The Mount of Calvarie . o thatwhich hee faid,nor haue denied him that which hee demati«dcd. O what a theefe hee is(fayth ^it>»io)and a thecues fel-low, who can aske nothing of Chrift, but honour to get hitncreditejpower to defend himfelf, and mightto offend others,riches to enioy,hbcity to comraand,and health toliueonclyin this world ! Such as dare to aske thefe things of ourLord,be either Chriftians without theeues withoutfhame,of whom 1 doe now prophecyi that if they bee not hangedlike theeues, th-eyilialibee condemned like finncrs . Letvstakeexample by thisdrcadfuiU example, tha
The Mount of Calvarie . o thatwhich hee faid,nor haue denied him that which hee demati«dcd. O what a theefe hee is(fayth ^it>»io)and a thecues fel-low, who can aske nothing of Chrift, but honour to get hitncreditejpower to defend himfelf, and mightto offend others,riches to enioy,hbcity to comraand,and health toliueonclyin this world ! Such as dare to aske thefe things of ourLord,be either Chriftians without theeues withoutfhame,of whom 1 doe now prophecyi that if they bee not hangedlike theeues, th-eyilialibee condemned like finncrs . Letvstakeexample by thisdrcadfuiU example, that weedocnot aske witii the niughty theefe, that cur Lord wouldtake vs from the ctoffe, but that hee would keepe vson theerode ; nor let vs not aske of him that hec would giuevs alonghfcjbut that he would amend our lookhow willing our Lord is,togiae vs things tieccfTarytofauc vs,fo is hec vnwilling to giucvs that which wee doc aske ofhim to cocker vs. CHAP. iJi-iliU ?-? of Mount Calume* ISP CHAP of theft xvoris Dominr memento mei, Lordrcmtmhcr me^rvhichthegoodtheefefpAkev/ttoChrtll : the rvhichwords are dfusutly anddtc^ely expounded* rU pafiens eft diminui^indulgenti^amfu^sUchrimtsfoflulemusAbeo^faidrhc holy woman ludith fpea-kingtothcmhibKamsolBethu-lia in th« eight chapccr of herbooke: as if (lie would fay,It fee-meih beftvntomcOyc citizensof Bcthulia that we kneele downvponour knees, our bands ioinedtogethcr,andour eicsfullofteares, and craue pardon of ourLordiorourHnnes, and that it would pleafe him to deliuccvs from our enemies. HoUfemts the Tyrant had fo narrowlybcfiegcd the city of Bcthulia , that within fiuedaics theywould hauedcliuered thcmreiucsvnto the encraic , if thefiegc had not been raifed, or fome new fuccor come vnto t was in the fame citie a widdow named ladith ^ whowas bsautifull in her countenance, chaft in her body, rich incftate,and of great fame and creditc among the people. Thisholy Judith percciuing that the captains ot t
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