836 . . Of the CoN sP I RA c a Ser;;;;;, ding andgiving; before we feeke,knockeor aske :.that (lo) is thepr«v~ blejing ofgoodneJfeindeed. ' r,t e 7he »!Ji•g cf . Thcblejingof,go~dneJfe: And as tofatisfte, is one thing (quovismodo·) To d . goodnefi<. byprevention, another; So, toprevent withgoodnejfe, is one; andwith tbe blq?iwoetf goodnejfe,another. For,that.is (as the fat ofthefacrijce) the befi,,the moll chiefe~~e moft chOice, the moll: hlejfedpart ofit; btejfedit felfe, and makmg David bleffed t whoni he vouchfafes it. • 0 Not;but thatthe other(thegranting, the not denying) aregoodblef?ings, and ve good:but in them,though then; be thegoodnejfe of G_od,y~t not it alone; there is fom?. what ofDavzdtoo,htsdcvouon(at lea~)m ~akmg IllS reqt~eft. But in this, Gods goodnelfe, is all alone; Davzddoth nothmg,~etther[peak; nor thinke. That he never asked, never thought to aske, b~foreany, Without any asking, he is preventedwith by this bleffidgoodnejfe : and w.lthout any cauf~ ~lfe. The Fathers read it, benediE/io d11lcedi~iJ, and well: For, whtle. we fiand waiting for thepojlvenijli, ?ureyesfaile many r~mes, ~u~ hea;r pan~s,we l).otebetwee~ehop.e and fcare: And thts relithes not well wtth us, tt 1s a httle bttter. Inpr.evenijlt there 1snone ofthere. And the cutting offof thefe, makes it benedilli11 dr;kedinis indeed, as having none ofthatunpleafant mixture with it. This is henedilla bonit,u. But (all this while)we fee not, what need ofthis preventing? It is more than needs, furc. The orherry10,.the not denying~ ~utgranting, might ferve our rurnes well enough. Yes,there ts more than.need of It,IO the matter offaving,many times. The danger comes ~1ponus, and furpnzes usfo, qfa fudden, as wehave no time, to gather our felves together; theheart no fpace to thinke, nor thelifs leafure, toframe a rtiJIIefl. Both faile-us. , , And this holds chiefly, in fecret plots and practices. Noman fufpecrs; or mif· doubts them : No man prepares for them : Vnawares on a ftidden, they breake out, and even oppreffe us, fo as theyprevent lipsandheArt, and all. Su,ch was the danger, in thePfalme :Such, the danger ofthe day. ,Inthefe,ifitihould be puttoapoflveni– jli, wewere gone. Apreventionmull: be. In thefe prev~m\ngdangers then, is rhe time l there, is the place, ofthispreventinggoodntjfe ofG1d, Who feeing, what D4· vid woul<;l doe, if he were not taken ihort: fupp!ieth (ofHis6/if'edgoodmffe)that defed,and before either ofb'mh,releeves andfaves him. This is the h!tjfedgoodne/{e, andBlejfed be Godforthisgoodntjfe, above all: We all at fome times or other, ii.re the better forit. . Willyefeenow,howthefethreecomeagaine exactly tothat ofthe.joy? The inward tkjire if the heart, for thatgranted; l.ttabitur, theinwardjoy ofthehmt: The out\vard reqr;eft ofthe lips, forthat not denied;exultahit,theoutwardvoice ofgladntjfe. But thou haftpreventttlthem both (both mentall and vocal! petitions) without fuit at all: o /tow gladjba/1 Davidbe, forthcothertwaine, but for this third dpeci.uly! For, this is thegoodntjfe, o qu11111! Thisexmds all. Th • r. Well : but all thiswhile, we walke but ingeneralities : might we fee feme fpcci~ of:/!,:'~~;',;:' ality.of this hlejingofgoodwtjfe rhuspreventing him ~ Yes, we may. Therefoliow "'f:· . more; but here int~c Text, are two particulars, both matter of Go v's preventto~, ~ ~~~:;:;"' both matrer ofhis difire. For, what w<;mld a King defire to havefoveJ, or where1~ tobehlejfed, but in 'hi<&rowne, and • his tife: And here, they be both. And~~ c~ther of both, a feverall fort ofpreventing : Grdnted, and nor 11skedat all(as •nhis crowne:) moregranted, thanasl:ed(~sin his/ife.J ·; His 0,.,.,. But firfi: will ye marke, that here, Coro»4pr.evenit vitAm, thecr~n:ne takes the 6,a, place ofhis life, hath rhe precedence of ir: that his defire is carried firatght, to h~ Crowne firfi,befote to his life, as to the hlifiw~ (ofthe twaine) more tobeedejirea. Thus we findethcm: and we may not fiirrethem, they are ofthe Holy Gho~s ow~e · mariha!ling. Thus fets He them downe; as ifHiswill were, they lhouldfo beappn~ zed: theCrowne before life. Markewell :Pof.uit coronllm, and thenvit~mpetiit: with his Crowne on; ~~(.he · ' ae;<rll
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