse is the |

Nobler Grace of the two, and |

consequently best for a Woman to be |

worthy of praise, though she be not |

praised for the present. |

|

3. But one of the chiefest Reasons |

is this; because indeed all our |

earthly praise is _Laudatur_, that |

is, for the present; but continueth |

not. Is, but shall not be. |

Sometimes a godly woman is |

commended, and sometimes she is |

not. As S. _Paul_ praised the |

_Corinthians_[s], _Now I praise you | [Note s: _1 Cor. 11. 1, 22_]

Brethren_, and by and by he saith: |

_Shall I praise you in this? I |

praise you not_: whereas This |

praise here promised so Is, that it |

_shall be_ still, and that cannot |

be in this Transitory world; but in |

Heauen, where Her praise that |

feareth the Lord for euer, endureth |

for euer: _Laudabitur, She shall be |

praised_. |

|

The best Time then for commending | [Note: III.

Her is yet to come, and that from | _Of whom shee shal be praised._]

Him who can best doe it; But I must |

tell you first, this Time should | [Note t: _2 Kings 9. 11. Act. 24.

neuer come, could the scoffing | 5. & 26. 24. Neh. 6. 13._]

_Ishmaels_ of our daies be heard |

railing vpon, iesting at, belying | [Note u: _Tert. Apolog. c. 7. &c.

and slandering Her and Him _that | Arnob. aduers. Gent. M. Faelix in

feareth the Lord_. It was euer | Octau._]

their Deuillish propertie[t] with |

many disgracefull censures to dimme | [Note x: _Gratias ago Deo meo, quod

the glory of the children of Light, | dignus sum, quem mundus oderit._

spitefully to aggrauate their | _S. Ierom. Asellae._]

tender frailties, rather than to |

commend their vnreproueable Graces. | [Note y: _Ephes. 5. 15. Phil. 4.

So of old they scourged the | 8, 9. 2 Cor. 8. 20. 1 Pet. 2.

Primitiue Christians with their | 12. Heb. 11. 39. Eccl. 41.12.

viperous, virulent tongues[u]; but | --Nec ex nobis scintilla

as Saint _Ierome_ thanks God that | procedat, per quam aduersus nos

He was counted worthy to be hated | sinistrae famae flamma confletur--Nos

of the world[x]; so should euery | id agamus, vt male de nobis nemo

good man and woman, not much | loqui, absque Mendacio possit._

trouble themselues for the vniust | _Paulin. epist. ad Celant._]

censures and disconceits of |

witlesse and worthlesse |

prophanenesse; but rather (as |

_Paulinus_[y] exhorts) haue more |

regard to their good name, lest any |

sparkle or appearance of euill |

truly proceed from them, whereby |

any flame of euill report may be |

kindled, and so to liue, that none |

may speake euill of them without |

lying. For maugre the malice of all |

Sensualists, the Time will come, |

when euery man and woman that |

feareth God, shall haue praise of | [Note z: _1 Cor. 4. 5._]

God[z], 1 Cor. 4. which is the best |

praise, when all is done[a], 2 Cor. | [Note a: _2 Cor. 10. 18. Iob. 12.

10. Yea (Beloued) that you may not | 43._]

count _the Lord slacke_ concerning |

his promise[b], Saint _Iames_ tells | [Note b: _2 Pet. 3. 9._]

you, This _comming of the Lord |

draweth neere_[c]: _Behold the | [Note c: _Iam. 5. 8, 9._]

Iudge standeth at the doore, He is |

readie to iudge the Quicke and the |

Dead_ (saith Saint _Peter_[d]) | [Note d: _1 Pet. 4. 5._]

readie to commend them, whom the |

world hath condemned; and to |

condemne them, whom worldlings haue |

commended: readie to reueale vnto |

the whole world the good workes of |

the godly, _Honorifico pietatis |

testimonio_, with an honourable |

approbation of their blessed |

godlinesse; & also to reueale vnto |

the whole world the wicked Deeds of |

the vngodly, _Manifesto impietatis |

vituperio_, with a publike, and |

open, vncontrouleable |

Discommendation of their cursed |

wickednesse[e]: yea the Iudge is | [Note e: _Mat. 25. 34, 41._]

ready to turne _Laudabitur_ into |

_Laudatur_, her praise worthinesse |

that feareth Him for euer, into |

euerlasting Praise; so that should |

her Husband and Children faile to |

praise Her, which yet they do not, |

for they commend Her in the 29. |

verse of this Chapter, saying: |

_Many daughters haue done |

vertuously; but thou excellest them |

all_[f]: or should the Godly cease | [Note f: _Prou. 31. 28, 29._]

to praise Her, which they will |

neuer do either here or in | [Note g: _Cant. 6. 9._]

