232 I Suter:neuerto bereppuulfed Vpon theWednefday after but withmuchtuildncie. andhiswifedome, will fay, 2 Inpohm, Icannot, it is not in my power to doe it: It grieues mee to the very' heart , and I blufhfor flume , that I am . not able toperformeyourdefire Which is a great comfort for him that is a fuitor, when hee (hallvnderftand, that his Petition is not denied out of difaf- feétion,but difabilitie . When TLaboth was to bee fentenced to death, the Iudges did proclaime a Faft : And .4balcnfis faith, That it was a common cuftome amongft the Iudges in thofe dayes, whenfoeuer they did proj. nounce the fentence ofdeath againft an Offendor ; to the end, to giue the World to vnderftand , That that mans death did torment and grieue their Soule. For, to condemne a man todeath with amerrie and cheerefull coun- tenance, is more befitting Beafts, than Men. Whenour Sauiour Chriften- tred Hierufalem in Triumph, the ruine of that famous Citie reprefenting it felfe vnto hits, hee flied teases of furrow. Doth it grieue thee, ô Lord, that it mutt be deftroyed ! Deftroy it not then. I cannot doe fo; fot that will not Rand with my Iuftice. O Lord, doe not weepe then. I cannot choofe. And why, good Lord a Becaufe it will not ftand with my Mercie. And that Iudge, who euer hee be, ifhee haueany pittie in the world in him, cannot forhisheart blond, when hee fentenceth a Malefaftor to fume grieuous punthment,or terrible torment, buthaue fume melting., neffe in his eyes, and fome forrowin his heart . God fo pierce our hearts with pittie and compaffion towards our pooreáftliâed brethren,that hauinga fellow- feeling of their miferies, weemay finde fa- uourat hishands , who is the Father of Pittie, and onely Fountaine ofall Mercie. THE
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