. .a FiJi.~ :. Jtmpijli. { } fo death(thoughit be,but one neither) hathtwo feverall palfagcs : And, thorow it thorow one and the fame Citie gate, thehoneft fubje(f walketl'l abroad for his rec,;'~ tion, and thelewdmale(artor is caried out to his execution. 4 z Two fiates then there be, after death; and thefc rwo dif-joyn~dinplace · difiikein condition: both fee down within the verfe; 1 One, ofcomfort: •The other' oftorment. > 3 And, thatboththefe rakeplacejam, prefemly, For, immcdi~telyafrcrhis deat11,and, whileallhisjive brethrenyec lived, and yer any ofthem weredead,hewas inhu torments, anddidnotexpeCI:thegcnerafl Judgement, nor was not deferred to the endofthe world• .•4 And( to make it a cornpleat croffe,[or fo iris)as thepooreand richmeet here r~ doe they, there, alfo, otherwhile; and goe two contrary wayes,every one tohu,;, 1 place.Lazaru< to his bofome; therich man, tohisgulfe: and,ones miferyende.thinnjl– the otherspurple andjine linnen in aflame of ire~ Vere jlupend£ vices(faithChry(o}lomel veri!y,a firange change,a change to be wondered at: tobe wondered at and feared,of thofe whom it may conccrne any manner ofway,and(at any hand) to be hadin 71 • membrance. . To apply thefe two, to t~e.party, we have in hand, and to b~gin wirb thenrll efiate firfi. Two thmgs are 101t fer downeby htm:' The one, 10 the word Fili': • Th~other, in the wordRccepifli. · Firft,that he was AbrabAmsfonne, and fo,ofthe religion onelytrue :and onc,that (as himfdfe f.1ith ofhimfelfe) had hadUUofes andthe Prophets, though tanq••m non· ha6ens, as though he had them not. For,Iitt!e heu[ed, and leffe he regarded them; yet, aProfe(Jor he was. Secondly : as by nature, A E R A H A M sfonn~ : f<;> by condition or office; one of GoDs Receivers. R~mvers we are, every one.ofus, more or leffe : butyer, in receipts, there is a great latitude, Great, betweenehcr, that received t..omites; and him, char received a thouf~tnd tAlents. Berweene them, that receive tegument 4 onely,covering for theirnakedne{fe: and them, thatreceivej~~rnamenta, richattirc alfo, for comlineffe : and againe; that receive alimenta, food for emptinelfe ;and o6tertamenta, delicious fare for daintineffc. Now, hee was not ofthe petie, but of the maine receipt. It is faid: Hcereceivedgoodthings, and it is told, whatthefe goodrhingswere, Purpleofrhefaireft, and linnen ofthejrlejf; andquotidie /}fen· .ude, every day a double feafi. Which one thing, though there werenothingel{e, askerh a great Receipt alone. Here, rich ; in this life ; and who would norfueto fucceed him in it ~ One would thinke, this wood would make no croffe, nor tb.efe premiffes fuch a ttow therefore. But, to him, that was thus and had rhus,all this plen. tie,all this pleafure; poft t4»1tU di'<Jitia<,pofttant.udclicia<; to him, is thisfpoken, 6ut no»J thou art to~mented. Which firfi efiate,as it wasrich, lo it was ihorr: therefore, I make lhort with it, to i:.ometocmciaru. Which, though in fyllables it is fl10rter, yetit is in fubRance, that peeceto which he isfafiened, inlength of conrinuancdme beyondit. 2 Cri•ciaru is but one word,but much weight lyeth in it: therefore it is not fleightly The n<tbtr to be paffed over, as being the fpeciall objeCt ofourRecordare, and the principall part ~~~~:the ofth'e croffe indeed. Two wayes our S A v 1 o u R C HR r s T expreffeth it : • One The fecond while under theterme C«.. ,!,,whichis torture: •Another,under theterme M'J.n, which ftate,cr••iaris, isanguijb ofthe Spirit: referr)ng this, to the inward paine; and that, to the outward .Pallion. Thefoule beiflg there [ubjeCI:ed by GoDs jultice, tofenfuaflpaine, forfub. jeCI:ing it felfe \Vil!ingly tohrutifhfenji~ality,in thislife,it being amore nobleand cek· ll:iall [~,~bll:ance. Ofwhich paine, Saint C H R Y so s T o " • noreth, that becaufe many ofusbtl skill, what torment the tongue hath, in extremity of a burning ague ; and what paine our hand feeleth,when from the hearthCome fparke lighteth on it: CH • 1 s r chofe to expreffethem in thefe two. Not, but that tl]ey be incomparably grearer than
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