reasons do cry with Salomon Remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth This is the Kings commendation or greeting to the Colledge of youth But how should young men remember God when olde men forget him If Noah be drunke who shall rebuke Cham It is time to remember GOD in age or to forget him for euer Therefore as the Isralites gathered twice so much Manna the day before the Sabboath as they gathered any day before that because they might not gather vpō the Sabbaoth so the gray head which looketh euerie day for the last Sabbaoth when he shall rest in the graue should pray twice as much heare twice as much doo twice as much to prepare the sacrifice of his bodie soule readie and acceptable vnto GOD because the night is at hand when he cannot heare nor pray nor repent any more It is said the Diuel is very busie because his time is short but an old mans is shorter What haste should he make that must goe farther than the Mores than the Sunne in a yeare or a mouth or a weeke which the Saintes were going all their life Therefore if youth had neede of legges age had neede of wings to flie vnto God But as Christ saide The poore receiue the Gospell though the rich be more bound so we may say the yong men receiue the Gospel though the olde men haue more cause The yong men follow Christ the yong men heare the word the yong men sanctifie themselues the young men stande for the church the yong men beare the heate of this day olde Noah is drunke old Lot is sleepie olde Sampson hath lost his strength Once the yonger brother did steale the blessing from the elder now he hath got it againe as the malice of Esau shewes which persecutes him for it I speake it to their shame they that weare the furres and scarlets as though they were all wisedome and grauitie and holines euen to the skirtes may say as Zedechias said to Micaiah When did the spirit depart from me and goe to thee When did zeale depart from vs and goe to you They are so nouseled to the world and acquainted with sinne that it is too late now for the world to speake vnto them they may looke vpon the signes of wisdome and grauitie and holines when they see their long beards and gray heads side gownes and aske why is this bush hanged out and no wine within What meruaile then if they be not reuerenced but mockt and pointed at when Sem and Iaphet had need to come againe and couer their nakednesse What a shame was it to the Israelites when Christ saide by a Canaanite I haue not found so great faith in Israel So what a shame is it to the elders that Christ may saye againe I haue not found so great faith nor knowledge nor zeale in Masters and Fathers and Rulers as in seruants and children and prentises Which made an olde Father of this Citie say which now is with God that if there were any good to bee done in these dayes it is the yong men that must doe it for the olde men are out of date their courage stoopes like their shoulders their zeale is withered like their browes their faith staggereth like their feete and their religion is dead before them Bee assured of this that yee are come to that time which your selues set to repent and yet as though there were another age to repent after olde age for you spende olde age like youth as if you were appointed to die in your sinnes God hath chosen the weake things saith Paul 1. Cor. 1. so I may say God hath chosen the young things to doe his woorke as if the Lord had spoken to you in his wrath Fathers I will prouoke you by your children Masters I will prouoke you by your seruants as once hee threatned to prouoake the Iewes by the Gentiles Therefore be of good cheere yong Daniel yong Samuel yong Timothie though our aduersaries be as the Aramites yet there be mo with vs than against vs. Flesh blood could not ouercome flesh and blood but if you be sanctified it is the spirite which hath sanctified you for the diuell would not goe out vnles a stronger than the diuell had entred the house when you come to be richer and elder like Demas then take heed that ye doo not embrace the world as Demas did turne to that which ye condemne The vine would not leaue her grapes nor the oliue her fatnes nor the fig-tree her sweetnes to bee a King but the bramble did hee is not a vine nor an oliue nor a fig-tree but a bramble made for the fire which leaueth his righteousnes to become worse He which is of the Church will say with the Church I haue washed my feete how should I defile them again Let the dogge turne to his vomite and the swine to their walloing but hold thou on thy sacrifice like Abraham to the euening of thy life and a full measure shalbe measured vnto thee as thou hast measured thy selfe Vnto the which measure without measure the Lord Iesus bring vs. FINIS THE TRIAL OF THE RIGHTEOVS PSALM 34. 