learne in youth then in age to be vnskilfull §. 6. Sanctifie the Lorde God in your harts 1 Pet 3 15. 16. saith the Apostle and be ready alwayes to giue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you and that with meekenes reuerence hauing a good conscience that when they speake euill of you as of euill dooers they may be ashamed which blame your good conuersation in Christ Yea let the vvord of Christ dwell in Colos 3. 16. you plenteously in all wisedome teaching and admonishing your owne selues in Psalmes and Hymnes spirituall songs singing with a grace in your harts vnto the Lord. And whatsoeuer yee shall doe in vvord verse 17. or in deed do all in the Name of the Lord Iesus giuing thanks to God euen the Father by him For God is a Spirit and they that worship Iohn 4. 24 him must worship him in spirit and truth He is likewise a God of wonderfull great Tertullian power might and majestie and therefore we ought alwaies to serue him truely with feare and reuerence §. 7. I beseech you brethren by the mercies Rom 12. 1. 2. of God saith S. Paule that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice holy acceptable to GOD which is your reasonable seruing of God And fashion not your selues like vnto this world but be ye changed by the renewing of your minde that yee may proue vvhat is the good vvill of God and acceptable and perfect Lay apart all filthines and superfluitie Iames 1 21. 22. of maliciousnes and receiue with meekenesse the vvorde vvhich is grafted in you which is able to saue your soules And bee yee dooers of the vvord and not hearers onely deceiuing your selues For if any man heare the word doe verse 23 24 it not he is like vnto a man that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse For when hee hath considered himselfe he goeth his way and forgetteth immediatly what manner of one hee was But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe verse 2◠of libertie and continueth therein he not beeing a forgetfull hearer but a dooer of the worke shall be blessed in his deede For the hearers of the Law are not righteous Rom 2. 13 before God but the dooers of the lawe shall be iustified And not euery one that saith vnto Christ Math 7 21. Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome of heauen but hee that doth the will of God which is in heauen Take heede therefore that yee vvalke Ephe 5. 15. 16 circumspectly not as fooles but as wise redeeming the time for the dayes are euill That is that ye cast off concerning the Ephe 4 22 23 24 conuersation in time past the olde man which is corrupt through deceiueable lusts and be renewed in the spirit of your mind And put on the newe man which after God is created in righteousnes true holinesse For the grace of GOD that bringeth Titus 2. 11. 12. saluation to all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlines and worldly lusts and that we should liue soberly righteously and godly in this present world Looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the mightie God verse 13. 14. and of our sauiour Iesus Christ who gaue himselfe for vs that hee might redeeme vs from all iniquitie and purge vs to be a peculier people vnto himselfe zealous of good workes §. 8. Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered ◠Pet. 4 1. for vs in the flesh arme your selues likewise vvith the same minde which is that hee vvhich hath suffered in the fleshe hath ceased from sinne that hee hence-foorth should liue as much time as remaineth in verse 2. 3 the flesh not after the lusts of men but after the will of God For it is sufficient for vs that wee haue spent the time past of the life after the lust of the Gentiles walking in wantonnes lusts in excesse of wines in excesse of eatings in excesse of drinkings and in abhominable Idolatries Therefore if any man be in Christ let 2. Cor. 5. 17. him be a newe creature For they that are Christes haue crucified Gala 5 24 the flesh with the affections the lusts §. 9. The night saith the Apostle is past Rom 13 12 13. 14 the day is at hand let vs therefore cast away the works of darknes let vs put on the Armour of light so that we walke honestly as in the day not in gluttony and drunkennes neither in chambering and wantonnesse nor in strife enuying But put yee on the Lord Iesus Christ take no thought for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof * For if yee liue after the flesh ye Rom 8 13 shal die but if yee mortifie the deedes of the body by the Spirit ye shall liue VValke then I say in the Spirit and yee Gala. 5. 