The Mount of Calvarie . ut in thofe which belong vnto God, wee ought totruft none but our felues : for feeing it pleafeth our Lord to hum-ble himfeltefofarrc, a$ to make reckoning and keepe an accountwithmcj itisreafon that in priuatc prayer I kecpe it particularlywith him. Hec doth pray and rtcditate with other mens knees,which hath no regard but vnto that which toucheth himfelfeitiworldly bufineflcs, and that which concerncih the fcruice of ourLordjCoinmendeth vnto others: whcreofitfollowcth afterwardsthat as we waxecolde in his feruicc, fo hec likcwifc doth negledithat which is expedient fo
The Mount of Calvarie . ut in thofe which belong vnto God, wee ought totruft none but our felues : for feeing it pleafeth our Lord to hum-ble himfeltefofarrc, a$ to make reckoning and keepe an accountwithmcj itisreafon that in priuatc prayer I kecpe it particularlywith him. Hec doth pray and rtcditate with other mens knees,which hath no regard but vnto that which toucheth himfelfeitiworldly bufineflcs, and that which concerncih the fcruice of ourLordjCoinmendeth vnto others: whcreofitfollowcth afterwardsthat as we waxecolde in his feruicc, fo hec likcwifc doth negledithat which is expedient for our good. Hec oncly doth bow thekjiccs of his ownc heart, who hath no other louc in his bowelsbut the louc of Chrift; and he praycth with the knees of anothermans heart, who hath another loue hidden in his bowels, befidosthcloue ofChriftt becaufcthat (if webclecuc-/!//«;«/thePhi-lofopher) a man doth neucr feruc nor woiftiip any thing, but thatwhich he loucth from the heart. E 4 CHAP. 4^ ihe mjjleries .C ziA-i i_r ^^. CHAP. VIII. Ho-P (^hrifi would Kot goe&utoftkeVaUcc with the garments rvhickrithere they cloAthed him hiy atid cf thitt^fiertet which are co?itai. ^mtb^ettJ. ff^,^^ ,^^^^ NdU€rmtSfmiVefltttie>}tisfuiiy faith theE-uangelift Saint Marke, as if he would fay,Wh^nP//^jr/fcruantes had mocked theirI/,-j!^ fiil ^^ Chrift,ancl condemned him^Tk ^^ ^^^ ^^y remcmbrcd thcmfelues to put^^^—^ cffthc purplcwhich he had on him,and putontht apparell in which chcy had takenhim. It is to be prehippofed in this plaicethat Chrift was cloathed with three gar-ments, the night of his Paflion; that is to wcct,wlth one whichwas white , with the which Herod fcotnedhim ; with anotherofpurple, \vitb the which they crowned him in PtU^s houfej andwith another, which was offcarlct, inthev<.hich they leadehim,when they faid Eccehom^, info much that they icafted and fcof-fed athimas atafoole , and vnapparcllcd l)im at their lerofitevpon Saint MatheivCahh, In th
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