God is moreg°°°ed for ouronor°' ft than the fecondSundáyinLen..-tSér.16. -t6i ion, anhis ownedi(hor.or. Saint rlugufline ,Tibilaas,titigloria,Fons mifeericordiarierrt; egofiebamsaiferier, to propiaquior,To theebepraifi, to thee beglorie, thou Fountaineof Mercies the werfeer was, the neerer wart thou vacome. Nouifim, mifatfiliumfuum: Lalt ofall, hefeat hisJenne . He thoughtit no wifedome inhim, to fend any moreofhis Seruants, for that had beeneechar lafga tress el caldero,to throw the helme after the hatchet. And aduifingwith himièlfe what hee were bell to doe, afterthat he had thought vpon aRuidfaciam r he prefèntly followes with aNo- uimémifit(iliumfuum, Lafiofall hefont his/onne. Firfl of all, This áid faciam ? Whatfhal lldoe ? argues akind ofperplexitie, like vnto that before the Floud,theWorld being not more wicked, than he was forcie that he had created it; Beingtouched inwardly with a beartieforrow,bee/yd, WhatfballIdoe ? So now, beeingmore grieued at the perdition of thehusband men, than the ill vfage and (laughterof his Seruants, heefaid, 2uidfaciam? What courfe (hall Itake with thefe men? Secondly,Heintimates a ('range kindof forrowarifìng from thisperplexity, Iflam Lord,whereis myfeare ? If1 beafather,where is my honour ? In the end, hee refolued with Gaifas, Let my Sonnedie. He indeeredas muchashe could, the forceofhis loue, fending him to faue thefe Murderers from death; but this could not appeafetheir malice. To flay his Prophets 'was more thanagreat ma- lice ; but to take away the lifeofhis onely Sonne and heire,was exceflìne. Saint Hierome faith, There wasnoweight, no number, nomeafure, in the ones clemencie , nor in the othersmalice. Thiswas a Confummattim efl,a fulneffeofhis mercie,& a ful- mireoftheir malice. Verebuntur filiummeum. Theywillrerterencemy Sonne . Saint Lukeaddetha Fortè thereunto : And the GreekeOriginal', a Forfstan : Howbeit it maygoe foranAíitmatiue, as wellas Vtique. Forfstan petiffes ab eo, & ipfededit tibi aquam,&gc. And fo ágaine, sicre- deritisMoyfi, crederetisforfitan &mihi, tfyeehad belteued Mofes, yee would likervifi haue beleeuedme. And fo it forts well with that Text both ofSaint Mathewand Saint Marke, whoabfolutely fay, Perebonturfslium meum, Theywill reuerence my Sonne. Inneither of thefe is a May bee, or a Forfstan ; andonely to liignifie the great reuerencewhich was duevnto him. Whereby theway Saint Chryfoflome hath noted this vntovs,That God (forall thefetheir outrages)did dentenofur- ther fatisfaftion from them,than tofeethem abafht and afhamedofthis their in- gratitude andcrueltie. Benigne Dominofufficiebatfola d, dit7apudoris'_; mifit enim confundere,nonpunire : Itwas theirhlufhing, nottheir bleeding, that he defired heewifhttheir fhame, andnot their confulon. Parttrrifupplicÿ fatise ipatri,pro fslio; God is fokind and louing a Father, that hee thinkes a little punifhment enough forhis Children. Saint Bernardfaith, That the whole lifeof our Saui- our Chrifl, frdm the Cratch to the Croffe, was tokeepe vs from finning, out of meere (lime ; and that his Mainedrift euer was, to kaue vs confounded and afliamed ofourfelues, that our finnesand wickedneffe fhould force Godagainit hiswill to punditvs : Forhe takes no delight inthe deathofa Sinner. Ecclefsa- fliene makes a largememoriallof thofe thingswhich ought tomakeaman blufb and be afhamedof himfelfe. Bcafhamedof whoredome before a father and mother ; be afhamedof lies before the Prince and men ofauthoritie ; of finne, before the IudgeandRuler ; ofoffence, before theCongreation andPeople ; of vnrigh- God in hispu- nilhineof man;<retires more his bluff] ingthan his bleeding. Erst1'.41. 17.
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