Sob Nothingcan fatisfie thefoule, but God. Vpon the Fryday after In all humane goods the ere- `urea haue the !tart oftnan. Thegoodnes ofGodscon- ditiontoward , Penitent`, ex. preffed two manner of Fig heneuer remembers that` ftnne.. s¡tyss." secondly, hee neuer forgets ourf"otee.' ffiahaó. a.Regs.ta. not any thingin them that deferueth honour; they ere them Statues to bee adored. The fecond, Noneofall thefe exteriour goods doth fatisfie the foule, but Vertue fills the Veffell ofmans heart. Saint Ambrofe interpreting that verfe of Danid, AecediteadDeum, 67 illuminamini, (ideft) ilaminabimini ; addeth there- unto, eiiccedrte, &fatiamini ; accedite,rliberamini ; accedite,& dimittemini:Come vetoGod, andyee(hall be illightned,for he is theLight ;comevnto him,andyeefball be fatisfted, forhe is the Breadof life ;come vinohim yee that are thirrtie, for he is the Fountain ofliming waters ;come vetohim andbeiad,for he isfreedome itfelfe;come vnto himyee that deftrepardon, for be is theRemPionoffsnnes. The third , Thefehumane goods are fobafe and fo vile , that none cantruly commend them. Art thoubold ! A Lyon is more bold than thou. Art thou itrong e A Beareis farce ftronger : Art thoubeautiful c aPeacocke oesbe and thee : Artthoubraueand gallant f A Horfe in his rich Caparifons is a more glorious fight : Liueft thou in great Pallaces a Iackedaw, naya Spider Hues in greater and farte more fumptuous : Art thouacurious Workeman TheBee is abetter : Art thounimbleofbodie TheHart is more : Haftthou agoodeye TheEagle bath aquicker : Haft thoua quicke fent , euerie Dog will out-nofe thee : Art thou a good husband ! The Ant is a better. It is a theme therefore thatthou fhouldft boaft thy felfeof thofe things wherein thebruitbeafts do fur- pafe thee.Inaword, it didRead Lazarusmore to be our SauiourChrifts friend, thannobly borne, or antiently defcended. Which annointedhisfeet withoyntment. Hereare two truths touching the good- neffe of Gods condition, pointed forth vntovs : The firR during g perdition pro- , That B all thetimeof cît2arie (Ma dalen; and faneneffe, there isnot the leaf` printor (hew in Gods bookeconcerningany fuch matter, nor anymemorie thereof remainingvponRecord Marrie the World Y P calls her Maria la Peccadora, Marie the Sinner, andreprefents nothingelfevnto vs but herfirmes : butGod dothnot fo, nay heBoth not fo much as thinke vpon them or once offerto call them tomind. Precis o ter um tumor (It was the % /l f.i 8 , fayingofgoodKing Ezechi s) omniapeccata mea,Thon haftcat allmyfnnes behind thyBacke. It is a Spanifhphrafe, Behar al eranfado, of that which is no more tobe feene. Saint 4ugufline expoundingthat place of leremie, ecce, ego ohs/means ei cicatricem ; faith , That the Chyrurgeon cureth the wound, but dothnottake away the skarre, butthere is Come markethereof frillremaining; but God not onely curesthewound, buttherewithall quite quits the figne, asifthere had neuer beeneany fuch thingat all. Saint Chryrfleme addeth hereunto, Cum f ni- tare relignit pulchritndinem : Nor (hall it bee an exceffe of fpeech, to affirme, That cmarie Magdalensrepentancemadeherappeare more faire and beautiful! than Saint Agnes the Martyr,S.Agatha, or S.Cicile. Thefecond is, That Godneuer blotterh out ofhis remembrance thofe ferui- ces that he receiueth from vs, nor will fuller his friends to bee forgotten : And therefore our Sauiourfaith touching this finfull woman Verily 1 /a %nto on j .Ì J y y u, wherefoener this Gofßellfhallbepreachedthroughout the whole world, therefhall allo thra that_thebath done,be#okenoffer a memorial ofher;yee may chance toforget it, but God will not. Your Kings nominate Chroniclerstowrite downe the fer- uicesof theirVaffalls, and the famousalts of the valiantand Routmenofwar 7 ifaphat the fonneof Eliad(as we may read in the booke of the Kings) erat a Commentar is, roes the Cbronicler.But Kings either not read them,or Tooneforget them : In r u/Tuerus his Annals is fer downe thegood feruicewhich c ltardo- chee
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