C A P.3. A tevelation o f the Appcaiypre, 1 5 1 fore parties; I will yet comfort my felfe with the confcience of the Luke- good difchargeofmyduty,&;,with the ordinary reward ofaPhifitian. wárna _ I S. I counfell thee, baggold of me. Thus far of the caufe ; the riovs remedy is next taught, both whence it ù to befetehed, and after What odicca. manner, and what is the matter ofthemedicine itfelf. It is to be fetch- ed from Chrift alone ; he it is that hath borne all our infirmities, and' Who alone can Rill heal our fick effes. The manner of feeking is by bargain and fale , not that he calleth for money to buy it with , for he felleth wine and Mill¿, Without money , or any other thing to exchange for it, Ifa. 55. 1,2. But becaufe he would have the like earneft defire.and care to be ufed for obtaining this as for get- ting things which require mighty coif wherein he Both alfonote out the excellencie of the remedie, as that which is dear, of any price. whatfoever. The medicine it felf is threefold ac- cording to the nature of the difeafe, which we have (hewed to be threefold,Gold, white garment, Eyefalve..gold is fet againft his poverty, white Garments ferve to cover his nak dneffe, and Eyefalve is good againft his blindveffe. His Wretchedneffe,and miferableneffe we chewed, were common accidents, which do forthwith:,vanil}i away, . when once the fountaines whence they fpring are taken away. Of what kinde each of thefe is,itmay eafily be gathered out oftheir con- traries. gold is contrary to the riches &poverty of the Angel,that is,to his beggarly coming to benefices &Ecclefiaftical fnnaicns.For the for- mer riches were nottrue, as which keep not the Angel a whit from being-a molt bafeand abjeft beggar : But the gold of Chrift driveth this beggary far away indeed.It is therfore that soft holy manner of calling , chaffing , ordaining, and giving of authority 6cclefrafti= call men, every one in his funilion, Which Chrift him(elfe hath . appointed ; whereby it cometh to paff'e , that Paftours fue not, but are fued for andunto, and are promoted, not by their money, but by their homily , not by favour, but by learning ; not at any one mans pleafure, but by the voices and cónfent of their flock. This Gold Chrift will have bought of him ;. becaufe hee is is that hath plainly defcribed this whole order, and hath not . left'ic free, for men to do as they lift in this matter. As long as . the matter (hall be in the power of the 'Patron and Eijhhop alone, there Will never want Bribe-givers , nor Bribe-takers ..,. that will fuffer themfelves to becorrupted withgifts But if Chrifts rule take place, this begging poverty will flee away,and never returne againe. For, thàe Gold is tryed in the fire, often approved, and throne hly refined,
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