A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture, Title page – Table of contents
CLAVIS MYSTICA: A KEY OPENING DIVERS DIFFICULT AND MYSTERIOUS TEXTS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE;
HANDLED IN SEVENTY SERMONS, preached at ſolemn and moſt celebrious Aſſemblies, upon ſpeciall occaſions, in ENGLAND and FRANCE.
By DANIEL FEATLEY, D.D.
PROV. 2.4.
Seeke knowledge as ſilver, and ſearch after underſtanding as for hid treaſures.
Chryſoſt. in Gen. orat. 21.
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Senec. Ep. 23.
Levium metallorum fructus in ſummo eſt: illa opulentiſſima ſunt quorum in alto latet vena, aſſiduè pleniùs reſponſura fodienti.
AVSPICANTE DEO
LONDON, Printed by R.Y. for Nicolas Bourne, at the South entrance of the royall Exchange, An. Dom. 1636.
TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTIE, CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF GREAT BRITAINE, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.
Moſt gracious and dread Soveraigne,
I Would not preſume to preſent theſe crude conceptions and expreſsions to your Highneſſe, if I had not offered them before to an higher Majeſtie: in whoſe Courts, with how much the more feare and trembling I delivered them, ſo much the greater hope I conceive of your Majeſties gracious acceptance. The Texts of Scriptures here expounded are all ſelect, and moſt of them myſticall; in the declaration whereof, if my obſervations ſecond not your Majeſties thoughts, yet I perſwade my ſelfe they will occaſion more divine raptures in your royall heart. The Crocodiles which beſiege the bankes of Nilus, and way-lay thoſe that travell into Egypt,aCauſsinus parab. hiſt. l. 8. c. 31. Compertum eſt Crocodilum improbiſſimum animal, ſi penna Ibidis defricetur, adeò obtorpeſcere & debilitari, ut immobilis reddatur. if they be rubbed, or but pricked with the quill of the Ibis, are ſo weakened and ſtupified thereby, that they cannot ſtirre: and in like manner experience teacheth, that the preſenteſt remedies againſt thoſe venemous Serpents which infeſt the Church of Chriſt, whether Heretickes or Schiſmatickes, are the pens of Orthodoxe Writers. For that which is ſpoken commeth but to a few that are within hearing, and ſtayeth not by them; but that which is written, and much more that which is printed, preſenteth it ſelfe to the view of all, and is alwaies ready at hand: and as it receiveth, ſo it maketh an impreſsion. Which conſideration, among others, induced mee to give way to the deſires of ſome friends, for the bringing of theſe illuſtrations of darker places of Scripture to light, eſpecially becauſe therein the proper Hereſies of theſe times are encountred, and the Doctrine and Diſcipline of the Church of England maintained by the Oracles of God, and the joynt teſtimony of prime Antiquity. In this Worke I owne nothing but the labour of many moneths, nay rather yeeres, in culling choice of flowers out of many hundreds of gardens, and platting them into a garland for Chriſt his Spouſe. From which I humbly beſeech Almighty God, that your Majeſtie, and all that touch any leafe thereof, may ſmell a ſavour of life unto life. The price and worth in all things maketh not the dedication; but in ſome the dedication maketh the price:Plin. praef. nat. hiſt. Multa in pretio habentur, quia ſacris dicata. And if there appeare in theſe unpoliſhed lines any luſtre, it is no other than that they receive from the beames of your Majeſties eye, if your Majeſtie vouchſafe a glaunce thereof on them: for which (as we are all otherwiſe moſt bound) I ſhall ever fixe my eyes and devotions on Heaven, and unceſſantly pray for the continuance and encreaſe of your Majeſties temporall, and aſſurance of eternall happineſſe.
Your Majeſties moſt loyally and humbly devoted Subject, DANIEL FEATLEY.
❧ THE TABLE.
The bruiſed Reed. page 1. A Sermon preached before his Grace, and the reſt of his Majeſties Commiſſioners in cauſes Eccleſiaſticall, December 4. An. Dom. 1617. at Lambeth.
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Matthew 12. & 20. ex Eſa. 42.3. A bruiſed reed ſhall he not breake, and ſmoaking flaxe ſhall he not quench, till he ſend forth judgement unto victory: Or (as we reade in Eſay) He ſhall bring forth judgement unto truth.
