WhyChrif4was now more an- On the V edlClUa .a tix 37o grythanatother times. if Almefdeeds,wemight hauecomplainedof ourpouertie,amd-foháuecxcufed 1 our felues ; but for the keeping cleane ofour heart,and forto loueand feare our God, as none canhindervs thereof, fo none ought tooutflripv's therein. For thecxpences of theSanuarie , neither might the Richoffer more , nor the Poore leffe; and this was a typeand figure of thefpirirualofferingofour foules, whereinweare all equal &alike : and that not without the great prouidenceof Heauen, to theend that no than might haue caufe to alledgeAnexcufe.Haft thou traïlelled abroad toplant Gods Religion amongft Infidels.' No: Haft thoukept thybodie \ender by difcipliningthy felfè No : Eateft thou flefhinLent c Yes. 1 Forthefe thingseuerieone may alledgemany excufes,but forthe fotileneflèof the heart,there is no excufe. We read in the Legend,That the.Deuil metwith títitacharius,and told him; I hauethe odds of thee in a thoufand things ; thou fa- fteff,and I neuer eat ; thouwatcheft, and I neuer fleepe ; thou fotnerimcs taken paines,and lam neuer idle : yetthouhaft one great aduantageofine,ro wir,thou haft acleane heart,and myne.is full of rancorandmalice,&c. Topray with Thispeople honours mewith their lips,buttheir heartisfarrefromme. This is an thetongue excellent Leflbn for thofethat pray and fingin the Qaire ; that prayer which is only,nntplea- fing to God. onely with the tongue,Godmakes little reckoning of it Saint Cypriot fayth, That the Church dothadmonifhthe People, that at the timeofdiuineSeruice they fhould haue their hearts inHeauen ,,Surfumcorda: Andalthough their an- fwer be,HabemusadDominum ; yet manydoerepeat it byrote,like Parats,with- out any kindofattention at all. Thou defrreff of. God , That hee would heare thee , when thouart fo farre off fromthy.felfe, that thou dooffnot hcare thy felfe, andwouldeff haue him to bemindfull of thee,when (Gòdknowesj thou dooft not mind thy felfe.. It isawoftd.lthing, thatmen fhould fay Seruice as if theydid not fay it,and that they thouldpray asif they didnot pray , and that they fhould fing as ifthey did not fing. 'TheLardeanCouncell faith, Studiofe ce- le6rent, 6- demote quantum Deusdederit: Andtheywilled it fotobe done, Invir- Epbr¡5. tare(neLeobedientie. SaintPaul, BefulflledwiththeSpiri t,fpeakingvntoyonrfelues inPfalmes and Hymnes,andfpirituall Songs, finging andmakingmelodie to the Lord, in yourhearts. WhereuponSaint Therome faith, t.4ud,ant hi quibua pfallenai in ecclefia officium efl,Letyourfingingmenguileeare to that which tbex/ing in the Church. AndGratianpurs, itin the Decretals : Andthe Gioffe faithy Nonclamans, fed amans,clamat in aureDei, It re not theloudnef of theruoyce,but the louingneffe of the heart that rings in Gads eare. In aword The powder of Prayer mull come.from the Soule. Saint Gregorie faith , That t.ilbels Sacrificewasfmwell accepted of God, becaufe hee had firft offered the fame in his heart.; and that it was not fo n ich efteemedforthat it was ofthe beftof his Rockcs, outfor.the deuotion wherewith he offereditvp : And Cains, outofa contrarie, refpeâ fo fleightly regarded. ... But in vainethey wor fhip pne,teachingfor Poarinemens Precepts .By thefe Pre- cepts ofmen,hevnderftaudeththofe which are contrarie toghe LawesofGod, as ,t is well noted by Irenauf. And inthofedayes therewere verie manyamong them,as Thom, c,$aintHierome, andEpiphanies bathòbferued. Saint Pant fayth as much, Improoue,rebuke, exhort, for the timewill comeawhen theywill not f iffer wholefomeDodrwne,but hauingtheirearesitching,flatll after theirovine hills get thema hcape of'Teachers , and(hall turn their Bares from the truth, and fhallbe givenvnto Fables. Where.Faith is mdangered,theremuff weenot fcaToft and finooth hand, : Now thePhárifees followingIewifhFables, and applying themfelues to theprecepts ofmen,didturne away from the truth,they placed
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