Them is nothing in this world the fecondSunday inLent. Ser. I . which weoughtnot to feare. 225 ped for Kingdome, there beeing twocommings of the Meflîas foretold by the Prophets. r The one,profperous, full ofMaìeftie and Greameffe. z Theother,poore,humble, and defpifed. Now, becaufe the VnderftandingBoth commonly follow the affection of the Will, theydid verily beleeue,that this his comming fhouldbee in ftate and Maieffie,crowninghimfelfe King in Ifraell , taking all dominion and rule from the Emperour ofRome, fromHerod, Pilat , and other inferiour Minüters ; and the Priefthood from the Pharifees,whoheld it fo vnworthily.Thisconceit and hope of theirs is prooued and confirmed by that which the Difci.ples faid ón their way toEmaus ; But we trufled that it hadBeene hee thatfhould haue dcliuered laell: Not vnderftandingas then, what was the deliuerance that Iefus Chrift had purchafed for them,but looking afterMime worldlyprofperitie. But much more plainelyout of that place of the Alts, Lord,wiltthouat this time reflore the Ktngdome ofIfaell? In a word, They did fullyperfuade themfelues, that all the world fhouldbe fubiecl to his Crowne ; comforting their hopeswith thatpro- phecieof King Dauids, His Dominion/hall bee al from one Sea t. the other and from the Fleud,vreto theworlds end. Andfor that heemight turne the wheele of this their vaine hope anotherway, lreefayth, Tothechiefe Priefts, whole feates you thinke to inioy, fhall I be deliuèredvp,andbeeing prefently put ouer to the Romanpower, I (hallbythembe whipt,mockt, buf eted,crucified,&c. ¡pi rvero nihilhorum intellexeruntr But they+vnderfloodnone of theft things. This feemed.vnto them to bee fo foule afaEt, and fo heinous awickedneffe, that it could nòt finke into their thoughts, that to finchgreat Innocencié,fuch great Iniuflice &Cruehie fhouldbe offered. But malice wasgrowne now to thatheight that mans imaginationmull come (hort of it. Seneca fayth,That it is averie poore excufe,tofay,Who would haue thought it ? For there is not that wickedneffe, which is not now in theWorld. And feeing that themalice thereof, hathgonefo farre,as to take away the life of the Godof Hcauen, there is not that ill,whichwee oughtnot tofeare. Wee are tofeare the Sea,euenthen, when it promifeth faire( weather. This fpeech of ourSauiours might likewife feeme vnto them tobe fome Parable ; for that which theWillaffeEleth not, the Vnderflàndingdothnot halfewellapprehend it. Hefaydvnto the Iewes , oportet.exaltari filaam hominis,Thefanne ofman muff be liftedvp. And they prefentlytooke hold of it. TheAngels told Lot,thatSo- dome fhould be confumed with fireAnd brimftone from Heauen ; and he adui- fing his fonnes in law thereof; He feemedveto themas one that mocked. Precept mull benonprecept, line vpen line; here a little, anddarea little. Often doe the Pro- phets repeat, Flat. mandat Domidae, Expelta Dominion, /ufline Dominum, modicum adhucmodicum,& egovifitabo fanguinem s.c. abfconderemodicum , Thus f yth the Lord, Wa; tefortheLordyet a little whili,anda littlewhile,&Iwilvmt the Bloud&c. They that beard Efy, mockt at him intheirfeaffs and banquets, faying, Wee know beforehand what the Prophet will preachvnto vs. And this is the fa- fhion of Worldlings, to fcoffe at thofe, whom God fends vnto them for their. good. Tunc acceßitmaterfiliorura Zebedei,&c. Dike 24. 411.1.0. P1a1.7=.8. Gen.íy.t4. Efa.x8.io. Thencame votohim themotherof the formesofZebedee,dc. vldonlae tooke arivnfeafonable time, hauing offendedSalomonwith thofemutinies which hee had
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=