The ſmoaking Flaxe. page 12. A Sermon preached at Lambeth before his Grace, the Lord Biſhop of London, and other his Majeſties Commiſſioners in cauſes Eccleſiaſticall, December 5. 1618.
Matthew 12.20. And ſmoaking flaxe ſhall he not quench.
The ſtill Voice. page 28. A Sermon preached before the high Commiſſion in his Graces Chappell at Lambeth, Novemb. 20. 1619.
Matthew 12.19. He ſhall not ſtrive nor cry, neither ſhall any man heare his voice in the ſtreets.
The Lambe turned Lion. page 41. A Sermon preached in his Graces Chappell at Lambeth, December 6. 1619. before his Majeſties high Commiſſioners there aſſembled.
Matthew 12.20. Till he ſend forth judgement unto victory.
The Traitours Guerdon. page 53. A Sermon preached on the Gowries conſpiracie before his Grace, and divers Lords and perſons of eminent quality, at Croydon, Auguſt 5. 1618.
Pſal. 63. Verſ. 9, 10, 11.
9. But thoſe that ſeeke my ſoule to deſtroy it, ſhall goe into the lower parts of the earth.
10. They ſhall make him run out like water by the hands of the ſword: they ſhall be a portion for Foxes.
11. But the King ſhall rejoyce in God; every one that ſweareth by him ſhall glory: but the mouth of them that ſpeake lies ſhall be ſtopped.
The Lord Protectour of Princes. page 69. A Sermon appointed to be preached before his Grace at Croydon, Auguſt 5. 1620.
Pſal. 21.1. The King ſhall joy in thy ſtrength, O Lord: and in thy ſalvation how greatly ſhall he rejoyce? Or (as we reade in the Biſhops Bible) The King ſhall rejoyce in thy ſtrength, O Lord: exceeding glad ſhall he be of thy ſalvation.
Pandora her boxe, or Origo omnium malorum. pa. 80. A Sermon preached before the high Commiſſion in his Graces Chappell at Lambeth.
Hoſea 13.9. O Iſrael, thou haſt deſtroyed thy ſelfe, but in mee is thy helpe.
The Characters of heavenly wiſedome. page 93. A Sermon preached before his Grace, and divers other Lords and Judges ſpirituall and temporall at Lambeth.
Pſalme 2.10. Be wiſe now therefore, O ye Kings: be inſtructed ye Judges of the earth.
The Judges charge. page 105. A Sermon preached at the Readers feaſt in Lincolnes Inne.
Pſalme 2.10. Be inſtructed (or learned) ye Judges of the earth.
The Apoſtolick Biſhop. page 122. A Sermon preached at the Conſecration of the Lord Biſhop of Briſtoll, before his Grace, and the Lord Keeper of the great Seale, and divers other Lords ſpirituall and temporall, and other perſons of eminent quality in Lambeth Chappell, March 23. 1622.
John 20.22. And when he had ſaid this, he breathed on them, and ſaith unto them, Receive yee the holy Ghoſt.
The faithfull Shepherd. page 131. A Sermon preached at the Conſecration of three Biſhops, viz. of Oxford, Briſtoll, and Cheſter, in his Graces Chappell at Lambeth, May 9. An. Dom. 1619.
1 Peter 5.2, 3, 4.
2. Feed the flocke of God which is among you, taking the overſight thereof, not by conſtraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind.
3. Neither as being Lords over Gods heritage, but being enſamples to the flock.
4. And when the chiefe Shepheard ſhall appeare, yee ſhall receive a crowne of glory that fadeth not away.
The Tree of ſaving knowledge. page 145. A Sermon preached in Lent, March 16. before the King at Whitehall.
1 Corinth. 2.2. I determined not to know any thing among you, ſave Jeſus Chriſt, and him crucified.
Primitiae Sepulchri. page 162. A Sermon preached at the Spitall on Munday in Eaſter week, April 22.
1 Corinth. 15.20. But now Chriſt is riſen from the dead, and become the firſt fruits of them that ſlept.
The true Zealot. page 185. A Sermon preached at the Archbiſhops Viſitation in Saint Dunſtans in the Eaſt.
