The life, we worfe our e. the firft Sunday inLent. Serm. io. this the eftate. tiered; prifon, and had led himalongby thehand,till hehadbrought him out of theCitie, the Textfaith, Exi,imabatfe vifemvidere, He thought it hadbeenefame dreame,or hadfeenefonse vifionor/lrange apparition; andit was a greatwhile after ere hewas come to himfelfe, fo wonder-ftrucken was he with this his ftrange de- liuerance . Secondly, This particleEcce;expreffeth thegreatneffe ofthispoore mansobligation ; as if it fhould bidhim lookeandbehold how much hee was beholdingvnto God,whohad freed him from fo defperate a difeafe.Cum enim augenturdona, rationsetiam erefcuntdonorum, (thePaying isSaint Gregories ) The greaterkindnefes, thegreaterobligations. This thereforebeing fo great a one,rhou canft not chufe but thinke vpon thisbenefit , and continually beare it in mind. Hamm; inhonore oft,nan intefexit, títifanwhen he was inhonour vnderfloodit not, [theHebrewhath it, Tjsnopernollamit3 hee did not confider well on the matter, hedid not throughly weigh it,bymeditating night and day on fogreat agood. Thirdly, This fame Ecce ferueshimas a warning-piece, toput him in mind, that he is found, but not fecure ; forif thou dooft not looke well vnto thy felfe, and ftandftrongly vponthy guard , thoumaift fall from that healthwherein now thou ftandeft,andbeworfe than thouwert before. Nedeteriustibi continuat. Leafsawarp thing happenvnto thee . What canbee worfe than thirtie eight yearesof fickeneffe !Yes, Hell isworfe. S. Gregorie faith, That God is woont tocommenfe thechaftifement of heinous and long continued finnes,inthis life, andcontinueth them in that other ; fothat theyare, as it were, anentrance into Hell,as it hapned to Herod, who flew thofe innocent Babes ; to Antiochtss and others : Thefe feeme to lleas yet but in foke, and in apreparation (as I.may fo terme it) to thofe perpetual) torments.To others,Heli comes degolpe,it fnatches them away onafuddenere euerthey be awareof it. Datum in bons diesfuns, 6- inpunîle adinferes defcendunt,Theyleada merrie lfe, theypaffe away their clays inplea- fure, and inan inflanttheygot downinto Hell. Andto theremen it is fo much the more grieuous andpainefull,byhowmuch the leffethey haue been acquainted with the miferies ofa wretched life. Lee aworfe thing,&c . Nor are the euills of this life euill, nor the good things good. Saint Chryfoflome faith,That Godgiues vs the good things ofthis life,to theend that in themwemay fee a ihaddow, as it wereof lleauen : The mill, Thatwe mayby them feethe tracke ofthe cruel) rigour ofthofehellifh torments. SaintPaul treatingof thofe euillsthat befall the Righteous, faith, Q afimorientes, quaftriîles,quaft,&c. Asdying, as chaftned, as forrowing, as poore,ashauingnothing : He there reckoneth vpabead-roll of many feeming ills, but not euillsindeed ; fortheir dyingwas to them lining their forrowing, reioycing ; theirpouertie, riches; and their hauing nothing , a poffelfing ofall things,&c. f afi flagellum. It is Paidofour SauiourChrift , That he made a kindofwhip,as itwere, ofthofe littlecords wherewiththe Sellersin the Tem- plebound vp their fardles. Forin refpe&of Hell-whips, thewhips ofthis life are not whips,butqualiflagella, as itwere whips. The Scripture chriftneth hu- itane troubles with thenameofWaters,Emittemanum tuam,6. liberamedeaquis a+tulti': Aqua multanonpetuerunt extinguere charitatem. The proportionsof this word .tqua,are two : Theone, Thatthe troubles ofthe Godlydot pafe away likewaters.. Thatthough thewaters be now and then troubled , they afterwards grow cleerc again. But 179 The Euilsof this life ara but kerning cailla t z. cone,
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