Ch d arineli'e exempli. the'thitd Sonday inLent. Seed byCimumitauces. Ser. 23. neyof filch paiüefull circAmftances. Firtt , In thatour Sauiourwent foot ; a trauailewhich in long iournicsis wo0nt to tyre out the firongeft and ableff men. Thofe Polls which foot it, ant tholeSouldiers that marchlongand hardmarches, remainc oftentimes furbaed and lame of their feet. Dauid purfuing thofe theeues that had fired Ziklag, one partof his Sortlalicrs wereTo tired outwithTheir trauaile, that they aboadbc- hind, and weretiot abletoeoeoiler the riuer Bezor. And Dauidaferwjrds fly- .ingfrom his fönne ALpon5t he Storie fayth , That heand ali his people weef, wearie, that vlchttophellbeing aduertifedthereof, would haue fetvpon him ac midnight, prcfaming that beeing fo wearie as theywere, theywould n. be:ablero defend themfelues. The Prophet Elias flying from lézabi1, came fo bruifedand fo legwearie,to the Ihade ofa Iuniper Tree,that hédefiredofGOd, that hewould.be pleafedto take away his life. The fecondtircumftance was,The fcortchingheat of the Sunne, which'in the Sommer time is fo troublelome,that a Sheepeheard or Heardfman canilard. lyindureit. TheChildren of Ifraell were aff"iieIed in /Egypt with the talc of theirbrickes,with the gathering of ftraw for to maketheni,with their skins rent and torne with rods of thorns andbriars, and tormented withmany niiferics : AndGod leading them one Sommer through the Defart ofArabia,whichw..s a hot làndieground, it fèemed vnto him that it was intollerable trouble for themto trauell in fuch heats,and to march on as it were in defpight oftheSun ; Hefreada cloud otter then: like acorvine. Whichis all one wieh that ofWfedome., Thou madefi the Sunnethat it burredthannot in their honourable tourney. lands bee- ing parchedwith the heat of the Sunne in the Confinesof Niniuie , did fuffer fuçh great torment,thar he held death the letter pain ofthe two.TheSun beat vp- on theheadoflonah,that he fainted &wifhedin his heart to die ;and faid,It is bet- ter for me,Lord,todie,thart to liue.The glorious Do-61°r S. L. uflen faith,That the Sunnedid not know our Sauiour Icfus Chrift till the houre ofhis bleffed dearh,and that his then retyringof himfelfe, the hiding of his head , and the withdrawingof thebeames of his light, was not onely inpittie and compani- on of his Creator, but to thew his forrow and repentance for thatfmall kindnes which he had vfed towards hint when he went his journeys. The third circumifance was, Theextream heat and drought of the Countrie of Samaria ; the hear ofthofe fandicgrounds being (as the Poetfaith) very fu- rious andraging ;Furit,eflusarenis. Thismuft needs caufe thirfland wearineffe in the hardeft conttitution whatfoeuer; Howmuch more muff they work their painfull effeEts uponfodelicateand tender a bodie and complexion as that of our Sauiour Chrift Wearied with his journey . The ends which God intended in wearying cut himfelfe, were riot without fome deepe myfterie; nfrufirafatigaturlefus, (faithS. Au lefiosdidnot take this pains in vaine. Firft ofall,He was willing thereby to honour our fweats andour labours,and toglue a fauorie relifn to our trauells and pains taking. Thofewaters which paffe through agolden Mine,are verie fweet and pleafing tòthe talk ; and your aqua,waters,inScriptureare taken forprong, punißtments. Saueme,6 God,for the waters are enrred euento myfoule.The many watersofafflietionwere not able 1 toquench my loue. But thofe our pain-s palling through Thole veins whichare Litrebetterand more pretious than gold,doegiue a fweetandpleafing fauour to Heauen it felfe. The borne of theVnicorne makes thofewaters wholefome, which before were full:of poyfonandvenome: Our Sauior,whom Dauidcalls a K k 3 Vnicorne, 389 r.fieg.;o Pfatm is. Sat.. x 8. ionob,ç,S. Rearons why Chrifwould thus weare out himfelfe. PJalm.00. Y¡ater.z9.
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