Goodncs in thisworld, Paf ionSunday. Ser.33. a tlrange prodigie. frequent, butwe fel dome fee aperfeht wife man. ,Dauid faydof himfelfe, Iain P ¡.r%.7 P. become as it we rea c.fenflervnto many : A King foprofperous, fo much ftuou- redof God,and fogood; a Monfter? a King fopowerfull, fuch a pardoner of his enemies,and fo liberal! towards them ; andhe a Monfter? a King which wa- tred his couch with teares,and did mingle themwith the water that hee dranke, anddid cowerhis flefh with Sack-cloath ; andheaMonfter I Caietan tranflates it, Tanyuam Miraculum. It is the definitionof theTuft, That a man , the World walking that broad way which leadeth todefcrution, that he fhould take plea lure togoe the ftreightand narrow way, it isMiraculum, cwt metre myracle : That aman, when all menbetides fhallfay, Let vseat anddrinke,for tomorrow wee /ball die ; that he Mould fay, Let vs fait andpray, let vs repent vs' of our fumes that we may not die tomorrow, it is Miraculum, Ameere myracle : That a man, others beleeuing and louing thofe things which they fee and enioy ; that hee fhould louethat which heenioyeth not, andbeleeue that which heefBeth nor; but ho- perh for, it is Miracalum,c.dmetremyracle : That aman fhould defpife Go: J, and efteemenobetter of the honours and pleafures of this world, than of the durt that he treads wider his feet, (thefe being the Idolls that mans heart Both vfitalty molt adore) it iscAtiraculum, Ameeremyracle. Zacharieand Ecclefiafticus call lefty the Prieft the fonne of I%dec, and thofe his friends that were in E"G49. his companie, Firesportentafos, Prodigious men:13y whom Tomevnderftand Si- drac, Mifach,and LAbedsego, thofe three Children which returned with Zoro- babel toPaleftine. But Saint Johndoth indeere this in hisApocalyps, where ma- Apoc.ra. kinga defcription ofthe luft, he faith, c.Agreatfineor wonder appeared in Hea- uen. And that this conceit may extend it lelfe a little further, there are two things tobefuppofed. Theone,That Godpainting forth byEfay thegreatneffeof the world, corn- pares it toadropofwater, ,uafs/lillafitula, As the drop of a Bucket : Who hath meafured the waters in his fift, andcounted Heauen with the fpanne, andcom- prehendedthe duftof the earth inameafure,andweighed the mountaines in a weight,and the hills in a ballance : vtßNatiensbefore himareasnothing ;.all the worldand it's greatnesis as adropofwater,itisasduft,and counted by him leffe thannothing. But of the Iuft we may fay, Signum magnum apparoit inCalo,lt is agreat myracle inHeauen. The other, That beholding fromHeauen the bredthofthe earth, it feemeth but a poorer Cottage ; the leaft of theStarres is greater than the earth , and beingbeheld fromthence, it feemeth to be the palmeof a mans hand ; and the Sunne, which isahundred and feuentie timesbigger, feemeth in companion aboutthebigneffeof aBuckler. And that aman fhould be ïuft, itis Grande mi- raculum ;and that he fhould thirft after Heauen, it is Signummagnum; and there- fore it ishere faid,Ifany *anthirt,drc. Ifanyman thirfl. He inuitethhim that isthirftie,to define it : Frrft, Becaufe Heauen is to be gained,Labore& fudore, By labour and byfweat ; Heauennot and forthis caufe itis called inScripture, aCrowne,aReward, adayes Wages: gottenwith. now for to clamberouer fomany walls, Wehadneedbeverie thirflie, and haue a out paints. good delire vnto ir. Secondly,Becaufe fuch pretious water is not fitting tobe giuenvnto him that bath nogreat mindvetoit: If in thofe leffer things here onearth, he that giues makes fuch reckningofthe efteem that the pretender holds of that he fuethfor; What fhall itbee in thatgood, which beeing enioyed, the foule is not able to comprehend it for, inthematter ofgiuing and recèiuing, foneceffarie is the g"ßo i Z 3
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