THE Silver Trumpet.
The Feast of the Lord, or the Lords Feast: likewise his institution at the Feast
of Trumpets▪ lastly, his holy words, as followeth:
ANd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying▪ In the seventh moneth, in the first day of the moneth, shall yee have a Sabbath, a memoriall of blowing the Trumpets, an holy Convoca [...]ion, Leviticus 23. 24.
The use of the Silver Trumpets.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee [Page 2] two Trumpets of Silver, of a whole peece shalt thou make them, for the calling of the Assembly, and for the journeying of the Camps; and when they shall blow with them, all the Assembly shall assemble themselves unto thee at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation; and if they blow but with one Trumpet, then the Princes which are heads of the thousands of Israel shall gather themselves unto thee: when you blow an alarme, then the Camps that lye on the East parts shall goe forward: when ye blow an alarme the second time, then the Camps that lye on the South side shall take their journeys; they shall blow an alarme for their journeys: but when the Congregation is to be gathered together ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarme.
And the sonnes of Aaron the Priests shall blow with the Trumpets, and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever thorowout your generations; and if you goe to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarme with the Trumpets, and ye shall be remembred before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies, Numb. 10. 2, 3, 4 9.
The offering at the Feast of Trumpets.
And in the seventh moneth, on the first day of the moueth, ye shall have an holy Convocation, yee shall [Page 3] doe no servile work; it is a day of blowing the Trumpets unto you, Numb. 29. 1.
The Lords directions to Ioshua, how and in what manner he should besiege and obtaine Iericho.
And the Lord said unto Joshua, Seven Priests shall beare before the Arke seven Trumpets of rams hornes, and the seventh day yee shall compasse the City seven times, and the Priests shall blow with the Trumpets; and it shall come to passe, that when they shall make a long blast, and when yee shall heare the sound of the Trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the City shall fall down fl [...]t, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. And Joshua the sonne of Nun called the Priests, and said unto them, Take up the Arke of the Covenant, and let seven Priests beare seven Trumpets of rams horns before the Arke of God. And it came passe, when Ioshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven Priests bearing the seven Trumpets of rams horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the Trumpets, and the Arke of the Covenant of the Lord followed them, and the armed men went before the Priests that blew with the Trumpets, and the rereward came after the Arke, the Priests going on and blowing with the Trumpets. And it came to passe on the seventh time, when the Priests [Page 4] blew with the Trumpets, Ioshua said unto the people, Shout, for the Lord hath given you the City; so the people shouted when the Priests blew with the Trumpets. And it came to passe, when the people heard the sound of the Trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell downe flat, so that the people went up into the City every man straight before him, and the people took the City, Iosh. 6. 3, 4, 5, &c.
Gideon his stratagem of Trumpets and Lamps in pitchers.
And Gideon divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a Trumpet into every mans hand with empty Pitchers, and Lamps within the Pitchers; and he said unto them, Look on me, and doe likewise; and behold, when I come unto the outside of the Camp, it shall be, that as I doe so shall ye doe. When I blow the Trumpet, and all that are with me, then blow ye the Trumpets on every side of all the Campe, and say, The sword of the Lord and of Gideon. So Gideon and the three hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the Camp in the beginning of the middle watch, and they had but newly set the wa [...]ch, and they blew the Trumpets and brake the Pitchers that were in their hands. And the three Companies blew their Trumpets, and brake the Pitchers, and held the Lamps in their left hands, and their Trumpets in their right [Page 5] hands to blow withall; and they cryed, The sword of the Lord and of Gideon. And they stood every man in his place round about the Campe, and all the host ran, and cried, and fled; and the three hundred blew the T [...]umpets, and the Lord set every mans sword against his fellow, even thorowout all the host, and the host fled even to Betshittah in Zererath, and to the border of
At Abners motion Ioab sounds a retreat.
