moouesadminition th foeuer eommeth. i e fourth Sunday nLent. Ser.Z7. where f is isaFoole, makes little reckoningofthofe thatare wife.Fooleshate knowledge. Homer Hiles wife Apollo,agodmultarum manuum,ofmanyhands, becaufehe hath ahandin euerie thing ; ahandfor to lighten theblind vnderftanding, ahand for toguide the foule in the wayofvertue; a hand for to -gouerne the Common- wealth,and toappeafethe tumults and rebellions riling therein ; a hand to con- ferve the fame inpeace. In aword, as Apollo, who is theSunne, byexpatiating and fprcading abroad his beames throughdiuers parts bothof fea & land,giues abeeinganda lifeto all thiigs ; tomettalls inthe veinesofthe earth, to pearles in the fhelsof the fea,to trees,plants,birds, beafts,men,&c. fo awifeman is Vi- tageneralia reipubliee,Thegeneralllife andlivelihoodofa Commonwealth. Them fli ru calls himDeum, aGod. Horace, Rex Regem, a KingofKings, &c. And if any man (hall faywith Saintrael, Scientia inflat,That Knowledgeand W f dome!teeth vp, andafoords matter untomanofprideand arrogancie ; Clemens Alexandrimu an- fwers thereunto, That theword Inflat doth likewife inforce,that it dothbreath and infpire into vsnobleand generous thoughts. Fil#sfuis vitam infjiraa, faith Ecclefiaflicus : The GreekeTextrenders it,Exaltat, Euebit. Wieedome exalreth herchildren, it giuesthema newkind of Beeing, new hearts , new refolutions, to vndergoe glorious enterprifes : In a word , ilium diligit diligit vi- tam, He that loues her, loutshu lfe. So that ifit beanoccafion ofarrogancie, it is not fo init felfe,but byaccident, when itlights onan infolentbreft, which con- uerts good intoeuill. Your Kings and Princes haue in all ages honoured wife men with great titles &preferments; andnot only yourwife &prudent Princes, but thofe ofmeanerpartsandabilities, and euenyourworferfort of Kings.Dio- nifius the Tyrant fent to Plato (that hemight come tofeehim ) oneofhis faireft Gallies, with floreofdaintie prouifion,andwell accompanied ; and at the Ha- uen where he wasto land, hadprovidedaCoachwith foure horfes tobe readie to receiuehim, that he mightcome in the greaterpompeto his Pallace : andall this honour he waswilling to doehim, forthat he was a wife man. And iffiich menashe fhould caufefuchadmiration intheworld, What admiration muff he raife in mens minds, inwhomall thetreafuresofGodswifedomewere depofi- ted e Whencewe may confider, thatifa fewdropsof that foueraigne fountaine didstrikethe People into fuchadmiration ; when inHeauen we (hall fee the ful- neffe of that riuer, or ratherimmenfitie ofthat great fea,What admirationmutt it needs mooue a Yet notwithstanding Saint Augustinefaith, cAtirabanturomnes, fednon omnescenuertebantur,Theywere wonder-Ilrucken,but notfÿiritPrucken ;many did admire, but fewwereconuerted. The like fucceffe forthe moft part haue he Sermons ofyourfamous Preachers : Ezechiel reported], Thatit fell out fo with himfelfe ; That morning(faithhe) that he was topreach,thecitifenswould call ro one another Paying, Let vs goeandheare the Prophet,let vsfeewhat new thingwill now come from him : they enter in thronging, fitthemdowne, beare themfeluesverigrauely, andhearkendiligentlytomywords, butare farre of fromputtingthem inexecution,being onely vnto them likea fmoothverse , or amulcallSong,with a fweet andpleatingeire; nor was thereany, ofthat harfh care, whowilnot one while commend the voice, anotherwhile the tone ; this man, the dittie ; that, it'sayre ; but goe not a step further, lettingvp their reft there. MufickeNilesalongby thedooreatmid-night, it wakens thee, thou ri- feft outofthybed, thougetteft tothe window, thou heareft it, thoutakeft de- light init ; but whenit is gone our ofthyhearing, thou returneft backeagaine to bed., layeft thee downe, and fall'ftagaine afleepe, as ifthouhadit heard no fùchthingatall. Lettaniaculasmeos (faithZachary) Iturnedrtte, andliftedvpmine eyes, 463 P;eu.r. zachar,s.
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