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You have heard the sweet song of old father Simeon, like the pleasant song of a sweet bird before her death, setting forth the joy of the righteous which embrace Christ Jesus. Before Christ Jesus vouchsafed to come unto us, we would not come unto him, but in all our doings we wrought our condemnation, & through the innumerable ⟨p. 76⟩heaps of our iniquities, laboured to drive him without all hope of mercy from us. So we continued like flies which flutter about the candle till they have consumed them selves. When we had done as much as in us lay to drive him away from us, then he saved, and recompensed good for evil unto us. So that if God had loved us no better than we loved our selves, we might have perished in our sin, and our blood should be upon our own heads. If Christ be the light of the Gentiles, let us embrace him• and let every one walk as becometh the children of light, but many do shut their eyes against it, least they should see, and many do not only smoother their own light, but the Sun saith unto the Moon, shine not, and the Moon saith unto the Stars, be not bright. And many have smothered their light so long, that the damp hath put out the candle and thus they labour to bring the darkness of Egypt upon Goshen: so that their eyes have forgotten to see, and so many go out of the way, because they would not look upon the candle, and the devil giveth to every one that which he wisheth, so it may be for his hurt: to the bramble fire, and who can but pity that the same Manna which cometh from heaven ⟨p. 77⟩should be poisoned with it?

YOu haue heard the sweet song of old father Simeon, like the pleasaunt song of a sweet bird before her death, setting foorth the ioy of the righteous which embrace Christ Iesus. Before Christ Iesus vouchsafed to come vnto vs, we would not come vnto him, but in all our doings we wrought our condemnation, & through the innumerable ⟨p. 76⟩heapes of our iniquities, laboured to driue him without all hope of mercie from vs. So we continued like flies which flutter about the candle till they haue consumed them selues. When we had done as much as in vs lay to driue him away from vs, then he saued, and recompenced good for euill vnto vs. So that if God had loued vs no better thē we loued our selues, we might haue perished in our sinne, and our bloud should be vpon our owne heads. If Christ be the light of the Gentiles, let vs embrace him and let euerie one walke as becommeth the children of light, but many do shut their eyes against it, least they should see, and many do not onely smoother their owne light, but the Sunne sayth vnto the Moone, shine not, and the Moone sayth vnto the Stars, be not bright. And many haue smothered their light so long, that the dampe hath put out the candle and thus they labor to bring the darkenesse of Egypt vpon Goshen: so that their eyes haue forgotten to see, and so manie goe out of the way, because they would not looke vpon the candle, and the deuill giueth to euerie one that which he wisheth, so it may be for his hurt: to the bramble fire, and who can but pittie that the same Manna which commeth from heauen