,transcriber's notes3 ,original spelling and puctuation were retained1 including u_/v and i_/j substitution4 ,text has been put on the left side of the dividing line and notes on the right to make the plain text version easier to work with4 ,some of the ,latin note text was illegible1 many thanks to the ,distributed ,proofreaders ,volunteers who helped look up the references in various internet sources4 ,,the ,,praise ,,of ,a ,,godly ,,woman4 ,a ,sermon preached at the ,solemne ,funerall of the ,right ,honourable ,ladie1 the ,ladie ,,frances ,,roberts1 at ,lanhide-rock-,church in ,cornwall the tenth of ,august1 #afbf4 ,by ,,hanniball ,,gamon1 ,minister of the word of ,god1 at ,st4 ,maugan in the same ,countie4 #a ,cor4 #d4 #e4 ,therefore iudge nothing before the time1 vntill the ,lord come1 who will bring to light the hidden things of darknesse1 and will manifest the counsells of the hearts1 and then shall euery man haue praise of ,god4 ,galath4 #c4 #bh4 ,neither ,iew nor ,greek1 ,there is ,neither ,bond nor ,free1 ,neither ,male nor ,female1 for yee are all one in ,christ ,iesus4 ,st4 ,hierom4 ,eustoch4 ----,in seruitute ,christi nequaquam ,differentia sexuum valet1 sed mentium4 ,idem ad ,principiam4 ,non facie vllam inter ,sanctas ,feminas ,differentiam1 quod ,nonnulli inter ,sanctos ,viros ,ecclesiarum ,principes1 stulte facere consueverunt4 ,,london1 ,printed by ,i4,h4 for ,iohn ,grismond1 and are to be sold at his shop in ,ivie-,lane at the signe of the ,gunne4 #afbg4 ,,to ,,the ,,trvly ,,noble ,,iohn ,,roberts1 ,son and ,heire to the ,right ,honourable ,,richard ,lord ,,roberts of ,truro3 the ,vnualuable ,riches of sincere ,grace here1 and of ,eternall ,glory hereafter4 ,,honovrable ,,sir1 ,although it bee true 7which a worthy ,diuinea obserueth7 that ,note a3 ,mr4 ,bolter ,disc4 of formall ,hypocrites are heartned and true ,happinesse1 p4 #fa4 hardned in their lewd courses false conceits of happinesse1 when they heare more infamous ,sinners than themselues1 gloriously and flatteringly commended at their ,deaths2 yet we need not feare any such bad effect by the ,funerall-commendation of ,gods true ,saints2 because the publike ,testimonie of their iust ,praises doth not onely make the wicked more inexcusable1 and the ,glory of ,gods ,graces shine farre brighter to ,posteritie2 but also enkindleth in the hearts of the godly a greater fire of ,zeale for imitation4 ,these ,note b3 ,psalm4 #cg4 #cg4 ,deut4 are some of the ,ends1 why it hath #cd4 #g1 #aj1 #aa1 #ab4 ,hebr4 #c4 #b4 euer been and is still an #aa4 cap4 vnreproueable ,custome in ,gods ,church1 that the ,godly should be ,note c3 #b ,chron4 #cb4 #cc4 ,markedb and ,honouredc at their ,deaths1 as ,hezekiah was by all ,iudah ,ierusalem3 ,valentinean1 ,satyrus and ,theodosius by ,saint ,ambrose,a3 ,note ,a3 ,s4 ,ambr4 tom4 #c4 ,basil1 ,gregory and ,gorgonia by ,nazianzen,b3 ,nepotian1 ,note ,b3 ,greg4 ,nazian4 ,paula and ,marcella by ,s4 #cj4 ,ierom,c4 ,had not their ,holy ,liues ,orat4 #bh4 and ,happie ,deaths beene published #be4 by such vnpartiall ,pens1 wee should haue bin ignorant now of many ,note ,c3 ,s4 ,ierom4 excellent ,courses of sanctified ,men ,heliod4 and ,women1 of many comfortable ,eustoch4 workings of the ,holy ,ghost in them1 ,ad ,princip4 and should haue wanted many ,ocean4 inflaming ,motiues to follow their religious steps4 ,vpon this ,note d3 ,testor ,iesum cui illa consideration ,i was bold to commend seruiuit ego seruire cupio1 me vnto ,gods people the more than utramq1 in parte nihil fingere2 ,ordinary passages of your sed quasi ,christianu de ,honourable ,mothers ,holy ,life and ,christiana quae sunt vera proferre1 ,death3 wherein ,i haue as a id est1 ,historiam scribere non ,christian spoken the truth of a ,panegyricum4 ,s4 ,ierom1 ,epitaph4 ,christian1 that is1 7as ,saint ,paulae4 ,ieromd protesteth in a like case7 made a true ,narration2 not a ,vain-glorious ,panegyrick4 ,let ,poets and ,oratours praise those women1 which ,poppaea-likee1 are graced ,note e3 ,poppaea cuncta alia fuere with all other things sauing a praeter ,honestum animum4 ,tacit4 ,gracious ,heart3 ,let them commend ,annal4 l4 #ac4 their ,wit1 ,wealth1 ,beautie1 ,nobilitie1 and other ,gifts of ,fortune 7as they call them7 in stead of ,vertuesf4 ,wee the ,note f3 ,laudauit ipse ,nero apud ,ministers of ,christ1 and ,stewards rostra formam eius quod diuinae of the ,mysteries of ,god1 must formae parens fuisset1 aliaque adorne none with the ,honourable fortunae munera pro ,virtutibus4 ,id4 ,attributes of ,heauenly ,praise2 but ,annal4 l4 #af4 such as are truly beautified1 enriched1 and ennobled with the ,purity and ,power of ,gods ,feare in ,note ,a3 ,esai4 #fa4 #c4 their ,humble ,soules,a4 ,this praise the ,lord will ,prosperg1 which is ,note g3 ,eccles4 #ae4 #aj4 vttered in that ,wisdomeh1 whereof the ,feare of the ,lord is ,note h3 ,prou4 #i4 #aj4 the beginning4 ,but for the ,saints themselues3 ,i dare say with ,saint ,note i3 ,epist4 #abe4 where ,s4 ,augustinei1 that they desire ,augustine refuseth to commend more the ,imitation1 than the vnto a wicked ,husbad his godly ,commendation of their vertues3 and wife that was dead1 not onely therefore to tell you the truth 7as because she desired not his praise1 the same ,father doth his friend7 saying3 ,laudem ab hominibus iam you should neuer haue heard mee illa non quaerit1 imitationem vero commend this deceased ,lady1 but in tua tantum quaerit etiam hope1 that ,gods ,graces in ,her might defuncta1 quantum te dilexit etiam by this meanes1 suruiue in your dissimilem viua2 but also because religious ,imitation1 and not only her ,husband loued ,her not1 which he in you and all them that are of ,her proueth thus3 ,nam utiq si amares1 bloud2 but also in all them that cum illa esse post mortem haue heard or shall reade this desiderares1 quod profecto non ,sermon4 ,this is all the gaine ,i eris1 si qualis es1 talis eris4 looke and pray for1 that ,godsk word1 which ,i haue faithfully ,note k3 ,ier4 #bc4 #bb1 #bh4 #a ,pet4 alledged 7not without some #d4 #aa4 ,tit4 #b4 #h4 #b ,tim4 #b4 ,illustrations 7,i confesse7 borrowed #ae4 #a ,tim4 #d4 #ac4 #f4 #c4 from the holy ,fathersl1 whereof ,i need not to be ashamed7 may be ,note l3 --,ingenuo pudore qui constantly practised by vs all4 ,for ornabat aetatem1 quid cuius esset1 when all is done and said1 assure confiteri 444 ,illud 7aiebat7 your selfe 7,deare ,sir7 it is only ,tertulliani1 istud ,cypriani1 hoc the ,life of ,grace1 the ,grace of the ,lactantij1 illud ,hilarij est4 ,sic ,feare of the ,lord can truly ,minutius ,foelix1 ita ,victorinus1 in ,honour you1 or any vpon earth1 hunc modum est locutus ,arnobius4 ,s4 sweetly comfort you at your ,death1 ,ierom4 ad ,heliodor de ,nepotian4 and eternally ,glorifie your ,soule and ,bodie in ,heauen4 ,abandon then ,i beseech you in the name of ,christm1 all iniquitie1 and all ,note m3 #b ,thess4 #c4 #f4 #b ,tim4 workers of iniquitie1 yea abominate #b4 #ai4 ,prou4 #d4 #ad4 #a ,cor4 #e4 the sweetest sin1 to which your #aa4 ,ephes4 #e4 #aa4 ,psalm4 #bf4 youthfull affections are most #d1 #e4 #aai4 #cb1 #cf1 #abh4 #b endeared1 else you will neuer be ,chron4 #ai4 #b4 #bj4 #cg4 able to encline and enlarge them to the pursuit and practise of so excellent and ,glorious a ,grace as the ,feare of the ,lord2 because this godly ,feare and the impenitent ,allowance of any lust1 is as incompatible as ,heauen and ,hell3 so that if you should hate to be diuorced from your ,bosome-sin whatsoeuer it be 7which ,god forbid7 you could haue no true right and interest to the precious promises of this and of that other lifen4 ,note n3 #a ,tim4 #d4 #h4 ,thinke on this continually1 and hold it your greatest ,honour1 the ,noblest imployment of your ,soule1 as it is indeed1 to keep your selfe 7as a ,kingo did before you47 from ,note o3 ,psal4 #ah4 #bc4 your iniquitie4 ,quod si tu 7quod procul absit7 nolueris1 ego liber ero4 ,epistola1 immo concio me haec mea1 cum lecta fuerit1 absoluet4p ,and so ,i rest1 being ,note p3 ,s4 ,ierom4 ad ,castorin4 mindfull of your ,vertues1 ,materteram4 ,saint ,mauganthe #ai4 ,august #afbf4 ,yours in all ,christian ,deuotion1 and heartiest prayer to ,god for you1 ,,hannibal ,,gamon4 ,,the ,,praise ,,of ,a ,godly ,woman4 ,,prov4 #ca4 #cj4 --,but a woman that feareth the ,lord1 shee shall be praised4 ,praise is a ,debt 7saith ,gregory ,nazianzena7 and it must be paid1 ,note a3 ,orat4 #be4 fol4 #dci4 ,rom4 not to men alone1 but to women #ac4 #g1 #h4 also2 yet not to euery woman1 be shee neuer so noble1 wittie1 ,note3 ,the ,diuision4 wealthy or faireb1 vnlesse she be godly withall3 ,for fauour is ,note b3 ,non possumus reprehendere deceitfull1 and beautie is vaine2 diuini artificis opus2 sed quem but a woman that feareth the ,lord1 delectat corporis pulchritudo1 shee shall be praised4 multo magis illa delectet venustas1 quae ad imaginem1 ,dei est intus1 non ,a promise this is and affirmatiue1 foris comptior4 ,s4 ,ambr4 ,instit4 and an affirmatiue promise hath two ,virg4 c4 #d4 ,prou4 #aa4 #bb4 ,eccle4 parts in it4 ,the first is the #aa4 #b4 444 ,homo igitur mihi non tam ,partie to whom it is made1 and shee vultu quam affectu admirands is ,muliertimens ,dominum4 ,a woman emineat atque excellat3 vt in his that feareth the ,lord1 which is laudatur1 in quibus etiam ,deus also the reason why she shall be prophetico iudicio laudatur de quo praised3 euen because she is a scriptum est ,psal4 #ff4 #e4 woman fearing the ,lord4 ,the second ,terribilis in consiliis super is the thing promised1 and that is filios hominum2 cuius opera coram ,laudabitur1 she shall be praised4 ,deo luceant1 qui bona iugibus operibus facta contexat4 ,id4 ib4 cap4 #c4 ,in the former1 it is not enough that she is a woman1 because ,note ,i4 euery woman is not ,timens1 one that ,feareth1 nor sufficient that ,note c3 ,naturale vocabulu est she ,feareth2 because euery woman ,foemina4 naturalis vocabuli that feareth is not ,timens generale1 ,mulier4--,tert4 de ,virg4 ,dominum1 one that feareth the ,veland4 cap #d4 ,lord2 but she that shall be praised1 is all three4 #a4 ,a woman ,note d3 ,aliud est ,timere by naturec1 where the weaker her simpliciter1 aliud ,timere sex is1 the more shee shall be ,deum----quippe timere amare commended4 #b4 ,by ,graced1 a woman simpliciter prolata1 affectione3 that feareth1 where the continuall cum additamento aute virtutes act of this ,fearing is required4 #c4 significat4 ,simplices nempe ,that feareth the ,lord1 where the affectiones insunt naturaliter right ,obiect of her continuall nobis tanquam ex nobis1 ,additamenta feare is limited4 ex ,gratia4 ,s4 ,bern4 de ,grat4 lib4 ,arb4 ,and in the latter we are to consider2 ,first1 to what matters1 ,note ,,ii4 ,laudabitur1 her praise will reach1 and in what respect to ,ipsa ,her person4 ,then secondly1 ,when she shall be praised2 not for the present1 perhaps1 no more than she hath beene heretofore2 yet ,laudabitur1 the time will come when she shall be praised1 and then too her praise shall so be1 that it shall be still4 ,thirdly1 of whom shee shall haue praise1 for ,laudabitur is an action1 and must bee done of some agent1 therefore we must finde who shal praise her1 and they will fall out to be her ,husband and her ,children 7if she haue theme7 and if they faile in ,note e3 ,mulier enim no natura this dutie1 then the godly shall nomen est vxoris1 sed vxor praise her2 and if they cease to coditione nomen est mulieris4 ,tert4 doe it1 then her own workes shall ib4 c4 #e4 ,gen4 #b4 #bc4 ,haec vocabitur praise her1 yea rather than faile1 mulier1 quoniam de viro suo sumpta ,god himselfe shall praise her1 est3 ,quia sumpta est 7inquit7 de which is best of all4 ,so sure she viro suo1 non quia virum experta is to be praised1 not for the 444 ,non enim corruptelae1 sed sexus present onely1 but for euer4 ,and so vocabulum