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devoure for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitternesse in the latter end? How long shall it be then ere thou bid the people returne from following their b [...]ethren? And Joab said, As God liveth, unlesse thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up, every one from following his brother. So Ioab blew a Trumpet, and all the people stood still and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more, 2 Sam. 2. 26 27 28.
David removes the Arke with great joy, and with the sound of the Trumpet.
And David danced before the Lord with all his might, and David was girded with a linen Ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the Arke of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the Trumpet.
David by the advice of Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet, anointeth his son King over Israel.
And King David said, Call me Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada, and they came before the King; the King also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your Lord, and cause Solomon my sonne to ride on my owne mule, and bring him downe to Gihon, and let Zadok the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anoint him there King over Israel, and blow ye with the Trumpets, and say, God save King Solomon, 1 Kings 1. 32, 33, 34.
David fetches home the Arke with joy and great solemnity, and with the sound of a Trumpet.
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing and with Harpes, and with Psalterys, with Timbrels, and with Cimbals, and with the sound of the Trumpet, 1 Chro. 13. 8.
Davids preparation for the Arke, with the names of those that did sound before it.
And Shebaniah and Iehoshaphat, and Nathaniel, and Am [...]sai, and Zachariah, and Benaiah and Eliezer the Priests did blow with the Trumpets before the Arke of God. And Obed-Edom and Iehiah were door-keepers for the Arke of God, 1 Chro. 15. 24.
The solemne induction of the Arke into the Oracle.
And it came to passe, when the Priests were come out of the holy place, for all the Priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course. Also the Levites which were the singers; all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Ieduthun, with their sonnes, and their brethren, bei [...]g arrayed in white Linnen, having Cimbals and Psalteries and Harpes, stood at the East end of the Altar, and with them an hundred and twenty Priests sounding with Trumpets; it c [...]me even to passe as the Trumpeters and Singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard, in praising and thanking the Lord: and when they lift up their voyces with their Trumpets and Cimbals and instruments of musicke, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a Cloud, even the house of the Lord, 2 Chro. 5. 12, 13.
Solomons solemne Sacrifice with Trumpets.
And the Priests waited on their Offices, the Levites also with instruments of Musique of the Lord, which David the King had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy indureth for ever; when David praised by the ministery, and the Priests sounded Trumpets before them, and all Israel stood, 2 Chro. 7. 6.
Jehoiada restores the worship of God, and Crownes Ioash King.
Now when Athaliah heard the noyse of the people running and praising the King, she came to the people into the House of the Lord; and she looked, and behold the King stood at his pillar, at the entering in, and the Princes, and the Trumpets by the King, and all the people of the Land rejoyced, and sounded with Trumpets, also the singers with instruments of Musique, and such as taught to sing praise; then Athaliah rent her clothes and said, Treason, treason, 2 Chro. 23, 12, 13.
The Levites very forward to help the Priests, both with their Trumpets, and at the Offering too.
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the Priests with the Trumpets, and Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt Offering upon the Altar; and when the burnt Offering began, the Song of the Lord [Page 10] also began with the Trumpets, and with the Instruments ordained by David King of Israel. And all the congregation worshipped, and the Singers sung, and the Trumpeters sounded, and all this continued untill the burnt Offering was finished, 2 Chro. 29. 26, 27, 28.
The foundation of the Temple laid with great joy and mourning.
And when the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of the Lord, they set the Priests in their apparell with triumph, and the Levites the sonnes of Asaph with Cimbals to praise the Lord, after the Ordinance of David King of Israel, Ezra 3. 10.
Nehemiah his exhortation to the Nobles, to the Rulers, and to the rest of the people.
For the builders every one had his Sword girded by his side, and so builded: and he that sounded the Trumpet was by me; and I said unto the Nobles and to the Rulers, and to the rest of the people, the worke is great [Page 11] and large, and we are separated upon the wall one farre from another. In what place therefore ye heare the sound of the Trumpet, resort yee thither unto us: our God shall fight for us, Nehe. 4. 18 19. 20.
