593 Book IV. Part.J. L~cking UNto j.eftu. Chap.z.Sed.z Col. z. ; . l c~r· ·4·9· 1;Q,·13· poore Herod, confu!t thefe texts, and then cell me who is the foote? what?- thou tnat fpeak.eft TJMnJ words, and· queftioneft about many things which in time will turne to thy greater condemnation; or Chrift Jefus that was deeply filent to rhe worlds eternalfalvation? Paulwaso£ another fpirit, andofanother judgement concerning Chrifr, in him was k__nowle~'Se; nor is that all, in whom was wifdorm .rn.d k._nawhdge; nor is that all, in hi~n were rreafurcr and .r// tre.rfures of .wifdome and knowledge; in him .rre hid all the tre.r{um of wifdomc and ~(now/edge ; and yet that is not all neither, not only is wifdome in him, but he is wifdome it felfe (for that is his name and title in the book of Proverbr )and yet by Herod and hi~ Cqurtiers he is reckoned,arrayed, and derided as ameere limple man. , 2 They difmifl him ; in this pofture they fent him away againe to Pil.rte, to all their former derilion they added this, that now be was expofed in fcorne co the boyes ofrhe frreets. Herod would not be C(lntent that he and his men ofwar only fhould fet him at Haught, but he fends him away through the more publike,. and eminent fireets of [eruf.rlem, in his white garment, to be fcorned by the people; to be hooted at by idle perfons; And now ~a~ fulfilled the Prophefie ofChrift, I w.u 11 dtrijion to all my people, and their fong all the day. · - Of this Ictus makefome ufe. Was the eternal Word ofGod, a.nd the uncreated wifdome of the Father reputed a foole? no wonder if we fuffer thoufands of reproaches; we ~.m made a JpeEI:~cle unto the world, and to Angeli, .rnd to men; we are foole.r f~r Cbrifts fake, faith the Apofile. -we 1m m11de M the filth of the world, and are the off-fcouring ofall things unto this day . Chrifrians mufl: weare the ba·dge and livery ofJefus Chrifl:; we cannot expect to fare better than our Mafl:er, why then fhould we defpond? I never knew Chriitians in better heart, than when they were fiiled by the name o( puritans, prec·ifians ·, hJf•crite J, f rma!iffs, or the lik~. · 2. Let us not judge of men and their worth by the;r o~fidegarments; wifdome may be, and often is clad in the coate ofa foole. As beggarly bottles oft-times hold rich wines, fo poore robes containe fometimes many precious foules; in right judgemfnt we fhou!d look only to the minde, and foul, and infide ofa. man, yea,to the hidde_nman of.the heart ! and for our felves; ' we . · · fuou!d
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