2,46 Towhat pun poi-alley fctue Nam. 16. a. Mgr. t3.30 tvif. 19 3 Godschaftifements whcr- On the Thurfedayafter untorcfcnbled. felfe like amolt mercifullandkindlouing Lord, to the end that that ffiffenecked Nation mightnot alledge in their excufe , That hee had not fent thema Prea- cher from that other life, to aduife them what pafred there. But our Sauiour (for whom this bufinefre was referued) did notraife vpLazarus the Poore but Lazarus the Rich,whovpon occafionpreachtgreat & notable things vnto them, concerning the life to come. Andhe likewife raife'd vpthe fonne of thewidow of Naim, that hee might alfo doe the like. But th6fe that will notbcleeue the Prophets(it is our Sauiours owne faying)will leirebeleeue the Dead. 4uiacrucior in hacfíamma, BecaufeIam tormented in this flame. Gods chaftifementsare like Lightning, which kill one, but frightmany ; and thevengeancewhich God takethofone frnner,is anoccafiongiuen to the Iufl,to wafh their hands in his blond. According to that of Dauid, Cumviderit vindi- llam, manesfan lauahit infanguinepeccatoris . And Saint Gregorie expounded} it thus, Thatthe Iuft dothwafh his hands in the blond of a Sinner, when by ano- thermans punifhment helearnes toamend his owne life. There isnothing d'oth more terrifiea Theefes heart, than the gallowesand rope wherewithhis fellow was hanged : Funespeecatorumcircumplexifontme,& Legemteam nonfumWitru ., when I fawanother ftrangled,thofc cords which choked him fate likewife cl ofe tomynecke ; but giuingtheethankes, ôLord that thou hadit kept mee from commingtofo badanend, I did refoluewith my felfe, that I would not forget thyLaw. And therefore God wouldhauevs to lay vpin an euerlaftingremem- brance,as it were, his feuereft and fharpeft punifhments. Defiderium Imp# moni- mentumeffpeßimorum ; fo faithSalomon. To thisend the Scripture recounteth, that the earthfwallowedvp Korah,Dathan,&Abiram,& the refs ofthofe rebelli- ous fchifmaticks, wrappingthem in flames & fmoke;&the Cenfers remaining in the midff of the fire,cAtofees commanded that they fliould be takenout,&broad plates made ofthem foracowering of theAlter, Ft haberent poffeaf¡lÿ lfrael, yyui- brarcemmonerentur, That they mightferue,u a memorial'and warningto the chila,'ren ofIfraell: As falfe weights doe, that are nayled vp intheMarket place ; grounds that are ploughed with fait, and the heads of malefactors in the highway. Bt °- caufe the peopleof Godhad intangled themfelueswith the Moabites, there pc- rithed ofthem twentie fourethoufand ; but God commanded that the Princes fhould be hanged againft the Sunne. Saint Atiguflint faith, That this was do ne foranadmonifhment to the people ; TheSeuentieread, offende tos Domine, co in- tra Solon ; That God andall the world mayfee them,and that theymay remait re as a perperirall example to pofteritie. The Hiftorie of the Machabees repot is vnto vs, That Nicanor vttered amoft beaftly blafphemie,faying,That his pow er was asgreat asthat of God ;but thediuine juffice punifhing this his infolenc ie, his headwas fet vp on the higheft tower inthe citie,&his right hand, which he had held vp foproudly, they nayleditagainft the doore ofthe Temple,and tu- fed his tongue tobe cut inlittle pieces, and to becaft vntothe Fowles. Pharat ,hr andhis Peoplesdeath, the bookeof Wifcdomefaith, That it was conucnient tl tat the peopleof Ifraellfhould fee it and confider it ; Ftofenderetguemadmedum it 9i- mici eorumexterminabantur, Thatthepeople mighttrieameruailouspafrage,a nd that thefe mightfind a ftrangedeath. Theodoret bringsa comparifonofhim tl aat makesanAnotomie, ordiffee ion vpon a deadbodie,for the inffru&ionofthc )fe that arelining. AndZachariepaints out vntovs aTalent oflead : And this v vas a woman that fate in themidftof the Ephah, whofe nameor title was, Impie tie, or wickedne ; which (heefaith) was carried vnto Babylon, Ftponereturfi ¡per vafm
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