Benefit[ ifouer great ,are PafionSunday. Ser. ;5 rfuallyrepayed with hate. 569 rcndredofHannibal and Carthage,ofLycurgas and Lacedemonia, and of sarbl andDauid:but there is noexample to thatof awoman in thiskind ; fcrueher ne- wer fofaithfully, entertainherneuer fo royally, court her dayand night, feede her humorous difpofition, waftboththypurfe and thybodie, and confunie all that thouhaft togi ue her content, yet inthe end will fhegrow to hate thee ; and thatwhich thou thinkeftfhould be themeanes ofwinningher, will be thecaufe oflofing her:fhe will,like aLymbeck,draw whatfocuer is goodfrom thee, fiat by drops,t henbydrams,afterwards byounces,& laftlyby pounds, till fbe haue fucktthee dric,& that thouhaft wholly fpent & vndone thy felfein her feruice. In aword, (that I may grow toanend)the Iews in thofe former timeswere euer- more wonderfully beholding vntoGod for thofemany benefits &fauorswhich hehad throwne vpon them :but now his grace and mercie (like a Riuer rifing from forth it's bed) extendingit felfefo farre,that hecame himfelfe inperfon to vifitthem, and in fuch an efpeciall manner,as nonecould bee more, faying parti . cularly vnto them, Nonfammiifue nifiadones Ifracl, Iamnot Tint bet to the shape ofljrael;Why this wasfo great a fauour, that it ouercommerhmans imaginati- on, the weight whereofpreft both it and them to the ground . But God fo fup- port vswith his grace, that wemay thankefullybeare inour hearts the remem- branceofhismanifold benefits. Towhom, with theFather,theSonne,&c. Thci. Tance, rtum of Marie:peru- floe. O a= r , .. fire ' f THE XXXVI. SERMON , VPON THE TH`U I(SEDAY ÁETE PASSION SUNDAY. I A certaine Lvc. 7. ogabatJefum quidam ¶Pharifeut, vt manducaret cum illo,.c. Pharifee requefted Iefus,That he would eat with him,&cc. ogabat lefam,&c. And oneofthe Pharifees defired Iefus,that he would eat with him. Thewhole HiftorieofMarie c3Kag- dlen is reduced to thcfe three eftates: OfaSinner ; Of aPenitent ; OfaSaint: For all which fhewas molt famous. , C Ue ( , ,: w id. ; e "EP---______ a plenariepardon, that herfirft eftateofher lewd courfe oflife, Theobtained and full remiflion ofher finites. Were the eitherWidow (as Bbb 3 Saint
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