3 8o Chat, theonelyphyfition Vpon the Thurfeday after . both for body and foule. Malach. a Zarb. 9. Man for difo- bediencemne be condemned by the crea. tures. xo creature butispliable to thewill of God. and Saint Cyril)by the union with *le Diuinitie didquicken and giue°life. Spiri- tus eft gutviucat, caro autem nonprodefl quidquam,It isthe Spirit that quickneth, as forthe Flefh,rt profiteth nothing : asan yr'nbeing heateddoth burnby it's vnionwith the fire ; fo theFlefhof our Sauiour Chrift,&c. And from this di- nineFlefh, the vertuethereof did extend it felfe tohis verie cloathes. Si tetis;e- ro tätumfrmbrram-veflimenti eiue,fatuaero,taid thewomanthat was tròübledwiih the bloudie Flux, If I can butcome to touch thehcrnmc of his garment I 11)211 be whole, c_Malachie prophecied thereof in there words, Sanitres inpenis cites; Health (hall be vndcr his wings ; andas feathers areto birds, fo to man are his cloathes. , Thirdly,Whena fickebodie is Browne fo weake that he can fcarce put forth his voyce,the Phyfition leaves dowse his head the better to heare him :- and when he is fo weake that he cannotrife ofhimfelfe, thePhyfition lendshim his hand, Apprehenfämanu eiue (faith Saint Marke) curauit earn: This burning Feuer hadbrought this goodoldwoman fo low,that Chrift didbow downehis head to hearken unto her, and tooke her by the hand to helpe her vp. Norwas it much that our Sauiour Chrift fhould mire thofe that were fallen, for that flee came into the world for this end , andhad fogreat adelre thereunto; thathee was willing to fall himfelfe, for the railingvpof vs. Nay, it wasa Precept of old, That if a Beaft should take a fall, a man fhouldnot gooon vpon his way till he had holpehim vp. This delireof his isrriuch indeeredby the Prophets; He bowedthe fleauensandcame down, begot vpon theCherubim- andflew, faith Dauid. And inanother place, Stretchforththine handfromonhigh,inddeliuerme out ofma- nie waters. TheSinner beingalmoft drowned inthe mudof his finnes,criesout vnto God to lend himhis hand toget himout; but hec weighedfo heauie,that he pulled God after him. Zaehariefaith, Thou alfo through the blondof thyCone- mint haft loofedthyprifoneri out of thepit,&c. Wherewee are toweigh this fame, Thou alt ; for though thouwert fo greatandpowerfull aGod , yet itcolt thee the belt blond in thy veins, to take thofe out of the pit that were fallen thereinto. Herebukedthe Feuerandit left her . ' He fpake the word,andthe Feuer obey- edhecommandedittobe oneanditwasgoneinaninftant. on enfaithThat g b one of the fouleftand fhamefulleft things that the Creatures íhall lay to Mans chargeat the day of Iudgement, is, That all other creatures from the creation of theWorld hauingbeene obedient to Gods Empire,without digreffing in the leaft point or tittle, onely Manhath beene inobedient, impudent, & fhameleffe. This is thegenerall opinion : but to reduce thisto our prefcntpurpofe , and to fhew how obedientthis Feuer was,we know that Godvfethhis Creaturesas fo many whips andfcourges. Onewhile hemakesvfe of thole that arewithout life,as of waters &darke- > i thf plaguesof bg yp r,&c. nee n o e ff Another while, ofthofe that haue life, as the Serpents ofthe Wildernes,the Lyons which in Samaria flewthe Affyrians, the Beares which killed the little childrenwhichmockt Eli/ha, &c. All do mooueandobeyat thebeckeofGods brow, at the calf of his eyes, as thefecondcaufes at the motion ofthePrimers mobile. The like fucceedeth in the Angelis ; nor is it much , conhidering the great good which they enioy. But which is more, it fucceedethfo in the De- uills, who tuggeat theOare in Hells Galley. Our Sauionr Chrift commanded fomeDeuills,That they fhouldnot fpeake a word,nor offer fomuch as to open their lips,when their hearts were roadie toburft becaufe they might not fpeake their
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