at the S P I TT L E. forthee.,thwas the Lurds,andaiL that thereinM; till theearthHegave tmtothe children pfmm: AndJilver andgoldwere the Lords, till, not by a cafualfcatteriTJg,bur by His Pfal. ~1:;:, 6• appointedgiving; nor bychance,but bygift, He made them tlune. He gave them: Agg•••, . thou brought-eft none ofthemwzth thee mto the world, thou cameft naked. Hega·ve them . and when Hegaye them,He might have given them to thy brother oflow dlare,and made thee ftand and aske at his doore, asH: hath made him now ftaod and aske at thine. ·Hegiveth you riches; youget rhemnot; irisnotyourownewifedomeor travaile rhar gerteth them, but His grace and goodnefferhatgivetb them. For, you fee manymen of as great uoderltanding and fordight as your [elves, want not one!y riches, but even bread. Iris nor your travel! ; except the L o a o h~thgiven them, allthuarly 11p-rijing, and late downe./ying hadbeen in vaine. It is Go o rhatgiveth: Eccle.9·" · make your recognifance ir is [o, for feareleft if you denie Dominus dedit, you come waflirme Domintu abf!ulit. Go o reacheth, it was He rhar gave them, by tAking 'lob • u. themaway. This is S. Pauls rea[on: let us fee howir ferves his conclufion to rbe overthrow of our vaineprideand foolifh truft in them. Ifit begift,Si accepifli,quidgloriark· ?be not , Cot+?; proudofit: And ifit begift, He that fem ir,can call for it againe ;lr~tjt nor in ir. Whogiveth us alltbings 1 &c.]<.All things, fpiricuall or corporall, temporal! or eternall,littleor grear,from rheleaft and fo upward; from the greareft and fo downe– vJard: frompanem q11otidianum,amorfell ofbread,roRegnum ccilorum,theKiogdome ofheaven. He giverh us all even umo Himfclf~ : yea Hegivetb us Himfelfeand all, and more we cannot defire. Why then,ifHe give all,all are DoiiativeJ; all that we hold, we hold in franc/: almoigne; and no other tenure is rhere, at G.~ds hands, or inour Law. For, quid ha1 Coq. 1 .• bes quod nmaccepi{li ? What is there, that is to fay, name one thing, thou haft, that thou haft nor rmived; and ifthere be any on~ thing, hoaft of rhat and fpare not. But ifthat be nothing, then let Cyprians fenrence take place (fo much commended and fo ofren cited bySAint Auguftine) De nullo gloriandum efl, quia nuUum efl no~rtmJ: and adde unto it, De nullojidmdum eft, q11ia nullumeft nqlrur11 ' we mull:glory ofnothing, for that we have nothing of Dtlrow»e ; neither mull: we truft any thing,forthat we havenothing of ouronme. ThAtgivuhm all thingi to enjoy :]Not only tohave,but to enjoy. For,foto have them, that wehaveno joy ofrhem ; fo to ger all things, rharwc canrakenoparr of them,when we havegonen rhem; foro poffeffe thelabours of our hands, that wee cannot eat rhelaboursofour hands, as goodbe withour them: Thu MA great 'Vanity Eccles.'· >.J, andvexation; and indeed (as Salomonfaith) an untimely hirth were better, thJn foro - be. Bur bleffed beGod, that befides rhefe6/llj)'ings to bwijoyed, giv~th us healthfull hodiesro enjoy them with; thef.ovOIIrofour Princeroenby rhe.n under, rhe daies of peace to enjoy them in; whereby our fou!es may be farisfied wi(h good things, and every one may eat his portion wirh joy of heart. , · Thatgiveth allthitJgi to enJoy: ]that is,dealerh not with you as·He hath dealt with thepQore; harbgiven you things not ondy ofufeandnecrjity, burrhings alfooffrui· tionandplelljiere : harh given you nor onely Manna fv·ly·)Ut need,bur al[o~ailesfor real. 7 s, sg; yourltifi : Hath given you our ofopbir not onely linnmclothand Horfes for fervice, · - bur alfo, Apes,Ivory,and Peaco•ks, for your delight. Vnro rhem Hegivethind,,en. ta, covering fot thfir nakedneffe; but unrt> youornamenta, clothirgfor yourcomeli· ndle. Vnrorhem He giverhalimenta, nourlfhmenr for rhdr emptineffe; umo you deleflamentd, delicious fare for dainrineffe. Therefore you aboveall men,are ro re– joycein Him, there is great caufe: that He m'ay rejoyccoveryou, unro whom Hee hath given fo many\vayes, fogreat caufe ofrejoycing• . Thatgiv.eth m aUthings to enjoy plenteoujly :]l'lenteoujly ,indeed,may Ifrael mwfay, P&l.!t7·•~< (fatd the Prophet;)tl1ayEnglandnow fay(fay l)and i am fure upon asgrear c;:aufe.He hathnot dealt fo with every Nation,nay He hathnotdealt fo withan.y natiop. Andplen. teor1{ly maylf.nglM~dnowfay; for it couldnp~alwaies: Nay itcould nor ever havefaid Bbbbb 3 · the
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