Chap.9. accedi* toSt MATT H EVV. 321 Wolfe, being fltortlyafter fent Embaffadour beyond feas, to make Life snd death means for his releafe, as he came thorowCanterbury toward `Do- oEeard,Lyvt. aver, he commanded the Monks, and the `Quire to fing theLetany fi.Y.Pag.28. after this fort, Santla Maria, ora pro Papanoflro Clemente. Him- fclfalfobeing prelent was Peen to weep tenderly, for the Popes calamity. Shall fuperflition do that, that Religion cannot bring us to ? Shall we not turn againunto the Lord with fatting, weep- ing and mourning, if for nothing elfe, yet that our poor bre- threnwnay finde compafon I" Which is Heaekjah'.r motive to the' L man. 30.9. people. eslnd then fhalltheyfa . ] Note here, i. That falling is not a- belilhed with the Ceremonial) Law,but flail to be ufed as a duty of the Cofj ef. a. That times ofheavines are times ofhumiliation. 3. That our halcyons here are but as marriage-feafls, for continu- ance;they laft not long : never look for it. Verfe 16. No man putteth a piece, &c.] Aufterities of reli- gion are not tobeprcff:d upon new-beginners. God would not carry the people to Canaan thorow the Philftims countrcy ( though it were the neareft way) for difcouraging them at firft letting out. Our Saviour fpake as the Difciple.r could Riarb 433, bear. Difcretion is to be ufed, and Chris lambs handled with all tcndcrncffe. Verfe 17. Neither domen put newWine. ] In theyear of grace, 340. arofecertain hcretickscalled .4fcita or Vtricula t, Bottle- Ahlod.t brone. bearers, becaufe they bare a bottle en their backs, affirming that P.05.8 they were ne true Chriftians that didnot io : and alledging this text for themfclvea, as if they were theonly new bottlerfilledwith up, Wine, So tholediffriîliffînoiMonachi, Puritan-Monks (as one englitheth it) whomade thewfclves wooden 'crates, and carried theta on their backs, continually pleaded,Mat.i6.24. to make for them. This was, as M.7indall faith in another cafe, to think to quench their thirft by fucking the Ale-pow I. Verfe 18. Behold, there cameacertain Ruler.] airut the Ru- lerofthe Synagogue. Few fuch came toChrift : butthis manwas driven cutofdoors by thecroffe, as the wolf is out of the wood by hardhunger. It was his only daughter of a dezen-year old, that was now at paint of death. This makes him fcek out to L+ak,3,y t. Chrift the bell Phyfitian. Men mutt be fathcrhfle (childlefl ) ere they finde mercy (Hof,14.3.) and apoor afflicted people ere they will be brought to trufl in the nameofthe'Lord, Zeph, 3.1 3. Y3 The
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