32S A Commtritary upon theGoftiel Chap t . a Tim.;. ty.i is fo thorovelyfftrnifked to allgood tvorI , but that he may need the advife and helpofhis fellow-labourers. And this I conceive, was at firfl the end of erecting Coiledges and Cathedrals. Ità43,6. Verle 6. To the loftj?,,eep,] This is the common condition of us all. e 4ll we like(beep havegone affray. The Prophet faith not like dogs : for thefe, though loft, will finde their way home a- gain. Nor like fwine : for thefe altowhen lugd, or again(} a dorm, will hye to their b®me. But like fheep, that filly crea- ture : then the whichas none is more apt to wander, fo neither l any more unable to return. Verfe 7. The kingdomofheaven it at hand,] Repent therefore. Menwill doe much for a kingdom. And, nothing lcffe then a Kingdom, and thatof Heaven, canbuy men out of their fweet fins. How atany hear we dailymaking anfwer to the motion of thisheavenly kingdom offered them by God, as the Olive and ur Paris ut vinedid in 7othaws parable? Shall I leave my fat and fweet fins vivat regneti; to reign, though withGod ? And yetevery roan mull be either bestue cogtp j, a King or a caitiff:: reign in heaven, erroar for ever in hell. Anal fer.egat "; this the Apotilhs were bid, where ever they carne to preach, not to fing maffe, which is the chiefoffice ofPrìefls among the PapiPs. And for the people, they are taught tobelieve, that the Maf1e only is a work ofduty : but the going Sermons a matter Herat. Epift.t. of conveniency, and fuch as is left free to mens leifures, and op. óandr his Re- portunities, without imputation offin. lat, ;ot Welt. Vero 8. Heal thefîck,] God glorifieshimfelf by the fruits of our fin, and the etfs of hisown wrath. This great Alchimifl kno*es how to extraet good out ofevil. He can make golden affliftions, r `Fet.i 7. medicinall ficknefíes; fetch his own ho- noteeut ofthe depths of our fuff<°rings, as wine drawsa cou- fithing vertue from the firth of vipers, and as fcarlet pulls out the vipers teeth. Frsely yehave received.] And fo havewe in fume fort, and in force fenfè : fith no pains we take, nocall we are at, canpoflibly countervail fo great a treafure, as isconcredited untous. Verfeg. `Provideneithergold, &c.] To wit, for this prefect voyage(for at other times our Saviour had money, and he put it not in a peny-pouch, but in a bag fo big, as that itneeded a bear- er) but now Chritt would teach them, by experience of his fa- therly providence in feeding and fecuring them, totroll him for ever. Verfe ió,
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