A sermon preached at Welde-House, in His Excellency the Spanish Ambassador's chapel: on the third Sunday of Advent, December 12. 1686. By the Reverend Father Br. James Ayray, Friar Minor of the Holy Order of St. Francis, chaplain and preacher in ordinary to His Excellency. With allowance and special order of superiors.
On the Third Sunday of Advent, December 12. 1686. Tu quis es? Who art thou? John 1. v. 19. THE great Saint Augustin was of Opinion, That that Man had his judgment best placed, who less esteeming the Science of all things else, did make it his chiefest study perfectly to know himself:
On the Third Sunday of Advent, December 12. 1686. Tu quis es? Who art thou? John 1. v. 19. THE great Saint Augustin was of Opinion, That that Man had his judgement best placed, who less esteeming the Science of all things Else, did make it his chiefest study perfectly to know himself:
Grant and allow to worldly knowledge the best and greatest advantages imaginable, yet still this unavoidable misery attends the grandeur of it, That the most profitable perquisits cease when life doth last no longer:
Grant and allow to worldly knowledge the best and greatest advantages imaginable, yet still this unavoidable misery attends the grandeur of it, That the most profitable perquisites cease when life does last no longer:
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The devout Saint Bernard, writing to Pope Eugenius, doth humbly suggest unto him, That the gain of an Ʋniverse would never countervail the loss of a Man's own self.
The devout Saint Bernard, writing to Pope Eugenius, does humbly suggest unto him, That the gain of an Ʋniverse would never countervail the loss of a Man's own self.
and be ill read in the science of Nosce teipsum; be ignorant, tu quis es, and you'll resemble a Man who building upon a Quick-sand, exposes his Foundation to certain ruine:
and be ill read in the science of Nosce teipsum; be ignorant, tu quis es, and You'll resemble a Man who building upon a Quicksand, exposes his Foundation to certain ruin:
and austerity of his life, his retreat in solitude, and his divine preachings, are the occasion why they doubt whether he be the Messias so long expected:
and austerity of his life, his retreat in solitude, and his divine preachings, Are the occasion why they doubt whither he be the Messias so long expected:
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and therefore sending their Priests and Levites demand of him, Tu quis es? Who art thou? And this great Saint, great in the admirable science of Nosce teipsum, waving all the Titles of Honour due to his Character, gives a slender account of himself,
and Therefore sending their Priests and Levites demand of him, Tu quis es? Who art thou? And this great Saint, great in the admirable science of Nosce teipsum, waving all the Titles of Honour due to his Character, gives a slender account of himself,
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and saith only that he is a voice, vox clamantis in deserto: manifesting by this answer of his, That he did perfectly understand all the weakness and infirmities incident to Humane Nature.
and Says only that he is a voice, vox Clamantis in Deserto: manifesting by this answer of his, That he did perfectly understand all the weakness and infirmities incident to Humane Nature.
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And let our condition in this World be never so Elevated, our imploys never so Glorious, the advantages of our Lives and Fortunes never so Illustrious, we are still so inconsiderable, that wanting all Solidity, we pass like a voice that is dissipated by the Wind. It is this important knowledge of our selves, that I would have this pious Auditory to learn of the great Precursor of our Saviour;
And let our condition in this World be never so Elevated, our employs never so Glorious, the advantages of our Lives and Fortune's never so Illustrious, we Are still so inconsiderable, that wanting all Solidity, we pass like a voice that is dissipated by the Wind. It is this important knowledge of our selves, that I would have this pious Auditory to Learn of the great Precursor of our Saviour;
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some precepts of which Science I shall here deliver unto them, after having invocated the Assistance of the Holy Ghost, through the intercession of the most knowing Disciple in this School;
Some Precepts of which Science I shall Here deliver unto them, After having invocated the Assistance of the Holy Ghost, through the Intercession of the most knowing Disciple in this School;
Quid est nosse seipsum, quam totius mundi naturam nosse, saith Photius in his Bibliotheca: Man in knowing himself, would know the Nature of all the World;
Quid est nosse seipsum, quam totius mundi naturam nosse, Says Photius in his Bibliotheca: Man in knowing himself, would know the Nature of all the World;
when he made that admirable mixture of the Four Elements, and so mutually Incorporated them with one another, he would learn that all the Productions which he then Created were all for Man,
when he made that admirable mixture of the Four Elements, and so mutually Incorporated them with one Another, he would Learn that all the Productions which he then Created were all for Man,
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The Saints, who have been Educated in this School, and there commenced Masters, have left behind a certain and clear method for the Acquisition of this Science.
