Reason 4 4. Things lost must be sought ere they can be again found. So our Saviour saith,g he came to seek what was lost. Andh the Widow in the Parable, by seeking found her lost itestor. Such are these, we had them once, but we have now lost them. Our first Parents werek borne, as I may so say, with thisl royal robe; they were created with thism imperial Crown. But the Devil stripped them of it;n he cheated and cozened them of this Crown, as we use to do Children, witho the Apple, orp what ever fruit it were, that he tendered unto Eve. So they lost it: and their posterity must recover it, ere they can enjoy it; they must win this Crown again, before they may wear it.
Reason 4 4. Things lost must be sought ere they can be againe found. So our Saviour saith,g he came to seeke what was lost. Andh the Widow in the Parable, by seeking found her lost itestor. Such are these, wee had them once, but wee have now lost them. Our first Parents werek borne, as I may so say, with thisl royall robe; they were created with thism imperiall Crowne. But the Devill stript them of it;n he cheated and coosened them of this Crowne, as wee use to doe Children, witho the Apple, orp what ever fruit it were, that he tendred unto Eve. So they lost it: and their posteritie must recover it, ere they can enjoy it; they must win this Crowne againe, before they may weare it.
- gLuk 19.10.
- hLuk. 15.8, 9.
- iDrachma any valebat 7. denarios cum dimidio. Breerwood de num. Jud. cap. 1.Drachma eni• valebat 7. denarios cum dimidio. Breerwood de num. Iud. cap. 1.
- k[Greek or Hebrew], i. in ostro nati: uti Claudian. nup. Honour. & Mar.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, i. in ostro nati: uti Claudian. nup. Honor. & Mar.
- lGenes. 1.26, 27. Eccles. 7.29.
- mPsal. 8.5.
- nPorrexit pomum, & surripuit Paradisum. Bernard. de Grad. humil. 4.
- oGen. 3.5, 6.
- pFicum vult Moses Bar-Ceph. & Theod. in Gen. quaest. 28. Malogranatum Machmed. in Alcoran. Malum Medicu• alii, alii Perficum, quod Peche Gall Aliipomum Paradisi, prout fructum quendam Syri indigitant. Sed & Malum ex Hebraeis quidam ex Cant. 2.3. vide Perer ad Genes.
