2(6 A Commentary upen the Copl Chap,?. erfc 7. essikand it£ball begivenyyou, &c.] Whereas it might be o jead, Thcfc are hard leflons, neither know we how to quit our felves in thedifeharge of them. Our Saviour anfalers, IC1.5 5.6; as Efay did before him, Seekye the Lord while he ma be found, callyeupon himwhiles he is veer : and asS 7aryec advifcth after him : jam. I45. Ifare nean want wifdom, let him askit of Clod. Ask faith he, and it thall:be given you, Run the great Doekour of the Church, as 4'gur did to1thiel and Vcal, Prove 30, I . and he will teach you á leekhisface and favour, and ye hall furely find,: it ; Knock at the beautifull gate ofHeaven with the hand offaith, and it Aet y s, £hall open untoyou (as the Ilea gate did to `Peter) of its one accord. Eliílsaet ltafft was laid (cy his appointment) upon the .dead childesface, but there was neither voice nor hearing. He went there-fore himfelf, GVId,fbut tke door upon them tnvein, and King,4 31, praiedunto the Lord. This ftaff_he knew was long enough to 3 3. reachup toheaves, to knock at thofe gates, yea to wrench them open. Asktherefore that your joy may befull. Hitherto ye have asked me nothing, faith Chril, difl; king cur dalneffe to this du- I.amprid. in ty. páridefi cur nihil pens? pee neprivates, de me querar4; f;id ej vita. Seversu the Emperour to his Courtiers, What meaneff thou to ask nothingofine? Ask, that thou maieft have no caufeof vom plaint against me. And Pope Nicobe-e the fifth (a great favourer of learning) When he was told offume in Rome that made good verfes: They can-not be gSod Poets, feid he, and I not know them. Wh come they not tome if oel ì Pectisetiam'm,a- I3nfcF;,us in y s vat, lei pateo, Whoam a; friend to Poets, thoua,h not fo gond ? Chrift foi iciteth futours, andthe FatherfeekethFisch to wor/hip him, yob,4, 2 ;. not for any thing he gets by it, but meery for our benefit: as the Stan draws nn vtwours from' the earth, not for it felf, hut to moilten and fatten theearth therewith. And although he come not ever at fit-it call, yet be not difeourag,col with fìlence or fed anfwers. He is neereft to filch futours-as With Mary, cannot fie him for their tears and griefs : if, with her, they continue to fed( Lim in humility, Ifthey refit not rapping and 'bouncing at his gates, he will open unto them, for their importunit y,Luk, t 8.5,7. The Saints {6J/flail/in have prefent a!7dience, as Eleczer, Çen.a4. 15. Daniel, Chap.9.23. The Dif iples, Ail.4 31. And Luther, =who came leaping out of his clofèr, withViciarue, l' cimru in his mouth. But what if they have not ? far be it from them, to t hink that God is afleep, pr gone a journey, as the Prepbt 3eetlt
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