· OpentomemySifter,&c~ a deale of worldly projects nothing wonh. \Ybatis in ourjoy,if Chrifi:benotthere1world– ly joy, which cleav~s to t~ings worfe ti:en it felfe. If a man were anatemtzed, and feen mto, he would be aili2med of himfelfe, if he did fee himfelfe ; Chrifi therefore out of pitty to our foules,would not have the Devill there; Chrifi knowes it is good for our foules to give way to him, therefore he ufeth all fweet allurements, open tome my Sifter,my Love,&c.Chrifi bath nel ver his fill,till he clofe with the foule perfectly:, I . fothatnothing be in the foule aboye him, no– thing equall to him,therefore open,open frill. . Againe, He fets downe to move the Church the more to open to him the inconveniences - ~that he endured, 0'vly head i5 filledwithdew,&c. w~erein he fhewes what he ~cffered, whi.ch fu~ fe11ngs are oftwo forts: I tJ htmfltfi : Inhuu'v!t.· nijlers. In himfelfe, and in hisowne bldfed per– (on what did he endure1what patience had he in enduring the refracrory fpirirs of men when he was here~howmany indignities did hedigell: in his pifciplesafcer their converfion '! Towards I his latter end, his head was not onely filled with j the drops, but his body filled with drops of 1 bloud. Dr~ps of ?Iou~ ~ame from him,becaufe '59' f --1 S··BR. VI. \ l oftheangmfhofhts Spmr,and·tbefenfeof Go?s wrath for ourfinnes. Upon the Croffe,wh~: dtd he end-ure there~ that fenfe ofGods anger there was onelyforourfinnes. Utty God) my God, why Mat .2. 7 • haft tbotJ for(akmme? What iliould we fpeake of his going up anddowne doing good., preachi~g -– ' m
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