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A10801	A sacred septenarie, or The seuen last wordes of our Sauiour Christ vttered vpon the crosse, (with the necessary circumstances of the same:) expounded by a commentary, gathered out of the holy Scriptures, the writings of the ancient fathers, and later diuines. By Alexander Roberts, Bachelour in Diuinity; and preacher of Gods word at Kings Linne, in Norfolke.	Roberts, Alexander, d. 1620.	1614 (1614)	STC 21074; ESTC S115974	219,904	265

betaketh himselfe to the wildernesse for feare of Iesabel 1. King 19. 4. Gods delight Iosiah falleth by the sword 2. Chron. 35. 24. Iohn then whom none was greater among the begotten of women Luk. 7. 28. hee who z Chrysologus serm 91. reioyced in his mothers wombe and declared Christ before he was borne 9 murthered in prison with whose innocent bloud Herod besprinckled his table and defiled the feast of his birth-day at the request of a wanton dancing Minion Math. 14. 10. Let vs then runne with patience the race that is set beforevs Heb. 12. 1. that when wee haue finished the course and gotten the goale wee may obtaine the garland of righteousnes in the day of reward 2. Tim. 4. 7 Father forgiue them This is the holy and sacerdotail a Polycarp Lizorous de passione prayer of Christ our high Priest when hee offered himselfe the true paschall Lambe once vpon the altar of the Crosse herein shewing the incomparable b Theophylactus in locum greatnesse of his meeke loue and maketh this supplication and that for his enemies as was foretold Esay 53. 12. for his accusers for the souldiers by whose labour he was nayled to the Crosse by whose cruelty he suffered most sharpe paines by whose violence all the parts of his body were stretched and both his hands and feet pearced with nayles yet for all this hee breaketh not forth into any impatiency maketh no bitter complaint against them but now bethinketh how hee may obtaine their pardon and procure the saluation of their soules A c Anselmus in speculo Euangelici sermonis siue stimulo amorus cap. 12. speech of great patience of much sweetnesse of ineffable loue a speech of blessing such a one as hath not bin heard from the beginning of the world and that for persecutors He regardeth not his own wrong maketh no reckoning of his punishment seemeth not to feele the reproches of his enemies but sheweth compassion vpon those of whome hee suffered his passion heales them of whom hee is wounded giueth life to those of whom he is killed for he d Leo primus serm de passione c. 19. that came to forgiue the sinnes of all that doe belieue doth not exclude from his indulgence and pardon the outragious and desperate offence of the Iewes Mercy praieth that misery might learne to pray This action of Christ is our instruction Wee must not onely be glad that the prodigall wandering Obseruation sonne findeth the way againe to his fathers house but pray also that such as be dead in sinne may be quickned to righteousnesse Luke 15. 24. For true loue seeketh nothing but the glory of God and the saluation of others Thus Abraham often with great humility and earnestnesse becommeth a suiter for the vncleane Sodomates Gen. 18. 23. and Moses obtaineth mercy for the rebellious Israelites who rose vp against him Numb 14. 13. and had rather bee blotted out of the booke of life then that they should die Exod. 32. 32. Samuel when he was causlesly remoued from his dignity and gouernment yet thinketh it a sinne that hee should cease to pray for this people 1. Sam. 12. 23. And from h●●e proceeded that patheticall and compassionate complaint of the Prophet Oh that my head were a fountaine and mine eyes a riuer of teares that I might bewaile day and night the destruction of my people Ierem. 9. 1. For the Godly doe and must especially ayme at this that the wicked might leaue his wayes and the vnrighteous his imaginations and the glory of God bee aduanced among the sonnes of men Aspring which ariseth vppon the toppe of a mountaine doth easily send downe his waters vnto the low vallies and where the loue of God is grafted in any mans heart it cannot but bud forth and spread his branches in shewing charity towards his neighbours And therefore are the precepts concerning these two so married together that there can no diuorce be made Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all heart c. and thy neighbour as thy selfe Materially in respect of the matter whereabout this loue is occupied that as thou bearest the tenderest affection toward thine owne soule so shouldest thou doe to his and finally for the same end for which thou louest thy selfe that is for thē obtaining of Grace now and the enioying of glory hereafter Philip. 