5 68 1 oh led v' why Sheepe. Vpon the vVednefday after bled unto . Thevngrate_ fulnelíe of mans nature. Foure faire mothersthat euer bring forth foule children. Pfal.to6. The third is, the point of profit. Form the Sheepe (which figuifies the E- leât)thereis wool!, milke,butter, cheefe, and flefh : but itis not t o in the Goat, (wherebyare noted the Reprobate) as bathbeene obferued by Saint Hilary and SaintChryfofleme. The fourth is, The fheepe walkes in wayes thatare plaine, quiet, and fecere: But the goat goes clambring on the tops ofdangerous rocks, browzing amongff buffles ,andthornes;and at laft waxing weary, falls down headlong to hc11.4mbu- !animusviesdifftciles, !affatifuraur via iniquitous, Wee haue walked through cra3gie paths, andhaue tyredourfeluesin thewayoftnigrsitte. vtitanygoodworker haue i!hewedyee : for whichof thefe workes doe yce!lone met ? They tookevp !tones for to ftonehim , and whenthey had them in their hands ready to flingat him, he forced their attention and made them whether they would or noto hearken vnto hint. Manygoodworkes haue I !hewedyou ; for whichof thefe workes doe ye ftoneme ! Ir is an eafierthing fora man to grow vnthankfull and forgetful! ofagreat number ofbenefits, than oneTingle good turne. Oneor twocourtefies, men vfually ref} thankful! for them , and beare them Bill inmemorie ; But (as the Spaniard fayes) Los muchos ,fe vienenper mu- chas,e olaidar, Many, for that theyaremany, areforgotten by many. Their mach neffe, leffens their remembrance. There are foure faire mothers that bring forthvery foule children: As Truth, enimies;Familiaritie,conternpt ; Hope,de- fpaire ; andMuchneffe ofbenefits, muchneffe of obliuion; incontinently theyfor- gat hie workes. Dauiddoth there treat ofthe adoration of the golden calfè; and his meditation thereupon is, Thatthe many fauours that that people had recei- ued from Gods hands,beingfo frefaas theywere in their memories,as the Ayes, (which for their fakes hePent toafflia the !Egyptians) frógges, gnats,water tur- ned intoblood, darkneffe, the death oftheir fitft-borne,the Ifraelites palling fafe through the red fea, the drowning ofPbaraobandall his charriotsand horfemen, and the Law giuen them on the Mountain : yet notwithftanding thefe great and fingu'arfauours, there wondrousfignes and tokens as the like were truer done, that yet forall this, they (bould likeabroken how fo fodainely ftart aide, and fill o quickly into fo foule a finne, as none couldbemore derogatory fom Gods honour, Theyfedainelyforgothis worker. Thegreater were Gods benefits, themorewas their obliuion. And the reafonofit is, That laying more vpon a mans (boulders than he is well able to beare, it isathoufand to one that his load and he doe not fall both to theground. The lefl'e the benefits are, the more cheererully a man receiues them. And why for' Marry Ifliall tell youwhy : Becaufe then there is fome hope that aman may line to requite them, and todif- charge that debt,fx the which (in rhankfulncfiè) he (lands bound. But when theyare fogreat, that we are not ableto make fttisfaétion, fuch extraordinarie curtefies,nrerepayd oftentimes with vnkindnes, ifnot with hatred. Thou ow- eft thyneighbour afummeofmoney, be it more or leflè, nor does it grieueand afflifì thee to feethis thyCrediter, or to lookehim inthe face, but rather takeft pleafitre and comfort in his companie ; yet if all that thou artworth , Thouldit thou fell thy felfe to thyvery (hire, be not able to difcharge that debt,thouhadit as liefe fee the diuell, as him. 9,uintue Curtius reporteth,that Alexander grew to hate Antipater, and for noother reafon inthe world, but that he had obtained fo many viElories, and reduced fomany nations tohis ob-dience, that beedid to-' citelydemand that requital( ofhim which hewas not able to make him : and conferring many fauours on thole foul iers which had donehim but little fer- uice, henegleeted Antipater that haddonehim moft. The fame reafon is to bee rendered
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