+7g Godbath alwa, "'°e,vpon . Vpon the ZVednefdáyafter thé tribulations ofhit children. Gena1. Prar.t4a. 4.108.19- Sin thepaar onofall euill. that he would giue her water,& fu&4lenly aWellwas difcóuered vnto her, &c. Here were twofauours doneher alreadie ; Firft, His hearing her. Secondly; His granting her herrequeft. But Goddid not (top here, !ngcntemmagnamfaci- am eum,1willmakehim agreat Nation. Secondly, Becaufe mans wants and neceffitiesbeing lookedonby the eye of Gods loueandpittie,hisgoodnes neuerleaues himtill hisremedie bewrought. Andtherfore it is faidby the Pfalmift,:pouredout my complaint beforehim,!fbew- ed 6efare himmy tremble : fo thatwhen I prefent mygriefes & tribulations before him,if heonce but lookevpon them,I amfirehe wil helpme. Thiskind ofcun- ningMartha, &Maryvfedwith him,Behold,he uFickwhom thou fouefl.Ezéchiasope- ning Zenacharibtletter inthe Temple,fraught with fuch a:deale ofpride &arro- gancie,exercifed the fame trick,Lordopen thyneeyes andfee,- bowdowse thyne care, andhearethewordsof Zenacharib,&c. Andas ourfinnes doe crie vnto God for vengeance,fo our miferiesdoecrievnto him formercie .Godplagued thePrin- ces ofthePhiliftines with thatfoule and grieuous difeafè of theEmmerods; but vpontheirprefenting the Images ofthem before the Arke, he freed themof that euill. 7houknoweff myfhame andmy reprocb,e7c. And ifmy prayers doenot fometimes pierce Heauen,it is becau(è myperfecutions and afllietionshaue af- cended thither,andnotified my miferie : and when man is afhamed to fpeake, yet that will fpeake forhim. Whodidfnne, this man, or hisparents ? Saint Cyrilfaith ; That the Difciples hauìug whifpered amongft themfeluestouching this mans misfortune,theyaskt our Sauiour, ,.uupeceauit ? +c. Wherein theywent wifely to works, in attri- butingpunifhment inthe generall,tó finne ; for by attributing themmany times tonaturallcaufes, as to theSunne, aire, water, and other diftemperatures , the fruitof Gods chaftifements is loft. Petrsee Cryfologms treating ofthofe tearer which our Sauiour fhedat Lazarus death, faith,That he did not bewaile hisbu- rial',for heknew how happie hewas inking out of theworld ; but the ocra- fion. He thoughtvpon cddamapple,that hadBeene thecaufe offomuchhurt, and thiswas it that made him towçepe. And this his weeping was, as ifhee fhould hauelaid, What adeale of' forrow haththis onea& ofdifobedience in him, brought vpon all mankind,anduonfequentlyvponme,who muff beate the burthen of his and their offence ? O Sinne,How deerewill it soft bothMan and me? In aword, There is notanyonething fooften repeated inScripture, as, That Sinisthecaufeofourmiferies, Dehumo non egrediturdolor. And inthis re- fpeet, verie iuftand lawfull was thistheir demand, touching, üpeccautt ?Who finned? Fiçft, Becaufethey diddefire tofeeit verified, whetherthis fauour which theymuttered amongftthemfelues, were well employedorno : for it is a com- moncuftomein Court, when theKing (hall cafta fauourableeyevponanyone, andgratioufly lookevpon him ; notonely toexamine hislife, andtoqueftion what hee is, but to rip vpthat ofhis fathers andpredéceffours, to flea thofe that are aliue,and to disinterre thofe that are dead. And howbeit for proui- frons ofoffices, and for the conferringofCourt dignities, andother publique prefermentsinthe Commonwealth, it is fitting for Kings andPrinces to take a ftrietviewand examination concerning the honeflie and abilitie of thole they aduance; yetin the relieuing ofwants&neceffrties,al fuch diligences'are vnne- ceffarie andvniuft : For aPrince, or anyotherrichandpowerfull perfon,(fayth Saint Chryfoflome) ought to be like agood portor hauen, which fhould receive into herprotectionall fort ofpaffengerswhatfoeuer, but to thofe that haue fuf-. feeed f
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