A sermon preach'd before the King and Queen in Their Majesties chappel at Windsor, on Trinity-Sunday, May 30. 1686 by the Reverend Father John Persall ...
A SERMON Preach'd before THEIR MAJESTIES, On Trinity-Sunday, May 30. 1686. In Nomine Patris, & Filii, & Spiritûs Sancti. Matth. c. 28. v. 19. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matth. c. 28. v. 19. THE Inscrutable Mystery of the most Blessed Trinity propos'd to our Veneration in this Days Solemnity, is so sublime, that no Created Intellect can reach it, the most high-flying Wits fall infinitely short of it;
A SERMON Preached before THEIR MAJESTIES, On Trinity-Sunday, May 30. 1686. In Nomine Patris, & Sons, & Spiritûs Sancti. Matthew c. 28. v. 19. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew c. 28. v. 19. THE Inscrutable Mystery of the most Blessed Trinity proposed to our Veneration in this Days Solemnity, is so sublime, that no Created Intellect can reach it, the most highflying Wits fallen infinitely short of it;
The great St. Augustin thought it once worth his labour to employ his noble Thoughts in discovery of these admirable Secrets, that are couch'd in this Sacred Mystery;
The great Saint Augustin Thought it once worth his labour to employ his noble Thoughts in discovery of these admirable Secrets, that Are couched in this Sacred Mystery;
he walks by the Sea-shore, contemplating the Divine Processions and Relations, a true Trinity of Persons in a perfect Unity of Substance, the Father, Son,
he walks by the Seashore, contemplating the Divine Procession and Relations, a true Trinity of Persons in a perfect Unity of Substance, the Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost, three really distinct Persons, yet so, that the Father is in the Son, the Son is in the Father, the Holy Ghost in the Father and the Son, all three in each by a strict Identity of one Substance.
and Holy Ghost, three really distinct Persons, yet so, that the Father is in the Son, the Son is in the Father, the Holy Ghost in the Father and the Son, all three in each by a strict Identity of one Substance.
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Idem omnino. In the middle of these Thoughts, St. Augustin 's Eyes chanced to glance upon a Child just by the Sea-side, very busie in lading out the Sea into a little Pit he had made there;
Idem Omnino. In the middle of these Thoughts, Saint Augustin is Eyes chanced to glance upon a Child just by the Seaside, very busy in lading out the Sea into a little Pit he had made there;
But dost thou not see (says the Saint) that thy Pit is too little to hold all those Waters? I can more easily do this (replies the Child) than you compass what you are about.
But dost thou not see (Says the Saint) that thy Pit is too little to hold all those Waters? I can more Easily do this (replies the Child) than you compass what you Are about.
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Thus Almighty God did teach this great Servant of his, how little proportion all Humane Industry has 〈 ◊ 〉 order to the understanding this ineffable and incomprehensible Mystery;
Thus Almighty God did teach this great Servant of his, how little proportion all Humane Industry has 〈 ◊ 〉 order to the understanding this ineffable and incomprehensible Mystery;
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In my Third, how to make our Souls (what they were created) perfect Images of the Trinity, by squaring our Actions according to this Divine Pattern: Three Parts of one and the same Discourse;
In my Third, how to make our Souls (what they were created) perfect Images of the Trinity, by squaring our Actions according to this Divine Pattern: Three Parts of one and the same Discourse;
Now that all may succeed to the greater Glory of this Great Trinity, let us have recourse to the Intercession of the Immaculate Virgin-Mother, Daughter to the Eternal Father, Mother to the Eternal Son, Spouse to the Holy Spirit, perfect Temple of the whole Trinity, saluting her with the Archangel, Ave Maria.
