Rearms whyour Sauiordefcri. the fecond Sonday Lent. Ser.i bed his paffion fo to the life. 4 behold thevnieerfall Iudge,who in a few homes is potted ouer tofo manyTri- bunalls, and without any lawfulltrial, and nothing iuftly to be laid againft him, dies notwithftanding by the fentence ofPilate. If the praife and applaufe of men, beholdhis fcornesand his reproches,opprobriumhominum,e7abieaioplebi$. If difafters, infirmities, or anyotherpaine or torment whatfoeuer doe griene and affliétthee ; What tormentcanbee grieuous in comparifon ofthat torment of his Cantabiles mihi erant iufliftcationes tux in locoperegrinationis mee. Saint Ambrofe vnderftandsby7ufliftcationes, thofe torments of our Sauiour Chrift,and faith, That whenDauid was banifhed andperfecuted , hee flingof them as hee went vp anddowne in this his exile, to comfort himfelfe , and ro beare his ba- nifhmentand perfecurion the better, callingthat tomindwhich hewas to fuffer forhim. Faftculsar Myrrhedilellau meus,intervberamea commorabitur , My Belo- tied isa bundle ofMyrrhe, heefhalllodge betwixt my brefls. Thatthy bitter Cup (ô Lord) which thou didft drinke of; bath driuen out allbitterneffeand foureneffe from forth my breft : I made meeabundle ofMyrrh of thy torments, which ferue as a fweet and fragrant Nofegay torefrefh and comfortmy heart. ThePaf- fionof Chrift (as it is in the Apocalyps) is the bookeof Life. All the booker of all the Librariesin the world ; all the Schooles and Vniuerfities put together, neuer taught that which this booke teacheth. Saint Augufline faith, Lignummo- rientii, Cathedrafuit Magif ri docentù. Therewas neuer any Schoole inthe world liketo that of the Croffe, norany Mafter like vntoChrift, that hung thereupon. Saint Paul criesout, ofoolifh Galathians, whobathbewitchedyou thatyeefhouldnot obey the truth, to whom lefus Chrift before was defcribed, inyourfight, and among you crucified? Hehad fet before the GalathiansChrift vpon the Croffe prefenting himfelfe vnto them fonaturally,and foto the lifé,as ifthey had feene the verie originaliit felfe, as it floodall begoared with bloud in Mount Caluarie : And that vnleffetheywere mad men, bewitched, or ftarkefoules, theycouldnot but be taken andcaptivated therewith,nor for their flues refitfe toloue him and be- leeue inhim. If Saint Paul made him forich andfo gloriousby his eloquence, What a pretious peece muttit needs be, when Chrift himfelfe, byfuffering in thofe his delicate limbes, did limne it forth vnto vs at his death ; his thornes, his nails,his wan vifage, his boredhands and feet, and his wounded fide, vtte- ring more Rhethoricke inthat Taft Ad andScæneof his life, than all the elo- quence ofPaul, or the pennes of the whole World face, were euer able to expreffe. Thefecond, Saint Chryff1ome faith, That ourSauiour fought to oblige them vnto him, by giuing them fuch aparticular account, that hewas to fuffer and to dieout ofhis efpeciall loue towards them , as alfo all Mankind ;and that this thereforeought not togiue themoccafon to.withdrawtheir refpeét from him, or that he fhouldthereby lofe anyone jot of his reputation among them. Mori, hominiseft; fedvelle mori, Dti,i. To die , is ofman ; but to be willing to du, ofGod: AndbecauCeherein I pretend your good, I ought to lofe nothing with you, by Iofingmy life. Oneofthe greateftindeerements of .his loue was, Thathee did efteem it as a reward ofall his indured troublesand torments, that lie fhouldnot lofehis worth with vs. This made him to fay., Happie is that manwbo fhallnot thinkele/fe Worthieofine'than Idefeerue. Tertullian controlledan Hereticke that de- niedthe diuinitie ofour SauiourChrift; thecobwebs of the cratch,the pouer- tie ofhis life,and theaccurfednes of his death, beingno way able to take hold vponhim. Thofe verie things (faithhe that blind thee, ought to conuince thee,andto affectionate thee vnto him . fornone but God could doe thusmuch T 3 for zzt Gata$.;.
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