MeasReformations,wherin the fecondSunday inLent. Ser.i6. j . 271 differingfrom tholeofGod. left God fhould tranflate the fame to a Nation that (hould bring forth better fruit, leaning them in the darkeneffeoferrours &herefies,without Priefts,with- out Sacraments,withoutScriptures, without God ; and palling thefe his good graces ouerto a People that haue not known his Law. For thoughGodChops and changes Kingdomes, yet hee neuer takes away his Richesand his bleflings. rent quad haber, meelites accipiatCoronam team Heldfaß that thouhaFt,teFl another come and take thy'Crownefrom thee ;It is Saint lohns, in his L..ipecatyps. God re- moouedAdam out ofParadise, Godwill raife feed outof (tones, and makebar- ren places tobring forth fruit. Etdabitur Gentifacientifruelum. AnditJhallbegireentoaNation thatfhatlfiringforthfruit. The Princes of the earth takes away the wealthof oneofhis Minifters, & giues it to another; puts away a bad feruant,& takes in aworfe; remooues a full fedFlie,and claps a leane Carrion in his roome. lofhuahtooketen ftones out of Jordan, and put other ten in the places of them : This is a figure of theWorlds Reformation.Offices arc euerie daychopt and changed ; twelue pibble Stones are rowled out of the Court, and twelueothers are tumbled in, in their ftead. But God is ofanother kindof temper, hemakes choiceafa,people that (hall bring forthFruit : Hee takes the Kingdome from Saul,&giues-it vnto Dauid ; I willgiue it to one that is better than thy (elfe. Hee tokeaway the Priefthood from Shebna, (who grew fat therein, Iike a Capon in Coope)and gane it to Eli- akim,Who wasas it wereafather eftheInhabitants ofleruf!em.The foesofEly died,andSamuelfucceeded in the Priefthood. Suf- citaba mehi Sacerdotemfidelem, Iwill votemeafeithfull Priefl. God raife vsvpailto newnefl`e of life, and let not our vnthankfulneffe caufe him to thruft vs out ofthis vineyard which,he hath planted for vs; but that wemay return him force fruits thereof, that hemaybeglorifiedhere by vs onEarth ; andwe receiue from him aCrowne of eternall glory in Heauen. THE F¡47.22. Kingr, y 71 j
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=