The dedication of the walls, with the Offices of the Priests and Levites appointed in the Temple.
And certaine of the Priests sonnes with Trumpets, namely, Zachariah the sonne of Ionathan, the sonne of Shemaiah, the sonne of Mattaniah, the sonne of Micaiah, the sonne of Zaccur, the sonne of Asaph. So stood the two Companies of them that gave thankes in the house of God; and I and the halfe of the Rulers with me, and the Priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zachariah, and Hananiah, with Trumpets.
Tob questioned about the strength of an Horse.
Hast thou given the Horse strength, hast thou clothed [Page 12] his necke with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a Grashopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoyceth in his st [...]ength. He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at feare, and is not affrighted, neither turneth he backe from the Sword. The Quiver ratleth against him, the glittering Speare and the Sheild. He swalloweth the ground with fiercenesse and rage, neither beleeveth he that it is the sound of the Trumpet. He saith among the Trumpets, ha, ha, and he smelleth the battell afarre off, the thunder of the C [...]pt [...]l [...]es, and the shouting, Iob 39. 19, 20, 21, 22.
A grievous lamentation for the miseries of Judah.
My bowels, my bowels, I am pained at the very heart; my heart maketh a noyse in me, I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soule, the sound of the Trumpet, the Alarm of warre. Destruction upon destruction is cried, for the whole Land is spoiled; sodainly are my Tents spoiled, and my Curtaines in a moment. How long shall I see the Standard, and heare the sound of the Trumpet? Jerem. 4. 19, 20, 21.
Ieremiah assureth safety in Iudea, and destruction in Egypt.
And I wi [...]l shew mercies unto you, that he may have m [...]rcy upon you, and cause you to returne unto your owne la [...]d; but if yee say, we will not dwell in this Land, neither obey the voyce of the Lord your God. Saying, no, but we wil go into the Land of Egypt, where we shall see no warre, nor heare the sound of the Trumpet, nor have hunger of bread, and there will we dwell, I [...]rem 42. 12, 13, 14.
The finall desolation of Israel. Under the Typ [...] of a Chaine is shewed their mis [...]rable captivity.
They have blowne the Trumpet even to make all ready, but none goeth to the battell, for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. The Sword is without, and the Pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the Sword, and he that is in the City, famine and pestilence shall devoure him, Ezek 7. 13, 14.
Gods providence for his Flocke.
If when he seeth the Sword come upon the Land, he blow the Trumpet and warne the people; then whosoever heares the sound of the Trumpet, and takes not warning, if the Sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. He heard the sound of the Trumpet and tooke not warning, his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soule, Ezek. 33. 3 4, 5.
Gods wrath against Moab upon Iudah and upon Israel.
Thus saith the Lord, for the transgressions of Moab, and for foure I will not turne away the punishment thereof, because he burnt the bones of the King of Edom into lime. But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devoure the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, and with the sound of the Trumpet, Amos 2. 1, 2.
Gods severe judgement against Iudah for divers sinnes.
The great day of the Lord is neere, it is neere and hasteth greatly, even the voyce of the day of the Lord; the mighty man shal cry there bitterly; that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distresse, a day of wastnes and desolation, a day of darknesse and of gloominesse, a day of cloud and thicke darknesse. A day of the Trumpet and Alarm, against the senced Cities, and against the high Towers, Zeph. 14. 15, 16.
Davids exhortation to be merry in the Lord:
He shall chuse out an heritage for us, even the worship of Iacob whom he loved. God is gone up with a merry noise, and the Lord with the sound of the Trump Psalm. 47. 4. 5.
Davids affection to a Trumpet.
The Singers also and Trumpetters shall he rehearse, all my fresh Springs shall be in thee.
Davids inducement to rejoyce in God.
Shew your selves joyfull in the Lord, all ye Lands; si [...]g, rejoyce and give thanks, with Trumpets also and S [...]awme [...]; O shew your selves joyfull before the Lord the King, Psalm. 89 67.
