68 Godio"late. et f00 late. Vpon the Saturday Abatuc.a. videtap. dire- lireImJe,or ¡- RMS. Cor.i . The exceuen cieofPatienu cleercwith man,heput theprowofhisdefires into theHauenof Saluation: for all doe naturally defrrcan eftate that is full ofhappineffe and free from euill ; and that which makes their voyage vnhappie & vnfortunate, isWind. Saint Iohn. faith, That allthings in this world,areeither pleafures, couetoufnefï'e, or ho- nours : And ifwe (hall femme vpall thepleafures,riches,and honors, that haue beene enioyed in theworldeuen to thisverie houre, we (hall find thatthey are all butWind. Salomonmade anAnnatomieofall humane felicitie,and inconclu- lion fhewes it is all but vanitie, Vanitasvanitatum, ezomnia vanitar. ZacharieTaw a figureof foureEmpires the famoufeft that euer were in theworld ; the Affi- rians, Perfians, Medes,and Grxcians ; and askingof theAngelI,uifontiffi,Do- mine mi ? Hetoldhim, iflifunt quatuor Venti, Thofe are thefoureWinds . Themolt profperous Scepters , and the moftdreadfull Crownes are no better than ayre : And it were well iftheywere no worfe anddid not crofi'e that good fortune whichwe defire in the nauigationofthis our life; Hocopw,hic labor. . Circa quartamvigiliatnnods. About thefourthwatch. What, folate t Gods helpecome it when it wil come, comes neuer too late ;Veniens,vent,&non taredabit. And God would that this truth should remain fo notoriousand manifeftto theworld that hee doth not onely call itaVifron, explans vifum,which carrieth it's euidence along wits., it ; but he commandeththe Prophet towrite it downe with ftrangecircumftances. The firft isverie cleere, and hath.notthe leaft fhaddow ofdarkeneffe in it.The fecond circumftance,that this Paying fhould bee' grauen ¡IonBoxe, for fo the Septuagint read it ; whichkindofwood (according untoEfy) conferueth what is written therein to the worldsend.. The third, That it fhouldbeewritten in capitali letters which may be readafarre off., The fourth, The áfl'urance& ter- taintie thereof,impliedin the repetition, Veniens,veniet,er on tardabit,Comming, he willcome,andwill notCarrie. SaintBernardargueth hereupon, 6 uomode non tar- debit, ftmorainfecerit ?Tlemcanhebutlinger,if hevfedelay ?Ianfwer,Godshelpe may happily cometoo late,in regardofour dcfire, but canneuer come too late in regard ofour neceffitic. And this his flowneffe in fuccouringvs,may feeme painful], ifwee shall meafure it according to the impatiencieofour defire ; but profirable"vnto vs,ifwee will but thinke vpon the reward which is laydvp for thole thatfuffrhoping. SaintPaul inthe chame which he recommendeth to the Romans,whofe links are Tribulation,Patience, Triall, Hope, Charitie (which Saint Auflen Both fo much celebrate inhis bookeDeDoll. Chrliana) faith, Glo,iamur in tribulationi- btu, feientes quoniam tribulatiopatientiamoperator; patientia,probationem ; probatio, verofem, We reioyce in tribulation ;knowing that tribulation bringethforthpatience; patience, experience; andexperience, hope. Weedraw glorie out ofour tribulati- ons; forhe that is in tribulation,doth not onely fuffer, but infufferingworketh ; which workingcaufeth in 'vs an eternall weight ofglorie. From Patience arifeth another linke, which is Probation, or Trial! ;whitherit bee for that thePatient clothproouehowmuchhe is able tofuffer,beingfauouredby Heauen,and hol- pen from aboue ; or whither itbe, that he shouldbee prooued as was lob, to fee whither hewould flicke furely tohis tackling.For Patience is a more affured teftimonie ofour trial', than Fatting,Prayer, Alines, orthe like : for thefe are oftenfubielvntofalfehood. Againe, from this Trial!,arifeth Hope; for hee thatiswonderful' patient, cannotbut haue awonderful) good Hope. This was itthat made God faytoAbraham,Nunccognoui goodtimeanDeum,NovIknow that thou
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