428 Mens bodies cannot rub. Eft without refreshment On the fourth LMl(.7 t. Reft is to be counted pains when we take it but to ena- ble vs for fur- ther pains. Pfal.;g. any fit place for togiue them entertainement,andtomake them to fit downe and. eat.And our Sauior well witting t! at thefe his followerswere faint andwearie,, hewas willing to giue thema littleeafe & reft. The foule is a ftrong andable Spirit,immortall,incorruptible,vnweariable,likeSalto that oftheAngelis but thebodie is weake, feeble, andmortall : It had need in themidst of it's !Lou' to reft it felfe,that it may returneafreshthereunto.Mens bodies beeing likevnto yronrooles, whichbeing dull'd withworking mull be groundanew, that they may haueanedge set vpon them, and "performe their worke the better. In the Statuaof2Cebuchadnezzar,the Gold,theSiluer,and theBraffewereIdling met-. talls ; but the Claywas not fo : Andthough the ftone had notbroken it,by lit- tleand little it wouldhaue mould redawayof it felfe. Sambucus made an Em- bleme of this fubied. Thebowcannot alwayesftand benr;rtorthe treble firing of aViall ffand still (trainedto it'shighth : Birds cannot alwayesflye nor f fhes fwimme , beaflscannot continually labour , nor the eyes watch , nor the fiete walke , nor the earth , nor the plants thereof1hll affoord vs fruit. Ina word, 9updcaret alternartquie,durabilenon eft. t..4r f otlefaith inhis Problemes,That hethat walketh vpona plaineeuenground is weariedmore through that vnifor- mitie of motion,than ifhewent vp hill and downehill,which dothgiueagrea- ter eafeunto the ioynts andmufcles, &c. In likemanner , vniformitie of life is commonly wearifomeand tediousvnto vs, and there is no life which is wholly moulded after onefafhion,thar is held happy,vnleffe itinioy fomevariety.Euen tholeexercifes which are moll fauorie unto vs, are C ifwee doe nothing elfe molt wearifoinevntovs. Eating,fleeping hunting,and gaming, ifwee continue them long, howvnfauorie, and howvnpfeafino are theyvntovs < And the rea- fon of it is, that our naturewill byno meanes fusser and indure any continued exercife, whether it be weightie,or light,but holds it ameere tyrannie, andex- treame crueltie. Termitecloth complain for that inBabylon they did not al- low the CaptiueIfraelites any timeof rest Our neckes are vnder perfecution, weare wearieand haue no refl. SaintLuke faith, oportetfimper orare; Saint Paul, Sineintermission orate. Theone bidsvs topray continually ; The otherwithout ceasing orintermiffion. But that word Semper, doth not implie a continuation oftime, but a complyingof our obligation, and the full performance ofour dutiein that kind. OurSauiour Chrift therefore,feeinghis Difciplcs werewea- rie,and being fencibleofhis owne wearinesfe,when he fate downe to refthim- felfeby the WellofSichar,hewas defirous that theyshould take theircafe, and faidvnto them,Come refiyet a while. Let noman thinke it strange, that hee that vndergoes fopainefull an office as preaching, shouldvnbend the bow,andrest himfelfe awhile ; who onely refis himfelfe themore that hemay take the morepaines. Whence it is tobe noted, that God is fo franke and fo liberal! that the Reft that is taken tothis end,God puts it to the fame account as his paines-taking and rewards it as anyother the bell feruicethat he doth him. So dothSaint Baftlexpound thatverfeofDaniel, I willalwayesgiue thankes vino the Lord, his praife (hall beeWormy mouthcontinually. NowDauids thankes giuing, and praifing ofthe Lord,was not continual! ; For, he had his houres of fleepirg,ofeating, ofconuerfingwith his friends and fer- uants,and otherhis houres ofrecreation; but because thofe houres of taking this his cafeand reft,were direéted to the betterinabling him to ferue God,God accounts of them as iftheyhad been continuallyimployed in his feruice. True iris, that thofehouresofour rest andrecreations, ought tobee few,and (hort, aRegwiefcitepxfillum, Reftawhile. Afhortcome off. -Let thofe that weild the world,
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