toc The pówerfulne(R four Sauíòrsraa<hiag: Vpon the Monday after :bat All:man(hall die once ; prefently added), afterdeath, Ixdgement : Other wife there wouldbemany, as well difcreet,as defperateperfons,that would crieour Let vs die, and makeate end ofourfxlues at once ; for a fpeedie death is better thana long torment. This is that that keepesthefe fooles inawe,andquells the va,ire confidenceof man ingeneral Tunedicet Rexhis, qui ddex'tris dipserunt,Zfque efuriui,d.1e. Then'hallthe Kingfay to themon his righthand, l rv,ea hungriest Hee begins with the rewardingofthe Good ; foreuen in thatdayof juftice,hc will that his mercie.goe before, aswell for that it is Gods own proper worke,as alfo forthat it isthe fruit of hisbloudand death. VeniteEenediïli Pettis mei, [Comeyee blelfedof myFather, (a moltfweet word in fo fearefull a feafun)poßrdcteRcgnum,Comeyee,and take poffeffion ofaneter- nall Kingdorne. Quìaefuriui, l wa6 hungrie ¿-c. Some manmay doubt, WhyChrift at the day of judgement, being to examineallwhatfoeuer actions of vertue,doth here onely makementionof mercie r I anfwer For thatCharitie is that Seale and Marke which differenceth the Childrenof God from thofe oftheDeuill , the good Fifties from the bad, and the Wheat from theChafe ; Ecce, egojudico inter E. ecb. 36. Pesos &Pam, fo faithEzechiel : and in fumme, it is the fummeofthe Law , as Rom. 13. Saint Paul wrireth tothe Romans. Secondly, He makethmention onelyof the workesofmercie, for to expel! that errour whereinmany line in this life ; towit,That thisbuffneffe ofAlmes. deeds is not giuenvsas aPrecept whereby to bindvs,but bywayofcounceland aduice,whereby to admonifhvs. And this is agreatfigne &token ofthis truth, forthat there is fcarce any man that accufeth himfelfe forthe nor gluing ofan AImes : But withkll , ir is a foule flume for vs to thinke that Godfhould con- demne fo many toeternal fire,fortheir not (hewingpittie to the Poore,ifit were no morebut abare councelí and aduice.GregorieNazianzen,in anOrationwhich hemakes of thecare that ought to bee had ofthe Poore ; proueth out of this place, That to relieue the pooreand ;he needic, is not 2Zegotiumvoluntarium,fed neceffarium,not a voluntarie,buta neceffarie bufineffe. AndSaint Augufline and Thomas are.ofopinion,Thatwe arebound to relient the neceffitiesofourneigh- bour,be it with food, or appareil, or councell,orour afliítancc,accordingto the meafureof theirneceffitic, andour abilitie, gouemingour feluestherein accor- ding to therules ofwifedoine. Hence itfoiloweth, thatthefmne of crueltie carries with it akindof defpe- ration. For(as Saint Auguflinefaith) hemull be condemned toeternal fire,who hathnot cloathedthenaked, whobath not fed the hungrie; he that(trips ano- thermanofhis cloathes,andhe thatfnatcheth amorcell ofineat fromthe mouth of the hungrie : andwhat fhallbecome ofhim inthe end, ludi iumfanemifiricer- tamer. s, din bis,qui.non aciunt mifericordiam, Let not him (faith Saintlames) looktfor mer- cie in theworld tocome,thatthemes not mercie in this life. Oneofthe reafons , why Hamoa,KingAlumshisgreatFauourit,found no pittieinQueenEflers,northe Kings Brett,though hebefoughtit on his knees,and with teares in hiseyes,was forthat hehadplotted fuchamercileffetyrannie,as todeftroy all the Jews both men,women,andchildren, at oneblow'; andtherefore deferued nofauour. 2¿a- thanpropounding tob-aaidthat Parableofhim , That hauing many Sheepeof his owne; had robbedhis Neighbour ofhis onely Sheepe,hauing no morebe- lides-inallthe world; wasfo incenfeclagainftthis fogreat aniniurie,thatheheld him
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