23Ó Ambition, the nurfe and Vpon the Vednefdayafter rsíotherof thank cruelties. ï Heauen not purchafed withoutvioa fence' Mans pre- fumption was hangedby thehaires ofhis head,in.token that his owneambitious humor I was his owne hangman. Saint Augujtine faith,Yentua honoris,ruina vntuerfi, The windofhonour is the worlds mine. Thispuffe ofwindblewLucifer-nix of it deftroyed Paradife ; tore vp our innocencie by the roots; it pretended to build Towersabone the Clouds. In the Scripture it Wrought ftrange cruelties Abimileckpuffed vp with this wind, beheaded the feuentie brethren of Cedar); foram, thefixe fonnes ofthat good andholyKing lehofaphat,tofettle the Crown the furer on his head. TheChroniclesmake mention , That to this King there cameLetters fromElias, [AllataPunt autem eilitersabEliia Prophets, Therecame a writingtobimfrom Elia the Prophet] who in his fathers time was taken vpin a Chariot 'of fire ; whichwere left written behind himbya propheticall Spirit, before thathe departed hence , as Caietan doth enforce k. Howfoeuer, I am fure that they did notifie vnto him 'a molt grievous and feuere chaftifement. la fin brother to theHigh-Prieft Onias, wokeaway his Priefthood from him, by offering King Antiochtu a great fumme ofmoney. In the ninth Chapter of the firft Booke ofc.macabees, ftrange things are reportedof the impoftures of Alcimue, till that he died fuddenly and was fmitten cum tormento magno. The twelfth Chapter recounteth the cruelties which Triphon multiplied one in the necke ofanother,to fetthe Crowne ofAfiaon his owne head,by killing tonathemandhis Eons. Calicem gttident meum bibetas. Ye (hall indeeddrinke ofmyCup. Hee did marke them out theway to Heauen, and the pricewhich it was to colt them. Saint Bernard; !Lee eftviavita,viaciai- tatis,viá regni, viagloria. And vpon the Canticles hepondereth two places. in the one,the Spoufe invites her Beloued to adainty loft bed; La.`lssa nofler pridres,domus nofira Cedrina, Our Bedisgreene,anel ourhouf ofCedar. In the other,He iniiites his Spoufe to the field. EgoJtos Campi . Corre&ing thereby the longings of his Spoufe. As if hee fhould haue faydvnto her, This life, is notto be fpent in pleafuresand delights,but in fweatsand labours: And expoundingthat place ofSaint Luke, Haueme ôLord, inmind,rehen thou coivefl in- to thyKingdom ; Eantemvidit, 6,fui memorem efTrogauit. Hee was tyde tothe Croffe,and yet you fee howfoone hegot toHeauen. Andnomaruaile, for,his carriage toHeauen,wasthe Croffe. Hee that hart' a familiar in his pocket, may Ryeintwohoures from henceto Rome . And fo in a lhort rimedid this good Theefe flyevetoHeauen,by beeinghimfelfe faftned to theCroffe,and his Faith to Chrift. Saint Chryfo/toniefayth, That Gracefolloweth the fooríteps ofNa -, ture ; If therebee no Day, there isnoNight ; ifnoWinter,noSommer ; if no Battaile, nó Vi&orie ; ifno Seruice,no Reward ;. ifnoCup, no Chaire; ifno Trouble, noGlorie.. Non efi mumdare rvobis, it m iNdl tiitielo itie cWildmakes thefé' prouifions; but I cannot; Saint .404i#f`a}rt, IYOoMirla9Ctelì&c. The LordofReamers rthnaapot to the Elufb, afid svarafiianrodcà -thefl`lór fbipofhisThrene, toa mother, that demanded if firhë?e%tdtat6ï ,Chrift-who is abletodoe all, fayes, heecannot doe it, añd Man,who is abletodoenothingat all,prefumes he candoe all.Göd cannotcostt mit finne ;norcan Godbean Accepterofperfons.:Godmakes himfelfe Man, who can floenothing ; and thoumakeft thy felfeGód,and thinkft thoucanft 46 anything :Whereas indeed;thouart moreweakenefe,than power ; difability, than
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