3. kings. 8 Math.7. The glóti9d3change tyhttl`£.aSh::. vpcri th6' '1'ht11'feday bringstothechildof God. .C after I he fees him game; ëat, and fleepe he (ayes, Let him alone , andlet him mac himfel asmerrie as` he can,for this world willnot laft long withhim for his defhlitIfbfi is athand, andthe ftrokeof deathhangs ouer his head,and when it comes'T ;vill comëfuddenly vponhim. Manygreat (inners hue tobeverie old menbeforetheydie.;and the reafonof it is, forthat God (who iS aGodof ßr7- trence füfers them tohue here the lopger,for that after their death' abitter por- tion rem2ineth for them. Fit portareturabAngelis, Andhe wascarnedofAngel Is. Euerie torment infomuch the moir cruel!, byy'how much themore it fuffe- reth in the extremes that are oppoíte_ thereunto. lob pondering that ofHe11; faith, That thofeth taretheretormented;paffefromfnowtofire;Abaguisriut- um,etduimiurncolorern: Thelike fucceedeth in content, which'is fo much the greater,by `howmuch-we goe from-agreater l òr:o<v to agreater joy. Such then wasth ciinditionof'Laz trus, pafïiitig from thepaves of Dogs, tothe hands of Angells;-fìomthe'Pbitch ofaTyi`ant, to thebofome oft.4raham ; froth thé greateft miferie to the greateft happinefk that they who were euen the molt bleffed did then enjoy. TheDogs'(rn-Scripture`is the fymbole or hicrogliphick ofamoll filthie,vile,andbafetl ing.AbnerfaydvntolJhbofheth,AmIaDog, that thou thusdef ifefi mee? The Poet giués him this.beaftly Epithite, Olfenoque Cane. And Saint tMathew,byoay of fcorne, o>zlicetfanlium dareCanih s.But theAngelis are the nobleft ofall othercreatures, and thepuref ; for God mol- ded them withhis owns hands. So that Lazarras went from the vileft andthé bafeft, to the cleaneft and the noblcft hands.; Saint Chrÿfoflome'reports ofthe Roman Triumphants, That fo,ne entred Rome in Chariots drawne with pyde Horfes ; others with Elephants ; others with Lyons i and otherswith Swannes : butthe Chariot of Apollo was drawn by fwift and nimble footed Gynnets. Therewas a Tyrant that hadhis Chariot drawnewithtFrofe Kings thathee had conquered: But Lazarus his Chariot did far exceed all thefe,.fotthis was drawn by the-handsofAngelis: Sabellicáasfaith, That when banifhment was re- uerfed; they bore him throughoittall Italyvpontheir fhoulders,Totim Italia bu- meriaesteeiva efl. Dauid faith, That Gods Chariot is drawnewith Cherubines, [Afcendit raper Cherubim,- volauit: ] God thenlending Lazarus this his Cha- riot, it is no meruaile if in a trice beeflewvp into the bofomeof Abraham. Sa- lomon when he wasproclaimed King, rode on his Fathers Mule ; A9ordechai for his more honour was mounted on4ueruo his own&Horfe : but Lazarus (to fur- paffe thefe) went in triumph tobrauenin Godsowne Chariot. Thismuff needs breedagreat coufulion andamafem ent in this rich man ; that theAngelis fhould carrïe himbeingdead,into heaucn ; onwhomhewould not vouchfafe to look, nor bellow a morcell of breadbeing aline. Andhe roancarriedofAngels . One Angel wasenough to ouerthrowamoun- taine'; onie;ònely fufficethto mooue there coeleftiallOrbes ; but it is Saint Chry- fofle>msnpte;That, Z' i,eritone wasg(adtoput ahelping band to roworthiea burthenas this; 3'fnad ëaittettr rl'trnftthenhfelùesforward, tobeareafoot, a leg, oran arme efOrite eät Moruéch. s icy s ;> io Ïhfinu it Abrahæ, Intibthe bofomeofAbraham. So' e vndcrftand bythis his bofome , the neereft place about Abraham. As in rhàt pftiikEu4nge, ì,(t Allthe Apoftles fupt with our Sauiour Chrift; but; Saintblau o'hély, lean his heat in his bofome. And in that other, Voigenitus,
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