Heauen[g]. Here Her remembrance is |

so sweet in all their mouthes, that | [Note h: _Eccles. 39. 10. Eccles.

they say:[h] Let her Memory be | 44. 15. Eccles. 49. 1._]

blessed: _Let her bones flourish |

out of her place_; and _Let the | [Note i: _Eccles. 46. 11, 12._]

name of Her that was honoured be |

continued vpon her Children_[i]: or | [Note k: _Reuel. 4. 13._]

should Her owne workes giue ouer |

praising Her in the Gates, which | [Note l: _Gen. 4. 4. Act. 10.

they are forbidden to doe, vers. | 35. 1 Pet. 2. 5._]

31. of this Chapter; yet God |

himselfe will haue _Her workes | [Note m: _Hebr. 13. 15._]

follow her to Heauen_[k], and |

_Accepting of her_[l], and _Them, | [Note n: _Esai. 8. 13._]

by Christ Iesus_[m], _Hee himselfe |

will praise Her, that hath made Him | [Note o: _Deut. 10. 21._]

Her Feare_[n], _Her praise_[o], |

saying: _Well done thou good and | [Note p: _Matth. 25. 21._]

faithfull seruant, thou hast beene |

faithfull ouer a few things, I will | [Note q: _Perfecta Die laudatio

make thee ruler ouer many things, | magis anim[=a] perficit, quam Dei

Enter thou into the ioy of thy | fruitio, quia magis laetatur in

Lord_[p]. Where it is best to leaue | Gloria & plus gaudebit de Dei

Her, euen with her Lord, taking | gloria & honore, quam de sua

more ioy (as a Schoole-man teacheth | Glorificatione, & plus iocundabitur

truly) in praising Him, than in | in laudando Domin[=u], quam in

contemplating her owne praise, in | consider[=a]do proprium bon[=u].

Glorifying God, than in her owne | Bonau. l. 3. d. 1. q. 1, p. 66._

Glorification[q]. | A selm. Prosolog. c. 15. & 16._]

|

But though we haue brought a Godly |

Woman where she would be, to |

Heauenly Praise, and Honour, and |

Glory, and found them by Gods free |

fauour in Christ giuen vnto Her; |

yet who is such a Woman? We haue |

not found Her yet; and why not yet? |

Because among other reasons, as |

Saint _Ierom_ was afraid to entreat |

of the Death of that Venerable |

Matron _Paula_[r]; so am I to | [Note r: _Quid agimus anima? cur ad

speake of the Decease of this | mortem eius venire formidas?--S.

Honourable Lady. Therefore giue me | Ier. Epitaph. Paulae. Epist. ad

leaue (beloued) to deferre the | Principiam. Gal. 3. 28._]

vncomfortable Passions of her |

Death, vntill I be a little better |

heartened by relating some of the |

laudable actions of her Life. |

|

For the subiect then of my Text, I | [Note: _Application. The Lady

dare say, in regard of the | deceased. Mulier Tim[=e]s

Description thereof, your owne | Dominum._]

consciences haue made the |

Application, and doe witnesse for |

Her, that She was _A Woman fearing |

the Lord_. A Woman indeed, & so the |

_Weaker Vessell_[s], yet | [Note s: _1 Pet. 3. 7._]

neuerthelesse Honour to be giuen |

Her in that respect; but rather the |

more (as Saint _Peters_ inference |

will allow) because though shee had |

_This Treasure of the Feare of the |

Lord in an Earthen and in a Weaker |

Vessell_[t], yet Gods strength was | [Note t: _Esai. 33. 6. 2 Cor. 4.

made perfect in her Weaknesse. And | 7._]

it is S. _Ieroms_ rule[u], you |

should iudge of Vertues, _Non | [Note u: _--Non considerantes

Sexa, sed Animo_: Not by the Sex, | Holdam & Annam ac Debboram, viris

but by the Minde and constant | tac[=e]tibus prophetasse, & in

purpose of a Regenerate Heart: This | seruitute Christi nequaquam

makes the Difference of force in | differentiam Sexuum valere; sed

the seruice of Christ, not either | Mentium. S. Ierom. Eustoch._]

Male or Female. |

|

Suruey then (if you please) as | [Note: _The workings of Godly feare

briefly as you wil, the seuerall | in regard of Her: Husb[=a]d:

workings of Her Godly Feare. | Children._]

|

First to Her Head, her Subiection |

and Helpfulnesse like that of Saint |

_Augustines_ Mother to his | [Note x: _S. Aug. Confess. lib. 9.

