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Two sermons tending to direction for Christian carriage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and…Two sermons tending to direction for Christian cariage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and…
Two sermons tending to direction for Christian carriage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and in judgements imminent : the former on Psalm 13.1, the latter on Hebr. 11.7 / by Thomas Gataker, B. in D. and pastor of Rotherhith.Two sermons tending to direction for Christian cariage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and in judgements imminent : the former on Psalm 13.1, the latter on Hebr. 11.7 / by Thomas Gataker, B. in D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
Thomas Gataker 1574–1654London: printed by John Haviland, 1623London: printed by Iohn Haviland, 1623
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ALBEIT Speech have no small advantage of Writing; in that ait hath a greater vivacity accompanying it, than the other hath by much: the latter seeming to be but as ba dead shadow of the former; Elocution cthe very vital spirit and chief grace of an Oration, and ⟨image 4⟩that, which dthat most eminent Orator and *Father of Elo•, […] not the Prime pa• only of Oratory, but in effect eall in all, and the sum of all, being fwanting in it: In regard whereof, it is not wont to make so deep an impression, or to work upon the affections so powerfully as gthat doth; & it is accounted therefore but ha second shift, and as sailing with a side-wind, where a direct fore-wind faileth. Yet herein hath Writing the odds of Speech; in that by it we may speak as well to the absent as to the present; by it men restrained by sickness, weakness, or otherwise from public employment, yet may notwithstanding much profit the public, & sitting themselves still at home, benefit others abroad; yea by it, not the iliving only may converse ⟨image 4⟩with the living, kthough never so far both by sea and land severed either from other, but the living also may have profitable commerce and dealing with the dead, as lwe have by means of their writings still extant with those that died and departed this world, even thousands of years since, to our exceeding great comfort and inestimable gain. Being therefore moved by some that heard of it, and the matter delivered in it, but could not be present at the delivery of it, to make this weak discourse, by help of Pen and Press, more public, as dealing in an Argument not unfitting the present times, and such as they desired to be more fully either instructed or directed in, which by means thereof they supposed that both themselves and many other might be; I was the rather induced to condescend to this their desire, that by presenting of it to your Lordship, the prime Member of that grave and reverend Society, where it was by word of mouth delivered:
ALBEIT Speech haue no small aduantage of Writing; in that ait hath a greater viuacitie accompanying it, than the other hath by much: the latter seeming to be but as ba dead shadow of the former; Elocution cthe very vitall spirit and chiefe grace of an Oration, and ⟨image 4⟩that, which dthat most eminent Orator and *Father of Elo•, 〈…〉 not the Prime pa• only of Oratorie, but in effect eall in all, and the summe of al, being fwanting in it: In regard wherof, it is not wont to make so deepe an impression, or to worke vpon the affections so powerfully as gthat doth; & it is accounted therfore but ha second shift, and as sailing with a side-winde, where a direct fore-winde faileth. Yet herein hath Writing the ods of Speech; in that by it we may speake as well to the absent as to the present; by it men restrained by sicknesse, weaknesse, or otherwise from publike •mployment, yet may notwithstanding much profit the publike, & sitting themselues still at home, benefit others abroad; yea by it, not the iliuing only may conuerse ⟨image 4⟩with the liuing, kthough neuer so farre both by sea and land seuered either from other, but the liuing also may haue profitable commerce and dealing with the dead, as
aHabet nescio quid latentis [Greek or Hebrew] viva vox; & in aures disc•puli de autoris ore transfusa fortius sonat. Hiero. ad Paulin. Viva illa, ut dicitur, vox lectione plenius alit. Quintil. institut. l. 2. c. 2. Quod memoria lapsus ciccroni quasi ex Tuscul. l. 2. tribuit Erasm. in Hieron. & in Adag. Atqui Cic. epist. ad Atlic. lib. 2. epist. 8. Ubi sunt qui aiunt, [Greek or Hebrew]; Quanto magis vidi ex tuis literis, quàm ex illius ser•one quid ageretur?Habet nescio quid latentis 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 viva vox; & in aures disc•puli de autoris ore transfusa fortius sonat. Hiero. ad Paulin. Viva illa, ut dicitur, vox lectione pleniꝰ alit. Quintil. institut. l. 2. c. 2. Quod memoria lapsus ciccroni quasi ex Tuscul. l. 2. tribuit Erasm. in Hieron. & in Adag. Atqui Cic. epist. ad Atlic. lib. 2. epist. 8. Ubi sunt qui aiunt, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; Quanto magis vidi ex tuis literis, quàm ex illius ser•one quid ageretur?