Now that all may succeed to the greater Glory of this Great Trinity, let us have recourse to the Intercession of the Immaculate Virgin mother, Daughter to the Eternal Father, Mother to the Eternal Son, Spouse to the Holy Spirit, perfect Temple of the Whole Trinity, saluting her with the Archangel, Have Maria.
and profitable Idea of this Mystery, than by contemplating its Image, the Soul of Man, where you will find, that as often as any thing excellent and amiable is objected to her, she presently speaks it, saying, This is fine, this is admirable, this deserves to be belov'd indeed;
and profitable Idea of this Mystery, than by contemplating its Image, the Soul of Man, where you will find, that as often as any thing excellent and amiable is objected to her, she presently speaks it, saying, This is fine, this is admirable, this deserves to be Beloved indeed;
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and give it a second Being in his Son, so the Eternal Father speaking propagates his own Divine Nature, giving it (as it were) a second Being in that Consubstantial Image;
and give it a second Being in his Son, so the Eternal Father speaking propagates his own Divine Nature, giving it (as it were) a second Being in that Consubstantial Image;
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But what, says the Atheist or Heathen, must I then become Irrational before I can be a Christian? Must I renounce that very faculty which distinguishes me from a Bruit? Must I admit things that evidently contradict the first Principles of Reason,
But what, Says the Atheist or Heathen, must I then become Irrational before I can be a Christian? Must I renounce that very faculty which Distinguishes me from a Bruit? Must I admit things that evidently contradict the First Principles of Reason,
whereas our Faith, tho' supernatural, tho' above Reason, yet it confirms true Reason; for Almighty God only exacts of us to believe when we have reason to believe;
whereas our Faith, though supernatural, though above Reason, yet it confirms true Reason; for Almighty God only exacts of us to believe when we have reason to believe;
So an ignorant Peasant looking upon the Stars in a clear Night, according to direct Reason rising from his Senses, judges them not an Inch Diameter, and that ten or twenty of them joyn'd together would scarce equal a Full-Moon;
So an ignorant Peasant looking upon the Stars in a clear Night, according to Direct Reason rising from his Senses, judges them not an Inch Diameter, and that ten or twenty of them joined together would scarce equal a Full-Moon;
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if his Holy Church, which put into my Hands the Scripture it self, assuring me, that it is the Word of God, interprets these Words, These three are one, St. John 's first Epist. c. 5. v. 7. and these other, I and my Father are one, St. John's Gospel, c. 10. v. 30. If, I say, this Church interprets these Words in a real strict sense, which otherwise might bear a more easie Interpretation in a metaphorical or figurate sense, I must and will believe it,
if his Holy Church, which put into my Hands the Scripture it self, assuring me, that it is the Word of God, interprets these Words, These three Are one, Saint John is First Epistle c. 5. v. 7. and these other, I and my Father Are one, Saint John's Gospel, c. 10. v. 30. If, I say, this Church interprets these Words in a real strict sense, which otherwise might bear a more easy Interpretation in a metaphorical or figurate sense, I must and will believe it,
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To deny a thing upon this account, that it contradicts Sense and direct Reason, is irrational, injurious to Almighty God, and destructive to Christianity. It is irrational;
To deny a thing upon this account, that it contradicts Sense and Direct Reason, is irrational, injurious to Almighty God, and destructive to Christianity. It is irrational;
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'tis destructive to Christianity, because it destroys the two chief Mysteries of Christianity, the Trinity and Incarnation, both which seemingly contradict direct Reason.
it's destructive to Christianity, Because it Destroys the two chief Mysteres of Christianity, the Trinity and Incarnation, both which seemingly contradict Direct Reason.
I do not believe Christ to be a Natural Door, tho' I hear him say, I am a Door, John c. 10. v. 9. nor a Natural Vine, tho' I hear him say, I am the True Vine, John c.
I do not believe christ to be a Natural Door, though I hear him say, I am a Door, John c. 10. v. 9. nor a Natural Vine, though I hear him say, I am the True Vine, John c.
Let us then pay this duty to our great God, an humble acknowledgment of our Weakness and his Power, that he can reveal more, infinitely more than we are able to conceive.