Father[x]. | cap. 9._]

|

To Her Children, her tenderest |

Affection and Sollicitousnesse to |

plant _the feare of the Lord_ in |

their hearts, to fit them with |

worthy Matches out of Religious |

Families, to adorne her onely Sonne |

with the richest endowments of |

Grace and Learning: Witnesse her |

Letters to that Learned |

Professour[A] in our famous | [Note A: Doct. _Prideaux_ Rector of

Vniuersitie, worthy to be kept as a | Exceter College in _Oxford._]

Monument of her truly Noble spirit |

and Godly Desire (like that of | [Note y: _Greg. Nazian. in Laudem

_Gregory Nazianzen's_ Sister) to | Gorgon. Orat. 25._]

haue the fruit of her Body become |

the fruit of the Spirit[y]. | [Note a: _S. Ier. ad Princip.

| Nusquam sine Matre &c.--_]

To Her Parents, shee was another |

_Rachel_, another _Marcella_[a]. | [Note: _Parents._]

|

To Her Kindred by mariage another | [Note: _Kindred._]

_Ruth_, and to them by bloud |

another _Hester_. |

|

To Her Seruants, shee was | [Note: _Seruants._]

bountifull in their Health; |

compassionate (as _Fabiola_[b]) in | [Note b: _Id. Epitaph. Fabiola._]

their Sicknesse, either of Minde or |

of Body, prouiding for them (like |

the Centurion) both spirituall and |

corporall Physicke. |

|

To All, Her whole Deportment was so | [Note: _Religious Deportm[=e]t to

Louely, so sweet, what _by the law | all._]

of kindnesse in her tongue_[c], |

Salutations, Gifts, Almes-Deeds, | [Note c: _Prou. 31. 26._]

Visitations, Inuitations, and by |

other offices of courtesies and |

Hospitalities, that Her Amiable |

Behauiour was a powerfull Meanes, |

an attractiue Load-stone to draw |

vnto Her the hearts and loues of as |

many as knew Her, yea as but heard |

of Her. |

|

But vnto Gods children she euer | [Note: _Especially vn-vnto Gods

only afforded the dearest pangs, | people._]

the highest Degree of her kindest |

Affection[d]: Their company she | [Note d: _Psal. 16. 3. Psal. 119.

most loued, and they Hers. Not so | 63, 79. Gal. 6. 10. 1 Pet. 2.

much in regard of Her fauour | 17. Coloss. 1. 4._]

towards them, which was great; but |

chiefly by reason of that spiritual |

Helpe and refreshment, which they |

might get by conuersing with Her in |

the choicest passages of |

Sanctification. For shee had the |

Art to vphold holy conferences |

about perplexities of conscience, |

Relapses into sin, and Remedies |

against the same: Shee had the |

skill to beget many ioyfull |

Meditations of mortifying Grace and |

euerlasting Glory: She had the |

Zeale to nourish Heauenly |

mindednesse, boldnesse in the |

waies, and cheerefulnesse in the |

exercises of Religion and Deuotion. |

|

Touching Her submission to the | [Note: _Constant vse of the Meanes

Meanes of Saluation: O what delight | of Saluation._]

shee tooke here and in _London_, to |

heare conscionable and searching |

Sermons! It was Her onely Pleasure |

in that Citie (as she professed) to |

frequent them there; yea what |

Griefe was it vnto Her (as it was |

vnto Saint _Ambrose_) to heare of |

the Death of any of Gods zealous | [Note e: _Paulin. in Vita D.

Ministers[e]? | Ambros._]

|

And should I be silent, yet Her |

Oratory in her house hereby, this |

Church too (a part whereof her |

Zeale, together with her Honourable |

Husbands Loue to Gods House newly |

erected) that Closset also of Hers |

in _Truro_, yea euery place almost |

would speake aloud of her constant |

reading, hearing, meditating on the |

Word, solemne Humiliations, |

solitary conferences with her God, |

feruent prayers and eiaculations, |

which (as the sweetest incense) |

shee euer and anon sent vp to the |

Throne of Grace for the pardon of |

her sinnes, the fauour of God, the |

spirituall Good of her Dearest |

Husband, Children, and Gods Church. |

|

But adde vnto all these, another | [Note: _Vnfained Resolution to

more speciall, essentiall, and | mortifie her most preuailing

superiour working of Her Godly | Sinne._]

Feare, and that was Her continuall |

Combating against all sinne, euen |

Her most commanding sin whatsoeuer |

that was[f]. For there was a time | [Note f: _Psal. 18. 23. Rom. 7.

