SermonS. thebeft fruits ofour nature, when it is at the very bell:. And ifthey be brought forrb~ itisasit lhouldbe, andasGodwouldhaveit. . . - , _, .. , - But if(wbicb God forbid}tbey lhould eithernotcome, or when thQy be come ', our ftrewgth faile, and theymit broughtfortk, t_hen ~rewe at an after-deale againe ; then would not this day be fo ]•yfr•ll for fbe mif-gomg of the other; as forrowfull for the abofrion of this. Our joy (at)eaft) not fo entire, but mixt with for– row : for, there ,js forrow even t~ death, ifwe goe withfogo~ afruit and it come 10 the birth, and there penlh; ~f weeiha-11 but make an<..A' ell and doe no <Ail 11pon it. .· , ' . . ·'' ' We feeme to forrow at ndthing mote, than that many a good purpofe there is, and many a vow made in time ofneed, fickneffe, or adverlity (fo many, as it·is by Divines held,There bemoegoodpurpofes,and th~t by ods,in hell,than there beinhea– ve») but, Abortivept<rpofes, and vowes all. For, 0 that we were butthe one balfe of that we then promifeto be, when we want and would have fomewhat! 0 then,how rhankfull we would be! how never forget! how fafi the children come to the birth, rhen! And 'vhen we have what we would, our vigor quJiles prefently, our.flrength isgone from us, & nonflmt vires pariendi. For,all the world feeth,norhing webring ferth. Alas, how many aborcemenrs are there daily ofthefe Chilnren! No where may this Verfe be taken,up> No wl)eiefa oft, fo.fitly ap'plied, Na wherefo ufed up;: onb~tter caufe than this, upon ~he failing d£good defires-iJnd jnrents: ~ v ' . , That this wt may doe, tdtake us to leva orationem : let ibis be our fafi; To lift up 011r prayer firll:, againfi fuch unnaturall birthsas that was, theProphet Hofmprayer, Hof" ~-•1, Give themJLord, what wilt thougive them? a barrenwombe and drie brefts. there was no ftrength fortbat birthoftheirs: It was well,rhere was nor: Thanks be to God, rherewasnot:Thanksbeto Go n, for non erantvires. Aod, Nejintvires(Cay I) Never let therebejlrength, for any like thisbirth; Never ftrength, but •veake hands. a8d(eehte kNees, for any Cuch enterprife. Nevirespariendi: Nay, neveniant ad par· tum; notneitber,notfofarre: Nay, neadconceptionem ; Nay then, neadgenerationem, ifit may be. !fit may nor, but they fcapethither,to the birth ;then,ltfi "Pyour laftpr..yer, and let this be it, and let it come uprobeaven, into Go n's prefence, and enter in even toHiseares, fortbeequiryofit; in all [uchdejignu, thatpariensmay befine viribll4, andpartm,jine vitit : themothm, no.flrength; and thechildren,no life: 13'jt_childand 'mother perilh both, as this day, they did. And, better fo, they peri01, tliaii fuch a number, thanawhole countrey perilh,by their meanes. This, aNeveni- ~nt andaNejint vires, againfi theirs. . But, for ours, for ourprai{eandthanks'·Veniant, Let them come; and Sint, ofint , vires, and let therebejlren&:th, when they ccme;for fuch, forfo good abirth. Ever betbcre.flrength, to kindneUe,to thankfulnejfe,to theaccomplifhment thereof, wherero weare in duty fo deepely bound. Strength (ever) to all honefi and good refolutions. Pittie, but they would be fo; Pitty, therelhouldwanr.flrength fortbem. Well may they be&onceived; come well to the birth ; when they be come thither, vigorenough rd deliverthem; and never, when theybecome.fofar, tomifcarry. . ' We may take ourlight from that; It is veneruntfilii: andfilii is theplurall'nr 1 m:; her, So;more ,than bne: many there would be; And filii fals well with thewordgra. tt.e, which lacks the jingtilar. No fuch phrafe, as Ageregratia>n. A lingle thank w•s never b~ardof. And bothf;rls welllikewife, to quir rhebirth,wewere q11it of: For, ~fe.rre~sw~re ~<I{JY ;mdf4!I, and_ f~ wo~:'l..~y~;,~hanku ~- ..,. 1 ,.. .- ."!': _, , .y ~1. ~m~,tb,ey;\vould !Jefilzi.:;, tp_at ts,f!]clb~}h!ldf~n.~<;:~;'l\vCl"fhtpi~tli:P.'eJ!eLl!; f!loljJ. an_d Gone; I meane, Comereal!, fomefltb.flantiall thAHkes. Not to travell (as it were) Wit~ wmd~,with afew words otiely, which are but aire, and into theaire theyvani01 agame. J'artM opm (yee remember) we faid before: fomeworkerhete would bee, .AllicgratiArHm, fomewhat :~dually done; le:ivelome realty behind it, as in achilde there is. . Thus farre, like: but then, a difference. Come it would, not as did their Adfartt~m excltifive, thithe~ and no farther l but, inclufive, to thebirth, and fi·ohm v e _
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