388 robn. s. t7. GeN.,.:. Grdslnue doch neuer reR, but .$Qil working. saAeg.t. Our Sauro rcntnps- VVpon the Fryday after . redto theSunne. That the Minifter of Godsword,who is to loueall, todeliireall fhould bee fa- ued,and that all Mould haue thehearing of theÇofpell, not to fow all the feed of Gods word in populous Cities. Clemens Alexanarrnuccompareth our Sauior to the Swine , which inlightneththe World,expel lethDarkeneil'e,augtnenteth Plants, fomenteth Flowers breeds Gold in the veinesof the Earth, Pearles in the (hells ofthe Sea,inricheth and beautifieth all Creatures , and leauesnocor- ner of theearth,whichhce doth notvifite andcomfort with the beames ofhis light and fplendor. ThePharifees murmuring that our Sauiour Chrift cured thefickeon the S iboth,he Paid vntothem,MyFather workethhaherto,andl worke. It isfaid in Geniis, He reflcdfrom allhis wakewhichhe hadmade. True it is, that God had then putan end to all the workesof his Power , but net to all the workes of his Loue. For in doing gooddeedes, thethree diuine perfons neuer take any reft. And as his loue in it felfe is perpetuall, fodoth it Rill continue to- wards his Creatures. Dian(uc flilethLoue, .Mobile, ince/J bile,ferieens,& fper- feruens,Hemight likewifehaue termed itYnixerfale; forthere isnot that worme whereunto it's vertuedothnot extend it felfe. In aword, As that Husbandman inthe Gofpell,did not leaueout any partof the land , butdid fow the fame all ouer ; fo our Sauior Chrift didplough that holy Land, whichhad the happines tohaue him fct his feet thereon and did fow in it the feedof his Word ; andby his Apoftles did afterwardsfpred the fame abroad through all the World : and here now,faishimfelfe aworkeat Sichar. Andtherewas Jacobs well. That thememorieofdead friends fhould be fo pow- erfull with God, astomakehimaffoord fauours to theliuing, it is much ; But that the places where his friendshued, fhouldworke this effed upon him , itis more than much.But the Welofiacob teachethvs this truth,& the good fortune that this womanhad to findour Sauiour fitting there , where Abraham hadere- 6tedanAltarvnto God ; where he had receiued thofegreat promifes for his po- fteritie ; where Jacob dig;d that Well , whichwas agreat teliefe t o that Citie. God treating ofannointingDaaidKing, willed it tobee done inHebron. And why there morethan Manyother place, Abulanf s renders this reafon,That,that people did not deferue fogood a KingasDauid, but a Tyrant like his predecef - fors. And bccaufe inHcbron,Adant,Abraham, ífac, and Jacob were there inter- red,he would that it fhould be inHcbron,that the place might fupply thatdefeat which was wantingin the peoples deferr.Our Sauior Chrift being born inBeth - 1em, the Angelis came to tell thetidings thereof to the Sheapheards.And why to the Sheapheards t Whataduantage haue theyof Grace,Narurc,or Fortune, abáue other men e Saint ¡creme fayth, That the anticnt Patriarchs had fed their 11 Ickes i t thofe fields; and that in this,as likewife inRachelsbeeing buried there, conlítedrhis their happineffe : So that, not onlythe Saintsof God, but thofe places wherein theyliued,or dyed, will be ameans for thee to meetwith God. As inthe place where (innersmeet, as in your Conuenticles of Heretickes, and Witches, the Deuill comes amongft them, offering them imaginarie fountaines of delights So, inholyplacesthou (halt prefentlymeetwith God, whowill offec thee fountaines of liuingwaters, &c. Tertallian treating ofthe Amphi- theaters where menwent intokill one another, fayd, Tot damortes,quot homines, That therewereas many Deuilsthere,,es therewere c3Yten. And a woman that was a Chriftiancomming from thefe fporrs, the Deuill enrred into her. And beeing askedhowhe durit doe foto a feruant of our Sauior Chrift,made anfwer,l found her within the limits of my Iurifdietion. Weariedin the journey. It was nowonderthat hewaswearie, it beeinga Tour- ney,
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