to my knowledge, when after the | 21, 22, 23, 24._]

preaching vnto Her of the power and |

efficacie of Gods promises, and of |

Christs Death and Resurrection, for |

the mortifying and mastering of any |

bosome and beloued sinne, you might |

easily see in Her, how willingly | [Note g: _Psal. 119. 6, 8. Act.

she yeelded vnto the Sanctifying | 11. 23._]

worke of the Holy Ghost for the |

Ouer-comming of her strongest | [Note h: _Mic. 7. 18. 1 Ioh. 1.

corruptions, how heauily shee was | 9. Rom. 6. 14. Ez. 36. 25. 2

displeased with relapses into | Cor. 12. 7, 9._]

smaller offences of daily incursion |

against the generall and constant | [Note i: _Rom. 6. 4, 5, &c. Vis,

purpose[g] of her heart not to | inquam, illa Christi mortis nobis

sinne in anything; how faithfully | communicatur, vt per h[=a]c

she rested vpon those sweetest[h] | Christivim moriamur peccato, sicut

promises of God (which she | Christus peccato semel mortitus

confessed she had not erst so well | est, id est, non vt peccatum nobis

weighed) for the mortifying of | non imputitur, (id enim ad

speciall infirmities, and how | Iustisicationem pertinct) sed vt

vnfainedly shee resolued to set her | peccati vis iam non sit in nobis

Faith on worke, to draw not onely | efficax, immo vero contra freti vi

assurance of pardon from the Merit | illa Christi, cui per Spiritum

of Christs Death and Resurrection; | Sanctum coniuncti sumus, peccatum

but also that Power and efficacie | occidamus.--pistiemo quia non satis

which is in them, to _Die to Sinne, | est n[=o] peccare; sed etiam bene

and Liue to Righteousnesse_.[i] | agere oportet, eadem vis illa

| Christi, qua victor peccati et

This was the Life of this Elect | mortis in carne nostra viuere

Lady fearing the Lord, and | coepit Deo--nobiscum communicata

therefore she hath right and | coepit Deo--nobiscum communicata

interest to all those Honourable | facit vt &c. Beza epist. Theolog.

Attributes of Praise, which you | 45. p. 211._]

heard euen now God himselfe giue |

her in His owne words. | [Note k: _Eccles. 8. 8._]

|

But O my Soule what dost thou? Why | [Note l: _S. Ierom. Eustoch.

art thou yet afraid to come to her | Epitaph. Paul._]

Death? as if while I held my peace |

and were busied in Her Praises, Her | [Note m: _Neq, par[=u] distat inter

Death could be deferred? Alas it | has lachrymas Deuotionis & aetatis

could not by all the Meanes that | vtiq, iam virilis, atque eas quas

were vsed. For _No man_ (saith the | primaeus aetas inter infantiae vagit'

Preacher) _hath power ouer the | emisit, lachrymas vtiq, poenitentiae

spirit to retaine the spirit_[k]. | & confessionis. Veruntamen longe

Then speake of her Death I must, | amplius vtrisque procedunt aliae

and yet (to make vse of S. | quaed[=a] lachrymae, quibus in

_Ierom's_ words in a like case) | funditur sapor vini. Illas enim

_Quis possit siccis oculis Paulam | lachrymas vere in vin[=u] mutari

narrare morientem[l]?_ Who can | dixerim, quae Fraternae Compassionis

relate the Death of the Lady | affectu in feruore prode[=u]t

_Frances Roberts_ without shedding | charitatis, pro qua eti[=a] ad

some Teares of Compassion, of | horam tui ipsius immemor esse,

Deuotion, yea and of Compunction | sobria quad[=a] ebrietate videris._

too[m]? Shee deserues some Teares | _S. Bern. in Epiph. Dom. Serm. 3._]

from vs (Beloued) as well as from |

the Poore, weeping now and shewing | [Note: _Bountie to the Poore._]

the Coats and garments which this |

_Dorcas_ made for them, while she | [Note n: _Act. 9. 36._]

was with them[n]. |

|

But to stop the current of them a |

little longer. Begin we with Gods |

mercifull preseruation of Her in |

_London_ from the noysome | [Note: _Thakfulnesse for

Pestilence; because she | Deliuerance from the Plague._]

acknowledged it (as was meet) with |

humble Thankfulnesse[o]. And then | [Note o: _Psal. 91. 7. Psal. 50.

remember, that vpon Her returne | 15. Psal. 33. 1._]

home, being summoned by Sicknesse, |

by and by she set her _House in |

order_, like _Hezekiah_; She spake |

to the Hearts of Her Children, |

Friends, and Seruants, that were |

then about Her (like _Iacob_) by |

putting them in remembrance of Her |

Departure and their Duties: She |

hungered and thirsted after the |

Body and Bloud of Her Dearest | [Note: _Worthy receiving the

Sauiour, which shee receiued with | Sacrament._]

