Rcafons why Chrift under. Sunday-inLent. went thiscombat. Sersn.5. Captaine,who hath ouercome our enemies The. Lyon oftheTribeofhide Kati ouercome. When Iofhaahóuercame thofe flueKings oftheAmmorites neere vn- toGibeon;.hc would hauethe Princesofthe People toputtheir feet vpon their neckcs ; that feeming vnto himto be a powerfull meanes toput them inheart, and to fcrueto encourage the reft ofhis foldiers not to feare them, for that God fhouldbringdowne their enemies, and put themvnde r their feet.. This valiant Captaine did alío fubdue Aeba and Salmana, andcommandedhis fonne,thathee fhouldvníheath his fwordand runne them through ; whichhedid ofpurpofeto make himgathercourage vntohim , and to cafe off all feare. Nor can there greater worth be defared in a Captaine , than toknow how to free his fouldiers fromfeare. WhenDauid had fniote off Goliahhis head, thofe of Ifrael wereas boldas Lyons, andthe Philiftines wereas fearefull as Hares. In the timeofSa- Iomoa,the Scripture faith, ThatIfraelididhue in that.peace, andfo: deuoyd of feare, as nomen more,Euerie one 'under his Dronerine,andynderhis owneEigge. tree; notthat all of them hadtheir Vines and Figge-trees , but becaufe they might fleepequietly and fecurely (as the Poets feigneof Tyrirus and cAtehhus)vnder the tiradeofthe broad fpreddingBeech, finging this Songofjoy, Dear nob*hat otiafecit. All which was afigure of thepeace and fecuritie whichthe Church was to enioy by the conqueftof tifis ourCaptain : (for bywarre weecome to the enioying ofpeace) and as byhisdeath hedidconquer ourdeath ; fò likewife (faith Saint Gregorie) it was fir, that tlie conquering of his temptation fhouldbe the fubduingof ours. The Prophet treating how cowardly theDeuill would remaineafter thisvic`torie, faith, Thou haft madehimfoodfor the People of.Ethi- opia. The Negro's ofZapa and Mandinga hauepiece-meale deuoiredhim, and eatenhim vp asit were by morcells. For the world hathnot amore fearefull and cowardly Nation thanthat oftheNegro's, either by reafon oftheir fmall ftoreofblond, or forthat,thatlittle theyhaue is verie cold, andtherefore bath the lefl'e a&iueneffe in it. The Romans wouldneuer confent that any Negro fhould bee lifted for a fouldier. The vnknowne Authourvnderflandethby the .Ethyopians, thofeCrowes, whichof all other Fowles thatfeed vpon flefh, arethe molt fearefull : which is tobee feenein this, that delighting fo much as theydoe , topicke outtheeyes ofothercreatures, theydare not aduenture to plucke them out vntill theybe dead. Of acoward the Spanifh Prouerbe faith, AM+romuertogran Lanfada, Gluea dead c Moore a great blowwith a Lance:Which is fpokenbywayofreprochof notorious cowards, when theywill offer to run aman throughwhen hee is dead alreadie: In Rome there was greatoppolition betwixttwo famous Orators,Tully andMete/lue ;the one was Rout and full of courage, and the other cowardly and timorous : Nowwhen Metellus Matterdy- ed, he let ouerhis Tombe-(lone aCrow ; WhereatTullyjeafting,faid, Thathee now had paid hisMatter athis death, for that whichheehad taught him in his life. And therefore-theProphet faying, That theDeuill thould be the foodof the Negro's, or,ofCrowes ; was tofrgnifiethereby, that hewasnot ableto put feare into the fearefulleft and moll cowardly perlons. Thirdly ,Our Sauiour Chril} did pretend in this actionof -his, to giue vs a great teftimonieofhis loue. All hisa&ions proclaime loue ; but this ofhis be- ing tempted,hathone circumflanceof loue, thatI knownot well what canbee more : For hauing giuenvsbothHeauen andearth , and all that therein is, and which is more, his onelybegottenSonne,wirhwhom bee gaue vs all that good whichwe could with or haue ; fLuomodo cum illoamnia non nobledonauit?yet did he alwayes_ refcrue his honourvnto himfelfe; Iam theLord,artd Iwillnotgiuemy G glory 73 Themain thing in a 6e recall, is to ficelais foldi- ersfrom feare. ;Rrg.4. The Negro0. of all nations the molt sow_ at.dy,&why. émpToeYlifi hisownlouq
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