Let us then pay this duty to our great God, an humble acknowledgment of our Weakness and his Power, that he can reveal more, infinitely more than we Are able to conceive.
and therefore has imprinted in his Soul so violent an Appetite and Desire of that blessed Fruition, that let a thousand Worlds joyn their Stocks together, let Men and Angels,
and Therefore has imprinted in his Soul so violent an Appetite and Desire of that blessed Fruition, that let a thousand World's join their Stocks together, let Men and Angels,
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O you young Gallants of the World, who spend your Time, Fortunes, Life and all, in the pursuit of a fading Beauty, a Rose surrounded with so many pricking Thorns of Cares and Solicitude, a Flower so soon withered with Time,
O you young Gallants of the World, who spend your Time, Fortune's, Life and all, in the pursuit of a fading Beauty, a Rose surrounded with so many pricking Thorns of Cares and Solicitude, a Flower so soon withered with Time,
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'tis the blindness of your Understandings, and pravity of your Wills, (the sad Effects of Original Sin) that make you thus mistake the Object of your Happiness,
it's the blindness of your Understandings, and pravity of your Wills, (the sad Effects of Original since) that make you thus mistake the Object of your Happiness,
Nay, even in this Night of Mortality, some Souls, by the help of Divine Grace and Light of Faith, arrive to so high a pitch of Divine Love, that nothing here below,
Nay, even in this Night of Mortality, Some Souls, by the help of Divine Grace and Light of Faith, arrive to so high a pitch of Divine Love, that nothing Here below,
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How many have fled to the remotest Desarts? How many have shut themselves up in Monasteries, betwixt four Walls of a little Cell, not to be diverted from the delicious Contemplation of their Great God? Now all this Amability is common to all Three Persons, with this difference, that in the Father it is originally as in a Fountain, receiv'd from no other Person;
How many have fled to the Remotest Deserts? How many have shut themselves up in Monasteries, betwixt four Walls of a little Cell, not to be diverted from the delicious Contemplation of their Great God? Now all this Amability is Common to all Three Persons, with this difference, that in the Father it is originally as in a Fountain, received from no other Person;
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which he does not to the Ear, but to the Heart and Eye of the Soul, delivering his Great Word with so Divine a Grace, that the most delicious Voice that ever was heard, the most agreeable Garbo that ever a pure Creature spoke with, is but a meer Stuttering and Stammering, if compar'd to it.
which he does not to the Ear, but to the Heart and Eye of the Soul, delivering his Great Word with so Divine a Grace, that the most delicious Voice that ever was herd, the most agreeable Garbo that ever a pure Creature spoke with, is but a mere Stuttering and Stammering, if compared to it.
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All the delicious Objects of our Senses, whatever can be seen or heard, all the Truths our Understanding is able to conceive, all the Delights our Will can desire;
All the delicious Objects of our Senses, whatever can be seen or herd, all the Truths our Understanding is able to conceive, all the Delights our Will can desire;
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The Lover here are the three Persons of the Blessed Trinity, the Beloved are the same three Persons meeting and embracing each other in the perfect Unity of one God. The Father loves the Son; the Son loves the Father;
The Lover Here Are the three Persons of the Blessed Trinity, the beloved Are the same three Persons meeting and embracing each other in the perfect Unity of one God. The Father loves the Son; the Son loves the Father;
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we must not approach to contemplate this great Mystery, till we have cast off all the Dirt and Dust of terrene desires, our Conversation must be no more on Earth, but in Heaven;
we must not approach to contemplate this great Mystery, till we have cast off all the Dirt and Dust of terrene Desires, our Conversation must be no more on Earth, but in Heaven;
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God made Man to his own Image, Gen. 1. v. 27. What wonder then if we endeavour to reform the Picture, by comparing it with the Prototypon? Besides, do's not our Saviour himself assign the Perfection of his Eternal Father for a Pattern to frame ours by? Be you perfect (says he) as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect, Matth. c.
