12,8 .1 profitable Expofitson 6. PETITION. ,x,22,11, iioylingtheir heads like fprehorlès ouerour deere Saviour, when Pilate Pent him thither and looking ouer him, and vnder him, and on each tide him , but not vpon him, for feare his bafenes ( hould hurt their liluer lights. O deere Sauiour thanhee bee contemned, and difdained, excepted, and reieftedas afeely man, a limpleman, one that hath no great flu$é in him to win himgrace with the pain- ted Peacockes of thisworld, and that' any man or woman take it to heart to fol- low him with his crolfe ( if it be a croife and not rather a true and great blefling in force refpefts to vs) vpon his backe ? Fie,fie, of this delire to picafe men o- vermuch in this world, it is not good. Thinke againe you fee through the cafe- ment of her window the payee of eyes that mocking Mrchol fo fcornefully call vppon her owne Lord and husband King Dauid, when the law him come daun- rerf a rat. cingbefore the Arke ofGod.Rememberher reprochful fpeech tohim,and what was David worfe for all this ? See and reade againe and againe, what courage he' Cooke to himfelfe for all this contempt of fo neere a friend, and howhe anfwered her, and let it be your example and comfort euer. t Aftchol was the worfe that difdained, David not a whit the worfe that was difdained. Slice plagued with barrenneire for euer, David bletfed for his true heart and zeale to God. And it is inough. eiflteration Others obferuc themfelues forfaken dayly of fuch as they woke to bee their .f their friends , and to haue beetle fatter knit in affeâion tothem, than as they would winds whom hauefo Ilunke away, They fee achange in their faces that haue fawned,in their we Cooke for words, and in their deeds,and in all circumfiances. And this grieueth them,they f.s,q wonder at it, and thinkewhathaue they done to deferue this alteration. For - pe7em- getting his chilrren in, till they grow to a true kn wl dge how fickle and t ckle this world and all his thews bee, and that it hath been laid vpon his cholèn in greatineafure. Foiwhat a pittifull complaint makesh lob ofthis mat ter, if you marke it. The lob. t o.13. Lord bath remooxed (faith bee) my brethren farre from mee, and al lo, mineacquain- (rea tancewereflrangers vntomee. My neighbours haue forfaken me, andmyfamiliars hose forgottenmee. They thatdwell ;rrm lwrf , andmy maydes tookeme for aFlranger in their fight, I called my feruant, bat hee would not anfwere, though I prayed horn with my mouth. Teamy breath was orange tomine owne wife, though I prayed her for the chit- 1Y drens fake ofmine owne body. All my ferret friends abhorred me, and they whom I Io- . ved are turned againfi mee. Hath any man rafted of a greater change than this man did c Or may aman tall of agreater ? Surely this was a,great one, and it 731.4431. 11. (hold be a lure prop to hold up our Eliding feet for any alteration of men from vs. Davidcomplained ofchelike, that theLord had hid his acquaintance out of his fight, that they that did fee him without in the firms conuayed themfelues from him. And what then? Such hath been the world, fuch is it, and for fuch take it,ifyoúbewife. Today a friend, to morrow none, to day in mybofome with fugred words,to morrow in my face with liarpa arrowes. lofephs own brethren changed vpon him with agreat change, when he leali thought it, and leire mar - aell if his matter fo changed for no full caufe, Ptuipbar I meáne that made fo Exact. 17. much of him. Mofes and Aaron found greatalterations of mens minds, if you tut. 41.31 marke the (torte, and o Lord faith Mo(es,they are ready to Bone me, that earft had bowed downe andworlhipped at theirfir(t comming. To cut downe palmes Math. 27. and (crew them in the way, and to cry Hofanna, bleffed is bee that commas in the :name of the Lord, is an other note than trucifuhim, *is blood be vppon vs and oxrchil- dren. Of thefe experiences the world is full, and the word of God bath ftore : call themtogether foryour llay,when you read them,and take the world, and all the faces and fawner of the fame as they are,and euer haue been, that is for fickle and molt flippery. Your Mailler Chaff, and your fellow feruants haue found it fo, and for Gods fake fecke not to, be fingular your (elfe, it is inough for the feruant to be like his máiller, feeke not to be about him. If lob find his owne wife
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