440 The Miracle iliufhated On the fourth by Cjcumaances. TheChurch .rhr Aikia wcíloracnri Auwe. a.Chronsa. Wantoforder hr,ngs in all cof rion pat:aliry in authingsto be auoided another ; What Miracle is this that God hashwrought amongft vs c lofepb was themanthat didit, but theycould not beleeuethat fuchan extraorditarykind- neffecould come from man, but fromGod. Men, when they filltheirfackes with corne,they emptytheir purfes; But to fill the fackeandthe pu ètoo,that is onlyproper vnto God. Thethirdcircumftance, is the order therein obferued : Per eluinqua,gen9s, 6. ceutenór. Theyfate dolour by rows (faithS. Marke)by hundredsandlyßfuu. Where as inyour great feat'snJwadayes, all is diforder and confùfion. Homer faith, Thatwhe the giie(sbe many nothing canbe anomie, for commonly all is noyfeanddiforder for want ofgoodgouernment. Plutarch reporteth, that the Emperour Paulus.Emtliuswas wont to fay, That no leffe prudence was requi- red forthe well ordering ofa feaft, where there are (lore ofguefts , than for to marfhalla great Armie. The Holy Ghoft Riles the Church a well ordered g y , Annie. Theone in regardofit'sbeauty ; forwhichit deferueth tobe beloued. The other fórit'sorder ; for which it ought tobe efteemed. In this featt the.e was good order taken fortheir fittingdowne,asalfo for the equalitie indiftributionoftheir fare. Andwhere thisdecorum is kept, a little will fufficemany, andwhere it is nor, much will not fuffice a few. Thofe how fes wherethis orderis obferued, liue alwayes in plenty ; wherethat islacking, there is pouerry andwant. Dauidwas apoore King ; Inpaxpertatemet (faithhe ofhimfelfe) Accordingto anypone, tie, Ihaue laid vp fuch and fuch talents for the buildingofaTemple tothe Lord : But becaufe Didwasagood husband,and hued in an orderly fafhion, neuer any Kingbeftowed fo manyand fo rich re- wards vponhisSubjeós as 'nedid, nor was atgreater chargewhen oecalion re- quiredit, Forthen1aterialsofthe Temple he had disburfed a hundred thou- fand Talentsofgold, anda million ofTalentsof filuer. He made fhiclds of gold, hehadgathered together agreat mafieofyron, and other mettalls,befrdes a worldofwool; andyetwhen hedied, left the patrimonie royall difimpaw- ned, hauingin his Treafurie three thoufand Talentsofgold, and feucn thoufand offiluer, which beingreduced toour moneyes,would hardly come to be fum- med. Salomon was fo rich aPrince, that all thegarnifhand feruice ofhis Pallace, andotherhis houfesofpleafure, were of the fineft andpureft gold. And filuer, theScripture faith, was inno priceoreftimation inhis time, being as common as the(tones inthe ftreetes. And yet, hehavingnowares, nor anyforcibleoc- c -fions ofother extraordinaryexpences, layd taxe vpon taxer and tribute vpon trib.ite vponhis fubieEts,anddying inthe end very poore, he leftthe reuenewes ofhisCrownefodeepelyindebted, that his fonne Reboboam was inforced to impofe new tributesand taxations, bywhichhe came to look ten parts ofhis Kingdome. TheholyProphet /erem,noted this diforder in Eliakim King of ludo, the tonne ofloftas, Thou alleadgeft ;(faithhoe) that the Maieflie Royall doth fafferwant and necef1tie; and that forthis caufe, thou oppreffeft the poore, the fatherleffe,and the widow. Thyfather, was rot he King as well as thou .' Did not hemaintain the(laré and greatnefleof a King, Did he nor af- foordmany fauours for thecafeofhisfubieEts e yetwe doe not heareany com- plaintofhis grinding ofthe facesofthe poore, norofhiswringing and racking of hisvaffalls. The fourthcircumftance,isthe equalitieand fidelitie ofhis Mínifters,foral- though theywere but poore, yet did theynot regardtheir private intereft. For althoughmany ofthegueftes wereknownvnto them,andthat theyhadbeen Par-
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