Diary of John Manningham Part 3

A fly in a hors eye, _Sic ultus peream_.

A scucheon argent, _Sic c.u.m forma nulla placet_.

A ship sayling in the sea, _Portus in ignoto est_.

An eagle looking on the sunne, _Reliqua sordent_.

A branche sprung forth of an oake couped, the word, _Planta fuit quercus_.

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MARCHE 28, 1602.[23]

[Footnote 23: This was Palm Sunday.]

At the Temple: sermon, the text, Mark, x. 20.

Notes: All the commandementes must be observed with like respect. It is not sufficient to affect one and leave the rest vnrespect, for that were to make an idoll of that precept. Obedience must be seasoned with love; yf any other respect be predominat in our actions, as feare of punishment, desyre of estimacion &c. they are out of temper.

Christ propoundes these commaundementes of the 2nd table, because, yf a man cannot observe these, he shall never be able to keepe them of the first, for yf a man love not his neighbor whom he hath seene, howe shall he love G.o.d whom he hath not seene?

And he that is bound to observe the lesse must keepe the greater commaundement.

The doctrine of justificacion consistes upon these pillars, 1. _Ex merito, si non ex condigno at ex congruo._ 2. And this upon free-will, for noe merrit with[24] a free agent. 3. And this upon a possibilitie of keeping the commaundementes, for _liberum arbitrium_ is a power of performing what wee would and should, and _libertas voluntatis_ and _liberum arbitrium_ are severall.

[Footnote 24: _Sic_, but _qu._ "without."]

Noe man can performe anie any action soe well but he shall fayle either in the goodnes of the motion efficient, the meanes, or end.

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Justificacion by workes is but old Pharisaisme and newe Papisme; the Papists distinguishe and make _Justiciam legalem_ and _evangelicam_; the 1. in performance of outward required accions; the 2. in the intent supplied [?]

All the sacrifices that G.o.d was most delighted with are for the most part sayd to be young, a lambe, &c. and the exhortacion of him which was more the agent and more learned than anie, for he was a King and the wisest that ever was, is, Remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth, &c.

There is a generall and a speciall love of Christ wherewith he embraceth men; the 1. is here ment and mentioned, and with that he loves all which doe but endeauour to be morally good; soe doubteles he loved Aristides for his justice, which was a work of G.o.d in him, and so being a good, G.o.d could not but love it, and him for it.

But the speciall is that whereby he makes us heires of eternall lyfe, and adoptes vs for his children.

Beholding him, G.o.d regardes the least perfections or rather imperfect affections in us; he will not breake a crazed reede.

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AT ST. CLEMENTES;[25] THE PRECHER.[26]

[Footnote 25: St. Clement Danes in the Strand.]

[Footnote 26: The rector at this time was Dr. John Layfield, of Trin. Coll. Cambridge, one of the revisers of the translation of the Bible temp. James I. and one of the first fellows of Chelsea College. Newcourt's Repertorium, i. 572.]

Note: The breade in the sacrament becoming a nourishment is a medicine to our whole bodye.

The manner of receyving Christes body in the sacrament; as to make a question of it by way of doubting, is dangerous, soe to enquire of it to knowe it is relligious.

Wee receive it[27] _non per consubstantialitatem sed per germanissimam societatem_. (_Chrisostom._)

[Footnote 27: In the MS. this word stands "is."]

It must be received with five fingers, the first the hand, the 2. the understanding, 3. fayth, 4. application, 5. affection and joy; and this makes it a communion.

"Take and eate," the wordes of the serpent to Eua, the wordes of the brasen serpent to vs; those were beleued and brought in perdicion, these yf beleived are the meanes to saluation.

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_Out of a booke called_ THE PICTURE OF A PERFECT COMMONWEALTH.[28]

[Footnote 28: Written by Thomas Floyd; published Lond. 1600, 12mo.]

A wicked King is like a crazed ship, which drownes both it selfe and all that are in it.

Pleasures are like sweet singing birds, which yf a man offer to take they fly awaye.

DR. MOUNFORDES[29] SERMON. (_Ch. Dauers._)

[Footnote 29: Dr. Thomas Mountford was a prebendary of Westminster from 1585 to 1681-2. (Hardy's Le Neve, iii. 350.)]

Of pleasure. _Momentaneum est quod delectat, aeternum quod cruciat._

It is better to eate fishes with Christ, then a messe of pottage with Esau.

_Nil turpius quam plus ingerrere quam possis digerere._

The glutton eates like a dogge, and lives like a hogg, having his soule as salt onely to keepe his body from stinkinge.

He that filleth his body emptieth his soule.

_Id pro Deo colitur quod prae omnibus diligitur._

_Vtinam_, sayth Augustine, _tam finiatur quam definitur ebrietas_.

Bacchus painted yonge, because he makes men like children, vnable to goe or speake, naked because discouers all.

It is noe better excuse for a drunkard to say that it was his owne that he spent, then yf one should say he would cut his owne throate, for the knife that should doe it is his owne.

Drunkennes is the divells birding synne; the drunkard like the stale that allures other to be taken like it selfe.