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THere is mention made of one,* 1.1 who willingly fetched water, neer two miles every day, for a whole year together, to poure upon a dry dead stick, upon the bare command of a Superior, when no reason could be given for so doing. How ready then should every one be,* 1.2 to do God service, to be at the command of Iesus Christ, whose service is perfect freedom, whose commands are back'd with reason,
and whose precepts are attended with encouragements. Never did any man serve him in vain, never was any mans labour, in, or for the Lord, forgotten: Nay, as he doth not let Obedience go unrequited,* 1.3 so doth he not require it with a little, or measure out his rewards by inches or scantlings, but such as shall be pressed down, shaken together, and running over.
J. Cassian. de Institut. renunci∣ant. lib. 4. c. 24.
Pater adsum, impera quid vis. Plau••.
Luk. 6. 38.