. The Christians zodiake, or, Twelue signes of predesination unto life euerlasting . y affiicli-on , neither doe any begin tounderftand themfelvcs, till theybecome acquainted with mifery; for as the itarres lye hid by day, and oncly become tranf- parant by night, fo true vertue, which rarely appeares in pri>- fperity, (nines forth raoft bright-ly in adveriity. Neither is our Lord halfe fo delighted with the glorious exployts of his fer- vams, as when he fees them fuffer cheerefully, and confi-dently Tribulations , as the Eagle doth prove its young ones b/expormg them faceun- 10 the Sunne, a
. The Christians zodiake, or, Twelue signes of predesination unto life euerlasting . y affiicli-on , neither doe any begin tounderftand themfelvcs, till theybecome acquainted with mifery; for as the itarres lye hid by day, and oncly become tranf- parant by night, fo true vertue, which rarely appeares in pri>- fperity, (nines forth raoft bright-ly in adveriity. Neither is our Lord halfe fo delighted with the glorious exployts of his fer- vams, as when he fees them fuffer cheerefully, and confi-dently Tribulations , as the Eagle doth prove its young ones b/expormg them faceun- 10 the Sunne, as the Gold- fmi h by the touchftone tiyes chegoodnefle of the metal], fo God Almighty experiences his£ a fervants 90 The€hriftian fcrvants in the furnace of affli-ction, whence with much morereafon then the Romans weeway fay, <? faere & pmfortiashoc eft: to doe andfufFer diffialc things, doth moftbecome Criftians ; and thatway which out head dothlead us on , beft befitsus his members fcrto follow. * The wwmmsi EmblemeVI■ i i g Erecjuenftn^ SermdW. The-wile man ilicuL increaseiiis -wifdOtti£ by liearmtf. Zodiake. 93 The Sixth Signe, Of FredefiinzthrZy IS the hearing of the Word ofGod, exprcflcd by the Fig-tree, by rcafon our SaviourChriftnotoney in his Sermonsmade frequent mention of it,butalfo becaufe it was fo diligentan Auditor ( as I may fay ) ofthe Divine Word , that beingcommanded by it to flied itsleaves, and wither away,it 1 bey-edprefently. I he word is , Au- rrovdicnsfipkxs^fipevtior er t Andhave we not a cleare teihmonyof this fignc of Predeftinationfro an the mouth of Chrjft him-felfe ? <Qui ex 2)eo eft verba TDeiaudit, he who is of God dothheare the wordof God ; whichSaint Ar/ibrofc in a certaine paf-fege doth excellent well declare*How ( faith he) can the word ofE 4 God lean. 8. £Sjg. 94 TheChriftian God reliili well in thy pallate,tLf whkb ^defiled with the gall fwickedntfle? That which weeheare willingly wet put eafilyin exe
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