Theexecution of rufiiceand difpeu. the third Sunday inLent. Ser. 19. rationoffauoro,W be ba7laneedalike. Againe, there is thisdifference betwixt fecular and Ecclefrafticall Princes That inthemwe loue thefuccellionofbloud,&muchefteemofthis lineall tent in nature ;andfor this caufe wecoueta naturali King, andabhorre the ele- ctionofa Crowne or Scepter. But inthefe other, weçouet fit-angers, and ab- horre ourovinebloud ; it feemingvnto vs, That Wifedome and Prudence is treafuredNip in fome more hidden and fecret place : making vfe of that faying of Iob,Sapìentiadeoccultu. Thefecond reafonwhy our Sauior did not doe thofemiracles theNazarites defred, was, To teach bothPrince and Prelate not to haue an eye to flefh and blóud, but to worth anddefert. Iudu.hisRifhoprickebeingvoyd,two worthle perfons were incömpetition for ir, c titatthiu and I%ph, who being our Saui- ours Kinfeman,had thefyrnatrreofTuft : but thelot fell vponMatthias, becaufe no man fhould?refine to thinke that flefh and blood fhoulditrikethe ftroke with God. The leweshad thedefcendencieofAbraham for their refugeand defence, but Saint johnBapti.7did aduifethem, Thattheboaftingoftheir pede- gree wouldbeno fafe Sanftuarie forthemto flue from Godsanger. Forthe af- f aionto flefb andbloudmuftnot makeaPrince to fwaruefrom theway ofju. !rice, like thofeKyne that carried the Arke toBethfhemefh. That there is a vktelcbifcdech thatneitheraci nowledgeth fathernormother, nor any genealo- gic, it is agreat priuiledgeof diuine both fauour andpower. /Time/pretended the birthright by theflefh ; /fae,by theSpirit : but whenGod came to fentence thisbufineffe, he Paid, Eijce ancillamerfiliumeius, Put them both out ofhoufe and home, mother a>mte, The mother was in no fault butGodwould not that the bonne fhouldg er heart byhis mothersprefence. By the famePlea didAbi- nteleck theTonne ofGideoìrpretend the Kingdome ; OsveftrHm C caro vejtra !ion, 7an:yourboneandyour_Pik In the Pallacesof yourearthly Princes this poynt is much flood vp.on; but the Princeof Heauencould notbe drawne out ofthis refpeetto doeanymiracles inNazareth. Thethird reafonwas, becaufe the Nazaritesfeemed toclaimethere thingsof our Sauior,as.it were by right,andas their due;whenas God doth conferthefe isheaueniy bleflingsvpon vs, meerelyofgrace : we canchallenganothing, it ishisbountie that wemufabe beholding.,vino. Saint vfmbrofeefaith, That our SauiourChrift cured ftrangers,and not thofe of Nazareth that were his Coon- ,t imen, BetatOlbicmedicine?vasofgrace,notofplace;nòt tyed to their Nation, buthis inclination. Diuine blellingsare conferredbycreation, not transferred by propagation : it is likevnto your fhouresinMay,which go fcuddingandcoa- ftmg,alonghleauing(as Amos faith) one fieldwet andanother drie : andthis is a offort or lot thatfalls uponone that leaft thinks. ofit , and this Lan gq geof tAttifuiiftznvfed .Scripture. Thofe ofCapernaurn, thofeofBeth- faida, tho fe-Af,Otorazin,andthofeof lerufalem, were happely greater frnners iïk)an they ;but Goddid not remooue from. them neitherhis Miracles nor his Doetrine. But no farther reafonhereofistObe required, thanGodsowne wil, oanaydóetvit his owne what he thoekesgood. ;the `foubtitfeafon for confirmationofwhat is paft,may bethe Nazariteseu- ofitie ; Wl yfinOtehere, than there rOr whyMore to thattnan,thin ter mee e Andoh demands which theFlcfh is woont to propofe. It is a kindof rafhneffe,not to fubmit our vndetf#ànding toGods diuinep :ouidence : this is afmokQthatblindtstlitttyes of:Reafon,it is a btuz£ing aboutthec©lefti- alTflaaie, liketláeButter-fliethat flu- tersabourthe light;ofacandle, who,gua- frild4:ft9c'ïtlt ciri eft lethim,feeitirog,tftertighl,fcortchesfrerwings, asdprrcures her death. 21 Ytatb.4. Ixd.9. To charenge any thingftó Godas due,is theway togo without it. Prat. a o. wi¡d. r. Cotnp; t. spb.
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