John 2.17. The zeale of thine houſe hath eaten mee up.
The Salters Text. page 196. A Sermon preached before the company of the Salters, at Saint Maries Church in Breadſtreet.
Marke 9.49. For every one ſhall be ſalted with fire, and every ſacrifice ſhall be ſalted with ſalt.
The ſpirituall Betheſda. page 207. A Sermon preached at a Chriſtening in Lambeth Church, the Lord Archbiſhop of Canterburie, and the Lord Duke of Buckingham being Godfathers. Octob. 29. 1619.
Marke 1.9. And it came to paſſe in thoſe dayes, that Jeſus came from Nazareth of Galile, and was baptized of John in Jordane.
The living Temple. page 217. A Sermon preached at the Readers feaſt in the Temple Church.
2 Corinth. 6.16. For ye are the Temple of the living God.
The Generall his Commiſsion. page 231. A Sermon preached at S. Jones before the right Honourable the Earles of Oxford, Exeter, and Southampton, and divers other Captaines and Commanders ready to take their journies into the Low-countries, 1621.
Joſuah 1.9. Have not I commanded thee? be ſtrong and of a good courage, be not affraid, neither be thou diſmayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whitherſoever thou goeſt.
The Crowne of Humility. page 240. A Sermon preached in Wooll-Church, April 10. 1624.
Matthew 5.3. Bleſſed are the poore in ſpirit: for theirs is the Kingdome of Heaven.
Christ his new Commandement. page 251. A Sermon preached in Wooll-Church.
John 13.34. A new commandement I give unto you, that ye love one another, as I have loved you, that ye alſo love one another.
The Stewards account. page 261. A Sermon preached in the Abbey Church at Weſtminſter.
Luke 16.2. Give an account of thy Stewardſhip: for thou maiſt be no longer Steward.
The Paſsing Bell. page 280. A Sermon preached in Mercers Chappell at the Funerall of Maſter Bennet, Merchant.
Deut. 32.29. O that they were wiſe, then they would underſtand this, they would conſider their latter end.
The embleme of the Church Militant. page 292. A Sermon preached in Mercers Chappell.
Apoc. 12.6. And the woman fled into the wilderneſſe, where ſhe hath a place prepared of God, that they ſhould feed her there a thouſand, two hundred, and threeſcore dayes.
The Saints Veſt. page 307. A Sermon preached on All-Saints day at Lincolnes Inne for Doctor Preston.
Apoc. 7.14. Theſe are they that came out of great tribulation, and have waſhed their robes, and made them white in the bloud of the Lambe.
Sermons preached at Serjeants Inne in Fleetſtreet.
The Chriſtian Victory. page 319.
Apoc. 2.17. To him that overcommeth will I give to eate of the hidden Manna, and I will give him a white ſtone, and in the ſtone a new name written, which no man knoweth ſaving he that receiveth it.
The hidden Manna. page 329.
Apoc. 2.17. I will give to eate of the hidden Manna.
The white Stone. page 341.
Apoc. 2.17. And I will give him a white ſtone.
The new Name. page 354.
Apoc. 2.17. And in the ſame ſtone a new name written, which no man knoweth ſaving hee that receiveth it.
Satanae Stratagemata. page 369.
2 Corinth. 2.11. Leſt Sathan ſhould get an advantage of us: for wee are not ignorant of his devices.
Sermons preached at Saint Pauls Croſſe, or in the Church.
The beloved Diſciple. page 385.
John 21.20. The Diſciple whom Jeſus loved, which alſo leaned on his breaſt at Supper.
The Yeere of Grace. page 397.
2 Corinth. 6.2. Behold, now is the accepted time: behold, now is the day of ſalvation.
The Spouſe her precious Borders. page 408. A Rehearſall Sermon preached 1618. at the Croſſe.
Cant. 1.11. We will make thee borders of gold with ſtuds of ſilver.
The Angel of Thyatira endited. page 454. A Sermon preached at the Croſſe, 1614.
Revel. 2.18, 19, 20.
18. And to the Angel of the Church in Thyatira, write, theſe things, ſaith the Sonne of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet like fine braſſe.
19. I know thy workes, and charity, and ſervice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy workes, and the laſt to be more than the firſt.
