Themoft fault;e,arevfyatr,, the third Sonday in Lent. Ser.23. 399 the apteft to.14"rouea,fádtt.' facie,f4ccititse,That thou daef doquickly. The likeend hehad in theinftitutionof ills bieffed Sacrament ; the ueliueriewas protnifed, : but before Iudas.deliuered him sp,bedeliueredvphimfèlfè;PraflabilisJaper maliti (faithIod) not onely becaufe Gods mercie ouercomes Mans inalice,41 utibeeaufe it preuents it. How comes it, thatthou being a Jew requireft drinke ofuse? When this Santat`i tane womandid petitionour SaviourChriftf laying,'Str;giaemeofthat rpater ; he might haue madeherthis anfwer, HOW 15 it that thoubeei,:g asamariiatte, _ rkef?' drinkof me ? But fbewas awoman,and weake,and therefore Me fpakeasfile did; but our Sauiour wouldnot touch vpon that faring. For', totake too muchliber tie to our felues iî our owncpror cafes and tovfe hypocrifies and ncfTe in thofeof other men,is the condition ofnaughtie and ill natured people. Saint Chryfoßame fayth, That when any fcrupledid ',arilc,ouï Sauiour tooke:vpon him toexcufelc, Chriftum caucre oportebat, ItcorteernedGhrifttòóaake about him, How- foeuer it did this Samaritanwoman. t.íl6falonbeeingMtpin tebellionagainft his father, When Hufhai the Archite,Dáuids friend,was comevnro him, and fayd vn- toAbfalon,Godfauethe King,God fäuethe-King:Thenribfalonfaid vntoHufhai, , ttegas.ey.,R. Is this thy kindnejfeto thyfriend?Hemade no fcruple to takehis fathers Kingdome from him, and his lite ; butcould find fault withHufhai forfòrfakinghisfiiend Dauid.Su blind are men in Peeingtheir own faults, &foapt to condemnothers of that crimewhereof themfelues are moftguiltie. Yet notwithftanding, this womanwas not quitedifheartned herewith , fire was not dleane dafht outof countenance ; Thee had her boughs renrand tonne, likevntoDaniels tree, yet at the root fheebtad forte greeneneff and fapperemai- , ring. Saint Iohn fayd to theBifhop ofPhiladelphia, I know thy worker,far gat T r« ;? it haft a littleflrength, and haft kept myword,andhaft not denied. my name. But a little be never fo ftrength , yet this little ftretigth, this little vertue, may make the tree rowaxe irate greene. greeneagaine. Thole trees thathaue no fhewof verdure,no frgne ofgreenenes, 4pse. 3 .8' arecommonly condemned tothe fire. Thou.fùffereft thy felfe to bee fubdued by the world,the.flefh,and the Deuill ; thou forgerteft,ifnotforfakeft thyGod, thou runneftonin-thy finnes:, and makeft .no reckoningofthem ; yet thereare forcepawnsant/pledges of Heauensloue, whereonthou mayeftground thy hopes, andbetakethy felfe one dayas _ferioufly.to Gods feruice, as thou haft earn(}ly followed thyneownefoolifhpleafures. Ezechiellcharginghis-people 'uern,ts in themetaph oreof a little pretie youngmaidenchild, whomGod hadprote- aedfrom her cradle, reckoneth vp one after another themany courtefies and kindnefles thathedid her, the rich appareiland iewels that hee beftowed vpon her,andall to this end,that when fhe fhould forfakehis houleand run away fi'orri hitn,fhe might carrywith her force memorialsofhisloue ; fot Gods fauors ne- uer areforgotten,andareneuer vnwelcome, come theyneuerfo late. Take corn= paflion,ôLord, vponmen when I cry vnto thee , Forthouart my father and the tern x:3 guideofmy youth. And Godwill then reply unto thee, Bee thou frill ofthis mind, and feethou forgetnot to confider with thyfelfe that lam thy fatherand thy:firft:loue, to whomthou didft makethe.firft tender of thy goodwillandaf- feetion ; and let this be aMotive vnto thee iomake thee toleaue thy vile cour- fes,and to repent thy felfeof the wrongs thou haft done mee, and tobewaile thymany flidings from me, that I may runwith openarmes toreceiúethee and huggethee in thebofome ofmy loue. It was anefpeciall prouidenceofGod, thatthe Babilonians burning anddeftroyingall the jewels& fpoiles'of the ehil- drenofIfraell,they (rifted themto carry alongwith them to Babilon their in- ftrumentsofMufrcke,whichwas,toput them in hopethat they fhould oneday L 1 a returne
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