19. Many are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord deliuereth him out of all THe summe of this verse is as if he should say Let the Righteous looke for mo troubles than other likewise let thē hope for greter comforts than other for when they are well they shall bee eclipsed againe to shewe that their light was but borrowed and when they are eclipsed their light shall returne to shew their difference from them whom God hateth which fall from plague to plague as they runne from sinne to sinne This verse hath three partes for heere the righteous are the agents their condition troubles and the Lord their deliuerer so manie things fall out contrarie vnto our mindes euery day that hee which wanteth patience in this worlde is like a man which standeth trembling in the field without his armor because euerie one can strike him and hee can strike none so the least push of pain or losse or disgrace dooth trouble that man more which hath not the skill to suffer than twentie tryals can moue him which is armed with patience like a golden shield in his hand to breake the stroke of euerie crosse and saue the heart though the bodie suffer for while the heart is whole all is well A sound spirit saith Salomon will beare his infirmitie but a wounded spirit what can sustaine Pro. 19. 14. Therefore as the lid is made to open and shut to saue the eie so patience is set to keepe the soule and saue the heart whole to cheare the bodie againe Therefore if you marke when you can goe by an offence and take a little wrong and suffer a trouble quietly you haue a kinde of peace and ioy in your heart as if you had gotten a victorie and the more your patience is still the
before ye come to the Lords Supper Purge the olde leauen of maliciousnes and wickednesse out of your hearts that is the leauen which you should purge out of your houses Therefore marke what the Apostle writeth to the Corinthians 1. Cor. 11. I beleeue it is a matter which you did neuer consider For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many sleepe or die For what cause Because they receiued this holy Sacrament vnworthily and vnreuerently before they were prepared with faith and hope and repentance for this cause many are weak and sicke among you and many die Who did euer thinke that his sicknes or his wants or his infirmities did grow for that he receiued the Lords supper vnworthilie Many causes haue bin supposed but this cause was neuer thoght of Haue any of you said in distresses of bodie or minde This is come vnto me because I did receiue the blessed Sacrament of Christ vnworthilie because I came not prepared with that minde as they which beleeue and know God Yet the Apostle which by his diuine spirit knewe the cause of these calamities among the Corinthians dooth depute their strange diseases sodain death to none other cause but to their vnworthie and vnreuerent receiuing of this holy Sacrament Nay hee saith further That hee which eateth and drinketh this Sacrament vnworthilie eateth and drinketh his owne damnation that is he taketh possession of death hell and damnation euen while he eates as the diuell entred into Iudas while he receiued Nowe if your Phisitian should warne you of such a thing that you take it in season in measure or els it is poison wil kil you I suppose you wold obserue the season and measure and take it in such order as he prescribeth as neere as you could if you beleeue him so if yee beleeue the Apostle that you receiue the Sacrament to your damnation if you receiue it vnworthilie I am sure you will not take it vnreuerently or rashly for all the world If I had the words of motion to speak that which might be spoken of this matter it would fright Iudas himselfe that no man would come to this holy banquet without his wedding garment Consider but this how you would come into the presence of God how would you prepare your selues to come before the maker of heauen and earth which searcheth the reynes knoweth euery corner of the heart If euer ye did approach vnto God if euer yee came neere vnto the Lord you neuer came so neere as now when you come to receiue his bodie and blood and are vnited vnto him in one spirituall body and yet peraduenture many come not so prepared so clensed so dressed so trimmed into the presence of God as Hester did into the presence of Assuerus What doe you thinke of these elements what doe you imagine of this bread and wine They are seales What seales Seales of his word seales of Gods promise seales of your adoption If euer you were instructed or comforted out of this book that instruction comfort is confirmed and ratified vnto you now by Christs seale Christ hath not ordained Sacraments in his church for a fashion or dumb shew that you should feele or see or tast but as the woman which had a bloodie flix when she touched the hem of Christs garment hee said that vertue was gone out of him that is all the graces which these signes represent that is all the blessings that Christ Iesus hath purchased vnto man by his death Now because if you receiue this Sacrament rightly you are vnited vnto Christ as the members with the head if euer you did beleeue or loue or repent before this requireth you to beleeue and loue and repent more because now you are Christs body which shewes that ye must obey Christ the head like members of the bodie for the bodie is ruled by the head What haue you now to receiue al these blessings If ye haue not faith how can you lay hold of any promises or merits of Christ to say this is mine If you had a hand to take and a fayth to apprehend now you might eat of that bread which is better then Manna which he that tasteth doth not hunger again after any pleasure in the worlde Heere is enough for Abraham and Abrahams seede Come vnto it all that thirst and it will refresh you Happiâ—r is that man nowe that hath his wedding garment than the rich glutton that fareth deliciously and goeth in purple euerie day Now you are the Lords guests and the Lord himselfe is your