2)h 3Regaa. Proa.s sinnercrefemble why. Vpon the Saturday after the to5wine,and Adhufii rvni Ciuium, He went andclaim to a Citifinof thatCountrie,&c. He wasnow driuen tofeeke out aMaiter,and forced to ferue,outofpurehunger : It was his hap to light vp- ona cruell Snudge,ahard hearted Tyrant , who fenthim toaFarmehoufe that hehad in the Countrie,to keepeSwine ; whereheefainwould, butcould not fill his bellie with that feedingwhich was flungoutto the Pigges. This was a verlemiferable change : But Godmany times dealesthus with his vntoward Children , that theymay fee thedifference that isbetwixt Mailer and Mafter, HoufeandHoufe, FareandFare. GoddiddeliuerReho6oamKing oflerufalem, from thehands ofShifhacke Kingof /Egypt; butfuffered himtobee his Tribu- tarie, that hemight maketriallof the difference,that was from fubieétion tofub- ie Lion. GodfaidtohisPeople,IwillthatyegodowneintoÆgypt,thatyemay feewhat it is to ferne me,&what Pharaoh, Petra Chryfi tels thee,That in thy Fa- thers houfethou inioiefta fweet kindoflife,a free feruitude,a ioyful feare,a rich pouertie,afafe pofl'eflion,aquiet confcience, and aholy fulneffe ; As for labour and paines taking(ifthere beeany) that is putto thy Fathers account. But this thy felicitie goes furthetthan fo : Silomon throughout all the third Chapter of his Proxerbs,goespromifing bleffingsto awifeand obedient Sonne ; threatning many euills tocomevponthat child that f call becroffeand vntoward tohis Pa- rents. Asa longandprofperous life hath fauor bothwithGodandMen,health, fulneffe, Barnes filledwith aboundance,Preffes thatfhal burft with newWine fumming there pall pollibleand imaginable felicitie. But otherwife goes it with thofe that are peruerfeanddifob edient : Chryfologusfets them forthin the Prodigall,and reduceth themall to his turning Swineheard. Our Sauiour Chrift files Sinners withthe name of Swine : And this name Both more particularly appertaineto thofe that are fenfuall perlons. The pro- portionsare many. Firftofall, Any other Creaturewhatfoeuer is made tame & gentle , butthe fwine not; in anyother there is taken fome pleafureor affeftion,but in the Swine not; any 'other willacknowledge the hand that feedshim,but the Swineneuer; it is the ftampe of anobftinate,harfh,vnfauorie,and defperate (inner. Secondly, In touchingaHogs either briftles or skinne, heeprefently falls a grunting,as Geminianushath noted it. AHonkwill fuffer you to curryhis coat, and tokembe downehis mayn ; therearemanyother beafts that willgiueaman kaue tohandle& ftroke them ; but the Hog isno fooner toucht but hewhines, and the reafon is,becaufe thereis nothingeither ofprofit or pleafure inhim,faue his flefh : fo that when youoffer tolay hand onhim, heprefentlyconceiues that you meanetokill him. This is thepiehrreofaSinner that hatha guiltie confci. ence,who being fcarcetoucht,not withthewhole hand,but theleaftand lighteft finger of Gods juftice,prefently apprehends he is but a dead man. Thirdly, Your Swine,efpeciallyyour wildeBores,are of that ftrange quick- nelfe ofPent, that if theHuntfman mcaneto fhootat him, hemuff take the wind ofhim,or elfe hewill windhim outand begone. Now onthe contrarie, they arenorfencibleof the ill fauourofaDunghill, nor the (tenchofmud and mire, butrathertakedelight to liewallowing therein,efteeming it asagreat recreation and refrefhingvnto them. This is thefigureofa filthie foule Sinner, whowill flie athoufand leagues from the perills and dangers of hisbodie, but take plea- fureand paftime in thofemuckhills anddurtie puddles which defile the Soule. And thefekindofcreatures yourWorldlings cal theirloue,theirjoy,theircom- fort,
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