3ZZ Gods &wayesmuft on theMonday after be teuerenced,notdifcufid. EfayÆs, . tob i r, 7. Math, r 3. Marc. c. lity, amain ftop to Chrifts; ' M nc1ea. death. Thegenerali caufe ( aske thouneuer fo many queftions ) is the wiÍ'1 of God; this is camp calfrum, the calf; of caufes: Why were more miracl s. wrought in Capernaum, than in Nazareth r Volun: as Dei eft , (faith Saluianuä) Why:' God mouldhaue itfo.Now,to aske ofGod a reafon ofhis wil,is,as ifa flaue fhould aske the fame of his Maffei-, a Subied ofhis Soueraigne, ortheClay of thePotter ; V.e qui contradicitft7orifue tefladefamÿs, Woe be van; him that flriueth withhis Maker, &c. Andwoe bevnto thofe that will feeke to know more than God, and that fhall demand areafon ofhis a6tions. Shallthe Clayfoy to thePotter, What dooftthou doe? or, Why doe thoumake me thus ? Woe be vnto him that ' hallfay vinohisfather , What haft thoubegotten ? or to his mother , Whet haft thou brought forth ? Theheft vnderftanding ofman inthings appertaining vntoGod , is not to vnderftand 5 and the trueft knowledge, not to know. Thou condemneft that ftranger,who makes a fooliflíjudgementof the Lawes of that Countrie which hedoth not truely vnderftand; anddareft thou befo rafh,as to cenfure the De- crees ofHeauen c Can't thoubyfearchingfrndeout vefligia Dei , thefleps ofGod ? Weigh well,l pray ye, theword velligia,and if toomuch curiofitie in naturali caufes, is counted agreat fault, andthat the foundeft Phylofophie is that,which inquiring after the firft caufes,hath recourfe vntoGod; What are we thento do . in thofe things thatare fhpernaturall and diuine c Theodore:doubteth,Why Mo-' fit faying, That Tygris andEuphrates fpring from Paradice ; famanyother Au- thors fhould auouch, That their well-head is in the mountaines of Armenia. Whereunto I anfwer, That foras muchasCome Riuers arehid vnderneath the, earth, andbeginro rife and thew themfelues fomeleagues farther off;fq Tigris and Euphrates, hauingtheir fpringing from Paradice ., are buried in the ,earth, and afterwards breake out againe into diuers pans; God foordaining it, Tha t might cut o f mansfuperfluosescuriofitie. For there might hauebeene force fo cur-- ous,that following theriling ofthefe Riuers, wóuld haue pretended to haue made adifcouerieofParadice. But God did Phut vp the paffage to'this their humane curiofitie, left they fhould haue gone oninthe purfuit of this theiren- tent,either throughwant of prouifion in thofe: fandie and defert places, Or through the inacceffableneffeofthofemountaines thatinterpofedthenifelues; or through the barbaroufneffe andcrueltie of the people bordering there- abouts. The fift reafon is fet downe bySaint c s wathew, andSaint Marke;.Hee wrought . not many miracles there, by reafon oftheir incredulitie : Not thathehated his owne Countrie,whichhe hadfo much honoured with hisConception, (faith the ht.. terlinearie)but for Nazareth s incredulitie. And thisismade apparent by that Fac&bit inPatria ts#a In otherplaces they talkemuch of thy Many and great miracles, but this Citie will not beleeue there isany filch thing t andyet that ' haft heere the fame power thouhadft there ; Therefore, Far & hit to patria `txo, Medice,cura teipfüm. Howcan we beleeue , that thoudooftfuch famous Cures inotherCountries whenas thou It:Werèft thyne owne- Countrimen and thyhé owneKinfefolke tobe ficke e Thelike argument was vfed by theScribes and Pharifees at the foot ofthe Croflè, This manfauedothers,andcannotfeaehimf lfe; 'Howfhouldwebeleeue, that by his powerhefreed fòmany,beeinghee cannot free himfelfe ! Let him come downe from the Croffe;and fauehinifelfe,& then we:willbeleeue he-is theSonneof God. Our SaviourChrift prooued thistheirincredulitieby twoexamples : The one,OfEli& ;whowhenthe Countriewas hatch oppreffed with Fa- nine, God tent him toawomanofSydonia, toxhe+end that the fhould fuftaine him.'
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