74- --- No greater dfhònour,than todye upon the frf]: It by the handof abafccnemie. 1 (4') Thatwe may have an es- ample to fot- low. PAL96' rob'. Goat prole &ion a fate- gard. glorie to anitber. AndAs Pharaohconferred onrofephall his authority andpo wer, but not his Crowne and Scepter, In this thingonly iwiübe before thee : So God beingmoftliberall vntovs, inbeftowingall his riches and graces vpon vs yet was he euer couetous of his honour. But by yeelding that the Deuil fhould tempt him,it feemeth that he did putit in hazard,atleaft to it's triall : For,tobe tempted, is tobe incited andprouoked to finne, whofemaliceand wickedneffe hath that oppofition andemnitiewith God, which if our Sauiour (as it was im- poflible) fhouldhaue confcntedvnto, hee fhould haue loft the name of the cternall Sen of God,and:haue caufedhim to become his enemie foreuer. Befrdes,there is no ftrokethat Itrikesfo home toaNoble breft,astobee ouer- comeby his enemie. Saul, that he might not die by the hands ofaPhiliftine, fpake tohis Sword-bearer tokill him : And his Sword-bearer notdaring to kill him,hekilled himfelfe. Cato Vticenfisdid the like,that he might not become a Slaue roCefar,as Plutarch reporteth it. The likedidCleopatra, beeing buta wo- man. What prefumptionthenisit, that aCreature which hadbeenecaft out of Heauen, forabate,infamous,anddifloyallTraitor,fhouldpretend to conquer. theSonneofHeauene Againe, To the Iuft (faithSaint Chry fafioi. e) thereis but one Good,and one Euill neceflarie : The Good, is God ; the Etiill, the offendingof God. lobdid not thew fo much forrow forthe loffeofhischildren,his houfes,his flocks,and his fubftance,as he didwhen hiswifePaid vntohim,CurfeGod anddie ; but that was as adaggertohis heart. Shall I be angrie aidoffended with my God e No, though he fhould kill mee, yttwill I louehim : For I haue noother Goodbut myGod, he isall myhope,andall my comfort. What thenmight our Sauiour thinkeof the Deuil e -Howmuch thould it grieue himtoheare him fay,Faldowns andworppme. Laftly,Hewaswillingtobe tempted, forthat temptation becingathing that wemúft allofvs neceflarily endure, no,none of thebelt of vsall canauoyd, we may knowhow tobehaue ourfeluestherein, by following theexample ofthis our noble Captain; vt swimsmunin:ur auxilio,erudiamurexemplar'sPope Leo kath it. f t mediatoreft,nonfolampersaditorium,verum etiamper exemplum , as Saint vluflenhath it. Our life isadaylywrrefare, anda continuall temptation, (not only profitable,butneceffar'ie:)& to tholeworldlings that liue(totheir teeming) inpeace,Wifedome faith,TLt knowing Warre,theycallfomany tails, Peace : Thefe are they that fuller amore bloudieand defperatewarre thananyother. Job faith, Mans life is butaWarrefare vponearth. Saint Gregorie calls it the Gardofour ver- tues ; For then arewe inwardlybellpreferued, whenoutwardlyweeareby Godsdifpenta- tion tollerably tempted. Andamongft manyotherreafons which are brought for theproofe hereof; there is onevene powerful; towit, Thatwe Thal haue there- inthe efpeciall fauourand proteétionof ourgoodGod; fo that hee giuing vs fire h to endure, we mayaccount itagreathappineffevnto vs. Ca odic Domin°animasSantiorüfuori,Gedbathan exceedinggreatcare ifthe oukt ofbio Saints;AndhauingGod on ourfide,who canhurt vse 7tjnne tovallaf eum per circaitura ? it vniuerfam fubflantianr dos ?TheDeuill Paidvnto God, talking with himabout Job, Lord, thoudooft not onely gard his foule, but his life, his honour, and his goods , as ifthouhadft put him intoa ftrong place ofdefence, vnder lockeandkey. Saint Gregorie faith, That God fogardeth the houfeofthe Righteous, that he will not leaue fomuch as a chinkeopen for theDeuill to en- ter Thereinto : And thereforeSalomon Riles it an inexpugnable Tower. When the SodomitesaflaultedLots houle, the Angells werenot contented with £hut-
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