A divine herbal together with a forrest of thorns In five sermons. ... By…A divine herball together with a forrest of thornes In five sermons. ... By…

2 After sense of the smart will follow a desire of remedy. The throbbing conscience would be at ease, and freed from the Thorn that vexeth it. David roars out for the very disquietness of his heart. The aching heart will make a crying tong, and wet eyes. Lo the mercy of GOD! A remedy is not sooner desired, then offered. The sacred Gospel directs us to a medicine, that shall supple the heart, and draw out these thorns; though they stuck as thick in it, as ever the arrows did in Sebastian. They speak of the herb Dictamnum, called of some Dittany, that it hath a secret virtue to draw out any thing fastened in the body.¹ Pliny saith, that this herb drunk, Sagittas pellit. Experience telleth, that it is sovereign ⟨p. 145⟩to exhale a thorn out of the flesh. Our only Dictamnum is the precious blood of our merciful Saviour JESUS CHRIST. A plaster of that is truly virtual, to draw out all thorns from our consciences, Saucia •nimis, which is nulla medicabilis herbis, is thus cured. Our sins drew blood of him; that his blood might save us. He was crowned with Thorns, that we might not be killed with thorns. He was wounded for us, that we might not perish for our selves.

2 After sense of the smart will follow a desire of remedy. The throbbing conscience would be at ease, and freed from the Thorne that vexeth it. Dauid rores out for the very disquietnesse of his heart. The aking heart will make a crying tong, and wet eyes. Loe the mercie of GOD! A remedy is not sooner desired, then offred. The sacred Gospell directs vs to a medicine, that shall supple the heart, and draw out these thornes; though they stucke as thicke in it, as euer the arrowes did in Sebastian. They speake of the herbe Dictamnum, call'd of some Ditanie, that it hath a secret vertue to draw out any thing fastened in the body.¹ Plinie sayth, that this herbe drunke, Sagittas pellit. Experience telleth, that it is soueraigne ⟨p. 145⟩to exhale a thorne out of the flesh. Our onely Dictamnum is the precious bloud of our merciful Sauiour IESVS CHRIST. A plaister of that is truely vertuall, to draw out all thornes from our consciences, Saucia nimis, which is nulla medicabilis herbis, is thus cured. Our sinnes drew bloud of him; that his bloud might saue vs. He was crowned with Thornes, that we might not be killed with thornes. He was wounded for vs, that we might not perish for our selues.