b[Greek or Hebrew]. Greg Naz. epist. 52. Et [Greek or Hebrew]. idem epist. 38.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Greg Naz. epist. 52. Et 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. idem epist. 38.
cActio quasi vita quaedam est orationis. Quintil. institut. lib. 11. cap. 3.
dO' [Greek or Hebrew]. DionysHalicar. de Demosthene. Oratorem planè perfectum, & cui nihil admodum desit, Demosthenem facilè dixeris. Cic. de clar. Orat. Quo ne Athenas quidem ipsas magis credo fuisse Atticas. Idē de perfect. Orat. Grae. corum Oratorū praestantissimi sunt [Greek or Hebrew] qui fuerunt Athenis; corum autem princeps facilè Demosthenes, admirabile est quantum inter omnes unus excellat. Idem de opt. gen. Orat. Cujus commemorato nomine maxima eloquentiae consummati• audientis animo oboritur. Val. Max. memorab. l. 8. c. 7.O' 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. DionysHalicar. de Demosthene. Oratorem planè perfectum, & cui nihil admodum desit, Demosthenem facilè dixeris. Cic. de clar. Orat. Quo ne Athenas quidem ipsas magis credo fuisse Atticas. Idē de perfect. Orat. Grae. corum Oratorū praestantissimi sunt qui fuerunt Athenis; corum autem princeps facilè Demosthenes, admirabile est quantum inter omnes unus excellat. Idem de opt. gen. Orat. Cujus commemorato nomine maxima eloquentiae consummati audientis animo oboritur. Val. Max. memorab. l. 8. c. 7.
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Rector of Rotherhithe; member of the Westminster Assembly.
we haue by meanes of their writings still extant with those that died and departed this world, euen thousands of yeeres since, to our exceeding great comfort and inestimable gaine. Being therefore moued by some that heard of it, and the matter deliuered in it, but could not be present at the deliuery of it, to make this weake discourse, by helpe of Pen and Presse, more publike, as dealing in an Argument not vnfitting the present times, and such as they desired to be more fully either instructed or directed in, which by meanes thereof they supposed that both themselues and many other might be; I was the rather induced to condescend to this their desire, that by presenting of it to your Lordship, the prime Member of that graue and reuerend Societie, where it was by word of mouth deliuered:
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*Quomodo Facundiae Parentem Ciceronem. Plin. hist. not. l. 7. c. 30. Atqui, cùm Demosthenes Graecae, Cicero Latinae eloquent ▪ Principes extiterint; Demosthenes & prior fuit, & exmagna parte Ciceronem, quantus est, fecit. Quintil. institut. l. 6. c. 3. & l. 10. c. 1.Quomodo Facundiae Parentem Ciceronem. Plin. hist. nat. l. 7. c. 30. Atqui, cùm Demos•enes Graecae, Cicero Latinae eloquen•▪ Principes extiterint; Demosthenes & prior fuit, & exmagna parte Ciceronem, quantus est, fecit. Quintil. institut. l. 6. c. 3. & l. 10. c. 1.
eActi• in dicendo una dominatur. Huic prima• dedisse Demosthenes dicitur, cùm rogaretur, quid in dicendo esset primum, huic secundas, hui: tertias. Cic. de Orat. l. 3. & declar. Orat. Val. Max. memor. l. 8. c. 10. Quintil. instit. l. 11. c. 3. & Aug. epist. 56.
fHinc Val. Max. lib. 8. cap. 10. In Demosthene magna pars Demosthenis abest, quia legitur potius quàm auditur.