Due Examination[p] of Her |

Knowledge; Faith; Loue and | [Note p: _1 Cor. 1. 28._]

Repentance, with reuerent Gesture, |

heartie Thankfulnesse, deuout |

Attention, and very Fruitfully to |

the greater strengthning and |

refreshing of Her Soule then |

trauelling for the other Life. |

|

And now (Beloued) that she lieth on |

the bed of Languishing, we must not |

be austere in reprehending euery |

Infirmity; but Pitifull in |

considering the tender frailtie of |

it. |

|

For what though shee were (as Sicke | [Note: _Passionatnesse by reason of

folke are commonly[A]) more | Spiritual and Bodily Dist[)e]per._]

Passionate than others, yea than |

Her selfe in Her health, yet if God | [Note A: [Greek: Dusareston hoi

iudgeth not according to the | nosountes aporias hupo] _Eurip.

strange Effects and Symptoms of Her | Orest._]

sicknesse, not according to the |

short moment and violent passions |

of Her Death; but according to the |

holy Actions of Her Health, the |

former Affections of Her Heart, and |

the Generall Course of Her Life[q]; | [Note q: M^r. _Greenham_. 1. Treat.

then it is our Dutie, not seuerely | for Afflict. Consc. fol. III. part

to censure her passionatenesse, who | 2.]

by reason of the parching Feauer of |

the Spirit, as well as of the Body, |

was disquieted in her Imagination |

(as the Physitian of the body could |

discerne) though not in her Memory. |

Consider therefore O Man (as that |

excellent Physitian of the Soule |

aduiseth thee[r]) if thou canst | [Note r: _Id. Of Death, fol. 9.

beare with a fraile Body, that thou | part 2._]

must much more beare with a fraile |

Minde and Body too. Consider also O |

Man, that this her Pettishnesse did |

more wound her to the heart, than |

any iniury thou couldst presse her |

with. Neither doe I speake this to |

nourish passion in any, or to proue |

her Anger to be Sinlesse[s]; but to | [Note s: _Vitemus ergo aut

be a lesse Sinne, because her | temperemus irac[=u]diam: ne sit

Spirituall and Bodily Distemper was | eius aut in Laudibus exceptio, aut

so great, or rather because her | Off. lib. 1. cap. 21._]

Faith quenched the flame of this |

fiery passion in Christs Bloud, |

resolued and melted her heart into |

many penitent Teares afterwards. | [Note: _Repentance for the same._]

Oh, said she to me, (pressing her |

with _Dauids_ example, _Psal. |

131._) In my Health I could digest |

any iniury, and deemed it base and |

vngodly, not to be able to doe so; |

but now (I know not how) me thinkes |

I am ouer-tender in bearing them. I |

am impatient indeed, and then I |

weepe for my impatiencie. For I |

know (as she her selfe vrged) _The |

wrath of Man doth not accomplish | [Note t: _Iam. 1. 20. Psalm. 4.

the Righteousnesse of God_[t]. | 4._]

|

Thus shee was Angrie with her selfe | [Note u: _Ephes. 4. 26. Vel certe

for being Angrie with others, and | sic: Si irascimini, vobis

then (according to Saint _Ambroses_ | irascimini, quia commoti estis, &

rule) it ceased towards them before | non peccabitis. Qui enim sibi

the Sunne went down[u]; and was not | irascitur, quia cito c[=o]motus

this Holy Reuenge on her selfe a | est, desinit irasci alteri. Id.

true fruit of Euangelicall | ibid._]

Repentance? _2 Cor. 7. 11._ |

|

But aye me! me thinkes I now heare | [Note: _Her Agonie._]

her groaning vunder the dolefull |

pangs of Death, vnder those pangs |

of which shee had foretold saying: |

I shall suffer much more ere I goe |

hence. And can any haue the heart |

to heare her groaning pangs, |

without renting his owne heart from |

his darling pleasure? without |

lamenting his owne sinnes, which |

vnlesse he forsake betimes, will |

bring him to euerlasting | [Note x: _Ezek. 18. 13, 30._]

