THE
GAINES
OF
SEEKING
GOD.
PSAL.
69.32
.
Seeke
after
God
,
and
your
soule
shall
liue
.
THe
Booke
of
Psalmes
is
a
spirituall
Librarie
,
whether
the
whole
breadth
of
Scripture
may
be
reduced
for
authority
of
the
Scripture
contained
in
this
Book
,
we
find
it
admitted
into
the
Church
,
as
a
Booke
of
absolute
Diuinitie
:
and
so
approoued
throughout
the
New
Testament
.
This
Psalme
out
of
which
I
haue
chosen
my
Text
,
is
a
liuely
description
of
the
passions
and
patience
of
Christ
,
and
his
members
(
the
Church
.
)
These
words
which
I
haue
chosen
for
my
Text
,
are
an
holy
instruction
left
for
all
Posterities
,
wherein
they
are
shewed
the
gaines
of
seeking
God
;
whatsoeuer
else
we
seeke
for
,
our
labour
is
but
lost
,
but
in
seeking
after
God
,
we
shall
enioy
the
fulnesse
of
all
true
comfort
to
our
soules
,
which
only
is
in
God
;
then
seeke
after
God
,
and
your
soule
shall
liue
.
In
these
words
of
my
Text
,
two
things
are
to
bee
obserued
,
first
,
a
precept
,
(
seeke
after
God
)
secondly
,
a
promise
,
(
and
your
soule
shall
liue
.
)
In
this
precept
also
,
three
things
are
to
be
considered
.
First
,
how
we
should
seeke
after
God
,
and
that
must
be
(
debito
modo
)
in
the
right
fashion
and
order
.
Secondly
,
when
wee
should
seeke
him
,
and
that
must
bee
(
debito
tempore
)
in
a
fit
and
right
time
.
Thirdly
,
where
to
seeke
God
,
and
that
must
bee
(
debito
loco
)
in
the
right
place
.
Of
these
points
only
I
purpose
to
entreate
at
this
time
,
reseruing
the
other
part
,
which
is
the
promise
,
vntill
another
Sabbath
.
For
the
first
part
of
the
precept
,
how
wee
should
seeke
God
,
nature
it selfe
will
teach
vs
,
if
wee
haue
lost
a
Iewell
which
was
most
deare
vnto
vs
,
first
,
to
seeke
it
in
sorrow
for
the
losse
:
secondly
,
with
diligence
to
regaine
it
:
thirdly
,
with
constant
perseuerance
till
we
haue
found
it
.
Oh
,
then
let
not
the
man
endued
with
grace
,
plead
ignorance
in
seeking
God
,
but
,
first
,
lacrimabiliter
,
mournfully
:
secondly
,
diligenter
,
faithfully
:
thirdly
,
perseueranter
,
constantly
in
perseuerance
,
neuer
giue
ouer
vntill
you
find
the
Lord
.
The
blessed
Virgin
Marie
returning
homewards
from
the
Feast
,
and
not
finding
him
whom
her
soule
loued
(
the
child
Iesus
)
went
back
again
to
Ierusalem
,
&
sought
him
,
saying
,
Ego
&
Pater
tuus
dolentes
querebamus
te
:
Thy
Father
and
I
,
haue
sought
thee
sorrowing
.
And
thus
recouered
shee
the
Iewell
of
her
ioy
.
The
ryotous
Prodigall
,
hauing
wasted
all
the
Treasure
,
by
which
he
should
haue
liued
,
and
now
remembring
,
how
in
his
Fathers
House
the
hired
Seruants
had
meat
enough
,
and
he
was
readie
to
perish
for
hunger
,
hee
sought
his
Fathers
loue
againe
,
mournfully
confessing
,
and
saying
,
Father
,
I
haue
sinned
,
&c.
and
so
was
receiued
,
with
feasting
and
ioy
.
Marie
Magdalene
,
out
of
whom
Christ
had
cast
seuen
Deuils
,
and
was
the
only
friend
and
comfort
of
her
soule
,
when
shee
came
to
the
Graue
,
and
found
him
not
there
,
shee
bowed
her selfe
into
the
Graue
,
and
wept
,
because
they
had
taken
away
her
Lord
,
and
she
knew
not
where
they
had
layd
him
;
and
in
this
sorrowfull
seeking
,
she
found
him
to
her
great
comfort
.
Iesus
himselfe
while
hee
liued
in
the
World
was
neuer
seene
to
laugh
,
but
often
weeping
.
Wise
Salomon
,
in
the
depth
of
his
Diuinitie
,
Take
heed
therefore
,
you
that
feast
it
with
Nabal
,
braue
it
with
Haman
,
and
carouse
it
with
Belshazzar
,
and
reuell
with
Herod
,
not
at
all
regarding
to
seeke
the
Lord
,
lest
the
Lord
on
a
sudden
,
deale
with
you
,
as
with
them
,
and
turne
your
feasting
into
fasting
,
take
the
cup
from
your
mouth
,
and
fill
you
with
spuing
,
turne
you
out
of
all
your
iollitie
,
and
hauing
perpetuall
shame
vpon
you
:
this
can
God
,
and
this
will
God
doe
,
if
you
doe
not
humbly
preuent
his
Iudgements
,
seeking
to
his
mercie
mournfully
.
Gods
Wordes
preuaile
much
with
men
,
and
more
with
God
,
but
teares
constraine
compassion
:
our
sins
are
cause
enough
to
weep
for
.
Melt
then
your
hearts
in
sorrow
for
your
sinne
,
as
holy
Dauid
did
,
whose
heart
in
the
middest
of
his
bodie
,
was
euen
like
melting
Waxe
:
that
God
may
quit
your
soules
with
peace
,
and
seeke
him
(
lachrimabiliter
)
mournfully
.
Secondly
,
in
seeking
after
God
,
we
must
vse
faithfulnesse
,
without
slothfull
negligence
,
and
seeke
him
(
diligenter
)
diligently
,
as
the
woman
in
the
Gospell
seeking
her
Groat
that
was
lost
,
And
as
Dauid
seeking
the
Lord
,
did
seeke
him
with
his
whole
heart
,
For
you
shall
seeke
mee
with
all
your
heart
,
and
I
will
be
found
of
you
,
saith
the
Lord.
And
if
thou
seeke
the
LORD
with
all
thy
heart
,
and
with
all
thy
soule
,
thou
shalt
finde
him
.
For
as
Vineger
to
the
teeth
,
so
is
a
slothfull
body
to
them
that
send
him
.
Therefore
the
sleeper
shall
be
clothed
with
ragges
,
The
Lord
loueth
a
cheerefull
giuer
,
(
as
Zacheus
)
and
will
be
found
of
them
that
seeke
him
diligently
,
that
is
,
faithfully
.
But
such
is
the
madnesse
of
this
rude
age
wherein
we
liue
,
and
the
blindnesse
of
worldly
minded
men
,
that
they
esteeme
no
labour
too
much
,
in
seeking
after
worldly
gaine
,
which
cannot
profit
them
:
and
in
seeking
after
the
pleasures
of
this
life
,
which
may
much
annoy
them
,
but
will
not
step
one
foot
towards
Heauen
,
with
an
holy
desire
to
seeke
after
God
.
In
whom
is
the
fulnesse
of
all
true
felicitie
.
The
Apostle
complained
not
without
a
cause
,
That
all
seeke
their
owne
,
and
not
the
things
of
Iesus
Christ
,
but
if
thou
desirest
to
finde
Heauen
,
seeke
after
God
by
Iesus
Christ
,
who
is
gone
thither
before
to
prepare
a
place
for
you
,
and
seeke
him
(
diligenter
)
with
all
your
hearts
,
diligently
.
Thirdly
,
wouldst
thou
finde
the
Lord
,
thy
only
Comforter
,
seeke
after
him
,
(
perseueranter
)
constantly
with
perseuerance
,
and
bee
not
weary
of
well-doing
,
for
in
due
season
yee
shall
reape
,
if
yee
faint
not
,
therefore
seeke
the
Lord
and
his
face
euermore
.
As
the
Spouse
neuer
ceased
to
seeke
him
whom
her
soule
loued
,
till
she
found
him
and
tooke
hold
of
him
,
and
left
him
not
.
A
Ship
that
hath
made
many
a
faire
venture
on
the
Sea
,
and
after
perisheth
in
the
Hauen
,
brings
losse
and
sorrow
to
the
Owner
,
that
hoped
for
gaine
.
And
a
Souldier
that
fainteth
before
the
battaile
bee
ended
,
must
expect
shame
and
death
in
stead
of
Victorie
:
So
he
that
seeketh
after
God
,
and
faileth
in
his
intended
course
,
before
hee
finde
him
,
must
needes
bring
losse
and
sorrow
to
his
soule
,
and
expect
confusion
for
saluation
.
For
the
Crowue
is
giuen
only
to
the
Conquerour
.
Be
thou
faithfull
vnto
the
death
,
and
I
will
giue
thee
the
Crowne
of
life
;
the
fire
of
Gods
Altar
must
neuer
goe
out
,
so
the
zeale
of
a
constant
Professor
must
not
be
extinguished
by
worldly
care
.
No
man
that
putteth
his
hand
to
the
Plough
and
looketh
backe
,
is
apt
to
the
Kingdome
of
God
.
