68 e4 Commentary upon the GoOel Chap,4, cried to his god, and moved his lips, but not his _bands to help hitnfelf, if thou callefi for knowledge ( faith Solomon ) and criefh fir underfanding : There'spraier to God. If thoufeekefi her au fl. ver, ndfearcheffor her al fir hid treatret : There's mans endea- Prrv.t.t,4,x, your in the diligent rifeofthe means. Then /alt thou underftana Itufneri ey:rh the liar of the Lord, and finde the knotzledge of rod : Ther's the happy fucccff . Ora labora was an Ernperours Motto, S.f1u- f$in fets it down asa vanity of 1;ìs youth, that he pray 'd God to help hiin againft feme fpeciall fins, whereunto he was flrongly adtát&red, but ihould have been full forty, that God fbould have heard him, becauf he was loth to pert with t hem. Howmuch better was that praier of Sr Thomas !Moor, Domire Dam, fac me in iqs confequendis operam collocare, pro quibeu obtinendis [ leo ad to The men of orare : Lord God, make me to beilow pains in getting thofe L1i, fact, things, for obtaining whereof! of to pray unto thee. to lupúrr' l et fe 8. eA ain the devilto eth him, 1 his Nlafler-fl Beelz Mt6(carc ms. k Y Purrsp.Garxe hob, though beaten away once and again, yt returns to the fame Corp.1to.htll. place. See how Charnel, ff: he is in renuing his temptations after tis,:., a flat repulfe. He Ellicits and fees upon our Saviour again (as Potiphara wife did upon ofeph,forall his many denia's) and is not Ii, ,t b,t zi only importunate, but impudent. Stand we therefore dill upon tor lie±tiiEfres guard, and look for no cafe here. The Roman Captains, tehai. Ara r.cc when they hadonce triumphed, took their cafe ever after. So dia5ocre . did not Cato, and is therefore highly commended. So may not ì,rç4 iv it WV we, if ever we will be approved, asgood1wldier,t of 7eftu Chrifi. N "nw°7x y,i vwv, Our whole life is a continual! warfare, and we muff look for the . wn, ú ánq x. v, continual! hail-fhot,hel-float ofSatanicall affaults and fuggeftions. ..srir/rid Soh. WhenXerxee fought againfl theGrceks,ThefeaWasfidlofJ ipi(faith vavovrilat the Orateur) theearth of(uldiers, the air of arrows. So fares it üi,het.6, 'with the Saints under Satans batteries : no truce, but continual! TT it he Both out Of his con_ eonfli . Ever finee thofe two thong then fought, there is no trarietycoGod more peace. S. Paul founds the alarm, e4rm, Arm, take the rtho sort th for Wholearmour ofgod, and be ever in your harneffe. And S. Teter tes > Pct. s,7,s givesthe reafon, Becaufeyouradvertry the devil, ae aroaring lion, e,httfla®ell walked:, and watcheth, night andday, feekingWhombemay devour. sd o attra For our encouragentent,as thedevil is, Leo w to ¿ Z Pt -,a roaring li- gonigaq,s t,n on ; fo is Chrift, Leo de tribu Zuda, ó pvó vrg-, the lion of' the ayd,t. Tribe of Iudah, that deiivereth us, and maketh us more then git tentaiioies Conquerours ; holding the crown of glory over our heads (as :seem, Patens we are fighting) with this infcription, yincenti dabo, To hinu in G.neC.; s. that
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