God made Man to his own Image, Gen. 1. v. 27. What wonder then if we endeavour to reform the Picture, by comparing it with the Prototypon? Beside, do's not our Saviour himself assign the Perfection of his Eternal Father for a Pattern to frame ours by? Be you perfect (Says he) as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect, Matthew c.
If then Christ makes himself One with his Servants, he who permits himself to be separated by Envy and Malice from his Fellow-servants, doth in effect separate himself from Christ.
If then christ makes himself One with his Servants, he who permits himself to be separated by Envy and Malice from his Fellow servants, does in Effect separate himself from christ.
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so if any Absurdity be done, we presently lay it at their Doors we have a Pique against, (So in the Primitive Church the Heathens ascrib'd all Mischiefs and Mischances to the Christians,
so if any Absurdity be done, we presently lay it At their Doors we have a Pique against, (So in the Primitive Church the heathens ascribed all Mischiefs and Mischances to the Christians,
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he is the fountain of all good, and therefore we must remember, when we meet with any thing amiable, that it is but a Rivulet flowing from that great Fountain,
he is the fountain of all good, and Therefore we must Remember, when we meet with any thing amiable, that it is but a Rivulet flowing from that great Fountain,
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As often as we feel our Hearts mov'd to a tenderness and kindness, let us consider from what it proceeds, is it from a word speaking the Creature amiable without meutioning the Creator? O then it comes from a false, from a lying Word;
As often as we feel our Hearts moved to a tenderness and kindness, let us Consider from what it proceeds, is it from a word speaking the Creature amiable without meutioning the Creator? O then it comes from a false, from a lying Word;
'tis Illegitimate, it must not inherit your Heart, you must cast it out, 'tis a base servile affection ejice ancilam, but the true Legitimate Possessor of your Heart must be a Divine Love, proceeding from a word expressing the Divine Fountain of all Perfection.
it's Illegitimate, it must not inherit your Heart, you must cast it out, it's a base servile affection Eject ancilam, but the true Legitimate Possessor of your Heart must be a Divine Love, proceeding from a word expressing the Divine Fountain of all Perfection.
we have then learnt in my First Part, to believe what we cannot understand, seeing that God would not be God, could he not reveal of himself more than we can comprehend.
we have then learned in my First Part, to believe what we cannot understand, seeing that God would not be God, could he not reveal of himself more than we can comprehend.
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There only now remains, that with the Tears of Penance, Acts of perfect Contrition, we wash away whatever deformed the Sacred Image of the Trinity in our Souls,
There only now remains, that with the Tears of Penance, Acts of perfect Contrition, we wash away whatever deformed the Sacred Image of the Trinity in our Souls,
O Omnipotent Father, whose Power is without Limits, give us strength to believe what we cannot understand, to love what our Senses cannot reach, to keep thy Image in our Souls entire against the World, Flesh and Devil, who endeavours to dis-figure it. O Eternal Word!
Oh Omnipotent Father, whose Power is without Limits, give us strength to believe what we cannot understand, to love what our Senses cannot reach, to keep thy Image in our Souls entire against the World, Flesh and devil, who endeavours to disfigure it. O Eternal Word!
Increated Wisdom, Illuminate our Souls with thy Divine Rays, that our Interiour and Exteriour Words may speak according to Faith and Reason, prefere Eternity before Time, Heaven before Earth, the Creator before the Creature:
Increated Wisdom, Illuminate our Souls with thy Divine Rays, that our Interiour and Exterior Words may speak according to Faith and Reason, prefere Eternity before Time, Heaven before Earth, the Creator before the Creature:
and be received into Eternal Happiness, as carrying clearly Imprinted in our Souls the Characteristical note of a Christian, grateful to Heaven, terrible to Hell, beneficial to Earth, the Sign of the Holy Cross, In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. FINIS.
and be received into Eternal Happiness, as carrying clearly Imprinted in our Souls the Characteristical note of a Christian, grateful to Heaven, terrible to Hell, beneficial to Earth, the Signen of the Holy Cross, In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. FINIS.
