A spiritual spicerie containing sundrie sweet tractates of devotion and piety. By Ri. Brathwait, Esq.
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A spiritual spicerie containing sundrie sweet tractates of devotion and piety. By Ri. Brathwait, Esq.
Author
Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.
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London :: Printed by I. H[aviland] for George Hutton at his shop within turning stile in Holborne,
1638.
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Devotional literature.
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A pithy Meditation
upon this Expostula∣tion
and Answer, to in∣flame
the Soule with a
devout fervour.
IS it so, O my Soule, that
shee, whom thou hast so
daintily cockred, with whom
thou hast so familiarly con∣versed,
and to whom thou
hast so easily consented, is thy
domestick Enemy, and by so
much more fearfull because
domesticall? Chastise her whō
thou hast cherished, estrange
thee from her, with whom
thou hast so freely consorted,
incline not to her, to whose
advice thou hast so freely
condescended. It is Ismael
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that playeth with thee; who,
whilest she playes with thee,
playes upon thee. Looke up∣on
that gracious Shepherd,
who hath sought thee;
fix thine eye upon that
precious price, with which
he bought thee. The worth
of the whole world comes
farre short of the worth of
that price; be it then thine
highest honour to advance
his praise. Let no sinne
soile that image which is so
richly beautified: Let no
cloud obscure that light
which was so freely be∣stowed.
Hee that tooke on
him Flesh for thee, hee that
in his Flesh suffered so much
for thee, hee that gave him∣selfe
to gaine thee, and
shew'd himselfe so truly
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thine to retaine thee: Let
him solely and wholly have
thee. Suffer not thy Flesh
to converse with thee, till
she become a true Convert in
the practice of piety. Better
is it for thee by contempt
of thy Flesh to augment thine
owne honour, than by obe∣dience
to thy Flesh to pro∣cure
thy dishonour. Short
is the Fight, but great is the
Conquest. Recoile not;
for thou hast him for thy
* 1.1Chiefetaine, who hath van∣quish'd
that foe, who, to this
houre, hath given all Chiefe∣taines
the foile. Fight va∣liantly
then under his ban∣ner;
embrace all contempts
for his honour. Erect the
eye of thy Faith to Heaven,
while thou directest thy feet
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on Earth, that after
thy well-past pilgrimage on
Earth, thou maist bee re∣warded
with a lasting in∣heritance
in Heaven.
Amen.
Notes
* 1.1
Imperator noster Chri∣stus eum ho∣stem vicit, qui adhuc omnes Impe∣ratores stra∣vit. Miscell. Theor. Itin.