Burnings[x]? or without learning to |

compassionate euery weake one, to | [Note y: _--Si quem viderimus

assist any one yeelding vp the | pauper[=e] moriturum, sumptu

Ghost, because (as Saint _Ambrose_ | iuvemus, & dicat vnusquisq,

giues the reason[y]) the holy | nostrum: Benedictio morituri in me

Peophet _Iob_ desired the Blessing | veniat: Si qu[=e] viderimus

of one, that lyes a Dying: | debilem, non deseramus, si quem in

_Benedictio morituri, in me veniat: | extremis positum, non relinquam^s._

Let the blessing of him that is | _S. Ambros. de Bono Mort. cap. 8.

readie to die, come vpon me!_ | tom. 4._]

|

Let vs then, not yet, leaue this | [Note: _Deuotion at Her Death._]

Departing Saint. For in the midst |

of this her Agonie, after shee had |

layen groaning many houres without |

any articulate or distinct speech, |

yet vpon triall made of Her sense |

and memory by demanding of Her, |

whether she would haue prayers made |

for Her, she answered plainly: With |

all my heart, pray, pray. And then |

as _Gregory Nazianzen_[a] reports | [Note a: _Orat. 28. de Funere

of his Father, that though He was | Patris. Tom. 2._]

daily, yea hourely, in great paine |

before his Death, yet He was euer |

still and quiet from paine, onely |

while Diuine Seruice was saying; so |

this Deuout Lady forgetting (as it |

were) Her former Groanings, did |

listen attentiuely to the prayers |

that were made for Her, without |

fetching so much as one sob during |

that time. And afterwards |

rehearsing distinctly part of the |

Lords Prayer, you might heare Her, |

when S. _Stephens_ Vision and last |

words[b] were read vnto Her, repeat | [Note b: _Act. 7. 53, 56, 59._]

very often these last words of Her |

Sauiour[c]: _O Heauenly Father into | [Note c: _Luke 23. 46._]

thy hands I commend my spirit_. |

Thus on a sudden I haue told you | [Note A: _Reuel. 14. 13._]

how she _Dyed in the Lord_[A], and |

is _with Christ_[B]. | [Note B _Phil. 1. 23._]

|

And though we saw her afterwards |

mouing her lips; but heard not her |

Voice, no more than they that were |

at Saint _Ambroses_ Death did heare | [Note d: _Paulin. in D. Ambros

his Voice; but only saw his lips | Vita._]

moue[d]; yet we must not thinke |

_The Spirit of strength_[e], of | [Note e: _Esai. 11. 2._]

_Prayer_ and _Grace_[f], is then |

onely strong, when we heare a Dying | [Note f: _Zach. 12. 10._]

Saint pray, because Christs Spirit |

cries in Gods Children, _Abba, |

Father_[g], with Vnutterable | [Note g: _Gal. 4. 6._]

Groanings[h] which we cannot heare, |

and therefore I doubt not, but this | [Note h: _Rom. 8. 26._]

Elect Lady cried loudest in Gods |

eares, when we heard not her words; |

and why may we not thinke now, our |

sinnes hindered vs from hearing |

them? I am sure, heretofore she |

hath spoken againe and againe many |

Heart-piercing speeches to deterre |

from Sinne, and to allure to |

Holinesse of Life. If she be not |

hearkened to now, henceforth wee |

shall heare Her speake no more. _I |

charge you therefore before God and |

the Lord Iesus Christ, and the |

Elect Angells_:[A] you (I say) I | [Note A: _1 Tim. 5. 21._]

charge whomsoeuer shee hath iustly |

reproued for any Sin, that you |

forsake those Sins; and whomsoeuer |

she hath zealously exhorted to holy |

Duties, that you performe those |

holy Duties, for henceforth you |

shall heare Her speake no more. |

|

But why should I detaine thee | [Note: _Conclusion. Sed quid ego te

(Honourable Lady) any longer? Or | morer Frater? quid expectem? vt

what doe you (Beloued) expect more? | nostra tecum c[=o]moriatur et quasi

That our speech also should Die | consepeliatur oratio? S. Ambr. de

together with Hers, and (as it | Obitu fratris. Tom. 3._]

were) be Buried together with Her. |

O my Blessed Brethren, suffer |

neither this Godly Lady, nor Gods |

word to depart so dishonourably |

from you. |

|

Suffer not Her so to depart from | [Note: I.

you; but let her euer liue in your | _Imitation of Her Vertues._]

breasts by Esteeming Her very |

highly in loue for Her workes sake, | [Note i: _Ideo laude oris ad

by Commemorating Gods Graces in | Hominem vtimur, vt alios apud quos

Her; but aboue all by Imitating her | laudatur, in bonam opinionem, &

Faith and Vertues[i]. Then you | Reuerentiam, & Imitationem ipsius

shall not need to grieue very much | inducamus. Thom. Aquin. 22. q.

