4.00 Ifgoodwühesweregoodworker,none Vpon the Fryday after wouldbe faucet fooncr than thewicked. Chrilkrespett: not our knew ledge, butour Faith. The leaning ofrnacalure raarke ofour Predelt nation returne againe to Ierufalem theirbelouedCountrey. Forin orange land they couldnot play vpon their Harps,nor fingthe SongsofSyon ,9áomode cantabi- muacanticum Domini, &c. Saint Chryfollome fayth, Thatthis womangauewonderful) great tokensofher Predeftination. Firft,inthofe fcruples that the made. Secondly,in the defire and willingneffe that thee hadtobefaued . Scio quia 1..31 Oa cent. But Hell is full of good deliires. Gilbert:a theAbbot fayth, That itis an ordinarie thing with finners to fay,O,how I dodefire tohuea god- lyand aholy life ; andyet complying withall thofe other delres of the bodie, theyneuercomplie with thole of the foule. Saint LAW, fe treating ,ofthe gooddefires which the Prodigall hadwhenhe kept hoggs, to forgoe that bate kindof life (Surgamds. iboadpatrernmum) faith, It little importeth to fay,I wil goe,vnlcffe I put the fame in execution. Otherwifc, thefe weake purpofes of oursare rather deceits,wherewith the Deuill goes entertaining & deluding vs. And as it isa follie toputany hope or confidence in weake influences,whichne- uer takeeffeEt; fo thofeour idleand dangerous determinations, which poffdfe andhinder the will, andftill crieCr ts, Craa, arebut the cords that drawvsalong unto death. Confiderwith thy felfe thegreat goodwhich thedefire of Hea- uenworketh on the Iuft,and thatlittle good which it worketh on thee,and thou fhalt then plainly perceiue, that it dodi thee more hurt thangood. Again , Though this Samaritahe difcouered a great deale of ignorance in herdifcourfewith our Sauiour yer. Chrift offeringherthe waterofLife,fhee faid,Sir,thouhaft nothingtodrawwith,ardthe Well is deepe. And thiswasnot much to meruaile atin fo meane and Hiea fouleas Theewas : Nicodcmaewas aDottor ofLaw,and yet betraidhisgreat igno ranee ; Art thou aMailer inIfraell,& knoweft not thefe things ? Itwas fufficient, that he chewedhis care inmatterof' Faith.our Fathers didworfhip in thinMauntosne ; It was fufficient,that he difcoueredhis af- feetiontothofethingsthatconcernedhisfoule. Sir,giue meof that water, that Imay not third,nor come hither todraw. Our Sauiour hauing vfed this Woman thus kindly, and continued fo long inconuerfation with her,his Difciplesat )aft commingvnto him, thinking it now time to hie her home, leaning her Water- pots behindher, themade all thehaft that fire couldto the Citie, magnifying theperfonofour SauiourChrift, andabhorring herformer lewd life, Thee tur- nedouera new leafe, andmade publique profelliontoall that themet with, for what endthey were borne. Your Diamond will thine euen inaDunghill, and your Mariners Needle inthe darkeftnights wileuer looke towardsthe North. Doenot alledgePeservnto mee, laying, Lord, whitherfhawegae ? thou haft the wordsofeternallife : nor his confelfing ofChrift to be the Sonneof the lining God ; but when he was charged with thedeniall of his Sauiour , withmaledi- &ions andexecrations, then did he thew what he was. Lux intendril lucet,&g te- nors eons noncomprehiderunt;Thole thatare predeftinated,are Iluef/iedes del [itio, Vices Guefts,and oftentimes entertainers of finne. But as theChildren of If- raellbeing Captiues inBabylon, did vpon euerie light occafion difcouer the louewhichthey bareto Ierufalem, [Si nonpropofaerolerufaleminprincipto letitix me.e,&c.] fothiswoman did prefently difcouerthe embers that lay hid in her breft. If thouknetsrefi thegift ofGod, andwho iiisthat r'th vnto thee,év. Heere be- gins this womansCatechifine; Chrift dealingwith her as Schoolemafters do with little'ehildetenwhen they teach them firftto read ; or asRiders with yong Colts,
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