OftheN A T 1 VI t 1 E. Sermon 16 1 would endevour to have fome fruition, and to gather fome fruit, for the he•-uenly part,from thisg•thering,rhis[ummins up of CH R I s T's? CH R I s T IS but.,~,,<;,, ajhort j umrlie; butthere is in Him """f~""' afulneffi r:jf . ;~/!.-CH 1t Is T isbunheContents ofaChapter, fome three or fourelines;butagrcat Cam. 6. , 3 , longchapterfollowes,long ,,nd large. For, what ihall you fee in this Shrdamite,but Chor~scaffromm, legions whole •rmies ofgood things, to gather. Such,fo great a fu1tJme, as twelve dayes wtll not ferve to call:them up. But yet, fomewhatletus ·' gather,rhat, thefeafons bemgfu//,we our [dues be not fent empty away. . Our A"ompt~ The timefailes: I will therefore name but one ; and thin (themaineword ofthe rng. Text) "'~'~"'"'""'· which refcrreth properly to the making up an accompt. Th~ Luk. 16. z. J Forqultin tCE/IJ, Ad. ro,4. Fathers, taking the Ve1fe into their conliderations pitch upon it: (As Saint Ierome. who thinks it chofen ofpurpofe to that end.) But, the word and thing both, we ma; have good ufe of, feeing wee all are to beeAccomptants ( Redde rationem, [aid to us all :) feeing, to anaccompt we mull: all come. And thus he followeth it,gocsno further than the Text,forthe particulars ofour accompt; makesthem conlill: ofqu£ in ca>lu,andqrt.e in terris. Which two,as they are principally taken for the creatures in both ; So may they alfo (and not amilfc) bee taken; for the thingsdone inthem both: Specially, ourg•therings in them referring to either. Things in Heaven to fiand for ourgood Deeds,our :tlmes,Feajls,and Prayers,tharaf– cend ttpthither,)the A·ngell tells Corneltm fo, )and wtll recetveus up thtther mtoewr. lajling Tabernacles. Ofwhich, gather we as many aswe can all ourlifelong. . · • For q•~ i• As forthefe onearth,wegather but too fall:; meamng our evil/deeds, ·which fmell terra. . oftheEarth, whence they are, andwhere they w,ere done. · Now, when we come to give up ouraccompt,it lhould feeme, by the word· Avl we had call: them once before, and call: themfalfe ; that we muf!:'toitagaine, and fee if we can find our fummes right. There is no danger,but in cafiiilg our qu4 in ca>lis(~ur good) left we call: them over; and our qu-t interru (our bad) !ell: them we call: under. The other way, the error is nothing [o perillous. · Our qrt.e in ca>liJ (our good) howfoeverour new lA'tJditors cafhhem fo, as they find Go n in their debt, forthat we have l•yd ot<t morethanever Go n required ;I doubt, will notpr0ve fo atthe Audit. Bttt, ofourqu.. interru, ourevill, the.reis no great feare ofovercajlingrhem; their fummewill rue but toohigh, ifwe deceive not ourfelves. Borhtobte,ia But whether it beofboth ; we lhall find ourfdveswrong·ifl both, if theybenot CHIUSTO rec•pitulateinChriflo. Forourqrt.<,incaoliJ;Havingdoma11 wecan,C HR is T bids Luk. rpo. usfay, fervi inutiles fumf#: andfowe mull:faythen : (And what accompt can be Rom.S,tS. madeofir111tile? )Havingfuffiredall we can, Non (untcond~'Sn£ .([aith Saint Pa11l ~ ) Luk. p6. . So, both come not home.ThegoodCentrmon,he that bmlt theSynagogue; Nay then, 7· f . Saint John Baptijl himfelfe,both calhhemfelves toaNonJitmdignm;Even the belt of our nature. That,when we have done,we mull: beginagaine,and ca!1 and call: till we beweary, unlelfe we call: in C H R I s T ; faile ftill, unlelfcourT8tall ofqrt.t inctrlis, berecapitrtlate in C H R I s T o. · But then come to the other accompt of qu.e in terriJ : to that, there is ourfrelnejfe,' and the fr•lnejfe of ourfeaf.ns. Many a Broken reckoning lhall we find there,fuch furdnumbers, [tlch.fractions we lhall meet with, we lhall not tell how or when to get through, we lhall want compters. They are fo infiniteand intricate with~al, that M1t.r6•• 4• (I feare ) we lhall be found in a mighty Arrear, a huge debt ofthot~fands and ten thou. fands oftalents: welhall nor tell,which way to rurne us,nor which way to fatisfie it, though a!J wehave were (old, and weour [elves too. To ba\lancethis accompt, CH ~ 1 s T is moll: needful!; For,SrtmmisconjrmBis call: both theferogcther,and Job being our a11ditor, he finds, we lhall not be able toanfwer Go o onefor athorif'a~d, Iohn. , 1 ,f. that He can charge us with. Sine Me nihilpoteftu (acere (ifevei) welh:tll find,in tlus, mofr true. Forg•ther heavenande.rth,and •ll th~t is inthem,all together,and l~aveHt»' om, they will never beable to make our d!fcharge: Nor the bell: At1ditor ofthemall. But
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=