Three trieTo insoniired the fourthSunday inLent. Ser.3i. in eueritTt(kinaonie. whither Igoe. Man is notabletoknow fromwhence he came, norwhether he is togoe ; for this isapriuiledgeproper onely vntoGod. Saint iílugufline inter- press this of our SauiourChrift, The Sunne knower hisfetting;for the materiali Sunne knowes it not,andnoneamongst men doe know their fetting and their end. Your Aftrologers do ere& Figures, prognofticating other mens fuccefïes, and caffingtheir natinities, but neither trulyknow their owne, nor other mens fortunes ; forit is athing refcrued onely for God : The Wind hlowethwhere it Ii- fieth andthou knowefl not whence itcommeth, nor whither it goeth. Noman can at- taineunto the infpirations of the Holy-Ghoft, nor to the defignesofhis asti- ons. Of allthofe secretfirmes whatfoener , which man committcth alone by himfelfe,as Sorcerie, Periurie, Murder, & the like, noone man in all theworld cangiue teftimonie thereof, but God can,forhe is prefers at all ; Thanknowefl my lyingdown, andmy rifingvp, thin feel, my wayes, andvnderflandefl mypaths afar re ; ifI afcendvp into Heauen, thouart there ; sf I geedown into Hell, thouart alfa there. FromSalomonwas hidthe path of a Ship in the Sea,ofan Eagle through theaire, of a Snake through theRocke , and ofayoungman in theRouteof hisyouth ; but from Gods eye nothing canbe hid. Theknowingof this truthwill draw on the confeflìng ofanother ; to wir, That ofthe things appertaining to God, none cangiue teftimonie but God. No man ewerfaw God, fo faith Saintlohn;Who then fhall giue vs teftimonie of God Theonly begotten Sonne,whicbnu inthebofme ofhis Father,be(ball doe it; Of the Father,the Sonne fhall giue Rcord; andof theSonne,the Father ; &ofboth, the Holy-Ghoft : Iraword, euerie one of thefe Diuine Perfons, of himfelfe; but Man cannot doe it but by reuelation. Thy Record is not true . Yes, it is; for Iam the Light of the World andof the Lighr'none cangiue Record butthe Light. Ifany man fhould fayvnto the Sunne, Prooue it vnto methat thou art the Swine, it wereameere follie, ifnot madneffe, forhis beamesdoeprooue it andproclaime it tothe World : In like manner, that the Pharifeesfhould fayvnto our Sauiour Chrift, Proouevntovs, that thouart the Light, was a meere blindneffe in them ; for, No Man coulddoe that which hedid, vnlef Godhadbeenwith him. Vpon a Glaffe the Sunne is vfu- ally fo tranflated, that it werea foolillnneffeto aske a teftimonie, Whether it bee theSunneorno r And vpon thehumanitieofour Sauiour Christ, the beames of his Diuinitiewere in that fort transferred, that it was hárdnefl'e ofheart, and obftinate wilfulneffe, to defìrefurther teftimonie from God. Saint Paul faith, He that drewlight out ofdarken /, he did inlighten ourfeules, that they mightfee the beames ofshe light ofGod, in thefaceof his Sonne lefiu Chrift. And ihr thisthe na- turali light was fufficient : butinthe Pharifees this was fo blinded through the duaof their finnes, tbat theycouldnot fee this Sunne. The Seale that is im- printed inWax, fhewes it felfe as cleereas ifit were grauenin Braffeor Steele ; but with timeor with duft itcomes to beblotted.out, in that manner, that the ftampe and letters arenot knowne.Sodoth itfucceedwith aSinner,with this na- tural, light, when it is once darkned through firma ; whence itcommeth to paffe thathefalleth into thofe foule and groffe ignorances which the brute beafts would not fall into. Tee judgeaftertheflefb. Heproouesby another reafon, that his Record is true : Yee iudgeaccordingtotheFlefh, by that which is not, butby thatwhich feemeth fotobe ;but Iiudge according to theheart, I fearch andtrie the verse reynes. Saint t imbrOcalled theSunne, osmium tilliendi, The. Worlds eye ; not onelybecaufe it affoords vs that light whereby our eyes hauepower tofee, but 523 Chritttheon- ly trueSunne thatteeth all things.
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