Davids earnest desire to praise the Lord.
Praise him in the sound of the Trumpet, praise him upon the Lute and Harpe, Psal. 150. 3.
The Christian Cryer: Or, Isaiahs Proclamation with a Trumpet.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voyce like a Trumpet, and shew my people their transgressions, and the house of Iacob their sins, Esay 58. 1.
Jeremiahs counsell, or his sorrow for the sinnes of Iudah.
O ye children of Beniamin, gather your selves to flie out of the midst of Ierusalem, and blow the Trumpets in token, and set up a signe of fire in Beth-hatterem; for evill appeares out of the North, and great destruction, Ierem. 6. 1.
Blow ye the Cornet in Gibeah, and the Trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Beniamin, Hosea 5. 8.
Ioel prescribes a Fast, and exhorts to repentance by the sound of a Trumpet.
Blow ye the Trumpet in Zion, and sound an Alarm in my holy mountaine; let all the inhabitants of the Land tremble, for the day of the Lord comes, it is nigh at hand. Blow ye the Trumpet in Zion, sanctifie a Fast, call a solemne Assembly, Ioel 2. 1, 15.
The necessity of Gods judgements against Israel.
Shall a Trumpet be blowne in the City, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evill in a City, and the Lord hath not done it? Amos 3. 6.
Gods great mercy in alwaies defending his Church.
And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his Arrow shall goe forth as the lightning; and the Lord God shall blow with the Trumpet, and shall goe with whirlwinds of the South, Zech. 9. 14.
The altar is set up in his place; the foundations of the Temple, which is hindred for a time.
And the Priests stood arrayed in their vestments, with musicall Instruments and Trumpets, and the Levites the sonnes of Asaph had Cymbals, and all the people shouted sounded with Trumpets and with a loud voyce, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord: but many with Trumpets and joy shouted with a loud voice, in so much that the Trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people; yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was heard afar off; wherefore when they of the Tribe of Iudah and Benjamin heard, they came to know what the noise of the Trumpets might meane, 1 Esdras 5. 59, 62.
Gods purpose is eternall, the next world shall follow this immediately.
And the Trumpet shall sound, which when every man hears, they shall be suddenly afraid, 2 Esdras 6. 23.
Iudas besiegeth those in the Towne of Ierusalem.
Then the King rising very early, marched fiercely with his host toward Bathzacharias, where his Armies made them ready for battell, and sounded the Trumpets 1 Mac. 33, 34.
The Armies of Iudas flie from him, he is slaine, and his brother Ionathan survives him.
As for Bacchidas he was in the right wing, for the host drew neere on the two parts and sounded their Trumpets; they also of Judas side, even they also sounded [Page 21] their Trumpets, so that the earth shook at the noise of the Armies, and the battell continued from morning till night, 1 Mac. 9. 12, 13.
The Cartaine of Iericho invites Simon and two of his sonnes into his Castle, and there treacherously murders them.
Then sounded they with the holy Trumpets, whereupon Cendebus and his host were put to flight, so that many of them were slaine, and the rest gate them to the strong hold, 1 Mac. 16. 8.
The Authors farewell to the Old Testament, with his welcome into the New.
Saint MATTHEW. Christs exhortation to give our almes in secret.
TAke heed you doe not your alms before men, to be seen of them, otherwise you have no reward of your Father which is in Heaven; therefore when then doest thine alms, doe not sound a Trumpet before thee as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men: Verily, I say unto you, they have their reward, Mat. 6. 1, 2.
The last and great sound of a Trumpet.
And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in Heaven; and then shall all tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Sonne of man comming in the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory, and he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather together his Elect from the foure winds, from one end of Heaven unto the other, Matth. 24. 30, 31.
Of the Resurrection, the fruit and manner thereof.
Behold, I shew you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last Trump; for the Trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed, 1 Cor. 5. 52.
A second comming of Christ to Judgement.
