17& O]RJ> PENT AN c & 1 Sermon 1, ------------------------------------------------------------- 4 They e!'q<lired: So that before, ifyou had ought to fay to them,you might. . thcyhadnothiugtofaytoyou. To(eeke then, is To trmu, To rife, Torifeearty' llli>yu.u. Toenquireaft.er it. 0 Si qr~<triti>,qrutrite (faithE[ay) themorning commeth, and fo dDth thenight :that is: our dayes fpend apace; and we fay, wewillfeel:e: Ifwewill feeke, let us once doe it indeed. · • Ttmuflbe Secondly, ifit bequ.trehant; ~nd ifitbeEmn: Another point to be rectified. {=(;~:';,,4• * Z(gn ve.llra,fedvos(faith the 0pof!le) is .the right feeking. Not,fleke Him, for fomewhat we would have ofHrm: but to, feeke Hzmfelfe, for Hzmfelfe. It is one ~~~,6~;~. thing(fay tneSchoolt!) tofeeke Go o,for fuition: another, to[eeke Him, to make · ufl of Htm. One thtng ~f~rth C H 11. r s T) to feeke for the mrracle ; another, for the loaves. One thing, to feeke Hr! fa.:e; another, to feeke His fingers ends. One thing to confult with Him onely for ~onfcience, to know and doe ; another, to c;onfult with Him, if it hit our humour to make our advantage of it; if it goe againfi: us, to fer li~ht by it. Such is ourfeeking for the mofi part: Cum ocdderet, to have our turne terved; to have our health refiored, that wee may feeke Him EfaYf~· u. no longer, but to our former riot againe, and tomorrow may bee ,u yeflerday, and z OurNt/iAt: eumDcddertt, the time. 4 HoC.5.6. John s.~r. much more. •. . . Seeke Him, indeed: SeekcHim, for Him!elfe. Thefe two points being agreed of, we ihall throughly agree of qu.crebani Etim. And, fo much for it, and for our fiat. Now,toourNeftat. For, when we have agreed ofour feeking, we have not done. With •diligence,it wouldbe,andduerejpefl. Ourfeel:ing (as all things,the befi things under the Sunne) mull: have -w."~ey.•,; .U.'.:>fey.•, their doe time and place. Wherein appeareth the aba– ting power ofCircumf1a1!ces: thatthey ate able to bring do.wn the[ttbflances.Name– ly, ofthe time: Andthat, mljfe.timingmarreth not only Mufike, but all things elfe, Thethingisright; TheCum is wrong; andfo,all is wrong. 1 To finde6ur the time, wee agree firfi, that as every weightiething bath, fothe Gods {tt~ing feel:ing of Go o is to beallowed a time, too. ' to haveaumt. Whattimeisthat~ Verily, wee ihould doe it abfolutely, all ourlife long: l'fal.•os-+ .fl.!i,«rite (dciem Ejm femper. Not, When ? But, when not ? without limitation, continuafly. · A.nd, in this fenfewe grant Cum ocddmt: then,and at othe~ times too. But, not (as.Afaph) then, an4 never till then: So, we deny it. Go o (indeed) isfo to be fought: burw,e cannotfo feeke Him: Other our Jf. A (et tim,, faires crave allowance out of ourcime; and we are well content toyeeld itlargely. c.,, Onely that Go o have a Jet tim1 left, when to {eeke Him. That is bur reafon: all will yeeldto it. All gram aCum. · But, come to know, when that whenihall be ; here,we vary, firfi:.We cannot be brought to [et downe any"cert<~imy,but love to be left at large. Doe it we will; but ~€1:•4·•6. (indeed) we cannot fi1ewwhen; bufevenFelix his when,;., ·.J,X!Ppn"'->,when wee have leafltre. I cannornow fi:and to feeke (faith he;J I hope one day to beat leafu.re to doe it: but, that day never catne. Vrgethem, preff'e them, when l No other refolution, but, on:ni~ peccator dicit, t.AliqttandaDeumfequar, Sed non moad: Somettme fbll; but, not thrs ttme. Never, in the prefent ;bnt,fometimehereafter. Follow them alblong theirlife, they linde notthisC11m, but put it from one Cum to another, till there be none left, bur only C11m occideret, Even that very time, againfi which Go o layeth His exceptions. Every time before, we fay, Nondu111 tempm,it is not time yet : Every houre before, Novdumvemt hora, the hourc IS not yetcome. . Not to leave Go o' s feeking thus at randorne : But to grow to fame- cer· taintie. I demand, Will any time ferve ~ Is G o o at all times to befound~ !fayH ·' · Itis certaine Not. . ·· The very limitation ( of dum invenirepoleff) iheweth plain· ly chat oth9r times there bee; wh>rein, Sttke llim yo.u may, but finde W:im you ~~ . ~
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