358 Of Ì(non ledge. TheDiuels f phßrie. atldll2ofet fought Godrather thenPharaoh : but weefeekeprepolferoully, giuhigyouth topleafure, oldage toGod, we make our eldeftchildren Lawyers , the fecondoryongeft Mains:whereas our fathers made the firftborne toferue in thePriefthood. In our con: trabtsWefirlt feeke wealth, and thenreligion ; acuredmatch :.well, whilewe thusfeeke Godwee fhall neuer finde him. Wherefore let vs feekeGod inhis word; and j5 peece of theword, but in alltheword t notsnakingconfcience of fome finne , and yetre. cainingother linne5Godwill not bediusded, not quarteredin qualities , becaulèhe isis. diuiftbleinfubftance. Many vfeareftrainedobedtence ,and the world bath eueraplacard for fomefinne. Such a onewas hethat would haue a dìfpenfation for kneeling in the houfe ofRimmonwith his mafter. Ananiaswould keepefumepart to himfelfe,Godwil be fought totally inrefpeet of his word , as alfoherrequireth anvniuerfalitie inPeekingof himfelfe. Wemuff notfeeke Godandthe worldtogether, wemuffnot haue two firings toourbow: hauing oneeyeon the word and another on theworld. Weemuffnot thinke if we haue Godit is well; if we hassebimnot, it is no great harme, purpofinga pietie tobur felues,fo longas weebeein the Church, and pronufrngto our feloes immunrtic beeingout of the Church. .' 1.Sam.1948. 6 Samuel thefirftbuilder(wereade)ofColledges:callethhisColledgeNaioth ,thatis, Scboolex. euenheautieitfelfe, wherernuttbenodeformitie, forafinallfpotinbeautieisagreatble. mifh. Againe, Colledges are as Epitomes of the Common-wealth , as Athenswas of Greece: andwhata thingwereitinanEpitome to lindefuperfluitie. Vniuerfities are the eyes of theCommon-wealth,and a motean theeye isagreat trouble. Briefly,Vniuerfities be theLebanon of the Lorde,from whence timber muttbee fetched tobuild thetemple. t Theybe theConduits,to dersue waterinto thewholeLand. They be the rockesor bayes, wherefait isprepared to feafon. They be the pulifhedSaphires togarnifhthe houfeof the Lord. TheNoels fo- . 7 Itis a parteof thediucls fophiltrie, as in good thinges to feuer the means fromthe tldrtedifioy- ende; foin culli things tofeparace the ende from the imams. Danid ioyneth both toge- edb; tcor,. Cher, Plàl. r r9.lam thine, O Lordfemme. The Diuellperfwadethvs, God will farevs, Lord.the but makesvsneuerTooketo that, Iamthine: Ineuillhebearethvsìnhand, weemay vfe Lord. themeans, and neuer come to the ende,and foclips off halft : as when he can fuller chis, Ecclef.x r.9. Reioyce 0 youngman,hewould leaue outthis, Bud thouJl alt come toiudgement. Butthefe God hash ioyned together, and neither the fubtiltie of youth, nor anywitof msan, nor all thediuels tohell canfeparate them, thepleafores oftheBeth, and the iudge- mentsof God : as toourfirft parents, Eat,yeefballnot die : towhom fome Salomonmight haue(aide, ifit feetnepleafant to you, eaten, but death (hill come. So in theft two that Ezechiel hash ioyned : the cafe of theParlour , and the blood requiredat his hande he mighthaue faid,Goeco,buildyou tabernacles, where you may take moft profite,and Pkÿurer. giue caretowealth : yetGod lhallbringyou toiudgemenc. God withan adamantchaine bath knit thepleafures of this worldwith rudgemenc, hethat bathone muftbane both. Thewifedome g There are manyplaces molteffeetuall,and worthiermeditation, then othersinthe efood is apz Scripture ereinfpiritusmaltumfpiràuit, for I thinke that the fpiritenot onelybioweth theeworndai whereitl th butalfowhen,and in what tneafure lie lifted,. As in fomeplaces, namely teeirefh and yet in fome Pfal.}t:and4913. the Lordcalléthas it were congregationof allforts and conditions, placemere GgnifyagCome great point ofwifedome, that lie requireth (b greata Theatre. Theanti- ', thenin ono-, entexpofttours fay this wifedonieis ,svhere this wordSea asfound. Forwhether at fagni. ¡ber, fie, asthe feuentieInterpreters fay, agreatpaufe,that the verfe goingbefore maybe medi- ` tatedon; orarepetition, asRabbi_Ahxahamfaicl), thatthat verfe for itexcelienciefhould betwicelung, orboth, as Tremeliets; it muttneedes fignifie great wifedome andMatter in theverse. ltboafootifh 9 Theredayes(hallnotcontinueaiwayes,butthere(hallcomeadaywhereinthecon- ehoiferoch fciencefhallbedilnayed, adayofdeath, whereinwewillnotcareforriches ,beautie,.lear- earthly¡sogr nir. raifeoreftimation: Andyetthere belotnethat carenot for this :whichloue,asral /y g,p Y ¡berthes heu- faith of Verret, filuer better then heauen, they thinke it a greater :natter to habe in a uenlyebiegs, beggerlyeftate, then to look theirfoules. put this isfollie, prouedby two leam os. Eat, thus
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