16 17 shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh for the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary one to another so that ye cannot doe the same things that ye would Striue therefore to enter into heauen at Luke 13 24 the straite gate for many will seeke to enter in and shall not be able §. 10. If yee be risen with Christ seeke those Colo 3 1 2 things which are aboue vvhere Christ sitteth at the right hande of God Set your affections on thinges which are in heauen and not on things which are on the earth Gird vp the loynes of your minde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is 1 Pet 1 13. 14 15 16. brought vnto you by the reuelation of Iesus Christ as obedient children not fashioning your selues vnto the former lusts of your ignoraunce but as hee vvhich hath called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of conuersation because it is written Be yee holy for I am holy Let no corrupt communication proceed Ephe. 4. 29. out of your mouthes but that vvhich is good to the vse of edifying that it may minister grace vnto the hearers For euill speakings corrupt good manners 1 Cor 15 33. And those thinges are alwaies vnhonest Iraeneus to be spoken of vvhich are filthy to bee done Onely let your conuersation be as it becommeth Philip. 1. 27 the Gospell of Christ That ye may walke worthy of the Lord Colos 1 10 and please him in all things beeing fruitefull in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God Who hath saued vs and called vs with 2. Tim 1 9. 10 an holy calling not according to our workes but according to his owne purpose and grace which was giuen to vs through Christ Iesus before the vvorlde was but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Sauiour Iesus Christ who hath as I haue already declared abolished death and hath
man of Cyrene named Simon him they compelled verse 32 to beare his Crosse And they brought him to a place named Mar 15 22. Golgotha which is by interpretation the place of Dead-mens skuls * There they Iohn 19 18. crucified him and two other with him on either side one and Iesus in the midst This was done about the sixt howre and Luke 23 44 there was darknes ouer all the Lande vntill the ninth houre The Sunne was darkned and the vaile verse 45 46 of the Temple rent through the midst And Iesus cryed with a loude voyce and sayd Father into thine hands I commend my spirit And when he thus had sayd hee gaue vp the Ghost §. 9. Thus suffered our Sauiour according to his owne fore-telling many wrongs iniuries reproches of his enemies for our sakes And in the end after all his vvhyppings buffettings mockings and reuilings hee was * deliuered to death vpon Rom 4. 25. the Crosse for our sinnes Yea hee was deliuered to death by the Acts 2 23 determinate counsell and foreknowledge of God Otherwise it had not been in the power of his enemies to depriue him of life For no man could take his life from him but he layd it downe of himselfe For he being Iohn 10 18. both God and man had power to lay downe his life power to take it again Yet forasmuch as he came downe from heauen not to doe his owne will but the * will of God which sent him hee therefore Ioh 6 38 vvillinglie gaue * himselfe for our sinnes that hee might deliuer vs from this Gala 1 4. present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father And that by his suffering hee might Ierome make an excellent and merritorious satisfaction vnto his Father for mans iniquity For to this end especially was the passion Chrisostome of our Sauiour Christ that GOD might thereby bring to passe a worke in which he might more fully manifest both his iustice and mercy then hee did in the Creation namely the reconciliation betweene himselfe and man through the suffering of his onely sonne for sinne So that the Passion of Christ being considered Augustine as a bare passion ministers no comfort vnto vs but all our ioy standeth in this that by fayth we apprehend it as a full satis-faction meanes or agreement made vnto God for our iniquities And confesse withall that as the principall Augustine cause thereof was the price of mans Redemption so it was done by the decree and prouidence of God §. 10. After our Sauiour had thus fully suffered for our offences there came a rich man of Math 27 57 58 59 60. Arimathea named Ioseph who had also himselfe beene Iesus disciple hee went to Pilate and requested the body of Iesus And Pilate * after hee vnderstoode that Mar. 15 45. Iesus was dead commaunded the body to be giuen him So Ioseph tooke it wrapped it in a cleane linnen cloth and put it in his new Tombe which he had hewne out in a Rocke wherin before that time was Ioh 19 41 42 * neuer any man layd There then did he and Nicodemus helping him lay the bodie of Iesus And when they had doone Math. 27. 