The Saints, who have been Educated in this School, and there commenced Masters, have left behind a certain and clear method for the Acquisition of this Science.
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Consider, saith the Devout Saint Bernard, from whence you came, and the contemplation of that vile and ignoble Nothing, out of which you did first derive your Origine, will be the subject of your Shame and Confusion:
Consider, Says the Devout Saint Bernard, from whence you Come, and the contemplation of that vile and ignoble Nothing, out of which you did First derive your Origine, will be the Subject of your Shame and Confusion:
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Regard your present State, and this place of Banishment, with the dangerous disasters that surround you, will Administer unto you matter of Lamentation:
Regard your present State, and this place of Banishment, with the dangerous disasters that surround you, will Administer unto you matter of Lamentation:
Or if you had rather arrive to this scientifical and most beneficial Knowledge, by examining the several Stations of your own Life, the Past, the Present,
Or if you had rather arrive to this scientifical and most beneficial Knowledge, by examining the several Stations of your own Life, the Past, the Present,
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and the time to Come, make some serious reflections on the vain and unprofitable use, and the inconsiderable advantages you have made of the time past:
and the time to Come, make Some serious reflections on the vain and unprofitable use, and the inconsiderable advantages you have made of the time passed:
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These three considerations shall be the three points of our present entertainment; the Oeconomy of this Day's Discourse, and the Subject of your pious and favourable attention.
These three considerations shall be the three points of our present entertainment; the Oeconomy of this Day's Discourse, and the Subject of your pious and favourable attention.
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THE greatest Misfortune that can befall poor Man, is to let his Days and Years unprofitably pass away, resembling little Children, who unhappily die before they are fit to taste the Sweets of Life:
THE greatest Misfortune that can befall poor Man, is to let his Days and years unprofitably pass away, resembling little Children, who unhappily die before they Are fit to taste the Sweets of Life:
and dispise his Friendship? Can we for the love of such Trifles run the certain hazard of eternal Torments? Quid nobis profuit, say those unhappy Souls now arrived to their last and dismal home, Quid nobis profuit superbia, aut divitiarum jactantia quid nobis contulit? transierunt omnia illa tanquam umbra:
and despise his Friendship? Can we for the love of such Trifles run the certain hazard of Eternal Torments? Quid nobis profuit, say those unhappy Souls now arrived to their last and dismal home, Quid nobis profuit superbia, Or divitiarum jactantia quid nobis contulit? transierunt omnia illa tanquam umbra:
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That Man whom to Day you see interred, hath all his Pleasures, with the empty titles of his Honour, wrapt up in a Funeral Shrowd; and a Winding-sheet will be the only portion shall fall to your lot of all those ample Possessions you now enjoy with so much Passion.
That Man whom to Day you see interred, hath all his Pleasures, with the empty titles of his Honour, wrapped up in a Funeral Shroud; and a Winding-sheet will be the only portion shall fallen to your lot of all those ample Possessions you now enjoy with so much Passion.
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Saint Bernard hath well expressed this in his First Book of Considera. and 12. Chap. Quae priora transierunt & non transierunt, transierunt a manu & non transierunt a mente.
Saint Bernard hath well expressed this in his First Book of Considera. and 12. Chap. Quae priora transierunt & non transierunt, transierunt a manu & non transierunt a mente.
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Quod factum est, saith the same St. Bernard, factum non esse non potest, proinde & si facere in tempore fuit, sed fecisse in sempiternum manet:
Quod factum est, Says the same Saint Bernard, factum non esse non potest, Therefore & si facere in tempore fuit, sed To have made in sempiternum manet:
The greatest, perhaps, amongst the Pains in Hell, is that Sempiternal remorse, the perpetual Remembrance of a past Crime foments in the troubled minds of those afflicted Souls:
The greatest, perhaps, among the Pains in Hell, is that Sempiternal remorse, the perpetual Remembrance of a past Crime foments in the troubled minds of those afflicted Souls:
The memory of a Crime guilty of their Eternal Ruine, begets a Grief beyond expression, and the impossibility of a recalling creates a dispair not to be decyphered;
The memory of a Crime guilty of their Eternal Ruin, begets a Grief beyond expression, and the impossibility of a recalling creates a despair not to be deciphered;
but the strange consequences that follow such light beginnings and the Eternity of Torments which must make an everlasting amends for a momentary fault will certainly extort a most horrid Rage.
but the strange consequences that follow such Light beginnings and the Eternity of Torments which must make an everlasting amends for a momentary fault will Certainly extort a most horrid Rage.
