Wound thy b°d°,;fthou the third Sondayin Lent. Ser.22. 377 I would(t healethydoule. ifen, askes thequeflion, Whither it had not beetlea fhorrer cut, and amore fpecdie and effè tuall remedie , to haue made, an endof all thcfeSerpents at once ? But he anfwers thereunto,Ifhe fhould haue freed them from thofeSer- pents, Which ofthemwould haue lifted vp his eyes toHeauen r And therefore let thole Serpents continue flill, and thofe woundsof the bodie , feeing they cure thofe oftheSoule.. According to that of Salomon,Thehlewne?ofthewound rraa. 20. ferueth toprge theeuill. Saint Gregorie the Pope faith, That the wound of the Sótïlci ççuaway bymakinganother woundof repentance and truc forrow. Eut /ymìtst c;lcth tothis.purpofe thatvcrfeof Dauld, ui dat niuemftcat lawn, SAOw to the earth is as woull,becaufe it kcepcs it warme, and giues heat there. vnto,for to bring forth floures andfruits wherwith to glad theSpring andbcau- tifie the Sommer Año de nicws,año:debienes, (faith the Spanifh Proucrbe)Ayore offnow,áyeare ofioy,The fnow offickeneffe and ofafiction,in flead of coo- ling the Sottle,it giuesit heat and fruirfulneffe,tharit maybring forthfloures and fruitsofggod life. She ¡ves takenwith agreat Feauer. ThePhifitions call a Càlenture or burning `Feder, Calorem extráárdinarium, vin extraordinarie heat, or caltdam intemperiem, dhot diffcmperature, whichbeing kindled in the heart , and taking fire,difperfeth itfclfc throughall the parts of the holdofthem, offends them, and difcompofeth that harmonicof the humors,;wherein our health confrfleth. Saint lfidoredcriues it fromFeruor, or that haft and fpeed wherewith it runneth anddifperfeth it felfe through our bodies. Valerius (Maximus fayth , That in antient time they ,did,offerfacrificethereunto , as to aGoddeffe, becaufeof all other fickneffes,a Feuer is that whichcommonlycomes to make an end of our hues. For as heat well tempered giueslife ; fo beeing diflempered it brings death. Butif we fhallgoe philofophifing from the infirmities of thebodie,by wayofanalogie,or proportioning them to the foule; Loue to the foule; is as Heat to the bodie.Andwhen it doth notexceede the LawsQfGod;whichis the lifeofourfoule,it inioyes perfect health; but when it growes once to anexceffe, it falls intoa Calenture, or burning Feuer. And this exceffe fucceedeth two ma- net ofwayes. Either by louing thatmore,which-oughttebe.loued lefle. Or by not louing that enough,which ought to betonedmolt. The Spoufe faydof her Bridggoome, Ordinattitinmecharitatem, He fhowed caw. 2.4. Two things his Loueunto mee, Hemade exceeding muchofmee, Hebrouglxme nto the catfea feller wine celler,and Loue was his banner ouer me He flayd mewith flaggods; and it thefoule. comfortedmewith apples,whenI wasficke of Loue : His left handwásvnder my head,and his right handdid embrace mee. Extraordinariewas this Loueof' the Bridegroome to his Spoufe,preferring her beforeall other things whatfoe- uer. God likewife beeing thegreatefl in Natureand Effence, oughttobeethe grcatefl inour Loue andAffeétion. Nextvnder God enter thofe goodsofHea- How cod ought tobe uen &ofEarth.And Góod, beingthemarke whereat our Loue fhoots,our grea- loued. tell Louefhould direct it felfe to the greateflgood.And this is toobferuean or- , derandgood temper in our Loue. Now touching the diforder ofour Loue, our Sauiour fayd, Hee that loues Father or (Mother more hau stet, ii not wor- chic ofmee. Againe, In not louingGod, towhomwee owe fomuch loue, this exceffe in the contrariemay turne to immodeflieand impudencie ; And make vs breake out with thofe Caff-awayes in lob, into thefe defperate termes,Get theefsrrefrom vs,ove willhave noknowledge ofthy mopes. I i 3 Betides
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