Chtifiians why PaffionSunday. Ser.3 S called Sheepe. 5' 67 makes no great braggs of it, norindeedhath any great reafon fo todo : but Saint Paul he boafts thereof; as an Enfignedoth of the Colours which heecarries ; futing withthat of theBridegroome,Wearemein thy heart,a aSpeufeBoth herring onherfinger, or a a Lotter dothhis Mireffefauauronhis arme. Butyeebe eeuenut,faryee áre not ofmySheepe . Saint Augafiine vnderftands by thefe Sheepe, the Preachers ofGods Word, becaufe theyheare the voyce of their Sheepheard 3 but thishis opinion may not ftand as ageneral! fentence. Firft ofall, Becaufemanynot predeftinated, doe beleeue,heare, and obey, as ludo, and others that were not ofChrifts Sheepe. Andmany againeof the Predeftinated,did not asthenbeleeue,(as S. Augufl. hath noted it) which afterwardscametobeleeue. Now the Sheepe is a fitting figure orfymboleof himthat is predefrinated to faluation ; and touching thole inparticular to whom our Sauiour fayd, Thatthey were notof his Sheep,who notwithftandinghad enioyed fuch powerful! andplentiful! meanes tobeleeue, ifthey had beene in thenumber of Chrifts Sheepe,doubtleflè theywouldhaue beleeued : and thereforewe arediligently to weigh thefe words , Tee beleeue not,&c. Next, weare to confider theconuenieáces which arebetwixt the Sheep and the Predeftinated. The firftis, Theyheare my voyce. There is noliuing creature more obedient towhat he heares, or more apt to heare; the leafs whiffle of the Sheepheard is the Sheepes NorthStarre. When GodreprehendedEliaat the mouth of the Caue, therecame fiat agreat wind, vindGodwow notin the wind : then anon af- ter camean earthquake,AndGodm eenot in the earthquake:after that,aflaming fire, AndGodwasnot in thefire: at laft therecame a foft whifflingfound,and then God paledby. Butwhy fhould he make hisappearance inawhiftle,or a foft noyfe ? Marrie therein he plainlytoldtheProphet, You,out of the aboundance ofyour zeale andhot fierie fpirit, would haueall to be winds, earthquakes, and light- flings , thundering out nothing but damnationand vengeance ; and howbeit I hold this to be a fitting courfe to be takenwith an idolatrous People, and fuch as are Rebells to myHoufe,yet forthofe thataremy Sheep,a whiffle or a milde word is enough. The fecond is, Themeekeneffe, foftneffe, and euennefle of their nature and condition : reati mites, Bled are the c 2feeke in ¡ irit ; your Reprobates are foure, vnfauorie, and vnquiet : Ina word, they are like Goats, youfhall fcarce meet with a Reprobate but leads a troubled life, like aTheefe that lookes euery houre when he (hall be hanged, or in fuch a diftraEtionor deie&ionasCain hued in ; Cur conciditfacies tua ? Why isthy countenancefainedewne ? Andas it is inDerr tronomie, TheLordfhallgiuethee a trembling heart, andaforrowfuil mind,and thy life pailhangbefore thee,andthoupelt feareboth day and night, and(halt hauenonealit- rance of thy life : in the morning thoufhaltfay, WouldGadìt were evening ; andat ate- sing thou(haltfy,WouldGodit were morning ;for thefeareofthyne heart which thou _Peltfeare, and for thefightof thyneeyes whichthou 'haltfee. The heart oftheWic- ked is fearefull, and eueriebufh reprefents aDogvntohim that bites him. In the middeft of all his pleafures Hell reprefents it felfe to the Reprobate, his foule is confumedwith forrow, 6. quafipendentante fe,He lookes like one that is con- demned to be hanged. Butthe Iuft doth enioyan inward comfort, aheavenly ioy, fingingcherefully with Deuid that fweet Anthem, Inbabitatgloriainterra noffra,tc. Surely his faluation is neere to them that feare him, that Glorie may dwell in our Land. i 11bb 2 The . Hot fierie Spi- ritt vofit for the Mi°inert'° Gen.4. Deut. as65, 66,07. No torture to a guiltycon- rCCACe' P¡a¡is
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