1. 8. 9. 10. 11. c. The punishment of the e Arnoldus Carnotensis de 7. vltimis Christi verbis Crosse must be both a medicine and example vnto vs. Christians ought to learne of Christ to loue their enemies and so much as lyeth in them procure their good and labour to bring them to eternall life For 1. It is the f Hunc Euangelistae locum eleganter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Tertullianus in libropationtiae non procul ab initio precept of God Math. 5. 44. 45. Loue your enemies blesse them that curse you pray for them that hurt and persecute you be perfect as your heauenly father is perfect Where the patterne propounded as your heauenly father etc. doth not signifie equality of perfection but prescribeth the Rule of imitation Loue this requireth the affection of the heart pray the duety of the tongue doe good the worke of the hand For in the greatest and deadliest enemy that can be 1. there is the same nature common to him and vs 2. the fault hee hath committed 3. the want whereunto he may fall Nature because the worke of God is to be loued the fault by which hee hath offended prayed for and his want to bee supplyed that so wee may bee like our heauen y father g Augustinus homilia 50. de tempore homilia incerti Authoris quae 〈…〉 ter August 〈…〉 s serm 47. de sanctus Choose then which liketh thee best if thou louest thine enemy thou art not onely the friend but the sonne of God but if thou loue him not neither canst thou haue God mercifull vnto thee 2. Wee haue the example of God an effectuall motiue for hee so loued the world Ioh. 3. 16. men weake sinners and his enemies that for such hee gaue his beloued sonne Rom. 5. 6. and the sonne gaue himselfe an offering and sacrifice of sweet smell vnto the father Eph. 5. 2. And it is obserued by some Diuines h D minicus à part 〈◊〉 2. part 2. serm 23 that then he saluted Iudas by the name of friend when hee came to betray him and execute in deed that wickednesse he had conceiued in mind Math. 26. 50. esteeming him so to bee because hee reached vnto him that cuppe whereof the father had decreed hee should drinke thereby teaching that we should also patiently suffer those who doevexe wrong vs for they doe but offer vnto vs that cup whereof Christ hath begunne and the seruant is not aboue his Master Ioh. 15. 20. Suppose a father had a sonne sicke of a phrensie hee rayleth and striketh at

For application hereby we are taught religiously and Vse with reuerence to meditate vpon the passion of Christ Now the meditation is threefold First historicall testifying that Iesus the sonne of the Virgin Mary crucified and dead vnder Pontius Pilate is the true Messias promised to the Fathers foretold of the Prophets in whom all things are exactly fulfilled who redeemed the world and gaue a price of r Huius sanguis tam potens ad priuilegium tam diues fuit ad pretium vs si vniuersit as captiu●rum in Red-●●ptorem suum crederet nullum planè tyrannica vincula retinerent Leo ferm 7. de passione Dom. greater value then the world And in this part of meditation these circumstances are remarkable first who suffereth 2. what 3. where 4. when 5. why euen that hee might deliuer man from sinne the wrath of God and eternall death and bestow vpon him blessing and euerlasting life for there is one God and one Mediator between God and man euen the man Christ Iesus 1. Timoth. 2. 5. The second spirituall s Lutherus in concione de Christi passione meditanda when we considerately and deeply discusse the impulsiue and small causes of his passion with the effects and fruitfull application thereof which being rightly balanced in our hearts doe represent before our eyes 1. The seueritie and rigour of Gods iustice which Christ perfectly obeying the law and susteyning the punishment due to mankind hath fully satisfied 2. The grieuousnesse of the wrath of God against sinne which could not bee mitigated and appeased but by the bloud and death of his onely begotten sonne the greatnesse of the medicine sheweth the greatnesse of the wound Esay 53. 5. 3. The abundant riches of the mercy and loue of God who so loued the world that he sp●re● not his owne and onely sonne but gaue him for vs all Rom. 8. 32. Ioh. 3. 16. 4. The t Vul●era Christi Ciuitates Refugij Fidenter dico quod ex me mihideest Vsurp● mihi ex vulneribus Domini Bern. serm 6. in Cant. exceeding loue of the Sonne toward vs who willingly the Dietie resting and not shewing forth it selfe did vndergoe so many miseries and laid downe his soule for our sake Ephes 5. 