lionofll the foùrthSonday in Lent. Ser. 27. Son ofall his Woe. to fay, Tothe Sunnedoe I owe my motion and beeing. As likewife intheShell fullofpearle, lying open to the Sunne and the dewofHeauen, with this word or motto, Rote Dimino, thatis, By the helpeandfauour of the Sunne ofRighte- oufneffe; for without thisdiuine dew, there is no verrue in our felues. As allo that of the Oliue amidft the craggiecliffes, without rooting or moyfture , with thiswreathcomming out of it, ACa'lo My happineffeis fromHeauen: Seneca faith,Thathethat acknowledgetha debt bywords, whichhe cannotfatisfie by deeds, bathpaid what heowes : AndCicero rendersthe reafon thereof, It isnot all one (faith hee) tòpay the debt ofabenefit receiued, as that of thoney; for . this is notpaid till themoney be reftored : but heethat dothacknowledge a be- nefit,and confcffetha kindneffe, being not otherwife able to make fatisfaction, hathalreadie maderepayment. Ofthiskindarethe fauoursconfèrrèdby Kings, whichwe canno otherwife requite,thanby otirferuing&magnifyingofthem. And therefore much more thofe that come fromGod, fromwholefree hand we receiue whatfoeuer good we enioy ; nor arewe able to repay it in the fame money, butbyour feruing him,and magnifying hisholy Name According to that ofDauid, Sacrificium laudis,&c. Iwilloffer to thee thefacrfceofthankefgiuing, andwillcallupon the nameof theLord ; andwillpay my vwwes vnte him in theprefcnce of 11 hùPeople ; intheCourtsoftheLordsHoufe,andinthemidi!oftbee,ôlerufalem, will praifetheLord. Ifanymanfhall doe hiswill,he(hallknowof the Dolirine, Cc. Your damnable Will is the occafionofyour miferable blindneffe ; ifyee wouldbut doe the will ofmy Father,you would then know that myDothineis his. Ia humane fpecu- latiue fciences,the Vnderftandinggoes before the Will; but inthat knowledge which the Diuinescall Myfticall, which is thewifedónie ofHeauen theWill is first : And therefore Saint Auguftrne faith, That theknowingof aDoEtrine, is the rewardas it wereofbeleeuing it ; vnderflartding it therewardofFaith, if thou vnderír andeftnot, beléeue. And Flay, Vnleffeyee beleeue, yeeThall not vnderfland. It is thepriuiledge ofthe deepeftmyfteriesof our Faith, tobeleeue them before weknow them: He that torothtruth(faithSaintlohn)commethtó the light.OurSa.. niour Chrift did not fomuchendeaúourto havevs tovnderftand,as tobeleeue. This is thewake ofGod, that yee Meeseonhimwhom he bathfene. In Heauen our happincffe confifts infeeing ; but on earth, inbeleeuing. Taft andfee bowgratioue the Lordu, Earthly food is first feene; afterthe fight, followes the rafte : The womanfaw that thefruitwaspleatnt to theeye; Whereupon fhetooke of the Fruit, anddid eat. Here the fight didprecede thetafte,but inHeauen we first tafte,and afterwards fee ; there the tafleprecedes thefight :and inmy opinion, SaintCbry. folome andSaint Cyril doe not differ much from thisfence, being that they make bonamvoluntatem, drfpofttionem intellellus, the goodneffeofthe Will, tobee the difpofitionto the vnderftanding : butadeprauedWill islikevnto aninfirm eye, which through it's indilpofition dothnot feethe light. Theplaces ofScripture which confirme this Dodrine,arewithout number. Eccleftaflieua faith, More truths will one holy foule fometimes declare, than manyvnholy Do tours and Phylofophers,whichwanderout ofthe way, and weare out their eye-brows in fearch thereof. Intel/tamonus omnibxafacientibue tarn, rnderIlandingina burthen toallthat deeit. Gregorie7 azianZenhathnoted, That the Prophet didnot fay, Pradicantihuaeum,To them thatpreach it ; but Facientibua,To them thatdoe it : Ivn- derfloodthycommandement, and thereforehated the wayof Iniquitie. The fecond part is a caufeof the firft ; becaufe I did abhórrè all thewayes ofwickedneffe, I attained tofo muchknowledge ofchyLaw : t amwifèr than thevlged, becauje R r fhaue 469 rohe,;. lohe, 6. Godaword the trueft wifedome. Pfal.tog.
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