But the mind of Man receives and retains innumerable things without a burden, and rememorating things of an ancient standing, still reserves the species newly imprinted.
But the mind of Man receives and retains innumerable things without a burden, and rememorating things of an ancient standing, still reserves the species newly imprinted.
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Should he let you see that the Enormity of it is infinite, because committed against a Majesty that is infinite, the horror you would conceive would be extream;
Should he let you see that the Enormity of it is infinite, Because committed against a Majesty that is infinite, the horror you would conceive would be extreme;
and all their Ugliness attending on them, represented to our view in Shapes most dismal? To behold all our ill Thoughts, our sinful Desires, our vicious Habits, our immodest Discourses, our unjust Dealings, our Deceits and Lyings, our Pride and Vanity, all our Distractions and Irreverences in the presence of our God, the Good we have neglected,
and all their Ugliness attending on them, represented to our view in Shapes most dismal? To behold all our ill Thoughts, our sinful Desires, our vicious Habits, our immodest Discourses, our unjust Dealings, our Deceits and Lyings, our Pride and Vanity, all our Distractions and Irreverences in the presence of our God, the Good we have neglected,
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and the Ill we have done, with a thousand other things, which will then distinctly shew themselves in their most deformed dress? How great will then your terror be, your astonishment and confusion? Terrebit eum tribulatio; by how much the more satisfaction you did receive in the perpetration, by so much greater shall be your pain,
and the Ill we have done, with a thousand other things, which will then distinctly show themselves in their most deformed dress? How great will then your terror be, your astonishment and confusion? Terrebit Eum tribulatio; by how much the more satisfaction you did receive in the perpetration, by so much greater shall be your pain,
This Landskip of your past Life exposed to view, whilst the Eyes of your Soul contemplate the vanity of your conduct make some reflections on the words of St. Paul, Quem ergo fructum habuistis tunc in illis, in quibus nunc erubescitis? nam finis illorum mors est.
This Landskip of your past Life exposed to view, while the Eyes of your Soul contemplate the vanity of your conduct make Some reflections on the words of Saint Paul, Whom ergo Fruit habuistis tunc in illis, in quibus nunc erubescitis? nam finis Illorum mors est.
If you cannot think on past Crimes, saith St. John Chrysost. without confusion, your stock of Impudence must needs have been large, when you did commit them;
If you cannot think on past Crimes, Says Saint John Chrysostom without confusion, your stock of Impudence must needs have been large, when you did commit them;
Reflect on the incestuous Amnon, whose Love changing countenance, his Passion being once satisfied, did hate his Sister Thamar, more than ever he had affection for her, Ita ut majus esset odium quo oderat eam, amore quo ante dilexerat. Our first Parents had no sooner committed that Sin, the guilt of which they left as a Patrimony to all their Children,
Reflect on the incestuous Amnon, whose Love changing countenance, his Passion being once satisfied, did hate his Sister Tamar, more than ever he had affection for her, Ita ut Majus esset odium quo oderat eam, amore quo ante dilexerat. Our First Parents had not sooner committed that since, the guilt of which they left as a Patrimony to all their Children,
You who lead a vitious Life, and whose sinful Conversation doth grow into a Habit, I fear you are not truly sensible of that displeasure which always springs from Vice;
You who led a vicious Life, and whose sinful Conversation does grow into a Habit, I Fear you Are not truly sensible of that displeasure which always springs from Vice;
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the Stars themselves who with their rapid course do run through spaces immense in an instant, are only light expressions of that prodigious swiftness, wherewith the time present doth fly away:
the Stars themselves who with their rapid course do run through spaces immense in an instant, Are only Light expressions of that prodigious swiftness, wherewith the time present does fly away:
Methinks I see the King in the Gospel dividing his Wealth amongst his Servants, and reading a Lecture of Negotiation unto them, negotiamini dum venio, improve these Talents I now leave with you,
Methinks I see the King in the Gospel dividing his Wealth among his Servants, and reading a Lecture of Negotiation unto them, Negotiate dum Venio, improve these Talents I now leave with you,
How many poor Souls are there now frying in Hell Flames, because after once they had unhappily Sinned against their God, they wilfully slighted the offered occasion of one favourable instant, alloted them by Mercy for a reconciliation.