2. The third exemplarie that we should imitate his vertues obedience toward the Father loue towards his Church huntilitie mildnesse patience faith and hope of endlesse glory as both himselfe and Apostles exhort Matth. 11. 29. Ioh. 13. 14. Phil. 2. 5. 1. Pet. 4. 1. c. THE SEVENTH AND LAST WORD a VVord of Obedience and Deuotion LVKE 23. VER 46. And when Iesus had cryed with a loude voyce he said Father into thy hands I commend my spirit and hauing said thus he gaue vp the Ghost THE ANALYSIS THis is the happy End of Christ his passion and as it were a triumph wherein he doth professe God to bee the faithful keeper of his soule and is the last word hee vttered vpon the Crosse In which two things offer themselues to our consideration the word it selfe and the circumstances thereof The circumstances are partly precedent partly consequent Precedent two one of time when he had cryed the other of the manner how it was pronounced with a loude voyce Subsequent and those twofold first of time hauing saide thus second of an Action following he gaue vp the Ghost The word it selfe in which be obseruable 1. the person commending his soule necessarily implied in the verbe of the first person Christ Iesus I commend 2. the commende if I may frame such a word God Father 3. the thing commonded my spirit 4. the place of keeping that which is committed Into thy hands Or according to the vsuall distribution of circumstances Who what to whom when where And when Iesus had cried with a loude voyce This speech Theophilact calleth a word of freedom wherby he procured liberty for vs taken out of the prison of hell and was not naturall for men who are afflicted with long and grieuous torment drawing neere vnto death doe vsually faint and speake with a languishing and scarce audible voice their strength being consumed and wasted a Barnardus sermone in ●eria 4. hebdomadae penosae To die is great infirmity but to die thus great power he alone could lay downe his soule and take it vp againe Doct. Christ willingly by no constraint dyed Ioh. 10. 17. therefore the Prophet by a peculiar phrase of the Hebrew tongue vnusuall in other languages expresseth the same when hee saith that b Renue●herus in 53. caput Esaiae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Alexius Rharturus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his soule made it selfe a sacrifice for sinne Esay 53. 20. and in the Gospell commending his loue towards vs he doth it vnder the figuratiue name of Baptisme Luc. 12 20. I haue a c De varia vocabuli Baptismi acceptione Dam●scenus fidei Orthodox lib 4. cap. 10. Baptisme to be baptized with and how am I strayned vntill it be accomplished thereby manifesting his vehement and earnest desire and therefore foretelleth his Disciples how hee must suffer and goeth vp with them vnto Ierusalem the place appointed for his death Math. 20. 17 If hee would not haue vndergone his d Georgius Wirth de vita Christi ex Euangelijs l. 〈◊〉 cap. 39. passion he might haue auoided it which he foreknew and easily made frustrate all the the plots and vtterly ouerthrowne the power of the Iewes Math. 26. 53. but hee yeelded and therfore first goeth into the garden well known to Iudas the traytor Secondly meeteth his enemies who came to apprehend him thirdly asketh whom they seeke fourthly openeth himselfe vnto them vnknowne before fiftly by his word striketh them to the ground and suffereth them to rise againe sixtly reproueth Peter vsing the sword in his defence seuenthly admitteth not the assistance and protection of Angels which he might haue done eightly exerciseth not his almighty power for his escape and safety which hee shewed in healing of Malchus but suffered himselfe to be taken led away vnto Caiphas and Pilate Ioh. 18. 1. 2. 3. c. For so it e Non ex necessitate passio Christi fuit sed voluntaria ne● captus est a Iudaeis sed à seipso ●bl●tus quando vult ●apitur quando vult elabitur quando vult suspenditur quando vult tenetur Ambros●n 4. Lucae was requisite both for the effecting of our iustification Rom. 5. 6. 7. and making the attonement with God 2. Cor. 5. 19. The vse of this doctrine is that we should willingly giue our selues againe to him who gaue himselfe for vs. So Paul I beseech you brethren by the mercies of God that yee present your bodies a liuing sacrifice holy acceptable to God which is your reasonable seruice and be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renuing of your minds that ye may proue what is that good that acceptable and perfect wil of God Rom. 12. 1.

