aio Brcla.}0.3. Chrifts grec theno. bleft, at of longelt con. tinuance. Vertuous Childrenare . theirparents glory. On the third tE dreffevp this Temple of theVirgins Wombe, Vt dignumjrlÿ tui habitaculum ef- freimereretar, f irits fanttocooperante, preparafli, Thoudid') trim up, .ô Lord,thebe- dieandfäuleofthisbledVirgine,,andeliditftrnifhherwiththy tbeefeiracesdhatThee mightkemade afit andworthypallacifor thySonne. Bled is the Wòmbe. r Thiscommendingof the Sonne, was agreat honor to theMother. The commoncurrant is, That childrendoe battlemuchvpon their parentsworth. Andthereforetheydoe fovfuallyblazon forth thenoble a&i- onsof:theirAnceftors. And byhowmuch the more antient theyare,themore gloriousis their coat ofArmes. True it is, that fathers doe fometimespartici- pateofthe glorieOf theirformes ; according tothat of Ecelefsdticus, Hee that teaichcthhit f nne,greiueth.the enemy, andbeforehicfriends be 'ballreioyce ofhim. Of mcàneinen, theymany times cometobe famousand renowned throughout the World. Homer relates of Hylacius,thatthevalourof his fonnesdid giuehim(a- mongft the Cretenfes) thenameofGod. Andwhen the Senateof Rome did crown, anyoftheir Citifens,theirfathers were humbled thereby.And lofeph,ha- uing incurredthe hatredanddifpleafureof hisbrethren, becaufe hedreamt that the Sunne, the Moone, and the twelue ftarres didadorehim, the facredText fayth,That the father, Rem tacitus eonfiderabat, did lay it vp inhis heart; as one that did imagine, that fromthe profperitieof thefonne , theremight fomeho- nourredoundto the father. Cornelius Tacitue relateth inhis Annals,that the Em- perour Tiberiucbeeing importuned bymany, that amongftother his furnames, he would affureTomeoneof hisMothers,for his greater honour; made an- fwere , That theMotherwas nottohonourthe Emperour , but the Emperour the Mother. . But this their glorie isfo fhort;thatlookingbackewhence theycame,they can make it fcarcereach fo farre,as theirgreat Grandfathers. But the glorie ofour Sauiour Iefus Chrift,our Redeemer, didreach as farreas vntoKing Dauid, and coulddraw his Pedegree fromthePatriarchAbraham. Whonie, that heemight honour them theMore,he ftiles_hitnfelfe in theGofpell to betheir fonne, Fig Dauid, filÿAbraham : where itis tobenoted,that afterfo many ages, fo many changes andalterationsbothof the times andthe peopie,ofKings, Iudges, and Captains, inthe end, therebeingan iateruentionoftwoandfortiegenerations, the glorie of Chriftattained to the hundred Grandfather. Andby calling him- felfe the fonne ofDaniel and of Abraham , hee reuiued their remembrance,and made themthereby more famous. And ifin fo large a diftance oftime, it wrought fo noblean effcd,treading fo neer vpon the rra&ofthefe lattertines, that there was no wall now betweene the Mother and the Sonne , her bleffed Wombe,and hismolthappie Birth ; what agloriemurk it bevnto her, &What ahappines vntovs ? Emifenrss treating ina Sermonofhis, touchingthe affump- tionofour Lady,andwithwhat honourfirewas receiued into Heauen , fayth, Thofe great riuers ofglorie which theSonnehadgained bothinHeauen and in Earth,returnedbacke againe that day,imployíng their belt& fpeedieft courte in thehonoringof hisMother. Saint Ambrofe (tiles her the forme ofGod;Either becaufe(bee was the forme or mold through which God did thustransforme himfelfe,by takingour humane fhapevpon him ; orelfe,becaufe thegracesof God,thoughnot in fo great a meafure,were tranflatedor transferred ouer vnto her. A mouldmadeofearth, is not betteredby the mettall which it receiueth, though it beneuer fogoodgold : Butby thegoldof ChriftsDiuinitie,the Vir- ginsWombewas mich thebetter and the purerbyir.And therefore it is fayd, Beata,que eredidf/Ii,Blej dart thou that dill' 6eleeue;ForaI&c. thetypes & figures and
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