feast and this feaste is before you the holiest meat that euer you did eate and the comfortablest meate that euer ye did eate and yet the dangeroust meate that euer you did eate you stand vpon life or death you eate to saluation or damnation there is nothing in this world which you can receiue with greater benefite or with greater perill Adam did not eate the forbidden fruite with greater danger Adam could not tast the tree of life with greater fruite than you may taste and receiue this Sacrament The Arke was a signe of mercie yet Vzziah was slaine for touching the Arke vnreuerentlie Circumcision was a good thing yet Circumcision did not profite the Sichemites but was away to make their enemies slaie them because they were not circumcised for Religion but for lucre so if ye receiue for custome and not for deuotion this Sacrament shall bee to you as Circumcision was to them Therefore take heede how you receiue as they receiued least you meere with a curse when you looke for a blessing If thou remembrest any sin against God or against thy neighbour leaue thine offering at the Altar and be reconciled before thou come into his presence for if stubble come to fire there is no waie but burne now beloued let faith and loue and repentance haue their perfect worke that you may receiue this Sacrament as Christ would haue you rceiue it God grant you as much profit by it as is offered in it so much comfort of it as it hath brought to any whosoeuer haue receiued it faithfully reuerently and worthily before you FINIS THE GODLIE MANS REQVEST PSALM 90. 12. Teach vs O Lord to number our daies that wee may applie our hearts to wisedome THis Psalme was compyled by Moses as ye may see by the title at what time the Spies returned from the land of Canaan and God for the murmuring of the people pronounced that al which were aboue twentie yeares old should die in the wildernes except Caleb and Iosua that encouraged their brethren to goe to Canaan Now when Moses heard the sentence of death pronounced against himselfe and all the Iewes which came out of Egypt except only two Caleb and Iosua that all should die before they came to the land which they sought he prayeth thus for himselfe and the rest Teach vs O Lord to number our daies
9. 24. that is so seek that thou mayst finde so aske that thou mayst obtaine so knocke that it may bee opened so giue that thou maist doe good so suffer that thou maist haue comfort so heare that thou mayst profite How many haue fasted and watched and prayed more than we and yet lost al their deuotion because they thought not of this rule to doe good in a good sort The Papists so they pray care not how they pray for they thinke it enough to pray and therefore when they haue gone ouer their beads their prayer is done although they neuer thought what they asked But Ieremie saith Cursed be he that doth the busines of the Lorde negligently whether hee heare negligently or pray negligently or receiue negligently or preach negligently The Scribes and Pharisies did fast and watch and pray and heare and reade and giue and doe all that we can doe and yet Christ rewardeth al their works with a woe Woe be vnto you Scribes and Pharisies The Disciple which betraied Christ heard so much as the Disciples that loued Christ yet he had no feeling nor comfort nor profite of all his companie with Christ because he did not vse it as the rest did The Iewes did heare more then all the world beside yet because they tooke no heed to that which they heard therefore they crucified him which came to saue them and became the cursedst people vppon the earth which were the blessedst Nation before therefore the A b c. of a Christian is to learne the Arte of hearing We care how wee sow lest our seed should be lost so let vs care how we heare least Gods seede bee lost There is no seede which groweth so fast as Gods seede if it bee sowne well therefore that I may shewe you that methode of hearing which Christ commendeth heere to his disciples it is necessarie to obserue fiue things First the necessitie of hearing secondly the fruite which commeth by hearing thirdly the kindes of hearers fourthly the danger of hearing amisse fiftly that manner of hearing which will make you remember that which is said and teache you more in a yeare than you haue learned all your life Touching the necessitie of hearing When Christ saith Take heede how you heare hee implieth that all his Disciples should heare nay they which were excommunicate from the prayers and from the councels and from the Sacraments for their sinnes yet were not excommunicate from hearing because they should learne to repent Here that large commaundement of our Sauiour Christ standeth That which I say vnto you I say vnto all therefore it is a general Proclamation Whosoeuer hath an eare to heare let him heare The place implyeth that al should heare though it importeth that al can not heare When the voyce spake from heauen it said nothing but This is my beloued son heare him as thongh all the duties of man were comprised in hearing Whē Christ spake but of one thing which is necessarie he spake of hearing Luke 10. 22. As though it were so necessarie to heare that all necessities should giue place vnto it When men would not heare God spake to the ground Oh earth earth earth heare the word of the Lord Iere 22. 