-– sennon ,. ofthe Gowa us. Thus have you abriefeof the triplicitie of Idy. 'IDJ within, i InMee witliouta 3 bothmmfurJ [upere(jlnente• . . · . And (which is fomewhat llrange) rhcCe; nor on!ypemntted; .but even injoyned; · en in charge. foal! rqoyce, {haft beglad; a necelline la1d on h1m : bur, ablctfed Luke 6.3~. ~~~ellitie, to be bound to that ~0\1!' nature and wee (in all our liberty) fo welllove,and like of•. And now, to the caufes; For,E:<ceeding Ioy;without acaufe fomewh~r fnitable1 z . is but exceeding folly; but .u the crackling of thornes under A pot: grea_t n01fe, but no ~t~,""i'' oreat caufe (for, :!11 is bur a whin-bufh.) If there bee anexceedmg mthe Joy, ther.e ""l;r.,.F, ~ouldbeanexalting in thejlrength: If ~cetfein rhar,no defect mthe ground; We rake meafurdtill, of one of thefe by the other. . . . Have we then agood ground~ That have we :foure(for fa1hng) every of them fuirable, in each refpecr. For, atriplicirie in either of them. . . · 1 "!'he ground of all (thefirll:)is, S_4lvationor being J.nved : and that, IS ground :!~~;~~~;M;. fuflic1ent. For who doth notre]oyce, IS notglad,exceedmgglad, thatls[o,faved? bcing[av<d, But fpecially (which was D411ids cafe here) faved, from a fudden and a fecret Salu.. mifchiefe, imaained again!~ him. There is no Ioy (when all is done) to theloy of one, fo faved. Bee it, who it will; even r~nm de minimuhiis : any,any one of the meaneft• _ ' But, thePerfonaddesa great \v'eight to the joy; that,it is Rex in falute : Salt# Re· Sai"'Ii';:i•; giA, aSalvation royal!; for the favingof aKing. For He (b~theScript11res owneva· luation) isfet at tm tboufand. There be ten thouf&nd Salvattons 1!i one, whena Kmg is f&ved. Thataas Rexis the perfon, above all: So SalmRegis,is the SoveraigneSat- ' s:un.• a.j: vation, of all; . · SAved, then. Andfecondlyhow ~ In virtute: Sdved6y jlrength. For, though ·it j/m~gh' be good 15eing faved, by what meane~we can; Yer, if we might be at our choice, ''"&' ' we had rather have it, by meanes of jlrength; rather fo, thanbycraft, or byrunning away. For, that is not in virtute. Salm invirtme. is ever, the befr {aving. _Anda King(if he have his right)would be faved,no other way: Nqt byflight,or byflight; butinvirtute ll.ex. , . · So have you two,YirttUandSalm,jlrength andfalvation : Note themwdl: for not virttuwithoutfaltu; nor fa/mwithout virttu,neither without other is full: DQf both,withoutT"a Domine. · ' ' ' Jn virtute, is well: fo it have infaluteafcerit. For,no not injlrength is there mat- rirtliSin p.m– ter of joy (every way confidered.) No, notinG o D's jlrength : No joy invirtute u. Dei,if it have not an in falute;bchind it. Tl:te.y,in the latter part of thePfalme found GoD'sftrength, butfmallytotheirjoy. Thismakesitup: thatirisnotonly,virtm, ~rength: _but virtm ad falutem, jJrength to fave. Strength, not, as to theKings V«Cefi. enemtes,to (mttethemdowne, and plAgruthem: But, ffrmgth, as to D&vidhimfelfe,to . (•ve ariddeliver him; Strength isin~ifferem,toboth: but in falutef 0 Uowing it de- P"al il ' 1 terminesir,tothe jQyful/firje. . ' ' · 9·' • • Now then, rurneit the other way. For; as invirlutt; if it end wlth in fa!ute, is sa1 11 s :.virtH. ]uGcanfeofl~J : So(vireverftl) in falute; if it goe withaninvirttlfCi makes the Ioy "· • Yet!'l_Dre joyfuU. I meane,that as it isvirtm inf~lute,ll:rength to{ave,mioht to ddivei; So,tt 1s fa/m in virtute, a flrQilg f;ilvation; a inightiedeli'l!erAnre, No pct~,common one; hut a llrong, andmightieone. This reciprocation fets it liighet yet: that, not Pill. 6s.,r. oolyf!rength [et for~h; burjltength to (.i-ve,prote8, andpre(erve : Northat neither, · tJNovu '!'odo; b~t mightily tofave,jlrQ»gly topmefl,andjlrangely topreferve: Soasthe J'Alvatronmay)uftlybefaid,TuaDomine, GaD's ownefavi»"'• · For,,Y~we are nor,where \VC would be. Iris much to the~atterof joy, whofe n Go 05 the flrength _1s, from whom the falvation, who'the panic. For, not undecrmq11e, ~.,%t,tl•;f11a llr ~squovu, yeelds full joy: notbyevcryone(handoverhead.) Thebetterthe Domiilc. partleper quem, the more the i'J frill. The Salvation is made the more precia\lS, D ddd 3 by
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