Remember
Lots
wife
,
And
that
you
may
stand
before
the
Sonne
of
man
,
Thus
you
haue
heard
the
manner
how
to
seeke
God
:
It
followeth
whereby
we
may
learne
the
time
when
to
seeke
God
,
which
is
our
second
obseruation
in
my
Text
,
as
in
the
time
of
sinne
;
Of
whome
,
and
through
whome
,
and
for
whome
wee
liue
and
mooue
,
and
haue
our
being
.
So
wee
are
taught
in
holy
Scriptures
,
of
three
times
most
conuenient
to
seeke
after
God
;
First
,
(
Dum
dies
est
:
Secondly
,
dum
praesens
est
:
Thirdly
,
dum
misericors
est
.
)
First
,
while
it
is
day
,
Nicodemus
,
And
the
Spouse
in
the
Canticles
confesseth
,
The
night
commeth
when
no
man
can
worke
.
In
the
night
of
Ignorance
wee
are
more
prone
to
seeke
after
Error
,
then
the
Truth
;
In
the
night
of
sinne
,
we
seeke
for
the
things
that
please
men
,
and
not
the
things
that
please
God
,
and
in
the
night
of
death
,
we
shall
not
bee
able
to
seeke
at
all
:
For
who
shall
giue
thee
thankes
in
the
pit
?
therefore
holy
Dauid
,
longing
for
the
God
of
his
saluation
deferres
no
time
,
But
flyeth
to
the
Lord
before
the
morning
watch
,
and
promiseth
early
to
seeke
after
God
:
King
Iosia
,
when
hee
was
but
yet
a
childe
,
began
to
seeke
after
the
God
of
his
Father
Dauid
.
Verily
,
the
children
of
this
World
are
wise
in
their
generation
,
obseruing
dayes
,
and
moneths
,
and
yeeres
,
and
times
,
and
shall
the
sonnes
of
men
harden
their
hearts
;
God
speaketh
by
his
holy
Prophet
,
To
day
,
if
you
will
heare
my
voyce
,
&c.
and
shall
wee
harden
our
hearts
to
day
,
and
let
sinne
grow
till
to
morrow
.
Shall
wee
giue
the
crop
to
Satan
,
and
set
God
to
gleaning
,
who
knoweth
if
he
shall
liue
,
repent
,
or
escape
.
Suddenly
may
his
wrath
bee
kindled
,
and
in
the
time
of
vengeance
he
will
destroy
.
Our
Life
is
the
Way
,
Heauen
is
the
Countrey
:
here
make
thy
peace
with
God
,
that
he
may
receiue
thee
there
,
vnto
euerglorie
for
euermore
.
Thus
seeke
to
God
while
it
is
day
.
Secondly
,
to
seeke
after
God
(
debito
tempore
)
in
time
of
oportunitie
,
is
,
while
be
is
present
,
as
the
Prophet
saith
,
Seek
the
Lord
while
he
may
be
found
,
and
call
vpon
him
while
he
is
nigh
.
It
is
anexcellent
example
to
vs
,
in
obseruing
the
fittest
time
to
seeke
God
,
if
wee
consider
the
complaint
of
the
Spouse
in
the
Cantic
.
saying
,
It
is
the
voyce
of
my
Beloued
that
knocketh
,
saying
,
open
to
me
,
my
Sister
,
my
Loue
,
my
Doue
,
my
Vndefiled
,
for
my
head
is
full
of
dew
,
and
my
lockes
with
the
drops
of
the
night
(
all
blessings
and
happinesse
are
now
to
bee
receiued
at
the
hands
of
God
)
whilest
hee
is
present
.
But
whilest
she
rose
to
put
on
her
Coate
,
her
Beloued
was
gone
,
I
sought
him
(
said
shee
)
but
I
could
not
finde
him
,
I
called
him
but
hee
answered
not
:
So
the
foolish
Virgins
had
the
doore
shut
while
they
fetch
Oyle
:
This
World
is
the
seed
place
,
Heauen
is
the
reaping
place
,
here
they
that
sowe
in
teares
,
shall
reape
their
ioy
in
Heauen
;
as
this
day
leaues
vs
,
so
shall
that
day
finde
vs
;
now
God
is
present
vnto
all
,
then
only
vnto
his
:
I
goe
my
way
and
ye
shall
seeke
me
,
and
yee
shall
die
in
your
sinnes
,
for
whither
I
goe
,
yee
cannot
come
.
Now
,
therefore
seeke
to
follow
after
God
,
most
sweet
,
most
mightie
,
&
most
wise
:
therfore
he
will
receiue
vs
gently
,
(
Eum
qui
venit
ad
me
,
non
reijcio
foras
)
Hee
that
commeth
to
me
,
I
cast
not
out
of
doores
:
most
mightie
,
all
power
belongeth
vnto
God
,
he
will
defend
vs
stoutly
,
If
the
Lord
be
on
my
side
,
I
will
not
feare
what
man
can
doe
vnto
me
,
most
wise
,
so
he
will
lead
vs
vnto
happinesse
:
because
you
haue
followed
me
in
the
Regeneration
,
You
shall
sit
vpon
twelue
Thrones
,
and
iudge
the
twelue
Tribes
of
Israel
,
as
a
stone
cast
vp
,
rests
not
but
in
the
center
:
so
let
all
them
that
are
cast
forth
into
the
world
,
not
rest
,
but
in
the
Lord
.
(
Domine
fecisti
nos
ad
te
,
&c.
)
O
Lord
,
thou
hast
made
vs
for
thy selfe
,
and
we
can
find
no
rest
vnto
our
soules
,
but
in
thy selfe
:
Art
thou
sicke
of
sinne
;
The
whole
need
not
the
Phisician
,
but
the
sicke
;
I
came
not
to
call
the
Righteous
,
but
Sinners
,
to
repentance
.
Art
thou
opprest
with
pouertie
,
cast
all
your
care
on
him
,
for
he
careth
for
you
?
The
Earth
is
the
Lords
(
which
if
he
giues
thee
not
,
he
hath
reserued
Heauen
for
thee
)
a
happie
exchang
!
Art
thou
grieued
with
disgraces
;
the
rebukes
of
the
foolish
,
the
scorne
of
the
wealthy
,
and
the
disdaine
of
the
proud
,
hee
brings
thee
glorie
for
thy
shame
?
Therefore
open
the
gates
,
O
ye
righteous
,
and
the
King
of
glorie
shall
come
in
,
while
he
is
present
:
what
wouldst
thou
haue
that
thou
maist
not
?
what
wouldst
thou
be
that
thou
canst
not
?
if
now
thou
seekest
after
God
,
who
is
able
to
giue
all
things
,
and
will
deny
thee
nothing
whilest
he
is
present
,
(
Nunc
vacatur
Deus
negotijs
nostris
.
)
Now
God
hath
taken
time
to
heare
our
complaints
,
to
plead
with
man
,
and
to
furnish
the
lower
World
,
and
all
things
contained
therein
,
with
the
rich
blessings
of
his
loue
;
whilst
therfore
he
is
present
to
heare
thee
,
whilst
he
is
present
to
helpe
thee
,
absent
not
thy selfe
by
sin
;
but
seeke
after
God
whilest
he
is
present
with
thee
.
Thirdly
,
if
you
will
seeke
after
God
(
debito
tempore
)
faile
not
to
do
it
(
dum
misericors
est
)
while
he
is
mercifull
.
He
that
hath
a
suite
to
his
King
,
will
obserue
a
time
when
he
may
find
him
best
pleased
;
now
is
the
time
of
mercie
,
now
euery
one
that
seekes
God
faithfully
,
shall
find
him
ioyfully
,
but
when
he
hath
begun
to
iudge
in
Righteousnesse
,
that
shall
bee
the
time
of
Iudgement
,
not
of
Mercie
:
When
the
good
man
of
that
house
is
risen
vp
,
and
hath
shut
too
the
doore
,
and
yee
beginne
to
stand
without
,
and
to
knocke
at
the
doore
,
saying
,
Lord
,
open
vnto
vs
,
hee
shall
tell
you
,
I
know
you
not
,
whence
yee
are
,
Depart
yee
workers
of
iniquitie
,
there
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth
:
yet
therefore
let
him
that
hath
continued
in
sinne
,
ten
,
twentie
,
thirtie
yeeres
and
more
;
turne
vnto
God
that
he
may
haue
mercie
vpon
him
,
yet
will
the
Lord
waite
that
hee
may
haue
mercie
vpon
you
,
and
be
exalted
for
his
compassion
;
and
surely
great
is
the
mercie
of
God
in
exspecting
our
conuersion
,
for
he
would
not
beare
with
the
Angels
but
cast
them
downe
from
Heauen
suddenly
like
Lightning
,
for
but
once
sinning
against
him
;
he
also
banisht
the
first
man
out
of
Paradise
for
breaking
one
Commandement
:
but
hee
hath
borne
with
vs
a
long
time
,
and
we
haue
broken
all
his
Lawes
,
still
exspecting
our
conuersion
till
our
last
age
.
(
Nolo
mortem
peccatoris
)
I
will
not
the
death
of
a
Sinner
,
therefore
cause
one
another
to
returne
and
liue
,
but
he
that
will
not
bee
conuerted
,
(
Nam
quos
hic
diu
longanimiter
portat
,
Illos
Deus
grauius
damnat
)
The
longer
God
forbeareth
a
sinner
,
the
more
grieuous
shall
his
punishment
be
at
last
,
as
in
the
examples
of
Pharaoh
,
Sodome
,
the
olde
World
,
and
the
Iewes
.
Now
cryes
Iohn
the
Baptist
,
Make
straight
the
way
of
the
Lord
,
this
is
the
time
of
mercie
.
