404 Water in Scripture is often times `Ton the Fr da after theSymbole ofHappineffe. P Y Y ler.s.t;. leb. t5. t 6 rfat.za. z. Worldly con. tents not at- tained with out much Boyle. lud, t6. beareth toadiftrcffed foule. + Thou haft not wherewith todraw,and the well U. deepe. Let vs luppofe that the wa- ters,in facredScripture (asbef re hathbecnc fayd ) did lignifie troubles ; And let vs likewife heere deliuer vntoyou, that they all() fìgnifie paflimes andde- lights : And not onely humanebut diuine,fo farre as to become the Symbolism and figne ofhappineffe. That they fignific.humanehappineffe, wemay ground it vponthis reafon,thattheyare inconftant,fugiriue,tranfitory, and flide away as water, Omnes rnorimur, quali aquadilabinmf, fayd thewomanof Tekoah to KingDamid. Wee mullneeds dye,and iveareaa water #ilt on the ground. And this Truthmay be verifiedas well in mens perfons,as their goods. They haue forfaken me thefountaineof liming waters, todiggethempits, euen brokenpits that can holdno water. eibibit,c.(fayth lob) Whichdrinketh iniquitieltkewater. uafaquam fiveraquam refedioni.e edmcauit me, &c. ( faiththe Pfalmift)He maketh meto refi in greenpaf1ures,andleadeth meby the(illwaters. Theyare likewife the f}tmbole or tigne of happtneffe. Firft, Becaufe Water is the Mother of fulneffe and aboundance. For that. land that is without Water , voyceth out famine and hunger ; Sicut terra fine aqua tibi. Secondly, fiecaufe nothing elfe can fatisfie& quenchourthirft,when weare taken with the Calentureof Go)d,ofIewels,andPrecious-tones;and then will the foule crye out for Water. Thirdly,Becaufe nothing in comparifon ofWater can lute fo welwith a thir- ftieappetite. This truthbeeing fuppofed,. the Samaritan womanvtteredonemoft certaine and approued Experience ; And onemolt groffeand foule Ignorance. TheExperience is rhis,Thatthe Water ofhumanecontent, muff be drawne outof fo deepeaWell, andwith that ftrengthof the arme , that not any thing can coltvs more deere inthis life. Dalila placed her content inknowing where Sampfons ftrength lay ; and theScripture fayth, that filedid fweat and toyle,and take no refl., till fliecould come tothebottomeof this Well. , Admortem vfgae laffätaell. It was death vnto her,til (he hadobtained herdelre. Saint tllmbrofe coinparethhumane pleafures and delights to the Serpent, who all his life time goes trailing his bellie vpon theearth, andeateth and licketh vp theduff therof. Boativa comparesthem to the hony inyour Bee-hyues, which although it bee fweete, yet it leaues a painefull tinsRicking invs. Seneca dothcelebrate that fayingofYirgil,who cals them tyifalamenu: gaudia . The waterthat came vp toTantalua his chinneandglided awaybyhim,fignifieth asmuch. And to take fucha deale of paines in the purfute of thefetranitorie pleafures and delights, as itbetraies our Ignorance ; fo it makes vs tothinke that the fweet tat of this liningwater,is tyde tothe rope and bucket. Whofoeuer drinkethof this rower 'hallthirft again. But whofoeuer drinkethof the water that lfballgheehim, mall neuer be moreathirfi, OurSauiour herePets downe the aduantages,which the lining water bathofthedcad;The cheifeft wherof is, That he that (ball drinkof the waterofthis Wel,fhal foone afterbeathirft again. For, vlunquehaze trogeeca,no ei ientagazes, Thoughhe make a trucefor atime, yet doth he not concludea frnallpeace. Saint Aiello; vnderftands this difference touching the thirft of the body ; but diuerfeotherDoors, of the the thirtof the foule. But the Plainefand the furefi is, that ifimbracethboth,and to cleere this opini- I on , Let vs firt of all fuppofe, that (layingafide thethitof the body)all do ge- nerallyPuffer the fame in the foule. And he that from theclouds fhouldbehold °j this
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