How many poor Souls Are there now frying in Hell Flames, Because After once they had unhappily Sinned against their God, they wilfully slighted the offered occasion of one favourable instant, allotted them by Mercy for a reconciliation.
Oh! How the favours of our God are great, who prolonging our Lives doth sollicit our hard Hearts by his divine Inspirations, to make good use of our present time,
Oh! How the favours of our God Are great, who prolonging our Lives does solicit our hard Hearts by his divine Inspirations, to make good use of our present time,
and continuing us in this Pilgrimage of the Land of the Living, the way to eternal bliss, doth afford us means necessary to redress the disorders of our ill regulated Consciences,
and Continuing us in this Pilgrimage of the Land of the Living, the Way to Eternal bliss, does afford us means necessary to redress the disorders of our ill regulated Consciences,
Pass therefore a general review, and take a full cognizance of all your Spiritual concerns, and learn from thence what reason you have to hope or fear:
Pass Therefore a general review, and take a full cognizance of all your Spiritual concerns, and Learn from thence what reason you have to hope or Fear:
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probet autem seipsum homo, see if any mortal Sin lieth yet knowingly concealed; whether Envy or Hatred, or any impure Desires lie covered in your Breast;
He may prove autem seipsum homo, see if any Mortal since lies yet knowingly concealed; whither Envy or Hatred, or any impure Desires lie covered in your Breast;
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if in frequenting the Sacraments you have not committed some Sacrilege, and prophanely abused to your own Damnation, those things which were instituted a means to purchase Heaven;
if in frequenting the Sacraments you have not committed Some Sacrilege, and profanely abused to your own Damnation, those things which were instituted a means to purchase Heaven;
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By and by, presently, and yet this by and by did see the length of many days expire, (so hard it is, seriously, to go about the work of a true Conversion:) what you now do:
By and by, presently, and yet this by and by did see the length of many days expire, (so hard it is, seriously, to go about the work of a true Conversion:) what you now do:
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and neglecting what was in their power, grounded their Repentance upon the contingency of uncertainties: amplius non erit tempus. Now they'll have leisure to Lament and Weep their fill.
and neglecting what was in their power, grounded their Repentance upon the contingency of uncertainties: Amplius non erit Tempus. Now They'll have leisure to Lament and Weep their fill.
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would to God the Comportment of my former Years were now discernable in my Behaviour; or that my Carriage at this Age, were suitable to the Modesty of my Youth.
would to God the Comportment of my former years were now discernible in my Behaviour; or that my Carriage At this Age, were suitable to the Modesty of my Youth.
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and imposing measures on your God, do lay your vain and fruitless Projects for Eternity? Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile: Behold now is the time acceptable:
and imposing measures on your God, do lay your vain and fruitless Projects for Eternity? Ecce nunc Tempus acceptabile: Behold now is the time acceptable:
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When those imaginary designs are brought to pass, which now so powerfully impede your progress in the way of Vertue, that working head of yours shall be fit to create new difficulties ten times more intricate and hard.
When those imaginary designs Are brought to pass, which now so powerfully impede your progress in the Way of Virtue, that working head of yours shall be fit to create new difficulties ten times more intricate and hard.
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They whose chiefest study is an idle indulgence of their own slothful ease, and who sencelessly content themselves in the injoyment of vain worldly Pleasures, do often find themselves grasped with the cold hands of a sudden death,
They whose chiefest study is an idle indulgence of their own slothful ease, and who sencelessly content themselves in the enjoyment of vain worldly Pleasures, do often find themselves grasped with the cold hands of a sudden death,
The continuance of this future Hereafter is uncertain, and should it conduct our gray hairs to the cold Tomb, its durance were but a day in respect of Eternity; tanquam dies hesterna quae praeteriit.
The Continuance of this future Hereafter is uncertain, and should it conduct our grey hairs to the cold Tomb, its durance were but a day in respect of Eternity; tanquam dies hesterna Quae praeteriit.
and more secure, to labour for an Eternity of Bliss, and studying to increase your Fortune, lay the foundations of it in a kingdom that will last for ever.
and more secure, to labour for an Eternity of Bliss, and studying to increase your Fortune, lay the foundations of it in a Kingdom that will last for ever.
