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[Considera.] And though the extremitie of the torments which my Sauiour suffered, were indeede for∣ceable enough, to draw this expression of corporall drinesse from his mouth; yet was the drouth of his soule, accor∣ding to S. Bernard, farre more ardent, wherby he thirsted after the saluation of our poore soules, and the honour and glorie of his heauenly father, which
he saw contemned. My meate and drinke, said he sometymes, is, that you accomplish the will of my heauenly father; and what is his will but your sanctification or sanctitie.
[Affect.] If we desire then truly to take compassion of our Sauiours extreame thirst, and be willing to refresh him, let our cheife care be to take pittie of our owne soules, and to sanctifie them. So shall we accomplish Gods blessed will & pleasure, so shall we honour and glorifie his heauenly father; and so fi∣nally shall we afford Christ both meate and drinke, How happie are we then, my soule, to haue our interests so inse∣parablie lincked with those of God the Father and the sonne, that we neuer performe his holy will, and honour him, but the aduantage comes home to our owne soules: nor euer, againe, attend to the aduantage of our owne soules, but we honour and glorifie God, and giue drinke to Christ in his greatest thirst.
[Resolution.] I will be still carefull to glorifie God in seeking to performe his heauenly will: since his glorie is
my sanctitie, my sanctitie his glorie.