ZQd Pfal.ta. 0%e.g.q. Thepolfure of a inner is to lycgrouc- ling. sinne Rperats wan from God,and f Vpon the a ter irOm himfelfe Saturday- 1 , _ t/Irtdthathemightcometohisfather , heecomesfirfl- tohimfelfe. Thereare forme transformations, that nonecan make,butSinne,and Grace. Dáuid, treating óf thepardonof his finnes,fayth. Bleffedishe, whofevnrighteoufnefeisfergiuen ,and whole flume is cowered. Bled isthemanovetowhom theLord imputethnofinne. Prai- fingGod inthat Pfalme, for hauing reffored his vnderflandingvnto him. So S. Jeromeexpounds it. And albeitall (tones doe rebbe a man of his vnderftanding, anddoth alienateandeftrange a firmer from himfelfe ; yet difhonefty doth this more than all the refl. Salomon, treatingof the tyranny ofa Whoore, fayth, That thee is like aTheefe which lyes in waite in the way, to fet vponcareleffe men,and killthem ere they are aware.Et ques incautos viderit, interficit. A theefe dares not fet vpon him thatgoeswell accompanied , orthat bathhis piftollsat his Saddlebow, and is well prouided for him. TheDeuill feesvponvs with the inticements of the flesh; againft thefeallurements , wee mutt arme our fettles with prayer,flfting,&mortification.Butthe careleffe man which lyes open, and offers himfelfe euery moment toal occafions of finning,that manhe either robs, or kils,if not both ; and leaues him fowhollybetideshimfelfe,that hee thalt fee the loffe ofhisfubftance,of hishonour,andof his health with loathfome dif- eafes ; thathe (hall fee himfelfe dcfpifed,murmured at,pried inro,andmade the commonbywordof the Citiewherein hedwels , and alai! not bee fencibleof the harne that hangeth ouerhis head . And therefore Saint Paul preacheth vn- tovs, Mortifieyour members whichare vpon theEarth, fornication,vncleanenefe,&c. For which thewrath ofGodcommeth vpon thechildren ofvnbeliefe. Another letter readsofDifobedience,For DiRionettie (asThomas hath obferued) doth infuch fort hardenandobdurate the foule, that it will neitherheare admonitions , nor obey any counfell. And therefore ( fayth ose) Theywillnoogiue their minas to turne vuto theirGod; for the f irit of fornication as in the midfl ofthem. Surgam, ibo adPatremmeum. Iwillrif,andgoe to myfather. He refoluedwith himfelfeto rife,For thepo- fture ofa fanner, is jocose, To lye down. The iuft (hall rife,but the finner fhalllye grouelingonthe ground. Nonreftirgent imp# in iudicie, The wicked (hallnot rife in iudgement. It is true that all men (hall rife, butthe wicked nonfiabunt in indicio, they (hall not be able to(land to it,whetttheycome to their triall,but fhal hang thehead. Petruo Chryfologtu, paraphraftngthofe wordsof the Centurion, Puer mans iacet ; fayth that our Sauiou'r didcontrolle this his fpeech,and that he fayd not wellin faying,Puer meus,Myboy lyesficke. Whereuntohe fhapeth this anfwer for him, Mew efl,quia iacet,fi tunselfit,non iaeeret, Hee umine, becaufehe lyes ; were hethin, befhouldnet lye as besloth. There are many places ofScripture that proue andmake good thefe two phrafes of fpeech . And this veryplaceconfirmeth vntovs, that frnneis calleda lying, or a falling ; and righteoufneffea rifing, ora ftanding. Iwill rifeandgoe to my lather. Two Motiues,might put him vponthis deter- mination. Theone,His hunger, and theextreame want wherein hewas. For albeit, it beacommon faying, duelapobreza,no esvileZa;That it is noYhame to be poore. Yet huner is fo (herpefer, andof that ftrengthand force, that it will breake through-none-walls ; it not onely(hakes off floathfulneffe,but aduenturesvpon alldifficulties, betheyneuer fo defperate. Valerie's (Maximus fayd, That her Lawes,were cruel! Lawes becaufe they prohibitnothing. Andif hunger put fpursto herheeles,for to commit fuch great cjuelties,as to forceMothers to eat their
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