I No ereofou ,parer, Nature, Y the feeondSondarnLent t4, thefe ofour, parents &mntr + fiance toanother, left it repent thee ; no, not ta:tbiltcowneAldroP's,For ,betterilk that thychildrenfhould praypate thee, than that thau(honkie(! fo* i ptò thehandurfthj children. To this doubt,fatisfa&ionharl fvttmerly keshe.giuenby, Vs :iatuDif= courfeof ours vpon thisfame Parable ; but thatwhiebl nowoffers it fel ofeh veto vs,is,That albeit the Fatherfaw,that hip libertie;his tnonys,&his-abfenceÿ would be his Sonnesvndoing; yet heeJ;ikewife fawhis: amendment, his repcn1 tance,andwhat a future warning this would bevnto him.. And fo heeehofè ra- therto feehim recouered after hewasloft,than violentlyto detaine hint; and to forcehimto keepehomeagainf hiswill; which would bringforth nobetter fruits than Iowring andgrumbling. Saint Auguflène,fait} , That it feertted aleffer euill to God;ro redrefè fame euills, thannot topermit anyeuill atall;'crateláus judicauitdemalls henefacere,quanrmalanullaef permittere. God would not haue theeto firne, neither canhe bethe Author Of thy finnes`: but if men fhould not commitGanes, Gods Attributes would lofe muchof their fplendor: `Saint Paul fpeakingofhimfelfe, faith, That Godhad forgiuenhire, though hehad beena perfecuterandblafphemer of his holy Name, &c. Andwhy didbee doe this'? Yt oflenderet omnempatientiam&graham; My fmnes (faith he) were theoccalon that God pardonedme,andhis pardoning'ofineewas the taufe of the Worlds taking noticeof his long fufl'ering,andhis great goodneffe:This ina r fence fora verie good infra&ion to thofe that are great Princes,and Gouernours ofCom- monwealths, andmay teach themhow topunifh, andhow to beare with their fubieets ; and it belongeth no Ieffe to the nameofagood Gouernour,to tollerate with prudence, than to punifhwith courage.And Salomongiues thee this caueat, Ecrt.7. t S. 2ali e multum juflxe,Benot thou iafl,ouermueb. Congregates omnibtas. When hehadgutheredall together. What a ftrange courfe was this that this young manrann Firft ofall, hee leuelled all accountswith his father, (huttingthedoore after him toall hope of receitting fo much as one farthingmore thanhisportion ; If hehad Id:. fome ftockebehind him, that might haue holpehimat apinch, ifhe fhouldchance tomifcarriein thishis journey,(for be was.notCure thathe fhould ftij1 hold Fortune faffby thewing) be had dottewell and wifely ; but he made a clean riddanceofall, as well mooueables,'.as immooueábles : Et congregatia amnibtvt,&c. Secondly, What a foolifh part was it in him, to Ieauefogood aFathcr,and fo fweetandpleafant a Countrie, being both- fuch naturali tyes ofloue to Mans breft. The loueofa Father is fomuch indeered in Scripture, thatgreat curies andmaledictions are thundredout again(}vnlouingandvnkind childeren. And the loueofamans Countrie is fucka thing, (faith Saint cvliegufline) that God made choice to trieofwhat mettal Abrahamwas made,byfuch anew & frange kind oftorment,as to turnehim outofhis Countrie ; Egrederede7erra tua,tde Cognation tua, Goe from thyLand andfrom thy Kindred. Saint Chryfoflomefaith, Thateuen thofeMonkes which left the world for their loue toGod,and todoe him feruice, did notwithfanding Phew themfelues verie fencibleof their ab- fencefrom their natiuc foyle, and theirfathers houle. But thole forrowes and lamentations which the Childrenof Ifiaell madewhen theywere on their way toBabylon, indeere it beyondmeafure ; If Iforget thee, ôIerufalem , let my right band forget her cunning; I f I doenot remembertbee,let mytonguecleaue to the roaf of mymouth;yea,i f Iprefer not Ierufaleminmy mirth,&c. But p%at. t 37.
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