.Minifters of loofer life, 2 On theTuefday after 4 to whatrefealed. . Prelats hath the Church formerly enioyed, and enioyeth nowatthis prefent 3 aswell infupfeame Bithops , as inferiour Minifters, whereby this prophetic is fulfilled. Secundumopera eorum,nolitefacere. I.King,,, According to theirworkes doe not . Samuel did obey Ely thePrieft, but did not imitate his remi(feneffe and fluggiflineffe : Daniel did reuerence 2Lebucadnezar, but adorednot his Statua. It is amiferablecafe, tharaman should bee able to teach others , and not himfelfe. There is not any one fault threatned more in Rom. i. Scripture, than this, duipradtcaris inLege,ec. And thinkeftthou thra, ô thou man that iudgeft them that doefucb things, anddoofi thefame,that thou(halt efcapethe iudg- ment ofGod? Thou (halt be like the Sieue, which giuethCorne to others, and keepes the Chaffe to it's felfe : Like the Candle, that lightens others, and is it- felfe in darkeneffe : And likevnto that Carpenter whomaking theArke , faued others, and washimfelfe drowned in the waters of the Floud. Saint Augufline faith, That the lips and the heart of him that 'Meth ill, andpreacheth well, are at great defiance one with another; for the heart belyes what the mouth per- fuades. When the Angell threatnedMofes with death, and made (hewas if hee meant tokill him ; Ru ertus and Lyraarebothofopinion, That it was for the neglect and carelefneffe which hee had committed in circumcifing oneofhis children, infucha feafon, when as the Law did oblige him thereunto : And the fault wasmuch more inMofes, than in anyother ordinarietnan,forthat as aLaw- giuer, hewas to haue publifhed thisverseLaw. But more tbthe matter is that reafonwhich Saint LAugufline rendreth ; which is, That the Angelis threatning of him was, forthat hebeing toperfuadethe Hebrewes togoe out of .Egypt, and to take theirwiues and childeren.alongwith them , theymight haue prefu- med, that hehad one thing in hismouth, andanother in his heart , and that his workes did not correfpond with his words. Experience teacheth vs, That ma- ny thingswhich humaneeloquencecannot perfuade, example doth effect: for thewayby words is about, and verse tedious ; but that of example, (fort, and quickely rid. The earthwill not followthe motionof theheauens,though yee preach vnto itneuer fomuch ; but theSheepewil Toone learnto followthe ex- ample of his Sheepheard. The Prophets arefull of thecomplaints and threat- nings which God poureth forthagainft the bad example of Paftors : As inofee oft. s the fifr, oyeePsiefis,heare this,andhearkenyet, ôhoufeof Ifraell, andgiueyeecare, o Men are moo- houfe ofthe King;forjudgement is towardyee,becaufèyeehauebeenafnare onMizpah, Rer led by Pre anda net redm onTabor. And in theninth Chapter here eateth the fame Lef- CedeRt.,tltdA P P precept.. fonagaine. Efy in his fifrie faxthChapter, calls them, BlindSentinells, and Ez ÿ 4 ar. dumbe Dogs. EZechiel bewailes them, va Paftoribas Ifrael,&c. Woebee vnto the Sheepeheardsof fraell,thatfed themfelues;Should notthe Sheepheardsfeedtheflocks ? Teeeat thefat,andyeecloathyee with thewool ;yeekrlithem thatarefed, butyeefeednot the Sheep : The weakeye.hauenotflrengthened,thefckehaueye not healed, neither hate yee boundvp thebroken,&c. ThewholeChapterrunsalong inthis ftraine,where- vnto I refinethee. Cannot theybecontenttodrinke of thecleere waterofthe Fountainsbut that theymull make it vnwholfome for their flock,foylingit with their duitie feet : For, What is bad life, andgood doctrine, buta foule foot in cleere water r Saint.Gre orie declareth this place concerning fuch Prelats; Who hauing drunke themfelues of the pureand cleere Fountame ofTruth, trouble the fameby their enill worker and bad example,giuing occafron there- by to thefttheirf llieSheepe,not tofollowtheirdodrine, but to imitate their life.
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