- ~-6-.------~0~f~t~h-e~R~. -E-S_U_R_R_B __ C_T_l_O_N_•__~----4~3-9~ - Burrhefe, w.ere but the Vt~lgar, againe. What fay the B11tlders to this~ He: 0~ them,that cookehimfelfe foraveryVt~ruv11#,foch a WOl'ktnan,as hefaid;all the reft :mderfioodnothing atall, the Mafrer-budder Cauph110, he was flat, Expedtt, It,..... ex- Ioh " ·'19-!6. fedtent Hefl>ould dye; be call: alide mto the heape ofrubb1!h,be put out ofthe building, deane. That, is his doome. 1 • " , • , • • . Now laythcfetogerher. To be refufe..,ts notw much; lt may be,tt IS of(uch>' ·"ndum. But to berefu(edof Ift~dders, and thofe thechiefe, ismuch; for' a~~re~:e prcfum~d to be skilfull. Againe, to be difiiked for the chiefe place, not c; ~u{h; ifnotfor that, heemay bee for another : .But, tobe utterly reprob1te(that is) not 'rejiefed, for theHead, norref~fedfor theCorner,but refpfed limply for.any roome aral!: not in the toppe,n~y,notm thebottame: not m the <;'on;er,,nay,.not manyranke oftheSlltldmg : that, IS as much as n~ay bee. And thts, was C " 1l I s ~ .s lot. Yet this ~vas all but in wot:ds,nothirig was ddne to Him; But there is a: re)ro6;_ ti 1 n, indeed, and that is yet farre worfe. And t_o that, the¥ proceed, even to actual! inatt~rs to reall reprobation, Befor.e they call: Htm alide(this pooreStone)they-hackt and they hewd it, and mangled it piteoully ; they ll1ewed their malice even inthar; ioo. Ccelaverunt Sci•lpturam ejm ({aith the Prophet) theit tooles walked on Him, theygraved Him,and cut Himwith awitnclfe;andmade_him fuO ofeyes, on every fide~ What skilled rhat ~ What difgrace, or what forrow IS done, to aStone? theStone t feeles it not. The cry, ofNon hunc, or the edge of the graving toole, affect it nothing. True :But HewasLapi.·.v ivus, a livingflonc(as Peter calleth Him, I Pet. i. z,t!i1. f.j c 5. )aStone.that hathlife,life and fenfe,and felt all:Felt His graving,theedge ;md point both: felt His defpifing, the fcorne, and malice both : (ot the twaine, this the more, but) both He felt. When they made furrow_esonHisbacke? withthefcourg~, when. they platted the CrowneofThornes, andmade~tfit c!ofe toHts head ; wh_en theydigged Pfal. ., 9_ 1 ; His handr, and feet, He felt all. He endured It paneutly, tanquamLapts: but He felt Mu.·~ ·'•· it fenlib\y, unqu4m vivtu, Had quick fenCe, ofHis paine ingraving: had lively ap- rr.z.,•.,~, prehenlion,of Hiscomemptin~ef,.fing-• , . . And thefe very two words (m the Text) Laptdem,and &probavmint, fer out uhto ns,both parts;:,fHis PajiDn fully: As ifHe had beenStone, lo layd they on Him: As ifHehad been aReprobate, fo powred they all difgraceupon Him; And even as a StoneHe was, in His paffion. For,as the Stants give againfr the weather :fo was there not to be feen upon Him, ab/or•dyfweate f Did He riotgive(as it were)ofHimfe!fe,a. t.uJi . .. gainfrthctempefrcamc ~Andwhen it came, was it nqt fo frrange(even that, which ·" ·4_4; this livingjlone fuffered)as the deadStones,that had no life, as ifthey had had life and compaffion of His cafe; rent in (tmder with it~ Lapidem then;is true, · And,for reprobaverunt, that, isas tr~e; For how could they have in:tteated 4 repro- M1t. , 1 , rr; h.rte,worfethantheyentreatedHz'!'? mHuthtt~, InHtsprayer, Inthe'!lcrytangsof ,,. death,what words offcorne and fpltefull opprobne~ What deeds'ofmaliceandwret- Iohn '9· •9· ched indignity~ OfHimfelfe,itis faid(and by way ofexaggeration)Hehrembled Him. M••·•?·.t?• felfe·to death, the fk4tb of the CroJ!e : of them, it may bee no lerfe, Reprobaverrmt Phrl.:.s. •d mortem,morteiiJ cruti4, they rejeC!ed Him to' death, the.dwh of Reprobates; the death, whereunto d curfe is.annexe<\, the Jeath of the Crojfe. And never gave Him over, tt~l they brought Him, lapis adlapidem, intoag~aveofStdne,and rolled a Stone .. upon_Htm,and there left Him. And thus much,fot LapiiqrmtJ reprabaverant. M"·•~,6o. ltts theFeafrofthe Paffiover: wenowparf~ over,-to f;lisorherell:ate; His Exdl– :~•on, adcapr•tvf-ngrtli. Were it_ not ftrange, th~ Clone !hould berolledaway, and fit~ Stoneiliouldbeedtggedup agame, and fet up mthevfntii, theplace moll:coii– dtl (~5 _(that Is) madeaCorner-flene : and that, in the very top, thehighelt part of lifi fatiS)madeaHead-Hone f Werenotthisafrran"e Parfeover ·fromdeath, to 1 /; ~om lowel1: reprobation, td highefr a••robation . frgm bafeft rep:oach, togreateft g'ory ? u ' · - ' d ~ut,feeing builders(wcfee) may bedeceived and t11at in Capite (as we find,here;) an t at; thoughcaiaph4sbeone of them : and~jlone may have flro'ng; Would it no'I;
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