est4 ,gal4 #d4 #d4 ,luke #a4 this ,text besides that it is a #bh4 ,s4 ,ambr4 ibid4 c4 #e4 ,promise1 it is also a ,motiue to stirre vs vp to feare ,god1 that so ,note3 ,a ,promise1 and ,motiue4 we also may haue true and eternall praise of ,god4 ,it is both1 and ,note3 ,i4 ,the partie that shall be both waies wee to haue vse of it1 praised4 as of a ,promise1 and as of a ,motiue3 both these waies at once2 ,a woman that feareth the ,lord she shall be praised4 ,a weake sexf to beginne with1 and ,note f3 #a ,pet4 #c4 #g4 ,ier4 #ej4 yet being strengthned by ,graceg1 #cg4 ,nah4 #c4 #ac4 ,gal4 #c4 #bg1 #bh4 no impediment2 but that a woman as wel as a man may feare the ,lord1 ,note g3 --,ex parte natura 7nisi and haue praise of him1 and so sit fortitude maioris gratiae7 become the partie who shall1 and facilius incarnatur ad malum sexus one ,reason too1 why shee shall be formineus4 ,bonau4 ,l4 #b4 d4 #ba4 q4 praised4 #c4 p4 #ah4 ,for a woman must be more good than nature1 art1 policie1 preferment can make her1 else shee is not good enough for ,gods ,spirit to praise her4 ,he commends neither men nor women considered in their pure ,naturalls only1 in that estate of corruption1 they all heare alike to ,note h3 ,rom4 #c4 #i4 their disgrace1 that they are ,all vnder sinneh1 ,all comei short ,note i3 ,rom4 #c4 #bc4 of the glory of ,god1 and are ,all the children ofk wrath1 because ,note k3 ,ephes4 #b4 #c4 they ,are without all feare of ,godl ,note l3 ,rom4 #c4 #ah4 ,by nature then both sexes are alike faultie1 alike discomendable in ,gods sight1 and so they should be in ours4 ,we should not dispraise women more than men1 for the sex sake only 7as some doem7 because ,note m3 ,eurip4 ,plutarc4 de they haue as noble soules as men1 ,tranquilit ,mulier quantibuis proba1 forn soules haue no sexes1 7as ,mulier tamen est4 ,saint ,ambrose saith7 nor praise women for the endowments of the ,note n3 ,anima enim sexum non flesh onely 7as othersome doeo7 habet4--,de ,virg4 som4 #a4 lib3 #c4 vnlesse they be adorned also with fol4 #ii4 the sauing ,graces of the ,spirit1 whereof a chiefe one is not noble ,note o3 ,cornel4 ,agrip4 de birth1 great wealth1 excellent wit1 ,nobilit4 foeminei sexus4 ,bocacius or rare beautie3 but the feare of de claris mulieribus4 the ,lord1 his treasure4,a ,this godly feare is that1 that makes a ,note ,a3 ,es4 #cc4 #f4 ,woman in relationp to ,god1 praise-worthy4 ,and good reason it ,note p3 ,caiet4 in4 loc4 should do so1 if we regard the weaknesse of a woman1 in whom so excellent a ,grace as the feare of the ,lord1 is found1 and the ,noblenesse of fearing the ,lord1 being so found4 ,first1 a womans weaknesse is naturallyq greater than the mans1 ,note q3 ,naturaliter etiam maior and therefore by how much her flesh lucti est inter carnem et is weaker1 and her spirit lesse spiritu mulieris quam viri3 willing1 by so much the combate she quanto enim caro eius infirmior1 hath1 is more difficult1 and the spiritus minus promptus1 tato pugna victory she gets1 more commendable4 dissicilior-- victoria ,i know a man 7,blesensis by name7 commedabilior4 ,pet4 ,bles4 ser4 that thought two things should #cc4 p4 #dbj4 ,timeo autem ne forte excuse him at the dreadfull day of viri a virginibus iudicentur3 iudgement1 the ,frailty of his ,comparatione tame non flesh1 and the ,ignorance of his ,auctoritate3 quia per duo tantum minde2 but then he feared lest ,god scilicet3 per ,fragilitate carnis would iudge men by wome1 whose ,ignorantiam mentis putoba1 c4 sex being more fraile1 more ser4 #ce4 p4 #dbh4 ignorant than that of mens1 were for all that oftentimes more holy1 more deuout than many men4 ,secondly1 the ,feare of the ,lord is the truest ,nobilitie 7as ,gersonr proues7 the noblest ,note r3 ,tractat4 de ,nobilitate1 grace that can ennoble and extoll a part4 #b4 p4 #eb4 lit4 ,e4 ,et ,greg4 man or a woman4 ,other naturall1 ,naz4 ,orat4 #ac4 tom4 ,i4 fol4 #ceb4 ciuill1 and meerely morall excellencies1 perfections1 and endowments a woman may haue1 nay 7which is neerest the point7 other kindes of ,feare she may haue1 and ,note ,b3 #b ,kings #i4 #cd4 ,act4 #ad4 yet be base1 seruile1 cursed as #be4 #a ,ioh4 #d4 #ah4 ,iezebel,b1 not praise-worthy1 as namely1 if she feare men,c1 or ,note ,c3 ,matth4 #aj4 #bh4 ,es4 #ea4 what else besides more than ,god1 or #ab4 not for ,god 7as ,saint ,bernards limits7 or if shee feare ,god as a ,note s3 ,convertatur ad ipsum ,iudge1 in respect of his etiam ,timor tuus1 quia peruersus punishments onlyt1 not as a est timor omnis1 quo metuis aliquid ,father for loue of his goodnesse1 praeter eum aut non propter eum4 ,s4 and from an hatred of wickednesse1 ,ber4 in cap4 ,ieiun4 ser4 #b4 or if she haue cast off the feare of the ,lord1 which shee hath seemed ,note t3 ,quid magnu est1 to haue1 or if shee puts off his poena timere8 ,quis enim no ,feare from time to time1 and timet8 quis ,latro1 quis sceleratus1 continues not in it4 quis nefarius8 c4 ,s4 ,august4 de ,verb4 ,apost4 ser4 #ae4 fol4 #ccb4 ,looke we then first to the ,obiect tom4 #aj4 of the ,laudable womans feare1 that he whom she feareth be the ,note3 ,i4 ,the ,obiect of her ,lord1 in respect of his ,mercy and feare4 ,iustice both2 then to the continuall employment of her ,feare1 not one that hath feared him1 or will feare him2 but one that doth feare him for the present1 and continueth therein1 else shee is not a woman ,timens ,dominum1 ,fearing the ,lord1 and so not worthy to be praised4 ,first then 7that the ,obiect may be right7 the u,lord is her feare1 ,note u3 ,deut4 #aj4 #ab4 #b ,king4 who shal be praised4 ,for if ,he be #ag4 #cf4 ,luk4 #ab4 #e4 ,es4 #h4 #ac4 not1 all exquisitenesses besides ,mal4 #a4 #f4 are nothing in comparison2 and if ,he be1 all sufficiencies ,note x3 ,loquacitas in 7remarkable in that sex7 are aedificatione nulla turpis1 si improued1 and all ,duties quando turpis4 ,itaque si de aliquo 7obserueable in the feare of the bono sermo est1 res postulat ,lord7 are practised4 ,to see this contrarium quoque boni recensere4 the better1 let vs follow ,quid enim sectandum sit1 magis ,tertulliansx rule1 and oppose illummabis1 si quod vitandu sit1 one against another1 a vessell of proinde digesseris4 ,tertul4 de dishonour against a vessell of ,patien4 c4 #e4 tom4 #b4 honour1 a woman not ,fearing1 against a woman ,fearing the ,lord4 ,note3 ,a woma fearlesse of ,god4 ,she that fears not the ,lord1 sets light by ,gods anger and her ,note y3 ,esth4 #a4 #ab1 #ag1 #bj1 #bb4 ,husbandsy1 not caring whether ,eccl4 #bf4 #bf4 ,es4 #cf4 #i4 #c4 they bee pleased or displeased4 #af4 ,prou4 #cj4 #cc4 ,eccles4 #be4 ,shee neglects to plant the feare of #ac4 alibi passim4 ,vbi vero timor the ,lord in her childrens hearts1 ,dei non est1 ibi dissolutio vitae chusing rather to be an example of est4 ,s4 ,aug4 de ,temp4 ser4 #bac4 wickednesse vnto them1 and to tom4 #aj4 misplace them in mariage for sinister respects4 ,she brings want of things necessary to her family by her wastefulnesse1 brauery1 and idlenesse4 ,she contemnes her naturall and legall kindred1 lifts vp her selfe aboue her equalls1 disdaines her inferiours1 dishonours her place by an ouer-loftie or an ouer-base and contemptible behauiour in the same4 ,she alienates the hearts of ,gods people from her1 by neglecting the offices of courtesies and helpfulnesse4 ,she declines and vnderualewes the most searching meanes of ,saluation1 the ,word1 ,prayer1 ,conference1 ,repentance1 ,meditation1 ,sacraments2 in a word 7according to ,saint ,ambrosesz ,note z3 ,aliud est timere quia ,distinction7 she feares hell peccaueris1 aliud timere ne pecces4 torments1 because shee hath sinned1 ,et ibi est formido de supplicio1 but shee feares not ,gods hic solicitudo de praemio4 ,epist4 displeasure1 lest she should sinne1 #hd4 tum4 #c4 ,est quem timor ,dei and therefore shee liues and dies ligat1 qui non expauescit ad vultus in worldlinesse1 wantonnesse1 hominu1 sed ad memoriam pride1 hatred1 variance1 gehennalium tormentorum4 ,et hic emulations1 wrath1 strife1 reuenge1 quidem peccare non metuit1 sed impatiencie1 gluttonie1 or some ardere4 ,s4 ,bern4 de ,tripl4 such darling sinne3 and tell me ,coberent3 ,vincul4 c4 ,es4 #cc4 #ad4 7,beloued7 if such a woman not beautified and adorned with religion and the feare of the ,lord1 ,note a3 ,tertul4 de ,habit4 ,mulieb4 be worthy to bee praised of the de ,cultu ,foem4 tom4 #b4 ,s4 ,cyprian ,lord8 ,i am sure the ancient ,fathers de ,discipl4 ,hab4 ,virg4 to4 #b4 adeclaime bitterly against her ,greg4 ,naz4 aduers4 mulier3 filthy heart1 false haire1 ,ambitiose se ornantes4 to4 #b4 ,s4 adulterate paintings1 naked ,ephraem aduers4 improbas mulieres breasts1 new-fangled fashions of tom4 #a4 if his workes4 ,riuet4 l4 superfluous1 monstrous attire3 #c4 c4 #ba4 the holy ,scripturesb vilifie her to her face1 threatning her ,note b3 #b ,king4 #i4 #bj1 #cj1 #cd4 7notwithstanding all her other ,es4 #c4 #af1 c4 #cb #i1 #aj1 #aa4 #a ornaments and excellencies of ,pet4 #c4 #c1 #d4 ,matth4 #e4 #cf4 #f4 nature1 art1 policie1 preferment17 #bg4 ,eccles4 #be4 #ac1 #ai4 that without this ,feare of the ,lord1 it shall not be well with her1 ,eccles4 #h4 #ac4 ,the ,lord will come neare to her to iudgement1 he ,note c3 ,eccles4 #bc4 #bf4 ,prou4 will be a swift witnesse against #aj4 #g4 her1 ,mal4 #c4 #e4 ,she shall leaue her memorie to be cursedc1 and her ,note d3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #be4 reproach shall not be blotted out1 she shall be counted vngodly of ,note e3 ,eccles4 #g4 #bf alld1 more bitter than deathe4 ,as rottennesse in her husbands ,note f3 ,prou4 #ab4 #d4 bonesf1 ,as spittleg1 yea ,as a ,doggeh1 and at last she shall be ,note g3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #ba4 cast into hell fire1 ,salua ,venia1 without pardon from ,god1 because ,note h3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #be4 7saith ,tertulliani7 she hath sinned ,saluo metu1 without any ,note i3 ,sic ergo ipsi1 salua feare of ,god4 venia in gehennam detrudentur1 dum saluo metu peccant4 ,de paenit4 c4 #e4 ,but on the other side what ,reuel4 #ba4 #h4 #bb4 #ae4 personall sufficiency1 what singular duty is there requisite in a ,woman1 either in respect of ,god1 ,note3 ,a woma fearing the or of her husband1 children1 ,lord4 kindred1 seruants1 place1 and of ,gods people1 which the life of ,note k3 ,gen4 #c4 #af4 ,eph4 #e4 ,grace1 the ,grace of the ,feare of #bc4cc4 #a ,cor4 #g4 #cd4 the ,lord doth not animate1 aduance1 ,note l3 #a ,tim4 #e4 #aj4 #b ,tim4 #a4 and accomplish8 ,this godly ,feare #e4 #c4 #ae4 ,tit4 #b4 #d4 ,deut4 #f4 ennobleth ,nobilitie1 beautifieth #g4 ,beautie1 enricheth wealth1 teacheth wit1 wisdome4 ,she that hath this ,note m3 ,prou4 #ca4 #ae1 #ba4 ,feare1 dare not for her heart1 ,matth4 #h4 #f4 but be loath to offend her husband1 and deny her inferiorityk1 but be ,note n3 #a ,tim4 #e4 #d4 ,esth4 #b4 an example of godlinesse to her #g1 #aj4 #d4 #d4 ,ruth #d4 #ae4 childrenl1 prouide things ,exod4 #ah4 #g4 necessary for her seruantsm both in health and in sicknesse2 loue ,note o3 ,phil4 #b4 #c4 ,rom4 #ab4 her naturall and legalln kindred1 #aj1 #af4 esteeme her equals aboue her selfeo1 countenance and relieue ,note p3 ,iam4 #b4 #a4 #a ,tim4 #f4 her inferioursp1 maintaine the #ah4 dignitie of her place by all such vertues as may discharge theq ,note q3 ,titus #b4 #c4 same2 winne the affections of ,gods people1 to her more and more1 by ,note r3 ,luk4 #a4 #de1 #ef4 ,prou4 the officesr of courtesies1 #a4 #bj #e4 #bj ,gal4 #f4 #aj #a ,tim salutations1 gifts1 visitations1 #e4 #aj ,iob #f4 #ad inuitations and of helpfulnesse2 yea she that feares ,god1 dare not ,note s3 ,gal4 #f4 #i4 ,iam4 #a4 for her heart but ,honour them that #ai4 #a ,tim4 #d4 #ac4 #a ,thess #e4 feare ,god1 ,psal4 #ae4 #d4 but keepe #ag4 ,luk4 #b4 #cg4 ,ephes4 #d4 #bf4 her set taskess of hearing1 ,phil4 #d4 #e4 #a ,pet4 #c4 #d4 ,luk4 reading1 fasting1 praying1 #i4 #bc4 #ad4 #bf4 meditating1 moderating passionate distempers1 and of all other ,note t3 ,psal4 #ah4 #bc4 #gg4 #aj4 gracious exercises1 of ,gen4 #ci4 #i4 ,prou4 #af4 #f4 #h4 ,selfe-deniallt2 so that there is #ac4 not any knowneu sinne which she nourisheth1 alloweth1 or goeth on ,note u3 ,gen4 #ag4 #a4 ,psal4 #f4 #h4 in1 but quaketh and trembleth at #aaf4 #i4 ,act4 #aj4 #cc4 #b ,cor4 the very first thoughts1 yea #f4 #ag4 ,iob #cd4 #ba4 ,prou4 #ae4 #c4 motions and inclinations thereunto1 #e4 #bb4 #b ,chron4 #af4 #i #a ,king4 as being in the sightx of an #ag4 #a4 ,magna est cautela peccati1 inuisible ,god1 vnder the perpetuall ,dei semper presentiam timere4 ,s4 presence of his ,all-seeing glorious ,aug4 de ,temp4 tom4 #bab4 tom4 #aj4 pure eye1 which shee will not prouoke to anger by any sinne1 for ,note x3 ,multum enim refraenat all the gold that euer the ,sunne homines coscientia1 si credamus made1 or shall make while it stands nos in cospectu ,dei uiuere1 si in ,heaueny4 non1 tantum quae gerimus uideri desuper1 sed etiam quae cogitamus1 aut loquimur1 audiri a ,deo putamus c4 ,lact4 de ,ira ,dei4 c4#h4 ,note y3 ,es4 #c4 #h4 #a ,cor4 #c4 #bb4 ,psalm4 #aai4 #ad4gb4 #abg4afb4 ,this glorious description of a ,note a3 #b ,tim4 #a4 #g #c4 #b4 woman fearing the ,lord1 is not mine 7,blessed ,brethren7 but the ,note b3 ,rom4 #h4 #ae4 ,scriptures1 wherein ,i finde2 #a4 ,the cause of her ,feare to be not ,note c3 ,es4 #bi4 #ac4 ,selfe-,louea1 but the ,loue of ,god2 not the spirit of ,bondageb2 but ,note d3 ,deut4 #d4 #aj4 ,es4 #ff4 the ,spirit of ,adoption3 #b4 ,the #b4 ,eccl4 #ab4 #ac4 ,prou4 #ac4 #ac4 ,obiect of her feare to be not the ,psal4 #aai4 #afa4 precepts of menc1 but the ,commandements of ,godd3 not his ,note e3 ,psal4 #aai4 #abj4 #eb4 ,threats onlye1 but his ,promises #f4 alsof3 not his ,anger only against sing1 but his ,mercy also in ,note f3 #b ,cor4 #g4 #a4 ,heb4 #d4 ,christh3 not his ,presence only1 #a4 ,psal4 #acj4 #d4 as a ,reuenging ,iudgei1 but his ,forbearance also as a louing ,note g3 ,deut4 #e4 #i ,fatherk4 #c4 ,the workings of her ,feare to be in the heat of ,note h3 ,hos4 #c4 #e4 ,psal4 #cc4 #ah temptations and afflictions1 not #acj4 #d4 ,despairingl2 but ,beleeuing the forgiuenesse of her sinnes1 not ,note i3 ,ier4 #e4 #bb4 ,act4 #aj4 #b1 ,limiting ,god to the present danger2 #cc4 but mwaiting for his mercy1 not ,distrusting his ,prouidence2 but ,note k3 ,mal4 #a4 #f4 ,os4 #c4 #e4 hoping for ,goodn3 not ,murmuring ,hebr4 #ab4 #i4 against him2 but praising ,him1 and praying vnto ,himo1 yea 7which is ,note3 ,,ii4 ,the continuance of her the proper ,act of her ,feare7 not ,feare4 ,louing any sin1 but hating and eschewing all sinp1 not out of a ,note l3 ,ier4 #ag4 #ag4 ,eccles4 #b4 slauish terrour of punishment2 but #h4 chiefly because it is ,sinne1 an ,infinite euill2 and because an ,note m3 ,psal4 #cc4 #ah4 #bj4 ,infinite ,good ,god1 whom she loueth ,eccles4 #b4 #g4 7saith ,saint ,augustine7 is offended by it1 though she should ,note n3 ,psal4 #aae4 #aa4 #ef4 #c4 neuer goe to ,hell-fire to be ,eccles4 #b4 #i4 punished for it,a4 ,note o3 #a ,cor4 #aj4 #aj4 ,psalm4 #bb4 #bc4 ,act4 #aj4 #b4 ,note p3 ,exod4 #bj4 #bj4 ,eccles4 #ae4 #ac4 ,prou4 #h4 #ac4 #af4 #f4 #b ,tim4 #a4 #g4 #a ,ioh4 #d4 #ah4 ,hos4 #c4 #e4 ,psal4 #ig4 #aj4 ,ier4 #d4 #ah4 #b4 #ai4 ,note ,a3 ,vero-,christianus--proficiedo ,lastly1 in the ,scriptures ,i finde perveniet ad talem animu1 vt ,perseuerance or ,constancieq to be plus amet ,dominum quam timeat euer an inseperable ,attendant vpon ,gehenam3 vt etiamsi dicat illi her ,feare6 ,for she is not one that ,deus1 vtere delicise carnalibus hath not yet tasted of this sauing sempiternis quantum potes2 pecca1 ,grace1 or else not continued in the nec morieris1 nec in ,gehenam same2 but she is a woman for the mitteris1 sed mecum tantummodo non present1 ,timens ,dominum1 ,fearing eris2 exhorrescat et omnino non the ,lord4 ,you shall neuer finde peccet1 non iam vt in illud quod ,her otherwise1 than 7as ,god would timebat non incidat1 sed ne illum haue her7 ,in the feare of the ,lord quem sic amat1 offendat4 ,de all the day long1 ,prou4 #bc4 ,fearing ,catechiz4 ,rudib4 cap4 #bg4 tom4 #d4 and keeping his ,commandements fol4 #iab4 alwaies1 ,deut4 #d4 ,doing her ,husband ,good and not euill all the daies of ,note q3 ,ierem4 #cb4 #ci1 #dj4 her life1 verse the #ab4 of this ,deut4 #d4 #aj4 ,prou4 #bc4 #ag4 #ad4 ,chapter4 #b4 #a ,tim4 #b4 #ae4 ,it is true indeed1 as ,feare is ,note r3 ,matth4 #bh4 #bj ,es4 #dc4 opposed to ,diffidence1 ,luke #a4 ,so #a1 #b4 she serves ,god without a ,distrustfull ,feare all the daies of ,note s3 ,ier4 #ad4 #i4 ,lam4 #c4 her life2 because of ,gods #bb1 #bc4 continuall presence with ,herr1 continuall mercy towards ,hers1 ,note t3 #b ,cor4 #ab4 #i4 ,es4 #bf4 continuall powert ouer ,her1 in #d4 #de4 #bd4 ,psal4 #aba4 #ce4 ,strengthening1 ,helping1 and #bd4 ,rom4 #h4 #bf4 ,vpholding ,her1 ,esai4 #da4 #aj4 ,but yet as ,feare is opposed to ,note u3 ,matth4 #aj4 #bh4 ,deut4 ,negligence1 so she still feares #bh4 #eh4 ,god1 lest she should be secure by reason of his ,power which is ,note x3 ,esai4 #bi4 #ae1 #af4 ,psal4 inuincibleu2 of his ,wisdome1 #ej4 #ba4 which is infalliblex2 of his ,mercy1 which is compassionatey2 ,note y3 ,esai4 #dc4 #be4 #fc4 #i4 and of his ,iustice1 which is #di4 #ac1 #ae4 inflexiblez4 ,note z3 ,esai4 #db4 #ad4 ,it is as true also 7which ,gerson ,note a3 ,de diuersis tentat4 and others haue obserueda7 that ,diaboli1 part #c4 ,mr4 ,greenham #e4 many times a ,deuout ,soule is so part1 among his ,rules for an disquieted with a slauish ,feare of ,afflicted minde4 the ,aduersary2 that she feares lest she hath not any true ,feare of ,gods ,note b3 ,esai4 #ed4 #h1 #i1 #aj4 c4 ,maiestie2 but yet 7,b4 ,b47 say the #di4 #ae4 ,ier4 #ca4 #c4 #cf4 c4 #cc4 #bj1 ,pelagian what hee can to the #ba4 ,ioh4 #ac4 #a4 ,rom4 #h4 #ch1 contrary1 such is the #ci4 ,mat4 #ab4 #bj4 ,esai4 #db4 #c4 ,euerlastingnesse of ,gods ,loueb1 ,merciec1 and ,couenantd1 the ,note c3 ,psalm4 #ajc4 #ag4 #b ,sam4 ,vnconquerablenesse of his ,powere1 #g4 #ae4 the ,immortality of his ,wordf1 the ,certaintie of his ,promisesg1 the ,note d3 ,psal4 #hi4 #bh1 #cd4 ,esai4 ,efficacie of ,christs ,spirith2 #ee4 #c4 c4 #ei4 #ba4 ,ier4 #cb4 #dj4 ,prayeri1 ,meritsk1 and of ,faith in theml2 yea such is the durable ,note e3 ,ioh4 #aj4 #bi4 ,iude vers4 vigour of this sauing ,grace of the #bd4 #a ,pet4 #a4 #e4 ,esai4 #bf4 #d4 ,feare of the ,lordm1 that being ,psal4 #hj4 #ag4 ,manus ,dei est once rooted by ,god1 7as ,saint ista1 non nostra vt non discedamus ,augustine vrgeth7 it cannot be a ,deo1 manus inqua eius est remoued2 but through it we may ista1 qui dixit1 ,timorem meum dabo perseueringly adhere vnto ,god in cor eoru c4 ,s4 ,aug4 de ,bono according to his promise3 ,i will perseuer4 c4 #g4 to4 #g4 ,ier4 #cb4 put my ,feare in their hearts1 that #bg4 they shall not depart from me1 ,ier4 #cb4 #dj4 with ,psal4 #hj4 #ag4 ,she ,note f3 #a ,pet4 #a4 #bc4 #a ,ioh4 #c4 then that truely hath this ,feare1 #i4 doth so feare the ,lord in ,loue1 and loue him in fearen1 that as in ,note g3 ,ephes4 #a4 #ac4 ,numb4 #ac4 the midst of ,gods not ,consuming1 #ai4 ,ios4 #ba4 #de4 #a ,ioh4 #e4 #aj4 but ,consummating ,anger 7for so ,hebr4 #g4 #bg4 c4 #aa4 #aa4 ,rom4 #d4 ,saint ,augustineo calls ,gods #ba4 #a ,cor4 #a4 #i4 ,anger towards the ,godly7 shee can see the yerning and relenting ,note h3 ,esai4 #ei4 #ba4 ,ephes4 #a4 ,bowels of a ,compassionate ,father1 #ac1 #ad4 c4 #d4 #cj4 ,ioh4 #ad4 #af1 so in the height of ,satans #ag4 #a ,ioh4 #b4 #bg4 ,terrifying iniections1 she can shunne and abhorre ,gods ,note i3 ,luke #bb4 #cb4 ,ioh4 #ag4 ,displeasurep1 more than all other #ae1 #bj4 ,rom4 #h4 #cd4 ,hebr4 #g4 miseries of ,punishments1 and #be4 therefore in what state soeuer she be of ,consolation or ,desertion1 ,note k3 #a ,pet4 #a4 #b1 #c1 #d1 #e4 #a shee is still the same ,woman1 ,ioh4 #e4 #d1 #ah4 ,timens ,dominum1 ,fearing the ,lord4 ,note l3 #a ,pet4 #e4 #i4 ,ephes4 #f4 #f4 ,matth4 #af4 #ah4 ,note m3 ,ierem4 #ca4 #dj4 ,perseuerantiam enim promisit ,deus1 dicens3 ,timorem meum dabo in cor eorum vt a me non recedant4 ,quod quid est aliud quam talis ac tantus erit ,timor meus1 quem dabo in cor eorum1 vt mihi perseueranter adhaereant8 ,idem de ,bono ,perseuer4 c4 #b4 tom4 #g4 ,rom4 #aa4 #bi4 ,note n3 ,absit enim vt timore pereat amor1 si castus est timor4 ,s4 ,aug4 in ,psal4 #aai4 tom4 #h4 ,note o3 ,est ira consummationis1 est ira cosumptionis1 7nam omnis ,vindicta ,dei1 ,ira dicitur7 sed aliquando ad hoc vindicat ,deus1 vt perficiat3 aliquando ad hoc vindicat1 vt damnet4 ,idem in ,psal4 #eh to4 #h4 s4 #eii4 ,note p3 ----,qui glutine ,deo ,thus wee haue seene who she is1 who conglutinatur1 id est charitate 444 shall be praised1 lest we should terribilius horribilius ipsa praise ,her vnawares1 whom we should ,gehenna iudicat1 in re leuissima not praise4 ,and now it were good we vultu omnipotentis scienter did thinke a little better on the offendere4 ,s4 ,bern4 de ,tripl4 ,reason1 why she shall be praised1 ,coharen4 ,vincul4 euen because she is such a woman fearing the ,lord4 ,note3 ,the ,reason4 ,for if any thing1 so rare and ,note q3 #a ,pet1 #c4 #g4 ,vir itaq1 excellent a ,grace as the ,feare of nominatus est1 quod maior in eo ,vis the ,lord is1 should moue vs to est quam in foemina1 hinc ,virtus affect it1 and labour for it1 nomen accepit4 ,item ,mulier a especially being found in so weake mollicie est dicta 444 velut a ,vessell as a ,woman isq4 ,for ,i ,mollier4 ,lact4 de ,ops4 ,dei4 cap4 could tell you1 there are more #ab4 ,michalsr than ,abigailss1 more ,iezebelst than ,note r3 #a ,sam4 #ah4 #ba4 #be4 ,sarah'su1 more proud #da4 ,vasthy'sx1 than humble ,esthersy1 more ,fearefull women1 ,note s3 #b ,sam4 #f4 #af1 #bj4 than ,women ,fearing the ,lord2 and therefore the rarer such ,phoenixes ,note t3 #a ,king4 #ba4 #g4 #b ,king4 #i4 are 7as ,s4 ,ierom calls thema7 #bb1 #cj4 not ,one to be found by wisest ,salomon,a1 among a ,thousand1 ,note u3 #a ,pet4 #c4 #f4 greater is her praise that feareth the ,lordb4 ,note x3 ,esth4 #a4 #ab4 ,note y3 ,esth4 #h4 #e4 ,note a3 ,optima foemina rarior est ,phoenice4 ,malarum foeminaru tam copiosa sunt examina c4 ,s4 ,ier4 epist4 ,note ,a3 ,eccles4 #g4 #bh4 ,prou4 #c4 #aj4 ,note b3 ,laus tanto maior deferri solet1 quanto est bonum rarius quod exigit ,laudem4 ,s4 ,aug4 lib4 #a4 de ,ciuit4 ,dei4 cap4 #bh4 tom4 #e4 ,then ,i must tell you1 that euery ,note c3 ,esai4 #h4 #ab ,col4 #b4 ,feare is not commendable4 ,not that #bj4 ,feare which is ,hypocriticall1 for this is ,superstition1 when men ,note d3 #b ,tim4 #c4 #b4 ,mat4 #aj4 feare the ,feare of ,idolatersc4 #bh4 ,quis animae ,dominator1 nisi ,not that feare which is ,worldly1 ,deus solus8 ,quis iste1 nisi ignium for this is wicked selfe-,loue1 when comminator8 444 ,illi potius metum men feare ,mend1 ,losse of ,goods1 consecandu c4 ,tertul4 aduers4 ,fire and faggot1 more than ,god the ,gnost4 c4 #i4 tom4 #c4 ,onely ,soueraigne ,commander of the ,soule1 the ,only ,dreadfull ,threatner ,note e3 ,timor ,seruilis no est of euerlasting ,burnings4 ,nor that ,virtus1 quialicet mala declinari feare which is ,seruilee or saciat3 non tamen hoc sacit bene1 adulteratef1 for this is no id est saudibiliter2 immo iliter et ,vertue 7proues ,paris47 when men brutaliter1 videlicet solo metae feare the ,euill of ,punishment ferae1 ita enim occupat animum only2 not the ,euill of ,sinne1 as intentionam timentis1 oraculos an ,adulteresse feares the ,comming cordis ad solam poenae euasionem home of her ,husband2 but feares habeat c4 ,paris4 de ,virtutibus1 not the ,committing of ,adultery4 fol4 #ha4 lit4 ,h4 ,paludan4 l4 #c4 ,nor is that feare commendable1 d4 #cd4 q4 #c4 which is ,distrustfull or ,immoderate like ,ruben 7as ,gersong ,note f3 --,coniun quae adulterinum alludes7 growen great1 and lying animu gerit1 etiam si timore with ,bilhah1 for this is viri non adulterium perpetrat3 ,infidelitie when men tie ,gods ,grace tamen quod deest aperi1 inest to present deliuerance out of voluntati1 ,casta vero aliter timet3 danger1 without a ,beleeuing and nam ipsa times virum2 sed caste4 waiting ,spirit for his ,mercie1 ,deniq1 timet illa1 no vir insestus ,esai4 #bh4 #af4 adueniat1 ista ne offensus abscedat4 ,s4 ,aug4 epist4 #abj4 c4 #ba4 to4 #b4 ,note g3 ,ruben violat ,balamdum nimium grandis effectus est1 quia timor si simius est1 dum se custodire nititur1 format inutiles imaginationes1 quibus se connoluens a salutaribus impeditur4 ,tract4 #aj4 super1 ,magnificat4 part #c4 ,but the ,feare for which a ,woman ,note h3 ,lege ,esaiam3 vide quantia shall be praised1 is informed by subiecerit timorem vt faceret ,wisdome1 instructed by irreprehensibilam bonum ,timorem4 ,vnderstanding1 directed by ,spiritus inquit ,sapientia c4 ,talle ,counsell1 strengthned by ,might1 ,timori ,domini ista est gouerned by ,knowledge1 adorned with irrationabilis insipiens ,timor1 ,pietie1 as ,saint ,ambrose collects vnus ex illis3 ,foris pugnae1 intus out of the eleuenth of ,esayh4 ,timores4 ,in ,psal4 #aah4 ,ser4 #e4 ,it is a ,faithfull feare trusting in tom4 #d4 ,godi1 and making ,him her ,feare1 ,esai4 #h4 #ac4 and her ,hope too in ,note i3 ,psal4 #aae4 #aa4 #adg4 the ,day of ,euill1 not without this #aa4 ,esai4 #ej4 #aj4 feruent ,prayer vnto ,him then3 ,be not thou a ,terrour vnto me1 ,ier4 ,note k3 ,psal4 #ai4 #i #ag4 #ag4 ,a chast and ,cleane ,fearek1 ,cleansing from all ,note l3 #b ,cor4 #g4 #a4 filthinesse of the flesh and ,spirit4l ,a ,reuerent and ,godly ,note m3 ,hebr4 #ab4 #bh4 ,fearm1 ,preparing the heart1 ,humbling the ,soule in ,gods ,note n3 ,eccles4 #b4 #ag4 #ba4 #f4 sightn1 ,trembling at his ,wordo1 not ,disobeying it1 ,eschewingp ,note o3 ,esai4 #ff4 #b4 ,eccle4 #b4 euill1 ,working righteousnesse and #ae4 ,giuing much almesq4 ,a ,blessed ,feare it isr1 ,blessing them that ,note p3 ,iob #a4 #a4 haue it1 ,blessing the ,lord that giues it1 ,praising ,him and saying3 ,note q3 ,act4 #aj4 #ce1 #b1 #ca4 ,that his ,mercy endureth for ,eccles4 #be4 #a4 euers4 ,note r3 ,psal4 #aab4 #a4 #abh4 #a4 ,note s3 ,psal4 #ace4 #ac4 #aah4 #d #bb4 #bc4 ,lastly1 it is an ,euerlasting ,feare1 ,note t3 #a ,king4 #ah4 #c4 #ab4 ,tob4 euer encreasingt1 and ,enduring #ad4 #d4 for eueru1 though not in respect of the ,act of ,declination or ,note u3 ,psal4 #ai4 #i4 ,reuel4 #g4 eschewing of sinnex1 because in #aj1 #aa #ai4 #a1 #c1 #d1 #e1 #f4 ,heauen there is no feare of sinningy2 yet in respect of the ,note x3 ,bonau4 lib4 #c4 d4 #cd4 q4 ,act of ,celebration or ,reuerencing #c4 p4 #hi4 ,tho4 ,aquin4 ,,ii q4 #gi4 ,god1 because there the ,saints doe a4 ,,ii nothing else2 but still ,giue ,glory to ,him1 and ,worship ,him with humble ,note y3 ,in coelo1 vbi non est ,acknowledgement of their owne peccatum ,gloria est perpetua laus ,vnworthinesse1 ,psal4 #ai4 #i4 with indefessae praeconia4 ,s4 ,ierom4 ad ,reuel4 #d4 #aj4 #aa4 ,therdoram4 ,epitaph4 ,lucinij4 ,offensa ,now 7,honourable and ,beloued7 though ,timorem ,poenae4 ,gloria ,i haue set nothing at all besides ,patriae this ,heauenly ,manna before your propter coram imperfectionem no eyes2 yet your full ,soules must not paritur4 ,in tuto enim erimus et ,loath it4 ,for if that only is to be 7a poenae et ab offensa4 ,paris4 praised which is excellentz1 then de ,virtutibus1 lit4 ,a4 ,f4 7by your leaue7 ,i must stand somewhat longer vpon the ,note z3 ,laudare plus est quam ,excellencie of this ,feare1 before probare praedicare4 ,nam ,laudamus a ,woman can be praised that id quod excellit c4 ,auso4 ,popma hath it4 de ,differen4 ,virt4 l4 #c4 ,i demand then what doe you count ,note3 ,the ,excellencie of ,godly ,excellent8 ,riches1 ,honour1 ,life4 ,feare4 ,why1 these are neuer well gotten1 nor well kept2 but by the ,feare of ,note b3 ,prou4 #bb4 #d4 #ai4 #bc4 the ,lord4 ,so saith ,salomon1 ,by ,eccles4 #a4 #aa1 #ab4 #bc4 #bg4 #dj4 the feare of the ,lord are ,riches #bf1 #bg4 #aj4 #bj1 #bb4 and ,honour1 and ,lifeb4 ,say what you will1 it must needs be an ,note c3 ,inter ,laudes meas illa ,excellent thing wherwith ,christ est eximia3 quod ipsum ,christum ,iesus ,himselfe was ,filled1 and that ,dominu ,apothecam1 immo fontem was with ,the ,spirit of this ,feare1 ,gratiarum omnium ,virtutum replere ,esai4 #aa4 #b4;c4 ,an excellent dictus sum c4 ,paris4 de ,moribus1 thing which ,god ,himselfe so fol4 #ii4 ,lit4 ,p4 earnestly desires to be still in vs1 and that is this ,feare4 ,o ,note d3 ,deut4 #e4 #bi4 7saith ,he7 that there were such an ,heart in them1 that they would ,note e3 ,eccles4 #ab4 #ac4 ,deum feare me1 and keepe my time--,ergo si hoc est omnis ,homo1 ,commandements alwaiesd1 which is absq1 hoc ,nihil omnis ,homo4 ,serm4 indeed the whole ,dutie of ,mane2 #bj4 in ,cant4 without which 7,saint ,bernard concludes7 ,euery man is ,nothing4 ,note f3 ,vsus enim humani animi ,he is not a ,man 7reasons a pendet a ,timore conspictus ,diuini ,schoole-manf7 but the ,shadow of a tanquam a primi regula4 ,caiet4 in ,man2 because ,he imployes not his ,eccles4 c4 #h #ac4 v4 ,soule to that noble ,end for which he had it1 namely1 to be squared ,note g3 ,prou4 #i4 #aj4 ,iob #bh4 and ruled by the feare of the #bh4 ,lord3 without which no man can so much as ,begin to be wise1 because ,note h3 ,eccles4 #be4 #ab4 this ,feare is the ,beginningg of wisdome1 nor so much as ,begin ,note i3 ,leuit4 #b4 #ac4 ,pet4 to ,loue ,god1 because this ,feare ,bles4 ser4 #cf4 p4 #dcj4 is the ,beginning of the ,loue of ,godh4 ,it is the ,salt 7alludes ,note k3 ,psal4 #b4 #aa4 ,blesensis7 that must be in euery ,sacrificei1 in euery ,worke we ,note l3 #b ,cor4 #g4 #aa4 ,eccl4 #ba4 doe1 so that there is no ,seruing #f4 ,god1 no ,reioycing in ,himk1 no heartie ,repentingl1 no ,chast ,note m3 #a ,pet4 #c4 #b4 ,conuersingm1 no ,perfecting ,holinessen1 no ,working out our ,note n3 #b ,cor4 #g4 #a4 ,saluation1 but with ,feare and ,tremblingo2 nay there is no ,note o3 ,philip4 #b4 #ab4 ,saluation1 no ,blessednesse without ,continuing in this ,note p3 ,eccles4 #b4 #aj4 #a ,tim4 ,fearep1 ,prou4 #bh4 #ad4 ,againe1 #b4 #ae4 is not that ,excellent1 that will make vs more ,excellent than our ,note q3 ,prou4 #ab4 #bf4 ,eccles4 ,neighboursq1 that will ,exalt vs #ae4 #e4 aboue them1 that will keepe our hearts from ,hardningr1 our ,houses ,note r3 ,prou4 #bh4 #ad4 from ,ouerthrowings8 but nothing can doe this2 but this ,feare of ,note s3 ,eccles4 #bg4 #c4 the ,lord4 ,this feare 7saith ,paris4t7 can cause a spiritual ,note t3 ,ego sum ,tempestas ad ,earth-quake in a mans ,heart1 able liberationem salutem1 ,terraemotum to ouerthrow all the ,deuils spiritualem in corde humano strongest holds1 anyu faciens1 et omnia ,diabolica ,bosome-sinne1 be it neuer so aedificia in co subuertens et pleasing and profitable1 by reason discutiens ab codem4 ,paris4 de of that ,contrarietie and ,moribus fol4 #ii4 lit4 ,f4 ,oppositionx that is betweene ,lying in any ,sweet ,sinne1 and ,note u3 ,prou4 #h4 #ac4 #af4 #f4 ,liuing in ,gods ,feare and ,fauour1 as ,psal4 #aai4 #f1 #cf4 #aag4 #abh4 v4 you may see1 ,leuit4 #be4 #cf4 ,iam4 #b4 #aj4 ,psal4 #hf4 #aa4 ,note x3 ,sed aiunt quida3 ,satis ,deum habere si corde animo suspiciatur1 licet actu minus fiat4 ,itaq se saluo metu et fide peccare2 hoc est ,salua castitate1 matrimonia violare1 ,salua pietate1 pareti venenum temperare4 ,tertul4 de ,poenit4 c4 #e4 tom4 #b4 ,lastly1 this is an ,excellent ,feare1 ,note y3 ,prou4 #ad4 #bg4 because it is ,a fountaine of ,lifey3 wherefore8 ,to driue away ,note a3 ,eccles4 #a4 #ba4 ,sinnesa1 ,sinnes which haue beene committed by ,repentance 7saith ,s4 ,note b3 ,timor ,domini expellit ,bernard7 and ,sinnes whereto we peccatum1 sine quod iam admissum are ,tempted1 by ,resistanceb2 and est1 sine quod tentat intrare4 yet this is not all the ,excellencie ,expellit sane illud quidem of this ,feare3 ,for it is ,a poenitende1 hoc ,resistendo4 ,serm4 fountaine of life also3 ,to ,cause de ,diuers4 ,affect4 vs to finde fauour at our ,deathsc2 and which is more1 ,such ,note c3 ,eccles4 #a4 #ac4 an ,excellent ,feare as will make vs ,not feare1 nor be afraidd4 ,note d3 ,eccles4 #cd4 #ad4 ,exod4 ,whereupon ,saint ,augustinee #bj4 #bj4 ,prou4 #a4 #cc4 #ai4 #bc4 concludes for my purpose3 ,discat ,psal4 #bg4 #a1 #b1 #c4 #cd4 #d timere1 qui non vult timere3 ,discat --,auferendi sunt metus1 sed ita1 ad tempus esse ,solicitus1 qui vt hic solus relinquatur1 qui semper vult esse securus4 ,let him quoniam legitimus ac verus est1 learn to feare1 that would not solus efficit1 ut possint caetera feare3 ,let him be wary and omnia non timeri1 ,lact4 de ,vero cautelous for a time1 that would be ,cultu4 l4 #f4 c4 #ag4 ,qui enim ,deum happie and secure for euer4 veraciter timet1 nihil terrenum ,tertullian giues the reasonf1 caducum timet1 immo ex ipso ,timore because if ,we feare to ,offend1 by ,dei1 ipsis ,timoribus ,fearing we will take heed1 lest we supereffertur4 ,bonau4 lib4 #c4 d4 ,offend1 and by ,taking heed1 we #cd4 q4 #a4 p4 #fb4 shall be in safetie2 otherwise if wee presume and be not alwaies ,note e3 ,de ,temp4 ,serm4 #bad4 tom4 watchfull ouer our hearts lest they #aj4 offend1 we cannot be ,sauedg1 ,ier4 #d4 #ad4 ,qui solicitus est1 ,note f3 ,nam qui praesumit1 minus is vere poterit esse securus3 ,he veretur1 minus praecauet1 plus that is not ouer-bold on his owne periclitatur c4 ,de ,cultu ,faem4 strengthh2 but confident in cap4 #b4 de ,paenit4 cap4 #f4--,volo ,christi1 and liues not securely te timere non timere1 praesumere in the minion-delight of any knowne non praesumere1 timere vt paeniteas1 sinne2 but stands in such non timere vt praesumas4 ,porro continuall awe of ,gods ,presence1 praesumere ne diffidas1 non ,precepts1 ,promises1 ,threats1 praesumere ne torpescas4 ,ber4 cp4 that he dare not so much as once #hg4 ad ,oger4 make any offer of incurring his ,displeasure by the impenitent ,note g3 ,prou4 #d4 #bc4 ,ier4 #d4 ,allowance of any sinne in his #ad1 #ah4 #af4 #aj1 #aa1 #ab4 ,es4 #ee4 heartk1 and studies to do euery #g4 ,mat4 #ae4 #ai4 ,nec sufficit ,good worke as carefully1 as if it non egisse aliquid impium1 si were the ,last he should doe in this mete cogitatur impietas4 ,s4 ,world1 and as exactly1 as if his ,hilar4 in ,psal4 #fe4 fol4 #dbd4 whole ,saluation depended vpon it1 such a ,man 7in ,ancient ,note h3 ,prou #bh4 #bf4 ,rom4 #g4 ,tertullians iudgementl7 may be #ah4 #aa4 #bj4 truely secure of ,perseuering in ,grace here2 and of being ,glorified ,note i3 ,phil4 #d4 #ac4 #b ,tim4 #b4 hereafterm1 #a ,thess4 #e4 #ae1 #bd4 #a4 #d4 #ah4 ,eph4 #f4 #aj4 #b ,once more ,i haue done4 ,is not that ,chron4 #af4 #h1 #i4 et4 #bj4 #ab4 an excellent thing that is for the ,deut4 #f4 #c1 #d4 ,quicquid est ,good of them that haue it1 of circa te vel in te unde possis their children after them8 ,riches1 praesumere1 abjice a te1 tota ,honour1 ,beautie1 ,policie1 these and praesumptio tua ,deus sit1 illius the like are not oftentimes so1 as indigens esto1 vt implearis c4 we see by woefull experience in ,s4 ,aug4 in ,psal4 #he4 ,nabal1 ,haman1 ,absalom1 ,achitophel2 but the feare of the ,note k3 ,psal4 #ff4 #ah4 #a ,pet4 #c4 ,lord is euer so1 for the ,good of #ae4 ,ez4 #cc4 #ca4 ,psal4 #bd4 #d them that haue it1 and for their ,iam4 #d4 #h4 ,heb4 #aj4 #bb4 ,redi children after them1 as the ad te1 intus tibi esto iudex4 ,ecce ,prophet saith1 ,ier4 #cb4 #ci4 and in cubiculo tuo abscondito1 in ipsa ,god himselfe before him1 ,deut4 #e4 vena intima cordis tui vbi tu solus #bi4 es1 ille qui videt2 illic tibi displiceat iniquitas1 vt placeas ,deo4444 ,parum est in vultu1 parum est in lingua1 in corde noli respicere1 id est1 noli diligere1 noli acceptare4 ,idem in ,psal4 #fe4 to #h4 ,note l3 ,de cultu ,faem4 cap4 #b4 to4 #b4 ,there is no want to them that haue this ,feare of any ,good thing that ,note m3 #b ,thess4 #c4 #c4 #b ,tim4 is ,good for themn4 ,for first1 #b4 #ai4 ,ioh4 #ae4 #af4 ,luke #aj4 ,psal4 #be4 #ad4 ,the secret1 that #bj4 ,ioh4 #af4 #bb4 #aj4 #bh1 #bi4 is1 the feare of the ,lord1 is with v4 ,psal4 #ce4 #e4 #abe4 #a4 ,prou4 them that feare ,him2 and is not #aj4 #cj4 that enough1 though ,i should say no more with the ,psalmist1 because ,note n3 ,psal4 #cd4 #i1 #aj4 ,godly ,feare is ,gods ,treasure1 ,eccles4 #dj4 #bf1 #bg4 #a4 #af4 ,esai4 #cc4 #f4 and ,better little with it 7saith ,salomon7 than ,note o3 ,prou4 #ae4 #af4 ,great ,treasureo8 ,but there is more behind to moue you further to ,note p3 ,psal4 #be4 #ad4 affect this ,excellent ,grace4 ,for if you will ,feare the ,lord1 ,he will ,note q3 ,mal4 #b4 #e4 shew you his ,couenantp of life and peaceq1 ,teach you the way ,note r3 ,psal4 #be4 #ab4 that you shall chuser1 ,haue a ,booke of remembrance written before ,note s3 ,mal4 #c4 #af4 ,him for yous3 ,hee will ,arise vnto you the ,sunne of ,note t3 ,mal4 #d4 #b4 ,righteousnesse with healing in his wingst3 ,he wil hide you in his ,note u3 ,psal4 #ca4 #bj1 #ba4 presence from the pride of menu1 ,keepe you secretly in a ,pauilion ,note x3 ,eccles4 #cc4 #a4 from the strife of tongues1 ,deliuer you in ,temptation euen againex2 ,note y3 ,psal4 #adg4 #aa4 yea ,he will take pleasure in youy1 ,pitie you as a ,father ,note a3 ,psalm4 #ajc4 #ac4 ,mal4 #c4 doth his childrena1 ,fulfill #ag4 your ,desire1 ,heare your crie and saue youb4 ,and what is all this1 ,note b3 ,psal4 #ade4 #ai4 but in a word 7the word of my ,text7 ,hee will praise you1 which is the ,thing ,promised to a woman fearing the ,lord4 ,ipsa ,laudabitur3 ,she shall be ,note3 ,,ii4 praised4 ,the thing promised4 ,in what respect to ,ipsa4 ,she shall be so2 but may not that labour be spared8 ,for a man would ,note c3 ,prou4 #bh4 #d #bd4 #bd4 thinke1 she hath been praised all #ag4 #ae4 ,eccl4 #aj4 #bc1 #bi4 ,tho4 this while2 because ,godly ,feare1 ,aquin4 #bb4 q4 #aae4 a4 #b4 ,corp4 the ,grace of ,god in ,her1 and the onely cause of her ,praise1 hath ,note d3 ,ego carnis bona quae beene alreadie so much commended semper ipse contempsit1 in animae vnto you8 ,no 7,beloued7 my ,text 7you laudibus no requiram----ad see7 applies and appropriates this ,heliodor4 ,epitah4 ,nepot4 praise to ,ipsa1 ,her own ,person1 by vertue indeed of the ,feare of ,note e3 ,prou4 #bg4 #ad4 ,vox autem the ,lord4 ,for were it not for grandis1 laus excedens mensura that1 it were better ,contemning ,meritorum his intelligetur--,paris4 ,her1 yea ,contendingc with ,her1 de ,moribus4 fol4 #abc4 lit4 ,m4 than ,commending ,her1 because that is a constant marke of the ,godly to ,note f3 ,es4 #bf4 #ab4 #a ,cor4 #ae4 ,contemne the vngodly1 ,psal4 #ae4 #aj4 #ab4 #f4 ,phil4 #b4 #ac4 ,ier4 #d4 ,this1 of the wicked to ,praise #cb4 #dj4 the wicked1 to ,blesse the ,couetous1 whom the ,lord abhorreth1 ,psal4 ,note ,a3 ,laudari in bonis operibus #aj4 #c4 ,it is not her ,friendship1 debes2 sed in eo quod operaris1 no nor ,carnis bona 7as ,saint hominu laudes expectare non ,ieromd calls them7 the ,good debes--,deus ,laudetur in operibus endowments of the flesh1 can tuis4 ,de statu ,vidu4 ad ,gallam priuiledge him from a ,curse1 if epist4 #b4 ,si qua sane in ,sanctis so be1 he praise her without or digna laude vel admiratione abouee her ,deserts1 ,prou4 #bg4 intueor1 clara luce veritatis #ad4 ,onely the feare of the ,lord1 discutiens1 profecto reperio with the excellent fruits thereof1 ,laudabilem siue ,mirabilem alium is ,gods ,giftf1 for which 7saith apparere atque alium esse1 ,laudo ,fulgentius,a7 she ought1 and he ,deum in ,sanctis eius4 ,s4 ,bern4 may safely commend her1 because ,ser4 #ac4 in ,cant4 then1 not shee2 but ,gods ,grace in her is ,praised1 ,ephes4 #a4 #f4 ,note g3 #a ,pet4 #c4 #d4 ,enimvero ,yea then1 not she1 but ,god quis non animae dabit summam omnem1 himselfe is ,glorified in ,her1 cuius nomine totius ,hominis mentio ,gal4 #a4 #bd4 titulata est4 ,tertul4 de ,anima4 cap4 #ac4 ,but what8 is not ,she ,praised1 when ,her ,husband1 ,her ,children1 ,her ,note h3 444 ,nihil in illa ,kindred1 ,her ,friends1 ,her laudabo1 nisi quod propru est4 ,attendants1 ,her ,wit1 ,her ,wealth1 ,s4 ,ierom ad ,princip4 ,and so of ,her ,beautie1 ,her ,nobilitie1 or all ,paula he saith4 ,nihil laudabimus these and the like of ,hers are nisi quod proprium est de commended8 ,yes1 all these come very purissimo sanctae mentis fonte neere ,her1 and mutually receiue profertur4 ,id4 ep4 ad ,eustoch4 ,nam lustre and eminencie from this cum omnia opera sua laudauerit ,godly ,feare2 but they are not ,deus1 coelum1 terram c4 vbi ad ,ipsa1 ,her selfe1 that is1g ,homine vetum est1 solus non principally ,her ,soule truely videtur esse laudatus propter quem ,generous1 and ennobled with the omnia generata sut4 ,quae igitur ,feare of the ,lord4 ,vntill such an causa est1 nisi forte ea1 quia alia ,humble ,soule be found in ,her1 ,she in specie sunt1 ,homo in occulto8 is not ,she1 that shall be adorned quia aliorum ,gratia foris1 huius with the ,garment of praise1 ,esai4 intus est4 ,aliorum in ,natiuitate1 #fa4 #c4 ,therefore ,saint ,ieromh huius in ,corde4--,ideo ergo homo non would not commend in ,noble ante laudatur1 quia non in forensi ,marcella any thing saue ,her owne pelle1 sed in interiore ,homine ante ,godly selfe4 ,ipsa ,laudabitur3 ,she probandus1 sic praedicandus est4 is ,she that shall be ,praised4 ,s4 ,ambros4 ,instit4 ,virg4 cap4 #c4 tom4 #a4 ,and so we see how far forth ,praise is to be extended to ,her4 ,now to speak of the ,extent of ,her ,praise3 ,let the word haue his full latitude4 ,laudabitur is generall1 ,note i3 #b ,ioh4 #a4 #a4 ,hebr4 #ac4 no kinde is limited4 #a4 ,therefore #a4 ,ephes4 #e4 #be4 for the ,extent1 to be praised euery manner of way4 #b4 ,for the ,time when ,note k3 #a ,thess4 #e4 #ac4 it shall be best for her4 #c4 ,for the ,praiser1 by him who can best ,note l3 ,mark4 #ad4 #i4 ,psal4 #aab4 doe it4 ,of all these briefly4 #f4 ,first1 what praise she shall haue4 ,note3 ,i4 ,what ,praise she shall #a4 ,euen that 7which being true7 is haue4 ,the ,extent of ,laudabitur4 euer accompanied with ,dearest ,loue to her personi4 #b4 ,highest ,note m3 ,gen4 #bc4 #b4 ,ioh4 #aa4 estimation of ,gods abundant graces #cc1 #ce4 #a ,king4 #ad4 #ac4 #a ,thes4 in ,herk4 #c4 ,frequent #d4 #ac4 ,eccles4 #bb4 #aa1 #ab #ch4 ,commemoration of theml4 #d4 #af1 #ag4 ,moderate ,lamentation at her ,deathm4 #e4 ,solemne ,funerals ,note n3 ,act4 #h4 #b4 #b ,chron4 #cb4 according to the ,dignitie of her #cc4 placen4 #f4 ,and aboue all1 with precise imitation of her excellent ,note o3 ,iam4 #e4 #aj4 ,hebr4 #ab4 ,vertueso4 ,all this ,honour ,god #a4 #ac4 #g4 #a ,cor4 #aa4 #a4 allowes ,her1 that honours ,him with ,his ,fearep4 ,but because all ,note p3 #a ,sam4 #b4 #cj4 ,deut4 #bf4 ,praise is properly in ,words 7as the #ai4 ,ioh4 #ab4 #bf4 ,esai4 #h4 #ac4 ,schoole-man teachethq7 and better ,timor ,hominis1 ,dei ,honor est4 words shee cannot haue to praise ,tert4 de ,poenit4 c4 #g ,her1 than ,god himselfe speakesr1 therefore she shall be ,commended in ,note q3 ,tho4 ,aquin4 #bb4 q4 #ajc4 no other1 neither in regard of ,god1 a4 #a4 ad #c4 nor of her ,husband1 ,children1 ,kindred1 ,seruants1 and ,gods ,people4 ,note r3 ,psal4 #ab4 #f4 ,first in respect of ,god1 she shall ,note s3 ,psal4 #af4 #c4 be praised for ,one of his ,excellents1 ,hidden ,onest3 for ,note t3 ,psal4 #hc4 #c4 one of his ,iewels1 which hee will make vpu3 for ,his ,daughterx1 ,note u3 ,mal4 #c4 #ag4 ,his ,sistery1 ,his ,motherz1 ,his ,spousea1 ,his ,loueb1 ,his ,note x3 #b ,cor4 #f4 #ah1 ,douec1 ,his ,faired one1 as ,faire as the ,moone1 as ,pure as the ,note y3 ,cant4 #d4 #i4 ,sune3 as the ,moone by inherent1 and as the ,sun1 by imputed ,note z3 ,matth4 #ab4 #ej4 ,righteousnesse4 ,to her ,husband she shall bee commended1 as the ,louing ,note a3 ,hos4 #b4 #ai4 ,hinde and pleasant ,roef1 the ,desire of his eyesg2 ,an ,helpe ,note b3 ,cant4 #b4 #aj4 like vnto ,himselfeh2 ,his ,companioni2 for ,a ,pillar of ,note c3 ,cant4 #b4 #ad4 restk1 so that ,he shall haue no need of spoilel2 for a ,good ,note d3 ,cant4 #b4 #ac4 ,portionm1 a speciall ,fauourn and ,gift of the ,lordo2 a ,double ,note e3 ,cant4 #f4 #aj4 ,gracep1 ,doubling the number of his ,daiesq1 ,fatting his bonesr1 ,note f3 ,prou4 #e4 #ai4 and making him knowne in the ,gates1 when he sitteth among the ,elders of ,note g3 ,ezek4 #bd4 #af4 ,eccles4 the ,lands3 for a ,tower against #cf4 #bb4 ,death vnto himt3 ,a greater ,blessing vnto him than either ,house ,note h3 ,gen4 #b4 #ah4 ,eccles4 #cf4 or ,inheritanceu1 ,aboue children #bd4 and the ,building of a ,citie to continue his ,namex1 yea for a ,note i3 ,mal4 #b4 #ad4 ,crowne vnto her ,husbandy1 not a ,gold-ring on his finger2 nor a ,note k3 ,eccles4 #cf4 #bd4 chaine of ,gold about his necke1 nor a ,brouch in his hat2 but for a ,note l3 ,prou4 #ca4 #aa4 ,crowne vpon his head 7an ,ornament more conspicuous and eminent than ,note m3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #c1 #bc4 the former1 the ,principall ,ensigne of ,princesz7 gracing him that ,note n3 ,prou4 #ah4 #bb4 hath her1 as much as a ,crown doth ,him that weareth it3 so that there ,note o3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #ad4 is none aboue her1 that feareth the ,lorda1 ,none greater than she1 not ,note p3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #ae4 ,great ,men1 nor ,iudges1 nor ,potentatesb3 ,her ,grace is aboue ,note q3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #a4 ,goldc4 ,her ,price is farre aboue ,rubiesd4 ,her ,continent minde ,note r3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #ac4 cannot be valewede1 and by reason of ,her1 her ,husband is a ,blessed ,note s3 ,prou4 #ca4 #bc4 ,manf1 ,not like other meng4 ,note t3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #bb4 ,note u3 ,prou4 #ai4 #ad4 ,note x3 ,eccles4 #dj4 #ai4 ,note y3 ,prou4 #ab4 #d4 ,non annulus1 non torques aureus1 non monile1 sed ,corona4 ,cartw4 in ,prou4 ,note z3 ,psal4 #ba4 #c4 ,esth4 #b4 #ag ,note a3 ,eccles4 #be4 #aj4 ,note b3 ,eccles4 #aj4 #bd4 ,note c3 ,eccles4 #g4 #ai4 ,note d3 ,prou4 #ca4 #aj4 ,note e3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #ad4 #ae4 ,note f3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #a4 ,note g3 ,eccles4 #cf4 #bc4 ,sine ,muliere igitur ,homo non habet ,laudem1 in ,muliere praedicatur1 c4 ,s4 ,ambros4 ,instit4 ,virg4 cap4 #c4 tom4 #a4 ,to ,her ,children shee shall be ,commended2 because by her they haue ,note h3 ,prou4 #ad4 #bf4 #aa4 #bb4 a place of ,refugeh2 by ,her they haue good meanes to bring and ,note i3 ,deut4 #e4 #bi4 ,psal4 #aab4 continue true ,honour vpon themi1 #b4 and if ,they 7the ,fruit7 be a great ,blessingk 7as it is to haue ,issue ,note k3 ,psal4 #abg4 #c4 by such a ,one7 what is the ,root that beareth itl8 ,note l3 ,psal4 #abh4 #c4 ,but ,i must hasten3 ,how shall she be ,note m3 ,gen4 #bi4 #i4 ,praised in respect of her ,parents8 euen as ,rachelm for doing ,note n3 ,eccles4 #c4 #g4 seruice to them as to her ,masters 7the true propertie of one that ,note o3 ,ruth4 #d4 #ae4 feareth the ,lordn47 ,in respect of her kindred by mariage1 as ,note p3 ,ruth4 #a4 #h4 ,ruth1 louing themo1 ,dealing kindly with themp1 and ,cleauing ,note q3 ,ruth4 #a4 #ad4 c4 #b4 #aa vnto themq4 ,and in respect of her kindred by bloud1 as ,esther1 who ,note r3 ,esth4 #b4 #bj4 did the ,commandement of ,mordecay when she was a ,queene1 like as when ,note s3 ,esth4 #d4 #d4 she was brought vp with ,himr1 who was exceedingly grieued at his ,note t3 ,esth4 #d4 #af4 ,griefes1 and procured the ,enlargement and ,deliuerance of her ,note u3 ,esth4 #h4 #c4 kindred with her ,feastst1 her ,tearesu1 and the ,hazard of