A faint requeft makesway butfora fícrce dcniall. ,Sunday inLent. Ser. [9. Scripturegiues this touch, Thathedid facrificehis fonne toMolach,Infuper &j: liumfuum canfecrauit,transferensper ignem,fecundara Idolagentium. The eighthreafon is, That taintneffe and weakeneffe;that lukewarmerieffe; or rather coldneffe , wherewith the Nazaritesdid defire thefemiracles from Chrift. And thefe their poore diligences,may fufficientlybee prooued by this That theyneuer went out of their ownCitre, nor left rheirhoufes,fortóheare our Sauior, or to feehis miracles,asthofeofludea and Ierufalemdidby troops; andothers that flockt vnto himfrom the vtmoft borders of Tyrus and Sydon. Neitherdid they fend any embaffage or meffage vntohint, entreating him to cöme vnto them; nor fo muchas bring any fickebodie vnto him tobee cured. Whereas Capernaum diddifpeople itfelfe, to goe forth to heare his Word . TheCenturion cameforth likewifeto feekehim, befeeching him humbly on his knee, That hewould be pleafedtomake his Seruantwhole. Others didvn- tile theirhoufe, to let downe him vnto him that was fickeofthePalfey , &c. Thecomparifonof one thatfollowesa fuit in Lawof his owne,which imports himmuch ; andof him that followesanother nuns caufe,which concernes him little : the diligences ofthe one, and thecarelefneffe oftheother, aretrue em- blemsof thedifferent conditionsof Chriftians. Some followthe bufineffe of their faluationear'neftlyand induftrioufly other-Come - negligently, making a meere jeaftingmatter of is,and a thingofnothing. Heroddefired to fee our Sa- ..uíour Chrift, but be would riot ftepa foot out ofdoores to looke after him :Whereasthe Queen ofShebacame from the vtmoftpartsofthe earth, to feeke after the wifedomeofShcomon,onelyopen a bare report: But theNazarits would not waggea jot, to;oe feeour SauiourChrift,hauing fo (hort a jòurneyas they hadtomake : dadbehaldagreater thanSalomon heere. üid, de "idle ? (faith the Prophet)What,bynight ?The morningcommeths andthenight; ifyeefeek , feeke. Hee bori'oweth this Metaphor from one that ftands Sentinell, whoheares the word that isgiuenafarre off, Ha de lavella,uehoraes ?Ho,youofthe lWWatch,Whaí houre is it?Andhe prefentlymakes anfwer, f1uien da vozes fin pars que ? Who is he thatcallswithouta caufe ?Ifay, Thatthemorning comes, and thenight; or ra- ther,Thatthenight fucceeds the day,andthe day the night. Who knowes not this < Ifthou wilt farther infárrne thy felfe, come where I am. Thofe that -dwelt in themountainofSeir, beeing perfecuted by-theChalda ans, fent to knowofEfay,When thatperfecution fhould ceafe ,f This is that Caffas, Juidde 'node?Serninell,Whatfkf thou bynight? It vexed the Prophet, and :made him "-growwearie cifthem, that.fitting lazing ontheir taÿles athome in their houfes; they (houldfend toknowhis.mind. Onus dumáanteclamat deSeir,To Hierufa-. :lemdid the Iduinæans cricout veto fire : Si quaritìs,quaritz; Beingin that great danger as thouart, dooft thou(tandoff; dooft thouhang'taile,andwilt notmake á little moré hafttocome vnto thySauiourx If therewerenothingmore , this were enough tocondemne:Nazueth. The ninth ; It might happelybee , That Nazaretfi did delire miracles, for thelionourand glorie that Mightthereby redound vntoher; asthat it mighfbe hoyfédabroadin theworld; That aCitifen oftheirs, a Towne-borne childof theirówne,,haddonethefeliridthefefamouimiracles, fuch and fuch fingular wonders ;antithat fheivas tabeeofteemed as Ladie andMiftreffeof thisfo rare and rich aTreafitre ; and tharoiir Sauiourbeingborne there,he was bound (as they thought...to keepe bonethere,and:toxnake Nazareth the onely feat ofhis ordinarie refidence. The loueof honour amongft Citr`fèns, is föfauorie andfo (wete a thing, that Cicero inmanyplaces{iickes notto fay, That there isnot any E e thing 3s The (cueral conditionsof Chriltians, in fcekingtheir Saluation.
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