We [null God know ourmile thefourthSonday in Lent. Ser.30. 505 riq and leaavu m e tohi the remedie. miferie ,but not prefcribe theremedie ; fc tit is fuflicienr,that we propound our neceffiticvntoGod. Saint vheguflrne laith,Amanti, fat eft »unciaJ,It is enough forhim that loues, ro intimate his mind. And Saint Bernard, Sic meltus tanquar non orantes, oramw ; tanquam drffrdenter, confidimns, &c. A modeft kind of de- manding, and adiffident Teemingconfidence, doth oftentimes further a fuit, and promote the thing we pretend. Ezechias being threatncd by Zenathári6, did 4 l9 before God vnfoldhis menacing letter; OLord, (fáyd hee) thoumaift read in thefè lines thepride andarrogancie ofthis blafplieming King. Saint Peterwhen hisfoule melted into reares , did not tell God what he pretended by them ; Which caufèd Saint Bernard ro fay, Lachrimas Petrivideo, precemnonaudio, Ifie Peters tearer, but heare not hisprayer. The bleffed Virgin faydno more than this, Vinum non habeas They haueno wine. And therefore , Commit thy way unto the P¡át.s7 $. Lord, andtrill inhim,andhe bring it topa(e,&c. The Sifters good will was well known to our Sauiour, but they didnotpublifh the faine : for the Inft ne- wer ties himfelfe to his owne will,tmy will, but thywill , ôLord, bedone; It His will mull was our Sauioursfaying tohis Father, when praying in the Garden,he befòught be ours. him,Let this cuppaffèfromme. And in anotherplace, Idiftnaed downefrom tea- winnot to doemyneowne will, but the willofmy Fatherthatfont me. A.fiTrans faith, That a foueraignei{1111in man , and which Both not fubmit it felfe vnto Gods will, is thewill of Ms orldlings, and faaouring toomuchof the earth ; and this fuperioritie would (if it knewhow) rob God ofhis priuiledges,asproud Luci- ferendeauourcd to doe. And inanother place, he rearmes a mans owne proper will, Peflem& leprammonth, Theplagueand leaprofe of th.world ; and that God The pemerte dothpunifh nothingmore uponearth; and that there had neuer beene anyHell, nefieof mans had it not beenepropterpropriam voluntatcm, for thrsfelfe-willofours. Saint Ber- will. hard faith, That it conuerteth good into ill,and that it lofeth the reward of Fa- fting,wh: reby Heauenmight be gained : Alledging that of Ffay, Behold, in the r¡aysgs. day ofyourfafl you willpekeyour will. Caf.Ctauras reporteth ofa holy Hermit,That a friend of his at the home of his death asking hisaduife, Haw he mightbe fa- iled ' Anfwercd, That hewas neuer wedded to his owne proper will. Taulerius reporteth of acertaine Dtuine, That he did oftentimes delire of God, That he would direct him to a Matter that might teach him the way. of his faluation ; and that atlaft he met with a poore man that wasall taggedandtorne: Godgiue you the good day, fndhe vnto him : Towhom the ocher replied , I neuer had bad one yet : What meaneft thou by that, quoth he ? He toldhim, I did euer place myhappineffe andcontent in fubmittingmy wil toGods wil ;andbecaufe his will diuides it Celle into goodand euill, contenting my felfe with his good will andpleafure, I haue alwayes leda contented life. But what (laid he) woul- deft thou doe,if God fhould caft thee into Hell ? He anfwered, MySoule hath twoarmes ; the oneof Humilitie, the other of Charitie : with the one I would obey ; with the other I would takeholdon Godhimfelfc, and would force him to defcend downe withmeinto Hell ; and hauing him along with me, I fhould enioy all happineffe andcontent. Leo the Pope faith, That the difpoffeffron of ourowne proper will, Omnesftdelesinfiruzit, omnesConfeoresincendit, omnes Martyres coronauit ; Inflrolled alltheFaithfully inflamedall the Confeffors,andcrow- nedall the (Martyrs. Ecce,quemamas infirmatur. Behold, Hewhom thou louefl isficke. This Ecce implies matter of admiration; Behold, one that isbelouedofGod, and that is ficke. The Angell faid vnto Gi- V dam,
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