SermonS. ofthe GuN~P ow oER~Tax A. so N. 9 77 ------------------~----~--~--,~--------~~----.~~~~ 111 birth there was; but qr~andufilii vrnerttnt, vim avimmt, when the<hi/dren were mne, allthejfrengrb wMgone. , · . , It feernes,it wasfomewh~tdoubted,lell: when it came to the pinch,thisftrength jhould faile: therefore was thm firength fought, even theflrength ofprayers; to iev 4 01~tionem, they gat them; but, they fent to the wrong party: Not toEfay, but to p 4 ! 4 am, to cur(e, where Go D didblejfe ;and tob!ejfe that mrfedbirthoftheirs,which Num,13 .~; His very fou!e abborml. So many prayers were faid, they might have agoodheire. They fay, there~ere fo, for fl!!,eene Maries child: But, lhe had no child to come, thefe had. Bur, all invaine: when the time came, for alltheirc..Maff'es,andPro. hejions, and Rufariu, and IefulsPfalters, it would not be. Nochildren came,flrmgt/1. rhere was not. ~· _·: · . And will you know, how itcametofailetherrl, thisjfrength lYe may,andnever goeout of the Text, or the termes ofchild-bearing. Or ever thebirthwasfullycumr, one ofthecomplices fell to bewith. child; and no remedy, but he mufi qeedsbedeli– 'Vtredbeforehu time; had not the power to keepe his hand from thepaper,and fod!f– clofedit. And, di(c!ufe a treafun, and the neck ofit r< broken,theflrengthof it is gone; as Sampfons flrength [oone was, when thePhiliflims knew ortce, where it lay. And I<idg. !~.!_~ · thiswas theflrength,and none butthis,that failed them.An eafiejlrength(one would thinke) to hold ones tongue, or to hold thefingers fiill. That,had he not : but for lac~ of that, mufl: needs befcrihling; and that marr'd thefA)7>ion ofthe birthquite. His not having the flrength, not to bring forth his, made, they hadnotthejtrength, to bring theirs forth. His putting his hAndtnbepaper, made, there could beno/ireput tothepowder; made, themid-wifewas ilmrcefted; and fo, the bitth, though neere the delivery, yet never delivered. . . . And yet,I cannot tdl you neither: for when this work,ofdArkene!fewas broughf to light, thelight was [odimme, and theridJie [o darke, even then; that, for all tha~ bringing to light, thechildren were commingforward to thehirth, fiill. Till flrength was given to deliver us from thisbirth, b)( anothertraveN. For; atravel! I will call it, the fttldying, and the bringi!lgforth ofthe hiddenmyflerie, oftheburningefthepa– per, theridling ofthat ;iddle. For, [o came out, who the chifdrm were, and ofwhat element they were made, what, and whereabout thewomltewas, they lay in. So by a Urth; and by that birth, wee were delivered, from this. That birth fm'ote all dead. For, it was found, even fo: and then came pruf/ratio virir~m indeed. Then, all flrength (indeed) was quite and deane taken trom them. That being taken from them, theyw~re not delivered; and by their not being delivered, we were all delivered. To the joy now.Divide the Tex~: Venerunt adpartum,istluirjoy : Non erant·vires ·t T~eJor,oi isDIIrs. That, tbeiri,for a time: thu, o11rsfur ever. To make their griefe the greater, Noo mint ~i~ when it came, they were for a while, put in joy. Glad were they (I dare[ay)to fee "'' it goe current, kept c!ofe fo long. They even itched for joy atit, and felLinto a foolifhparadife: provided aPruteff~r and all. Comes me Nonfimt vires, all their joy was at an end, and with that began theirforrow. We by theirgriife, lhall befl: con· ceive our ownejoy, taking the whole verfe intirely together. · - . Agriefe it was, and it went to their hearts, thefechildren, that they came not. A ®ubtegriefe, that when they heldwell fo long, and were fo likely to come, yet they tame not; hadjfrengthall thewhile, had it not, ihen. renerrmt adpartum, & venerunt adportumare much like.Anywrack isagriefe;but nogriife to the gricfeofthat wrack, that is made, even in the very havens mouth. To goe the voyage well, and arrive well, and then,before the very port ro fink,andbecafraway! To bri~g the game to the upfhot,and then to lofe it! It trebled their griefe,that [o manyLadies Pfalters,and lefuls E(alters were faid for it ;·and that neither Ief"' norottr Lady blejfedthe hirthno better. And laO:, that thechildrmperilhed ; and perifl1ed nqt alone, but .t~1e mothers went tO<;>, and fame ofthefathers, for company. It lhould have beenepamntespepe· remnt: It wasparentes,or parientes(ifyou will) perierun't. . · . Now looke, how many wayes they were grieyed, and fa1d, alM, for venmmt ad - Q.q q q 3 partttrJJ,
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