20. Notwithſtanding I have a few things againſt thee, becauſe thou ſuffereſt that woman Jezebel, which calleth her ſelfe a Propheteſſe, to teach and ſeduce my ſervants to commit fornication, and to eate things ſacrificed unto Idols.
Jezebel ſet out in her colours. page 474. A Sermon preached in Saint Pauls Church, 1614.
Revel. 2.20. Notwithſtanding I have a few things againſt thee, becauſe thou ſufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth her ſelfe a Propheteſſe, to teach and ſeduce my ſervants to commit fornication, and to eate things ſacrificed unto Idols.
Sermons preached at Oxford.
Foure rowes of precious Stones. page 498. A Rehearſall Sermon preached in Saint Maries, 1610.
Exod. 28.15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
15. And thou ſhalt make the breaſt-plate of judgement with cunning worke.
16. Foure ſquare ſhall it be, being doubled.
17. And thou ſhalt ſet in it ſettings of ſtones, even foure rowes of ſtones: the order ſhall be this, A Ruby, a Topaze, and an Emrald in the firſt rowe.
18. And in the ſecond rowe thou ſhalt ſet a Carbuncle, a Saphir, and a Diamond.
19. And in the third rowe a Turkeiſe, and an Agate, and an Amethyſt.
20. And in the fourth rowe a Beril, and an Onyx, and a Jaſper: and they ſhall be ſet in gold in their incloſings or imboſments, Hebrew, fillings.
21. And the ſtones ſhall be with the names of the children of Iſrael, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a ſignet, every one with his name ſhall they be, according to the twelve Tribes.
The devout ſoules Motto. page 537. A Sermon preached at Saint Peters Church, in Lent, 1613.
Pſal. 73.25. Whom have I in Heaven but thee, O Lord? and there is none upon earth that I deſire beſides thee.
The Royall Priest. page 551. A Sermon preached in Saint Maries Church, 1613.
Pſal. 110.4. The Lord ſware, and will not repent, Thou art a Prieſt for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
The Arke under the Curtaines. page 570. A Sermon preached at the Act, July 12. 1613.
2 Sam. 7.2. The King ſaid unto Nathan the Prophet, See now, I dwell in an houſe of Cedar, but the Arke of the Lord dwelleth within curtaines.
Pedum Paſtorale. page 584. Concio ad Clerum habita Oxoniae, octavo Cal. Aprilis aerae Chriſtianae. An. Dom. 1615.
Johan. 21.15, 16, 17.
15. Quum ergo prandiſſent, dicit Simoni Petro Jeſus, Simon fili Jonae, diligis me plùs quàm hi? dicit ei, Certè, Domine, tu noſti quòd amem te: dicit ei, Paſce agnos meos.
16. Dicit ei rurſum ſecundo, Simon fili Jonae, diligis me? ait illi, Certè, Domine, tu noſti quod amem te: dicit ei, Paſce oves meas.
17. Dicit ei tertio, Simon fili Jonae, amas me? triſtitiâ fuit affectus Petrus, quod tertio dixiſſet ipſi, amas me? dixitque ei, Domine, tu omnia noſti, tu noſti quòd amem te: dicit ei Jeſus, Paſce oves meas.
Sermons preached at Paris in the houſe of the right Honourable Sir Thomas Edmonds, Lord Embaſſadour, reſident in France, lying in the Fauxburge of St. Germans, in the yeeres of our Lord, 1610, 1611, 1612.
The checke of Conſcience. page 609.
Rom. 6.21. What fruit had yee in thoſe things, whereof yee are now aſhamed? for the end of thoſe things is death.
The Vine of Sodome. page 620.
Rom. 6.21. What fruit had yee then in thoſe things, &c.
The Grapes of Gomorrah. page 629.
Rom. 6.21. What fruit had yee in thoſe things, &c.
The hiew of a Sinner. page 638.
Rom. 6.21. Whereof yee are now aſhamed.
The wages of Sinne. page 645.
Rom. 6.21. For the end of thoſe things is death.
The gall of Aſpes. page 661.
Rom. 6.21. For the end of thoſe things is death.
Ferula Paterna. page 672.
