Reafons why Chrift did not prefentlyca ftout this Detail. SondayinLent. Ser.i8. 1 2,87 hath not fwept away all thefilth and the durt. TheDeuill will leauethee for a time, butlike a fit ofan Ague he will rewriteagain vntothee. That Feauer is notperfectly cured that comesagaine the third day ; northat houfeclean,where the durt ftickes inthe floore. He that only out rcomes,andnot kills his enemy, cannot reft fecure,efpecially where thereis an impeffibihtieof peace. The Dc- uill being ouercome, growesmore fierce thanbefore; What will hee doe then ifhet akethee vnprouided e That Soldier whichwhileft the warre lafts leaueth off his Armes, and careleffely walkes vpanddowner fuch occafions may offer themfelues unto him, that he may too late epent him ofhis follie. That vali- ant Captaine Ehud,mentioned in thebooke of fudges, feigned that hehad fome- thing to impart to KingEglonin private ; and they withdrawing themfelues into a Sommer Parlor where they fate all alone, (theiebeing warres betweene them atthat time)putting forthhis left hand,and taking a dagger fromhisrightthigh, he thruflit into hisbelli; and the haftentring in after the blade,it was buried in the fat thatwas about it. Whereas this King, had hedone well heeshould not (confiderng therewas warre betweene them) hauegone difarmed. What faith Saint Paul vnto thee, Accipite ArmaturamFides. Thofeweapons of Faith, toge- therwith it's Armour,are of more inchantmentagainft Hell , thanthofewhich the Fables feigne to bewrought byVulcan. That which imports aChriftian,is neuer togoe without them,becauf c he is in acontinual! warfare. On Chrifts part there is alto fome difficulde, becaufe this Victorie muff bee performed with triumph. lobdifi:ourfingof the Detail!, it that metaphorofthe great Leviathan; God faidvnto him , Canft thou draw out Leuiathan with a hooke, and with aline which thou shalt caft down veto his tongue e Canft thoucafta hooke intohis nofe,canftthoupierce hi, j awes with an Angle e &c. Thou wilt fay,thoucan't; but I hardly beleeue it. i r onquerthe Deuill thou wilt thinke it nogreat matter,and that the vi çt ; ^ is1-u! ío glorious as itmakes Phewfor. Bee it fo: but to fetter and mar. -: in that manner that little childrenmayplay with himwithoutany e s is fomething to the pur- pole. Vniuerfaarms etasaufer in yuibua cenfarb, his is a taking away of his fword,and beating him with the Icabberd ; than u which, nothingcan bee a greater fcorne vnto him. TheRomanEmperours,for the better celebration of their victories with Triumphs, didmuch griene in the deathsof thofe whome theyhad conquered. üMarcelluc forrowed forthe death of t..irchìmides ; Cafar, for that ofCleopatra, becaufe it Teemed to beaneclipfe tothe glorie oftheir tri- umphs. Butit was fitting that our Sauiour Chrift fhould bee partaker of this glorie, andenioy fo glorious aTriumph ; Expellant Principatua& peteflates tra- duxit confidenter ; talon triumphant illosinfemeupf. Et illuderat mutum, And thatwas dumbe. SaintLuke makes himdumbe; SaintMathew,blind : And from his dumbneffe thofe that comment thereupon inferre his deafneffe. Saint Chryfoflome, Tertulli- an,and Saint Hieromefay, That the Hebrew wordCophos fignifyerh Dumbe and deafe ; andour Interpreter tranflates it in the feuenth of c xarke,Surdum &m- om, ToTytua Bo/lrenfis, Lyra, and Euthimiue, it feemeth that heewas not deafe, for that his dumbeneffenotbeing naturall the Deuill mightmake himdumbe, but not deafe,leauinghimhis hearing forhisgreater torment. vita that wasdumbe. He beingbothblind, anddeafe, Saint Lukemakes men- tion,that he was onely dumbe. Whichhe purpofely did (as Saint Auflenhath I obferued) to flgneout vnto vs the greateft illthat could befall him.For,as long as EfGef.6. (3) Reafons on Chrifts part. /ob 4.0.00. Lat.!r. Mat. tx.
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