;86J Thilsrerit, mot S cellent d-n,onitnsion orGod. °"`' cie. pro,.*. a¡ay of. Rom faith, Thatthe Deuils had a great dealeofknowledgeof thepaines &torments which theydid feelewhenour Sauiour Chrift didcart them forth ofthebodies which they had poffeffed. And of this knowledge,that h to bee vnderflood which is heredeliuered bySaint Luke,Becauf they knew him tobeCbrifl. Theother, That God didhold this theirknowledge in fufpence & in doubt, by taking flefh in the wombeof an efpoufed Virgine : Whichwas purpofely done(as Ignatixa faith) that hcemight beeconcealed from the Deuill 5 for otherwife, the Deuils could hardly be ignorantthat hewas the Sonne ofthe Virgins cMarie, andnot the Sonne of lofeph. ** to s f E -0( A A . Wr, r sc-it.,3 "go .J..i THE XXIII. SERMON, UP- ON THE FRY DAY AFTER THE THIRD SONDAY I N LENT. Venit . ! Io ex 4. S. bliss in CiuitatemSarariæ,quxdicitur Sychar. And Iefus cameinto aCitieofSamaria,which was called Sychar. Nmatter ofConuerfion,thisaáionofour Sauioursfeemethof all otherthe mofl famous forthe manifeftingof Godsmercy. In matter of Faithwe know verlewell , That beethat ¡hall feekehim as he ou hr (hall find him : And ofthis TruthGud g bath giuenmany reftrmonies in Scripture, They that f eke ma earlyThalfindme: And inanother place, ifthoafeekefi her ,ufit- feare e/fforher asforTreafwres, thou /haltfindher.And elfewhere it is Paid, yeefhallfind, knockeand itfhaIIbe opened unto yox. Weeknow likewife, haue found him that haue not fought him, 1was foundof them that not : but none didlight on himwith fo little labour,andat focheape a Samaritan. S. PaMI was tumbled off fromhis horfe onthe ground, ftrookenblind ; the Adultereffe palledthrough a purgatorieof fhame ; cMarie eMagdilen for her part poured firth afea of teares and Theefewas faine to betake himfelfe to agreat dealeof faith , loue, hope : but this woman, Iknow notwhat labour or paines it soft than the letting downeofa Bucket and rope into theWell todraw a fuch adifhoneft womanas this was,whomflue husbands could noti teer,and Seeke and that fome fought me rare,as this and was and confufion the good patience,and her more little water.That
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