her ,note x3 ,esth4 #d4 #aa1 #af4 ,lifex4 ,note y3 ,prou4 #ad4 #a4 ,in regard of her ,seruants also1 she shall be commended because she ,note z3 ,prou4 #ca4 #ad4 ,buildeth her ,housey3 ,shee is like the ,merchants ship1 ,she ,note a3 ,prou4 #ca4 #ae4 fetcheth her food from farrez1 ,she giueth meat to her ,note b3 ,prou4 #ca4 #ba4 ,housholda1 ,she cloatheth them all with ,scarletb1 and ,shee ,note c3 ,prou4 #ca4 #bg4 looketh so well to their waiesc1 that ,as the ,sunne when it ariseth ,note d3 ,eccles4 #bf4 #af4 in the high ,heauen2 ,so is her beautie in the ,ordering of her ,note e3 ,reuel4 #ab4 #a4 ,housed4 ,note f3 ,gal4 #c4 #bh4 ,ephes4 #d4 ,lastly1 because all the ,essentiall #ae4af4 ,cant4 #b4 #aj4--;,cum ipsos ,glory and ,fairenesse1 which is to cogitatis amantes1 non virum bee found in the whole ,church1 ,the ,foeminam1 sed verbum c4 ,animam ,woman cloathed with the ,sunnee1 sentiatis1 oportet4 ,et si ,christum as that of ,iustification ,ecclesiam dixero1 idem est1 nisi ,sanctification c4 belongs to euery quod ,ecclesiae nomine non vna ,anima1 ,member of the ,churchf1 and sed multarum vnitas1 vel potius cosequently to euery ,woman vnanimitas designatur4 ,s4 ,bern4 fearing the ,lord1 therefore to serm4 #fa4 in ,cant4 ,gods people she shall be commended1 as one of the ,hands of the ,church ,note g3 ,cant4 #e4 #e4 dropping with sweet smelling ,mirrheg3 as the ,curtaines of ,note h3 ,cant4 #a4 #e4 ,salomonh2 ,as a ,lilly among thornesi2 ,a ,garden inclosed3 ,note i3 ,cant4 #b4 #b4 ,a ,spring shut vp4 ,a ,fountain sealedk4 ,note k3 ,cant4 #d4 #ab4 ,but when shall shee haue all this ,note3 ,,ii4 ,when she shall be ,praise and of whom8 ,not by and by1 ,praised4 nor of ,euery onel1 for ,praise is not comely in the mouth of euery ,note l3 ,luk4 #f4 #bf4 ,eccles4 #ae4 one1 of euery scoffing ,ishmael4 #i4 ,but first of the ,time4 ,note m3 ,esay #bh4 #af4 #cj4 #ah4 #dj4 #ca4 #fd4 #d4 ,heb4 #aj4 #cf1 #cg1 #ch4 ,many when they heare a ,promise 7and ,hab4 #b4 #c1 #d4 a ,promise ,i told you at first1 this is7 thinke to haue it by and by2 ,note n3 #a ,cor4 #d4 #e4 but they marke not1 that a ,promise and the ,fruition of it is not all ,note o3 #a ,pet4 #a4 #g4 ,et nos at once4 ,it must be waited form1 ergo no a nobis laudem exigamus1 especially this ,promise of ,praise3 nec praeripiamus iudicium ,dei ,vntill the ,lord come 7as the praeueniamus sententiam iudicis1 sed ,apostles limit the ,time7 and suo ,tempori1 suo ,iudici then1 at his ,appearing1 she shall reservemus4 ,s4 ,ambros4 in ,luc4 l4 haue praise of ,godn4 ,then at #h4 c4 #ag4 tom4 #e4 #b ,tim4 #b4 #e4 his ,appearingo1 ,her ,faith shall ,eccles4 #aa4 #bg4bh4 be found vnto ,praise and ,honour1 and ,glory4 ,therefore in the mean ,note p3 ,nam si laudari ante while1 best for her to ,feare the ,gubernator non potest quam in ,lord1 and so be praise-worthy1 portum nauem deduxerit3 quomodo than to be praised for the present4 laudabis ,homine prius quam in stationem mortis successerit8 ,s4 #a4 ,not only because it is safest ,ambr4 de ,bono ,mort4 c4 #h4 tom4 #d4 praising ,her as a ,master of a ship ,merito ergo differtur1 vt sequatur is 7saith ,s4 ,ambrosep7 when she foenerata eius ,laudatio1 cuius is safely arriued in the ,hauen1 dilatio non dispendium2 sed past all danger of shipwracke3 or incrementum est 444 ,et ideo growing more proud by her praise laudatio eius non in exordio2 sed 7which many ,liuing doe7 as ,herod in fine est4 ,nemo enim nisi for oneq1 and that ,philosopher legitime certauerit1 coronabitur4 for another1 whose soule being ,ideoq1 sapiens tibi dicit3 ,ante before no bigger than a mans mortem non laudes hominem quemquam4 finger1 became so puft vp and ,ratio4 ,quia in fine hominis swolne with others commending him1 nudantur opera eius4 ,id4 ,instit4 that 7as ,arrianus reports7 it ,virg4 c4 #c4 tom4 #a4 grew greater than two ,cubitsr4 ,note q3 ,act4 #ab4 #ba4 #b4 ,nor only because actuall praise is in the lips of the praiser1 and ,note r3 ,arrian4 ,epict4 l4 #c4 c4 so a wicked woman may be praised1 #b4 and yet not be worthy of it1 and a godly woman may be praise-worthy1 and yet not haue it1 whereas praise-worthinesse is euer in the partie to be praised1 and fewest 7you know7 haue this worth2 but many haue praise without it1 therefore praise-worthinesse is the ,nobler ,grace of the two1 and consequently best for a ,woman to be worthy of praise1 though she be not praised for the present4 #c4 ,but one of the chiefest ,reasons is this2 because indeed all our earthly praise is ,laudatur1 that is1 for the present2 but continueth not4 ,is1 but shall not be4 ,sometimes a godly woman is commended1 and sometimes she is not4 ,as ,s4 ,paul praised the ,corinthianss1 ,now ,i praise you ,note s3 #a ,cor4 #aa4 #a1 #bb ,brethren1 and by and by he saith3 ,shall ,i praise you in this8 ,i praise you not3 whereas ,this praise here promised so ,is1 that it shall be still1 and that cannot be in this ,transitory world2 but in ,heauen1 where ,her praise that feareth the ,lord for euer1 endureth for euer3 ,laudabitur1 ,she shall be praised4 ,the best ,time then for commending ,note3 ,,iii4 ,her is yet to come1 and that from ,of whom shee shal be praised4 ,him who can best doe it2 ,but ,i must tell you first1 this ,time should ,note t3 #b ,kings #i4 #aa4 ,act4 #bd4 neuer come1 could the scoffing #e4 #bf4 #bd4 ,neh4 #f4 #ac4 ,ishmaels of our daies be heard railing vpon1 iesting at1 belying ,note u3 ,tert4 ,apolog4 c4 #g4 c4 and slandering ,her and ,him that ,arnob4 aduers4 ,gent4 ,m4 ,faelix in feareth the ,lord4 ,it was euer ,octau4 their ,deuillish propertiet with many disgracefull censures to dimme ,note x3 ,gratias ago ,deo meo1 quod the glory of the children of ,light1 dignus sum1 quem mundus oderit4 spitefully to aggrauate their ,s4 ,ierom4 ,asellae4 tender frailties1 rather than to commend their vnreproueable ,graces4 ,note y3 ,ephes4 #e4 #ae4 ,phil4 #d4 ,so of old they scourged the #h1 #i4 #b ,cor4 #h4 #bj4 #a ,pet4 #b4 ,primitiue ,christians with their #ab4 ,heb4 #aa4 #ci4 ,eccl4 #da4ab4 viperous1 virulent tonguesu2 but --,nec ex nobis scintilla as ,saint ,ierome thanks ,god that procedat1 per quam aduersus nos ,he was counted worthy to be hated sinistrae famae flamma confletur--,nos of the worldx2 so should euery id agamus1 vt male de nobis nemo good man and woman1 not much loqui1 absque ,mendacio possit4 trouble themselues for the vniust ,paulin4 epist4 ad ,celant4 censures and disconceits of witlesse and worthlesse prophanenesse2 but rather 7as ,paulinusy exhorts7 haue more regard to their good name1 lest any sparkle or appearance of euill truly proceed from them1 whereby any flame of euill report may be kindled1 and so to liue1 that none may speake euill of them without lying4 ,for maugre the malice of all ,sensualists1 the ,time will come1 when euery man and woman that feareth ,god1 shall haue praise of ,note z3 #a ,cor4 #d4 #e4 ,godz1 #a ,cor4 #d4 which is the best praise1 when all is donea1 #b ,cor4 ,note a3 #b ,cor4 #aj4 #ah4 ,iob4 #ab4 #aj4 ,yea 7,beloued7 that you may not #dc4 count the ,lord slacke concerning his promiseb1 ,saint ,iames tells ,note b3 #b ,pet4 #c4 #i4 you1 ,this comming of the ,lord draweth neerec3 ,behold the ,note c3 ,iam4 #e4 #h1 #i4 ,iudge standeth at the doore1 ,he is readie to iudge the ,quicke and the ,dead 7saith ,saint ,peterd7 ,note d3 #a ,pet4 #d4 #e4 readie to commend them1 whom the world hath condemned2 and to condemne them1 whom worldlings haue commended3 readie to reueale vnto the whole world the good workes of the godly1 ,honorifico pietatis testimonio1 with an honourable approbation of their blessed godlinesse2 also to reueale vnto the whole world the wicked ,deeds of the vngodly1 ,manifesto impietatis vituperio1 with a publike1 and open1 vncontrouleable ,discommendation of their cursed wickednessee3 yea the ,iudge is ,note e3 ,mat4 #be4 #cd1 #da4 ready to turne ,laudabitur into ,laudatur1 her praise worthinesse that feareth ,him for euer1 into euerlasting ,praise2 so that should her ,husband and ,children faile to praise ,her1 which yet they do not1 for they commend ,her in the #bi4 verse of this ,chapter1 saying3 ,many daughters haue done vertuously2 but thou excellest them allf3 or should the ,godly cease ,note f3 ,prou4 #ca4 #bh1 #bi4 to praise ,her1 which they will neuer do either here or in ,note g3 ,cant4 #f4 #i4 ,heaueng4 ,here ,her remembrance is so sweet in all their mouthes1 that ,note h3 ,eccles4 #ci4 #aj4 ,eccles4 they say3h ,let her ,memory be #dd4 #ae4 ,eccles4 #di4 #a4 blessed3 ,let her bones flourish out of her place2 and ,let the ,note i3 ,eccles4 #df4 #aa1 #ab4 name of ,her that was honoured be continued vpon her ,childreni3 or ,note k3 ,reuel4 #d4 #ac4 should ,her owne workes giue ouer praising ,her in the ,gates1 which ,note l3 ,gen4 #d4 #d4 ,act4 #aj4 they are forbidden to doe1 vers4 #ce4 #a ,pet4 #b4 #e4 #ca4 of this ,chapter2 yet ,god himselfe will haue ,her workes ,note m3 ,hebr4 #ac4 #ae4 follow her to ,heauenk1 and ,accepting of herl1 and ,them1 ,note n3 ,esai4 #h4 #ac4 by ,christ ,iesusm1 ,hee himselfe will praise ,her1 that hath made ,him ,note o3 ,deut4 #aj4 #ba4 ,her ,fearen1 ,her praiseo1 saying3 ,well done thou good and ,note p3 ,matth4 #be4 #ba4 faithfull seruant1 thou hast beene faithfull ouer a few things1 ,i will ,note q3 ,perfecta ,die laudatio make thee ruler ouer many things1 magis anima perficit1 quam ,dei ,enter thou into the ioy of thy fruitio1 quia magis laetatur in ,lordp4 ,where it is best to leaue ,gloria plus gaudebit de ,dei ,her1 euen with her ,lord1 taking gloria honore1 quam de sua more ioy 7as a ,schoole-man teacheth ,glorificatione1 plus iocundabitur truly7 in praising ,him1 than in in laudando ,dominu1 quam in contemplating her owne praise1 in considerado proprium bonu4 ,glorifying ,god1 than in her owne ,bonau4 l4 #c4 d4 #a4 q4 #a1 p4 #ff4 ,glorificationq4 ,a selm4 ,prosolog4 c4 #ae4 #af4 ,but though we haue brought a ,godly ,woman where she would be1 to ,heauenly ,praise1 and ,honour1 and ,glory1 and found them by ,gods free fauour in ,christ giuen vnto ,her2 yet who is such a ,woman8 ,we haue not found ,her yet2 and why not yet8 ,because among other reasons1 as ,saint ,ierom was afraid to entreat of the ,death of that ,venerable ,matron ,paular2 so am ,i to ,note r3 ,quid agimus anima8 cur ad speake of the ,decease of this mortem eius venire formidas8--,s4 ,honourable ,lady4 ,therefore giue me ,ier4 ,epitaph4 ,paulae4 ,epist4 ad leaue 7beloued7 to deferre the ,principiam4 ,gal4 #c4 #bh4 vncomfortable ,passions of her ,death1 vntill ,i be a little better heartened by relating some of the laudable actions of her ,life4 ,for the subiect then of my ,text1 ,i ,note3 ,application4 ,the ,lady dare say1 in regard of the deceased4 ,mulier ,times ,description thereof1 your owne ,dominum4 consciences haue made the ,application1 and doe witnesse for ,her1 that ,she was ,a ,woman fearing the ,lord4 ,a ,woman indeed1 so the ,weaker ,vessells1 yet ,note s3 #a ,pet4 #c4 #g4 neuerthelesse ,honour to be giuen ,her in that respect2 but rather the more 7as ,saint ,peters inference will allow7 because though shee had ,this ,treasure of the ,feare of the ,lord in an ,earthen and in a ,weaker ,vessellt1 yet ,gods strength was ,note t3 ,esai4 #cc4 #f4 #b ,cor4 #d4 made perfect in her ,weaknesse4 ,and #g4 it is ,s4 ,ieroms ruleu1 you should iudge of ,vertues1 ,non ,note u3 --,non considerantes ,sexa1 sed ,animo3 ,not by the ,sex1 ,holdam ,annam ac ,debboram1 viris but by the ,minde and constant tacetibus prophetasse1 in purpose of a ,regenerate ,heart3 ,this seruitute ,christi nequaquam makes the ,difference of force in differentiam ,sexuum valere2 sed the seruice of ,christ1 not either ,mentium4 ,s4 ,ierom4 ,eustoch4 ,male or ,female4 ,suruey then 7if you please7 as ,note3 ,the workings of ,godly feare