Now
cryes
Iesus
Christ
,
I
am
the
doore
,
by
mee
,
if
any
man
enter
in
,
he
shall
be
saued
.
Now
doth
the
Spirit
and
the
Bride
say
,
Come
,
&
let
him
that
is
a
thirst
come
;
and
let
whosoeuer
will
,
take
of
the
water
of
Life
freely
;
For
,
behold
,
I
come
shortly
,
and
my
reward
is
with
mee
,
to
giue
euery
man
according
as
his
worke
shall
be
:
(
who
will
not
be
drawne
by
loue
,
shall
bee
driuen
by
feare
)
now
God
punisheth
man
of
his
mercie
,
that
so
hee
might
conuert
him
to
himselfe
:
the
euils
which
wee
suffer
in
this
life
compeld
vs
to
go
vnto
God
:
happy
is
that
miserie
that
vrgeth
vs
to
be
better
.
Those
whom
Christ
hereafter
(
if
they
continue
in
sinne
)
will
punish
with
confusion
(
if
they
repent
)
hee
receiueth
them
here
with
mercie
,
to
the
end
,
hereafter
,
to
crowne
them
for
euer
with
glorie
,
as
he
did
Mary
Magdalene
,
repenting
:
The
prodigall
confessing
,
the
Disciple
denying
,
and
the
Thiefe
of
the
Crosse
conuerting
,
Lord
,
teach
vs
so
to
number
our
dayes
,
that
wee
may
apply
our
hearts
vnto
wisdome
,
and
turne
to
thee
in
time
,
while
the
day
of
our
life
shall
last
,
and
while
thou
art
present
,
in
thy
fauour
towards
vs
.
And
whiles
thou
art
a
mercifull
God
vnto
vs
,
and
thus
seeking
,
so
let
vs
find
thee
for
euermore
,
Amen
.
Now
you
haue
bin
instructed
in
the
manner
how
to
seeke
God
,
and
the
time
when
,
It
followeth
necessarily
,
you
should
learne
the
place
where
to
seeke
God
,
which
is
the
third
circumstance
of
our
first
obseruation
,
seeke
him
in
(
debito
loco
)
in
the
right
place
,
God
is
not
in
the
strong
wind
of
pleasure
and
delight
,
Search
the
Scriptures
,
and
they
shall
tell
you
of
me
.
Inquire
there
and
thou
shalt
finde
him
(
In
praecepio
humilitatis
pauperibus
)
In
the
Manger
of
Humilitie
,
presenting
himselfe
to
the
poore
(
In
deserto
contemplationis
vigilantibus
)
In
the
Wildernesse
of
Contemplation
,
declaring
glad
tydings
to
the
watchfull
(
In
Templo
exorationis
disputantibus
)
In
his
holy
House
the
Temple
of
Prayer
,
speaking
peace
to
his
people
,
that
call
vpon
his
Name
,
there
and
no
where
else
canst
thou
find
him
,
who
desires
to
seeke
else-where
,
must
goe
out
of
the
World
.
First
,
if
you
will
seeke
him
in
the
right
place
,
For
who
is
like
the
Lord
our
God
,
who
hath
his
dwelling
so
high
,
yet
humbleth
himselfe
to
behold
the
things
that
are
in
Heauen
and
Earth
.
And
thus
saith
the
holy
One
,
I
dwelt
in
the
high
and
holy
place
with
him
also
that
is
of
an
humble
and
contrite
spirit
,
to
receiue
the
spirit
of
the
humble
,
and
to
giue
life
to
the
contrite
heart
:
bee
not
displeased
with
thy
pouertie
,
for
nothing
can
bee
found
so
profitable
for
thee
,
Heauen
is
the
purchase
of
the
poore
,
and
it
is
the
summe
of
Religion
,
to
imitate
his
example
whom
thou
doest
worship
,
and
,
Behold
,
the
Sonne
of
man
hath
not
where
to
lay
his
head
.
All
the
Saints
of
God
wandred
vp
and
downe
,
In
Sheepes
skinnes
and
Goat
skinnes
,
destitute
,
afflicted
,
and
tormented
,
whom
the
World
was
not
worthy
of
:
Therefore
hauing
food
and
rayment
,
let
vs
therewith
be
content
to
follow
after
Righteousnesse
and
Godlinesse
,
and
to
finish
our
course
in
patience
.
Consider
the
Rauens
,
they
neither
sow
,
nor
reape
,
neither
haue
Store-house
nor
Barn
,
yet
our
heauenly
Father
feedeth
them
;
How
much
are
yee
better
then
the
Fowles
.
Consider
the
Lillies
,
they
neither
labour
nor
spinne
,
yet
Salomon
in
all
his
Royaltie
was
not
clothed
like
one
of
these
,
If
God
so
clothe
the
Grasse
of
the
Field
,
how
much
more
will
hee
clothe
them
that
truly
obey
him
,
Therefore
aske
not
what
yee
shall
eat
or
drinke
,
or
wherewith
you
shall
be
clothed
,
for
all
such
things
the
people
of
the
World
seeke
for
,
but
seeke
you
after
God
,
and
the
Kingdome
of
God
,
and
the
Righteousnesse
thereof
,
and
all
these
things
shall
bee
cast
vpon
you
.
(
so
farre
as
they
shall
be
necessarie
and
profitable
for
you
.
)
Thy
Sauiour
Christ
,
despise
the
World
,
our
fore-fathers
in
Christ
,
and
all
the
holy
Saints
of
God
,
did
vse
the
World
as
if
they
vsed
it
not
,
and
who
would
not
gladly
lose
the
World
to
winne
Heauen
.
The
ioyes
of
this
World
are
but
the
Deuils
Poysons
:
heere
are
no
true
ioyes
,
but
there
are
the
true
ioyes
placed
,
And
why
seeke
you
the
liuing
amongst
the
dead
,
He
is
risen
,
hee
is
not
here
.
The
comfort
of
light
is
best
knowne
in
darknesse
,
of
health
in
sicknesse
,
of
honour
in
basenesse
,
all
these
mayst
thou
finde
in
God
,
not
in
the
World
:
thus
hee
hath
made
our
life
tedious
and
full
of
troubles
,
lest
being
delighted
in
the
way
,
wee
should
forget
the
Country
whereto
we
are
trauelling
,
for
we
haue
here
no
continuing
Citie
,
but
seeke
on
to
come
euen
a
house
not
made
with
hands
,
but
eternall
in
the
Heauens
,
oh
,
seeke
him
thus
,
(
debito
loco
)
in
the
right
place
,
That
he
may
lift
thy
poore
soule
out
of
the
myre
of
afflictions
,
and
set
thee
with
the
Princes
and
Saints
in
Heauen
for
euermore
.
Secondly
,
seeke
him
(
debito
loco
)
in
the
right
place
,
seeke
him
in
(
in
deserto
contemplationis
)
in
the
Desert
of
Contemplation
,
all
you
that
wayte
in
patience
while
the
Lord
shall
come
in
power
to
deliuer
you
out
of
all
your
feare
;
behold
,
I
will
allure
her
,
(
aut
pares
querunt
aut
faciunt
)
doe
seeke
their
like
,
or
doe
make
them
so
,
that
keepe
companie
with
them
.
And
it
is
certaine
(
qui
iunguntur
in
peccato
,
ne
seperantur
in
poena
)
they
that
ioyne
together
in
the
same
sinne
,
shall
not
be
separated
from
the
same
punishment
.
Thy
soule
being
easilier
lost
in
companie
then
alone
,
should
therefore
liue
alone
,
that
she
may
please
him
alone
,
whom
she
hath
chosen
alone
.
Thy
beloued
(
oh
soule
)
is
shamefast
,
and
is
vnwilling
to
shew
thee
familiaritie
in
the
common
presence
:
Leaue
therefore
publike
companie
,
yea
,
leaue
thy
priuate
family
,
and
receiue
the
blessing
of
his
loue
alone
,
Come
,
my
well
beloued
,
let
vs
goe
forth
into
the
field
,
let
vs
get
vp
early
to
see
if
the
Vine
flourish
,
if
shee
hath
budded
the
small
Grape
,
or
whether
the
Pomegranets
flourish
,
there
will
I
giue
thee
my
Loue
.
Againe
(
in
solitudine
cum
Angelis
conuersatur
)
In
solitarie
places
Angels
haue
oft
beene
seene
to
conuerse
with
men
.
Iacob
was
comforted
by
the
Angels
in
the
Wildernesse
,
Esau
.
Moses
was
instructed
by
the
Angell
of
God
in
the
flaming
Bush
in
the
Wildernesse
,
what
hee
should
doe
to
deliuer
Gods
people
out
of
bondage
.
(
In
solitudine
scandalum
malignorum
euitatur
)
In
desart
and
solitarie
places
wee
escape
the
poyson
of
slanderous
tongues
,
therfore
Iohn
Baptist
,
being
to
prepare
the
way
of
the
Lord
,
Thirdly
,
wouldst
thou
know
where
to
seeke
God
(
debito
loco
)
come
to
the
Temple
,
where
the
lips
of
the
wise
preserue
knowledge
,
they
shal
counsaile
thee
(
in
templo
exorationis
)
in
the
Temple
of
Prayer
,
God
standeth
alwayes
readie
to
heare
all
those
that
call
vpon
his
Name
,
and
to
answere
all
their
soules
that
desire
instruction
.
