326 Men arenot tomake Von theMondayafter nopolieofariasworth. p thing that NatureBothmore couet:& that menarenot fo much to efteem their Hues for the prefent,as that famewhich is to line intheir pofteritie. Celebremua Isomersnotrum, Paid thofeofthe Tower ofBabel!, That wee mayget vs a name. And to thisend are direétedyour Scutchions, yourArmes, your Coats , your Tombes,your Sepulchres,and flately monuments. And iffuch apoore Cityas Peleas, remained fo famousby the birthof Alexander ; if Ithaca, by rlyf fèsbee- ingborn there;it wasnot much, That Nazareth shouldboaft her felfe,and think it agreat glorie and honour vnto her , to haue the Sonne of God to bee her Citifen. TheNazarites likewifemight verle welldefire miracles for temporali ends, as well for the Citieingenerali, as themfeluesinparticular. As thole of Illef- cas defire, That theVirgin de la Charidad fhould do famous miracles,to the end that fome might grow rich by entertaining of guefts ; others , by fellingof fruits; others, by their feruice andattendance, &c. And fo was it with thefe of Nazareth ;but they tooke their mark amiffe, in feeking to Phut vp fuch great glo- rie in fo narrowand little acorner of the world, as that was, confininghim to a Facer hicinpatria tun ; WhenPeter would in Mount Tabor haue had Chrifis glorie cooptvpinfoftreight and fmallacompaffe,comming vpon himwith a Si vis,faciamus hictria Tabernacula , and If themwilt,let vsmake ikeeTabernacles. Lute 9. TwoEuangelifts fay, That he knewnot whathe Paid. And origenaddeth,That .ark. 9' it was impulfuDiabali,by the Deuilsperfisafon. Thelike maybe fàidofNazareths requeft,Facer hicin?atriatua. Chriftsglorie wasto fhew it felfeabroadto all the whole world,andto thine to al Nations;and wilt thouNazarethmake aMo. nopolie of it,and take it all into thyne owne hands r The tenthandTaft, Becaufe Miraclesareneither neceffarie, nor of themfelues alone fufficient for our faluation. Not neceffarie, becaufe many haue beene, and daylyare conuerted without them;as S.Mathew,thegood Theefe,andtheyof Niniuie. Miraclesnot Notfufficienr, confidering that fo many and fuch ftrange miracles could not neceffarie to Saluationinor conuert a PharaohaIodas ora men t us S .Ma &c. Man d re at inthe church > > } g f y o pe fuacic% that Leffonofthe lewes,Signanofiranonvidimus. GodBoth not nowworkmi- racles in his owne Countrie, nor inour Church,hisowne Spc ufeand heftbelo- ued. Thofe formertimes were much more happie,and farremore inriched,not onlywithhismiracles, but an with thofeofhis Seruants : Peter did heale withhisshadow; Stephen Law theHeauens opened; Philip in Samaria did cure byhundreds. There is noArithmeticke that canfummevp the full number of thofe wondersthat theywrought. Andnow itfeemeth that the fountaine of his grace is drawne drie : But the truth is, That forafmuch as the Church then was inherinfancie,andas it were but new crept outof the Ihell,therewas a ne- ceffitieof the workingofthem ;butafter that the Churchwas well Brownevp, &began togrow ftronger & ftronger in the Faith, therewas no fuchgreat need of them.SaintBernardfaith,That the widdowofSareptahad now no fuchgreat needtobe relieued withOyleand Meale. O (faythone) ifI couldbut once fee amiracle, ifan Angell fhouldbutfpeake tome, ifa deadman should arife and fpeakevnto me,&c. Whatshould I notthendoer Butthe truthofitis,That he that willnotbeleeue the Scriptures,will not beleeueanAngell thatcomesfrom Heauen,nor one that(hall arifefrom the dead. Though God neueryet was,nor euer will be wantingto thofe thatput theirCraft inhìm,byaffoording themfuf- ficient meanes fortheir faluation.
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