Of Maties repentance. Paillon Sonday. Ser. 36. many lye there in endleffe paines and torments, neuer tobe releafed, for far lef- fer fumes than thine ! What canft thou hope for, what canft thou expeEtc is it that the earth fhould fwallow thee vpaliue, as it did Dothan and'biram r Or that fire fhould come downe from hearenand confume thee, as it didSodom? or that God should fhowre downe lightningand thunder vpon thee,as hedid vpon Sifera ? what can fuch a mad foolifh womanthinke will become ofher , when file growes thusbold and prefumptuous Oh, ifthouwouldefl but weigh with thy feife what thou loo21, and that which thoumighteft gaine ! as alfothe hurt that thou doe(' vnto thy felfe ! Oh, ifthoudidft but fee the miferies whereunto thy limes hauebrought thee ! Thouhaft beene fo haledand pulled by that in- fernall Wolfe,that tnouhaft fcarcean care left to heare thy Shepheardswhittle. And yet for all this I comethrough thebufhes and bryars, and thofe fteepe and dangerous rocks ofthy fins,to look thee out,andlike a (heep that hath been long loft and found againe I defire to bringthee backeagaine to the fold vpon my ¡boulders. Oh, it thou didft but fee the inward loue ofmy bowels ; or if thou didftbut know thegreat dangerthouart in; or ifthou r<ouldeftbut loath this thy lewd andeuill life ! &c. With this threatningfermon,exprcffing fo many and fuch terriblehellifhhor- rours, c 3íary c.Ytagdalen was mightily mooued , her heart melted within her, and Gods Iu(tice did bear fo ftronglyat the doore of her breit, that at laft flre let him in. For in a word, his words arethat firewhich warmeth foules, that ham- mer whichbreakes the hardneffeof our hearts, that (haft which pierceth the bones andmarrow, that fword which diuideththe reynes in funder, and that in- duétionwhichgaue an accomplifhment andfinal conclufion to the rareft Repen- tance that euer was feene. Andwhen fig.knew,é c. Godgaueher knowledge. Firft,ofher finne. Secondly, of thedanger of her foule. Thirdly, ofthe miferyof her eftate. TheLaw entred inby giuingher this knowledge, Weehadnot kaownefnne,but by the Law. AndSaint Paul faith Death raignedfromAdam to Motes, it ended in (Moles. For the written Law gaue vs force light ; but thatof Grace , much more. Nowbetides thisgenerall help,Goddid inlighten MaryMagdalen,by ditto_ Hering the foulenelfe of thofevices which f file loued, and the faireneffeof that vertue which thehated. Touching their fouleneffe, netableis thatplace ofDauid, Illaminans mirabi- liter amontibus ¿terns, turbatifunsomnes infspientes corde, God doth inlighten the finner, that he may fee theface of his finnes , from the which hee will Rye the more, ifhefhall butbehold thofefoule fiendsofhell. This is aremedy where- with God cureththe greateftinfirmities. Where by the way it is to bee noted, that the rule for the griefes ofthe body, isfarce different fromthofe ofthefoule: In thofe, the fickepatient bathabreathing time ofeafe, and by degreesgrowes better till thedanger bepaft; but inthefe hegrowes worfeand worfe. Thehuf- band is ficke ; his wifeCayes vnrohim, Pormi vida,gaenoes nada,Mylifeforyours, it isa thinz ofnothing;hisdaughter,Mañanafepodra V.M.leuantar.To morrowSir,by the grac' ofGodyouJhallbeable to rife>and beas well its eueryou were 3 the neighbors Pepticdear Ser,This is a Ladies fit, agentle vifitation. The Phyfitians they with- draw themfelues out ofthe room', andconfult in ferret, thatthey may not dif- hear:en theirpatient. And that this fhouldbe fo, itimporteth much for the bo- d 5 75 The fatalities of finite.- tiVt maydaily with the fick- nes of the ho. die, not ofthe foule.
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