God will haue therelieuing ofour the fourthSunday inLenti Ster.z8. nriferiecommitted te memorie. lerufalemsfake!milnot refs,vntill the righteomfnefe thereafgoeforth Al brightneiJ, andthefaluation thereof& a lampethat burneth. But they were vnthanketül for this light, that curieof lob lighting vpon them, Let themleokefor light, buthavenone, neitherlet themfee thedawningof theday. They were fo blind , that, this blind man taught them the light andtold themwhowastheMeffras whom they fo long expeéted. rds Ieft/Qpaging6y, &c. This bufineffefeemeth tobea thing doneas it wére by chance ; but tnere is notany thing that God doth commit moretomemory, than therelieving of our miferies. TheBufhwherein God appearedvnto Mo- s, which did burne, andyet was not burned, did reprefent the Bubble which his peopledidgather tobake theirbricke,and thofe firie tribulations which did burne, but not confume them. And if any man (hall aske nie , Howthis Bufh could be (infire and not be burnt I anfwer, That God hadfuch prefent vie of the fire, that it feemed toouerflip the bufh. TheProphet Abacucke wentto Car- rie food to the fheepheardsthat were inthe field,but theangel taking himvpby the haire of the head,carriedhim away into Chaldea, & landed him in the Ly- ons Denin Babylon;for Daniell hunger required that haft,thatthe reapers inthe fieldwere forgotten ; whichwas an extraordinatiecare and efpeciall prouidence of God . But Why doth the Euangeliftfay, Frateriens, pal lingby as itwere by chance And Ezechielvnder the fintilitude ofan Infant,deliueringvntovs,That as foone as fhe was borne, the was caft out intotheopen field, to the loathing of her perfon in thatday (he was borne ; When Ipaged by thee , ifw theepoatited in thyme ewneblond. Hereunto I anfwer,That God dothdiffemble his care,becaufe thou being not ableto pay the principali, norany defireto fatisfiethishis great careand loue towardsthee, hewould draw thee (ifit were poffible ) to the ac- knowledgement ofthat debt which isdue vnto him : for ,it is a common ep- itome amongft men, not to make requitall ofthat care and loue which bath bin (hewnvntothem.AGoldfmith makes acupfor you,youpay him for the weight of his plate according to it's ounces,and for the fafhionaccording to it'sworke- man(hip ; but you doe not payhim for his loue vnto you, forLoue is fo noblea thing, that it cannot be repayd butwith Loue. And ifmans loue cannot be re- payd, much leffe Gods : but if it dafheththee out ofcountenance, to feewhat a dealeofloueGod expreffes towards thee,&that he makes thee the markwher- at he aimes al his care; yet at leaft !hew thy felfe fo thankful as to fatisfiehim for thyworkemanfhip, as thou wouldeft the Goldfmith for the fafhioning of a peece ofplate, whither he had bychance, or purpofelymade it for thee. God demandedof lob,Wheremall, than when t laidthefoundationsof theearth? As if he fbould hauelaid, Becaufe thoucame¬ theninto the world, thou rnaifthap- ly thinke thatI made this fo faire a fabrick eitherby chance,or formy ownplea- fure, [Wens inorbeterrarium] and not purpofely forthee; but I would haue thee to know, that I made this foprincely apallace for thee,furnifhing itwith all things fitting forthee, and that if I had not foreknowne that thou fhouldftenioy _the fame, !,wouldnot haue made it. But ifthou not repay meefor my care and my loue, that I made thee fortheendof this fo great aworke ; yetthanke- f lly accept of the worke it felfe, becaufe thou art hee that receiueft benefit thereby. OurSavioras hepairedthusalong, was verie angrie,andmuch offended ; but hehad no foonermeivith this blind man,but hisanger was alayed, and grew more calme andmilde.4' InCaìphisCourt, a fea of iniuries &affrontscarne tum- bling invpon him ;and euen then inthis great inundation that brake thus vio- lently 475 rob,; 9. E ecb.tG. Lonecannot be repaied but with loue. ehrift tuenin hit ftifferings ruindfull of our folate:
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