For the Lord himselfe shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Arch-Angell, and with the Trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise up first. 1 Thes. 4. 16.
At the opening of the seventh Seale, seven Angels had seven Trumpets given them, and great plagues followed after.
And the seven Angels which had the seven Trumpets prepared themselves to sound; the first Angel sounded, and there followed haile, and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth, and the third part of trees were burnt up, and all greene grasse was burnt up. And the second Angell sounded, and as it were a great mountaine burning with fire was cast into the Sea, and the third part of the Sea became blood. And the third Angell sounded, and there fell a great Star from Heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters. And the fourth Angell sounded, and the third part of the Sunne was smitten, and the third part of the Moone, and the third part of the Stars, so as the third part of them was darkned, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise, Revel. 8. 2, 6, 7, 8, &c.
And the fifth Angell sounded, and I saw a star fall from Heaven unto the earth, and to him was given the key of the bottomlesse pit. And the sixth Angell sounded, and I heard a voice from the foure horns of the [...]olden alter which is before God, saying to the sixth Angell that had the Trumpet, Loose the foure Angels [Page 27] which are bound in the great river Euphrates, Rev. 1. 13, 14 &c.
A mighty strong Angel appears with a booke open in his hand.
But in the dayes of the voyce of the seventh Angell, When he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God shall [Page 28] be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the Prophets, Revel. 10. 7.
Certaine similitudes of a Trumpet.
A Good Trumpet is like a good booke, many one desires to see or heare it.
A Trumpet is like Religion, little worth unlesse it be followed.
A learner to sound is like a learner to speake, faine would prattle plaine, and cannot.
A Trumpet with some hidden cracke in it, is like a man that seemes religious, but is not so; and though he may dissemble it a while, yet truth will shew his character at last.
A Trumpet broke in two, is like a man and his wife parted asunder; and as that sounds, so do they: in stead of sweet Musique, nought but discord.
Two good Trumpets sounding for the better, is like two Clients up to the cares in Law, the one still lookes for the fall of the other.
A Trumpet too fearefull before the enemy, is like a house that is built upon the sand; every gust and unexpected storme doth prophesie the ruine to be great.
A sweet Trumpet is like a sweet Voyce; and, to say truth, they ravish both alike.
A Trumpet that cannot sound, being choakt or stopt with something, is like a poore Lay-man that would [Page 30] faine talke divinely, but wants ability and learning to performe it.
A Trumpet that resolves a good action, and doth not effect it, is like a man that layes his hand to the Plow, and takes it off againe.
That Trumpet that goes too often to visit Gentlemen, when the Standard's in the field, doth either mistrust his pay, or doubt his owne sidelity: for he that will, to right himselfe, doe the quality wrong, may be a friendly Trumpet, though no Trumpeters friend: mistake me not, I pray, though custome be a second nature, 'tis ill halting before a Cripple. You know, Gentlemen, I goe lame too.
That Trumpet, though ne're so poore, that is rich in vertue, shall never lacke, though he want: for God with the Lilies of love, and Marigolds of mercy will so inlarge his Dasies of industry and Violets of vertue, that though he be impoverish'd, he shall never perish.
That Trumpet that is ancient, whose age has almost made him sicke with sounding, let him every morning drinke a good draught of Fennell-broth of saith; and if it goes against his stomacke, let him but smell to the Roses of righteousnesse, Balme of bounty, and the Pinks of piety, and ther's no question of his doing well.
A Trumpet that loves his habit better then wholsome Laws, is like a man that is accounted honest more for his wealth then his wel-doing.
A Trumpet that is very merry when his Prince is angry, is like a man that is too too jocond when the Lord's offended; and though his Sword be drawne, yet he cannot be drawne to signe to any Creed, unlesse he may make his owne Articles.
That Trumpet that vowes loyalty to his Prince, and minds not his Laws, is like a servant that sweares he [Page 31] loves his master, although he daily doth neglect his businesse. Doubtlesse he's a good subject to the King that feares God.
