Thenobleneil ofthe the fourthSondayinLent. Ser.3o. Souk is, to ferue God. it;afterwards he allottedit himasa chaffifeínent, In thefweat of thybraves, &c and themyfterie is,That Gods dFsfauour isHell,his fäuour, Heauen : but trou- bleandafriidion fentvs by God, is likeveto Mofeshis Bulb, which the more it flamed, the freíherir (cerned ;for (asit is obferued by Saint Gregorie) the fire did feruethere in dead of water : Sutingwith that ofSaint Paul, Licet ùquifórù efl,nofierhomecorrumpatur; for by howmuch the more the bodie is driedvpand Withered away, by tomuch the moredoth the foulegrowgreenand flourifh ; andby howmuch the moretheoutward manwaxethweake, by fö much the moretheinward manwaxeth ftrong. For theglorie ofGod, &c. Beforeyour great battensare fought , they firfl beginwith skirmifhes; inyour Tiltsand Tournaments they beginwith proffers and flourifhes; betweene Loueand Death, aftereithers brauado's, the warte is now ended : Loue skirmifhethwith D:.ath,and bath gotten himfelfefuc-hgreat glorie in thisconflidl, that with agenerali fhouting all crie out aloud, ThatLoue will winthe field. Thereare many, whonot truly looking into the caute of their punifhment, crieout with Iob,o, that mygriefe wererodweighed, and mymi- ra6.6.a.g. (crieswere layd together in the ballante,for it wouldbenowheartier than thefandofthe fea. And in another place, Hehatb.multipliedmy woundswithout a caufe. And Da- uidcomplaineth, Ididnot enter intotbe taut of thole manyJIripes which Godbad laid 'poume.But to al this it maybe anfwered, That the caufe thereof is the glorie of God. The ftench*-apours irfelfe from forth the earth , it inuirons the cir- cumuiciningaire; the Wormes are knowingonLazarus carkafl'e : all this loath fomenefte, this ftench,and thefe Wormes,turnetotheglorieofGod. That (Afarywhich annoyntedthe Lordwithoyntment, be. The titles whereby theSpirit of Godmakes thefe Sifters,andtheir brother knowne, arethofe their feruices expreffed toour SauiourChrift. trutry, who annoyntedhis feet, Mar- thawho feafted him ; and Lazarua,his beloued friend. For thegreateft noble- neffe that a foule can inioy,is, To ferue and loue God ; Feare Godand keepe his Commandements,&c. This is theonely true valourin man. Philon expounding that placevpon Genefrs,Theft are thegenerationsof Noah,&c. He faith,That God willed ctitofes tomakeaPedegree or Genealogieof Noah,but heedid notmake it byfetching it from his famousanceftors, asyour Noblemen and Gentlemen doe now a dayes, but fromhisVerrues. Thofe forefathers, andgreatgrandfa- thers,which made 2' oah fo renowned, werehis obedience, hisconftancie,his fortitude,and his pietie. Thisis the true nobilitieof Gods Saints. Thediuíne Hif'cories that blazons foorth iob,defcribes himthus, Hee was an'pright andiufl taG.r. man,one that fearedGod, andofhued twill, &c. But why did hee notmake menti- onof hisFathers and his Kindredand Alliance Becaufe Gods Saints, boaft not their parentage, buttheir vertue. Saint Chryfoflameproouethat large,thata man ought not to be commended forany thing,but his vertue.. And heerende- 1b7 reththree verygood reafons for it. The firft is, That all other burgoods end with our hues ; but venue indu- NothingJoan rerh forewer. The rellare bona ahem:, they are not ours,but of others. But ver- properly ours, tue, isboron proprium, Itis ourowne proper good. And Saint Chrifofiametreating than vertue. of21(abucbadnezzars Statua,much condemneth the meanes that was v fedfor the increafing of his honour,and. authoritie : Forhedifhonoured himfelfeby ha- wing that tobehonoured; fhewing thereby, thathe reliedmorevpona Statueof mouldring mertalls; than his ownebodie andfoule : reprefenring thofe therein, that are h ured more inthe world for thofeoutwardgoodsof thebody,th thofe inwai goods ofthe foule ; confellïng as itwere, that becaufe they, lade Vu z not
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