SAll hafte toflow in i O rifingvpfrom fin. On theThurfeday after .17r. iz. Hethat hath receiued a be. nefit, muffex. prei e his thankfullnes. PpGer q. made drie land : helayes his command vponthe fire to giue light, butnot burn, curbing thishis a&iuequalitie,as it didin the fine Furnace, when the childereu came forthvntoucht. At his Word thewaters gufhed out of' the hard Rocke; theWinds are at his command ; death and life,fickneffe and health,and al things elfe whatfoeuer,doe trulyand punituallyobeyhis will ; and foin this place,he had no fooner faid theword,But herFeuer left her. Andriftng vp,Jheprefentlyminiflredveto them . In regard that firewas an old woman fhemight vene well haue excufedher felfe from doing this feruice,but her health was foperfeét, herrecouerie fo found,andher ftrength fo increafed, that without further tarriance , She prefently minßredveto them. Your earthly Phyficke is long aworking, and the Cures proouc imperfed,but Godsphyfick workes continuo..prefently ; for, AllGodr worker areperfeíl. But it is not fo in na- ture. Pieriusmakes the Vulture the emblem of nature, Auolatur tarditate, being a kind of Tortoife inhis flying. Firft ofall, it is intimated here vntovs,What haft a Sinner ought to make to getvp. S.Pe:erbeing inprifon, the Angellfaidvnto him, Surge velociter, "'rife quickely ; and withoutanymore adoe, not flayingvponhisgyues, chains, the gates, or theguards, he prefently rifethvpand gets him gonewith all the fpeed he could. W. ahputsthe Crowout of the Arke, Dimifit Corvum, qui egredieba- tur, er nonreuerte6atur: TheHebrewText hath it, Exiuit, exeundo, & redeundo ; He begantomakewing, but feeing fuch avaftneffe of waters,fearing to faile in his flight,he returnedbacke againe : but being entred, carrying about him the fent of thofedead carcaffes which had perifhedby the Floud,he went to and fro fo long,tillat lait he went his wayand was neuer feene any more. Many there are that will putone foot forward, andpull twobackeward, make you beleeae that theymeane to goe on well invertue andgoodneffe, but beeing difcouraged with the difftcultieofgettingvp that hill,and hauingamonthes mind to follow the Pent of their former 'finking (howfoeuer to themfweet kerning) fnnes , at lait theyare vtterly loft andneuer moreheard of fo apt is fìnfull man to leaue the beft and taketheworst. Secondly, By this her feruice this good deuout old womanmade knownher bodilyhealth ; andbythe ioy andcomfort theetookc therein, fleemanifefted her foules health. At the verse Eft voyce of Ezechiel,theboughes began to mooue,but as yet they had notlife inthem, [op arida,audite Perkins .Donìini] theywere afterwards knit and ioyned together and let inverse goodorder : but they had need ofanother kindofvoice thanEzchielstogiue themfpirit& life. Saint Augufline expounding that place ofSaint Jobn,Verba mea, Spiritus, &vita funs ; faith,ThatthisSpiritand lifeis in himfelfe, andnotin thee.For that Pceni- tent whichdothnotgiue fome fgneor tokenof life, hathnot yet obtained life; and that,He that in his feruice andattendancedothnot make Phew thathe is free ofhis former Sickeneffe,his healthmay iuftlybe fufpeâed. SaintPaulgiues vs this Leflbn,He thatßealer,let himflealeno more,but,erc. Heemuff notonelycon- tent himfeIfewith notftealing, or with working forhisliuing, and that it is enough for himto haue labouredhad ; but of that whichhee hathgot by the fweat of his browes, heemuftgiue partthereofto the Poore, ifnot for the fa- tisfaEtionofhis former thefts, yet to fhewhimfelfeagoodChriftian by obfer- uing the rules of charitie. Zacheresdid performe both thefe ; theone,in making a fourefold reffitutionto thofewhom hehad defrauded byforged cauillation ; theother, bygiuing to the Poore the one halfeofhisgoods. Letall bitternef, and anger,andwrath, cryingandeuillfeaking(faith the Apoftle) beeput awayfrom you,
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