There
you
cannot
faile
to
heare
of
him
:
for
in
his
Temple
doth
euery
man
speake
of
his
honour
.
When
Salomon
prayed
in
the
Temple
,
and
offered
vnto
the
Lord
a
Sacrifice
,
First
,
He
whipt
out
the
Marchants
,
saying
,
My
House
shall
be
called
the
House
of
Prayer
,
but
you
haue
made
it
a
Den
of
Theeues
,
(
marke
I
pray
you
)
he
suffereth
none
to
buy
and
sell
,
but
taught
the
mall
,
that
came
to
heare
and
pray
:
such
still
are
welcome
to
their
Sauiour
:
but
in
this
monstrous
Age
,
most
doe
come
to
make
marchandize
,
both
in
and
of
the
Temple
.
Some
make
marchandize
in
the
Temple
,
and
teach
not
the
way
of
God
truely
,
but
for
feare
or
flatterie
,
speake
not
at
all
,
or
speake
pleasing
things
,
and
spare
to
tell
the
house
of
Iudah
their
transgressions
,
and
the
house
of
Israel
their
sinnes
,
that
they
might
forsake
their
wicked
wayes
and
turne
againe
vnto
the
Lord
and
liue
.
And
some
make
marchandize
of
the
Temple
,
and
are
not
at
rest
til
the
House
of
God
lye
waste
,
But
the
Lord
will
one
day
come
against
them
as
he
came
against
Antiochus
that
sought
to
destroy
the
Temple
of
God
,
he
did
it
not
,
Secondly
,
Iesus
was
found
in
the
Temple
posing
the
Doctors
:
a
good
Lesson
for
vs
all
to
learne
:
First
,
for
vs
Ministers
,
for
hee
that
desireth
the
office
of
a
Bishop
must
be
apt
to
teach
,
being
sufficiently
instructed
to
conuince
Heresie
,
to
exhort
vnto
Godlinesse
,
and
to
rebuke
them
that
sinne
before
all
,
that
others
also
may
feare
,
or
else
he
is
vnworthy
to
bee
a
Master
vnto
the
Israel
of
God
,
if
hee
bee
ignorant
of
these
things
.
Secondly
,
here
is
a
good
Lesson
for
you
to
learne
,
that
come
to
the
Temple
and
House
of
God
,
to
bee
made
partakers
of
his
holy
Word
,
come
not
hither
,
to
heare
the
Preacher
,
as
the
Iewes
came
to
heare
Christ
,
that
they
might
intangle
him
in
his
talke
,
nor
as
Herod
who
heard
Iohn
Baptist
gladly
,
yet
cut
off
his
head
,
nor
in
presumption
with
the
Iewes
to
teach
your
Teachers
:
if
you
doe
?
then
as
Christ
saith
,
take
heed
how
you
heare
.
And
know
that
all
wee
that
haue
our
errand
from
Heauen
,
and
are
called
of
God
as
Aaron
was
,
haue
knowledge
ioyned
with
authoritie
sufficient
,
without
feare
of
them
that
haue
authoritie
to
kill
the
bodie
,
but
are
not
able
to
kill
the
soule
,
boldly
to
preach
the
Gospell
of
Christ
Iesus
euen
before
Kings
,
and
to
make
you
tremble
at
our
Doctrine
,
Thirdly
,
Iesus
sate
daily
in
the
Temple
to
teach
the
people
:
he
that
will
take
the
fleece
,
must
feed
the
flocke
.
For
whosoeuer
shall
perish
in
thy
Fold
(
for
want
of
instruction
)
his
soule
will
I
require
at
thy
hands
,
saith
the
Lord
;
and
my
sheepe
heare
my
voyce
(
marke
that
)
if
it
be
our
dutie
to
teach
,
it
s
your
duty
to
heare
.
Therefore
,
I
admonish
you
all
,
examine
your selues
how
you
haue
profited
in
the
Schoole
of
Christ
,
long
hath
the
holy
Gospell
beene
taught
vnto
vs
,
if
we
be
not
bettered
by
these
holy
Councels
,
it
s
a
sure
token
,
that
we
haue
not
yet
sought
after
God
(
debito
modo
)
as
we
ought
,
with
our
whole
heart
,
mournfully
by
Repentance
;
diligently
seeking
nothing
but
God
,
constantly
not
fainting
till
wee
find
his
Spirit
answering
our
spirits
in
loue
.
It
s
also
an
infallible
token
of
our
irregular
life
,
carelesse
of
our
small
time
of
abode
,
in
that
we
will
not
seeke
him
(
debito
tempore
)
while
it
is
day
watchfully
:
while
he
is
present
cheerefully
,
while
he
is
mercifull
acceptably
.
It
s
also
a
manifest
testimonie
of
our
contempt
against
God
refusing
to
come
where
God
is
,
for
the
Lord
is
in
his
holy
Temple
,
Thus
to
seeke
after
God
(
debito
modo
,
debito
tempore
,
debito
loco
)
we
shall
be
sure
to
find
him
with
ioy
vnto
our
soules
:
which
blessing
God
grant
vnto
vs
all
,
through
Iesus
Christ
our
Lord
.
Amen
.
THE
GAINES
OF
SEEKING
GOD.
PSAL.
69.32
.
Seeke
after
God
,
and
your
soule
shall
liue
.
THis
Text
I
partly
handled
before
,
leauing
the
rest
till
now
:
then
I
deuided
it
into
two
parts
,
first
,
a
Precept
,
in
these
words
,
Seeke
after
God
:
secondly
,
a
Promise
,
in
these
words
,
and
your
soule
shall
liue
.
The
first
part
,
which
is
the
Precept
,
I
handled
then
at
large
,
of
the
second
part
which
is
the
Promise
,
I
purpose
now
to
treate
,
and
doe
humbly
beseech
Almightie
God
his
assistance
,
and
your
gentle
patience
.
Here
indeed
is
the
true
gaines
of
seeking
after
God
,
for
so
saith
my
Text
,
(
your
soule
shall
liue
)
In
the
handling
whereof
,
these
are
the
chiefe
points
wherein
to
insist
:
first
,
the
dignitie
conceiued
in
the
Word
(
soule
:
)
secondly
,
the
qualitie
in
the
Word
(
your
:
)
thirdly
,
the
vtilitie
and
comfort
of
the
soule
,
in
these
words
(
shall
liue
.
)
First
,
the
dignitie
of
the
soule
fitly
mentioned
in
the
verie
Word
it selfe
(
soule
)
shall
more
plainly
bee
conceiued
in
the
consideration
of
these
three
circumstances
:
first
,
the
condition
of
the
soule
,
while
wee
consider
the
matter
and
essence
whereof
the
soule
consisteth
.
For
,
behold
,
In
the
soules
Creation
God
only
made
it
according
to
his
owne
Image
,
a
spirituall
and
incorporeall
substance
:
And
Augustine
reasoning
about
the
soule
,
saith
thus
(
Anima
est
incorporea
substantia
regens
corpus
,
sicut
enim
in
Deo
vna
est
essentia
,
&
tres
distinctae
personae
:
sic
in
anima
vna
est
essentia
&
tres
distinctae
potentiae
,
Memoria
,
Intelligentia
,
Voluntas
)
which
is
thus
in
English
:
The
soule
is
a
spirituall
substance
,
gouerning
the
bodie
,
for
as
in
God
there
is
but
one
essence
,
and
three
distinct
persons
:
so
in
the
soule
there
is
but
one
essence
and
three
distinct
powers
,
that
is
,
the
Memorie
,
the
Vnderstanding
,
and
the
Will
;
(
but
howsoeuer
)
the
immortalitie
of
the
soule
may
be
proued
in
this
,
in
that
it
neuer
ceaseth
to
liue
,
euen
in
miserie
.
Thus
you
see
the
dignitie
and
excellent
nature
of
the
soule
,
for
according
to
the
Image
of
God
,
the
soule
is
made
reasonable
,
and
may
bee
imployed
about
euery
thing
,
but
cannot
bee
satisfied
with
any
thing
,
for
it
being
made
capeable
of
God
,
whatsoeuer
is
lesse
then
God
,
is
vnable
to
fill
it
.
O
noble
Creature
,
thou
soule
,
which
art
only
ordayned
for
the
fruition
and
vision
of
God
,
O
my
soule
that
art
formed
in
the
Image
of
God
,
betrothed
by
faith
,
and
indued
with
the
Spirit
,
loue
him
,
O
loue
him
,
of
whom
thou
art
so
much
beloued
,
O
knit
thy
heart
vnto
him
,
that
hath
knit
himselfe
to
thy
soule
,
and
seeke
after
him
that
seeketh
for
thee
,
O
seeke
after
God
,
&c.
But
alas
,
for
the
stiffe-necked
,
hard-hearted
Sinner
,
what
shall
become
of
thee
,
why
doe
you
so
neglect
the
saluation
of
your
soules
which
are
immortall
.
If
thou
diddest
truely
know
the
dignitie
of
thy selfe
,
O
soule
,
whosoeuer
thou
beest
,
thy
sins
would
be
abominable
vnto
thee
:
a
noble
spirited
man
scorns
rude
and
base
companions
,
and
all
men
naturally
doe
shunne
the
plague
,
and
their
dearest
friends
possest
therewith
:
There
is
nothing
so
base
as
sinne
,
the
verie
plague
and
infection
of
the
soule
:
Oh
then
forsake
and
loath
thy
dearest
affections
so
long
as
they
are
in
loue
with
sinne
,
and
let
the
consideration
of
thy
soules
dignitie
keepe
thee
in
innocencie
for
euermore
.
