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Sermon
r.
V}RKPENTANCE,
Then, if, at all rimes; He is norro be found, we are ro make choice of
ac~niine
cum, cum inveniripotefl,
whet! He may be found, and
rhenf~ck~
Htm.
,
Many returnes there be, mthe
ter~e
ofour hfe; Many
Gum,.:
All arc
r~duc~d
totWO:,
Ct~mServaret;and>Cumocczderet;
Or(1fwew1ll nccdsbcwcdd,ed, roa
Cum occlderet)
'c
11
momd:ret hoJfes eomm;
•
~or,
eos :
Whe:l He
f~attcrcrh
andJlay-
h
r enemies and f.1vern us. Oneof rhefc two 1t mu!t needs be.
et
0
~ur~<
o.-clde:et,
it is not. CH
R
r s
T
Himfelfe exprelfely Jimiteth it, before:
•
Dedi ei temp
tU
adpamitendlltn,((airh
hS)I
gave her attme to repent.
What ume)s
rhat~
Le!l: we might miltakeir,tobe
Cllm
ocnderet,.He
addes; ffwedoe1t not,u1 that
tlm~,
[o
byHim given,HeWill
caft
us
doivneon
01tr
beds,
the beds
ofafJ!tfhon
a~;~d,bic!<q,!le;
and there
kill
us
JVitl, death.
So rhar,the
nm~,he
allowerh us to repent,
IS
before we
179
Ttwou!Jbe
I
C"m
{crva.
Ttt.
*.Apoc.1.,:.1.
Vc1f.:u.
'l·
me thither. For thither we come, betaujc wc dtd lt nor m the mne,hegave us to
d~e
it in.
Indeed,~ur
bed
is notthe'p)ace:
In
lec1:do qthejivi,
1
fought Him in
rny.
bed.:)
Cllu.p.
qu£/ivi,(ed non inveni:
1
Jou~ht
Htm,bttt
1
foundfi,zm not.
l be pbce
of[l.mghter
IS
not
the
place:
Nor,rhc
mneofktllmg
IS
notthe
tzme._
We
nu~
taker.lnr
nme: qut ttts n9c.
dedi illt.,
none ofHts
gwmg.
The nme, He gtverh us, 1s, bdorc we come th,tfc.
Then,iftVhen
He kzls us,is
not it
whenhe faveth;u?tt
ts.lt
IS
mdeed: and
aclrl.(!vr
1
Rf,
ir,an houre of
cttm fervaret
,thcn,r<
better than avmtage,a
whol·eday of
Cum O.'ftderet;,_
•'•'
.~
.......
Vpon thefe rwo the whole
P(alme
!l:andeth: and the pJrt (before) !heweth,
when it /hould have beene. When
He ovenv/;elmedthe Egyptians in the
Sea:
\:V
hen.
Vcrfc
1
.1:
the Pillar ofthe
clot~d,v.uover:
When,He not onlyfaved them, bur fervedthem,
rai-
:::
ning
d~tVNe
Manna,forrhcit: need,a1Jdgiving them
~ailes
for their
l11JI
:thcn,wa;, the
>7·
time with them: and then,
IS
the ranc w1th us.
,
,
For (Cure) as we
feeke
Go o, to
(ave
us :
[o,
H~
faveth
us to
Jeeke
Him. Ifwheri
we
fuke
Him, we are
faved;
when we are
(aved,
we
lhouldfeeke
Him. Thqime of
His
(aving
is the mne of
om'feekmg :
And, one hourc, >hen, 1s better than foure
and twenrie.
All that while, wharfeekewe
~Why
(aslercmie
faith) we doe
thenqtt.crere
Icr.H.f·
grandia.
Other
greater matters
we have in hand ·. Matters of more weight than
rh~
feekingofG
o o. As,fHufeekmgwerefomepe.te bu!inelfe:Shghdy
to
b~Jought,
and lightly
to
be found. Any nme good enough for 1t.
..
Nay, not that: but, fo evil! arc we affected ro
feeke Him,
then, that
qt~.qebaJJt
is
occlderet:
we indite Him of our death; it is death
to
doe it: as
leef~
ilie, as
Jeeke:
Irmakerhusold; it killerh us before ourrime. We dige!l: northern, that call on
us for it, bur feeke our [elves (as the
<.Apoflle
fpeaketh)
r,;>,tagiflros (emnd11m deflde.
,
T im. 4
l·
rja,
that may enterraineus with Speculations, of what may be done by miracle, at
the houre of death: that may give us dayes and elbow.roome enough, to feeke
orhetthings, and to lhrinkeup
Hisfeekinginro
a narrow rime, at our
encl;ijodrelltj~,
nme enough tben. For, rhus (then) we reckon: all the time wee fpend in it,
we
lofe
the fruit ofom: life, and the joy of our hearts !hall be taken from us. Asifrhefruit
of life were not
to
jinde
G o o ; Or, as if any true hearts joy, Go o ·bein<> noi:
found.
Call wee this ourfruitandjoy, notto
feeke
Go
v
~
Ca!Jirnor ('o:
'L,te.
·
t11r cor quamntitim Deurn
(faith the
Holy Ghofl)
Let
the heart of them rejoyq,
t,&,lt
pf.f.ror,.; ..'.
feeke :he
L oR o. Yea,
i11
lacl"ymis peccatorum,
in rhe very rearcs of a peoit;enr,
'
there
IS
Cf.11th Samt
<...Attg:.Jiine)
more found joy, rhan
in
rifi•
thcatromm,
in all rhe
games, rheThearer tan affoord:
Da ChriJfiarmm,
&
fi,it quiddico.
But, our
raft~
is
turned, and we reli!h nor this
Seeking.
By our
flefh.pots
we have lived,
~ne!
by
rl).Cll;i
wewtll dye, and fo we doe.
Lujl
harh beene our life, and we will be pJricd ir,Jtl>!=
graves of
Lufl :
And fo we !hall, and never know, what that joy
mean~rh,
L,eWtJY
cor quttrcnJium Deum.
..
> '
~""'
Servaret
then, will not ferve. Nay,
cum occlderet
will fcarce ferve, it had)
I
mucd
a~oe
: Let Him draw His fword, and come amon<>!l: us. For if (as, of Hi?
"'m
occJdem
goo ne, e, Hedorh not) Hee rulh not on us at fir!l:, but
b~oin
with
others :
If it be
•~<os
•.
,
Cttm
ocnderet'
f·
ji
k
S
·
b
k
''
· 1
a.tos
'
wee
ee 'e
nor.
ee yee the X X
:X
I.
Verfe: He too e away·
or Jers,before their faces; and rhofe,nor
weake
or lickly perfons, bllt
rhegondli;ff
and
.f/rongef'f
,