49 ó Nothing fo frights the mindof man Vpon theThurfeday after as the conftderatio,nofGodsmerry. gets out of which God deliueretkalìnner,That allmayJpaake ofthy pram, and talkeof thy rnandroua roórkes. vind therecame a fearevpan all It may feeme to fome, That the word Loue would better haue become this place, and beene fitter for this prefent purpofe and occafion : All (aman would thinke) fhould rather haue expreffed their loues vnto him, lung forth his prayfes,andoffered their feruicevnto him. In thofc former puniflrments ofa World drowned and ouerwhelmed with Water, of a Sodome burned and confumed with Fire, it was yak fit and nicer that it fhould ftrike feareand amafemenr into all : But in fuch a cafe as this, What fhould caufe them to feare ! Hereunto I anfwer, That nothing doth fhike fuch a feare and terrour into man , as the great and wonderful) mercies of God. A Roman Souldier told luli,vaCaro., It much troubles me, nor can I be heart-merrie, as oft as I thinke on the many fauours that I haue receiued from thy liberali hand ; but doe rather hold them as fo many wrongs and iniu- ries done vnto me; for they are fobeyondall requitall, that Imuftof force proue vngratefull, whichmakes me tofeare, that thou wilt proceedagain(}me fora heinous offendor in this kind. Inlikemanner, fo many are themercies of God towardsman, and fo infinite, that they maybeheld as Vigiles ofhis fu- ture feuerer Iuflice. laco6 did ina manner vtter the fame fenrence againft him- felfe, Minorfum eunais miferationib to tuir,, The leaf} of thymercies is greater thanall my merits; nor canthe beltferuicesthat I candoe thee,make fatif- faRion for the leaft of thofe fauours which I haue receiued from thy bounteous liberalitie. Grant, 6Lord, that what is wanting. in our owne worthineffe , may bee made vp in the mer- cies and merits of our .Saviour Iefus Chrift; To whom, with theFather,&c. ** THE
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