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Holy Job, when most of all favoured with Prosperity, dreaded the unlucky strokes of Adversity; and being ignorant of the event, still remain'd prepared for the worst of accidents;
Holy Job, when most of all favoured with Prosperity, dreaded the unlucky Strokes of Adversity; and being ignorant of the event, still remained prepared for the worst of accidents;
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A prudent force-sight renders Evils less troublesome, and a prepared Will receives Misfortunes with a greater calmness; minus jacula feriunt quae praevidentur.
A prudent force-sight renders Evils less troublesome, and a prepared Will receives Misfortunes with a greater calmness; minus jacula feriunt Quae praevidentur.
and intirely relying on Divine Wisdom, leaves it self to be conducted by that God, whose Eternal Decree was the happiness of his Creatures; omnem hominem vult salvum facere.
and entirely relying on Divine Wisdom, leaves it self to be conducted by that God, whose Eternal decree was the happiness of his Creatures; omnem hominem vult Salvum facere.
Solomon, the Son of so great a Father, the miracle of Wisdom, indowed with a Knowledge from above, did lay so glorious beginnings as the World never knew,
Solomon, the Son of so great a Father, the miracle of Wisdom, endowed with a Knowledge from above, did lay so glorious beginnings as the World never knew,
strayed at last out of the way, began a Sinful Journey, and such Crimes he did there imbrace as gave occasion to his lasting Posterity to suspect his final end.
strayed At last out of the Way, began a Sinful Journey, and such Crimes he did there embrace as gave occasion to his lasting Posterity to suspect his final end.
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O Devout Christians, Who are you, compared with this Prophet, and Son of a Prophet? Tu quis es? O never more presume on your own force, but let the Admonition of the Apostle be your guide, Cum metu & tremore salutem vestram operamini:
O Devout Christians, Who Are you, compared with this Prophet, and Son of a Prophet? Tu quis es? Oh never more presume on your own force, but let the Admonition of the Apostle be your guide, Cum metu & tremore salutem vestram Operamini:
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Nemo scit an odio dignus vel amore sit. The Saints themselves lived in perpetual apprehensions; and the continual Alarms they receiv'd about their final Happiness, did incessantly disturb their quiet.
Nemo scit an odio Dignus vel amore sit. The Saints themselves lived in perpetual apprehensions; and the continual Alarms they received about their final Happiness, did incessantly disturb their quiet.
The Wise man doth frame for Mortals a Lesson of Instruction, from the labours of the Industrious Ant, who laying up in Summer her necessary Provision, doth pass the Winter in a greater Plenty.
The Wise man does frame for Mortals a lesson of Instruction, from the labours of the Industria Ant, who laying up in Summer her necessary Provision, does pass the Winter in a greater Plenty.
Cast an Eye back and reflect a little on the Answer Saint John made to the Priests and Pharisees in this days Gospel, medius vestrum stetit quem vos nescitis;
Cast an Eye back and reflect a little on the Answer Saint John made to the Priests and Pharisees in this days Gospel, medius Vestrum Stetit Whom vos Nescitis;
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as following the counsel of that great Light of the Church, Saint Augustin; Find out some obscure place, where you may secretly commit your Crimes unseen by Heaven:
as following the counsel of that great Light of the Church, Saint Augustin; Find out Some Obscure place, where you may secretly commit your Crimes unseen by Heaven:
and if you can be so fortunate as to find a place hid from his all piercing Eyes, go there triumphantly, commit the worst misdeeds and escape unpunished.
and if you can be so fortunate as to find a place hid from his all piercing Eyes, go there triumphantly, commit the worst misdeeds and escape unpunished.
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But wretched Soul, if all the Mansion be full of Eyes, if God not only be in your Chamber, but in the very midst of your own Self, est in medio tui, How dare you presume to do that in his Presence, which you would be ashamed the Eyes of Man should see?
But wretched Soul, if all the Mansion be full of Eyes, if God not only be in your Chamber, but in the very midst of your own Self, est in medio tui, How Dare you presume to do that in his Presence, which you would be ashamed the Eyes of Man should see?
as injoying the Fruits of our Labours, through the Merits of our Lord and Saviour Jesus, we may be admitted to Praise and Glorifie him for an Eternity with the Saints in Heaven;
as enjoying the Fruits of our Labours, through the Merits of our Lord and Saviour jesus, we may be admitted to Praise and glorify him for an Eternity with the Saints in Heaven;