60 they rolled a great stone to the doore of the Sepulcher and departed At this time also there were certaine women Math 27 55 56 which had followed Iesus from Galile ministring vnto him among vvhom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of Zebedeus sonnes These beheld the Sepulcher Luke 23. 55 56. and sawe howe the body of Iesus was layd And they returned and prepared odours and sweet oyntments but rested the Saboth day according to the commaundement §. 11. On the morrow after the Saboth beeing Luke 24 1 2 3 the first day of the weeke these foresaid women came early in the morning vnto the Sepulcher bringing with them the odours which they had prepared And perceiuing the stone to bee rolled away frō the doore thereof they went in but found not the body of the Lord Iesus And it came to passe that vvhilst they verse 4. 5. 6 7 8. were amazed thereat two men suddainlie stoode by them in shining vestures And as they trembled and durst not looke vp the men said vnto them Why seek ye him that liueth among the deade Hee is not heere but is risen Remember howe hee spake vnto you while hee was yet in Galilee saying The sonne of man must be deliuered into the hands of sinfull men be crucified the third day rise againe And they remembred the vvordes of verse 9 10. Christ and returned from the Sepulcher and tolde all these thinges vnto the eleuen and to all the remnant c. The same day also Iesus himselfe Mark 16 9 10. 11 12 that hee might make manifest his Resurrection to such as loued him appeared first to Mary Magdalen out of whom hee had cast seauen deuils And at another time after that he appeared vnto two of his disciples as they went into the Country And they went and tolde these thinges vnto the Apostles and the rest of his disciples but they beleeued it not After this hee appeared also vnto the Mark 16. 14 eleuen as they sate together and reproued them for their vnbeleefe and hardnesse of hart because they beleeued not thē which had seene him being risen vp againe And further to confirme them in an vndoubted beleefe of his most certaine Resurrection and to assure them by plaine proofes that he was truly their Lorde and maister Christ which appeared vnto them and no deceitfull or deluding Spirit as Luke 24 37 38 39. 40. they at the first sight supposed him to be he first shewed vnto them his hands his feete and then commaunded them to handle and feele his body and to beholde his flesh and bones * Afterwardes he asked verse 41. 42 43 c. them for meat did eate the same in their presence Hee also opened their vnderstanding and expounded the Scriptures vnto them saying Thus it is written and thus it behoued Christ to suffer and to rise againe frō the dead the third day and that repentance remission of sinnes should be preached in his Name among all Nations beginning at Ierusalem c. Afterward he led them * forth into Bethania Luke 24 50 lift vp his hands blessed them And when hee had sundry times presented himselfe aliue vnto them after that he had suffered and sufficiently prooued his resurrection * by many infallible tokens Acts 1 3 4. 5. beeing seene of them by the space of fortie dayes speaking of those things which appertaine to the kingdome of God hee then gathered them together and commaunded them that they shoulde not depart frō Ierusalem but waite for the promise of the Father which said he ye haue hearde of
in his flesh vpon the Crosse the God-head and manhood vvere still together but his Godhead did not suffer that we might be iustified not onely in his flesh but also in his Diuinitie and that we might be saued both in his God-heade and manhood together For we could neuer haue beene deliuered Augustine by that one onely Mediatour between God and men the man Christ Iesus vnlesse he had beene also God The benefites which we dâ—ily receiue by Ambrose his death are foure The first is the change of our naturall death The second is in that he hath quite taken away the second death from those that are in him The third is that his death is a meanes to satisfie his last will and Testament The fourth is that it doth serue to abolish the originall corruption of our sinfull harts The meanes also of our saluation by him Augustine are two his Merrite his Efficacie The first is in that by his obedience to the Law and by his death he made full satis-faction vnto his Father for all our sinnes freed vs from death