Thevines ofthe faithfull,fpriib... the fecond SondayIn Lent.. - Ser. i 6. outoftheblood ofCheft. out the fcituationandcircuit of tome-Citie. Roma Cooke tfiáti êöäte when he funded Rome. vrbemfigsauit aratro c So fayes the Poet. Whoni'Saint: Augufline alfó citeth.'But this Cirie; which hathònthéone frdë fleancn fur prop, and onthe other,thefhouldersòf our Sauiour Chrifi ; What firmeneile and profpt:ririemuft it'eiiioy r And onelybecaufc Chrift dorh eherifIi & water it,notonly with his own moft pretiofrThloud,but With that of fo many.Martyrs. Plutarch reporteth, ThatthúfeOfEliópoíis dranknowind, beei;rgperfuaded, that winewas thebloudof th"ofeGyatits'whichmadëwarreaga'fnft Heauen, of whofe bodies beeing buriedin the earth, fprang ydár Vines. And therefore when d1exander drankemúeh wine, Antocides would fayvnto him , I pray Sir confider thatyce drinkethc bloud of theearth. Thefeareall lies, yet mayvery well fuit with this our truth ; forweeátetö.vnderftand`, That the Vines of th'e Faithful' fprang andgrer; v,pfrointhe blöud of that Gyant, of whbiìa Dautd faid,Exultauit vt Gygas adcurrendani viam. For thaeMorall, That the fprinkling ofthe bloud oftholc two Loners fhonldgiuecolour'& ripenes to the Fruir,isa meere fable -; butthat the bloud of our Saviour Chrifi fhotrld fo feafon tIefe' wildVines, as to makethem to bring forth'aboundançe of fruit, is a knowne truth. Whenceit is tobe noted,that whither it be thatthefe Vines do reprefent thefaithful ;"or whither or no,becaafethewine thereof is turned into the blond ofour SauioiuChrilt, the Deuill beares fogreat a hatred tothe fprigsand bran- ches of the Vine, that there is not any thing that your Witches abhorre& Rand more in feare of. As youmayread in Petrus Gregorít , inhis Bodices DeRepubli- ca. Plutarch faith, Thatyour Viaefto'ckcs beingwaited withwine., drieand wi- ther away: But the Vines of the Faithfullbeing befprinkledwith the wine of theblond of Chrifi, growvp and friittifie the better. Vinumgerminans virgi- neo ; it ingendreth noble thoughts. The Poet intiites'$neaa,andcalls vntohirh in this fweetkind of language, Sate f ng tineDiaum : But more nobleneffe Both aChriftian enioyin that Sate f nguine Chrifi. Seneca faith, That the noblenef'e ofblond eleuateth our thoughts. AndGod faith by themouthofHofe, That if the Ifraelites(hall returne vetohim, that they (hall flourifhas the Vine;andthe fent thereof(hall beas the wine of Lebanon. With the firmeneffeof the Churchrdtes that fable ofAtlas,who v rheld hea- uenwith his Moulders ; butwhenHerculesfaw he begantogroanevndèrfogreat aburthen, he came in to helpc him : yet forall thiswasnotHeauen fife, vnder. proppedbyhis fhoulders. But the Edificeof the Church, borevp byourSa- uiour Chri(t, (hall continue for euer. E'rismpet radixeirla,vt Libariiflabilietur. An Interpretervpon thispYhee'of ofee, faith, It (hall (fund as firme as the Root of Mount Lebanon, whichNall:take fuchadeepe rooting,thatall the Deuils inhel fhall not preuaile againft it. iLocauit Agricolís. Helet it out tohusbandmeñ. God is the onely trueLordof this Vineyard,the reft arebut Fanners and Renters. Plilónprooueth, That allot vsin this lifeen- ioybut another bodies wealth ; and thatweehaue the vfe thereof',. but not the proprietie Saint Chry(b/lötrie, That(fa.rth'he) i myrte; -which no titancan take fromme ;&in this fènee,rieìtheris'mylife ,nor !by W al±h,normyhealth,niipé owne,&c Dinli'fe<faitil GiCerò)'Göd háfh ónely'lent it vs, without' aptrointint any fetplaceOf payment; Whichhe niaÿ}ddinaund of vsat what tinië itpleafetli him. Andfö its there'll, weddaÿly findthe likeexperience. Your Emperours (faith '251 ole ty.s. All that we inioy in this Life is an o-- thenwealth, and wehaue butthevfeof it.
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