Iwhy I the fecond Sondayin Lent. Ser.iq.. 2227 eonferredtheble(rngon Efau. felfedoth ; to whom the Kings and Princes ofthe earth ( hould come as neere as they can : But togiue to receiueagaine , is a clapping of gyuesand fetters on the receiuer. And the poorer fort of men being commonly theworthiefl, be- caufe they haue not wherewithal)to giue , they likewife come not to get any thing. Theodoret pondereth the rea(ons why ífaac was inclined to conferre the bletlìng onE/au. Firft, Becaufe he was his firfl borne, to whomofright it belonged. Secondly, For that he hadeuer beene louing and obedient vnro him. Thirdly, Becaufe hewas wellbehaued,and hadgoodnatural) parts in him. Fourthlyand lafily hee addeth this, asamore powerfull and forciblereafon than all there(t;That being(as hewas)a greatHunter,he brought home fomany Regales and daintie morcells forto pleafe his fathers palate , which wrought morevpon aged /par, than his being his forme. And if gifts are fuch ftrong Gyants, that theycaptivate theSaints of God,c3Kunera(crede mihi)excecant ho. mines qùe Deofque. What are we to expel from finners r Saint Bernardcomplai- neth, That in his time this mothhad entred nor onely vpon the diftribution of fecular honours, but alfovpon Ecclefiafticallpreferments. Heearnefllyexhor- teth PopeEugenius, That heplace fuchBithops in the Church, who out ofwid- dow:s dowries&the patrimonieof the crucifiedGod, thould not.inrich their Kindred, who takemore pleafure inthe pampering of ayoung Mule,fpred oiler wi h a fairefòot-cloath, than to clap caparifons onanoldHorié, whole mouth is prefumedto be (hut ; preferring theirloofe Kindred, and fuch as haue jadith trickes,before deuout and irreprehenfible perfons. APrelat (hall bellow a hun- dred Ducats petitionvpon a poore Studenr,and hewill beboundá rezarel diuino officio, topray ouer all the good prayersthat be,for him ; but hee (hall bellow a twentieor thirtie thoufand Ducats on his Kinfeman, and he (hall fcarce rezar el rofarie,turneouerhis beads for him. Dic'-utfedeant hi duofiIj mei. Grant that theft my trwafnnesmayfit,¿c. Now the motherintreats with the loue andatfc`lion of amother, fo it feemethto Saint Ambrofeand Saint Hdarie and as it is tobecollatedout ofSaint c_Marke 5 and from that, You knero zo: what youaske : Asalto by that, Can you drinkeofmy Cup ? Whither theywere thrones toHcauen, (asSaint Chryfoflame would haue it) or onearth, which though neuer fo profperous, they could imagine at moft tobe but temporall ; I will nor ftand to difputeit : if of heauen, few vnderlland it; if ofearth; theywould makethis their pilgrimagea permanenthabitation.And ifthey heldPetertobea foole,be- caute he would haue hadTabernacles built on Mount Tabor ; What (hall wee fay tothere that would haueperpetuall featsof honour c All the Courts ofthe eartharebut partches andgatehoufes to thofePallacesofheauen,whcre thelac- keyand the fcullion,aswell,&c. Nefitis quid knownot whatye aske. Theydid-firfl ofall imagine, That from the death of Chrifl, his Crown and Empirewasto take it's beginning. Now to d'elire feats ofhonour ofone that was tcourged, fpit vpon, flript naked, and crucified, andto fèeke thathis blond thould be theprice oftheir honour, was meere foolifhnefhe. Whenthe people would hauemade aKingOfour Sauiour Çhrir,he fled from them to themoun- twine,tacing itasan atfront,thatthey fhouldoffer to clapanearthly'Crowne vp- his head. So dothThomar expoundthat placeofSaint Paul, Whofor the joy that toga
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