Sermon 5· andfASTI N a. h t l·s the Jncmre (faith the P{alme:) OUr Evening, is but theftrmhimrollfo~" lilT t a ~' f. c · dh · " ~ l'fal.lt•·•· lw•ds,incomparifono 1t,ramr an eaVIe. . -. · Thefe then :the time, • O~feareofthe danger fin will draw upon us : • 0f ind.' t · 0 ,. at our fin the caufe of lt .l OfSorrow for that we havedone : ~ Ofcare,that •gnd 'e fo no mor;: 1 Of taki11gdowne the flefh : 6 Ofliftingupthej}irit : 1 Ofaver. we 0 ill: s of;rocuringgood: 9 Ofgiving ourlaves wholly toSpiTitua!lexercife: ~~ef~arealt catlj'es, w_hy: Thefeareall times, When l all of theScriptum limitting ; . all, oftheSaints practJ.ce, there. And indeed all ofchriP'sowne alligning. For,venient dies, thm wiUcome dayes i (faith CHRI sr:) D.oe thofe daycs never come~ When come they~ Veri!~ when Ch•P·9·•r: e;ill dayes come upon us, wema~hang up our !Jarpes then?thclt;amage feafttsat an Pfal. •JT·~~ end with us and we then to faft (fa1th CH R I s r) accordmg to the letter. But, g~es He from us onlycorporally by adverfity ~ Goes henotj}irituafly al_fo ~ !l. Yes: and whenfoever we fall into any gnevous fin, though rheptpmgmay connnue (perhaps)yet theBridegroome is gone; a!fure your fdfe,gone He is; Et tum jejunahunt, and then faftwemuft: Why~ even for verygriefc, tha: by our wretched folly, we have fet Himgone. FC\f,ifwhenHe is taken from us, faft ••e muft:mu!l: we not much more,when we our felves,by our lewd carriage have beene thecaufe(I [.ay not,ofHis tAking-,but)even of His veryc&4Jinganddrivingaway f~om u~ ~ . . Thirdly,agamll: tentatton, we need to {aft; for, agam!l: HlS te»tatson chriftf".Jled, I that needed it not. And!all:, His clofefo joyning, and fo oft, ofthefetwo('{'!fling and •prayer) fo 4 togethcrll:ill,makesthatthetimeofferventprayerisatimeof CH RI • r 's iltpoin: tingtoo; andthat fo intimated,even in this very placehere. But,all this while we have beene [peaking ofwhen we are to faft at large;or when The Applicati" ttpon iome occafion : In the meane time, we fay nothing of this time now at hand. on,.'"' ,.;~ This is not ~onany occafion :it is aye~~rely recurrentfaft :Will this alfo come within ofttnt. the,lills of Ctem fejunati> i I take ir, it will. For lh1ll ourfailingbe altogether when we will our [elves~ lhall itnotalfo befometime when the church will~ .May we bind our[elves, and may not/lual(o hindm l Hathfhe no intereft in us, nopower overm? Thesynagogteeof the Iewes (we fee) had powerroprefcrihe fafts, and did: Hath the Church of C HR I s r none ~ Is lhe in worfe cafe than theSynagogue? No indeed. IfRecabmight enjoynehisfons ;She may Her's. Sheis ~>Ur Mother,She bath thepower rer.Jr. 6 ; of a<..Motherover us; and a<.Mother hath power to gtve !awes t'oherchtldren. And fo, Cum jejnnati; is, When yo11 f•ft by the churches appointment, alfo: theChurcher Ct<m. This isfure : Nomanhath Goo to h'i> Father, that hath not the church{9r hil Mother: and thar,onceand twice in thePrwerhs,order is taken,j!S to keepethe precepts l'ro.x.r~ of oter FAther_;fo not tofee light hy thelarvesof our Mother. Ira Patri>,anddolor Matra, ip( , are togeth~rmone verfe : Hetbatgrievq her, angers him. And he cannot burgrieve ber, that lmle fets by her wholefome orders. TheApo.flle(we fee) Saint Par1l by name,though he had be~ne in the third!Jeaven,yethe deferredtotalemcoTJfuetudinem, ,c; 0 ,, 11 , 1 6, theChten·hes CtljloiiJe, and re!l:sinit. We mull: learneto doethelike andnotfetlight · -- - by them,as our manner is. ' eh This I may fay forthi~ Cu.111, _It is no Ctljlomelatelytakenup: NoLawofthe llrchour Mother that now 1s. She ugrowenold,and her fenfes faile her : Sheerrs, or athl~a~ is faid to erre, at every bodies pleafure. It is actljlome(this) ofthe chu"h• \h 1 elt was 4Chrifto recens,yet frelh and w~nnefromChrift,Thechurch,which wa~ the Mother of the Apojilu themfelves, at all times kept . every whereobferved i }, en~nd ever fince.Some,ro fhif, it,frame to themfelves afeare of(I wote not what) .uper ' 1 hn,where no feare is. Before any{uperftitionwas ll:irring,any P~p_cry hAtchetl, ~:;:,~:" ISfajl was. Lex ahftinendi in ~adragejima fempufuit in E"lefi!t (faith the: ~ 41111 '/'IIIJ,Theophilm AlexAntlrinm) Lmt was ever in theChurch. ']{os UIW/'J. V 4 fl!.•adrageji,;am,
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