S 6 Noappetitefo fierceas that ofa Inner. 1er, a, Exact .4. Dan,y. What ment by the water oflife. Efa741,43,44 Proa.9. Egecb., t. loet.a. The Holy Ghoft Why comparedto water. a.Car.4. No gift well bellowed, but Vpon the 1\4unday after where isa defire to receiue it. gußo and contentment that aman takestherein, that he thatgiues with difguft, giuesnot, and he that receiues withdifguft, receiueth not what is giuen : And thereforeSeneca in his bookeDe Beneflciys, fetteth downe thedecorum that is to be held therein. Ecclefiaßicus faith, There is agift which is notprofitable and there is giftwhole retribution is manifold. In receiumg, this reafon carrieth the more forcewith it ; for who is he that will giue tohim that bath no delire to receiue e Andwith God it is more forcible ; for he will haue all his gifts to bee our re- wards, and thereforehe calls thofe, our gifts,which in all flriëtneffeare his. The LordrefulledAbel&bicgifts.The Lambs that wereoffered were Gods,Al thebefi of theWoods aremyne, á c. yet out ofhis goodneffehe calls themAbels. All that we offer is his (Na de manu tuaaccepimus,reddimua tibi ) yet he ftiles it ours : fo that the loathingand diftafle ofreceiuing,takes away thedefire ofgiuing.When the PeopleofIfrael began tofay,ourflomackeis wearieofthat light meat, prefent ly Gods prouidence iudged them vnworthie of that fauour. Whence it is tobe noted, Thatthis vnwillingneffe doth not onely rife from a little liking which manbath ofHeauen,but ofthegreat likingthat bee bath to thefe earthly goods. And this is atwo foldfault : The one, That we fhould defpife the fountaine of liningWater. The other, That we fhouldthirft after the water of loathfome and durtie puddles . Who will forgoecleere and fweetwaters for thofe bloudie poolesof /Egypt a Exodusfayth, Jáicquidhabaerisdepluuia,conuerteturin fanguinem; Who will leauethe fweet waters of Siloah, which fluentlyglide along,for to drinke of' that fierie lakewherofDaniel fpeaketh : wherein (as hefaid) oneforrow is,That they fhould defpife the fweeter Waters ; another, That they fhould thing after themuddie Waters of the earths There is no impetuoufneffe of the fierceft Bull, nor ofthe furioufeft Horfe, comparableto thatofaSinner which thirtieth afterhis vaineappetites and idle defires. Saint Hieromeand Theodore: both fay, That inthis Si quit he neither difmiffeth nor inforceth , butthat bee publifheth the generall defire which hehath tocommunicatehis fpirituall Graces. Hethat heleeuetb in me (faiththeScriptute) out of hiebelliefballflew rimersofcra- ter ofLife. To the Thirftie that Malldrinke ofthiswater of Life, that lu all not fucceed to them as befalleththofe that drinkeofdead Handing Pooles, who withina little whileafter haue greater thirft than they had before ; for they (hall hauewithin theirbrefts a liuing Fountaine, whencegreat riuers ofwater (hall flow ; they fhallenioy fucha fulneffe of all good,that they fhallhaue enough to communicate vntoothers. Saint Gregorie &Saint Chryfaflome vnderflandby this Fountaine,the Holy- Ghofl, from whome eueriegood thing doth proceed. vtsfaith the Scripture . Albeitthere be many places in the facred Scrip- ture,which prophecietheaboundant plentie offpirituall Waters, there is none that canfay, Thatthis isalledged inparticular. origen is ofopinion, That that of theProuerbs bath themoil apparance , Eibe aquam exc f erne tua, &fuentapu- tei lui : or (as the Hebrew hath it Effluentsde medioputti tai : fo that Fluen- ta, is the fameas Flumina, as it feemeth to the Cardinals ofToledo. Thafpake heoftheSpirit whichthey that beleeued inhimfhoilld reedit. And this bleffed Spirit is fitly compared towater,in regardof it's effects. The firlt effeít of wateris, Toclenfe : Ezechiel,Imillpoire vponyouclone wa- ter, andyee'hall becleat. Butall the water in theworld cannot wafha Blacke-a- moorewhite; indeed there is no water that can make that which is blacke, white ; butthe Holy-Ghoft can doe this,it can adde anew cleanneffeand a new beautie thereunto ;Thou./halt walk me, and Ifhallbewhiter thanfnow ; it (hall not onely
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