100 miaQ-,tuas ex moric ami- corum Steph. As the wi d w of Naira, ae tacob for to, feFb, as David for his AWOL here biidnes was forbidden, here called for. 15.42.43. itch. tz.íál z Ccr.7.Io. Zech iz.to. A Commentary upon theGold Chap . 5. other forraigncountrey, it is of it felt able to build a tall fhip, from the keel to the top -fail, and to put it to fea, fùrr ifht of ail things needfull. And Sextats Ralftes writing thereof, faith, Cy. pusfamo paupertatem pop.li Rom: ut occuparettse; (llicitavit. Cyprus, famous for riches, tempted the poor peo- pleof Rome to ceizeupon it. What marvell then if this King- dome of heaven follicite thefe poor in fpirit, to offer violence to it, and to take it by force, Pith it is all made of gold ? Revel. a I. yea learch is made therethorow all the-bowels oftheearth,tofindè out all the precious treafure that couldbe had,gold, pearls,and pre- cious flones of all fcrts. And what can thefe ferve CO ? only co flia- dowout the glory of the walsof thenewyertafàlcm, and thegates, and to pave the ftreets of that City. Merle 4. Bleff'edare they that mourn] For finne, with a fu- nerall go-row (as the word fignifieth) fuch as is expreffed by crying andweeping, Luk,6.25. filch as was that at Megiddo, for the lofte of good fofah : or as when a man mourns for his only fonne, Zech. i2.I0. This is t .e workofthe fpirit ofgraceandof Application : for till the windes doe blow, thefe waters canggot flow, Pfal.247.18. Heconvinceth the heart of finne, and makes it to become avery Hadadrimmon for deep-foaking borrow, upon the fight of him whom they have pierced. When a man (Hall look upon his fìnnes as the weapons, and himfelf as the trai- tour, that put to death the Lord of -life, this caufeth that Provo according to god, that worketh repentance never to be repented cf. For they{hall be comforted.] Befides the comfort they finde in their very forrow ( for it is a tweet fignofa fantified foul, and fèals a manup to the day of redemption, Ezek9.4.) they lay up for themfelves thereby in foote a good fòundacio.r of comfort aping time to come, that they may lay hold on eternali life, `as the Apofllefpeakethin anothef cafe, i Tim.6. r9- Thefe April fhowresbring on May flowers they that here (ö we in tears ¡hall reap in joy ; they that findeChrifts feet a fountain towafhin, may expect his fide a fountain tobath in. Oh how fweet a thing is it toRand weeping at the wounded feetof Jefus, as that good wo- man did 1 to waterthem with tears, to dry them with fighes,and rokilk themwithour mouths t None, but thole that havefclt it, can all thecomfortof it, Theff ranger meddleth not with this joy. When our merry Greeks, that laugh themfelves fat, and light a candy
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