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[Considera.] Noe sooner was this inhumane and barbarous present made, but my sweete Sauiour pronounced againe. Consummatum est, all is consum∣mated, or ended. All the ancient sacri∣fices, types and figures. For here the true Abel is slaine by his owne brother. The harmelesse Ioseph is sold to the
Ismaelites: The saueing Noe is turned naked and mocked by his owne chil∣dren: The innocent Isaac is sacrificed by his owne father; being otherwise the same Fathers onely hope and ioy. So that vpon the Crosse we find the ac∣complishment of them all.
[Affect.] To witt, my soule, our deare all-sauing Noe, may seeme to conceiue the Deluge ouer, because he drawes neere to the periode of his life, sending out this voyce as a gentle doue to bring the good tydings of the same. All is accomplished. Our peace, my soule, is neere vpon the point of being conclu∣ded with his heauenlie father. Our saluation is neere at hand. O how many haue desired to see what we now see, and to heare the Consummatum est, which we haue the happinesse now to heare, and yet saw, and heard it not.
[Resolution.] We wil be for euer thankfull for this so singular a grace, which God, out of his free mercy, pleased to bestow vpon vs.