C Ernieand Louealike hume' SZ ¡ roof ;n making contrarieties. pon the VVednefday after hands; picking aquarrell with hint : and to colour thematter the better, they pleaded Cuftome. Theycamevnto Iefus. It is averse ftrange thing in my vnderftanding,That the Scribes andPharifees making fo little reckoning of that which did import them fo much they fhould nowmake fuch a doo about that which didimport them fo little. The rareft ajd great-eft accident that theWorld euer faw,was Chriftscomming into the World. The 'ewes didearneftlydelireit, aridbegitfo inflantly at Gods hands , that it was theversemarke andwhitewhereat the fighes and prayers of the Saints did aime and(hoot at. Andwhenthe fame ofthis his commingwas blowne abroad,trumpetted farreand neerebythe Kfngsof the Eaft,the Sybels, andProphets,the diligences of Hered,and the death of thofeinnocent Babes; the fupreairre Cotmcell fent Tome of their Leuites to lohnRaptiJl, Todemand of him,What art thou ? For they [landingmuch vpon their authoririe andgreatnes, they would not [titre one foot outof doores themfelues : but heere now they come inperfonfromHierufalemtoGalilee vponfo fleight an occafion as the wafhingor not wafhingof thehands,making muchadoo aboutamatter ofno- thing. Inordinariebufineffes wewill truft our feruants fending one this way, and another that way ; but in things thatmoreneerely concerne vs,we will take thepaines togoe about it our felues. But Enuie and Loue arewoont fomerimcs to change hands,making Mountaines Mole-hils,and Mole-hils Mountains; lit= tle,much, and much little. Inpoint of Loue , we haueaplaine example thereofin Jacob, whores Leaks fruitfulneffe more importing him thanRachaels beaurie , (for Chrift came from Reaó byLeah,andnotbyRachael) yet Jacobferued fourteene yearesfor Rachael, and was well contentedwith it ;whereas for Leakhe wouldhaue thought halfe ayeare too longa time. And fuch againemight haue beene his loue, that Leaks bleerenefl"e of theeyes,might haue Teemed more pleafing vnto him than the faire lookesof Rachael : Ojos ay (as it is in the Prouerbe) quede laganeafeenarno- ran,It is as a mans mindor fancietakes him. In pointof Enuie,manymore aretheexamples ; for theEnvious taking plea- fure in the hurt of' theEnuied, that hemay doehima little ill,fuffers much him- felfe,and neglettinghis owne proper good,which concernes him much,hee de- fires much another manshurt which concernes him little. And much to this purpofe makes that comparifon ofthe Cowwhich is bitten by a gad-bree or dume-flie,fpecifiedby the Prophet ofie,Ephraimif become acantonHeifr: Ano- ther Tranflation hath it , Like a Cow that is flung. AFlie makesaCow to runne vpand downe as if' (he were mad, and makes hereith er headlong tobreake her necke downe the Cliffes or to bemyreher (elfe in fome Bog where Thee is fled. It isa ftrangething, that fo little a creature (hould thus trouble and dif- quiet fogreat a Beaft. But this,and more thanthis doth Enuieworke vponlight occafions. lofephs Dreame and hiscoloured Coat wrought much vponhis Fa- therandbrethren,though graue andwife perlons. That littleshort Song, Saul hatMainehis thourand, and David hid ten thoufand, did fo difquict Saul, that it thrufta thoufand jealoufies intohis head, & much troubledhim for a long time after. Saint Gregorie faith, That theenuious mandoth fuffer twoHells ; one in this life, and another in that other life : and in fome fort this is the greater Hell of thetwo ; for goodbeeing here a torment vntohim, he liues leffe tor- mented in Hell in that other life,where there isnothing but ill. Hence dtntonio de
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=