Chap. 4. according to St Mn r r a E v v. 415 fle-fh takes heavily. 3. To give them proof of h-is power, now pre- hided e in their weaknefle,when they were ready tobe (hipwrackt, and to teach them to pray to him abfent, whom prefent they had not prifed to the worth, as appears, von' 7. When wecalf our precious things at our heels, as children, our heavenly father layes them out of the way another while, that we mayknow the worth by the want,and fogrowwifer. He fent the7na/tituds away] That he might Chan even the Cant.r.y, fhzf1 ition of fcdition : We muff not only look to our consciences but to our credits. Why fhoteld I be as one th.<t turneth afide? faith the Church, or as one that is veiled and covered, which was the habit ofanharlot ? Why fhould I feem tobe fò, thoughI be none uiequid fe- fuch? We muff Chunappearances ofevil, whatfoever is but evil- rit mom co- favoured, lerarura, Bens. Verfe 23. Hewent "'pinto a mountain apart to pray ] Secret prayer fats the foul, as fecret mortels feed the body : Therefore is it laid tobe the banquet of grace, where the foul may folace her fèlf with God, as Efther did with Ahafnuero fh at thebanquet of wine, and have whatfoever heart can with,or need require. Only (becaufe Anima d-Jperjfit minor) get into filcha corner,as where we may bemoll free tocall uponGod without diftra tion,remern- bring our own fickleneffe,and Satans refflefnef e. ?rum the evening *as come, he Was therealone] Retire we muff f'ometimes, and into fit places ro meetGod, as Balaam did, Numb. L ;, bac to better purpofe : folacing and entertaining foliloquies with him, as Ifaac did in the fields, Iacol upon the way,Ez.ekiel by the river Vlai, Peterupon the leads, Chrift here upon the mountain. Whiles the Dilciples wereperilling,and well -nighperi(hing,ChrJ was praying for them : fo he is Dill for us, at the right hand of the Majefty on high. Verfe 24. To fedWithwaves] So is the Churchoft, therefore (tiled, O thou afflilledand tofred with tempeft, that hall no com- `' fort. jefas was abfent all the while, fo he feemeth to be from his darlings in their defertions; heleaveth them, as it were in the fab- urbsofhell, and ( which is worft of all) himfelf will not comeat them. Howbeit as the Eagle when the flitch higheft ofall from the nett, dochevarnore caff a jealous eye uponher young ; fo cloth this heaveul} Eagle. For the Wind t%as contrary] So it is ever lightly to the Church: This world bung like the Draics of ,Magellan, wherein which Ca,,,1t,;, Eez May
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