t 5!8 . -ThefourthCommandement. we doe it witha mcrcifull heart,in compaffiQa to tlrte durnbe beaH: and then,hauing rh is ende and -affection) the careof our .caudl is·a worke ofthe· -Lords ·d·ay-." ~.. · . , . ,; ·secondly,his-aftettions and m·editations 'muH bee di'uers from thofe hee 'may ha·ue at: other·times. 'For, this worke muH rayfe him vp,to fome god lie and fpirituall meditation for his edificaciQn•. As for exam-pi~, ·whenone ·goes on:rhe Sabbath day to ferue his cattle~he maymake ,this vfe tohim~ fdfe: I can (in obedience toGod,anclin compafiion to the creacure)care for ir,and br~ng ic tl~ings neceffatic:.Though it cannot call vpon -me, yet the very neede of it cries lbwde, · that I cannot aufhelpe though tq my · rrouhle and charge. What dne t-hen~niuH.Ioperfwade my fclfc, Go·d(that hath an infinite fea 0( 1 mercyj l will haut of mee, whom hce hath bought with ·the blood of his Sonne, and who ceafe not to call vpon him, and make .continual! fopplication vnto him, for things· nee_dfull ? Or elfe, fuch a meditation :·I . fee the poore· bealt, tl:"iat harh 9one tnee painefull feruic~ · all the weeke, 'A"nen f ta:me- to ferue it, is contented to bee f~rued at my peafure: If I giue ic more, it is well plea'~'. fed~ jf1elfe,it doth riot fret againfl.me: If it be better pro– t!ifiori iit takes it in good parr,ifcourfer,it doth not rnurmure a·t t'he'iiieaueatl(?wailte.. \Vhy-thyen,_rfhould not 1 b~econ.. tent tO ' Iiile af Gods :fihding'r ana take in' good part.,that which he giu.es O.le~.,be it ll!oreor leffe,fith it is my portion from him,efpecially)1ncc I-haue-more·o·fien ,and grieuoufiy . rebelleti agaiiffi:G(1)d; then:euei the,'lbeall did againfl mee? Thefe,or the like -.neditacions,ones heart;rnufi.beefeafoned withall, ·Jn the-Loras·day, ~more then' df necdftcie is im– pofed vpon him, at othet .tiines. Ifi:hen our end bemercy, and our aftetlions·holy)n:dQingchefe things to the Cattle, they be fabbath daies workes, .becaufe mercy pleafeth God on that day .. But ifoilt feed his cattd,not becaufe theil"want , craues this at his hand,buc bec~ufe hisrdcfireofgnine moues · . him thereunto,rhat he may fel them to more profic,or ket:pe them for better feruice~and {{)his heart be cariedawayafter hispriuat gaine~h~ breakes the fabbarh, .he fcrues not God, but·himfelf; and thoughman cannotindicehiLn,for·the vc.ry ' · : aCtion,
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