gNulla res magis penetrat in animos, eosqu• fingit, format, flectit. Cic. declar. Orat. Tantum dictis adjicit gratiae, ut infinitè magis eadem audita quam lecta delectent. Quinti•l. instit. l. 11. c. 3. Multo magis, •t vulg• dicitur, viva vox affic•t. Nam, licet acriora s•nt, qu• legas, altius tamen in animo sedent, […] pr•nunciatio, vultus, habitus, gestus etiam dicentis adfigit. Plin. epist. 4. lib. 2. Hinc […] D• mosthenis orationem, quàm eis recitasset, ad•antibus Rhodijs, [Greek or Hebrew]; Quidsi ipsum, vel, Quid si bestiam ipsam audivissetis? Cic. de Orat. lib. 3. […]. not. lib. 7. cap. 30. Val. Max. lib. 8. cap. 10. Plin. jun. ep. 4. lib. 2. Quintil. instit. l. 11. c. 3. & Hieron. ad Paulin.Nulla res magis penetrat in animos, eosqu• fingit, format, flectit. Cic. declar. Orat. Tantum dictis adjicit gratiae, ut infinitè magis eadem audita quam lecta delectent. Quinti•l. instit. l. 11. c. 3. Multo magis, •t vulg• dicitur, viva vox affic•t. Nam, licet acriora s•nt, qu• legas, altius tamen in animo sedent, 〈…〉 pr•nunciatio, vultus, habitus, gestus etiam dicentis adfigit. Plin. epist. 4. lib. 2. Hinc 〈…〉 D• mosthenis orationem, quàm eis recitasset, ad•antibus Rhodijs, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; Quidsi ipsum, vel, Quid si bestiam ipsam audivissetis? Cic. de Orat. lib. 3. 〈…〉. nat. lib. 7. cap. 30. Val. Max. lib. 8. cap. 10. Plin. jun. ep. 4. lib. 2. Quintil. instit. l. 11. c. 3. & Hieron. ad Paulin.
h[Greek or Hebrew] Ignat. epist. 1. [Greek or Hebrew]. E•stath. ad Odyss. [Greek or Hebrew] ex Pausania.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Ignat. epist. 1. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. E•stath. ad Odyss. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 ex Pausania.
iSola •es est que homines absents praesentes facit. Turpilius de vicissitudine literarum. Quid enim tam pr• sens est inter absentes, quàm per epistolas & alloqui & audire quos diligas? Hieron. ad Nit•. Sunt literae doctrina quaedam, qua quisque valeat quamvis longè absenti verba mitter• man• facta in silentio, quae rursus ille cui mittuntur, non auribus, sed oculis colligat. Aug. de Trinit. lib. 10. cap. 1. Voces signa sunt, per qu• praesentibus loquimur: inventae sunt literae, per qu•s possemus & cum absentibus colloqui. Ibid. l. 15. c. 10.Sola •es est que homines absentes praesentes facit. Turpilius de vicissitudine literarum. Quid enim tam pr• sens est inter absentes, quàm per epistolas & alloqui & audire quos diligas? Hieron. ad Nit•. Sunt literae doctrina quaedam, qua quisque valeat quamvis longè absenti verba mitter• man• facta in silentio, quae rursus ille cui mittuntur, non auribus, sed oculis colligat. Aug. de Trinit. lib. 10. cap. 1. Voces signa sunt, per qu• praesentibus loquimur: inventae sunt literae, per qu•s possemus & cum absentibus colloqui. Ibid. l. 15. c. 10.
k[Greek or Hebrew]. Homer. Iliad. [Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Homer. Iliad. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
lHinc illud Luc. 16. 29. Habent Mosem & Prophetas: audiant illos. Mortui siquidē loquuntur adhuc: quod de Abele Spiritus Sanctus Heb. 11. 4. & de Samuele Siracides Eccles. 46. 20.Hinc illud Luc. 16. 29. Habent Mosem & Prophetas: audiant illos. Mortui siquidē loquuntur adhuc: quod de Abele Spiritus Sanctus Heb. 11. 4. & de Samuele Siracides Eccles. 46. 20.
