Themaine aimeof amieiler, the fecondSonda in Lent. Ser.I Mouldbe the gloryofGod. / 3. 215 fi life. Touching this Theame,there is awhole Chapter in the fecond part ofour BookeDet furore. Doe not asthey doe . This,for his Difciples was a moftneceffarie leffon; but for the Pharifces,a moft feuerereprelienfion. Anda late Dot-tor bathobferued, That they becing the moftpart Leuits andPriefts, hee filenced the Priefthood, in token of the refpe& and reuerence that is due thereunto: Whereby fuch are condemned, who too lightlygiue credit to the faults of the Clergie, andenter tainethemfèlues therewith ;beeingthat God himfelfe giues them this caueat, NYolite tangere Chriflos meas,Touch not mineAnnoynted. Whereinhe doth not lay an Interdictionon their violent hands onely, or on their blafphemous tongues, either before their face, or behind their backes ; but likewife on theirjealoufies and fufpitions,andon theft rafhcenfures, anden the pléafurewhich fome take in the flips and falls of Priefts : which is agreat figne of Reprobation. Accor- ding to that ofEcclefialticus,They(hallperifb by thefnare,that reioycein thefall ofthe Eighteens. Doe notas theydoe . The Couetous are here chiefely taxed ; they will giue you councell,but c Mercede Balsamefuftflint, KingBalacks Embaffadours bring- ing money in their hands , Mall buy their prophecies of them. Our Sauiour complained of them, That they deuourcd widdowes houles. And Saint Paul alluding hereunro,faith, God mywitneffe, how rdefireyore allin thebowels ofChr. He faith not, In mybowells,but,In the bowellsofIefus Chrift.9uis ibis nobis ? Whopallgoeforvs ? It was Gods queftion, but hecould find few that would fol- low him : but iftogainetheworld,and to getwealth,heeThall but aske the 9ue- Dion, Q ,ù ibit ? he f call haue infinite numbers to troupe after him. But asking, Buisibit nobs', ? Who(ballgoeforvs ? he f call fcarce haue oneto goe along with him. Euerieyeare agreat number ofPreachers offer themfelues to this enter- prife, but they doe not vnderftandwhither, orto what endthey goe : As Saint Augufline fignifieth vntovs in his Confiftions. Efay complained, That his lips were foetle. Hemight better (to myTeeming) haue complained ofhis eyes,than his lips,becaufehe had feene God with them : For tomurmure, eyesare more neceffarie than lips ; but topreach, lips are moreneceffarie than eyes. Ifhe that ftudies would but confiderwith himfelfe, why God hathgiuen himwit, abili- tie,and learning ; hewould then peraduentureacknowledge, how vnworthie he is of fo highaCalling,as to fit in c.Mofes Chaire, or to goe vp into the Pulpit.. Cicero faith, That theOrators motiue is, Amoris ardor Adefiretobebelouedand efleemed. So it goes now, but not fowell; for the loue whicha Preacher is to pretend,and the credit which hee isto hunt after, is the loue ofGod, and the feekingafter his glorie. DicamTemper magniflcetur Dominos, Iwillal*ayesfay,The Lord be magnified ; That (Ball be my continual) Motto, all the tell is little loialty, and manifeft treafon. Agigant onoragrauia,& importabilia. Theyfallenbeanie barthens, and impoflible to be borne . Thofe Traditions and Gloieswhich the Scribesand Pharifees introduced, origenandTheophilatl are ofopinion, that they did multiplie them in fauour oftheircoueroufüefre; ftrengtheningthe famewith anopinionof theirfimulated fanCtitie. Saint Cbry- foflome faith, That theCeremonies andPrecepts of the oldLaw were too hea- uie a loadto beare. Agreeing with thatof theAt2s, 1.Zec pores noflrì,necnosferre petuimus. The Pharifees did notifie themwith great indeerings , but did not touch them with the finger; beinglike vntothe Viole, whichmakes that found which
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