fo. 65. 14 November, 1602. Dr. Dawson of Trinity in Cambridge , at Paules Crosse.
His text, vii. Isay. 10. All the while he prayed he kept on his velvet night cap untill he came to name the Queene, and then of went that to, when he had spoken before both of and to God with it on his head.
Yf Godes words will not move us, neither will his workes. If dixit will not perswade, neither can fecit induce us.
A regall not a righteous motive.
Puts on the visard of hypocrisie.
Omne bonum a Deo bono, as all springs from their offspring the sea.
Judge the whole by part, as merchants sell their wares, the whole butt by a tast of a pint, &c.
Jobs patience compared to Gods not soe muche as a drop to the sea, or a mote to the whole earth.
Sinfull man approching Gods presence is not consumed as the stuble with the fyre, because man is Gods worke, and Gods mercy is ouer all his workes.
What will you make me like unto, or what will you make like unto me, saith God.
Scriptura discentem non docentem respicit, and therefore penned in a plaine and easie manner.
Essentia operis est potentia creatoris. Here he stumbled into an invective against contempt of ministers, and impoverishing the clergy. Pharoes dreame is revived, the leane kine eate up the fatt, and were never the fatter. Laymens best liuings were the Church livings; yet the gentry come to beggery.
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14 November, 1602.
Magnum solatium est magnum supplicium a magno impositum; but intollerable when the basest make it their cheife grace to disgrace the ministers.
Christ calls them the light of the world, and they are the children of darknes that would blowe it out.
Pride is a greate cause of unthankefullnes, when he shall thinke omne datum esse tuum officium et suum meritum.
Bishop Bonner made bonefires of the bones of saints and martyres in Queen Maries days.
Praysd our happy gouernment for peace and religion; and soe ended.
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21 November, 1602.Though a fashion of witt in writing may last longer then a fashion in a sute of clothes, yet yf a writer live long, and change not his fashion, he may perhaps outlive his best credit. It were good for such a man to dy quickly. (Of Dr. Reynolds; Th. Cranmer.)
Reynolds esteemes it his best glorie to quote an author for every sentence, nay almost every syllable; soe he may indeede shewe a great memory but small judgment. Alas, poore man! he does as yf a begger should come and pouer all his scraps out of his wallet at a riche mans table. He had done what he could, might tell where he had begd this peece and that peece, but all were but a beggerly shewe. He takes a speciall grace to use an old worne sentence, as though anie would like to be served with cockcrowen pottage,124 or a man should like delight to have a garment of shreeds. (Cra. and I.)
The old deane of Paules, Nowell, told Dr. Holland that he did onerare, not honorare, eum laudibus.
That which men doe naturally they doe more justly; subiects naturally desire liberty, for all things tend to their naturall first state, and all were naturally free without subjection; therefore the subiect may more justly seeke liberty then the prince incroach upon his liberty. (Th. Cran.)
Lucian, after a great contention amongst the gods which should have the first place, the Grecian challenging the prioritie for their curious workmanship, though their stuff were not soe rich, the other for the richnes of their substaunce, though they were less curious; at last he determines, the richer must be first placed, and the virtuous next. (Th. Cran.)
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21 Nov. 1602.Jo. Marstone the last Christmas he daunct with Alderman Mores wiues daughter, a Spaniard borne. Fell into a strang commendacion of hir witt and beauty. When he had done, shee thought to pay him home, and told him she though[t] he was a poet. "'Tis true," said he, "for poets fayne and lye, and soe dyd I when I commended your beauty, for you are exceeding foule."
Mr. Tho. Egerton, the Lord Keeper's sonne,125 brake a staff gallantly this tilting; there came a page skipping, "Ha, well done yfayth!" said he, "your graundfather never ranne such a course." (In novitatem.)
"His mouth were good to make a mouse trap;" of one that smels of chese-eating.
A good plaine fellowe preacht at night in the Temple Churche; his text, lxxxvi Psal. v. 11, "Teache me thy wayes, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth."
1. Note David's wisdome in desyring knowledge before all things. 2. Our ignoraunce that must be taught. 3. Our imperfection. David was an old scholler in Gods schole, and yet desyred to be taught. 4. Thy wayes; not false decretals, &c. nor lying legends, &c.
Soe soone as the Arke came into the Temple the idol Dagon fell downe and brake its necke; when God enters into our harts our idol synnes must be cast out.