258 O Where Godbeioweshisfa. nor,, he forNit. 011 the Fryday after beut.26. Envyman maywarmth. fruit ofhis owoelabors. God requireth nothing at ourhands;but what is for our owtit good. lob.,s.7. long ashe lined herevpon earth, hewascontented for ourfakes tobea ftranger in heauen. And though hee himfelfe were in heauen , yet his Spoufe was on earth. OLord, where thenart thou e Where I would bee ; there where my Spoufe is. Phi Chefurus,ibi cor,Where a mans treaf rek,therealfe ishrrheart. wazi- an_ encals vs,The RichesofGod ; Andthis(faithhe)weare to efteeme as a fin- gular fauour,Ráia nosprodiuitfsfüuhabet, That he.will.vauchfafe vsfo much honor . as to account vshis Riches. And we are not onely his Riches, but his Delight and Recreation : Et delitiameaeff'ecumfilÿs hominem, Imadeit mypleafure , . to remain among the childrenofmen : Though myhead wererounded with Starres,and cir- cled aboutwith aCrowneof infinite Glorie ; yet did I humble my thoughts as low as Man. Andhereare we toponder on theparticle Et : And if Kings haue a care oftheir Parkes,and make great reckoningoftheir Gardensand houfes of pleafure, forthat theyaretheir entertainmentandrecreation; Howmuch more ought God toefteemeofhisVine,holding ittobee his Riches, his Pleafure,and Delight e Gum autemtempes FruCtumappropinquaret,mtSere nos vt acciperent Fruttus. When the timeofthe Pintagewas at hand, hefens his Seruants to the husbandmen, to receiue thefruits thereof. Here you fee,how he didwait til the feafon that this his Vineyardwas fit to yeeld himFruit, and that the time of the Vintage drew neere : Not before ; for it weremeere tyrannie,to demand that which is not yet duevnto thee. Norafter ;for foa Lord may runne the hazard of loofrng his Fruits,vnleffe his Farmer be the honetter man.Euery Plant hath it'sdue timeand feafon toyecld it's Fruit ; andalbeit our feafonbee the whole termeofour life, yet thereare fome feafons fo precife,that not to giue Fruit therein isheld tobea wonderfiill bad figne.God commanded hisPeople, That when they cameto in- ioy the Land of Promife, they fhould offer vnto himofthe firft ofall the fruit of theearth. Thiswas a ttrin andprecife occafion inthem, and in vs as oftas webegin toenioy Gods fauours and bleffrngs towards vs. And this conceit is comprehended in this valeParablewhich is here deliuered vnto vs. To receiuethe Fruits thereof. And here firftof allit is tobee noted, That in thii'he didnot doe them anywrong in the World. What wrongBoth that man doe to aVineyard,that hathplantedandpruned it, if heat the timeofit's Fruit require Grapes r What wrongdoth thePope tothe Cardinali, the Bifhop, and the Chanon ; orthe King, to his Minifter; orthe Generali, to his Frier to crane ofthem, That they than compliewith their Obligations ; efpecially if the Su- periour complyas he oughtwith his e Whoplanted this Vineyarde Whohed- ged it about ? WhomadeaWinepreffe therein:. Whobuilt aTower toit e The husbandmen e No, it was God : Is it much then, that heeIhould looke for the Fruits thereof: Secondly, God herein did themagreat and fngular fauour : For Saint Paul faith, That thefe Fruits areLoue,Ioy,Peace,Longfuffering,Gentleneffe,Good neffe, Faith, Meekeneffe, and Temperance. And being thefe are the Fruits that we fhouldbring forth, yet bee ispleafed to call them his Fruits ; for in all our ' anions heprincipally defirethour goodandour profit. : Godbeing equally hu- noured in punifhingtheBad, as in rewarding the Good. ifthouberighteous,whaf giueftthouunto him,or what receiuethheat thyne hand e What addeftthou to his glorie e (faith lobandThomas)for ifhedeliresourpraifes, ourthankfgiuings, andour feruices,he doth not fo muchpretend therein his owneglorie, as our good;
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