briefly as you wil1 the seuerall in regard of ,her3 ,husbad3 workings of ,her ,godly ,feare4 ,children4 ,first to ,her ,head1 her ,subiection and ,helpfulnesse like that of ,saint ,augustines ,mother to his ,note x3 ,s4 ,aug4 ,confess4 lib4 #i4 ,fatherx4 cap4 #i4 ,to ,her ,children1 her tenderest ,affection and ,sollicitousnesse to plant the feare of the ,lord in their hearts1 to fit them with worthy ,matches out of ,religious ,families1 to adorne her onely ,sonne with the richest endowments of ,grace and ,learning3 ,witnesse her ,letters to that ,learned ,professour,a in our famous ,note ,a3 ,doct4 ,prideaux ,rector of ,vniuersitie1 worthy to be kept as a ,exceter ,college in ,oxford4 ,monument of her truly ,noble spirit and ,godly ,desire 7like that of ,note y3 ,greg4 ,nazian4 in ,laudem ,gregory ,nazianzen's ,sister7 to ,gorgon4 ,orat4 #be4 haue the fruit of her ,body become the fruit of the ,spirity4 ,note a3 ,s4 ,ier4 ad ,princip4 ,nusquam sine ,matre c4-- ,to ,her ,parents1 shee was another ,rachel1 another ,marcellaa4 ,note3 ,parents4 ,to ,her ,kindred by mariage another ,note3 ,kindred4 ,ruth1 and to them by bloud another ,hester4 ,to ,her ,seruants1 shee was ,note3 ,seruants4 bountifull in their ,health2 compassionate 7as ,fabiolab7 in ,note b3 ,id4 ,epitaph4 ,fabiola4 their ,sicknesse1 either of ,minde or of ,body1 prouiding for them 7like the ,centurion7 both spirituall and corporall ,physicke4 ,to ,all1 ,her whole ,deportment was so ,note3 ,religious ,deportmet to ,louely1 so sweet1 what by the law all4 of kindnesse in her tonguec1 ,salutations1 ,gifts1 ,almes-,deeds1 ,note c3 ,prou4 #ca4 #bf4 ,visitations1 ,inuitations1 and by other offices of courtesies and ,hospitalities1 that ,her ,amiable ,behauiour was a powerfull ,meanes1 an attractiue ,load-stone to draw vnto ,her the hearts and loues of as many as knew ,her1 yea as but heard of ,her4 ,but vnto ,gods children she euer ,note3 ,especially vn-vnto ,gods only afforded the dearest pangs1 people4 the highest ,degree of her kindest ,affectiond3 ,their company she ,note d3 ,psal4 #af4 #c4 ,psal4 #aai4 most loued1 and they ,hers4 ,not so #fc1 #gi4 ,gal4 #f4 #aj4 #a ,pet4 #b4 much in regard of ,her fauour #ag4 ,coloss4 #a4 #d4 towards them1 which was great2 but chiefly by reason of that spiritual ,helpe and refreshment1 which they might get by conuersing with ,her in the choicest passages of ,sanctification4 ,for shee had the ,art to vphold holy conferences about perplexities of conscience1 ,relapses into sin1 and ,remedies against the same3 ,shee had the skill to beget many ioyfull ,meditations of mortifying ,grace and euerlasting ,glory3 ,she had the ,zeale to nourish ,heauenly mindednesse1 boldnesse in the waies1 and cheerefulnesse in the exercises of ,religion and ,deuotion4 ,touching ,her submission to the ,note3 ,constant vse of the ,meanes ,meanes of ,saluation3 ,o what delight of ,saluation4 shee tooke here and in ,london1 to heare conscionable and searching ,sermons6 ,it was ,her onely ,pleasure in that ,citie 7as she professed7 to frequent them there2 yea what ,griefe was it vnto ,her 7as it was vnto ,saint ,ambrose7 to heare of the ,death of any of ,gods zealous ,note e3 ,paulin4 in ,vita ,d4 ,ministerse8 ,ambros4 ,and should ,i be silent1 yet ,her ,oratory in her house hereby1 this ,church too 7a part whereof her ,zeale1 together with her ,honourable ,husbands ,loue to ,gods ,house newly erected7 that ,closset also of ,hers in ,truro1 yea euery place almost would speake aloud of her constant reading1 hearing1 meditating on the ,word1 solemne ,humiliations1 solitary conferences with her ,god1 feruent prayers and eiaculations1 which 7as the sweetest incense7 shee euer and anon sent vp to the ,throne of ,grace for the pardon of her sinnes1 the fauour of ,god1 the spirituall ,good of her ,dearest ,husband1 ,children1 and ,gods ,church4 ,but adde vnto all these1 another ,note3 ,vnfained ,resolution to more speciall1 essentiall1 and mortifie her most preuailing superiour working of ,her ,godly ,sinne4 ,feare1 and that was ,her continuall ,combating against all sinne1 euen ,her most commanding sin whatsoeuer that wasf4 ,for there was a time ,note f3 ,psal4 #ah4 #bc4 ,rom4 #g4 to my knowledge1 when after the #ba1 #bb1 #bc1 #bd4 preaching vnto ,her of the power and efficacie of ,gods promises1 and of ,christs ,death and ,resurrection1 for the mortifying and mastering of any bosome and beloued sinne1 you might easily see in ,her1 how willingly ,note g3 ,psal4 #aai4 #f1 #h4 ,act4 she yeelded vnto the ,sanctifying #aa4 #bc4 worke of the ,holy ,ghost for the ,ouer-comming of her strongest ,note h3 ,mic4 #g4 #ah4 #a ,ioh4 #a4 corruptions1 how heauily shee was #i4 ,rom4 #f4 #ad4 ,ez4 #cf4 #be4 #b displeased with relapses into ,cor4 #ab4 #g1 #i4 smaller offences of daily incursion against the generall and constant ,note i3 ,rom4 #f4 #d1 #e1 c4 ,vis1 purposeg of her heart not to inquam1 illa ,christi mortis nobis sinne in anything2 how faithfully communicatur1 vt per hac she rested vpon those sweetesth ,christivim moriamur peccato1 sicut promises of ,god 7which she ,christus peccato semel mortitus confessed she had not erst so well est1 id est1 non vt peccatum nobis weighed7 for the mortifying of non imputitur1 7id enim ad speciall infirmities1 and how ,iustisicationem pertinct7 sed vt vnfainedly shee resolued to set her peccati vis iam non sit in nobis ,faith on worke1 to draw not onely efficax1 immo vero contra freti vi assurance of pardon from the ,merit illa ,christi1 cui per ,spiritum of ,christs ,death and ,resurrection2 ,sanctum coniuncti sumus1 peccatum but also that ,power and efficacie occidamus4--pistiemo quia non satis which is in them1 to ,die to ,sinne1 est no peccare2 sed etiam bene and ,liue to ,righteousnesse4i agere oportet1 eadem vis illa ,christi1 qua victor peccati et ,this was the ,life of this ,elect mortis in carne nostra viuere ,lady fearing the ,lord1 and coepit ,deo--nobiscum communicata therefore she hath right and coepit ,deo--nobiscum communicata interest to all those ,honourable facit vt c4 ,beza epist4 ,theolog4 ,attributes of ,praise1 which you #de4 p4 #baa4 heard euen now ,god himselfe giue her in ,his owne words4 ,note k3 ,eccles4 #h4 #h4 ,but ,o my ,soule what dost thou8 ,why ,note l3 ,s4 ,ierom4 ,eustoch4 art thou yet afraid to come to her ,epitaph4 ,paul4 ,death8 as if while ,i held my peace and were busied in ,her ,praises1 ,her ,note m3 ,neq1 paru distat inter ,death could be deferred8 ,alas it has lachrymas ,deuotionis aetatis could not by all the ,meanes that vtiq1 iam virilis1 atque eas quas were vsed4 ,for ,no man 7saith the primaeus aetas inter infantiae vagit' ,preacher7 hath power ouer the emisit1 lachrymas vtiq1 poenitentiae spirit to retaine the spiritk4 confessionis4 ,veruntamen longe ,then speake of her ,death ,i must1 amplius vtrisque procedunt aliae and yet 7to make vse of ,s4 quaeda lachrymae1 quibus in ,ierom's words in a like case7 funditur sapor vini4 ,illas enim ,quis possit siccis oculis ,paulam lachrymas vere in vinu mutari narrare morienteml8 ,who can dixerim1 quae ,fraternae ,compassionis relate the ,death of the ,lady affectu in feruore prodeut ,frances ,roberts without shedding charitatis1 pro qua etia ad some ,teares of ,compassion1 of horam tui ipsius immemor esse1 ,deuotion1 yea and of ,compunction sobria quada ebrietate videris4 toom8 ,shee deserues some ,teares ,s4 ,bern4 in ,epiph4 ,dom4 ,serm4 #c4 from vs 7,beloued7 as well as from the ,poore1 weeping now and shewing ,note3 ,bountie to the ,poore4 the ,coats and garments which this ,dorcas made for them1 while she ,note n3 ,act4 #i4 #cf4 was with themn4 ,but to stop the current of them a little longer4 ,begin we with ,gods mercifull preseruation of ,her in ,london from the noysome ,note3 ,thakfulnesse for ,pestilence2 because she ,deliuerance from the ,plague4 acknowledged it 7as was meet7 with humble ,thankfulnesseo4 ,and then ,note o3 ,psal4 #ia4 #g4 ,psal4 #ej4 remember1 that vpon ,her returne #ae4 ,psal4 #cc4 #a4 home1 being summoned by ,sicknesse1 by and by she set her ,house in order1 like ,hezekiah2 ,she spake to the ,hearts of ,her ,children1 ,friends1 and ,seruants1 that were then about ,her 7like ,iacob7 by putting them in remembrance of ,her ,departure and their ,duties3 ,she hungered and thirsted after the ,body and ,bloud of ,her ,dearest ,note3 ,worthy receiving the ,sauiour1 which shee receiued with ,sacrament4 ,due ,examinationp of ,her ,knowledge2 ,faith2 ,loue and ,note p3 #a ,cor4 #a4 #bh4 ,repentance1 with reuerent ,gesture1 heartie ,thankfulnesse1 deuout ,attention1 and very ,fruitfully to the greater strengthning and refreshing of ,her ,soule then trauelling for the other ,life4 ,and now 7,beloued7 that she lieth on the bed of ,languishing1 we must not be austere in reprehending euery ,infirmity2 but ,pitifull in considering the tender frailtie of it4 ,for what though shee were 7as ,sicke ,note3 ,passionatnesse by reason of folke are commonly,a7 more ,spiritual and ,bodily ,dist7eper4 ,passionate than others1 yea than ,her selfe in ,her health1 yet if ,god ,note ,a3 ,greek3 ,dusareston hoi iudgeth not according to the nosountes aporias hupo ,eurip4 strange ,effects and ,symptoms of ,her ,orest4 sicknesse1 not according to the short moment and violent passions of ,her ,death2 but according to the holy ,actions of ,her ,health1 the former ,affections of ,her ,heart1 and the ,generall ,course of ,her ,lifeq2 ,note q3 ,mr4 ,greenham4 #a4 ,treat4 then it is our ,dutie1 not seuerely for ,afflict4 ,consc4 fol4 ,,iii4 part to censure her passionatenesse1 who #b4 by reason of the parching ,feauer of the ,spirit1 as well as of the ,body1 was disquieted in her ,imagination 7as the ,physitian of the body could discerne7 though not in her ,memory4 ,consider therefore ,o ,man 7as that excellent ,physitian of the ,soule aduiseth theer7 if thou canst ,note r3 ,id4 ,of ,death1 fol4 #i4 beare with a fraile ,body1 that thou part #b4 must much more beare with a fraile ,minde and ,body too4 ,consider also ,o ,man1 that this her ,pettishnesse did more wound her to the heart1 than any iniury thou couldst presse her with4 ,neither doe ,i speake this to nourish passion in any1 or to proue her ,anger to be ,sinlesses2 but to ,note s3 ,vitemus ergo aut be a lesse ,sinne1 because her temperemus iracudiam3 ne sit ,spirituall and ,bodily ,distemper was eius aut in ,laudibus exceptio1 aut so great1 or rather because her ,off4 lib4 #a4 cap4 #ba4 ,faith quenched the flame of this fiery passion in ,christs ,bloud1 resolued and melted her heart into many penitent ,teares afterwards4 ,note3 ,repentance for the same4 ,oh1 said she to me1 7pressing her with ,dauids example1 ,psal4 #aca47 ,in my ,health ,i could digest any iniury1 and deemed it base and vngodly1 not to be able to doe so2 but now 7,i know not how7 me thinkes ,i am ouer-tender in bearing them4 ,i am impatient indeed1 and then ,i weepe for my impatiencie4 ,for ,i know 7as she her selfe vrged7 ,the wrath of ,man doth not accomplish ,note t3 ,iam4 #a4 #bj4 ,psalm4 #d4 the ,righteousnesse of ,godt4 #d4 ,thus shee was ,angrie with her selfe ,note u3 ,ephes4 #d4 #bf4 ,vel certe for being ,angrie with others1 and sic3 ,si irascimini1 vobis then 7according to ,saint ,ambroses irascimini1 quia commoti estis1 rule7 it ceased towards them before non peccabitis4 ,qui enim sibi the ,sunne went downu2 and was not irascitur1 quia cito comotus this ,holy ,reuenge on her selfe a est1 desinit irasci alteri4 ,id4 true fruit of ,euangelicall ibid4 ,repentance8 #b ,cor4 #g4 #aa4 ,but aye me6 me thinkes ,i now heare ,note3 ,her ,agonie4 her groaning vunder the dolefull pangs of ,death1 vnder those pangs of which shee had foretold saying3 ,i shall suffer much more ere ,i goe hence4 ,and can any haue the heart to heare her