394. Chritt in all ki,a&ionsacon. On the Fryday after troller ofcurious nicitics. But thenthey replyed and askedhim,Whar,bloud and wounds in Heauent' to what end,I prayyour They are memorialls of the wrongs I receiued : And in thedayof vengeance I(hall fayvnto you , Beheld the c.3tanwhom yeehaste cruci- fted.Ye (hall then take notice ofrhefe wounds,&of this Crofe ofmyne.So that thofe things that are now our ft tong tower,ourdefence, our proteétion,our al- furance, and ourloue, (hallbe our feare, our cowardife, andour condemnation. InExodus Godcommanded, That theyMouldnot feeth the Kid in themilke of it's Damme. Lyra and Clemens Alexandrintea make this Gloffe thereupon, That Godwould not haue that whichwas thebeginning of it's life, tobe the inflru- ment of it's death. And this may be verifiedof the wearineffe and wounds of our Sauiour Chrift 3 neither the torments of the Deuill, northe fireof Sodom, nor the waterof the Floud which drowned all the world,nor hel it felfeought fomuch to feare thee,as to fee thy God thus wearied and wounded for thee. Sedebatfic,He fate thus. Saint Chryfflome, Euthymitta,andTheophila £t lay, Sedehatfe, non in cella, aut in loco honoratiori, f d intcrra,Hefat thua,not in a chaire,orPone morehonorableplace,bat ontheground: Conforming himfelfeaccordingto the timeand place,he fatehim downeas well as he could, not being curious of the fofrneffe, eafineffe, or con- ueniencie thereof. Wherein are condemned two forts ofperlons. The one, They, whofor one houres paines, will haue a thoufand daintiesto delight themfelues withall, and forone houres labour, athoufand refrefhings. They indeere thisftormeand tempeft of theirs more than any Galley -flaue that tugs at the oare; theyextoll their labour fo high aboue the skies that there is noearthly rewardthat can recompence their paines. Iris fucha ftrange thing for them to put themfeluestoany trouble,and fo vaine is theirprefumption,that the fea and the lands are too littletocontent them. And this is commonly the condition ofbale people, that are preferred to honourable place. The other, Theywho will nor bepleafedwith accommodating themfelues as well as theycan,or content themfelues with that which is fhfficient for them, but are (till fèeking after more than is enough : And this is too common amongft vs. Chrift the on ly Well of re- feemingwa. Hefate thus vpon the Well. e_.t woman(faith Saint c.Augutine) came to the wel, aadfounda Fountain there which/he little thought of And he fartherfayth , That ter. he fatehim downe vpon the Well, tothe end that we fhouldnot feeke to draw water out ofthis depth , but endeauour todraw water out ofthat Fountain which is aboue all the waters in the world. This Well isthe water of life, Iet vs draw from hence, that we may drinkeof the cup ofSaluation. One of the attributesof Chrift, is Oyle or Balfamum poured forthandfcattered abroad, whole propertie andqualitie is tofwimmevpon the water. The waterdrawne from the Well giucs agreat deale ofrrouble, and little fatisfa lion; itis a brace kithwaterthat quenches not the thirft: but this foueraigne Fountain affoordeth vs that tweet and comfortable water which quencheth the flames of the fine luftsand affectionsof this life,and allayeth the thirft of our Pines. Ofthat wa- ter of the myfticall Rocke which in thofedayes ofolddid quench the thirft of fixehundred thoufandperlons, Thomas and Lyra aflirme, That it followed the I.cor.co. Campe, and thatGodwould not that any otherwater fhouldgiuc themreliefe, butthewater ofthe Rocke ; whichwas a figureofourSauior Chrift: This Wa- ter wasChrift. Thiswoman came for water to lacobtWell ,bur this could not quench neither her northy thirft, but another Fountaine that fate vpon the lid or
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