Paul for the Ephesians I bow my knees vnto the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ that he would giue you according to the riches of his glory that ye might be strengthned by his spirit in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that you beeing rooted and grounded in loue may bee able to comprehend with all Saints what is the bredth and length and depth and height and to know the loue of Christ which passeth vnderstanding and that yee may be filled with all fulnesse of God Ephes 3. 15. 16. 17. c. The second l Codicem accedens interlegendum saepius oculos cordis corporis in coelū eleua Christum breui suspirio humili desperatione ciusque gratiam implora ci●● ipse solus sit qui operatur omniae in omnibus Lutherus diligent reading of the Scriptures Of this an excellent and singular example in Daniel who when he was in Babilon in the Kings Pallace by reading of Ieremies Prophesie vnderstood that the seuenty yeeres determined for Iuda were now ended and then God would take pitty of his people free them from their grieuous bondage and bring them home againe into their owne country and former dwelling whereupon hee poured forth that sweete prayer the very iewell of the whole booke Dan. 9. 2. And ancient Histories testifie how m In vita Fulgentij cap. 2. Cyprian and Fulgentius two shining lights of the Church in their daies were conuerted vnto the Christian profession the one by reading the Commentaries of Saint Augustine vpon the thirty sixth Psalme the other of the Prophet Ionas And n In oratione de funere Patris Gregory Nazianzen reporteth the like of his Father how he became a Christian and embraced the Gospell The third the often reuerent and o Soloecismi auditus apud Ethnicos obseruati 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Et de auditorū diuersis generibus veteres Rabbini in Capitulis Patrum sic statuunt Quadr●plices conditiones inven●untur in his qui sedent coram sapientibus audiendi causa videlicet Conditio spongiae quae sugendo attrabit omnia Clepsydrae quae vna ex parte attrabit ex altera rursū effundit Sacci secinacei qui ●ffundit vinum colligit feces Cribri quod omittit farinā colligis similā Paulus Phagius vi●endus est in scholijs suis ad Capitula Patrum in illo Rabbi Maimonis interpretati● diligent attention vnto the publike ministerie which God hath appointed to open the eyes of men that they might be brought from darknes to light from the power of Satan vnto God and receiue now in earth forgiuenesse of sins heereafter inheritance amongst the Saints through faith in Christ Iesus Act. 26. 18. For when the world by wisdome knew not God in the wisdome of God it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue 1. Corinth 1. 21. And therfore the Gospell is called the power of God to saluation Rom. 1. 16. and the immortall seede by which wee are begotten to p Insigne exemplū de se concusso dum Ambrosium concionantē audir●t narrat Aug. confess lib. 5. c. 13. 14. eternall life 1. Pet. 1. 23. The fourth the denyall of our owne reason For hee that will bee truely wise in this world let him be a foole that hee may be wise 1. Corinth 3. 19. For the wisdome of the flesh is enmitie with God Rom. 8. 7. In which manner of speech Saint Paul hath a speciall reference to Moses sentencing man that all the imaginations of the thoughts of his heart are onely euill continually Gen. 6. 5. In the fift place whatsoeuer thou learnest out of the word lay it vp in the closet of thine heart Psal 119. 11. Expresse and shew the power thereof in thy life and deedes Keepe the commandements of the Lord and thou shalt liue and his instructions as the apple of thine eye binde them vpon thy q Sicut species ar matica ailigenter debet masticari vt virtus suauitas ●ius sentiatur sic mādata Iuxta legem animal quod non ruminat est immundum sic homo non ruminans in corde praecepta Dei Seruanda ergo illa in corde periugem meditationem in ore per frequentem loquutionem in manibus per operum executionem Nam probatio dilectionis est exhibitio operationis Pelargus in 6. cap. Deuteronomij fingers and write them vpon the table of thine heart Prou 7. 2. 3. For the foundation of God standeth sure and hath this seale The Lord knoweth who are his and let r Sanctum nomen sine sanctis moribus est annulus aurous in naribus suis qui Christiani dicuntur perdunt vim tanti nominis vitio prauitatis vita à professione discordans abrogat illustris tituli honorem per indignorū actuum vilitatem c. Saluianuc de prouidentia siue gubernatione Dei lib. 3. 