TheDeathofthe wicked full ofrerrour. 332. Vpon the Mondayafter 1 meant by this wordPefima, faith,That in the proprictie ofthe Grceke tongue, it is a kindofdeath, likevnto that of zenacheribr Souldiers,who died fuddenly. Arid14 treatingof him that tyrannifeth ouer the world,faith,Auferetur Spiritus orlifui. Cajetan renders it,Recedet isSpirit's arkfui,He fhal diebefore he be ficke, withoutany paine,in the middeft ofhismirth,whenhe is found andluftie.Their life beinga continual) pleafure,at their death they fcarce feeleany paine,becaife it is inpunito,inan inJiant. Sephenias requireth of them That they will thinke Ara) 30. on that daybefore it come , wherein Godwill !tatter them likethe duff. Efay threatninghis People bccaufe theyhad put their truft in the fuccors of 'Egypt, faith, This iniquitie fhall bevnto youas a breach that falieth, ora fwellingin an highwall,whofe breakingcommeth fuddenly inamoment; and the breaking thereof(hall be like thebreaking ofa Potters pot , and in the breaking thereof there lhall not bee founda (heard to take fireout of thehearth, or totakewater out ofthe pit. And the word RequJît mentioned by the Prophet intinrateth a firong wall that is vndermined, & rufheth downe on thefudden. How )ouch their fecuritieis the inore,fomuch themoreis their danger,becaufe it takes the foldiersvnawares.But ifthis fo ftrong awal fhould chanceto fall vponaPitcher ofearth,it is a cleere cafe,that it woulddafh it into fo many fitters & feuerall lit- tlepieces that there would not a (heard therofbe left for to takevp fomuch as anhandfullofwater, or to fetch a little fire from our next Neighbours houfe. This effeddoth fudden death worke,it isa defperat deftruuion roa Goner : And therefore Chrift (though without fin) feeksto fhun it, that hemight teachthee that art aSinner , to auoyd it. Secondly,our Sauior foughtto (lionthis violent death,becaufehis death was referued for the Crofre, as well becaufe it was a kind of long andlingering death, as allo for diuers other conueniencies, which weehaue deliuered elfe- where. Godoft der Paging through theniid/f ofthem,hewent hismay . Our Sauiour Chrift might hispunüh- haue ftrookethemwith blindneffe, ifhe would, as theAngelldid thofe ofSo- men s,c may dome ; or haue throwne them downeheadlong from the Cliffe : but becaufe grow to ma- they complained,Thathewrought nomiracles amongthem,ashe had in other miry. places,hewaswilling nowat his departure from them,to (hew themone ofhis greateftmiracles, by taking their ftrcngth from them,hindring the forceoftheir armes, andleauing them much aftonifhedand difmayed. Though now and then Goddoth deferre his punifhments , for that the finnes oftheWicked are notyet come to their full growth ; yet we fee that he fpared not his Angels,nor thofewhomhe afterwards drowned inthe Floud, nor thofeofSodome,nor of others leire finnefull than they, nor hisovine d ildrenofIfraell,ofall that huge number(being more innumber than the (andsofthe fea)notfufferingabouetwo toenter into the landof Promife ; how isit poflible that flee fliould endure the petulancie of this peremptoriepeople, thefe grumblingNazarites,who infuch a rudeand vnciuill fafhion,in fuch an imperious and commanding voice, íhould prefume to fay vnto him,takingthe matter in fuchdeepe dudgeon, Fas,&his in patria tad. But aswhen the RomaneCohorts came to takeour Sauiour Chriff, theyfell backwardon the ground at hisEgofum,lam het ;which was a fearefitll ' Miracle ; for nocannonvponearth, norany thunderboltfromHeauen, could haue wroughtfo powerfuIl aneffed: fonowpaging through the miditof them with agraue and fededpace,leauingthem troubled,angrie, & amafed, hue prooued thereby veto them,That hewas the Lard andgiuerbothof lifeanddeath,&c.
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