That Trumpet that sounds the Lords praise, as well as his Princes fame, doth excellent service, though his lips be sore.
A Trumpet that really performs his message, though with danger of his life, has an honest heart what ere his tongue be.
A Trumpet that Sounds a retreat to a Troop, and a couragious march to himselfe, is like a man that gives a small gift with one hand, to receive a better with the other.
A Trumpet that growes suddenly rich, and forgets to give thanks, is like a Mariner that makes a vow at sea, which commonly ends with a Tempest.
That Trumpet that serves more to advance a good cause then to raise himselfe, shall be sure to have a good Standard to flie to, when he cannot stand himselfe.
A Trumpet that is promiscuously slaine by his friend, and thinkes it was his foe, is like some honest heart that goes to part a duell; he that would faine have peace, is the first man sometimes is made to hold his peace.
A Trumpet that lookes more at the oddes of the enemy then the mercy of his Maker, forgets Gods promise in the tenth of Numbers; and ten to one, let him number how he will▪ his reckoning is not faire.
A Trumpet that sounds too many healths to the happy union of a civill warre, is like a man that would faine have the world mend, but dares not goe to the charge to practice it himselfe.
A Silver Trumpet with a rich banner at it, is like a Citizens wife in a Sattin Gowne, which makes so many cry, would that were mine.
A Trumpet that receives pay on one side and runne [...] straight to the other, is more like a Weather- [...]ocke, then a trade▪wind to the straights, for which way t [...]at blows hecares not much to blow; nay being once resolved hee'l do't though he ride his Horse till he make him blow too.
A Trumpet that promises more in a Taverne then he performes in the field, may be valiant I confesse, but by your favour, your reall symptomes are the truest [...].
A good Trumpet that is badly ho [...]s [...]d, may lay the fault upon his Commander, if he has any command, so to doe: in the meane time methinkes he is like a rich Farmer in a poore sute, onely here's the difference, the one can goe better if he list, and the other cannot.
A Trumpet that is rare in his quality and despises his inferiour, is much like a man that would ride a great Horse, but cannot mount the Saddle; mistake me not, Gentlemen, I have knowne a meane part become the principall, which shewes the Lord of Hosts is a man of warre▪ and disposeth of his owne benefits as he pleaseth.
A Trumpet without a mouth-piece is like a Trooper without a head-piece, absent in service, dangerous.
A good Point of warre is like a good piece of ware, it may lie dead, 'tis true, yet it will survive at one time or another.
Water poured into the Pavilion of a Trumpet, is like a carelesse hearer of an Homily, in at one eare and out at another.
A Trumpet without breath is like a body without life.
A Trumpet that desires to drinke when he hath enough already, is like a Ducke that dives in faire water, and afterwards paddles in the dirt.
A couragious Trumpet upon a message is like a valiant [Page 33] Embassadour, for he dares boldly speake to any Prince in Christendome.
A Trumpet sounding an Alarm at midnight is like the true Effigies, or picture of death; for it puts us often in mind of our mortality.
An honest Trumpet is like some excellent or dainty Herbe, what good so ever it doth, it tels no man.
A Trumpet in ordinary is like an ordinary Trumpet, onely his Coate, and His Majesties meanes, makes the difference.
A Trumpet sounded upon a Church Steeple i [...] like a Beacon set on fire, for it makes many a man looke towards Heaven, that never intends to come there.
The stroke of a Trumpet is like the stroke of death, which being once struck is past recovery.
A Trumpet and an Echo is like a rich man and a poore flatterer, what the one sayes, the other seconds.
A Trumpet that leads up the Troop sounding, and suffers presently after, is like a harmlesse innocent at Sea, that knowing nothing, smiles, and fals to play whilst Ship and Goods, and all are cast away.
A Trumpet that has good a lip and a lasting, is like a good man, that begins a good worke, and so continue [...];
And as the one gets credit by his sound,
So is the other, for his Action Crown'd.