and reconciled vs vnto God The second is in that he gaue his Spirit to mortifie the corruption of our natures that we thereby may daily die vnto sin and liue vnto righteousnes haue true comfort in terrors of conscience and in the pangs of death Beleeuing assuredly that what-so-euer Caluine Christ hath suffered hee hath suffered for vs and that all his righteousnes through fayth is made our righteousnesse For hee himselfe alone hath fully discharged by his death the debt which all vvee owed and hath made vs by his obedience the sonnes of God fellow heires with him of euerlasting glory For hee hath put out the hand-vvriting Colos 2 14 15. that was against vs contained in the Lawe written which was contrary to vs he euen tooke it out of the way fastned it vpoÌ„ the crosse hath spoiled the Principalities Powers hath made a shew of theÌ„ openly triumphing ouer theÌ„ in the same crosse §. 8. The Lawe saith S. Iohn was giuen by Iohn 1. 17. Moises but Grace and Truth came by Iesus Christ For God sending his owne sonne in the Rom 8 3 similitude of sinful flesh and for sin condemned sinne in the flesh that the righteousnesse of the Lawe might be fulfilled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the spirit And wee through the spirit waite for Gala 5 5 the hope of righteousnes through faith Be it knowne vnto you therefore men Acts 13 38 39 brethren that through this man Christ is preached vnto vs the forgiuenesse of sinnes from all things from which we could not be iustified by the Law of Moises by him euery one that beleeueth is iustified For the Lawe made nothing perfit but Heb 7 19. the bringing in of a better hope made perfect whereby we draw neere vnto God And albeit that we in time past beeing Ephe. 2. 11. 12. 13. Gentiles and vncircumcised people in the flesh were indeede without Christ and were aliants from the common-wealth of Israell and strangers from the couenaunts of promise and had no hope and were without God in the world yet nowe by the meanes of Christ Iesus we which once were farre off are made neere by the blood of Christ For hee being our peace hath made of Ephe 2. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. both one and hath broken down the stop of the particion Wall that was betweene the Iewes and vs in abrogating through his flesh the hatred namely the Lawe of Commaundements which standeth in ordinances for to make of twaine one nevv man in himselfe so making peace And that he might reconcile both vnto God in one body thorow his Crosse and sley hatred thereby he came preached peace both to vs vvhich were a farre off and to them also that were neere For through him vvee both haue an entrance vnto the Father by one spirit And GOD vvhich is rich in mercie through his great loue wherewith he loued Ephe 2 â— 5 6 7. vs euen wheÌ„ we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs both Iewes and Gentiles together in Christ by whose grace we are saued and hath raised vs vp together and made vs sitte together in the heauenly places in Christ Iesus That he might shew in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace through his kindnes towards vs in Christ Iesus Not by the vvorkes of righteousnesse Titus 3 5 6 7. which we had doone but according to his mercie hee saued vs by the washing of the newe birth and the renewing of the holie Ghost which he shed on vs aboundantlie through Iesus Christ our Sauiour that we beeing iustified by his grace shoulde bee made heires according to the hope of eternall life For God so loued the vvorlde that hee Ioh 3 16. hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne that whosoeuer beleeueth in him shoulde not perrish but haue euerlasting life And heerein was the loue of God made 1. Ioh 4 9. manifest amongst vs in that hee sent his onely begotten sonne into the world that we might liue through him Yea heerein is loue not that wee loued 1 Ioh. 4. 10. GOD but that he loued vs and sent his Son to be a reconcilâ—ation for our sinnes For Christ vvhen we vvere yet of no Rom 5 6 strength at his time died for the vngodly And hee beeing very God equall vvith Philip. 2. 6 7 8. the Father in power and glory made himselfe notwithstanding of no reputation taking on him the forme of a seruaunt and was made like vnto men and was found in shape as a man Hee humbled himselfe became obedient vnto the death euen the death of the Crosse That hee might heâ—eby deliuer vs from the wrath of God and from the danger of Becon eternall damnation whereunto through our Father Adams transgression vvee all remained subiect Likevvise then as by the sinne of one Rom 5 18. namely Adam there sprang vp euill on all men to condemnation euen so by the righteousnesse of one namely Christ â—pringeth good vpon all men to the righteousnes of life For as by one mans disobedience many verse 19 were made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many also be made righteous §. 