488 Naturali indi= nationshard)d admit acháge: Contemplati- on aetion mull neuerbe fcuered. Cu@omefeldome controlled without muchviolence. Vpon the Thurfdayafter The other,I3is pains taking,and continual' occupation inall kind ofArcs, as well Mechanicall,as Liberali. Ana in venietruth, inallbothgoodand cuill ex- ercifes,fo powerfiallis mans naturall inclination, That although aman may frno- ther it fora time, yet like fire vnder allies; it willat laitbreake forth into a flame, and difcouer his true difpofition. A theefe will neuer Ieaue his inclination to theeuing,though hehath oftepeleapt thegallowes : Nora Cheater. to his cog- ging nora Merchant tohis trading; nor the. Martinet tt _his navigation ; nor theHuntfman to his hunting ; not the fouldiour his difpoftion.to warre,though he have difconcinued it neuer folong. Dauídwas growneold, 'andwell ftroken inyeares, when his formeAb[din rote vp in rebellion againft him, andyet they couldnot perfwade him from going into the field , though thewhole Army were againft ir, andcryed our, Thoufhalt n goeforth. And theygave him avery good reafonfor it in thewords following : For, ifweAye (laid they) they will not carefor vs, neither if halfe,ofvs dye , `will theycare for vs; but thou art worth tenne thoufand, &c. And this is a kind ofvoluntary violence , which with a Tweet kind ofpleafrngneffe hales the heart of man along. And the like reafonmay be renderedofcontinual! occupationand imployment, it is death to fucha one tobe idle and he is nolongerwdll,then whilebehin aetion. Saint Gregory hath well obferued, That lobvpon euery the leaft occafionofhappines thatbefell him, it was hisfafhionofphrafe , anda vfuall cuftome with him to fay, TheLordsnamebeprayfed. So that afterwards , hauing formerlyvfed him - felfe thereunto in the rempeft ofhis difafters,andthofe bitter ftormes ofhis ad- uerfer fortunes, itwas neuer out ofhis mouth ,Thefe two things werefubfi(ting inour Sauiour Chrift ina fuperlatiue degree. Firft, Ili great was his inclination and defire to faue, that for others welfare, hewascareleffc of hisowne, Secondly, hewas fofolicitous ofthishis bulìnes, andfowhollytaken there- with, that he carednot forany thing elfe,And this is expreffed in theword ¡bat, He went. Whicharguesa continuation in his goingon. Someman maymakeadoubt, and fay (thoughvnaduifedly) Had ir not beene betterfor our Sauiour tohaue beene in themount of°liues, or in the gardenof Gethfeman,or on the hillsofEphrem, than togoe thus from houle tohoufe, fromCaf}le toCaftle,andfromCitie to Citie ! Whereunto I firftofall anfwer; Thatit is enough that hedid not fo, becaufe it was not thebetter courfe. Se- condly, becaufe hewas the fame that was perfonally promifed to that bleffed Land,and thatthere was not acorner inall that Countrie tobeleft out, 'Which fhouldnot finde the fauourofhis diuine influences. Thirdly, the exercifes of the lifea tiue, andcontemplaque,are thofe twowings, whereby the foule fores vp toheauen. Andbecaufe one wingwill notferue the turne to reach tofo high apitch,we mutt not'onely fettle God in our prayersand meditations, butalfo in the ieleeuing andfuccouring of our neighbour : And therefore our Sauiour Chri l fpent the nights inprayer; Per noflabat inoration: and thedayes, inhea- lingbodies, and cnring offoules. Petrue'Damianns., vpon the lifeofElias and Elífha,faith , Thatthere is no remotefolitary mountaine,whichdoth notground it's retyredneffevpontome oneexample orother ofthe Saints. One, is a friend totheworld, anda louer thereof; and thisman alleages, That Eliasfpent many dayesin thewidow ofSareptaeshoule ; And that Eli(Isa foiourned with the Shu- namite,thatwasagreat andprincipal' woman inher country : And that both of them did treat with great PrincesandPotentates. Another is a friend andalouer ofdelicacies, andalleageth,That Elifba andElio, didaccept ofthem. But thefe men
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