groaning pangs1 without renting his owne heart from his darling pleasure8 without lamenting his owne sinnes1 which vnlesse he forsake betimes1 will bring him to euerlasting ,note x3 ,ezek4 #ah4 #ac1 #cj4 ,burningsx8 or without learning to compassionate euery weake one1 to ,note y3 --,si quem viderimus assist any one yeelding vp the paupere moriturum1 sumptu ,ghost1 because 7as ,saint ,ambrose iuvemus1 dicat vnusquisq1 giues the reasony7 the holy nostrum3 ,benedictio morituri in me ,peophet ,iob desired the ,blessing veniat3 ,si que viderimus of one1 that lyes a ,dying3 debilem1 non deseramus1 si quem in ,benedictio morituri1 in me veniat3 extremis positum1 non relinquams4 ,let the blessing of him that is ,s4 ,ambros4 de ,bono ,mort4 cap4 #h4 readie to die1 come vpon me6 tom4 #d4 ,let vs then1 not yet1 leaue this ,note3 ,deuotion at ,her ,death4 ,departing ,saint4 ,for in the midst of this her ,agonie1 after shee had layen groaning many houres without any articulate or distinct speech1 yet vpon triall made of ,her sense and memory by demanding of ,her1 whether she would haue prayers made for ,her1 she answered plainly3 ,with all my heart1 pray1 pray4 ,and then as ,gregory ,nazianzena reports ,note a3 ,orat4 #bh4 de ,funere of his ,father1 that though ,he was ,patris4 ,tom4 #b4 daily1 yea hourely1 in great paine before his ,death1 yet ,he was euer still and quiet from paine1 onely while ,diuine ,seruice was saying2 so this ,deuout ,lady forgetting 7as it were7 ,her former ,groanings1 did listen attentiuely to the prayers that were made for ,her1 without fetching so much as one sob during that time4 ,and afterwards rehearsing distinctly part of the ,lords ,prayer1 you might heare ,her1 when ,s4 ,stephens ,vision and last wordsb were read vnto ,her1 repeat ,note b3 ,act4 #g4 #ec1 #ef1 #ei4 very often these last words of ,her ,sauiourc3 ,o ,heauenly ,father into ,note c3 ,luke #bc4 #df4 thy hands ,i commend my spirit4 ,thus on a sudden ,i haue told you ,note ,a3 ,reuel4 #ad4 #ac4 how she ,dyed in the ,lord,a1 and is with ,christ,b4 ,note ,b ,phil4 #a4 #bc4 ,and though we saw her afterwards mouing her lips2 but heard not her ,voice1 no more than they that were at ,saint ,ambroses ,death did heare ,note d3 ,paulin4 in ,d4 ,ambros his ,voice2 but only saw his lips ,vita4 moued2 yet we must not thinke ,the ,spirit of strengthe1 of ,note e3 ,esai4 #aa4 #b4 ,prayer and ,gracef1 is then onely strong1 when we heare a ,dying ,note f3 ,zach4 #ab4 #aj4 ,saint pray1 because ,christs ,spirit cries in ,gods ,children1 ,abba1 ,fatherg1 with ,vnutterable ,note g3 ,gal4 #d4 #f4 ,groaningsh which we cannot heare1 and therefore ,i doubt not1 but this ,note h3 ,rom4 #h4 #bf4 ,elect ,lady cried loudest in ,gods eares1 when we heard not her words2 and why may we not thinke now1 our sinnes hindered vs from hearing them8 ,i am sure1 heretofore she hath spoken againe and againe many ,heart-piercing speeches to deterre from ,sinne1 and to allure to ,holinesse of ,life4 ,if she be not hearkened to now1 henceforth wee shall heare ,her speake no more4 ,i charge you therefore before ,god and the ,lord ,iesus ,christ1 and the ,elect ,angells3,a you 7,i say7 ,i ,note ,a3 #a ,tim4 #e4 #ba4 charge whomsoeuer shee hath iustly reproued for any ,sin1 that you forsake those ,sins2 and whomsoeuer she hath zealously exhorted to holy ,duties1 that you performe those holy ,duties1 for henceforth you shall heare ,her speake no more4 ,but why should ,i detaine thee ,note3 ,conclusion4 ,sed quid ego te 7,honourable ,lady7 any longer8 ,or morer ,frater8 quid expectem8 vt what doe you 7,beloued7 expect more8 nostra tecum comoriatur et quasi ,that our speech also should ,die consepeliatur oratio8 ,s4 ,ambr4 de together with ,hers1 and 7as it ,obitu fratris4 ,tom4 #c4 were7 be ,buried together with ,her4 ,o my ,blessed ,brethren1 suffer neither this ,godly ,lady1 nor ,gods word to depart so dishonourably from you4 ,suffer not ,her so to depart from ,note3 ,i4 you2 but let her euer liue in your ,imitation of ,her ,vertues4 breasts by ,esteeming ,her very highly in loue for ,her workes sake1 ,note i3 ,ideo laude oris ad by ,commemorating ,gods ,graces in ,hominem vtimur1 vt alios apud quos ,her2 but aboue all by ,imitating her laudatur1 in bonam opinionem1 ,faith and ,vertuesi4 ,then you ,reuerentiam1 ,imitationem ipsius shall not need to grieue very much inducamus4 ,thom4 ,aquin4 #bb4 q4 for ,her ,absence from you2 because #ia4 she is with ,christ1 which is best of allk2 because she is ,taken ,note k3 ,phil4 #a4 #bc4--;,et ,christum away1 not from you2 but from the laedimus cum euocatos quosque ab euill to come1 ,esai4 #eg4 #a4 ,from illo quasi miserandos non you shee is not ,taken1 but from aequanimiter accipimus4 ,cupio1 seeing the plagues and miseries of inquit ,apostolus1 recipi iam 444 this wretched world1 yea from ,ergo votum si alios consequutos seeing the future ,deaths of you1 impatienter dolemus1 ipsi consequi ,her ,dearest friendsl1 for whom nolumus4 ,tertul4 de ,patient4 cap4 she would haue wept full bitterly2 #i4 ,temperet sane ,dilecti ,gaudiu1 but you haue greater ,cause1 if you moestitiam desolatorum1 will heare ,s4 ,ambrose and ,s4 tolerabilius fiat nobis1 quod ,ierome comforting themselues in a ,nobiscum non est1 quia cum ,deo like case1 to ,reioycem and to est4 ,ber4 in ,cant4 ser4 #bg4 giue ,god thankesn1 that you ,haue had ,her1 nay that you ,haue ,her1 if ,note l3 ,non enim nobis ereptus so be you follow ,her good example1 es1 sed periculis4--raptus est ne and represent her to the life by totius orbis excidia1 mundi finem1 your ,godly ,life4 propinquoru funera1 c4 ,s4 ,ambros4 de ,obitu ,fratru4 fol4 #ag4 ,to conclude3 ,i beseech you all 7,blessed ,brethren7 ,suffer not the ,note3 ,,ii4 ,word of ,god1 which you haue heard ,practise of ,gods word4 this day1 for want of the ,feare of ,god1 which is ,the firmest ,note m3 ,laetandum est enim magis1 foundation of ,gods wordo1 to quod talem fratrem habuerim1 quam vanish into aire1 into nothing1 to dolendum1 quod fratrem amiserim4 rebound from your flintie hearts ,illud enim munus1 hoc debitum est4 7as a shaft shot against a wall of ,idem ibid4 fol4 #ac4 ,adamantp27 but in ,gods ,name1 ,let the ,sword of ,gods ,spirit sunder ,note n3 ,non maeremus quod talem euery one of our minion sinnes from amisimus1 sed gratias agimus1 quod our bosomes3 ,let ,gods pretious habuimus1 immo habemus4 ,s4 ,ierom4 promise here of praising a ,woman ,epitaph4 ,paulae4 that feareth the ,lord1 feare vs from our strongest corruptions4 ,note o3 ,basis quaedam ,verbi est ,atq vtinam praeconia foeminarum1 ,timor sanctus4 ,sicut enim imitarentur viri4 ,and ,i may well simulachrum aliquod in ,basi wish with ,saint ,ierome1 that ,men statuitur----ita verbum ,dei in would emulate and imitate ,women in ,timore ,sancto melius statuitur1 their deserued attributions of fortius radicatur1 hoc est1 in ,praiseq4 ,lastly1 if you desire to pectore timentis ,dominum--,s4 know1 besides this motiue of ,ambros4 in ,psal4 #aah4 ,serm4 #e4 obtaining ,heauenly praise1 what other ,meanes you should vse to get1 ,note3 ,,iii4 ,means to ,godly keepe and increase such a godly ,feare4 ,feare in you1 then consider the examples of ,gods dreadfull ,note p3 ,iam4 #a4 #bb4 ,zach4 #g4 iudgementsr on them1 that ,feare #ab4 ,him not1 yea on ,christ ,iesus ,himselfe pursued for our sinss to ,note q3 ,s4 ,ierom4 epist4 ad the fulnesse of ,bitternesse by the ,furiam4 iustice of ,god1 consider that first4 ,then remember your owne ,note r3 #a ,cor4 #aj4 #aa4 ,reuel4 ,deaths to haue them before yout1 #ad4 #g4 remember your strict ,accounts to be madeu1 remember the restlesse ,note s3 ,esai4 #eg4 #aa4 #ec4 #e4 ,terrour of ,consciencex1 which ,mat4 #bg4 #df4 followes the impenitent1 and then or neuer you will ,feare the ,lord ,note t3 ,eccles4 #c4 #ad4 ,iob #g4 ,greatly1 as ,obadiah and this #a4 ,psal4 #ci4 #d4 #ij4 #ab4 ,blessed ,lady did4 ,be not deceiued 7my ,brethren7 after all this ,note u3 #b ,cor4 #e4 #aj4 ,matth4 ,hearing1 it is not a ,little ,feare #ab4 #cf4 will serue the turne4 ,for to ,feare ,god but a little 7as ,fulgentius ,note x3 ,rom4 #b4 #ae4 ,reu4 #f4 saith7 is to contemne ,him very #af4 ,psal4 #ah4 #bc4 ,prou4 #h4 muchy4 ,it must bee at least so #ac4 ,great a ,feare1 as must feare you from your ,greatest1 your ,sweetest ,note3 ,,iv4 ,so ,great a ,feare as ,sinne whatsoeuer that be1 else if must feare vs from our ,bosome you ,die in ita without ,repentance ,sinne4 7which ,god forbid7 your ,worme shall not die1 neither shall your ,note y3 --,hunc si quis parum fire be quenched1 and you shall metuit1 valde contemmi--,b4 ,fulg4 de be1 not a praise1 but an ,myst4 ,mediat4 ad ,trasim4 l4#b4 pag4 ,abhorring to all flesh1 the last #bae4 verse of the ,prophet ,esay with ,iames #b4 #aj4;b1 and ,ezekiel4 ,note a3 ,si in solo vno peccato #ah4 #aj1 #aa1 #ac4 decesserit ,homo1 irreuocabiliter mittitur in ignem aeternum--,gerson4 #b4 p4 de ,mendicit4 ,spirit4 lit4 ,d ,h4 part4 #c4 ,note b3 ,ex parte enim ,auersionis dicit ,iacobus qui offendit in vno factus est omnium reus1 quia scilicet vno peccato peccando incurrit poenae reatum1 ex hoc1 quod contemnit ,deum1 ex cuius contemptu prouenit omnium peccatoru reatus4 ,aquin4 #ab4 q4 #gc4 a4#a ad fin4 ,peccatum enim remitti non potest1 quam disi ,voluntas peccato adheret4 ,idem4 p4 #c4 q4 #hg4 a4 #a4 ,knowing therefore 7as ,saint ,paul c4 q4 #hf4 a4 #b4 c4 ,vnde non concludesc7 the terrour of the potest esse vere poenitens1 qui de ,lord1 we perswade you 7,blessed vno peccato poenitet1 non de ,brethren7 to feare ,god ,greatly1 alio4 ,si enim displiceret ei illud and to ,giue ,glory vnto ,himd2 peccatum1 quia est contra ,deum then you shall haue praise of super omnia dilectum--,sequeretur1 ,him1 then hee will glorifie you2 quod de omnibus peccatis and to say no more than this 7with poeniteret4 ,id4 q4 #hf4 a4 #c4 the ,prophet ,ieremiee17 which c4 will make the ,fearlesse ,sinner inexcusable3 ,who would not feare ,note3 ,v4 thee ,o ,lord1 thou ,king of ,nations1 ,reasons to feare the ,lord4 thou ,king of ,saints8 #a4 ,for thou onely art ,holy3 #b4 ,for all ,note c3 #b ,cor4 #e4 #aj1 #aa4 ,nations shall come vnto thee1 and worship thee3 #c4 ,for thy ,note d3 ,reuel4 #ad4 #g4 iudgements are made manifestf3 #d4 ,for there is none like vnto ,note e3 ,ier4 #aj4 #g4 thee1 that pardoneth ,iniquitie1 and passeth by the ,transgression of the ,sidenote3 ,,vi4 remnant of thy ,heritageg8 ,who ,prayer for ,godly ,feare4 would not ,feare ,thee such an ,almightie1 ,all-seeing1 ,iust1 ,note f3 ,reuel4 #ae4 #d4 ,mercifull ,lord ,god8 ,put thy feare therefore in our ,hearts 7as thou ,note g3 ,mic4 #g4 #ah4 hast promisedh7 that wee may neuer depart from thee2 but ,note h3 ,ier4 #cb4 #ci4 clinging inseparably by a liuely faith1 vnto the bleeding wounds of ,note i3 ,si enim amamus ,christum1 our ,blessed ,redeemer1 may without vtiq aduentum eius desiderare all slauish ,fearei of ,death and debemus4 ,peruersum enim est1 ,iudgement1 ,louinglyk appeare nescio vtrum veru1 quem diligis1 before thy ,iudgement-seat1 and timere ne veniat1 orare1 ,veniat without desperate ,crying to the regnu tuu1 timere1 ne mountains and rocks ,fall on vsl1 exaudiaris4 ,vnde autem timor8 444 may ioyfully heare ,thee say vnto ,quisquis ergo futuru iudice vs3 ,come ye ,blessed of my ,father1 times1 praesente coscientia ,inherit the ,kingdome prepared for tua corrige4 ,s4 ,aug4 in ,psal4 you from the foundation of the #adg4 tom #c4 worldm4 ,note k3 #b ,tim4 #d4 #h4 ,which ,god grants vnto vs all1 for the ,all-sufficient ,merits of his ,note l3 ,reuel4 #f4 #af4 ,dearest ,sonne1 the ,sweet ,lord ,iesus3 ,to whom with ,himselfe and ,note m3 ,matth4 #be4 #cd4 the ,holy ,spirit be ascribed ,all ,praise1 ,honour1 ,glory1 ,power1 ,dominion and ,maiestie1 now and euer4 ,amen4 ,amen4 ,,finis4