1. CHrist saith the Apostle is risen from 1 Cor. 15. 20. the dead was made the first fruites of them that slept For since by man came death by man verse 21 22 came also the resurrection of the dead and â—â— in Adam all die euen so in Christ shall 〈◊〉 be made aliue Yea Christ himselfe and no other for him did by his owne power raise himselfe Augustine to life Which proueth that hee was not onely man but also true God VVherefore if he were able to giue lyfe Ierome vnto himselfe beeing deade and buried then much more now beeing aliue and in
without a Pilot tost vp and downe vppon the waues by the windes tempests For by reason of his vnquiet thoughts Pyndarus and aspiring spirit hee can neuer content himselfe in any meane vocation But still striueth higher and higher to be Hemingius exalted till the burden of his sin bruse both his life and soule with the weight §. 4. My sonne saith Sirach be not proude Ecclê° 6. 2. 3 in the deuise of thine owne minde least thy soule rent thee as a Bull and eate vp thy leaues and destroy thy fruite and leaue thee like a dry tree in the wildernes For a wicked soule destroyeth him that Ecclus. 6. 4. hath it and maketh him to be laughed to scorne of his enemies and bringeth him to the portion of the vngodly Wherefore if thou wilt be beloued both Plotinus of God and good men endeuour diligently to abstaine from pride and be not of an hautie stoute and stately spirit neyther arrogantly boast thy selfe at any time of the good gifts of God whether of vvisedom beautie policie strength authority or riches For it is one God that is onelie wise amiable puissant wealthy and full of all felicitie Which God ought of euery man to bee worshipped vvith humblenesse of hart For who separateth thee ô man from other men and preferreth thee or what 1 Cor 4 7 hast thou that thou hast not receiued if thou hast receiued it why reioycest thou as though thou haddest not receiued it §. 5. And although it please God to bestow Mar. Bucer some kinde of gift on some men in more plentifull manner then on others and to place one man in authoritie aboue another heere on earth yet ought not hee that is so enriched or raised to swell in pride against his inferiour therefore For God by creation hath made all men Hermes alike and hovv-soeuer vvee deceiue our selues as deere vnto him is the poorest begger as the most pompous Prince in the world Also thus fore-warneth vs the Lorde himselfe saying Let not the vvise-man glorie in his wisedom nor the strong man Ierem 9 23 24 glory in his strength nor the rich man glory in his riches but let him that glorieth glory in this that hee vnderstandeth knoweth me For I am the Lord which shew mercie iudgement righteousnes in the earth c. §. 6. Why is earth and ashes proude seeing Ecclê° 10 12 that when a man dyeth hee is the heyre of Serpents beasts and wormes And hee that thinks himselfe as rich as Plato the richest during his life shall bee made as poore as the poorest soone after his death For all men haue one entrance vnto life Wisd 7 6 and a like going out Be not proude then of clothing and rayment Ecclê° 11. 4 neyther exalt thy selfe in the day of honour For pride goeth before destruction and Prou 16. 18 an high minde before the fall As may for example be seene in the storie Acts. 12. 21. 22. 23. of Herod who beeing in the midst of his pride and royaltie was suddainly smytten by the Angell of God and forced speedily to forgoe his life riches and glory The like example also as a speciall forewarning 2. Mac. 9. is left vnto vs in the story of Antiochus whose wicked life and miserable death is sette downe at large in the second Booke of the Maccabees Let men therefore feare the Almightie Iob 37 24. for hee will not regard any that are wise in theyr owne conceite ¶ Against enuie hatred malice anger wrath murder §. 1. THou shalt not saith the Lord hate thy Leuit 19 17 neighbour or brother in thine heart but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour and suffer him not to sinne Thou shalt not auenge nor be mindfull Leuit 19 18 of wrong against the chyldren of thy people but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Say not thou I will recompence euill Prou 20 22. 