The /zxth S E R M o N 4 And for HisEift: would Goo,itwerenot too pbine: Both ad-lis Croffe. where the lowder their Cmcijige, with the more llrong crying and tea res He prayed tuk.•3·H· Pater IgnD(ce: And ever fince, tt(que hodte, till now, when (all may fee) ourregard is aslittle,as His hovegreat; and He refpected,asif He had done nothing for us. Every part of His Love, and theprofejionof his Love,but fpccially the Etfl of His love pal: fethall. For, thrift, by deed enrolled, hath fetoverhislovetothem. Which is that fettethfuch a priceupon thcm,andmaketh them fo amiable, if not in their ownc I>fal.t 1•:4. kindneffe and lovelincffe,yet in the love ofchrift himfelfe. And it is theanfwer,that Exod.·:~-::~. Davidwhenhe lo(eth his jlupe, tothinke,.pon thepeople of God; that Mofes, whenbee · ' · wearieth himfelfein heAring ca,.JesftDm morning to night; that Iojita,whcn heftghteth the Lords battels,and jeopards his life in the high places ofthe field; that any,that weares andj]>mds himfelfe in the commoncaufe, may make, as well as St. Paul: Why it is proaniiiJabm, it is for fouJe:r ;for f.1fegard ofJoules, thofe (oules,whi~h chrifl hathfo dearely loved, and fo deerelybMght, and to oar love fo carefully commended :Sic111 esovos, as He did or ever !hall doe for us, that we doe for them. Whereto,if not the joules thernfelves Cforrhe moll part unthankfull) yet, this motive of lo'tle, of Chrifts love, doth in a manner, violent!yconllraineus. For, though nothing is laffe violent in themanner,yer, in the worke,nothingworketh more violent than it. The Applic:tr!~ i conclude then with S~int Btrn4rds demand : .Qg_4vero utiliw in fermone heel on, What ufe have we of all that hath bcenefaid~ For,he that wrote it,is dead; and they, to whom it was written, aregone :But theSctipturellill remaineth, and we are to take good by it. It ferveth firll, to poffeffe our foules of that excellent verrue, Major h6rum, the greatell of the three; Nay,the verrue,without which,thc rell be but CiplmJ; rhe ver. ruethat !hirieth brightell in chrifts example, an.d llandeth highell in.His commcnda· tCor.s3-J'; tion,love. But,Lwe,theAEfionb(verttu; ndt thep4f?ionof vice. Love, not of the body, the Ph;Hpzpt. vllehody (So, theHoLY G Ho s T rermerh itl'hil.3 .) but of thefMle,rheprecigts Prov.6,,6. Joule of man (Pro.6.) Love of foules ; the more,the more acceptable : If ofaCif1, well; If of aCormtrey, better; if ofaCormtrey or Kingdome, bell of all. And for them and for theirloveto bee ready to prove it by St. Paulmia!l ;to 3 open our Impendam, to vow our Impendar, and as neere as may be, to afpire to the ·fame degree ofLibentijime. Verily,they that neither (as the Apofile) for thewinning B(Joules; or for the defence and (•fety offor•les,many thouf•nds of(bules ,theforties of an wholeEftate;in high and heroical! couragc,have already pall their Impendam;and are ready to offer rhemfelves every day to Impend11r, and with that refolutefo"'"'d. nejfe,whichwe all fee(for,it is a cafe prefemly in all our eyes :) They thatdoethus, no good can be fpokenof their love anfwerableto thcdefart of it. Heavenly Jt5j and in heaven to receive the reward. · Bur, when all is done, we mull take notice ofthe wor1ds nature. For, as Saint Paul left it, fo wee !hall finde-it (that is) wee!hall not perhaps meet withrhatre. gard, wee promife our [elves. Saint Pan(! <.Magis diligammet witha r..MintH ddt~ gar. • . Thel:efore above all remember his Etji. For to bekind; and that to theunkmd: to know,fu~:h we !hall meet with; yea,to meet with them,and yet hold our Etji,and love nevenheleffe. This cerrainely is that Love, Mttjorem qu-4 nemo; And,there ts on earth no greater figneof afoulethroughly fetled in the love of CH R r s T, tl11nto fland thus minded: Comewhat will come, 0l1agilor r.Miniu, Si or Etji; frownor favour; Refpect or neglect; ~dfaci•,hoc & faciam, What I doe,I will doe, wtrlt ~.hap:tr.'!· eye toCu 11. 1 s r, with hope of regard from Him, lettheworld beasitis,andastt ever hath beene. Sam11el(thisday in thefirfi Leffon) when he had fpent his life inawell ordered Govern-
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