218 With what difcourfe,we oughtto be. guile thewea rimsof our pilgrimage. I { THE FOVRTEENTH SERMON, VPON THE WEDNESDAY AFTER THE SECOND SONDAY I N LENT. MAT. 20. 18. Ecce, afcendimwHieruflem, Behold, wegoe vp to Iernfalem. _ ' Vr Sauiour Char/ walking to Ierufalem, where heewas to - _ giue vs life,and to lolè his owne, hee went difcourfrng of r his death, ofthe perfons that fhould occafion it, andof thofecircumftances which were toaccompanie it. For atra- miler doth buhehis thoughts innothing more than in that i which he is to doe when hee comes tohis journeys end. > . - t .: Pharaohperfecuting thechildrenof Ifraell, did eagerly pur- fue them,andcartingwith himfelfe;whatcourfe he fhould take with themwhen he once ouertooke them ; I will takeaway (faith hee) the riches that they haue rob'dvs of, anddiuide the fpoyle, fo ¡hallmy foule bee reuengedof them, and my angerreft fatisfied. Thofe holy:women which went to the Sepulchreto an- noint our Sauiour Chrift,faid amongft themfelues as theywalked along, Who ¡hallrolle vs away theflonefrom thedooreof the Sepulchre. This is not only abufneffewell befeeming vs vpontheway, but difcouereth likewife the pleafureand content that the Trauellertakes therein. Commonly, trauelling is tediousandwearifome vnto vs which that it may the better bee paffedouer, he that vndertaketh ajourney, imployeth his thoughts vpon fuch thingsas may delight him mofl,andbythat meansbeguiles the wearifomeneffe of the way. Befides, they that louea thingwell, and haue their minds fet vpon it, vfually takepleafure in talking thereof; (faithPlutarch) refrefhing thereby the remembrance of thofe things that are belt beloued by them. Epiphanius faith, That our Sauioursfomuch talking of his death , was thereby to engage himfelfe therein the more : for bymaking all thofe that werethereprefent with him,witneffesofhis words,That he fhould now die; it flood vpon his honour, his credit, and his truth ; therewas now no frepping hacke, but with extreame loffe.ofhis reputation. But he being throughly refolued todie, makes here vn- to vsa more efpecialland particulardefcription of his death, Beholdwegot vp to ¡cruflem ; this (hall beethe Taft time that euer I (hall goe vp toIerufalem : now manygoe alongwith me, but ere long I fhall bee left all alone. The Sonne of man (hall be deliueredvnto the chiefe Priefts, Andunto the Scribes, and they fhall
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