24 29 or I will doe to him as hee hath doone to mee but waite vpon the Lord he shall saue thee For where enuying and strife is there is Iames 3 16 sedition and all manner of euill workes §. 2. Enuie saith Plato is the daughter of Plato Pride the authour of murther reuenge the beginner of all secret sedition and the perpetuall enemie to vertue So that there is not a more wicked thing theÌ„ for a man to hate or be enuious by the Mar. Aur. which effect the deuils be most miserable And the onely difference betweene enuie Aristotle and hatred is this the first worketh euill secretly the second pursueth after reuenge publiquely §. 3. As of all vices Pride is the greatest so of Socrates all euils Enuie is the most auncient and Gluttony the foulest Enuie neuer walkes abroad without his Pythag. companion Slaunder in his company for they are as it were two brothers linked together to worke wickednesse And as enuie intends euill against his Phocilides neighbour secretly in his thought so slaunder endeuoureth priuily to defame him with his tongue §. 4. The malicious man doth alwayes drink Seneca the most part of his owne poyson And like as yron is consumed with rust so the harts of the enuious are daily eaten consumed by enuie The man also that is enuious becommeth Boetius euer-more a troublesome tormentor to himselfe during his life and neuer hurteth any man else by his hatred whilst hee liueth so much as hee harmeth himselfe at the time of his death An example heereof may be seene in the 2. Sam 17. 1 2 3 4. c. actions of Ahitophell who hauing greatly abused his wit by beating his braine to giue wicked counsel to king Dauids sonne against his Father seeing afterward his purpose preuented and his counsell contemned he was presently so molested with inward malice and ouer-come of secret enuie that more Asse-like then the Asse vvhich hee rode on he made hast home to hang himselfe §. 5. Be not thou saith Salomon of an hasty Eccles 7 11. spirit to be angry for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles And as the vapour and smoake of the Ecclê° 22. 24 chimney goeth before the fire so euill words rebukes and threatnings goe before blood-shedding §. 6. If thy anger be but a small time deferred Dion thou shalt plainly perceiue that it will therby be greatly abated but if thou nourish and suffer the same to continue it will neuer cease vntill by reuenge it bring thee to ruine He therefore may well be said to be conquerour Chilo ouer a stoute enemy that can by his wisedome and patience ouercome his owne anger For hee that delights in peace and quietnesse Perdicas sleepeth secure but he that loueth strife and anger is continually subiect to wrath and danger §. 7. Yee haue heard saith Christ that it was Math 5 21 said vnto them of
his vertuous patience thorowly prooued Iob 42 12 13 14. c. we find in the latter end of his booke that it pleased God to blesse him not onely with twise so much riches as he lost but also with as many sonnes daughters the length of an hundred and fortie yeeres life So that before hee died hee sawe his sonnes and his sonnes sonnes euen foure generations §. 6. Thus God as Salomon saith prooueth Wisd 3 5 6. the righteous and findeth them meete for himselfe Hee tryeth them as the golde in the fornace and receiueth them as a perfect fruite offering Hee also chasteneth them measurablie Wisd 12 2. that goe wrong and vvarneth them by putting thē in remembrance of the things wherein they haue offended that leauing theyr wickednesse they may beleeue in him Yea whom-soeuer the Lorde loueth Heb 12 6 him he chasteneth and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth If ye endure chastening God offereth verse 7 himselfe vnto you as vnto Sons for what sonne is it whom the Father chasteneth not But if yee be without correction whereof Hebr 12 8 all are partakers then are ye bastards not sonnes §. 7. My sonne saith the wise-man refuse Prou 3 11 12. not the chastening of the Almightie neyther be thou greeued with his correction for the Lord correcteth him whom hee loueth euen as the father doth the childe in whom he delighteth And as a Father nurtureth his sonne so Deut 8 5 the Lord thy God nurtureth thee His rodde or scourge of affliction is no Fulgosius signe of his disfauour to those that beare it with patience but rather a most necessarie meane to put a man in remembrance of his former iniquities and to cause him to liue more godly euer after for feare of some further chastisement It is a heauenly Herrald sent from God Hermes to forewarne men to leaue the loue of transitory pleasures and to seeke after such things as cause comfort in death It is a speciall benefite vnto all the chyldren Iust Mar of GOD in that it reformeth them from vnrighteousnesse and maketh them meete to receiue wisedome and vnderstanding §. 