Chap. to. oc»srdisrrg to St M A T T 'x á_vV. 339 had, Paidchat Martyr. There is marrialllaw for thofe thatforfake their captain, or elfef under a colour of difcrerion ) fail back into the rcreward. They thatdrawback, do it toperdition,Heb.io 39. And is it nothing to lofe an immortall foul? to purchafean ever- living death P Should fervanrs fear their maters,, becante they have powerover the flcfh,f2ol. 3. z3. and fhould not we feat him that can defároy both body and .foul i rn hell ? Biron Marfhallof France derided theEarl ofEfrx his piety at his death, as more befitting a ,fillyMingler thin a Itout warner : as if the fear of hall were not Camd. El z. a Chriftian mans fortitude ; as if it were not valour but inadnefle fob > 5 4. to fight with a flaming fire, that is out of our power toinpprefi . This Biron, within few moneths after, underwent the fame death- that Effex did, and then if he feared not hell, he was lure to fiel it. ° Verfe 26. Arenot two arrows, ' &c. ] Birds flying feemto be 5pg9f,, Met at liberty,yet areguided by an over-ruling hand : theyfliefteely, eft ,mpßa%r yetfall by divine difpofe, and not as the fowler will a But we are dinaiaarivt. better then many fparrowes. Gods providence is punduall, and particular, extendingeven to the leaft and lighteft circanaf}an- ces ofall our occurrances ; whatever Hierom thought to the con- trary, 'and Pliny with his Irridendum verb curam agere rerum manarum ill-old u quitquid ell fummm : It isa rediculous thing 1r6 7o ''eaP'9' faith hero imagine that God takes care ofour particular affaires. .How much better 'St 4uóufliue, Dcus fic curat univer(os qua i fìigules,fcfrngulos, quali 1los. Gods providence extends coeve- ryparticular, bothperfon andoccurance. Vette30. 13u,í the very haires ofyour head, &c.] As things of price,.and theeas God lets great ftore by. Hence he enjoynedhis 1Var,arites, When theyhad acomplifhed their vow, to lhave their N" "U.6 äs. heads, andputthe hair in the fire, under their peace-offering, for a iacrificeto the Lord. The Amatomitespaid dear for the hair the fhaved off the heads and beards of David; meflengers. So hack T 'o -7',m !;in: Bonner I believe, ere this,'for the Martyrs bardhe púl1'doff part Al an! ALI. of it; caaufing the ocherpart thereof to be fh ived, left'his manly act fo; r; 91- fhould bePeen to the world. The three Worthies were taken out attic fiery furnace with their haires in full number, not one of them ringed. Verte3a. Fear nottherefii're] ThisisTethirdrimeinfixver- fes, that they and we arebidto'bá_nith this cowardly bate pailìon, thiscaufeleffe,fì uiitlefle,hai mfu'l, fintull fear of men, Hechat fears 7, 4 God
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