Revel. 3.19. As many as I love I rebuke and chaſten: I.
The nurture of Children. page 681.
Apoc. 3.19. As many as I love I rebuke and chaſten: Chaſten.
The lot of the Godly. page 693.
Apoc. 3.19. As many as I love I rebuke and chaſten: As many.
The oyle of Thyme. page 702.
Revel. 3.19. As many as I love I rebuke and chaſten: As I love.
The ſweet Spring of the waters of Marah. page 710.
Apoc. 3.19. As many as I love I rebuke and chaſten: I love.
The Patterne of Obedience. page 719.
Phil. 2.8. Hee humbled himſelfe, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Croſſe.
The reward of Patience. page 725.
Philip. 2.9. Wherefore God hath alſo highly exalted him.
Lowlineſſe exalted. page 735.
Philip. 2.9. Wherefore God hath alſo highly exalted him.
A Summons to Repentance. page 747.
Ezek. 18.23. Have I any deſire at all that the wicked ſhould dye, ſaith the Lord God?
The beſt Returne. page 757.
Ezek. 18.23. Not that he ſhould returne from his wayes and live? or, If he returne from his evill wayes, ſhall he not live?
The danger of Relapſe. page 765.
Ezek. 18.24. But when the righteous turneth away from his righteouſneſſe, and committeth iniquity, and doth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth, ſhall hee live? all his righteouſneſſe that hee hath done ſhall not be mentioned: in his trespaſſe that hee hath treſpaſſed, and in his ſinne that hee hath ſinned, in them ſhall hee dye.
The deformity of Halting. page 776.
1 Kings 18.21. And Elijah came to all the people, and ſaid, How long halt yee between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him: and the people anſwered not a word.
Old and new Idolatry paralleled. page 784.
1 Kings 18.21. If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.
One God, one true Religion. page 794.
1 Kings 18.21. If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.
Bloudy Edome. page 802.
Pſal. 137.7, 8.
7. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edome, in the day of Jeruſalem, who ſaid, Raze it, raze it even to the foundation thereof.
8. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be deſtroyed: happy ſhall hee be that rewardeth thee, as thou haſt ſerved us.
Sermons preached in Lambeth Pariſh Church.
The watchfull Sentinell. page 814. A Sermon preached the fifth of November.
Pſal. 121.4. Behold, he that keepeth Iſrael ſhall neither ſlumber nor ſleep.
Abraham his Purchaſe. page 825. A Sermon preached at the conſecration of the Church-yard incloſed within the new wall at Lambeth.
Acts 7.19. And were carried over into Sechem, and laid in the ſepulchre that Abraham bought for a ſumme of mony of the ſons of Emor, of Sechem.
The Feaſt of Pentecoſt. page 834. A Sermon preached on Whitſunday.
Acts 2.1. And when the day of Pentecoſt was fully come, they were all together with one accord in one place.
The Symbole of the Spirit. page 842.
Acts 2.2. And ſuddenly there came a ſound from heaven as of a ruſhing mighty wind, and it filled all the houſe where they were ſitting.
The Mysterie of the fiery cloven Tongues. page 850.
Acts 2.3. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it ſate upon each of them.
Chriſt his laſting Monument. page 856. A Sermon preached on Maundy Thurſday.
1 Corinth. 11.26. As often as yee eate of this bread, and drinke of this cup, ye doe ſhew the Lords death till he come.
The ſigne at the Heart. page 864. A Sermon preached on the firſt Sunday in Lent.
Acts 2.37. And when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and ſaid unto Peter and the reſt of the Apoſtles, Men and brethren, what ſhall we doe?
Chriſtian Brotherhood. page 876. A Sermon preached on the ſecond Sunday in Lent.
Acts 2.37. And they ſaid to Peter and the reſt of the Apoſtles, Men and brethren, &c.
The perplexed ſoules Quaere. page 883. A Sermon preached on the third Sunday in Lent.
Acts 2.37. What ſhall wee doe?
The laſt offer of Peace. page 891. A Sermon preached at a publike Faſt.
Luke 19.41, 42.
41. And when he was come neere, he beheld the City, and wept over it,
42. Saying, If thou hadſt knowne, even thou, at leaſt in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace: but now they are hid from thine eyes.