The gallants burden A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the twenty nine of March,…The gallants burden A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March,…

The last branch of the Map, and first of the Moral, are not unfitly conjoined, the Edomite, and his Question:¹ the Question then calls me from the Watch-man, What is in the nigh•? And to make the Derision fuller and fouler, it is doubled, like Pharaohs Dream, What is in the night? Did they seek for some prodigy or portent? Some divine Revelation, which should be received by Vision? Were the like Israel, of whom Christ thus testifies; This adulterous generation seeks for a Sign? ²Thus Dives despaired of his brethren's belief, except one rose from the dead. I confess we ⟨p. 15⟩have some in the world sick of this disease, a Jewish infection, The Jews require a sign, &c. (Plus ocu•o, quam oraculo:) ³miseries shall work more on them then mysteries: palpable actions of Gods mercy, justice, power, shall convince them, the contemplation of them all in the theory of the word moves them not: astonish them with wonders,⁴ heal their diseased, open their blind eyes, raise their dead, and they will believe: Are there none among us, that couch a willing & close ear to the charms of Rome, in admiration of their feigned miracles? lying Apostles, that work strange things by exorcisms? but our Church now is not in the Cradle of her infancy: One cup of wine brought by Christ, is worth all the cups of cold water by Moses: as S. Augustine alluding to that Marriage in Galilee, says: All the adumbrations, types, figures, signs, were but that cup of cold Water,⁵ Christ reserved the good Wine (of the Gospel) till he came him self: and they that will not believe without a Sign, without a Sign must perish. But I travel no further in this, least it bring me out of my way.

The last branch of the Mappe, and first of the Morall, are not vnfitly conioyned, the Edomite, and his Question: