P/a1.6f. Aói.r4.ry. DiftruttofGods prouidenct -o the fourtfourth rheocca$arnfmuchcuiN. r Vp.n mercy andpirty towardsthee,and(halt thoudefpaireinthefe lefferthings ofthe infinite prouidenceofGood t It ist great fhamefor thee fo todoe , and filch a ft wienes,as none inaChriftiancanbemore. 'Hence is it thatthouhaft recourfeto mill tneanes,forto free thee from hurt- ger, But thisis a.ftrange kind ofignorance inthee Firlt,becaufethediuell hathnot the power to do theegoodinthis kind. Pha- raohs inchanters did adde plagues toplagues ; flyes to flyes ; frogs to frogs; fer. penstoferpents; blond vntoblood;but take them away theycould not.All the diuells:in hell cannot flacke that hunger which God fenderh. Secondly becaufeGod bath referued this care tohimfelfe, Thoupreparefi themcome,fòrföthouappointeff it. TheRelieves bath it, Becaufe itis thypreparatí- on,andthouprouidef itfor vs. Thou & Lorddoeft furnifh vswith foode,becaufe itappertainethto theofficeofthyprouidenice: Nerterthdli hee left nothimfilfe withoutwitneffe, inthat hedidgood, andgaue vs rainefrom hearten, and fia- f ns,Jtllingourheárts withfootle andgladnef. So that theEuangelift Saint Luke faith, f hat.albeitt`-:theCreator ofheaucn and earth, did not fuller himfelfè robe feene:by humaneeye,s, yet he left teftimoniesbchindhim, whereby theymight know him; as byhis preferuationoftheworld, his cheering ofmans heart with foodkidgládneffe : andfor this caufe heecommands, That wee fliouldbegOur daylybreadof him. And ashe-onely cangiuevstheSpiritual and Sacramental bread, fo he onely rangirle vsthàtmateriall bread that muff fufrain-our bodies, as that otherdoth our follies. Thereùa little boyhere,nbìch hathftaedarley loaues, and two Pei , But what are they.4mong f many ? . Whelherthis wore alloy belonging to the Apoftolicáll Col age (asit lciemethto:Ekabimiúe) àrfomeboyofotteofthe Towns there- abciutt;as Chryfflomeandrhptdoret would inferre, I will not ftand todifputeit : but it feemeth fomewlsatgt ange vnto me, That therewas not anyone man in all this ApoftolicalColledge,whichdid not reek to"rid theirhandsofthis peo- ple, or defpaireof their being abletogive thementertainment. Some faid,Di- mitteeos Sendthemaway,difrmifferhem,w itfhóirldtheydoehere?SaintPhilip he comes in withDucentorumrdenariorum,Two hundrea'penniworthefbreadwdnet feruetheturne. Saint_4ndrewik,rid intertántas,What'sapoundofbutteramongft a lrennell of.hounds : What's thisamongff fo many r Onely our SauiourChrift vfeth themwith agreat dealeof courtefieand ciuilitie, heonely fauours them, andis willing rabidth'entAvèkoilie. Saint vlmbrof faith, That ifrhey had bin fifri&tlìooufand, as theyweAd$ar iue thcrufand, they should all of them haue gone awayfatisfied andwell otbtttented lob faith, iftreflrainedthe Pooreoftheir defire,&c. ThemultitudeofthePooredid neuercaufeleare in tne,nsbeing wel affured, that God huhenough ittftorefir them. Now if man beam fo braut a mind, becaafehe is. made after the image of God ; What a noblemind mull thcrebe inGod r Inacoutorsmañs houfe there is too much pet-Mk 'for the poore, buttoomuchexceffe forvnnitie. When 2(ithat denied bread '06 Dáteid .andrhisf rldietsr, * Scriptitte fäiith , That hee hadprouided a feat}foraKing. And t$RiehbltittoftbntlaèGof}iellhauitghistableplentifullyfurnifhed,de- hiedvhe erutnnvein peove La. arua,that fell fromhis Table. There are three thingsihichmy cA ilehateth ;'whereofoneof them is,t Arichmana lier. Saint vfugrifline bythibxmahtnan,a líér, vnder4tandeth the vnmercifull man, who thou lSheaboundlt: avealth,fliUiarafwelttlihPoore,Nea-,Ihauenotforyvu;but themeréifiall mihdéáitnan hill faith, Para todos ay, Ihasteforyouall ; but the co- uetoditmin, edyt. knaike,lhaat<fik(nor4 you. _ _ . _. .. Here
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