A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

not the murrain on his beasts, nor the hail on his fruits, nor the blood in his waters, nor the blains on his flesh, nor the first borne slain in his families; but Durum cor, a hard heart. They write of a northern fountain, that turns all things it receives into stones: and a choleric stomach converts all meats into choler: so a hard heart turns even Gods softest mercies into hardness.

not the murraine on his beasts, nor the haile on his fruits, nor the bloud in his waters, nor the blaines on his flesh, nor the first borne slaine in his families; but Durum cor, a hard heart. They write of a northerne fountain, that turnes all things it receives into stones: and a cholericke stomacke converts all meates into choler: so a hard heart turnes even Gods softest mercies into hardnesse.

Thus God calls; for Christ his sake let us go.^u It is the voice of my Beloved; Let us run to him.^x In the last and great day of the feast, Jesus stood and Cried, &c. stood up, ut conspiratur, that he might be seene: cryed ut audiretur; that he might be heard. He is audible in his word, visible in his Sacraments, in both he calls. I stand at the door and knock. Revel. 3.20. Ostium est & ad ostium pulsat: he that is our door of entrance, knocks at our door for entrance. It is fit we should knock at his door, not he at ours. But if he does knock, let not him stand without,^a till his head be filled with dew, and his locks with the drops of the night. He is In via veriteas, in veritat via, in utraque vita: He is the way in the truth, and the truth in the way, and in both the life. He calls, yet complains,^b Ye will not come unto me that you might have life. Go we then to him; Reficieris si accesseris, Deficieris si recesseris. Aug. Come to him and live, depart from him and perish. Let not Christ call in vain, nor his Ministers say;