á.PETITION.. vpt. n theLor+sr Prayer. 1z7 ndfø forth, read more of the Pfalme your felie. And remember euer Lm4 was man according to.Gods owne heart, for all this humiliation layd vpon him at times. Porgt it not alfo when you fit , and fay little , what was anfwered to that pamperling ofthe world, when hee was in it. Sonne remember in thy life time bic.1 6, z5 thou receiuedit thyplea/úres, and 1iI¿etcife Lazarus paint, now therefóre is hee comforted, and thwart tormented. It is not the bell meat euer that bath fo fowre a fawce com- monly. Neither that light alBletion fo greatly to be abhorred, which beeirg z.Cor.q. t7 but for a moment in comparifon, caufeth voto vsfar moll excellent & an eternaa waight of glory. Woe be rayon that nom, laughf ayth our SauiourChrift , for yefhall Luc. 6.z5. wile and weepe, and bleffed are yee that wrepe now for you Jhall laugh, what Tweeter rerfe. 21. fpeech canmy Soule with to bemy comfort,ifmy lite be not fo cornfortable:Had I rather now laugh, and heereafter weepe, then now weepe, and heereafter laugh, not for dayes, or yeares, but for euer and euer. Iwilllet the Phifitianofrny bo- Note. dya(infull man mingle my cup as bell pleafethhim for my health , and drinke that fowre fup in hope of cafe hereafter, but my God and Father, my Chrift, and Saviour, the life of toy Soule,flsall not doc fo for the good thereof, but full wais- tonly IL will make tny choyce myfelfe, andfweete,fweeteallmullbee, or elfe I will weepe to drinke it. Alas , this is not well. Be it voto vsas heoill. AndAfat.zo.zz great is his fauour euerwbev we drinke of no worfe cup than his owne (elfe Bath begun of to vs. If you read the z t . of lob, you (hall fee that this florifhing caate inthis world that fo manywilh, and Ionic in weakenes and ignorance wade to want, is not fo comfortable to the confcience, defiring hope cat future good; tab. z r. as that we Ihould be lo greedy of it. And therefore if the Lord deale otherwife withvs, rat von hiswifedome, vpon his loue, reflified by the greateft gift that euer was giuen, the death of his onelyanddeare Sonne Chr ifllefus, vppon his prabfc with his children euer, and bee content. Chrifl dipped thefop that he gaue to Judas , and did loue him therefore. God giste vs drie bread with his fa- 5' uour, rather then dipped, and daintyfops with his ire. As many as bee loueth, hee rebuketh and challifeth, and loued Lazarus had neuer a fop at all, but would Reuel. haue been glad of thecrummeethat fell froto the rich mans table. Soineagaine are difdained and contemned io their placeawhere they hue, dwell, or ferue, and they cannot beare it. Contempt is better, and foking themfelues in this fowre meditation, they thinke, O Lord, why fhould I be thus vfed more than others f contempt what doe I, or fay I,that ought not, or might not receiue as fauourable face as o- bitter rcmp- ther men find ? furely the Lordloueth me not, &c. But God forbid fay I this tation. conclufion. For it followeth not vppon the promifes, and therefore the argu -, mentafubtiledeuils, and-not atrue Gods. And proueitto naycomfortby thefe two feruants of God againe lob and Dauid. The firfi complaining that they that were yonger than he mocked him, yea theywhofe fathers he refuted /4.3 to. t9. to fet with the dogs of his Rockes, that is to be his (lsepheards, or tokeepe dogs. lob.29. ¡S. They abhorred him, fled far from him, -and (pared not to fpit in his face. Pea Verfe. to. faith he I am their by-word,and as it were a Tabret before them. Surely a great 106.7. 6. contempt, and greater I thinke than you can flrew me any, whofoeuer you are that coinplaiire of contempt; and yet lob was lob (till before his Goa for all theft abufes in a wretched we rld, that is beloued,accepted, regarded, and in the end ,' when the Lords good pleafure was finiffied,ho noted and exalted, that theft moc- king mates couched and hid their foule faces forlhame. And lhalllnot intreat you toconfidetit? Againethe other, what faith he? Iamoworme and no man, .O PJal, zz.6. Lora,a Jhame ofinen,and the contempt ó fthe people. All theythatfee me hauè rove iñ dëri- }loll they make a Mow ktmeandnod their heads. What vile contempt is this? ët tnull not Dsúldgiuevptheioy of hislife for it. But palreonhis courfe in his troublefome Sea, and fayle eheerefully towards the Hauen where hee would bee, .breaking thefe waues and furgesby a true Faith andknowledge of the Lords dea- lings with his moll deerechofen. Imagine you fee Herod, and that rulhing rout, m 4 hoyfing
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