The
second
circumstance
to
be
considered
,
whereby
we
may
know
the
dignitie
of
the
soule
(
is
by
comparison
)
wherein
it
shall
appeare
,
how
infinitely
the
soule
exceeds
the
bodie
with
all
the
members
thereof
,
and
all
things
whatsoeuer
haue
beene
created
besides
:
Euery
soule
is
better
then
euery
body
,
for
that
that
giueth
life
,
is
better
then
that
which
receiueth
it
,
and
the
soule
giueth
life
to
the
bodie
:
yea
,
so
much
as
the
Firmament
of
Heauen
is
more
beautifull
then
the
Earth
:
so
farre
doth
the
soule
exceede
in
glorie
the
beautifullest
bodie
that
euer
was
framed
.
O
how
admirable
is
the
diuers
coloured
beautie
of
all
the
Esements
,
and
of
all
the
celestiall
Firmament
,
how
pleasant
and
profitable
vnto
vs
,
and
how
necessarie
the
seruice
of
them
is
for
vs
,
and
yet
all
these
were
made
but
for
the
soule
:
thou
,
O
God
,
that
hast
made
all
things
,
hast
placed
&
subiected
all
these
things
vnder
mans
feet
:
that
only
Man
remaining
Lord
ouer
all
thy
Workes
,
should
himselfe
remayne
only
thine
,
and
which
is
more
,
all
outward
things
are
created
&
ordayned
for
the
bodie
,
but
the
bodie
it selfe
is
subiect
to
the
soule
,
and
the
soule
it selfe
is
subiect
vnto
thee
,
that
it
might
only
serue
thee
,
only
loue
thee
,
and
only
possesse
thee
alone
.
The
price
of
the
whole
Word
is
not
to
be
valued
to
the
worth
of
the
soule
;
for
what
shall
it
profit
a
man
to
winne
the
whole
World
and
lose
his
owne
soule
.
Wee
reade
that
the
holy
Saints
haue
crucified
their
owne
bodies
,
and
chastized
themselues
with
hard
penance
,
and
all
that
they
might
saue
their
soules
:
For
they
that
are
Christs
haue
crucified
the
flesh
with
the
affections
and
lusts
of
it
:
O
you
holy
Saints
,
and
dearest
friends
of
God
,
tell
vs
,
O
tell
vs
,
why
with
so
many
Watchings
,
so
many
Prayers
,
and
so
much
Discipline
,
you
haue
so
cruelly
mortified
your
flesh
.
O
most
glorious
Martyrs
,
why
haue
you
exposed
your selues
to
such
cruell
torments
,
that
you
haue
not
refused
to
die
,
yea
,
euen
a
violent
death
,
with
cheerfulnesse
embracing
such
a
sentence
?
O
blessed
Iesus
,
why
diddest
thou
suffer
three
and
thirtie
yeeres
together
,
hunger
,
thirst
,
labour
,
sweat
,
deepe
wounds
,
and
finally
death
it selfe
,
they
answere
all
aloude
,
it
was
for
the
soule
?
therefore
it
is
manifest
the
soule
is
more
precious
then
all
the
other
things
of
the
world
:
Seeing
then
all
things
are
but
vile
in
comparison
of
the
soule
,
why
doe
wee
so
vainly
care
for
the
preseruation
of
euery
thing
but
the
soule
:
our
bodies
,
our
riches
,
our
cattell
,
our
garments
are
curiously
deckt
and
prouided
for
,
but
alas
,
few
men
haue
any
respect
at
all
vnto
their
soules
,
O
vnhappie
wretched
men
,
why
are
you
so
carefull
about
many
things
,
nay
,
euery
thing
,
sauing
this
one
thing
,
for
which
all
your
care
should
be
bestowed
?
Remember
Christs
counsell
to
Maries
complayning
Sister
(
Martha
,
Martha
,
thou
carest
and
art
troubled
for
many
things
,
but
one
thing
only
is
necessarie
,
O
then
,
beloued
in
the
Lord
,
let
vs
louingly
care
for
this
one
thing
(
our
soule
)
in
the
faithfull
preseruation
whereof
consisteth
all
things
else
that
pertaine
to
mans
eternall
happinesse
,
which
God
giue
vs
grace
truly
to
performe
for
euer
more
,
Amen
.
The
third
circumstance
to
be
considered
,
whereby
to
know
the
dignitie
of
the
soule
,
is
by
the
habitation
being
capeable
of
such
a
glorious
Tenant
as
the
Holy
Ghost
for
God
hath
created
the
soule
to
no
other
end
but
for
himselfe
,
which
is
to
be
his
habitation
,
so
that
the
soule
is
called
the
Temple
of
God
,
As
the
Apostle
saith
,
Know
yee
not
that
yee
are
the
Temple
of
the
Holy
Ghost
,
and
that
the
Spirit
of
God
dwelleth
in
you
(
if
you
bee
the
holy
seate
of
God
)
thither
our
Sauiour
comming
to
keepe
perpetuall
Holidayes
,
hath
ordayned
all
things
necessarie
for
the
honour
of
his
entertaynment
.
So
long
as
God
dwels
in
the
soule
of
a
iust
man
,
Hee
hath
commanded
an
Host
of
Angels
to
guard
him
;
Hee
shall
giue
his
Angels
charge
ouer
thee
,
to
keepe
thee
in
all
thy
wayes
:
And
the
Angell
of
the
Lord
tarryeth
round
about
them
that
feare
him
,
to
deliuer
them
.
Behold
,
the
dignitie
of
the
soule
,
how
God
hath
appointed
the
Angels
,
that
are
so
noble
Creatures
,
to
bee
their
keepers
;
Man
made
lower
then
the
Angels
,
yet
,
lo
,
attended
by
them
:
Surely
,
its
great
dignitie
to
the
soule
,
that
euery
man
at
his
birth
hath
an
Angell
chosen
to
bee
his
keeper
;
And
this
Angell
is
so
employed
about
our
businesse
,
as
a
Messenger
alwaies
running
betwixt
the
Beloued
and
her
Loue
,
offering
our
Desires
and
Prayers
,
as
an
acceptable
Sacrifice
vnto
God
,
and
bringing
downe
the
Royall
Present
of
Gods
holy
Gifts
into
the
soule
,
still
stirring
vp
the
soule
to
all
good
workes
,
and
labouring
to
appease
Gods
wrath
,
that
it
should
neuer
bee
kindled
against
vs
:
this
Royal
prerogatiue
of
the
soule
,
to
entertayne
God
as
a
Ghest
,
truely
describes
the
dignitie
of
the
same
,
which
all
this
while
is
attended
with
an
Armie
of
heauenly
Souldiers
.
Againe
,
whilest
God
inhabiteth
the
righteous
soule
,
he
makes
it
a
continuall
feast
,
in
the
large
open
Chamber
of
a
quiet
conscience
,
and
giues
them
the
Bread
of
Life
to
feed
vpon
,
euen
by
breaking
his
owne
precious
Bodie
vnto
them
,
the
effect
of
bread
is
to
preserue
life
,
and
to
strenghten
mans
heart
:
So
Christ
that
is
the
true
Bread
come
downe
from
Heauen
,
giueth
them
spirituall
Bread
(
his
Bodie
)
thereby
to
preserue
the
life
of
the
soule
;
Labour
not
then
for
the
meate
that
perisheth
,
but
for
the
meate
that
endureth
to
euerlasting
life
,
which
the
Sonne
of
man
shall
giue
vnto
you
,
for
him
hath
the
Father
sealed
.
Againe
,
yet
whilest
God
in
habiteth
the
righteous
soule
,
hee
bringeth
her
a
greater
blessing
then
Caleb
could
bestow
vpon
his
Danghter
,
although
hee
gaue
her
the
Springs
aboue
&
the
Springs
beneath
,
a
rich
Dowrie
:
Man
by
nature
and
sinne
is
made
barren
of
all
Grace
,
yet
being
bathed
and
washed
in
the
euer-streaming
Fountaine
of
Christs
Bloud
by
Repentance
,
and
renewed
by
the
Grace
that
is
brought
vnto
her
through
our
Lord
Iesus
Christ
.
She
is
made
fruitfull
in
euery
good
worke
,
and
to
walke
acceptably
before
God
.
The
Apostle
shewing
the
Corinthians
,
That
the
vnrighteous
shall
not
inherit
the
Kingdome
of
GOD
,
saith
,
such
were
some
of
you
,
but
ye
are
washed
,
but
yee
are
sanctified
:
behold
the
dignitie
of
the
soule
,
in
the
estimation
of
her
price
;
For
,
saith
the
Apostle
,
yee
are
bought
with
a
price
:
Great
is
the
price
of
the
soule
,
whome
nothing
could
redeeme
but
the
bloud
of
Iesus
Christ
:
God
make
vs
carefull
of
this
dignitie
for
euermore
,
through
Iesus
Christ
our
Lord
,
Amen
.
In
the
second
place
we
are
to
consider
the
qualitie
of
the
soule
,
which
may
bee
vnderstood
in
the
three
powers
of
the
soule
,
which
I
told
you
of
before
,
and
is
mentioned
in
this
word
(
your
.
)
First
,
(
Sapientiam
docet
)
It
teacheth
vs
Wisedome
:
Secondly
,
(
Munditiam
seruat
)
It
preserueth
vs
in
Innocencie
:
Thirdly
,
(
Constantiam
nutrit
)
it
nourisheth
our
Constancie
,
who
were
else
vtterly
vnable
to
fight
that
great
and
tedious
battaile
betweene
vs
&
our
spirituall
enemies
.