29. shewing that GOD so contemneth them which will not heare that he regardes the earth and the trees and the stones being senselesse creatures aboue them When GOD stroke Zacharias hee made him dumbe but not deafe When GOD stroke Saul hee made him blinde but not deafe When GOD stroke Mephibosheth hee made him lame but not deafe Thus GOD would haue them heare which cannot see nor speake nor goe But there is a diuell which is called the deaffe diuell Marke 9. 25. shewing that the diuell would haue vs deaffe because hee that heareth instruction is in the way to life but Hee which heares not instruction goeth out of the way Prouerbs tenne-seauenteenth To shew the necessitie of hearing the worde which we should heare is called meate in the fifth Chapter and the eleuenth verse of the Epistle to the Hebrues and the want of the Worde is called a famine in the eight chapter of Amos Prophecie and the eleuenth verse as though it were as necessarie for vs to heare as it is to eate Although our heartes are contrarie to the Worde more than to any thing beside yet no man can thinke that this is the Word of GOD but hee thinkes it necessarie to bee heard Besides if Christ bee the Word as Saint Iohn calleth him in the first chapter and fourteenth verse and the Worde is receiued by no other meanes but by hearing onely can anie man then receiue Christ without hearing Let not anie bee thus fonde so vainely to dreame for that were to receiue the Worde without the Worde Therefore as Iohn wept vntill the Booke was opened and so soone as it was opened all the Elders sung so wee shoulde coumpt it the greatest cause of weeping when the worde is taken from vs that wee cannot heare it and the greatest cause of reioycing when it is open to vs that wee may heare without let Thus much of the necessitie of hearing Secondly touching the fruite that commeth by hearing Of all our sences hearing is the sence of learning and therefore Salomon begins his Wisedome with Hearken my sonne Prouer. 1. 8. opening as it were the doore where Wisedome must enter Therefore except in praying temptations neuer trouble a man so much as in hearing which sheweth that these two are the destroyers of the destroyer therefore as the tempter himselfe could not abide to heare the Word when Christ spake so hee cannot abide that wee should heare the Word It must needes bee good for vs which our enemies would keepe from vs. Many hearing the Worde haue met with knowledge haue met with comfort haue met with saluation but without the Worde neuer any was conuerted to GOD. Therefore whensoeuer the Worde is preached euery one may say to himselfe as the Disciples saide to the blinde man Bee of good comfort hee calleth thee bee of good comfort the Lorde calleth thee When Christ heard a woman say Blessed are the breastes which gaue thee sucke Christ replied Blessed are they which heare the Worde of God shewing that his Disciples were more blessed for hearing him than his Mother for bearing him As Isaac gaue Iacob a double blessing so Christ blesseth them againe fo◠in Matthew 16. 17. hee saith Blessed are the eares which heare the things which you heare shewing that the Iewes were more blessed than all the worlde because they had this one blessing to heare the trueth If they be blessed which heare then you come hither for a blessing and hee which is blessed wanteth nothing Euery priuiledge dooth importe some speciall good to him which hath it but it is the priuiledge of man to heare the Worde and therefore the Worde became man because it belongeth onely to man God hath
tables too another smackes of eloquence and hee gapes for a phrase that when he commeth to his ordinarie he may haue one figure more to grace and worship his tale another is male-content and he neuer pricketh vp his eares till the Preacher come to gird agaynst some whom he spiteth and when the Sermon is done hee remembreth nothing which was sayd to him but that which was spoken agaynst other another commeth to gaze about the Church he hath an euill eye which is still looking vpon that from which Iob did auert his eye another commeth to muze so soone as hee is set hee falleth into a browne studie sometimes his minde runnes on his market sometimes of his iourney sometimes of his suite sometimes of his dinner sometimes of his sport after dinner and the Sermon is done before the man thinke where he is another commeth to heare but so soone as the Preacher hath sayd his prayer he falles fast a sleepe as though he had been brought in for a corps the Preacher should preach at his funerall This is the generation of hearers is not the saying of Christ fulfilled now Hearing you heare not because wee heare and heare not like a couetous churle which goeth by a begger when he cryeth in Christes name for reliefe and heareth him crye but will not heare him because he craueth that which he will not part with May we not say againe with Christ What went ye out to see rather then What went ye out to heare seeing ye remember that which ye see and forget all which ye heare So you depart from our sermons like a slidethrifts purse which will hold no money and as you goe home one saith he doth not edifie another saith I cannot profit by him another saith he keeps not to his text another saith he speaks not to the heart as if the ground should cōplaine of the seede which will not receiue the seede Is not this the cause why your Preachers about the Citie care not how they