8. Thus much in effect confesseth Dauid in the 119. psalme where hee saith * It is Psal 119 71 good for mee ô Lord that I haue beene afflicted that I may learne thy statutes Before I was afflicted I went astray but Psal 119 67 now ô Lord I keepe thy word Also in the 94. psalme hee plainly pronounceth those men to be blessed whom it pleaseth the Lorde to correct saying Blessed is the man whom thou chastisest ô Psalm 94 12 13. Lord and teachest him in thy Lawe that thou maist giue him rest from the dayes of euill whiles the pitte is digged for the vngodly And blessed likewise doth holy Iob account Iob 5 17 the man whom GOD correcteth therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie For hee maketh the wound bindeth verse 18 19 it vp hee smiteth and his handes make whole Hee shall deliuer thee in sixe troubles and in the seauenth the euill shall not touch thee He will not forsake for euer But though Lam. 3 31 32 hee send affliction yet will hee haue compassion according to the multitude of his mercies For hee will not lay on man so much Iob 34 23 that hee should enter into iudgement with God §. 9. VVee haue had saith the Apostle the Heb 12 9 fathers of our bodies vvhich corrected vs and we gaue them reuerence should vvee not much rather be in subiection vnto the Father of spirits that we might liue For they verily for a few daies chastened verse 10 vs after theyr owne pleasure but hee chasteneth vs for our profit that we might be partakers of his holines If we would iudge our selues we should 1. Cor 11 31 not be iudged But when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lord to the end we should not 1 Cor 11 32 be condemned with the world §. 10. Let not then the force of anie affliction Ignatius ouer-throw the vertue of thy patience For patience and perseuerance in vveldooing Tertullian are two speciall notes whereby the children of God are truly discerned from hypocrites counterfets dissemblers But rather follow the counsell which S. Iames giueth saying * If any man be afflicted Iames. 5 13 let him pray For the Lorde is neere vnto them that Psal 34 18 are of a contrite hart and will saue such as be afflicted in spirit Yea the Lorde our God is good and Nahum 1 7 as a strong hold in the day of trouble and hee knoweth them that trust in him Hee is neere vnto all that call vpon him Psal 145 18 Yea to all that call vpon him in truth Hee will fulfill the desire of them that verse 19 feare him hee also will heare theyr cry and vvill saue them * Because they trust in Psal 37. 40 him For he knoweth how to deliuer the godly 2 Pet 2 9 out of tentation to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgment to be punished §. 11. My brethren saith the Apostle count Iames 1 2 3 it exceeding ioy when yee fall into diuers tentations knowing that the trying of your fayth bringeth forth patience and let patience haue her perfect worke that yee may bee perfect and entire lacking nothing For this know that trouble affliction Eugeniu◠is sent of God vnto good men not vniustly or cruelly but for a good consideration and most louing intent like vnto the dooings of a kinde and discreete Father who greatly desiring to bring his son whō he loueth to perpetuall honour dignity by such manner of exercise most aptly trieth his vertue and proueth his patience It is also very necessary that the chyldren Gueuara of God should be often tryed in thys life by trouble and affliction that thereby they may the better be brought to knowe theyr owne weakenes thorowly taught in all theyr conflicts to lift vp theyr eyes vnto heauen for helpe succour Besides as yron except it bee sundry Pet. Lomb. times scoured will speedily corrupt and wexe rustie so the vncleane hart flesh of man except it be often scoured with the whetstone of aduersitie it will quickly forget God and soone be ouer-growne vvith the rust of all filthines and sinne §. 12. Indeed it cannot be but that the mindes Cicer◠of men are oftentimes through trouble affliction moued with vexations griefes but yet a meane must be kept in all calamities what-soeuer beyond the which no man that is wise ought of right to passe For although no chastising for the present Heb 12 11 time that it lasteth seemeth to be ioyous but greeuous yet afterward it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse vnto them which are thereby exercised And euery man ought for his