636 Chrihnever countedany thinghis,but our happines. FfQySS. anstwwweogoto ëu . THE XLI. SERMON. Of theLords Supper. IoH. 13. Sciens Iefus, quiavenit hora eiru. yr Sauiour Chriti knowing that the hoare was now come ; For which were referued Gods greateft Grandeza, or Great- fleas. Thebleffed Virgincalled for wine at the wedding, but ourSauiour Chrift anfwered, c.yboure is notyet come. They carry him vp tothe top ofa mountain:, thinking to throw him downe headlong from thence : but he told them,Myhoureùnot yet come.Theygoeforth to apprehend him, and yet,hishour: was not come. But now, Sciens,quia'venir boraciao , When he knew that his honrewan come. Therewas not any thing in the world whichhe calledhis,butthis houre; and this hecalleth his,becaufe it was the houre ofour good and happineffe. The houres ofhis honor,when theMagi bowingto the ground,did adore him;when heentred in Triumph into lerufalem drawing all the Citie after him; whet he fhewed himfelfc foglorious in Mount Tabor;when the temptation in the de- fart beingendcd,the Angels came to feruehim;when all thecreatures wereobe- dient to his Empire : Allthcfc houreswereas ftrangers vntohim, he didnot reckon them as his ; but that houre whereinhe was betrayed, tormented, and crucified for mankind,T hishoure(he faith) is my houre. Exineniuitfemetipfism, formamferui accipiens. Thomas faith, That all the feruant get's, is his Lords, as the fruits of the garden, andofthe trees, &c. And hemade himfelfea feruant, that he mightmake vs Lords. Ho, euery one that thirtieth, comeye to the waters, and ye that haueno f leer, come buyandeare: Come Ifay,buywine andmilk: withoutinner, andwithout money. Saint Bernard askesthe queftion, Howaman canbuywithout a price, or fell without money :' And his anfwer is, That in buying and felling betwixt manandman, there muffof' force fome bargaine be driuen, fomeprice propofed ; but with God itis not fo,for,all thatwhich we canbuy,is fromGod. In the world, he thatbuyes, remaines withthat whichhe buyes, and hee that fells,wìththe price thereof. God fells heauenvnto vs for our failings, ourpray- ers,and our teares ; andheauen and the price thereof, remains at homewithin our felues, and in our owne keeping. And this is,Hora eixe,Hic honre. In the Creation, God had his owne houres, and ourhoures; Houres for him- felfe
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