preach because their flockes haue no care to heare Is not this the cause why God doth not heare vs because we wil not heare him Is not this the cause why ye are such Doctors in the world and such Infants in the Church Yee learned your trade in seauen yeares but you haue not learned religion in all your yeares Can you giue any reason for it but this you marked when your master taught you your trade because you should liue by it but you marked not when the Preacher taught you religion because you do not liue by it Come now to the daunger by hearing amisse Christ saith Take heed how you heare In Deut. 4. it is said Take heede how ye forget that which yee heare This Take heede awaies goeth before some daunger therefore as Paul saith that men receiue the Sacrament to their saluation or to their damnation 1. Cor. 11. so Christ saith that men heare the Word to their saluation or to their damnation The word which I haue spoken shall iudge you in the latter day Ioh. 12. It is called the sauour of life because it saueth and it is called the sauour of death because it condemneth An euill eye ingendreth lust an euil tongue ingendreth strife but an euil eare makes an heretike and a scismatike and an Idolater This carelesse hearing made GOD take away his worde from the Iewes therefore you may heare the word so as it may bee taken from you as the talent was from him that hid it for GOD will not leaue his pearles with swine but as he saith What hast thou to doe to take my words in thy mouth seeing thou hatest to bee reformed So he will say what hast thou to doe to take my word in thy eare seeing thou hatest to be reformed If any of you goe away no better then you came you are not like hearers but like cyphers which supplie a place but signifie nothing so you take a roume but learne nothing and they which are cyphers in the house of GOD shall bee cyphers in the kingdome of GOD. Therefore if thou haue an euill eye and an euill tongue and an euill hand and an euill foote yet haue not an euill eare too for then all is euill because the eare must teach all If the eare hearken to euill then the heart must learne euill Therefore an euill eare is compared vnto a bad Porter which lets in euery one in a gay coat though hee bee neuer so bad and keepes out him that goes bare though he be neuer so good so an euil eare lets al that is euil enter into the hair but al that is good shuts the dore against it lest it should set the spirit the flesh at variance Oh if the Adder had not stopped his eare how lōg since had he bin charmed But the shortest time in Gods seruice is the lōgest time in al the day The beast came to the Arke to saue thēselues men wil not come to the Church to saue thēselues It is too far saith Ieroboā but it were not too far if Ieroboā were not vnwilling One thing is necessary and all vnnecessaries are preferred before it The gretest treasure in the world is most despised the Star which should lead vs to Christ the Laddder which shuld moūt vs to heauē the Water that shuld clense our leprosie the Māna that should refresh our hūger the booke that we should meditate on day night lieth in our windows no mā readeth it no man regardeth it the loue of God the loue of knowledge the loue of saluation is so cold that we will not reade ouer one book for it for al we spēd so many idle times while we liue If Samuel had thought that God had spoken to him he would not haue slept but because he thought it was not God but Eli therefore he slept so because you remēber not y t it is God which speaks therefore you mark not but if you remēbred Christs saying He which heareth you heareth me he which despiseth you despiseth me you would heare the voyce of y t Preacher as you would heare the voyce of God Surely beloued we know no other way to saue you nor our selues if we did how wretched were we to keepe it frō you which haue no other calling but to shew you the way of saluatiō If this be the way no other if this be shewē you no other yet you will not take it but chuse another then are you not condēned by any other but you condemne your selues He which wil not heare is worse then Herod for as bad as he was yet it is said of him that he heard Iohn Nay euen those whō our Sauiour Christ in the Parable before this text compareth to the barren the stonie and the thornie ground were al hearers therfore he which wil not heare is worse thē any groūd It is said of Saul that though he were
and God honoured For after that Iosua had quietly possessed the Lande of Canaan he builded a Tabernacle wherein to call vppon the Lorde not perfect Nowe it followeth in the Text But the Lorde was angrie with mee for your sakes and would not heare me c. So soone as Moses changed his praier God turneth from him and will not heare him So soone we make God to forsake vs if wee doe not according to his will Moses sheweth the cause why God woulde not heare him although he were a great man and in high authority yet he is not ashamed to confesse his fault which hee might haue kept secrete if he would for the people knewe not that he had sinned because the sinne which he committed was not open but secret yea it was but a little repine as in the eleuenth of Numbers the eleuenth verse therefore Moses might haue kept it from them but because hee woulde not iustifie himselfe hee telleth them that the Lorde was angry with him and because hee would not haue