25Z Man muti aferibe nothing tohis ownepower. Vpon theFryday after Why God rented tout his Vineyardto thevngrateful (faithHorace) we call, Rerum terrenarum Dominos, Lordi of theearth. But this is but khans flatterie ; fortheyhaue notthe truedominionof thefe earthly things, butonely thevfe of them. Andhence wasit that our Sauiour Chrift did infer, Si inalien imfidelesfuiftis,quodveflrum efi,Juis credetvobis ? Ifyeewerevnfaith- full in that wealth,honour,health,and beautie,which areanothers goods, Who will relic vponthe loue ofyourgood will,whichis your owne e Saint Paul tea- chethvs thisLefton, Quigaudent, tanquam nongaud rtes; quifient, tanquam non flentes;Thefe thatreioyce, let them reioyceas thoughtheydidnot reioyce ; and thole that weepe, kt themweepeas though theydidnot weepe. For, on ftrange occafions , and fuch as belong toother men, we ought not to bee ouertaken with too much ei- thergriefe orjoy. Thou aoeftto feethe Kings or QueenesAlmoneda, or either of their Iewell-houfes : doe notthou joy much therein , for thofe riches are none of thine,and thounruft of force prefently forgoe them : And therefore Philonfaith, That the goodsof this lifeare anorhers, not ours, and that wee doe but only rent them advelantotem Domini , At the will andpleafure of the Lord. Touchingthe difafters ofthis world, Epic7etus faith, Doe not fay, Ihaue loft fuch a thing ; for it is an improperkind of language ;but rather fay, I haue retur- ned it backeagaine : and from this ignorancegrower our melanchollie. Seneca tellsvs, That hethat will not becontentthat God fhouldbe foie Lord of all, is vniuft. He that thinkeshimfelfe wronged, when aman askes him that which he hath lent him, is a couetouswretch. He that efteeming aprefent good , is for- getful ofaformer receiued curtefie,is anvngrateful wretch.And hethat retur- ning backethofe goods intohis matters hands, which hehadcommitted tohis keeping, fhal not think himfelfrid ofagreatcare,& morefecure thanbefore,is a foolifh wretch. In the creationofall therest oftherhings,Genefisvfeth thename of Godalone byit felfe ; but whenman comes tobe made,itputs thisadiunCt of Dominus Dem, theLordGod ; becaufeman fhould not imaginethat therewas any other Lord that fhouldbe able to bring then:into the Landof Promife, faue the Lord God. And thereforeGodfaith, I will goebefore yee,andI will leade yee the way ; That they might not attribute this enterprife to their owne valour. Locauit Agricolis. God rented out this his Vineyard, looking to receiue fome fruit thereof. As in Paradice therewas not that Treethat wasbarren [Ex omniligno quodelinParadife comede,Thou(haltfreelyeat ofeuery treeofthe Garden.] So, in theParadice of the ChurchnoTreeought to be without it's Fruit. Da- uidcompareththe Iuft, toaTree that is plantedby theRiuer fide, ,,Q(Lodfrutlum fäum dabit intemporefuo,That will bring forth it'sfuit indue f afen; that is,alwaies: Like vnto that ofthe iipocalyps,which gauefruit euerie moneth. InDeutrone- mie Godcommanded,Thattheyfhould plant nowoods norgroues : not thatthe Spirit of Godmeantthereby, that all Forrefts&Parkes fhouldbecondemned, whereinKings andPrinces were to take their pleafure;but thatin the Church there fhouldnot beanyvnprofitable Trees,and without fruit. Helet itout toHmbandmen . The Lordknowing that thefe Renters would prooue vnthankfull, why did he let out his Vineyard vnto theme Why didhee likewife callthree parts of hisfeed into thofegrounds which were not to af- foordhimany Fruit e Andwhydidthat Father giuethat his prodigal Sonne his portion, to fpend andconfume it in riotoufneffe andwantonneffe e Why ( faith Phylon) fhouldGod fufferhis raine to fall into the fea, for to bring forth Foun- tains in thofe Defarts whereasyet the foot of mandidneuer tread e Why,con- ferre riches onchofewhowere tomaintaine quarrel's and brawles therewith e And
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