318 Luke 14. Chriûs work of two forts. Why our Sa- uiourwould worke no mi racles inCape naum. Our keauenly Father more taie honored thanourearthly Parents. On the Mondayafter and indifferent : fo that itfeemeth to carrieagreat thew of forrow and relent- ment with it, which thofe ofNazarethobie&ed vnto him ; We haue heardwhat thou halt donein Capernaum, doe it here likewife inthineowns Countrie. But forthebetter vnderftandingof that which our Sauior Chrift did anfwer to this complaint andaccufationof theirs ; Firft of all,wemuff fuppofe, That our Sauiour Chrift(hewed himfelfewith his moftbleffed Mother , in foute occafions : For albeit it bee aholy thing for the childrentohonour their parents ; yet this honour is to bedone themwhen Gods caufe interpofeth not it felfe, who is thevniuerfall Fatherof vs all. But when there flail be an incounter of our liking and loue towards two feueral fa- thers, hethat createdme,and hethat begot mee; weeare tohaue recourfe vnto our heauenly Father, in regardof whom, all the other fathers inthe world are but Stepfathers. In this fence Saint Gregorie doth expound that place ofSaint Luke, He that forfaketh notfather and mothertofol lowme,u not worthieofine .Which is tobevnderftood in fuch thingswhich appertaine toour fpirituall faluation; as it is notedby the faidDoEtor,andClemens tillexandrinus. Secondly, Saint Außennoteth, Thatinour SauiourChrift twokindofworks maybeconfidered : The one,Ofapure Man. Theorher,Ofa Redeemer andheauenly Mafter. Inthe firff,he was fubieétto his mother,and hisfather Tofph : fo faithS.Luke, Eterasfubditue illo. In the fecond,he was tohaue recourfe vnto his heauenly Father ; And there- forehe faid,?(efciabitis,quodin his quapoi(meifant,eportetme eßë? He wasat the Weddingbyhis mothers appointment; but when heecame to the working of the miracle, he faid, midmihi ¿ tibi Muller ? Woman, whatbout l to doe with thee? And when they aduifedhimwhileft hewaspreaching, That his mother and his Kinfefolkes were waitingthere forhim ;hee anfwered, fuaeß tau- termea,&c. Thirdly,We haue twoCountries : Earth theone. Heauen theother. In that,ourBodies were borne. In this,ourSoules. Now,whenthedefires oftheEarth incounterwith thofeofHcauen, our re- courfemuff be toHeauen : following therein the aduice of Dauid, Audi Filia, & vide, obliuiferepopulum tuum, & damns patris tai, HeareôDaughter,and fee, for- get thy ownepeople , and the houfe ofthy father. Our Sauiours naturali Countrie wasHeauen; but hereon earth, Nazareth. Now this Countrie did not delire miracles for to increafetheirheleefe, but forother refpefts,which weewillde- clare hereafter : And therefore Chrift wouldnotworke any miracles amongft them. And atfnming thofe reafonswhich Chrift might alledgeforhimfelfe : The firft is prooued by that Prouerbe which our Sauiour cited, 2Q, Prophet is acceptedinhis owne Countrie. Or as Saint c titathew and Saint (Make haue it, There isno Prophetthat uhonouredinhisowneCountrie, nay rather dothnotfufer dtf- honour. And this is madegood bothby diuine and humane learning; and there are moreinftances thereof, than therearefands in the fea. Mofesbeingbut achild, his parents puthim into theriuer, leauinghim tohis venture,to frnke or fwim. Expe-
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