for Her Absence from you; because | 91._]

she is _with Christ, which is best |

of all_[k]; because she is _Taken | [Note k: _Phil. 1. 23.--Et Christum

away_, not from you; but _from the | laedimus cum euocatos quosque ab

euill to come, Esai. 57. 1._ From | illo quasi miserandos non

you shee is not Taken, but from | aequanimiter accipimus. Cupio,

seeing the plagues and miseries of | inquit Apostolus, recipi iam ...

this wretched world, yea from | Ergo votum si alios consequutos

seeing the future Deaths of you, | impatienter dolemus, ipsi consequi

Her Dearest friends[l], for whom | nolumus. Tertul. de Patient. cap.

she would haue wept full bitterly; | 9. Temperet sane Dilecti Gaudi[=u],

but you haue greater Cause, if you | moestitiam desolatorum, &

will heare S. _Ambrose_ and S. | tolerabilius fiat nobis, quod

_Ierome_ comforting themselues in a | Nobiscum non est, quia cum Deo

like case, to Reioyce[m] and to | est. Ber. in Cant. ser. 27._]

giue God thankes[n], that you Haue |

had Her, nay that you Haue Her, if | [Note l: _Non enim nobis ereptus

so be you follow Her good example, | es, sed periculis.--raptus est ne

and represent her to the life by | totius orbis excidia, mundi finem,

your Godly Life. | propinquor[=u] funera, &c. S.

| Ambros. de Obitu Fratru. fol. 17._]

To conclude: I beseech you all |

(Blessed Brethren) Suffer not the | [Note: II.

Word of God, which you haue heard | _Practise of Gods word._]

this day, for want of the Feare of |

God, which is _The firmest | [Note m: _Laetandum est enim magis,

foundation of Gods word_[o], to | quod talem fratrem habuerim, quam

vanish into aire, into nothing, to | dolendum, quod fratrem amiserim.

rebound from your flintie hearts | Illud enim munus, hoc debitum est._

(as a shaft shot against a wall of | _Idem ibid. fol. 13._]

Adamant[p];) but in Gods Name, Let |

the Sword of Gods Spirit sunder | [Note n: _Non maeremus quod talem

euery one of our minion sinnes from | amisimus, sed gratias agimus, quod

our bosomes: Let Gods pretious | habuimus, immo habemus. S. Ierom.

promise here of praising a _Woman | Epitaph. Paulae._]

that feareth the Lord_, feare vs |

from our strongest corruptions. | [Note o: _Basis quaedam Verbi est

_Atq vtinam praeconia foeminarum, | Timor sanctus. Sicut enim

imitarentur viri_. And I may well | simulachrum aliquod in Basi

wish with Saint _Ierome_, that Men | statuitur----ita verbum Dei in

would emulate and imitate Women in | Timore Sancto melius statuitur,

their deserued attributions of | fortius radicatur, hoc est, in

Praise[q]. Lastly, if you desire to | pectore timentis Dominum--S.

know, besides this motiue of | Ambros. in Psal. 118. Serm. 5._]

obtaining Heauenly praise, what |

other Meanes you should vse to get, | [Note: III. _Means to Godly

keepe and increase such a godly | Feare._]

Feare in you, then consider the |

examples of Gods dreadfull | [Note p: _Iam. 1. 22. Zach. 7.

iudgements[r] on them, that Feare | 12._]

Him not, yea on Christ Iesus |

Himselfe pursued for our sins[s] to | [Note q: _S. Ierom. epist. ad

the fulnesse of Bitternesse by the | Furiam._]

iustice of God, consider that |

first. Then remember your owne | [Note r: _1 Cor. 10. 11. Reuel.

Deaths to haue them before you[t], | 14. 7._]

remember your strict Accounts to be |

made[u], remember the restlesse | [Note s: _Esai. 57. 11. & 53. 5.

Terrour of Conscience[x], which | Mat. 27. 46._]

followes the impenitent, and then |

or neuer you will _Feare the Lord | [Note t: _Eccles. 3. 14. Iob 7.

Greatly_, as _Obadiah_ and this | 1. Psal. 39. 4. & 90. 12._]

Blessed Lady did. Be not deceiued |

(my Brethren) after all this | [Note u: _2 Cor. 5. 10. Matth.

