Nothing fo foule as a the fecundSunday inLent. Ser.i7, Man withouthis Gad. 279 Et9, 3t ter. r g. Lament. 4. Thewicked whereunto compared. xo nsi1 riefo gtcat'bnt Gn wtllreducera vetoit. terem. '7 fort anddelight. But GodsDiétionary termes themjthe loathfome fweetnefres andperbreaking pleafures ofSwine: , Fourthly,Inpoint of{finking naftineffe,andall kindofbeaftly filthinefre a Swine is fucha filthie thing,that a flouenly fellow we commonly call himPuer- co,averieSwine. Hewouldfainthauefilledhis bailie with thehusksthat the Swineeat,but nomangame them him . There aremany Pictures andTables inScripture, intheSaints, and in the Doétors,of thefouleneffe andmiferieof a Manwithout God. Saint Gre- gorie compares himto aWorldwithout a Sunne,coueredwith thicke Clouds ; toabodie withouta foule, which though it be neuer fofaire , yet is itfearefull to behold. E fir:y, toaCitie that is fackt, burned , and throwne downe to the ground ; to aSwallowes young one forfakenofher Danime [ LikeaSwallow f did chatter;] To that rotten and corruptpiece of Linnenwhichwas profitable for nothing, andby Gods owneappointment commanded tobe hid inPerath in the cliffeof aRocke. The Lamentations, To the Nobles ofSyon thatremai- ned Captiues in Babylon ; who beeing before purer than Snow whiter than Milke, andmore ruddie in bodie than the redpretious Stones,or morefaire and beautifull thanthe polifhed Saphire , are now become blacker than the cole. Saint LIesga-tine, To a houfe thathath not beeninhabited formany yeres,which is full ofTodes, Snakes, Spiders, and,other vile and venimous Vermine ; to t. 'dam, thatwas thruft out of Paradice,and afterwards cloathed withthe skins ofdeadbeafls. But none ofthem all exprefiè it more to the life, than this Ib- uenly,filthic,loarhfome,hunger-ftarued, weake, tawnie, ftinkingyoungman, . whore bodiewas Browneouer with haire,asatree with moffe ; whore face was fcortchtwith the Sunne., and throughblackeneffe hadloft it's beautie ; whore poore Ragges that he had to hisbacke,were all totterdand torne with creeping throughthe bufhesof the Mountaine, heere hanging onepiece, and there ano- ther. Himfelfebeheldhimfelfe inthat puddled waterwhere theSwine dranke, anddidnotknowhimfelfe : Andno meruaile, feeing his Fatherthatcreatedhim 'didnot know him,heewasfo changedandaltered from that he was. All there areTypesand fhadowesofaman without God : And I callthem fhadowes, for in truthneither there, nor manyother thelike indeeringscanexpreffe them to the full. y One ofthe greateftsnartyrdomes that a man can fuller in this world, is, To feriae a bare Moore, that (hall im to him inbeatingof hempe, ingrinding in a g 5 Mill, in makingBroomes, in rubbing Horfesheeles, and digging vp roots-of Thiftles,whereofhemuff bee contenttomakehis males. But noneofthere is fo baleanoffice as thekeepingof aHog-ftie ;and God brought this Prodigal to this miferie, to theend that the remembranreofhis former happinefle might amale andconfoundhim. Accordingtothat of leremie,vlllthatfarfake theefhal beconfounded. And ofDateid, Quielongantfeá te,peribunt. Allfuch Prodigals as there fhallremaine confounded and abafhed,and.fhall.vtterly perifh, continuing in their finnes. Yet there is in finne (ifaman may fo terme it) fome kind of good, inregard that thofe miferies whichit bringeth with it, doth awaken and roulea manfrom fleepe. And asthe Cough of the lungs is eared with a clap on the back,fo is thefinners heart,wheriSinne hammers vpon it. Hecame tohimfelfe. Saint Am6rofe fayrh, That finne doth not onely feperate the (inner fromGod,but alto from himfelfe. Chryfolagus,daintily touchethvp- onthe famefiring, Cumreceftisápare (faithhee) recepitAA&c. When hedeparted fromhti father,he departedfrom himfelfe ; Leaningto beeman, he came tobeeabeatf ; A 4 2 And
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