2,66 tvch. a8. rtecb.16. God labours eueryway th conuerfion of a tanner. terem6.8. Gen. 9.15. WhereGodbellowsmuch Graces. Vpon the Frydayafter he required): much Glorie. J as in theGarden he fweatedbloud, makingthat ground fruitful!therewith, that Martyrsnightbud and fpringoutof it.; .fo in Mount Caluarie heeatfo flied his bloud,to the end that the Landofthe_ Gentiles:taking this diùineBalfamum in- totheirSóulcs,and lettingit Coke into their hearts,theymightbring forth great, and plentiful! Fiuits,euenFruits inaboundance; GuidfacietDominta Vine,e, What mill theLordofthis Vineyarddee? Tell me, yee that are learned in the. Lawes, Whatcourfethinke yee he will take with thefe Husbandman r Ezechiel in his twentie eigth Chapter fets out theKingofTyre with all polible glorie and greatneffe ; adorning himwithWifedome,Beautie,Riches,pretiousftones, Pearles , and brooches of Gold,brought.frombeyond theleas. But ifmany werethefehisbleffings and fauours which God. hadbeftowed vpon him ; the greater by farwere thofe his finswhich.heecommitted againft him inhis ingra titude,diíloyaltie,tyrannie,difhoneffie,wantonneffe,filthineffe, &c. And there- fore whenGodfhallcome to takean accountofvs, What will the Lordofthe Vin- yarddoe then ? And in the, fixteenth Chapter he paints out vnróvs a poore little Infant , that was caft out, as it were, into the Streets, andno eye pittiedher : This poore foulethe. Kingashe paffedby,tooke her out oftheextremitieofmi- ferie, bredher vp, made muchof her; inricht her, couered her with Silke gir- ded her aboutwith fihe.Linnen, cloathed her with broyderedworkes, decked her with ornaments,putbracelets vponher hands,a chaineabout hernecke, and abeautiful Crownvpon her head,&ç. & when he hadbeftowedall thefe things vponher, and that the wasrdtrieòfage to behis Spoufe, (which the King ofall otherthings defiredmolt}dhe left hishoufe,ranneaway fromhim,fet vp for her felfe inaby-cornerof.theCitie,playing the Harlot, multiplyingher Treafons, lightnefls,& loofnes_òtlife;purchafrng her felfe Louers with her Siluer,not re- membring the dayesesf her youth;whenthewas nakedandbare,and forfakenof allthe world,fauethis goodKingthattooke companiononher.Nowwhen God full come to takeanaccount of her concerning thofe courtefies which fhe had receiued,Whatmill theLordofthe vineyardde then ?The fauors which Godaffor- ded his People, Who can recountthem? Hefent them Prophets, Miracles, and Victories; they did filth for his comming, importuning Heaven with their groanes ; TheLight fhinedvnto them, but they louedDarkneffe ; their Meffias came,and theykilled him. What willthe Lordofthevineyarddoe ? He diddireé& thisqueftion to the re- pairingof theirperdition, foras yet theywere in thefate of faluation: And if they would but haue beene afhamedof that which they had done, and repented themof their finnes, bee wouldhauerunewith open armes to haue r. ceiued them intograce. Platarch faith, That Loue takes any occafion, bee it neuer fo light,to doegood vnto him whom heloueth ; it hath noneedofbaits & fnares, himfelfebeares thofebaits about him,wherewith he is taken;for Gods louene- uertakes his leaue of a Sinner. Our Lord and Saùiour Iefus Chrift remained dead inMount Caluarie, yet for all that didhe not forfakevs, but he returnes a hundred timesandmore, intreatingand callingvntovs ; Be then inffracied, ô¡ern- falem, left mySoule departfFam thee ; left Imake thee defolate,asa land that none inhabiteth. Inthat general! inundation, he repented himofwhat hehad done, andprotnifed neuertodoe fo nomore; 2tZggaaga4multra,There(ball bee nomore watersofafondtodeftrayallflefh. What will LardoftheVíneyarddoe? Heaskes thequeftion,What he !hall do
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