518 Gen.3. Earuc3.34. Thebenefit Vpon theSaturday after of burning Feuer,orwith a furious Apoplexie, in a long and tedious winternight : for he may betterpaffe it ouerwith the conueniencie of agood bedand Cham- ber, cleane linnen, anda little fleepe ; comfortinghim felfe; that theday will at laft appeare, and that he (hall tee the light. And if ina daintie fine Aprili mor- ning,it giues a man filchgreat content, to fee the Treesapparelled ingreene,the lights and thefhadoweswhich the Sonnebcames paint them forth withall the drooping andwither-flarued hearties raifingvptheir hanging heads, holpen by the dewofHeauen ; the Flowersand the Roles difcouering the beautieoftheir faces ; the frnging of the Birds, which with their mufickeentertaine the light ; the bleating of the Kids and Lambekins, the Heardfman going forth with his Cattell, the Faulkener with his Hawkes, and the Huntfman with his Hounds ; What difcomfort on the contrarie mutt he take, that bath loft himfelfe inavail Wilderneffe inthe manner afore mentioned ; or keepes his bed,tired out with a long and tedious fickeneffe r &c. Ego fum Lux cMundi, I am the Light of the world, &c. Out of the de- fire that man had to enioy more light than Godhad giuen him hayted with the Dcuills promife, hebit ; Eritis (laid the Deuill)ftcut Dÿ , fcientes bonum& malam,Teefball beargodr, knowinggoodandmil. Bywhich offence he was clou- ded with the darkeneffe of finne : verifying therein that which was afterwards verified by f y,Welookedforlight, andbeholddarken ?. Inthe beginning ofthe World, when all things remained in that darke Chaos, tuerie thing was fo pooreand miferable, as nothipgmore: byLight, God drew light out ofdarke- neffe, he therewithdid beautifiéand inrich his Creatures , hee did cheare and cleere the Elements, he did banifh darkenef e, he gaue thole goodly and liuely coloursto the wholeVniuerfe, andall of them ioynrly remained fo jocond, fo merrie, andfo well pleated, that in their dumbe kind of Language they gaue great thankes to that Light. Man remained in a Chaos no Ieffe darke,through finne ; and thofe that had thebeft fight, did confeffe, Weegroaped, like blind men, again];a wall atnoone day .God did prepare great Lights for to rid awaythis groffe Darkeneffe, as Patriarkes, Prophets, Kings , and famous Captaines : but as in the darkenefTeof/Egypt, That brightflameofthe Starres couldnot illghtenthathor- ribledarke night ; Solikewife in that night ofthe old Law, thofe (though moft excellent) cleere Lights could not expell that darkeneffe. God for to repayre his Peoples di(comfort, did prom ife to giue them a great Light ; The People that fate indarkenefefaw a great Light, That is, Thepeoplefhallfee it, fo faith one of the Prophets; for, for the more affuranceof the Prophecie, they vfe to put the pre- terperfeEt for the future. orieturvobisSolluflicia, faithanother Prophet, A Sun ofRighteou¡neffe]hallrife vnto you. The Peoplecried vnto God,That he would fulfill his word ; theydid weepe,lament, fish, andmourn ; all the Creatures at laic,remained foperfeét, fo profperous, and fo rich,andheld themfelues fo hap- pie, thatcloathing themfelues withnew ioy, they gaue the good day to this Light. The Hiftories are full of thofeprodigies and wonders which hapned at our Sauiours birth. Barns ;TheStarresI/sine in their watch, andreioyce; When he talleth them, they/ay, Herewe be ; andfo with cheerfulneffe theythew light unto him that madethem. And though thofe threeSuns had giuenaduice thereof,(which Plinie fpeaketh of) and thofenine Sunnes whereof Bartolomeo Rifana maketh mentions befides tholeKings, Sheepheards, Sybils, Symeon, vtnna, and the Prophecies ; yet thisLight bad not difplayed his beanies, butnow cleering the earth with hiswonderful Myracles,he faith,Egoflint luxmidi,/amthe Light,&c. Two occafions offered themfelues for this Reuelation. The
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