theonely the fecondSundayin Lent. Ser. (3. 217 way toheaven. . J and that there is no wayto walke toParadife, but that wherein hehimfelfe wal- ked : And the firft fiepthat leads to this path, isHumilitie; the fecond finde is likewifeHumilitie ; and the thirdandTaft mutt alfo beHumilitie. And if thou (halt aske me athoufand times ouer andouer, Which is the way that leadeth tö Blifre ? my anfwer mutt bee, Humilitie. Heare what Pope Leofaith, Iotadt f i- plina Chriltiana, be.The wholecourt ofChr,Ffian difcipline conftlleth intruehumiti- tie, which our Sauiassr lefts Chriït made choyce ofin ha mothers wombe, andafter- wards taught theflume toothers r From theverie bowellsofbit mother,ofall otherver- tues he nsade choie. of this. Andin thedifcourfe ofhis life, he declared this to be his onely daughterand !wire. One reafon, amongft manyother, which hee might haue alledged, is,That in this life, whereall is ftorme and tempeft., tor- ment, warre, and temptation ; in a word, where nothing is fecure and certaine, Humilitie (amongft rhefe fo many perills and dangers, which are like fo many rockesand fhelfes) will bring thee fafe through thefea ofthis world, to the Ha- uenof happineffe. In acruelftorme at fea, the loweft place in the fhip is thefa_ feft. Elias, in that furious whirlewind, in thatterrible earthquake, and that fearefull fire , wrapt himfelfevp like abottome ofyarn, and lay clofe to the earth. Dauid in thathis perfecution by Saul,faith, rwas humbled,andhedeliuered me. robin that generali deftrultion ofall hisgoods, whenthofe bad tidings were brought vnto him, hee arofeand rent his garments, and (hawed his head, and fell downvpon the groundand worfhipped ; andPaid , Na- ked came I out ofmy motherswombe, and naked (hall Ireturn thi- ther ; theLordbath giuen,& the Lordbath takenit away, blef- fed be thename ofthe Lord. The tempeft afterwardsen- creafingvpon him, as byres, botches, leaprofie, wormes, andawife ; he got him toadunghil,with apieceofa potfheard in his hand,making choice of the hum- bleft, but fafeftplace. Giue vs grace,ôLord, to imitate this hishumilitie, that thou mayftbleffe vs in this world, and in the worldto come, &c. THE rob. t.
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