CHAPS. din Expefttìon ri100 theftrf1 VER. r 8. eluded ; euen for their finnes, and thriuing therein,pro. phanely,prailing God,, and giuing thankesto him. The Theefe for his Spoiler the Adulterer for his vncicane Dalliance; the vaine Gamefler for his good Fortune. Gratitude, faith Bernard, is or should be pstdioa. Abomi- nable ro God is that thanks, that afcribes to him the o- ,peration, of what he profetlech to abhorre, and threat - neth to punith ; as hee doch allinignitie. The fenfe then thus conceiue :Insoysi:g the blejngs of.God,be ar carefalito render thanke,s,as in the want thou waft inffant in Prayer to obtain them. Let no faueur of God, bee it nester fa mean, bee aster- paJJ.d witko,t thankefgining. Amongtl Iewes, were as many Thankef- offeri'gs: as Offerings of expiation and atonement, to teach vs, to bee as thankfull for blef- riings reedited, as in our wants wee are importunate to obtains them. And hereto tended their folemne Feái- uities, as to one end, to tellifietheir thankfulnetre, and reioycing in Gods Mercy, and the Bleffings beftowed on them in temporall and fpirituall things. The Saints of God were carefull in his kinde : in Dagid, the man after Gods owns heart, iris fpecially obferuable, his Pralines of thankefgiu:vg double in number to thote fpent in Do- ¿trine, Hitlory, or Petition. Mociues here : Firft, The excellency of this feruice would bee confcdered. Fitt, Preferred by the e Lord before all Sacrifices. Secondly,Peculiar to Saints.Third- ly, The feruice of the life to come, when all other almoft ceafe. Secondly, Iris all wee are able to render vnto the Lord for all the benefits hee bath done vnta vs: in a f eufe, f 411 the Lord requires of vs : how iuffly, judge by that no obli- gation of the Lordvnto vs; For g who hathgioen bim firfi? We receiue them, faith B E R rr A R D, Duplisiter gratis; fine merits), fine labore noflre. Thirdly, Vnthankfulnetre, faith Bernard, is thatven- tses veces and exiacans, that dries vp flrrcntagrathe. For it,
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