It
teacheth
vs
wisedome
three
wayes
,
(
intelligende
praeterita
)
by
vnderstanding
the
things
long
since
past
.
(
Iudicanda
praesentia
)
in
being
able
to
discerne
and
iudge
of
those
things
that
bee
now
present
;
(
Expectando
futura
)
in
expecting
good
things
to
bee
receiued
hereafter
at
the
hands
of
God
.
First
,
(
Intelligendo
praeterita
,
bona
Animae
Sapientiae
)
Wisedome
is
the
treasure
of
the
soule
,
a
good
man
knoweth
all
things
which
God
hath
made
to
be
knowne
,
aswell
those
things
of
the
World
which
are
past
,
as
the
things
that
are
to
come
,
euen
the
inuisible
things
of
God
,
that
is
,
his
eternall
Power
and
Godhead
,
are
seene
by
the
Creation
of
the
World
,
being
considered
in
the
Creatures
his
Workes
:
This
made
Dauid
sing
,
The
Heauens
declare
the
glorie
of
God
,
and
the
Fir mament
sheweth
his
handy-worke
:
the
soule
is
only
capeable
of
Reason
,
and
therefore
considering
the
worthinesse
of
her selfe
,
the
vilenesse
of
the
bodie
,
and
the
shortnesse
of
this
life
;
therefore
she
chuseth
rather
to
prouide
for
the
Life
to
come
which
is
immortall
,
then
to
regard
at
all
this
life
which
is
so
transitorie
,
this
makes
vs
to
worship
God
,
before
whom
wee
must
stand
to
render
our
account
at
the
Day
of
Iudgement
:
this
made
holy
Dauid
faithfully
to
apply
his
heart
vnto
Wisedome
,
after
hee
knew
how
few
dayes
he
had
to
liue
:
this
knowledge
and
vnderstanding
,
is
the
true
difference
betweene
Man
and
Beast
,
and
therefore
wee
reade
of
Pauls
complaint
,
that
he
had
fought
with
Beasts
at
Ephesus
,
after
the
manner
of
men
,
that
is
,
beastly
men
,
carnally
minding
earthly
things
,
but
not
sauouring
the
things
of
God
:
and
surely
,
he
that
is
ignorant
of
these
things
,
may
be
said
to
haue
no
soule
,
as
we
reade
of
Ephraim
,
Who
was
said
to
bec
like
a
Doue
deceiued
without
a
heart
,
that
is
,
without
a
soule
:
worldly
wisemen
are
euen
like
Moles
and
beasts
(
In
terra
sapienter
se
habent
,
supra
nihil
vident
)
They
behaue
themselues
orderly
vpon
Earth
,
but
see
nothing
concerning
the
mysteries
of
Heauen
,
but
it
is
the
soule
doth
teach
vs
to
vnderstand
wisedome
secretly
,
O
giue
mee
vnderstanding
and
I
shall
liue
.
Secondly
,
(
Iudicando
praesentia
hoc
iudicium
nihil
aliud
est
quam
reddere
cuique
quod
suum
est
)
This
iudgement
is
nothing
else
,
but
for
vs
to
giue
euery
man
his
owne
.
Therefore
let
euery
man
arise
,
and
sitting
in
Iudgement
vpon
the
Throne
of
his
soule
,
let
his
thoughts
accuse
or
excuse
,
let
his
conscience
witnesse
,
and
let
his
memorie
giue
right
Iudgement
in
all
things
concerning
himselfe
,
and
God
,
and
man
;
For
himselfe
,
let
him
forsake
sinne
:
For
God
,
let
him
punish
sinne
:
For
men
let
him
doe
good
.
Righteousnesse
is
nothing
else
but
not
to
sinne
(
Iustus
quod
contra
Iustitiam
fecit
per
lachrimas
punit
)
A
iust
man
punisheth
that
sinne
with
teares
,
which
hee
hath
committed
by
frailtie
.
If
wee
would
iudge
our selues
,
we
should
not
bee
iudged
,
therefore
,
Whatsoeuer
yee
would
that
men
should
doe
vnto
you
,
euen
so
doe
yee
vnto
them
,
for
thus
is
the
Law
and
the
Prophets
.
God
hath
ordained
vs
to
bee
Iudges
in
the
Court
of
our
consciences
,
that
we
might
arraigne
our
sinnes
and
put
them
to
death
.
This
is
the
wisedome
of
the
soule
,
(
neuer
to
consent
to
any
,
though
neuer
so
good
)
if
hee
doe
the
things
that
are
euill
,
and
neuer
to
contradict
any
man
(
though
neuer
so
euill
,
)
if
hee
doe
the
thing
that
is
good
.
This
Iudgement
can
no
waies
bee
so
truely
performed
,
as
by
the
helpe
of
the
memorie
in
our
soules
,
one
of
the
powers
of
the
soule
,
that
keepes
the
whole
course
of
our
life
in
the
comlinesse
of
good
order
.
Thirdly
,
(
expectando
futura
bona
)
expecting
good
things
to
come
,
which
proceed
from
the
grace
of
God
through
a
good
conscience
,
and
this
is
in
the
choyce
of
the
will
:
Many
things
seeme
hard
to
the
vnwilling
,
but
nothing
is
vneasie
to
a
good
will
,
for
if
a
small
reward
in
this
life
,
makes
vs
esteeme
great
labour
little
toyle
;
how
much
rather
should
our
eternall
reward
of
that
blessednesse
to
come
,
make
vs
cheerfully
to
meet
all
confronting
troubles
,
and
comfortably
to
expect
all
succeeding
graces
and
offered
blessings
,
which
God
hath
assured
to
them
that
obediently
serue
him
,
who
would
not
expect
the
reward
promised
,
(
yea
though
he
be
a
sinner
)
seeing
God
is
mercifull
:
The
Psalmist
thus
reasoneth
with
his
fainted
soule
,
Why
art
thou
so
heauie
,
O
my
soule
!
and
why
art
thou
so
disquieted
within
me
?
O
,
put
thy
trust
in
God
,
for
I
will
yet
giue
him
thanks
which
is
the
helpe
of
my
countenance
and
my
God
.
Three
things
doe
moue
the
soule
in
willingnesse
,
to
waite
for
the
blessings
of
Gods
reward
.
First
,
the
Charitie
of
our
adoption
,
who
being
slaues
to
Sinne
and
Satan
,
by
Iesus
Christ
,
are
now
called
,
the
sonnes
of
God
.
Secondly
,
the
truth
of
his
promise
,
who
is
neuer
forgetfull
of
his
Couenant
made
to
a
thousand
generations
.
Thirdly
,
the
possibilitie
of
his
performance
,
to
whom
all
power
belongeth
,
and
who
is
mercifull
to
reward
euery
man
according
to
his
works
.
The
Husbandman
patiently
expecteth
the
fruits
of
the
earth
;
and
a
good
pawne
is
counted
a
sufficient
securitie
:
We
haue
Gods
Word
and
Sacraments
,
and
Christ
himselfe
hath
laid
downe
his
life
for
vs
(
cum
opus
proficit
praemij
fiducia
crescit
)
when
the
worke
is
finished
,
the
expectation
of
the
reward
encreaseth
:
Thus
,
behold
,
wisedome
is
infused
into
man
by
the
powers
of
the
soule
,
and
this
is
the
first
qualitie
to
be
obserued
in
the
soule
(
sapientiam
docet
)
it
teacheth
vs
wisedome
.
Secondly
,
(
munditiam
seruat
,
)
it
preserueth
vs
in
innocencie
and
sanctitie
;
the
Psalmist
propounds
a
question
,
and
answereth
himselfe
,
Who
shall
assend
into
the
Hill
of
the
Lord
,
or
who
shall
rise
vp
in
his
holy
place
?
euen
hee
,
that
hath
cleane
hands
and
a
pure
heart
,
and
hath
not
lift
vp
his
minde
vnto
vanitic
,
nor
sworne
to
deceiue
his
Neighbour
,
hee
shall
receiue
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
and
righteousnesse
from
the
God
of
his
saluation
:
And
what
part
of
man
can
performe
this
,
but
the
soule
?
the
soule
and
spirit
only
keeps
the
heart
from
euill
thoughts
,
the
mouth
from
corrupt
communication
,
the
hands
from
hatefull
works
,
so
that
hereby
wee
are
taught
,
the
soule
preserueth
vs
innocent
in
heart
,
in
word
and
in
deede
.
No
man
putteth
a
precious
oyntment
which
hee
is
desirous
to
preserue
and
keepe
,
how
long
shall
euill
thoughts
remaine
within
you
:
there
sinne
beginnes
,
Make
me
a
cleane
heart
,
O
God
,
and
renew
a
right
spirit
within
mee
.
Thus
you
see
the
soule
and
spirit
keepe
the
heart
in
innocencie
,
and
so
all
the
bodie
shall
be
cleane
from
sinne
,
also
the
soule
and
spirit
of
man
,
while
hee
liues
,
must
keepe
the
mouth
from
corrupt
communication
:
O
sing
yee
praise
with
vnderstanding
,
no
member
without
the
bodie
,
no
part
or
facultie
within
the
bodie
is
capeable
of
vnderstanding
,
but
by
the
soule
,
and
only
by
the
powers
thereof
is
vnderstanding
infused
into
other
parts
,
as
you
haue
beene
taught
already
:
if
therefore
yee
will
grace
your selues
,
and
edifie
your
Brethren
,
and
glorifie
your
God
.
