Princeshaue a threefoldend the fecondSunday inLent. Ser.iq. in their Punifhments. z¢7 Tchieflt ius d and change , be in al things. Death called a change. vafemfuum,7abeefiablifheddndfet vp there in her owneplace; that beeing let vp aloft vponaPiller, Theemight continue there fora perdurable example. Aulas Gellius inhisNot-libus Atticis,faith, ThatPrinceshaue three ends intheir punifh- ments : Theone, The amendment of thefault : And to this end Pilat commaunded our SauiourChrift tobe whipt ; Corripiam eum,&c. The other, Theauthoritie of the offended; for if difrefpat fhould not bee puniflied, it wouldbreed contempt. The third, For the terrorandexampleofothers; for,iufliciaaliens efldifcipli- iapropria, other wenspseni fhment is our *Whom And that manis afoole,whom other mews harmes cannotmaketo beware. When the Lyonwas ficke , all the beaftsof the field went-to vifrt him, onely the Foxe frayedbehind, and would not goevnto him : and beingaskt the reafon, heanfwered, Ifind the tracke of many going in, but ofnone comming out ; and Iamnot fo defperate as to caft myfelfe wilfullyaway, whenas I mayfleepe in awhole skinne. The foot[teps ofthe Angelis that fell, may aduifevs ofoarpride ; the afhes ofSodome tell ys ofour filthineffe; the Gallowesof Judasforewarne vs ofour auarice and thehell of this rich man reftrainevs from our cruelties. When God punifhed the Iewes, heefcatteredthen farre andmereouerthefaceof thewhole earth, that theymight ftrike a feare intoall otherNations. A corporali medicine fits not all fores; but corporali punifhment meets with all faults. Fili, recordare quiarecepifi?i bona in 'vita tua. Sonne,remember that thou inth y lift receiaed good things . This is adangerous trucke, a fearefullexchange, which makes humane happineffenot onelytobe fu- (peéled, butallfoabhorred. lobcalls Death,a Change; [Expeílodonee vtniatin:- matatiomea, Iflaywaitingfrmy Change.] And as your Sheepe which in Syria breed fine wool!, paffingalong to Seuill, fuller achange,and are apparelled with arougher andcourier fort of wooll 5 fo thefe your pamper'd perlons of this world, and thofe that faredaintily and delicioufly euerieday, dull change the foft woolof tender fheep,into theharfhhaires ofgoats & camels. Nature in all thingshath ordered akind ofalternatiue change, or interchangeable mutati- on; as is tobe feene innightsand in dayes, in Sommerand inWinter. Thelike doth fucceed in the order ofGrace;there cannotbee two Hells, neither (hall therebetwo Glories. APhylofopher askingone, Which ofthefe two heehad rather be,eitherCrefas, (whowas oneof the richeft,but molt vicious men in the world)or Socrates? (whowas one of the pooreft, but molt vertuous men in the world) His anfwer was, That in his life he would be aCesefua, but in his death,a Socrates. So, if it hadbeeneputto this richmanschoice, I doe thinkehe could hauewifhtin his heart, to hauebeene inhis life Dsues , and in his death Lazarus. Salaam !hewed the like delire,Mariatar animamea morte hiflDrum, Let my aaule die thedeathof theRighteoeu. But theydelire animpollibilitie; for Death is 'a kind oftrucke or exchange : Fili,recepli bombs vita taa,Lazartesfi- militer mala ; Sonne,remember that thaw in thy lifetimereceiaedli thypleafures,undlikewife Lazarurpaines ; novv therefore is he comforted, andthouat tormented. But Iwil no longertorment yourpatie- ence. God ofhis infi- nitegoodnet, &c. THE
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