Chr'4 vier ren e` ofworldly Glory, the thirdSondayin Lent. Ser.19. NentoPropheta acceptasinpatria fiva. It is an ancient complaint,That Prophetshue vnhonoured in theirown Coun- trey. Now (fweet Irfùs) becaufèthy Countrey does not honourthee, wilt not thou accomplifh their deliree In all that whole difourii of thy life, thoudidí flyefromhonour ; When theyfought tomake theeKing, thoudidff thunneand auoyd it ; From that Inscriptiononthe Croffe, thou didft wry thewecke and turne thy head afide from that glorious Titleof, Jefus ofXázareth, Kingof the Lewes; Thou did ft. euer declareHumilitie, to be thyDaughter and Heire ; Di r cite ame,quia mitisfum, &humilis corde, Learneofmee;for zammeekcandhumble. Thouwail that Butte,gainft which thediflronoursof theWorld did fhoote their lhaftes. - Opprobrium hominum,d'r abiedioplebis,the reproachofmenand theoutcafl of thepeople. Hereunto I anfwete,That ourSauior ChriPt diddireäall his miracles to this end, that thereby theymight bebrought tobeleeue that he was the Son ofGod, and thepromifed Meffias;as it appearethout of the tenthof Saint John, Ya cognofeatis dr credatís, q;iapater inmeefl,&c. That yemay know andbeleeue, that the Fatheris in me,&c. And inthe eleuenth, Vtcredant,quia tome mif f i,That they maybeleeue,becaufe thouhaft fent me. And being thus receiuedbyvs, to bee the Sonneof God, it turned toourfaluation,and the Fathersglorie. Andas that fa- mous Phifrtion whodefires tobeeknowne, for therecouerieof thofe that are ficke and for the confèruation of the Commonwealth ; and as that wifeand learnedDo lior whodefires that hisgrane andgood Inflru&ions mightbe hark- tied vnto, not for hisowne glorie , but for the benefit of thofe that heare him; is not to be held anambitious orvaineglorious fellow , but a versehoneft man, andworthy much commendation : Euen fo flood the Cafe with our Sauiour Chrift. And Saint Gregorie doth proouethis DothinebySaint Pauls ownead; Whowriting to the Corinthians,fpeakesmuch in his owne commendation, not fo muchout of an hope-glorious humour, tobroach his ownepraife, but to bring others therereby to beleeue the Truth. For it is an ordinarie thing with the World, not to efteeme of the DoCrine where the perforiisdif- efteemed. But Itellyee ofa very truth,manywiddowes were in Ifraellin thedayes ofElias,&c. He alledgeth thefe twoexamples,of the Widdow, andof 2(,aaman,fortotake awayall fufpitionofpartialitie. If thou finkable& that God was partiall to- wards women ; wee anfwere,That hee didlikewife fauour Nauman. If towards greatand noble perfons,hedid alfo fuflaine the poore widowofSarepta ; Ifto- wards thecommon and bafer fort ofpeople, Heelikewife cured Nauman that wasagreat Courtier; Ifthe richer,he prouided alfo for the poore ; Iftowards the poore, bee likewife cured N.gaman that was rich ; If towards young folkes, fuchas was Naaman,he hadalfo acare ofthewidow,whowas anoldwoman ; If towards old £olkes,2(gamanwas young, &c. InveritateComperi,quia non ell ac- ceptor pe naruan Deus, &c. of a truth I hatefound that God is no accepter Of palings, . Thenal that werein the Synagoguewerefilledwithwrath. Whether it were our Sa- uiours zeale, indeclaringhianIelfe tobe theMeffras outof theauthoritieofthe Prophet e Or whether it Were for his comparing them to thofofTyreand Sy- don ? Or for that bee had equalled himfelfe with Elias and Elifba, whichwere the two bright Suns of that commonwealth?Or thatby the examples ofNamara the Syrian,and the widowof Sarepta;hee did liignifie vnto them, > rat the grace ofthe Iews wastobepaffed ouer to the Gentiles?Or,forthat he had taxed them. Lea of 3z7 Thedcfireof honour Rot elm-lies to lie condemned, z, Con II, God,ín the difpenfingof his fauors,re. fpe&s no perfons,
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