20 L/1 Commentary upon the Go(ßel Chap.z. to takeheed, as unto a light fhining in a darke place. Befides the works of God, thofe Regil profeTares, as one calleth them,thofe- Cathòlike Preachers, Pfal.19.2,3. thofe reali PoRillesof the Di- vinity ; Chrift is purpofelycompared to fenfible objee4s, as to the Sun,Stars,Rofe,Rock, &c. that t hrough the creatures, asfomany Optick.gla{%s, we might fee him that is invifible,having the eyesof our minde turned toward C. hrift,as the faceof the Cherubitns were toward the Mercy feat. Verle 3. When Herod the King heard thole things, he was. troubl.d.] At that wherein the Sages and Shepherds rejoiced. It is fair weather with the Saints, when fouleft with the Wicked.. AbrahamRands upon the hill, and feeth the tmoke of the Cities afcend like a furnace. B.ehold,my fervants¡hall rejoice, but ye'kill be afhamed : my fervants 'hallfng for yoy ofheart, but ye fhaiZ If,,e1.i4,r4 cry for grow :ofheart, &c. andye f/sail leaveyour namefor a curfe Mir. animal untomy chofen.e/Elian compareth tyrants to fwine,which ifa man but touch, they beginto.cry, as dreamingof nothing-but death; forafmuch as they have neither fleece nor milke, nor any thing elfe, but their flefh only toforfeit Burl; prafepe vagientis Herodem tantúm terruit,quid-tribunal judicantu?faith;one : If Chrift in the earth were to terrible,vi hat will he be on the tribunali ? And all Ierufàlem with him] Perhaps to comply and ingra- tiate with the tyrant ( as the Arabians, if their King be fickor acírar, lame, they all feign themfelves fo,) Or, as homines adfervitattem parati : toTiberiu called the Remanes,whogavepublike thanker for all,eventhe wicked as of their Emperours : or as fearing fome new ftirs in the Rate, as the burnt childe dreads the fire. Verle t}.. And when he bad gathrred all the chief Tries]; The true pictureof PopilhCounccls,. who propound grave que flions, as this was, Where Chrift fhouldbe born ? andpretend to worfhip t hrill, but intend. to worry him : The Councel ofTrent was carried, againft the {implicit)/ of Chrift, with fuch infiniteguil and craft, as that themfelves will even {mile in the triumphs of their own wits (when theyhear it brit mentioned) as at amafter- itratageme. It paffedin France in manner of a Proverb, That the N i ff, of modernCouncel had. more authority then that of the Apoftles, be <.f . cúufe tour own pica{ure was a futttcient ground for the decrees, Tre.t, E.ß,z, without admitting the holy Ghoft, Verle g. Aad.they...id untohim,In Bethlehem]; Lo,how rea (lily androundiy,out. of.theScripmres, they. could antwer to this capitall
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