Hearing, it is not a Little Feare | 12. 36._]

will serue the turne. For to Feare |

God but a little (as _Fulgentius_ | [Note x: _Rom. 2. 15. Reu. 6.

saith) is to contemne Him very | 16. Psal. 18. 23. Prou. 8.

much[y]. It must bee at least so | 13._]

Great a Feare, as must feare you |

from your Greatest, your Sweetest | [Note: IV. _So Great a Feare as

Sinne whatsoeuer that be, else if | must feare vs from our Bosome

you Die in it[a] without Repentance | Sinne._]

(which God forbid) your _Worme |

shall not die, neither shall your | [Note y: _--Hunc si quis parum

fire be quenched, and you shall | metuit, valde contemmi--B. Fulg. de

be_, not a praise, but _an | Myst. Mediat. ad Trasim. l.2. pag.

Abhorring to all flesh_, the last | 215._]

verse of the Prophet _Esay_ with |

_Iames 2. 10._[b], and _Ezekiel. | [Note a: _Si in solo vno peccato

18. 10, 11, 13._ | decesserit Homo, irreuocabiliter

| mittitur in ignem aeternum--Gerson.

| 2. p. de Mendicit. Spirit. lit. D &

| H. part. 3._]

|

| [Note b: _Ex parte enim Auersionis

| dicit Iacobus qui offendit in vno

| factus est omnium reus, quia

| scilicet vno peccato peccando

| incurrit poenae reatum, ex hoc, quod

| contemnit Deum, ex cuius contemptu

| prouenit omnium peccator[=u]

| reatus. Aquin. 12. q. 73. a.1 ad

| fin. Peccatum enim remitti non

| potest, quam disi Voluntas peccato

| adheret. Idem. p. 3. q. 87. a. 1.

_Knowing therefore_ (as Saint _Paul_| c. & q. 86. a. 2. c. Vnde non

concludes[c]) _the terrour of the | potest esse vere poenitens, qui de

Lord, we perswade you_ (Blessed | vno peccato poenitet, & non de

Brethren) _to feare God_ Greatly, | alio. Si enim displiceret ei illud

and to _Giue Glory vnto Him_[d]; | peccatum, quia est contra Deum

then you _shall haue praise of | super omnia dilectum--Sequeretur,

Him_, then hee _will glorifie_ you; | quod de omnibus peccatis

and to say no more than this (with | poeniteret. Id. q. 86. a. 3.

the Prophet _Ieremie_[e],) which | c._]

will make the Fearlesse Sinner |

inexcusable: _Who would not feare | [Note: V.

thee O Lord, thou King of Nations, | _Reasons to feare the Lord._]

thou King of Saints?_ 1. _For thou |

onely art Holy:_ 2. _For all | [Note c: _2 Cor. 5. 10, 11._]

Nations shall come vnto thee, and |

worship thee_: 3. _For thy | [Note d: _Reuel. 14. 7._]

iudgements are made manifest_[f]: |

4. _For there is none like vnto | [Note e: _Ier. 10. 7._]

thee, that pardoneth Iniquitie, and |

passeth by the Transgression of the | [Sidenote: VI.

remnant of thy Heritage[g]?_ Who | _Prayer for Godly Feare._]

would not Feare Thee such an |

_Almightie, All-seeing, Iust, | [Note f: _Reuel. 15. 4._]

Mercifull Lord God? Put thy feare |

therefore in our Hearts_ (as thou | [Note g: _Mic. 7. 18._]

hast promised[h]) _that wee may |

neuer depart from thee_; but | [Note h: _Ier. 32. 39._]

clinging inseparably by a liuely |

faith, vnto the bleeding wounds of | [Note i: _Si enim amamus Christum,

our Blessed Redeemer, may without | vtiq aduentum eius desiderare

all slauish Feare[i] of Death and | debemus. Peruersum enim est, &

Iudgement, Louingly[k] appeare | nescio vtrum ver[=u], quem diligis,

before thy Iudgement-seat, and | timere ne veniat, orare, Veniat

without desperate _Crying to the | regn[=u] tu[=u], & timere, ne

mountains and rocks Fall on vs_[l], | exaudiaris. Vnde autem timor? ...

may ioyfully heare Thee say vnto | Quisquis ergo futur[=u] iudic[=e]

vs: _Come ye Blessed of my Father, | times, praesent[=e] c[=o]scienti[=a]

Inherit the Kingdome prepared for | tu[=a] corrige. S. Aug. in Psal.

you from the foundation of the | 147. tom 3._]

world_[m]. |

| [Note k: _2 Tim. 4. 8._]

Which God grants vnto vs all, for |

the All-sufficient Merits of his | [Note l: _Reuel. 6. 16._]

Dearest Sonne, the Sweet Lord |

Iesus: To whom with Himselfe and | [Note m: _Matth. 25. 34._]

the Holy Spirit be ascribed _All |

Praise, Honour, Glory, Power, |

Dominion and Maiestie, now and |

euer. Amen. Amen._ |