FOOTNOTES:
[266] Act. 12. 21.
[267] Arrian. Epict. l. 3. c. 2.
[268] 1 Cor. 11. 1, 22
[269] 2 Kings 9. 11. Act. 24. 5. & 26. 24. Neh. 6. 13.
[270] Tert. Apolog. c. 7. &c. Arnob. aduerſ. Gent. M. Fælix in Octau.
[271] Gratias ago Deo meo, quod dignus ſum, quem mundus oderit. S. Ierom. Aſellæ.
[272] Epheſ. 5. 15. Phil. 4. 8, 9. 2 Cor. 8. 20. 1 Pet. 2. 12. Heb. 11. 39. Eccl. 41. 12.—Nec ex nobis ſcintilla procedat, per quam aduerſus nos ſiniſtræ famæ flamma confletur—Nos id agamus, vt malè de nobis nemo loqui, abſque Mendacio poſſit. Paulin. epiſt. ad Celant.
[273] 1 Cor. 4. 5.
[274] 2 Cor. 10. 18. Iob. 12. 43.
[275] 2 Pet. 3. 9.
[276] Iam. 5. 8, 9.
[277] 1 Pet. 4. 5.
[278] Mat. 25. 34, 41.
[279] Prou. 31. 28, 29.
[280] Cant. 6. 9.
[281] Eccleſ. 39. 10. Eccleſ. 44. 15. Eccleſ. 49. 1.
[282] Eccleſ. 46. 11, 12.
[283] Reuel. 4. 13.
[284] Gen. 4. 4. Act. 10. 35. 1 Pet. 2. 5.
[285] Hebr. 13. 15.
[286] Eſai. 8. 13.
[287] Deut. 10. 21.
[288] Matth. 25. 21.
But though we haue brought a Godly Woman where ſhe would be, to Heauenly Praiſe, and Honour, and Glory, and found them by Gods free fauour in Chriſt giuen vnto Her; yet who is ſuch a Woman? We haue not found Her yet; and why not yet? Becauſe among other reaſons, as Saint Ierom was afraid to entreat of the Death of that Venerable Matron Paula[290]; ſo am I to ſpeake of the Deceaſe of this Honourable Lady. Therefore giue me leaue (beloued) to deferre the vncomfortable Paſſions of her Death, vntill I be a little better heartened by relating ſome of the laudable actions of her Life.
Application. The Lady deceaſed. Mulier Timēs Dominum.
For the ſubiect then of my Text, I dare ſay, in regard of the Deſcription thereof, your owne conſciences haue made the Application, and doe witneſſe for Her, that She was A Woman fearing the Lord. A Woman indeed, & ſo the Weaker Veſſell[291], yet neuertheleſſe Honour to be giuen Her in that reſpect; but rather the more (as Saint Peters inference will allow) becauſe though ſhee had This Treaſure of the Feare of the Lord in an Earthen and in a Weaker Veſſell[292], yet Gods ſtrength was made perfect in her Weakneſſe. And it is S. Ieroms rule[293], you ſhould iudge of Vertues, Non Sexa, ſed Animo: Not by the Sex, but by the Minde and conſtant purpoſe of a Regenerate Heart: This makes the Difference of force in the ſeruice of Chriſt, not either Male or Female.
Suruey then (if you pleaſe) as briefly as you wil, the ſeuerall workings of Her Godly Feare.