O
let
your
soules
speake
first
vnto
your
tongues
,
and
be
a
watch
vnto
your
mouthes
,
and
set
the
seale
of
wisedome
vpon
your
lips
,
that
ye
may
speake
with
vnderstanding
,
it
is
the
phrase
of
the
wise
Iew
(
therefore
I
pray
beare
with
me
,
)
The
hearts
of
Fooles
is
in
their
mouth
,
but
the
mouth
of
the
wise
is
in
their
heart
.
If
therefore
you
desire
to
bee
counted
wise
and
would
not
speake
like
fooles
,
often
let
your
soules
take
heede
vnto
your
mouthes
that
you
offend
not
in
your
tongue
:
according
to
your
words
will
all
men
iudge
of
your
liues
,
if
your
words
be
prophane
,
your
conuersation
cannot
be
holy
,
if
your
words
bee
good
,
men
will
iudge
your
liues
to
bee
honest
;
by
good
words
the
soule
is
delighted
,
by
euill
words
the
soule
is
grieued
:
But
take
heede
if
one
of
vs
will
scarce
abide
where
wee
haue
rude
and
base
entertainment
,
how
much
rather
shall
the
holy
Ghost
(
the
soules
ghest
)
being
daily
disquieted
with
blasphemies
,
and
disgrac't
with
filthy
talking
,
seeke
to
change
her
habitation
,
and
leaue
vs
destitute
of
all
grace
.
Againe
,
the
soule
must
bee
our
guide
and
leade
vs
in
our
actions
,
that
we
may
doe
all
things
to
the
glorie
of
God
.
Grace
is
the
life
of
the
soule
,
by
which
only
man
is
taught
the
knowledge
of
his
sinnes
,
the
loue
of
God
,
I
was
glad
when
they
said
vnto
me
;
we
will
goe
into
the
House
of
the
Lord
,
and
all
my
delight
shall
bee
in
the
Saints
that
dwell
vpon
Earth
,
and
vpon
such
as
excell
in
Vertue
.
Also
she
teacheth
them
innocencie
in
their
priuate
life
,
knowing
that
they
are
alwayes
in
the
sight
of
God
,
and
therefore
they
abstayne
from
all
iniquitie
;
and
shee
teacheth
them
to
deale
iustly
and
charitably
with
all
men
Magistrates
to
deal
conscionably
in
their
Offices
,
Subiects
to
yeeld
reuerent
obedience
to
the
Magistrates
:
briefly
,
so
to
liue
one
with
another
,
that
the
fruits
of
our
faith
may
be
made
manifest
vnto
all
:
and
shee
teacheth
them
of
what
calling
or
condition
soeuer
they
be
,
so
to
exercise
themselues
in
their
seuerall
vocations
,
that
they
may
bee
profitable
and
helpfull
to
themselues
,
and
priuate
Families
to
the
Church
and
members
of
God
,
and
to
the
whole
Common
Wealth
wherein
they
liue
:
Thus
you
see
the
qualitie
of
the
soule
to
keepe
vs
innocent
in
our
heart
,
our
mouthes
,
and
our
workes
,
which
God
grant
vnto
vs
for
euermore
.
Thirdly
(
Constantiam
nutrit
)
it
nourisheth
Constancie
:
which
is
these
three
wayes
(
humiliter
accipiendo
)
humbly
taking
vp
our
Crosse
:
(
patienter
tolerando
)
patiently
bearing
our
afflictions
:
(
fideliter
diligendo
)
faithfully
louing
our
Fathers
correction
.
First
,
(
humiliter
accipiendo
)
while
troubles
doe
assault
vs
,
our
soules
are
humbled
within
vs
,
there
is
giuen
vs
a
pricke
in
the
flesh
to
buffet
vs
,
lest
we
should
be
exalted
aboue
measure
:
the
weake
flesh
is
readie
to
shunne
all
incumbrances
,
like
the
Sluggard
that
saith
,
There
is
a
Lion
in
the
way
,
and
a
Beare
in
the
streets
:
or
the
Spies
that
spake
of
the
great
Gyants
of
Anacke
:
but
the
valiant
Spirit
and
soule
makes
vs
willing
to
meete
with
any
crosse
;
and
to
embrace
euery
temptation
cheerfully
:
As
Iob
when
hee
had
lost
all
his
estate
,
and
had
no
friends
left
him
,
rebuked
his
Wife
for
that
she
would
not
willingly
receiue
euil
at
the
hands
of
God
aswell
as
good
;
likewise
holy
Dauid
said
of
Shimei
,
hee
curseth
because
God
hath
bid
him
curse
Dauid
:
and
as
Paul
flyeth
not
,
being
perswaded
not
to
goe
vp
to
Ierusalem
,
but
answered
,
I
am
readie
not
to
be
bound
only
,
but
also
to
dye
at
Hierusalem
for
the
Name
of
the
Lord
Iesus
.
He
hath
done
halfe
his
worke
that
beginnes
well
,
the
willingnesse
of
the
soule
,
doth
minister
strength
to
the
Labourer
,
that
he
may
not
faint
in
the
Worke
of
the
Lord
,
nor
be
wearie
of
well-doing
:
It
makes
things
that
be
most
hard
and
difficult
,
to
seeme
easie
to
be
done
:
therefore
begin
willingly
,
for
by
continuall
labour
strength
is
attayned
,
this
willingnesse
is
only
in
the
soule
.
Secondly
,
(
patienter
tolerando
)
the
state
of
mans
bodie
is
vtterly
vncapeable
of
griefe
,
but
the
soule
must
beare
the
burthen
of
affliction
:
Lo
,
though
hee
kill
me
,
yet
yet
will
I
trust
in
him
:
Patience
is
the
closet
of
the
soule
wherein
it
is
preserued
from
all
iniuries
of
temptation
:
therefore
when
Christ
our
blessed
Sauiour
told
his
Disciples
of
the
ruines
of
the
World
,
and
terrours
of
the
last
times
,
hee
wisheth
them
to
possesse
their
soules
with
patience
.
This
makes
the
Prouerbe
true
(
Vincit
qui
patitur
)
He
that
suffereth
,
ouercommeth
;
not
with
fighting
,
but
with
patient
bearing
:
as
Eleasar
,
being
readie
to
giue
vp
the
ghost
,
The
Lord
knoweth
manifestly
,
that
whereas
I
might
haue
beene
deliuered
from
death
,
I
am
scourged
and
suffer
these
sore
paines
of
my
bodie
,
but
in
my
minde
I
suffer
them
gladly
for
his
Religion
.
The
stalke
of
a
rotten
Apple
will
not
endure
the
least
winde
without
falling
:
so
the
patience
of
an
vnfaithfull
soule
,
will
not
endure
the
least
winde
of
temptation
without
falling
into
finall
desperation
,
as
Achittophel
and
Iudas
Iscariot
:
What
is
the
cause
(
beloued
)
that
so
many
endure
great
labour
,
and
take
sore
paines
to
doe
euill
,
and
to
wearie
themselues
in
the
wayes
of
wickednesse
,
and
we
will
not
patiently
endure
the
least
paines
in
the
profitable
paths
of
godlinesse
,
and
that
some
labour
more
for
death
then
we
for
life
,
as
Theeues
and
the
wicked
Iudges
,
is
it
not
the
corruption
of
an
vnfaithfull
soule
?
O
then
let
vs
not
bee
as
naked
men
in
the
middest
of
our
armed
enemies
:
A
raw
Tyle
cast
into
the
water
is
easily
dissolued
,
but
being
burnt
in
the
Furnace
doth
wax
hard
and
durable
:
so
man
liuing
in
the
waters
of
sinne
is
full
of
carnall
pollution
,
but
being
burnt
in
the
fire
of
holy
loue
,
or
in
the
furnace
of
tribulation
,
his
soule
is
constant
in
holy
deuotion
:
therefore
as
Beares
are
made
fat
by
stripes
,
and
the
Asse
is
fedde
with
a
whip
;
and
the
Salamander
delighteth
in
the
fire
:
so
let
our
soules
take
food
and
fatnes
in
temptation
,
and
be
delighted
in
the
patience
of
true
constancie
foreuermore
,
Amen
.
Thirdly
,
(
fideliter
diligendo
)
when
wee
consider
the
sweetnesse
of
Gods
mercie
,
sparing
when
wee
deserue
punishment
,
&c.
How
can
wee
but
open
our
soules
in
loue
and
sing
to
God
,
It
is
good
for
me
that
I
haue
bene
troubled
,
&c.