the people to iustifie themselues he telleth them it is for their sakes Thus when Moses changeth his prayer God will no longer heare him so wee see that where sin is their prayer is not effectuall so that if wee will hope to receiue by prayer any thing at Gods handes wee must first remooue and take a way the cause of our hinderance which is sinne before wee can receiue the thing wee pray for For here we see that prayer which before pacified the wrath of God which healed Meriam being striken with Leprosie which raised the widdowes Sonne from death to life by which Dauid obtayned victorie which brought downe fire from heauen to consume the Idolaters Sacrifices which brought Ieremiah out of prison and Ionah out of the Fishes belly and made the Sunne to stande stil and the raine to fall from heauen and triumphed ouer all is heere by a little sinne quite ouerthrowne euen like a greate Monarke poysoned with a little Spider But the Lord was angrie with me for your sakes and would not heare me God when Moses had prayed did not graunt his request but was angrie with him but lest Moses should be quite discouraged he straight wayes mitigateth his anger biddeth him be content and speake no more vnto him of that matter God doth not bid him that hee shoulde not praie any more vnto him but that he should pray no more for that thing First God biddeth him to be content as if he should haue said although thou maist not enter into the land yet I will content thee other waies thus God woulde haue vs in what estate soeuer we be to be content with our calling for it is his appointment And seeing he hath in ough to content vs all therefore wee shoulde not murmure nor grudge one at another but be thankfull vnto him because it is his good will and pleasure it shoulde bee so And surelie Moses woulde and was willing that the Iewes should profite by his Doctrine for he hath set it downe in the 20. of Numbers twise and in the 27. 13. in the 32. Deut. 49. and in this place all to the intent to shewe that God is able to content all He is not like to Iacob who when hee had blessed one of his sonnes could not blesse the other but he when hee had blessed the poore blessed the hungry and when hee had blessed the hungrie he blessed them that wept when he had blessed them that wept he blessed them that were reuiled and suffered for Christes sake There is no ende of his blessing because his mercie indureeh for euer God is so mercifull that though we are nor able to praie aright yet he considereth of our praiers and turneth to the best for our good not graunting our request manie times but a better thing than we doe desire of him as when Dauid praied that the Childe gotten in adultery might liue God heard him and did consider of it yet did not graunt his request but a better thing that was that his Sonne Salomon should raigne after him And when our Sauiour Christ praied that that houre might passe ouer him God heard him and did consider of it yet did not grant his request but a better thing that his death should take away the sinnes of the world and here in this place where Moses priaeth God heareth his praier and doth consider of it yet doth not grant his request but a better thing that is that he shall goe into heauenly Canaan Thus wee see that God is so mercifull that hee can scarce punish sinners hee is so louing that often he giueth vs better things than wee can desire who then will offend so merciful and louing a father Let vs seeing God is so merciful vnto vs take heede that we abuse not his mercies lest in so dooing we prouoke him vnto iudgement Now God hath told Moses that he shall not goe into the Land he beginneth to teach him how hee shall doe to see it and biddeth him goe vp into the top of Pisgah and cast his eies Estward and westward and Northward and Southward and behold it c. As a Bird staied with a little string or a strong man in swimming held backe by a small twig so a little sinne staieth this great Captaine that he cannot come within the land of Canaan First God is angry with him enuies him altogether as though hee were not worthy so much as to go vp the mount thus we may see how one of the least sinnes is able to turne from vs all the goodnes all the fauour which God beareth to vs. After God commands Moses to go vp the mount Here Moses obeieth Gods cōmandement but if he had bin like many a murmuring man he would haue denied to go vp the moūt saying what banquet is this to me but a dainty dish set before one forbiddē to eate but Moses had rather die than anger the Lorde againe when he had bid him be content Thus we may learne of Moses to bee content with our calling whether wee haue little or much For God contented Moses as wel with the sight of Canaan as those who possessed it So when GOD hath not ordained vs to see great substance as he hath some of our brethren yet because we should not be discontent he will giue vs as much pleasure at the sight of them in others as though we our selues enioyed them So GOD contenth Moses and he contenteth Iosua for as Iosua came into the land as Moses could not so Moses saw it as Iosua coulde not So I say God contenteth all that Iosua should not enuie Moses nor Moses enuie Iosua And this was the great power of God who although Moses were very old yet was his eie-sight most perfect insomuch that hee could see farther than any of all his company For being vpon the