Nothing more?leafing to the third Sonday inLent. God, than hofpitlity, Ser.22z: himfelfe. Chryfologuefaith , That in the breft ofthe Bleffedit is notpoflible there fhould be any defire orlonging ; but if it werepofl.îble to haue any, lure it would be thatof relieuing thepoore. The Some ofCod bathnot apillowwhereon to leave his head. Why did Chuff take pleafure infilch a ftrange kindofpouerty? Becaufethou fhouldeft take pleafurein giving him entertainment. When Abra- hamwent forth tomeet the threemen from outhis Tent,bowing himfelfdown to the groundbeforehimwho he thought was the chiefeft among them,hefaid, Lord,if I haue now foundfauoarin thyfight,goenot I pray theefrom thy feruant; let a littlewater I pray you be brought andwafh your feet, and reft your felues vnder the fhaddowof this Tree , and I will bring amorcell ofbread that you may comfort your hearts,aftcrwardyee Thal goeyour wayes.Theyacceptedof his kindneffe,and thanked the good old man ; but hevfing noneof thefe court- ly complements,in his plaine countrie fafhion alluredthem thatthey were hear- tilywelcome, and that bee thought himfelfebeholdingvnto them , that they would take fuch as they found. tA'brahamhe runnes me to thebeafts, & takes mea tender andgood Calfe, killsit,giués it to his feruant,who hafted tomake it readie;then hehies him in toSarah,&wils her prefently tomake readie at once three mcafuresof fine meale, toknead itquickely , and make Cakes vpon the hearth. The cloath is now layd, bread,butter,milke, andthe Calfe whichbee had prepared,is let before them ;they fall too,&Abrahamhe inthe meanwhile Rands by,andwaits vpon them. When they had eaten, they tooke their leaue and went on theirway , and bee likewifewent with them tobring them on the way. Thisvertue Lot had learned fromhim : Saint Paulcommends himhighly forit: And Peter ftiles him,Iuft,Hewas righteous both intieingandhearing.Chryfaft. fairh,That he Raid waiting for thefe ftrangers in theftreer,&at the gatesofthe Citie,till it was late in the night, that theymight not light into the vncleanly conuerfation of thefe wicked Citifens. So that it was lateere bee met with thefe Angelsandadoringthem as Abraham had done before,he faid vnto them, MyLords,I prayyouturne in now intoyour f ruants houle : And the Angelismaking thewthat theywould abide in the Street all night , hee prefled vpon them ear- neftly,anditsamanner pulled them inby force ;Coegit dos , flee waswonderfull inflantvpon them. This inforced courtefieof his,they afterwards fully requited, by notifying vnto him, How that Sodomewas tobee deftroyedwith fire from Ileauen. Andalthough theAngelis madehaft tobegone,and to haueLot to get him packingout of theOde; yet they deferred thepunifhment a while,that he might hauetime towarne his fonnes in Law tobee gone. Lot thereupon went out and fpake vntohis fonnes in Lawwhich had marriedhisdaughtcrs,& fayd, Arife,getyou out ofthis place,for the Lordwilldeftroy theCitie 5 buthe fee- l-met vntohis fonnes in Lawas though he had mocked. Then the Angels hafted Le,fiying,Arife,take thy wifeand thy twodaughters which are here, left thou bedeftroyed in the punifhment of the Citie. Andas hee prolonged the time, theAngels caught bothhim and his wife, and his twodaughters, bythe hands, am-brought him asit wereforth by force, and fet himwithoutthe Citie ; fo he wa: faued,andthe reft were burned. In this vertue ofHofpitalitiethere are ma- nieamous women much renownedin theOld Teftament; as the Slianarnite thatentertainedEligga, andthewiddowthat harbouredElio"; kebab who recei- ued he Spies that were fent to Ierico : All ofthem being fo happiein this their hoflitality,that itfeemethGod fent them fuchgoodguefts, more for thegood of'tl:ofe that gane them this friendly entertainement, than that of thofe who wereentertained by them. And ifa man Mall pay fo well for his Lodging, I z how 3" Gen, I9. z.Perer; z. Gen. r9.
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