Thy
Rod
and
thy
Staffe
do
comfort
me
,
O
how
great
is
the
multitude
of
thy
Mercie
,
O
Lord
,
The
Lord
is
gracious
vnto
euery
man
,
and
his
Mercie
is
ouer
all
his
Workes
:
and
it
is
an
especiall
dutie
of
Religion
for
loue
of
God
,
wisely
to
auoyd
the
snares
of
the
World
,
the
Flesh
,
and
the
Deuill
:
for
the
soule
that
is
enlighted
by
God
,
doth
driue
away
the
wicked
motions
of
temptation
,
as
the
Sunne
draweth
vp
the
mists
from
the
Earth
,
and
this
loue
of
the
soule
being
firmely
fixed
vpon
God
,
doth
easily
ouercome
all
feare
,
euen
the
feare
of
Pouertie
,
the
feare
of
Death
,
and
the
feare
of
Iudgement
;
for
perfect
loue
casteth
out
feare
;
and
loue
is
strong
as
death
,
Much
water
cannot
quench
loue
,
neither
can
the
flouds
drowne
it
:
The
loue
of
God
is
in
vs
,
and
vnto
vs
the
life
of
our
soules
;
O
then
let
our
soules
liue
to
prayse
him
,
God
euen
for
his
loue
will
not
shrinke
from
vs
;
so
let
our
soules
in
faithfull
loue
to
him
bee
constant
in
all
seruice
appertayning
to
him
,
humbly
to
take
vp
our
crosse
daily
and
follow
him
,
patiently
to
endure
his
chastnings
of
loue
,
and
faithfully
to
loue
him
for
his
gracious
mercies
towards
vs
,
for
his
prouident
preseruation
of
our
liues
and
estates
,
and
for
his
mightie
deliuerances
out
of
all
our
temptations
:
And
God
almightie
giue
vs
all
grace
to
performe
this
truth
for
euermore
,
Amen
.
In
the
third
and
last
place
wee
are
to
consider
,
the
vtilitie
and
comfort
of
the
soule
,
which
is
contained
in
these
words
(
shall
liue
)
carnally
,
we
say
,
they
that
liue
in
mourning
and
miserie
,
seeking
for
helpe
of
God
,
and
seeing
it
yet
farre
from
them
,
they
are
counted
among
the
dead
which
be
out
of
minde
,
and
liue
in
the
graue
,
and
they
that
are
(
voti
compotes
)
satisfied
according
to
their
hearts
desire
,
and
frollick
it
in
mirth
and
ioy
,
are
said
to
liue
:
And
so
spiritually
wee
say
the
soule
that
truely
seeketh
after
God
,
onely
delighting
in
the
Lord
may
be
truely
said
to
liue
in
God
,
these
three
wayes
,
first
(
per
abstractionem
desiderij
)
by
the
restraint
of
his
desire
:
secondly
,
(
per
dispositionem
voluntatis
)
by
the
disposition
of
his
will
;
thirdly
,
(
per
praesentiam
adiutoris
)
by
the
presence
of
his
friend
and
helper
.
First
(
per
abstractionem
desiderij
)
your
soule
shall
liue
(
that
is
,
it
being
now
dead
by
sinne
,
and
dead
by
sorrow
,
yet
God
shall
speake
peace
vnto
your
soules
,
and
you
shall
liue
being
refreshed
with
the
blessing
of
peace
)
Dauid
complaineth
of
the
deadly
ebbe
of
his
estate
,
how
his
enemies
liue
and
are
mightie
;
they
come
in
,
no
misfortune
like
other
folke
,
neither
are
they
plagued
like
other
men
;
but
I
am
cleane
forgotten
as
a
dead
man
out
of
minde
,
and
am
become
like
a
broken
vessell
,
and
when
he
desires
to
liue
,
he
describes
the
manner
hee
would
liue
,
Secondly
,
the
soule
is
said
to
liue
(
per
dispositionem
voluntatis
)
by
the
godly
disposition
of
her
will
.
A
faithfull
soule
is
the
House
of
God
,
because
God
is
sed
to
dwell
in
her
,
in
this
life
present
,
by
the
sweet
taste
of
his
gracious
loue
administred
vnto
her
;
and
in
the
life
to
come
,
by
the
blessed
fruition
of
his
glory
:
(
now
)
it
is
most
meete
that
euery
Master
or
Lord
should
haue
command
of
his
house
,
and
so
should
God
of
our
soules
;
therefore
it
is
our
dutie
,
euen
as
Christ
hath
taught
vs
,
to
submit
our
will
to
his
will
;
not
my
will
,
but
thine
be
fulfilled
,
thy
will
be
done
in
earth
as
in
heauen
:
O
Father
,
from
this
time
forth
for
euermore
,
Amen
.
Secondly
,
the
soule
may
be
said
to
liue
(
per
dispositionem
voluntatis
)
by
the
disposition
of
her
will
,
which
ought
to
be
conformed
according
to
the
will
of
God
,
and
that
is
,
that
no
man
should
go
beyond
the
statutes
of
Gods
holy
Law
and
Commandements
;
and
that
euery
man
,
as
farre
as
possibly
he
may
in
all
things
,
should
conforme
his
will
vnto
the
diuine
will
and
pleasure
of
God
;
according
to
the
saying
of
our
Sauiour
,
If
any
man
will
come
after
me
,
let
him
denie
himselfe
,
and
take
vp
his
crosse
daily
and
follow
mee
;
for
the
wicked
doe
not
cease
to
sinne
,
though
they
haue
no
power
to
performe
sinne
,
and
though
they
haue
no
meanes
or
oportunitie
to
act
sinne
yet
haue
not
left
their
will
and
minde
to
sinne
;
if
they
might
be
suffered
;
as
wee
may
say
of
Infancie
,
Sicknesse
,
Old-age
and
Captiuitie
,
the
will
is
the
roote
(
planted
in
the
soule
)
the
words
and
workes
of
a
man
are
but
the
fruites
,
and
its
vnprofitable
that
other
branches
should
spring
forth
,
but
such
as
the
roote
in
the
earth
doth
yeeld
;
a
will
well
disposed
of
all
other
good
gifts
of
God
is
certainly
to
bee
accounted
the
chiefe
gift
vnto
mans
saluation
,
for
from
a
good
will
all
good
workes
are
produced
,
and
where
a
slaue
doth
liue
in
seruile
feare
,
and
hath
a
will
to
reuenge
,
hee
would
assuredly
performe
as
much
if
he
were
as
sure
to
scape
punishment
;
the
zeale
of
a
good
will
should
increase
by
loue
,
as
fire
doth
by
the
addition
of
wood
.
As
in
the
two
sisters
Martha
and
Marie
there
were
two
wils
,
that
is
to
say
,
Actiue
and
Contemplatiue
,
and
both
were
harmelesse
and
laudable
,
so
it
is
impossible
for
the
soule
to
enter
into
the
heauenly
Countrey
that
is
not
exercised
in
one
of
these
,
that
is
,
a
willing
desire
alwayes
to
practise
the
workes
of
mercie
,
both
by
charitable
gifts
and
godly
counsaile
to
the
Brethren
,
or
alwayes
to
bee
deuoted
vnto
the
holinesse
of
godly
meditation
,
making
the
Law
of
God
the
Glasse
of
his
life
,
the
wordes
of
God
the
path
of
his
way
,
and
the
examples
of
the
Saints
the
patterne
of
all
his
workes
:
these
are
the
two
wings
of
the
soule
whereby
it
may
be
lifted
vp
to
Heauen
.
First
,
the
continuall
meditation
of
Gods
mercie
:
Secondly
,
the
faithfull
assurance
and
confidence
we
haue
in
our
Mediator
Iesus
Christ
.
Why
doest
thou
straggle
and
runne
astray
,
O
wretched
man
,
after
many
things
?
seeking
rest
and
comfort
to
thy
soule
and
bodie
,
loue
one
thing
which
shall
suffice
thee
,
for
all
things
whatsoeuer
thou
desirest
(
tell
mee
,
O
my
soule
)
where
is
that
thou
louest
,
where
is
that
thou
desirest
,
sure
it
can
no
where
else
be
found
,
but
where
it
can
neuer
bee
lost
,
euen
where
Christ
raigneth
for
euermore
in
glorie
?
the
life
of
the
bodie
is
the
soule
,
and
the
life
of
the
soule
is
GOD
,
O
then
delight
thy selfe
in
the
LORD
,
and
he
shall
giue
thee
the
desires
of
thy
soule
,
O
liue
in
God
and
bee
drawne
to
euerlasting
life
and
glorie
by
his
loue
,
For
hee
that
liueth
vnto
God
,
is
dead
vnto
sinne
;
and
hee
that
liueth
vnto
sinne
,
is
dead
before
God
;
therefore
let
the
worthinesse
of
your
soule
winne
you
to
the
loue
of
God
:
let
the
qualitie
of
your
soules
worke
in
you
the
righteousnesse
of
God
,
and
let
the
vtilitie
and
comfort
of
your
soules
driue
you
continually
to
seeke
after
God
:
O
seeke
after
God
and
your
soules
shall
liue
for
euermore
.
Thirdly
and
lastly
,
the
soule
may
bee
said
to
liue
(
per
praesentiam
adiutoris
)
by
the
sudden
presence
of
his
friend
and
helper
,
many
man
fainting
and
readie
to
perish
in
the
raging
fury
of
their
enemies
,
I
am
thy
buckler
and
exceeding
great
reward
,
the
feare
which
he
had
of
fiue
Kings
,
was
with
him
accounted
nothing
:
so
when
the
iust
who
are
accounted
as
the
Apple
of
Gods
eye
,
and
the
Signet
of
his
right
arme
are
incompassed
with
all
manner
of
troubles
,
their
hearts
are
stablished
and
shrinke
not
,
For
if
God
bee
with
vs
,
say
they
,
who
shall
be
against
vs
:
Thus
when
you
behold
the
dignitie
,
qualitie
,
vtilitie
,
and
comfort
of
the
soule
.
Loue
God
aboue
all
;
be
patient
in
all
things
,
and
bee
assuredly
refreshed
in
the
hope
of
Gods
neuer-fayling
helpe
.
Which
God
Almightie
grant
vs
euer
to
performe
through
Christ
Iesus
,
Amen
.
FINIS
.