time their other no OftheLords Supper. Ser.4.1. c a otvsm, but tt wens. felfe; andhoures forvs : But the world being created and fully finifhed, he gaue vsall the houresappertaining toTirne,Et requieuit abvniuerfeopere, quodpátraret, He refíedfrom allhis werkewhichbehadmade. Bupertur faith,That when the Scrip- ture makethmention, That God walkedvpand downe in Paradife ; it fpeakes of Godafter themanner ofman,who whenhe hathended allhis bufineffes,frts him downe toBate, takes his refl,and gets him afterwards outtowalke in his garden, there to take his pleafuresas one that hath nownothingelfe todo. So that when God was al alone,he hadTomehouresof hisown;but after thathe hadonce made himfelfe man,all thofe houres, weremade ours. In token that hewhobeareth on his thouiders the burthenofa Common-wealth , ought not to account fo much asan route to behis,but thatthey are al allotted for other men.Thofe that nowadayesgonerne the world,makemany hourestheir owne ; They muff haue their houre toBate; their houre to fleepe; their houre to talke , their houre to play, their houre towalke, makingtheir gouernment amatter ofrecreation, a- ilingall care behindtheir backe , and neuerfo much as once thinking of their obligation. And whereasthey fhouldbe in continuall occupation,vfingtheir re- creations fparingly; theychange lots; as if gouernment were conferred vpon them, to fit (fill anddoenothing, at leaf( to follow their pleafures anddelights, whence greathurt dothaccrue to themfeluesandothers. To themfelues, becaufe God will not call them to account for thofe houres, wherein they did not game, walke; &c but for thofe; whereintheydid not dif- patchbufrncifes. Toothers , beeraufethou art not thine owne Mari; but art tofpend thy time for thegood of thofe that Godhathcommittedto thycare, to receiue their in- formations, to perufe their petitions, and giue a fpeedie difpatch to their iuft pretenfrons. For what hurt theyreceiue through thydefault, it is put to thy account. Saint Bernardfaith, That fuch Offices and places as thefe, are not for weake men, effeminate perfons, and fuch as are giuen to fports andpafftimes; the weight ofthis charge is great,and therefore had needof a firongbácke; or the (boulders of an Atlas. It being fo, How comes it then topaffe; that fo manydoe defire and hunt fo earneffly after thefegreat places a My anfwer is, becaufe they lookenot vpon the weight and perill thereof, but thepompeand effimation that waits vpon them. Saint c4uguftinc faith, That ifworldly honours bee taken for eafe,there is nothing more fweer,nothingmore pleafing, But with God,notbing moremifrable,merewretcbed,or moredamnable. New when íefue knew that his houre wascome that he depart out ofthisworld, TWO thefather,foras much as he limedhisowne that were in the world, pinto theendbe lamedthem.] So fartewas Chriftfrom repenting himfelfe ofhis loue towards his, that hegaue them allpoffible pledges of this his loue. Great is the loue and af- feEtion that aTheefehathto theeuing, infomuch, that though heknowhe(hall be hangedthe nextmorning, yet he takes pleafure in robbing. A finedelicate lo. uer is he,who knowingthat tomorrowhe (halllook hislife forhis loue,lafheth out into greater extreames of loue than before. Manyattheir frft entranceinto loue, promife many fweet contentments to themfelues, who if they hadbut thought what fower fauce they fhould haue to this their (wed meat, they wouldneúerhauernadeloue. Butour SauiourChrifffaw his deathbefore his eyes, anelyet that he mightperfect his loue when hishoure was come,hefhew- ed moreandmore loue flill. Saintvluga(line faith, That hee tooke i efh in the Virgins wombe, that he mightreceiue limbs andmembers from thence,to deli- uer 637 Gen.a. No louelike tothat ofour Sauiour to- wards vs.
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