Twopeincipallfottntainesof upon the Fryday after lout to beconfdeced in God Theends why God exprefthimfelfe tobe thuswearie,are no leffedeepsand profound,than the former. . Firft,Becaufe out of this his wearineffe,thefinnerénight apprehend his lode. Theodoret deriueth the name ofGod from à Greckewi td; which figniñeth; To thine. And they ganethisname iintto God , whotook' the flames to bee Gods. Damafcene,that nee was thereforecal4 dx d;becaufehe fuccoursour mifeties, and relceucs ourneccffities with thatlia(fand fpeede;that thereby wemay per- ceiue how much he louesvs. Leo the Pio ,expounding that placeof Saint Luke, (AIyGod,my God; whyhaft thou fúrfakeni , fayth, That thefe words which our Sauiour vied tohis father; were not wadsof complaint; but a LeEtare which herrad vntoMan, makingvpon the Groffe a mutter or beads-mileofallthofe troubles,that hehad :both iti his lifeand deathfuffeyed for him :- And therefore cr-yeth out,I .béfeech thee ( deere Father ) that thouwilt giue Maneyes to fee, The codwhy thou haft jorfakep'met: For that thy naturallTonne; flt>uld conic to this fo miferable and" retched an efface itwasneither dìfafternot difgrace,nor force,nor any thing elfe that could caufeít, but the greatlouewhich I bore vn- 1 to Man,feeinghis difeafewas fodefperate, that it requiftethat I fhould toff 1 -of thisfobittera potion,andthat if Ihad 'been foneceflìratedand foLick as Man was,1 couldnot haue donemore formy felfe. We hauetwo principallfoùntainesof Loue toconfider in God. The onelnhisCreatingOf vs. The other, In his Redeemingof vs. Increating vs, bee poured forth the rich treafure ofhis Loue,Thyhands made mee,andfafhionedmee,r3 c. TheBafls;Blyd's,and Fiftiescould not fay fomuch. All the reft of the creatures had their beeing, God onely fpeaking the Word, .tpfedixü,& faCia font. But whenhe cameto thecreation of Man,hc fayd;Faci- amus hominem.¿ c. Tertn&ran,and Saint Auflenare of opinion, That God tooke the forme of Manvpon him, becaufehe had created him after his owne image, and likeneffe. Whereinheemanifeftedmoftftrange pledges of his loue,noton- ly becaufehe was the workemanfhip ofhis ownehands [howbeit A,iflotlefaies, that eueryman beares a loue and affeftion to that which his owne hand hash planted,and for which he hashtaken pairies. As God fayd vnto Jonas Thou weepeft and takefton fmr thy'Gourd,forwhich thouhaft not laboured , neither madeft it togrow;] but for the good affection that liehad placed vponman,and Gods tope in for that he had taken Mans likeneffc vpon him. But much more are wee bound Man inhis vntohim, that he hath redeemedvs. Hecreatedvs byhis power, but he redee- C`eation. medvsby his loue ; fo that we owe more to his loue thanhis power. His ra-. Thelike in his Redemption. kingof our weakeneffe vpon him , was our arengthening. Thypower didcreate me,bur thy frailtie did refrefhme, Paid Saint vlugußrne. Hecalls our Redemption a fecond Creation : And aswe vfe to Ling in the Church, What benefit hadour birthBeene veto z.e, i/'we landnor receiuedthefruits ofRedemption ?So likcwifemay we fay,What good would ourcreation haue donevs,ifwee muff haue perifhed had we not had the profit Of Redemption Secondly, For to put:a Sinner in Tome good hope &affurance;for why fhould not I relit vpon Gods loue,being that he hath taken fuchadealeofpains forme, and bathwearied out himfelfe to giue me eafe'Zacharie reprefents our Sauiour 2aear.t3. Chrift vntovswith wonnds in his hands ; and askingthe queftion, What are thefewounds in thyhands H1wcarnal thou by them or, Who gaue them thee r This anfweris returned,Thustvas I wounded inthe houfeofmyfriends. Rutertur &Galatinua arebothofopinion, That this is ametaphor drawncfrom a Labra-
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