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470 Themaieflieandeffi- carie of Gods Word. Vppn theTuefday-after Ihoefoughtthy Commandements. Salomon,faith, My/erase f eke after wifedeme, ob- ferue rigliteoufnefe, andthe LordwillJhew itvnto thee. Iob. Beheld, tbefeare of the xo¡ea : o. Lordis wifedame,and to turnebacke from euild is vnderflánding, Ofee. Saw to your [duesinrighteoufneff, &c. according to the tranflationof the Seuentie. Saint rebus. Zahn faith,ifyee /hall in my Word, yee(hallknow my will. Efay.To whame(ball Godteach hiswifedense ? Towhomfhallhis Doc7rinebe rotated?Shall it happilybee to theft that areweanedfrgm his milke? To tholethat haue Aloes on theirnipples? or to thofe that when theProphet fhall command them fomething on hispart,ihal' anfwer, Manda, remand:, expetta, re-expetta ; What doth the Preacher meaneto grindvs in this manner,and to repeat fo often vnto vs, Hac,wandat Doming?&c. All thefeplaces proouethat conclulonof the firfl chapter ofWifedome,In male- adornanimam,non introit:itfipientia. Saint 1luguflinefaith, Thatthe twoads Leah and Raebaed, reprefented this order. Firft, fruitfirllLeahwas married re- prefenting the fruit ofgoodworkes ; next, beautiful! Rachael, reprefenting the faireneffe ofwifedome and knowledge. bathe right eruditionofman, the labour ofoperating thofthings that areright are preferred before the willofvnderflanding thole' are true. AndSaint Bernardperfuadinga friend of-histo this truth,fpea- keth thus vnto him, Expertecredecities iliumfequeende, quám legende confrquipo/u, b aliquia'maggie inuenies in/yluis, quam in libres ; Beteeueme who amexperiencedhere- in, that thou (haltfoener come vntohimbyfollowing, thanby reading him ; and fhadt meetwithfametbtng more amid/i theWoods, than thybooker. The fhadie trees and thefolitarie Rockeswill throughly inflruél theein that,whichmany learned tu- tors arenotable toteach thee. Then fayd/imeof themofHierufalem, Is not this bee whom theygee about to kill? Andbehold, hefpeaketh openly,e c..This place expreffcth the Empire, the fecuri- tie,and libertie ofGods word. And this is fpecified in that commiffion which Ierem.sao ; God gaue vnto Ieremie,when he nominated himtobee his Preacher Behold, I hosefit thee ouer the nations,andotter the kingdomes, to pluckvp, and to root out , and to deftroy, andthrow diwne,to build,and toplant. This generallpower was graunted vnto him,with a nonobflante, no mancould put him by it. Notable to this pur- pofe,is that Hiftorieof (.2/efts with Pharaoh; On theone fide,wee are toconfi- der thegreat interefl wherewithhe went vnto the King, about the libertie of the Hebrew people,being fo much inflaued, inthralled, and fo forely taxed be- yond all right and reafon : On the other fide,fomany fcourges, fomany plagues, fo much feare,andfo much death ; andyet notwithflanding hee durfl not caufe him to be apprehended, norto beput todeath, nor had not the powerto touch vpon that thought. Andqueflionlefhe thereafon thereof was, that he acknow- ledgeda fuperior powerprocceding fromGods Word, which cAtofes dideuer csnta.e. and anon repeat vnto him, Hat dicit Dominus, Thus f yth theLord : I haue com- paredthee â my Leta, to the troupes ofhorfès in theChariots ofPharaoh.Rupertusfaith, That all Gods Cauallerieagainfl the power of Pharaoh,wasonelyc,3tofes Rod ; this made that great Bing turne coward ; this flruckea terrour intohim, made his heart to tremble withinhim,andmaugre hisgreatneffe to acknowledgeGod. TheBelouedCayes then to his loue, As thatRodwas Gods Armie, wherewith like aPptters Veffell, hebrake that King and all his Hoff in pieces ; fo thy Ar- I mie,ô my Church, /hall bemy Word, which fhall be as it were another catofis Rod, againfi thofethat (hall withfland ir. Yirgam vigilantemego video, Ifiea wa- king Rod, faith Ieremie : AndGodanfwers thereunto, Beni' vii i, quia egoviQila- bofuper ,verbum meum, Thou haft well[cene,for I willwatch euer myWord. Saint Paul puts it to the queftion, What willyee? ShallIcome ontoyou witha rod,or inloue,and in

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