Use 1 And the First use hereof may be for Confutation, 1to control the vain conceits of those that think that these things will come without seeking;q that hope to have them though they never once look after them, or the means whereby they may be attained; that make account that heaven and happiness will drop into their mouths, if they do but gape when they lye a dying, and say, Lord have mercy upon me, or, Lord help me to Heaven. It were to little purpose for our Saviour to incite us here to seek thus after them, if without such seeking they might be had. No,r If thou seek for it, saith Solomon, as for silver, and search for it, as for treasure, &c. And God, saith our Saviour, will have uss ask that we may have, and seek that we may find, and knock that it may be opened unto us. And as he addeth there, thatt He that seeketh findeth: sou certain it is, that he that seeketh not, is never like to find ought.
Vse 1 And the First use hereof may be for Confutation, 1to controll the vaine conceits of those that thinke that these things will come without seeking;q that hope to have them though they never once looke after them, or the meanes whereby they may be attained; that make account that heaven and happinesse will drop into their mouths, if they doe but gape when they lye a dying, and say, Lord have mercy upon mee, or, Lord helpe mee to Heaven. It were to little purpose for our Saviour to incite us here to seeke thus after them, if without such seeking they might be had. No,r If thou seeke for it, saith Salomon, as for silver, and search for it, as for treasure, &c. And God, saith our Saviour, will have uss aske that wee may have, and seeke that wee may finde, and knock that it may be opened unto us. And as he addeth there, thatt Hee that seeketh findeth: sou certaine it is, that hee that seeketh not, is never like to finde ought.
- 1Confutation.
- qCredunt dormientibus sibi haec confecturam Deum. Ter. Adelph. 4. 5. Non curant quaerere, quae tamen desiderant invenire: cuoiunt consequi, non & sequi. Bern. in Cant. 2.
- rProv. 2.4. [Greek or Hebrew]. Menan•,Prov. 2.4. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Menan•,
- sMatth. 7.7 [Greek or Hebrew]. Sopho•l. Plut de fortun.Matth. 7.7 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Sopho•l. Plut de fortun.
- tMatth. 7.8. [Greek or Hebrew]. Idem. Nil tam d•fficile, quin quaerendo investigari posset. Ter. Heaut. 4. 2.Matth. 7.8. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Idem. Nil tam d•fficile, quin quaerendo investigari posset. Ter. Heaut. 4. 2.
- uIllud desperandum est, posse nobis casu bonum tantum in fluere. Sen. epist. 50.