4. Nomen congruat actioni actio respondeat nomini ne sit nomen inane crimen immane Ambrosius de dignitate Sacerdotum cap. 3. Multa in hanc sententiam Nissenus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cyprianus de vnitate Ecclesiae Chrysost serm 23. ad populum Antiochenum Nam multos est vbique in venire qui Christum simulant Satanalia viuunt vt non inepte diceret Linacer noster cùm 5. 6. 7. 〈◊〉 Matthaet caput percurrisset abiecto quaentum potuit totis viribus libro aut hoc non fuisse Euangelicum aut nos non esse Christianos quorum tam discrepans dissentanea vita esset à professione Iohannes Chechus in epistola quadam ad Stephanum Episcopum Wintomensem de pronunciatione linguae Graecae euery one that calleth on the name of Christ depart from iniquitie 2. Timoth. 2. 19. And to conclude grow therefore in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ to whom bee glory now and for euermore AMEN 2. Pet. 3. 18. THE SECOND WORD a Word of Carefulnesse and naturall affection IOHN 19. VER 25. 26. 27. Then stood by the Crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers sister Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalen And when Iesus saw his mother and the Disciple standing by whom hee loued He said vnto his mother Woman behold thy Sonne Then said he to the Disciple Behold thy mother And from that houre the Disciple took her vnto him The Analysis or resolution of the words THis is put in the second place among the words of Christ by Diuines And in it are obseruable three points The occasion thereof the forme and the euent The occasion is the presence of his mother who is described by her site place and attendants her site shee stoode place by or neare to the Crosse attendants her sister Mary the wife of Cleophas Mary Magdalen And each of these are illustrated by their

estimate and apprehension of the Reader as s Valerius Maximus lib. 8 cap. 12. Tymanthes sometime did if I may ioyne in comparison prophane Examples with diuine Agamemnons sorrow present when his daughter was to be sacrificed for because hee could not draw with his pensill the sadnesse of his countenance such as it then was and represent in diuersity of colours the sundry passions and changes appearing in the same couered it ouer with a vayle But the holier the virgine the more sorrowfull and such a virgine suffered so great affliction God many of whose Iudgements are secret none vniust doth oftentimes cast his dearest children into the deepest Sea of tribulation So Christ Iesus the onely sonne by nature bare the Crosse of shame before hee ware the Crowne of glory Luc. 24. 26. and the sonnes by Adoption must looke for no other order to be kept with them 2. Timoth. 3. 12. The Israelites come to the Land of Promise flowing with milke and hony by the red sea betweene the waters lying in heapes on both sides not without feare and through the vaste and terrible wildernesse And by many tribulations must all Christians enter into the Kingdome of heauen Act. 14. 22. Of this before in the former word c. This may bee vnto vs a lesson of Humility and a restraint of rash iudgement and hasty censure that wee do not ouer sharply sentence those or account them for wicked ones and reprobate whom wee see to bee exercised with hard trials and sondry sorts of afflictions Thus did the Iewes sometimes erre in their iudgement of Christ Esay 53. 4. and if wee may ioyn the seruant with his Lord the like peremptory doom did Iobs friends pronounce vpon him and his children whose lamentable distresse and manifold calamities they did behold Iob. 8. 4. But the case in truth standeth farre otherwise For the Crosse is the precious stone inclosed in that ring wherewith Christ weddeth his Church and therefore if any will be his Disciple hee leaueth this admonitory rule to deny himselfe take vp his Crosse and follow him Math. 16. 24. For the life of a Christian in this world consisteth in the deniall of himselfe the taking vp of the Crosse and imitation of the vertues of Christ that renouncing his owne iudgement and will resigneth himselfe wholly ouer vnto him and doth not beare but take vp the Crosse and embrace it and so follow the Lord Iesus who hath suffered whatsoeuer we can snffer And at the last all things shall turne to the best and therefore doe we reioyce in tribulation Rom. 5. 