Chriits deathto fieconfide- the feeòndSundayinLent. Ser.i4. cd two manner ofwayea. wherePaid, The way to hearten is f refight and inaccef.Table, becáHf therearefew that tread in that wake. Yet now the cafè isaltered, and Saint Paulcals thus vntovs; Accedamue adeum, qui imitiauit no6ieviam ; Itwill coft vs force fweat and forne labour, yet not fo much as maydifhearten vs, andit _hall beawhólefome fweat, anda fafeand fure labour. JacobfawGodholding the Ladderwhich reached to Heauen,whereunto hee fet his helping hand, the better to fecure it, to the end that euerieman (as Phi/onhath noted it) might without feare climbe vp to the topofit. S. Hierome goesa little further,andfays, That heedid not thereby onelypromife fafetie, but helpe ; for God did ftretchout his hand from bone; anddid reach it forth vntorhofe that were willing to get vp : According to that ofDauid, Emittemanumtaamde alto,(i.) Sendout thy handfroma6one. Lyfixt when he hadgathered about fourefcore thoufand Foot, with all the Horfemen he had, he carne againft the levees, thinking tomake Ierufalem an habitation of the Gentiles : and becaufe ofhis great numberof Footmen , his thoufands of Horfemen, and his fourefcore Elephants , the Captainsand Souldiers of Gods peoplewere quiteout ofheart, making prayerswithweeping and teares before the Lord, That heewouldfend a good Angell todeliucr Ifraell. And as they were betides Ierufalem, thereappearedbefore them vponhorfebacke, a man in white loathing, !bakinghis harneffeofgold. Then they praifed the mercifull Godall together, andtooke heart,infomuch that theywere readienot onely to fight withmen, but with themolt cruell beafts and to breake downewalls of yron. Marchingthen forwardin battell array hawing anhelper from heauen, running vpon their enemies like Lyons, they fleweleuen thoufand footmen,attd fixteenehundred Horfemen,and put all theother to flight. Another Horfeman was he thatSaint JohnTawvpon awhiteHorfe,bearing this for hisMotto, cent vtvinceret. Which takes fromvs all feares ofatchieuing the viâorie for Heauen. Secondly, it affurethvs, That he that offereth vs fomuch candenievs no- thing ; he couldnot well giuevs more , nor wouldhee giue vs leffe than that which he hath alreadie fo liberally beftowed vponvs. Yet this giftmay receiue increafe(as Saint Bernardhath noted it) accordingto the manner of it. For in all things whatfoeuer,arerobe confrdered,the thingWhat, and thething How, orWhy; the Accident,and the Substance; and fometimesGods Attributes doe Thine more in the Accident, thanin theSubstance. Whence Iinferre, That he thatgaue fo muchwith fomuch loue, and fees that it is all calfaway,and that his loue is fo ill requited, it is not much if he be much offended withvs. Ergo in vacuumlaboraxi,6e. In vaine then haue f laboured, andto no pulp]; haue I f ent my firength. Whomwill it notgrieue to the heart,whenhe hath takenagreat deale of paines, andbeenat agreat dealeofcharge,to fee themboth loft r Who euer tookehalfe that painesfor vs,as did our SauiourChrift ? whowas euer at that great coft with vs as hee hath beene ! Multoftedorefudatum efi,&non exiuit de ea rubigo. Thefanneofman_hall Gr. deliuered. It is avfuall phrafe in Scripture, tocall Man, thefonne of Man. Lidam,was neither thefonneof Man norWoman, yet is he lifted in thenumber of the childrenof Men. Tertullian fayth, That our Sauiour tooke his appellatiuevpon him, to fhow,that hee wasnow trueMan. Saint du- fien,Thatbythis name,hewas willing todiftinguifhthehumanenature,fi om the diuine ; and to reuiue the remembranceofthat furpaffingbenefit ofhisbecom- ming Man. Epiphaniae andTheodoret, That Daniel; whenhe ftiled himthe fonne of Man, bythis his fo callingofhim, prooued thereby, that hewas the perfon pro- 223 Heb. r a. í.;Vac. in OurSaniour whycalled thefoameof man. Dan.7.
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