1zo liba. Insnails lift there are two wayes,a nd he hadneedofa Guide. vertue the heft NoóíÌitie. Vpon the Saturday after heofes in the darke; but the morning is eken to them as the fhadowofDeath. Many are the deceitsanderroursof the tight. He that trauailes inadarke night, takes Rockes,tobe Cailles ; Trees,to beHoules ; Bufhes,to beMen; Stubble fields, to be ftandingPooles ; highbankes,to bee euen ground ; and that whichis far off, to beneere at hand. In the Citie,aman is taken for awoman,awoman for a man,awidow foramaid,a maid for a married wife , themiftreffe forthe maid, the knight forhis foot -man,and the church-manfor awhoores champion. All is maskes andvizards , and difguifes ; and itis onely the Light that dothbanifh thefe deceits andfalfe dealing. I am the Light of the World, erc. The other occafion that offered it felfe for this Reuelation , was thegreat noife and clamor of the people : Some crying out that hewas aProphet, others thathe was the Chrift; butthe Pharifees,that heewas aGalilean, out ofGalilee arifethno Prophet. In conclulon,There ro udtf- fenfson among, the peoplefor him. They could not fee the light, without the beames of the Light. And therefore he faith vnto them , Egofum luxmondi. And condemning thofe that were moltpaffionatelybent againft him, calling him indifgrace Galilean,and that fobad aCountrey couldnot afford aprophet; while they werevpbraiding this vnto him,hetels thent,Egofom luxmondi. Gali- leecould not giueany 'nitre to himthat wasthe light ofthe World.Thecoun- trey dothnot giueanhonor to the Man that was borne there,but the Man tothe countrey. Your moil populousCities, haueyour molt heynous Delinquents. Amaziah Kingof Iuda, fentaproud 'twinge to loaf i, Kingof Ifraell , Come let vs feeoneanotherin the face. Towhom !oafhreturned thisanfwere , Thethiffle that is in Lebanon,fent to theCedar, &c. As if he fhould hauegiuen him this Mort come-off, Toboaft tobee borne in Lebanon,and tobe butapoore thiftle,is an infamie and reproachvnto thee ; But tobee borne in abarren Defarr, and be- comeaCedar, is agreat honour and reputation. What bootes it thee to beea King lineally defcended fromDaoid, and that thou Waft borne in lerufalem, if thecourfeneffeofthy aEtions bewray thee to beeathiftle? Therearemany that are anhonourtotheir houfe, andmany againe that area difgrace vnto it. Ma- ny innoble their countrey, and many make it to bee`accounted bafe and had in contempt. Some are made to honour it, fome to difhonour it. Este was made of better earth thanAdam yetwee fee inher amions Theewas lefie noble, &c. He thatfollowethmee, fhallnet walkeindarkenef,'c. That a man may not erre in his way,hee hath not onely needofa light,but a guide alto. Thou trauaileft in the night, thou cometto twofeuerall wayes,and thoumeeteftwith no man ; theday appeares, the light ouercomesthe darkeneffe, but notthydoubting of the way , and therefore thouhadft need to haue a guide . In this iourney of mans life, there are twowayes ; Theone the narrowway, that leads vnto Heauen,the other the broadway that leadesvnto Hell ; theone to good, the other to ill. The lightthatdifpelleth thedarkeneffe, will not ferue the turne, butwee mull likewife hauea guide to dire&vs and to tell vs, This is theway, and thofe are the towers of the Citie. Salomon faith, That there are wayes which feeme vntoman to fecure life, but lead vnto death. Cogitationes mortali- um timida incerta rouidentianoftra,Tbere is no humanethought certain, noproui- dence f care, And thereforewee had need of aguide. Saint Auflen crauethof God in his Confeflions, Nealemee âLordofmy painefull greete,and cafe me ofmyheauy load ; forwhatfoeuer I fayor doe, is for me adoubtful' queftion, et ipfe eft languor mew. As necefútiedothalledge for herpart, that it is necef- farie
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