470 A Commentary upon the Gofeel Chap./ 8, andhad written the bond with his, own blood. ThePopif3a foul- abid.883. diets that went againfl the eímngrognia s in France, fend that the miniflersofthat town with their prayers conjured-and bewitched them, that they couldnot fight. Whiles Mofes Aaron and Hur lift up their hands and mindes together in the mount, 76yhuab beats Ans..{lfs in, the valley. They prevailed precando, more then he did prædia4do. Nov for the fruit of prayer, laid thole brave pirits,et Edge.hill.-battel,where there was never lefLL teenof man and more of God, as the Noble Generall thankfully acknow- ledged. Wife i o. There am I in themidjî ] As toeie their behaviour, fo to hear their faits. A11 that he requireth is that they bring law- fullpetitions and honefl hearts: and then they (hall be lure to re- ceivewhatfóever heart can wiih,or need require. A courtier, that is a favourite, gets moreofhis Prince by one fuit many times, then a tradefinan or huíbandmau happly cloth with twenty-years -la- bour : Se Both aprayingChriflian get much good at Gods hands, as having the royaltyof his ear, and the command ofwhatlbever God can do for him, Ifa.45. r t. Concerning the work of my Med'eat, devo, hands command ye me. Hence that tranfccneent raptureof Lu- tE/fcaps, tier in a certain prayer of his, Fiat voluntas mea Domine. And hence that re;quefi of St Bernard to a certain friendofhis to whoa t he had givendiverse directions for firidneffe and purity, Er cum trl ¡scrïs, faith he., memento mei : when thou arc become tech a one, thinkon me in thy prayers. Verfe 2 a. And I ,f5rgive him ? till f v.en times : ) How litany good peopleeven ac this day chink ifthey forgive an : tf_rding bro- ther tome few times, that they have lupc-rerogated, and detcrved to be Chronicled, yea canon;zed-? It was á fault in Peter to pre- fume to prelcribe co Chrifi, how oft he Chould enjoyn him to for- give. Peter is 1E11 the tame; ever too forwardly and forth-, putting. Verle 22. V»till feventy times feven ] i.e. Ir,fi;ities, toties quoties. God tnultipiiethpardons, lfa 5 5 7. fo (Mould we. Love covereth all fianes, Prov, t o. t a.. lo large is the skirt of loves man- tle. Betwixt God and us thedillance is'infinice, and, if it were poilible, ourlove to him, and to our friends inhim, our foes for him, should fill up that defiance, and extend it felt to infiniientfie. Wemay withotìt Cline be fenfïble of injuries (a (keep is as fenfible of abite, as a fwine) but.ic mull be witli the Glencc of a f_r;ep, or at
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