Spir tuait third neuer fatitfied in this life. thirdSunday intheLent. Ser.z3, this valeof theworld, (hall perceiue it tobe like adefart,full of filthy ítanding pooles of ftinking water,and that all men goe thirfting afterthe farne.And Saint Auften faith, Ipfumdefideriumfttùell anima. For,as a man cannothue without the delire of the foule,tocan henot hue without thirft. Inquietumeftcar noJtrum,da- neeveniamus adte. This our faturity and fulneffeis referuedti J weecomevnto God, who is our Center. Satiabor, cumapparaaerit gloria tua, IJhallbeefätirfied, when thygloriefhallappeare. In the interim,we mull of force hue tormentedwith hunger,and thirft. Secondly,We areto fuppofethat this lining Water,whetheritbee the wily Ghoft, beit Grace, or the WordofGod , orBaptifine, cloth not inth islife quench either that thirft of the bodie,or that ofthefoule. Touching that ofthe bogie, we knowthat manySaintsof God,rauifhedwithforce deepe contempla.. tion, haue forgottenal hungerandthirft,without anytorment or trouble euen to theabhorringofnieate . Nor isit much that theholyGhoft fhòuldworke this effea in man , feeing that the vehement paffions of forrowandofioy, though ina different mannerdodayly caufe the like. For thisour not eating nor drinking occalioned by paffron, doth debilitate our forces , and weakensour ftrength ; but beeing afliftedby the helpeof the holy Spirit , it dothnot onely conferue, but renew our ftrength,andput as it werenew mettle intovs ; as was tobe feene inElias, who with thatwaterandbreadwhich the Angell gaue him, went vp toMount Horeb, &therefatted4o days. Anddiners weakemen haue (holpenbyGrace) indured fuchhunger & thirft,as hathmade the world toRand amafed atit.Butthe holy-Ghoft doth not alwais workethefeeffeas, faue only when it feemethgood vnto him ; nor at all times,nor towardsall perfons,no not to theverie Saints themfeiues ; for thole that haue beene the. greateft Falters, haue come in theend toLtffer hunger and chirft. And ifwe than. treat of the thirftof the foule, it is aplainecafe, that this li. wing water dothnor quench it , but that the holy-Ghoft dothtothe Righteous adde more thirft after the goods ofheauen,and thofecoeleftiall ioyes : Accor- ding, to thatofEccleftafticus, Qui edunt me, adhucefurient; fo that till wee come to fee God, no man(hall fee himfelfe voydofthirft. Thirdly, The thirfting and hungring after thefe earthly goodsand humane bleffings, manyfeeke toquench thefameby filling themfelues full, and not de- nying to their eyes (as Salomonfaith) any thing whatfoeuer theirheart defireth vnderneath theSuñne. But their thirftgrowes (till more and more, and their hunger increafeth, like him that hath eatenfait meats,or drunke brackifhfeawa- ter. All that is in theworld(faithSaint John) is either the lull oftheJkfh, the lull of the eyes,or theprideoflife. ImaginethreeRiuers tothy felfe; one ofdelights, a fecond,of riches,anda thirdofpride and vanitie : this is allthe good that the world affoordeth, And hee that (hail drinke of thewater ofany of thefe three Riuers (hall bemore andmore thir(tie. Andforthis caufe it iscalled Aqua concupifcentia,the water ofconcupifcence ;ahaftingwith defire: andas hee that (hall drinkeand fwallow downethefe his defires cannot chufe but grow more and more thirftie ; fo hee that (hall drinke of thiswater, (hall delire todrinke more : And (asSalomon faith) hee fhall follow thebirds which fliein theaire, The truth whereof is well proouedby that rich man in the Gofpell ; who ha- uing food fufficienr for many yeares,yet did toyleand labour (as ifhehad been ingreat waat)tofill hisbarnes and his Granaries as full as hee couldcram them, makingmoreandmore ftore,as ifhe fhould neuer haue prouifionenough , hee thought all the roomes that he had weret oo little, /will/al/AmmyBarnes and make 4o5 t.1aLx.z.t6. TheRiuers of this world *re three.
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