The Mount of Calvarie . ^\^ the Angcll vnto Z-ofjCencf.\<y. whenhe commanded him to goe out ofthe land ofSodame; as if he would fay, See-ing the great God of Ifracll, vfcrh no pre-tence or colour in that which hee commaun-deth,nor is not to be fufpe6^cd in that whichheeforbiddeth, if by chance thou flialt notbe able to goe vp, fauc thy felfe in the top of the hill Zoar, ftay inihcraidft of the iourney, in the village of Zoar, and I giue theethis licence vpon condition that thou neucr leaue oflfgoingvp,rntill thou be fo weary that thou can goe vp no further. Of thatwhich the Angcll faid vnto
The Mount of Calvarie . ^\^ the Angcll vnto Z-ofjCencf.\<y. whenhe commanded him to goe out ofthe land ofSodame; as if he would fay, See-ing the great God of Ifracll, vfcrh no pre-tence or colour in that which hee commaun-deth,nor is not to be fufpe6^cd in that whichheeforbiddeth, if by chance thou flialt notbe able to goe vp, fauc thy felfe in the top of the hill Zoar, ftay inihcraidft of the iourney, in the village of Zoar, and I giue theethis licence vpon condition that thou neucr leaue oflfgoingvp,rntill thou be fo weary that thou can goe vp no further. Of thatwhich the Angcll faid vnto Z/fff, and of that which Chriftdid toCyrrwK/going to Caluarie : that is, that£»ordidfauehimfelfeinthemidft ofthehill, and Chrift left hiscroflcinthemidft ofhisiourney. We arc plainly giucn to vnderftand, what a good Lordwe baue, and how good a maifter we ferue, feeing he contentcthhimfelfe, that in matters •f his feruicc we begin them, and if weetan doe no more, that wc end there, StMregorie in his paftorall faith,. of Mount Caluarie. i ^ i faith, Tn the way of pcrfcftion, and in rigour of religion, we willnot fay that he doth but little^who trauellcih vntjll hcfwcatc, andgocth vntill he fall dqwHc. It IS much to be noted, that the Angell did firft command Letto force himfelfc to get vnto the height of tKe hill, before that hcc{houldftaybelowein the village ; in which commandemcnt weearc taught, thatin thefcruiccofour Lord , wcefliould firft gocfweating and breathing to pcrfc5^ion, before wee withdraw ourhand from aufteritic and penance, becaufethat oftentimes wc arcable to endure much more then wee thinke in onr fclues. Anfel-mfts in his Meditations faith. Of my felfe I fay and confefle^that Ihauc great reafon to confeffc myfclfe of my floath, tbancom-plaineof my weal<cneffe,becaufcthatIcould goe forwaad in ma-ny good workcs, if, as I hauc ftrcngth to begin them, I had a willand heart to end them. Our Lord telling vs by the Prophet, C»wfffifum i» tri^Hlattene ^ What
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