3. For blessed is the man who is tempted because when hee is tried hee shall receiue the crowne of life which God hath promised to all those whom hee loueth Iames 1. 12. When Iesus saw his Mother and the Disciple whome hee loued Christ now being in great extremity and perplexity is in this very howre not carelesse of his mother hee hath no part free but his eyes and his tong with this he louingly speaketh vnto her with those he tenderly beholdeth her that so he might shew how deare she was vnto him how deeply she was engrauen in his heart A strange miracle a lamentable conflict of the eyes His eyes at the same time did hasten to be closed vp in death yet did turn themselues towards his mother The power of death did enforce thē to faile the greatnesse of loue opened them to behold her and not only so but giueth comfort with his speech and prouideth for her future estate and thus sheweth himselfe obedient to his heauenly father in the meane time not neglecting or making light account of the performance of the duetie of humane loue vnto his earthly mother That precept that wee t Augustinus tractatu 119. in Iohannis 〈◊〉 should honor our parents and not in death it selfe be vnregardfull of them is no humane ordinance but the commandement of God that ancient and religious decree u Arnoldus Carnot●●sis de 〈◊〉 vltimis Christi verbis which Christ our Sauiour gaue hee doth himselfe practise And though the speech be short in words yet therein is included a dutifull affection and singular loue expressed Wherefore since he hath consecrated this duety by his owne x 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Theophilactus example for the better vnderstanding thereof two points but briefly are to be discussed The one wherein this duety doth consist the other by what equity wee are bound to the performance thereof For the first Iesus the sonne of Syrach doth vnfold the force and power of this word honor cap. 3. And therein are comprehended 1. y Filij in parentes ●ria particularia peccata numerantur à Summistis 1. irreu●rentia 2. i●obedientia 3. omissio subuentionis Caieta 〈…〉 in summa Reuerence that is an acknowledgement of dignity and superiour power and that in the mind body action z Diogenes quendam de patre malè loquētem castigans Quid inquit de eo malè loqueris absque quo si non fuisset tu non modo loqui non potuisses sed nem natura quidem r●rum fuisses Epictotus in Enchiridio cap. 37. speech and gesture for oftentimes piety is wronged by an outward countenance So Dauid when he speaketh vnto Saul his father in law professed enemy stileth him with those submisse terms my Lord and King 1. Sam. 26. 17. and Solomon when Bath-shebae his mother commeth vnto him riseth vp from his Royall throne goeth to meet her boweth downe to the ground and causeth her to bee placed in a seate at his right hand 1. Kin. 2. 19. a Vide Agellium noctium Articarum lib. 2. cap. 2. Plutuorim in eodem dissertationem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Timocles 2. Obedience the performance and execution of their parents commandements so far forth as lyeth in them Gods glory may be preserued safe vnstained Thus Iacob resteth himselfe in the counsell of Rebecca his mother and yeeldeth to her admonition Gen. 27. 14. The Rhecabites are commended by the mouth of God himselfe who abstained frō drinking of wine dwelt in Tabernacles because their father Ionadab had so enioined thē Ie. 25. 19. in truth this is one of the chiefe vertues that can be found among men b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Menander and the very sinewes and preseruation of all societies Therefore Paul doth expound the word honour by * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 obedience and subiection Eph. 6. 1. Coloss 3. 20. 3 Gratitude the supply of their wants if c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Menander Harmenopulus in Promptuario miris lib. 3. titulo 5. §. 83. Insignis locus est apud Ambrosium in Luc. Euangelium l. 8. cap. 18. Illud obs quid habes quibus debes quantum debes c. they stand in need of our goods labour and counsell When the famine preuailed in Palestina Ioseph sendeth for his father into Egypt receiueth him honorably prouideth him