V' 6z8 God delayers not his fauesrrs. TheConuerfion of Mar. g. Efler g. His reward exceedsOur requells. Saint Chryfojlomefaith,That the fateday that4damwas caft out of Paradifeof the earth, the fame day did this Theeleenterinto theParadife ofheauen. The wordAmen,or verely,dothimplyas much. Aniently the Tribes were°diuided & let apart vpon twohils ; theonebreathing forth curies, Curledishe that bones- rethnot hi. Father, Curfidis be that leadeth theblindout oftheway: the otherbleffing; Blefedbe thouin theCitie, blediuthefteld, &c. Onely the differencewas in this, That to thefe their malediétionsand curfings,theydid euer fayAmen. For(as it is in theProuerbe)Parael vial f brauapan;, Forill, there, was neuer yet cloth wanting; therewas ftuffe Rill enough readyat hand. But totheir bleflings, they anlwered withfilcnce,referuing theirAmen,or,Sobe it, forthe commingofour SauiourChrift, from whom allour goodwasto come. AndTheodore: piles vs thisnotewithall, That thole that filenced their Amen,werethofe that weretobe fati ers vnto Chrift,according to the fefh. Fourthly, in regard that this fauour is made thegreater by it's quick difpatch, Hodge mecumerrs inParad:fo, To dayflralt thou bewithmeinParadife. Theoplrylafl and Tigurino,read, Amen,dico fibs boast, Making there the point. But this ought not to be receiued, asCaflianue prooueth it , but that this Hodgemuff goehand in hand roundly along with Meeumerit. And fuftin Martyrfaith luxtaflìsenta plenißimo, grahamfimul accepit,&glsriam Grace andglirie with afulltyde, cameflowing in bothat oncevponhim. S. Ambrefefaith, That our Sauiour Chrift made this excee- ding greathafte,Ns, dilationegratiaminneretnr,Left thefauour he intended:, do him, fhouldbe lefenedbydelay. This fauour farre exceedingall the refl. in theworldbe- fides ; As that ofAlexander towardsPerillua,demanding adourie ofhim for his daughter ; and that ofthe Gardiner,whohad the Kingdome ofSidonia giuen him ; or than that which Herodoffered tohis daughter Herodias, or cdfutraas to QueeneHefter, Sipetiert dimidiampartem Regni noel, ¿rc. /fthoufhalt aske the one halfeofmy Kingdome, &c. AndbecaufeBisdat,qui cgtò du, Hedabadoublecurtefte that doth itquickly. Leaft delaymight lefl'en tlle Done rs bountie, Hee therefore faith,Hodiemecum eris,Thit veryday /haltthou bewithme6c.S. Amhrofefaith,,sod magis velox eratpremiumlawnpetitio, That the rewardwaif quicker than the repel. Seneca fayes, That hee that giues,muff not giue (lowly : for thewilling mind wherewith it is done (being therein themoft to be efteemed)ir loofeth muchof it's eftimation by it's flow proceeding. Leo the Pope faith, That it was a great fauour fromChrift, to put this fohumble and fo difcreet a petition into the Theeues heart ; but a farregreater fauour to giue him fuch agood andquicke difpatch. lofeph foretellingPharaohs feruant of his liberrie,being then his fe1- low-prifoner, faid vnto him, tYrfementomei, Haase me in remembrancewith thee, when thou art in good cafe : But for all the others faire prornifes, hecontinued two yeares afterin prifon. But the Theefe hadno fooner faidottementomei, but his Sauiour law himdifpatcht. O happy theefe,thou didft negotiate well andwith agood Iudge,that could difpatch thybufineffefo quickly,and fowell. Laftly,inregardofit's bounticand freeneffe,thereward outvying therequeft; hauing more fauourdonehim thanhedefired. Vberior (faith S. Ambrofe)efigratia gramprecatio. Godbath vfed (and (till Both) the like liberalitie towards many. Abrahamdefireda fonne toinherit his eftate, and a fonnewas giuen him , from whom Godwas todefcend. Jacob beg'dBeuiatnin, andgod gaue himboth Benia- min and Jofeph. Tobias defiredthat he mightfee his fon in fafetie, God retumeth himhomevnto him found,rich,and wet marryed. JudithcranedBethslia'sfiber- tie, Godgaueherthat, and Holofernes head into thebargain,andviätoryagainft Nebuchadnezzar. Annaprayed fora fonne, Godgaueher one,that was aSaint, a Pro-
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