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4. Consider these mercies devoutly with prayer unto God to make them heart-melting mercies. Pray to Christ to look upon thee, as he did on Peter; The Cock crew once and Peter wept not, the Cock crew twice, and Peter wept not, because (saith Ambrose) Christ did not look upon him. But as soon as ever Christ looked upon him, then he wept, Aspexit Christus & flevit. We Ministers are as the crowing of Peters Cock, we cannot make you ashamed and confounded for your evil doings, unless Christ look upon you. The Lord Jesus in his mercy cast his eye upon us this day, that we may all of us go out and weep bitterly, as Peter did.

4. Consider these mercies devoutly with prayer unto God to make them heart-melting mercies. Pray to Christ to looke upon thee, as he did on Peter; The Cock crew once and Peter wept not, the Cock crew twice, and Peter wept not, because (saith Ambrose) Christ did not looke upon him. But as soone as ever Christ looked upon him, then he wept, Aspexit Christus & flevit. We Ministers are as the crowing of Peters Cocke, we cannot make you ashamed and confounded for your evill doings, unlesse Christ looke upon you. The Lord Jesus in his mercy cast his eye upon us this day, that we may all of us goe out and weep bitterly, as Peter did.

The very brute beasts have bin wrought upon by mercy. Some write (though others contradict it) of the Elephant, that because it wants joints it cannot kneel, & if it once fall it cannot rise, and therefore when it sleeps it sleeps leaning upon a tree. Now the hunts-man observing upon what tree it sleeps, desirous to take it, comes in the day time, and saws that tree almost asunder, and when the Elephant comes to lean upon it, the tree falls, and the Elephant with it; Then comes the hunts-man, and lifts up the Elephant, which he takes so kindly, that ever after he follows the hunts-man where ever be pleaseth.

The very brute beasts have bin wrought upon by mercie. Some write (though others contradict it) of the Elephant, that because it wants joynts it cannot kneele, & if it once fall it cannot rise, and therefore when it sleeps it sleepes leaning upon a tree. Now the hunts-man observing upon what tree it sleeps, desirous to take it, comes in the day time, and sawes that tree almost asunder, and when the Elephant comes to leane upon it, the tree falls, and the Elephant with it; Then comes the hunts-man, and lifts up the Elephant, which he takes so kindly, that ever after he followes the hunts-man where ever be pleaseth.