I E~e0/rientls,Drinke. I ------------------------------~1 ------ refrdh themfelves for afterward, left they faint SE Jt, Ill. bytheway. . Company likewife of fuch as ldqour for that 6leftdfood that endurtth to life eterrJt11l, provoketh . -4· to fall too as the reil doe, tfpecially if they be Ioh.fi.•7· I equall or go beyond us in parts; for we: will rea– , fon with our felv~s, have. not I as much need as theyJif thefe things begood for them, then they aregoodfotrne~ ... . · Thus Saint FaulfoFet:elleth, that the example 1 of th'e Gem1les fhould provoke the Iewes to Rom.1 1, 1. 1 come in, and tJfre of the Banquet Chrirl hath ' provided for both. Efpecially this !hcmld fiir us · upearnefHyto takeour part in that Chrifi bath . provided ; becaufe we knowDQt how foone the table may be taken away : when men fee the difhes in removing,though before they havedi[. cour[ed away much time of their fupper, yet. then they will fall frdh to it. We know not how long wifedomewill be: inviting ofus,it will be our wifedome to take our time, leafl: we put · ' offfo long, as wifedome her felfe laughs at our 1 1defiruttion, and a famine be fenr, of ~11 famines , the moll: miierable , a famine ofthe Word,and then we maypine away eternally without corn.:. fort. Ghrifi will notalwaies fiand inviting ofus, 1 if we will none of his cheare, others will, and flultwhen we fball ftarv{". · Let this draw us on, that we fee here Chr.ifis hearty and free wekom.e, the gracious look that wearelike to have from him.H:e counts it an ho– .nour, fince he bath made fuch rich provifion,for ~ • m f .
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