} WhetherAnger ozEnu, the third Sondayin Lent. Ser.19. be the flcrccf&Fury. and the Elephant, foought it to tame Anger. Now to fay, Whichofthere two furies is the fierceft is not fo eafrea thing tobe decided : For, if Enuie be kindled vponlight occafions,asthat littleMort Song which the Dames of Hierufalem lung in Dasids commendation ; if it be fo largelighted, that our neighbours fieldsof Corne,and his flockesofSheepe feemebetterand bigger than our ovine ; lofcphs partie coloured Coate fee- mingbetter to his bretheren , than thofe Sheepeheards mantles wherewith themfelues wereclad : ifit be theviceoflittle children,Parvslumoccidiinsidia; What (hall wee fay then to theimpetuoufneflè ofAnger and the violence of Wrath Or who is ableto withfrand it's rage Anger is cruell,and wrath isra- ging,faith Salomon ; but he concludes with this thorn come-off, Who can (land before Enuie r Who willoppofe himfelfe to the violent and fwift torrent ofa Riuer thatfweepes all before it r Sucha thing is Anger, for the rimeit lafteth : butthat will ílacke againeof it felfe,as your Springytydesfall backe againe into their ownc beds. But Enuie will not fo Toone f ,ift herfoot, thewil abide by it, and ncuergiue oucr. And Saint Cyprian renders the reafonof it, G sia non baba terminum;it is not to be limitted,but like aWorme or aCanker,by littleand lit- tle rotteth andconfumeth thebones ; Salomoncalls it, Pairedooism. But An- ger is a thunderbolt that (hikes a man deadon the ftidden; fo fayth Seneca. And if Saint Angufline termeEnuie a plague; and ifanother great Phylofopher call it ciifonflrum monflroram,the Manfter ofinenJlers,and the molt venim®us Vi- par vpon earth,: Saint Chr, yfofleme hereon the other fidefaith, Thatthe Deuill being inmans bofome,isleffe hurtfull than Anger. Much hathbeene fpokenof Ennie,andmuchofAnger ; and that ill cannot be faidofthe one,whichmaynot beaffirmed of the other. So that this propofed doubt (Which is the worft Beaft ofthe two t') may remainforaprobleme ; which let others refolue,for I cannot. But(which makes fit for our purpofe) beeingboth fuch fierce Beafts as wehaue deliucredvnto you, they did bothconfpire againft our Sauiour Chrift, leading him heretothe edgeof ahill whereon their Citiewas built,tocaft him downe headlong: andafterwards neuer leaft perfecutinghim til they had nailed him to the Cro(T'e. Ulndthey callhim eutofthe Synagogue.e-c.L/lrifbilefaith, That Man gouer- ninghimfelfeaccording to the Lawes and rules ofReafon, is ofall other Crea- tures the moftperfe&, or to fpeake moreproperly, the Kingofall other l'i- uing Creatures but ifhe flinthis eyes,andwil not feereafon, heis more fierce and cruell thanall of them.'put together Thereafon is, becaufeother creatures neuer pafrebeyond thebuünds oftheir ftcrceneffe and crueltie,receiuc they n- iter fomuch wrong,; Incurfieafieer,tranitenongseunt :. Which (asSeneca faith) is forwant of difcourfe. outman, who iìathVnderßtanding for hisweapon, is able to inuent fuch ftrangecrueltiesthatmayexceedthe fierceneffe of the fier- ceft beafts.Nor is this any great indeeringofthe butines ; forbothBede & Am- 6rof fayvpon this place, That theNazariteswere worfethan the Deuil: the de- uill lead our Sauiour Chriftvp to the top v thepinacle of the Temple; thofe of Nazareth, to the edge of thehill onthe fideor skirt whereoftheircity was built. The Deuill didonelyperfuadehimtocaft himfelfe downe from thence; but the Nizarites wouldhaue doue this by force. Thefe(faith embrofe) were the Deuills Difciplcs,but farreworfe than their Matter. Saint Paul faith, That there arcfume menthat muentnewmifchiefes,inuentores malorum. Andthede- uill being thevniucrfall Inuenter ofall our ill,the Sinnerthat inuents new mid chides doth outreachtheDeuill,and goes beyond him. And queftionlefi'e, in Ee3 not; 329 Prou. 27.4.
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