3t6 Gods many fauors Vpon theMonday_ atfter a V tó die 'ewes. .ay Rem. t r. Tis natural) in all man to loue their Country. unquiet : Arid becaufe that jealoufies and enuie may breake this his hardneflè' of nature,and mollifie this his ftubbornecondition,hecalls this flouenly , tat ter'd,anddefpifed childof his,andfayes vntohim, Thouatmy fonne and my' beloued. This faire kind ofcourfe did God firft take with the Iewes.For his loueto themdidheplague /Egypt,diuide the fea, drowse Pharaoh, rob the Æ- gyptians of their Iewells , fuffered not their garments togrow old , northeir fhooes on theirfeet toweare out,fed themwith bread front Heauen,gaue them water out of the rocke,aPiller feruingthem bynight for a Torch, byday fur a Tent : Inconclufion,thefe hisouer great fauours and courtefies toward them, made them fo hard hearted and fovnthankfull , that they prouoked God by a Calfe, giuingthereunto the glorie of teir deliuerance out of tL,gypt. This their adoringofaBeaft wasa ftrange kind ofbeaftlineffe. God hereupon cal- led thisragged child vntohim, and threwhis lolae vponthe Gentiles,whohued beforeindisfauour anddifgrace ; and;faidvnto the ` entile,Thou art my fonne. You feehimnow caftoff, that was yefterday aFauouritc, andcarries that thorn in his bofeme, which -dothcontinually pricke him : And Therefore it is fayd, [willgilts them a Spirit thatíhall ingthem; aworme that(hall (till lie gnawing at the verse heart of them. YefterdayGodhadhis houle &his habitation among theIewes, his name was calledvpon by them ; butnowyou fee them caft off, troddenvnder foot, trampledon, hared, abhorred, infamous, without honour, withouta Citie,withoutaTemple,without Prophets. Thecallingofthe Gen- tiles, themiracles that arewrought amongftthem, themanyfauours that areaf- foordedrhem,are fomany nayls di:iuen.through their foules,& with tearsgut- tring dovine theircheekes, they now crieout with Itremie,our Inheritanceis tur- neduntofirangers. Saint c .Ambrofi faith, That Goddid doethis ofpurpofe,thát throughanemulationof zeale , the hewes might bee conuettedvnto Chriff. Which is all onewith that of Saint Pain, Through theirfill, position comineth vnto theGentiles tops000ks themtofollaivthem. Ina:Word, To be thruft outoffa- uour,and to haueanother come ingrace in hisroome, Cannot butbe a great tor- ment andafflictionto thepartiedifgraced. Quanta audiuìmus ?What great things havewee-heard? The reafònswhich theymay alledge forthemfeluesare thefe : Firftof all, Amongftthofegood feeds whichGod bath fowne inour breft, oneis, The loueofour Countrie: Many hauepreferred it before the loue of friends,kindred,parents, nay, before themfelues, their eftares,and 4lues. rhámàs faith,That nest vnto Gtid weought nottobeare fomuchloue toany thing,as to our Countrie: he práéues it to be anheroical! vertue, to enioy that name, for the whielrwe refpe&Gbd, towit, Pittie. And they their Countrie, wehold them to bemen deuoyd of pittie, barbarous, and ;cru- ell. Saint Ít9iguflineitt his Bookes Dr Dei, thhmad,and Valeriuw t9faxi- *toe, quoteMany ewtai 1es ofmenmolt famous in their loueto theirCountry: As ofone-Codr,,,whofe enemies hauing receiuedanfwer from theOracle,'thar IfCekb*!i öuld be flame in thebatten, they fhould lofe thevittorie ; entred in tlifitìife;24F:purpofe tobekilled. Of Cartitm, who for Romes faferie defperat- -teatedin16that deepepit. OfSyïla'r FICAin Prxnefte, who rakingthat cityby reetrfAtnies,andmakingProclamation, Thatall theCitifens fhould be put îë tn1féfwtâr ,Thuehishoft;fatd,Iwilnotïeceiuemylifefromhimthatisthede- ftöryerdfitÿCodntfiè. Of oneThrafibuhrs, whom theAthenians went forth trò +éi!le1Wïth fo tnäfiy Crownes as they were Citifens. Numbetlefîe. are khofe éït es whial wetfindinpt'oplrane ftories . And in thofe thatare fa- cred
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