392 ofProferneanddduer tie. Sathan is at the-elbow with the fameargument. With our conquef£of corruption wemu not hold ourfeluescontented: and though Wegiue one repulfe ,wemay recemeadoubjl foile for it: But in thiscafè a godlie con(ciencedealing in agodlie caule with his God ,ma thinkcifI werean Idolater, the LordLu1ghríy, Goa to thy Gods inwhome thatthafletrufhá feeiftheywill help thee, for thou hafte refufedmee, and ca:f owe behindethy hacke. If I were a murtherer,theLörd might fay, thy hands are full of blood, andthy Sacrifice is an abhonnnation vnto vs. If Iwere a blafphemer,the Lord mightfay, what haft thou todoe to call vpon me, and co take my name in thymouth, thou hafte polluted my name, hmv fhould I take pleafure in thy prayers? But when we fee,we fimpliepróeéfting,as did Ezek :'. ah; RememberLord, holy Jhauewalkedéeforethee in troth , andwith aperfect heart,, andbane Km. done that,whichigoodinthyf: gFr, andyet cannotbeheard, what àprouocationtotempts. tino is duos For we would thrnke,ifGodwill heareany ,he would heare thegodlie;ifeuer he will fieare,that he would heare after longpraying; if inany thing, when wecomplaint I. of violence andmiferie. But to crie,and a goodman to crie,and to crie long,and tocrie in » extremieie,aud yet no hearing, this is grieuous. Fromthisgriefegrowes another tempts- " tion.IfI haue prayed fo long and cannot beheard, what booteth it not topray? I will ¡pare the labour, rather thenlabour withouthope and help. i 3 To be left when weepleale ourfillies and take our pleafurein inne,were a thing moreeafie; but when wee (hall begge, on our bare knees, when thefurrow of brinethail make ourcheekes full of teares, when wee 1hallsvrinkleour faces withweeping, andour throats (hall grow hoarfe with crying , and then beasforlorneand forfaken, is not this a Nate. fore affault? whatthen infischatemptation :naywedoe?Wemuflouercomeoriefewithpati - Taouerenme ence,endrateout and /'urneeu: this temptationbyfaith, andpurgedaaarur'?inCods promifes by griefé by faith perfeuerance in Griefe naturaliseis heauie, and lies as lead at tiseheart, and conk- andpatience. quentlieprcffethvsdow treward, fothat,iffaithandprayercankeepetheheart,thehands, Afstsoforon thèveiçc,tisc eyes vpward,it is appareut,thatpatience furmounteth grief:, and faithNth felatcdmitder. out runne temptation. Ifdilpairedid pofldGa theheart, the verie naming ofGod would begs seuosss,yea though it werevttered byanother. When then wee cannotoneliehem God named,but nainehum:asid call opon his name by prayer , it fhewes ivee are yet chit ',deer, of hope hanging at thebeeft. As for the word, vrnerewith Gods children and euen fame of theProphets,haue teemed fool ifhlieto charge God,wee muff know,that they be voide ofpa(fion not ofperlla s:Hon, which thing is the more diligentlieto bemarked to a- kite. batethe rigour of ourcenfures,whichwe oft give out upon a(ió'red confciences. Íf a than (hall liedown inhis.bed,commendinghimfelfe into the handsofGod by prayer,fhal any usan doubt, but his effare is ofthe Lord , andhis fafetie fromGodhimfelfe ?Yet itfailed' out,that the fameman is ftrikenwith fuels feares in hisdreame,that he giues out defperate fpeeches asa man forfaken of God, will yee demmeehm inan rather by that fuddamemo- tion befalling him in his dreame;then by that continual) courfe , which lice kept beinga- wake? Ifyou yourfollies would not be judged in that cafe , iudge not others in the like Math, 7.5.5.3. cafe,leaft it bemeafured to you,as youhauemeafuredto others. Exeefre con- demned. Aft.z4.ry. dsfleritie. CHAP. 55. Of Pro/peritie. Ofephes example indrinkingwine, isnot an example ofexceffe, wherein wee commonly offend at this day,for that is condemned and judgementsare prepa- red for it.And want and fuck like too much aufterityis not commended,forwhy then Ihould therebe fuck diners tafles in imams?And winewas giuen notonly toquench the thirfl,batalto iomake theheart of menglad: for whichpurpolc all theocher creatures feriaealfo,and therefore the childrenofIlicell were commanded toease and bemerriebe- fore the Lord. Thelame may begathered out of the fecondof John, evlsere Cbrilt albeit theyhad well drunk: atthe mariage, yet chaunged the water intowine, whichlice would DOt
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