324 Miraclesne uer wrought, but where Good was likely to enfue Math. 4. ReaCogswßyChril} would notdo. Vpon the Monday after thofe miracles theNazaritsdefrred. C many ftripes ;Yapulabitmultis,faithS.Luke: but he that knowsit not,and there- fore does it not, Yapulabitpeucis,Thu manspunihmdnt(hall beefmallin comparifon ofthe others. Saint Chryfoliome faith, That a bad Chriftian is like a treacherous Souldier,whobeinghonouredandwell payed by his King, turnesTraitour,and ioynes with his enemic. AndGuaricus the Abbot faith , That tocarrie a mans lelfe inthe Church like a Chriftian, and to talkelikeaChriflian,butto liuelike a Gentile, is, to march vnder Chrisbanner and to take part withAntechrift. And for thefe kindof men God hath ílored vp treafures of his wrath. The feuenth reafonwae,The Nazaritsfoolifhneffe,indefiring miracles with- out anyprofit vnrothem at all. Fine forts ofperfons required miracles,butgot them not. r The Deuill,inthat his temptation,Dievt lapides ill!panesfont. z The Pharifecs, Ali tentantetfignum de Catoguerebant. 3 KingHerd, uis eftiflede qua ego taliaaudio ? 4 Therich Miler, Pater Abraham,mitte vntam exmortuis,&c. 5 The Nazarites,Fire& hic in?atria tua. WhatfbeuerMiracles he had beítowedonthefe,theyhad been allcaft away. In antient times God wrought fomemiracles, where his Omnipotencie feemed mofttoappeare : As in makingthe Sunne Rand 1tì11; and indiuiding the Sea in twaine. Others, whereinhis Iuftice feemed molt to appeare; as in the Flood, the burningof Sod onie,and the fwallowingvp of Dathan and Abiram,&c. But when he came into theWorld, inall his miracles his Mercie feemed mofttoap- pearë. For hewrought notany onemiraclebutwas for mans benefir,refpeEting more others good thanhis ovine fame. And in Capernaum, wherehe wrought fo manymiracles, Saint Bayand Saint Hillariebothaffirme, that out of that Ci- tie hechofemanyof his Apofiles and Difciples. Beeingno more than what is declared in thatverfe ofDauid , Principes Zabulon , & Principes Nepthtalim ; to whofe Tribes Capernaum did appertaine : as appeareth out ofthat place of Saint cY1atheiv, Leaning7azareih hewent and dwelt inCapernaum,which it neerethe Sea.in the berdersofZabulonand Nephtalim, That it might befallledwhichwasfpo- ken by Elàyas the Prophet ,faying, ThelandofZabulonand thelandof 77Cepthtalim,by the way of the Seabeyond lordan,Galile ofthe Gentiles,&c.Many more befideswere conuerted in Capernaum : And he that promifed Abraham to pardon Sodome, ifhee could findbut ten iuft menTherein ;and hethat left the ninetienine (beep, to followthat one that was loft,and whenhe had found ir,tooke it vp and kilt it, and layd it onhis necke; andhe that fwept hishouleclean, to lookehis loft groat ; andhe that fuffred the taresto grow till reaping time wascome,that bee might nothurtthe wheat ; it was not much, that he (hould doe mirad es in Ca- pernaum, where the Centurion and his Seruant +t were conuerted, asallo hee thatwas fckeofthe Palfey, betides thechiefeRuler of the Synagogue, andhis whole houfe. Whenceit is tobe noted, That what theDeuill couldnot effectwith our Sa- uiour Chrift, (to wit, That he thould domiracles to a needleffeand vnprofitable end) theNazariteswent about tobring topalie, (hewing themfelues therein his true children. So that our Sauiour might versewell fay that vntd them , which he laid to thePharifees, It is thenature oftheDeuills formes, to fulfill the de- fires offilch aFather. God commandedAbraham, That he fhouldfacrifice his fonne; and the Deuillbeing delrous toequall God , commanded the Gentiles to facrificetheir fonnes ; They did facrifice theirfonnes anddaughters to Deuils. Ahab that wickedKingof Ifrael,applying himfelfe to the delires ofthe Deuill the Scripture
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