g90 4errueeiter eñúicd, Vpon the Frydayafter Sharpere- prooferwork tweet ef- fe&s. Wickednes is sincere folifh- nef%. hebath vponhis backe ; but if vpotkBrieland he hath buta Cubade agua,asmuch water asa Hoggs bladder will hold, it troublesand torments himmuch. And thereforc;S thou finner, ifthyfinnes weigh not heauie, it is becaufe thou haft made thy hearttheir =mallcenter : fo drawit outof the element ofSinne,into that of Grace, and thou (halt then perceiue that thy !boulders will not bee able tobeare them , and that the burrhenof them will be too intollerable fòr thee: Ponchoseia#ferre nonpotui( laidlob) Myfinneswere more thanl wasable to beau. Whatfhallwedoe, &c. Thouworkeftmyracles,affure thy fate there will be many that will fay with thefe High-priefts and Pharifees , What(halltree doe? Thou art a noted man for thyvertue and holyneffe of life,thou excelleft thereft in the Citie wherein thou linert, prouide thy felfe therefore againft the corn- bats of Enuie,for thou wilt be encountred therewith. Scarce hath the fouldier entred into the field , glittering in his golden Armour and his plume of fea- thers dancing on his creft, when lo, a thoufand bulletsfall asthick as haile about W his Bares. hen DauidhadkilledGoliah, and the DamofellsofIerufalem fang, Saul hathflaine his thoufnd ,andDamid bitten thonfand, Enuie prefenrly followed himat the heeler. The low fhrub or little tender fapling thathath his dwelling in thevale, (hrowding himfelfe in fome humblebottome, is not beatenby the winds; but if it grow vp likethe Palme or the Cedar,orbe feared on the top of force high hill, it is fhaken witheueiieblaft. Like the Apple tree among thetrees of the Ferrell, f is my well-belonedamong thefontofmen. An Apple tree inthe midii . ofaMountaine amongtl Oakes,Afhcs, Corke trees, Branibles,and Briars,fhall bemuch enuied,,and ill entreated. Whatfhallwe doe ?for thtt man, -c. Before,theyfayd hewas indæmoniated, aSorcerer, abibberofwine, anda friendof finners ; but now, Thus man dothma- niemyracles : before, they werefo har(h and fo fowre in their reproofes and re- prehenfions, that they brake foorth into wrongs and reproches ; but now in more ciuilekind of deportment , they fay, Tina man doth many myracles. It isa great comfort to rhofè Preachers,whoour of their zeale to God,plainely and nakedly reprehend the finnes and vices ofthe times ; for albeit forceoftheir Auditors doe for the prefent fpeake mill of them , when they shall afterwards call them felues to account, they will then fpeake well of them. Some there are that paint Vice cloathed ; others,flarke naked ; but amongft Painters the latteris held the more excellent peece. Alexander did laughat one ofApelles his Appren- tifes, for painting Hellen rich inher cloaths, but foule inher face. Yourfierie cauteries make thepained Patienttoblafpheme God,& raile againft his furgeon, fwearingby no (mall oaths, That a Turk is not halfe fo cruelland fo hardhear- tedas he is ; but whenhe fees the Cancer ftaydby this cauterifing, and that hee now waxeth well and found, hecan thenfay, Granoficial esfulano, Sucha one is anexcellent Surgeon. It is agreat comfort for vs thatare Preachers, when our Hearers foules Thal fofmart with our(harp reprehenfions,that theyfin! exclaime andcrie out againft vs,That wee deale too roughlywith them, and that welack a Ladies hand in the fearching anddreffingoftheir woundsand fores. But when thefe men (hall he freedof this theirpaffion, and (hall findwhat good ("Wed our Cauterieshauewrought upontheir cancer'dconfciences,though now they curie andsenile vs,theywill then thankevs and pray to God to bleffe vs. For this Chandothmany myracles . All thewords that were vttered in this Councel were meere fopperiesand fooleries ;andit feems verseftrange & much tobewondred at,rhat the fin of malice beingpecado tanpenfade,fopremeditated a fin,that theycouldnot pick anyother hole inour Sauiors coat,orpitchon force other
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