God theonely keeper ofxorpitalitie. Sondayin Lent. Ser.2s. 443 them. And Saint ïohn faith, ThattheDifciples prefumed this of tudat, when our Saviourfaidvnto him ; odfacis,faccitò. Many Rieke not to fay ; I fhall dye ere long, andthen! willglue all vntoGod. Whatanill account do thefe men make(faithSaint Cirilll) All Clergie men haueto their heires thofethat are their enemies, who euerymoment defire their death. And becaufe their ene- mie (hall nor haue it, they fay ; Let vs giue it vntoChrift. Nihilinuenerunt viri diuitiaraminmanibus fuis,Therichfoundnothing in their hands. Saintcïduguffine giues thereafon, caianibilpofäeruntin mangles Chr i Becaufe they depoftedno thine in f. 7heydelalleate,andwerefatisfFed. Eufebius Ernifenus faith , That there was a very fauorie contentionbetween flue loaues and flue thoufand men, befides women and children ; And that euery onedid relolue to makeanend of their peece ofloafeand theirfifh,as well for to fatisfie theirhunger as forthat it was fo fàuourie!to theta(te. And in that bread which they thought would haue beene but two bitsa man, they had thirty, and- the fameimperceptibly and in- fenfbly increafing , thofe fine loaues were too hard for thofe flue thoufand perlons and their hunger. OurSauiour Chrift was herein defirous principally to prooue, That in his houfe, there areall forts ofdaintiesand fulneffe. Theworld feekes to difgrace Godshofpitalitie, andgood houfe-keeping ; alledging,thattobehis friend, and to dye ofhunger , is all one : And, that God is good for heauen , but not for earth : Becaufehe lothintcrdit theirpleafuresand delights. This vniu(t cen- fare of theirs,is repeatedbymanyofthe Prophets inthe name ofthe cafe-aways . ofthisworld. As c*talachyfor one ; It isin vaine toferue God, andwhat profit is thereinkeeping his commandements e This is the fcoffing and flouting of' fooles,atthofewho fettle God.Saturatiformspanibws (faith1er.) & ben? nobiseras, t malumnonvfdimus. The Hebrew hath it ; EramusBoni, id ell,fælices. The. Prophet doth reprehendhis people , That through their Idolatries they were, come tothofemiferiesoftheircaptiuitie, and that ifthey.dïdnotlabour to a- mend, hewould laib themwithTharperwhips. Anduhis flabborn eople.re-' plyeth ; Nayrather,fince wehaue forfaken God the world goes well with vs ; f,r weBate and drinke, we are merry, found and lofty, andhappier thanbefore. ' Barfineme left offacriftcing to the c Moone,our lifebath beeneacontinual/mifiry, and aperpetual!poutrty. Peccasti ;quidmihi acrid,:triflea Secondly, Godwas willing todoethis for his owne honours fake, and for the goodof thofewhom the world had deliuered vp into his hands hungrié; furbared,and tick. All thefe he heales, all therehe fils, and all thefébee corn- f res, totheend that it may remainas a regiftred andnotorious truth,That God is a good God, both in heauen and on earth. When Goddid defcend from the Mount to-giuethe Law, Exodusfaith, The children of Ifrael law God, and did Bare and drinke : fo that their Peeingof God did not put them befide their eating and their drinking. And our SauiourChrift laid, That which enters inat the mouth,defilesnot a man,And byEfay, c wyfiraantsfhafl Bate anddrinke, andbé merry, andyeJhaflperi(h. Abbot Gilbertas faith, That theProdigal! forfakinghis fàthershoufr,.entredinto ftriáerkindoforder, where hehad fattingehough, whereasiril-dsfathcrshoule, the veryhindes, and meaneft of hisferuantshad theirbellies:full ofineate. Theworid.isa Cofinerand a Cheater, itpromifethmountains ofgold, but rertormesh:moleh'illsof nifes. Her prouifion is on theone-part very-bad, and on theonher'verypooreandmiferable.She will giueyoubread,butit alai be bread tok.t;. The worlds entertainmen meane and rncerraine.
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