rouiethe boldcff of all Vices. the third SondayirnLent. Serai. 353 dePadua drewa difcreet conceit, That God doth not doe theEnuious a fauour in affoording himHeaven; forhe receiving fo much torment from fo íhort and tranfitoriegoods as tholeof this life, heewould hue muchmoretormented in Heauen , where there is fo much good , without any the leaft (hewor figne ofill. Whydoe thy Difciples not wafh their hands r Herewe are to confider,who itis that makes thiscriminallAccufation ; then , againft whom it is made : painted, but - rotten Sepulchres, whited , but stinking Dunghills ; againft him that was blameleffeinhis life,and inhis Doétrinedivine and heauenly. The t_dpocalyps paints out awoman rounded and circled in on euerie fidewith Light,the Swine beingher Mantle, the Starres her Crowne,theMoonher Chapines ; anda Dra- gonwaiting todenoure thefonne which thee was tobring forth. Nor is there any thing (faithChryfologue) whereonEnuie dares not toventure ; Callon tentar, Terrasvrit, Reges vrget,Popsdos vafiat, It tempts Heaven, torments Eartb , preth Princes, andoppreffeth the People. Inaword, Enuie is growne fòbold and fo info- lent, that it dares tofet vpon God, not contenting her felfe,that men fhould bee only Horpicides, Fratricides,Patricides;butaltoDeicides,feeking toquit God ofhis life. Whydoe thy Difciples tranfgreffethe tradition Ofthe Elders, That they wafhnot their hands , when they Bate? They fayd before to theDifciples, Tour i.4tafler rateswithPublicansand Sinners: And here in thisplace, to theirMatter, ThyDifiples wafh not theirhands. Such whifperers, andmutterers as rhefe, are likevnto thofe flies which goebuzzing ftill aboutmens Bares, and where they lightand rest themfelues,they vfually leauebehind themwornies andmaggots; And therefore,whereasDaniel fayth,Etin cathedrapeflilentie nonfedit,vindbath notfetin thechaire of Peflilence. TheHebrew haththewordSufurronis,ln theTale- beareror informers Chaire. Becaufeyour Ryes of /Egypt are a kind ofplague or peftilence. If c3Ytofes had not deftroyed them, theyhaddeftroyed the gyp- tians. One little fparke is ynough toburn awhole houfe ; and one malicious .tongue,tovndoe awholeCitie. Therefore foal Coddeflroythee andplucke theefrom out thyTabernacle,andthyrootefromout the landofthe lining. It is the prophecieof King Dauid againfi Doeg the Edomite, who did whifperinKing Sautseare the releefewhich .lbimelech the Prieft hadgiuenhimof the Shewbread , andofhis giuinghimGoliahhis fword;wherewith he kindled fuch coales ofwrath in the Kings breft, that he flew feuentie Priefts of them when they were in their fa- cred robes, together with their wines and children : He likewife ouerthrew their houfes. And therefore the Prophet fayth So (hall God deftroythee for euer, he (hall take thee andpluck thee out ofthy Tabernacle,and roote thee out . of thelandofthe Liuing, So thatthere thall not beany relickes of thy linage deftalive. A froggeis the Hierogliphickofawhifperer,or flattering fycophant, andofa Courttale-carryer;his eyes arereadie to (tart out ofhis head,toprie in- toother mens faults ; he leades his life inmireandmud, and the filthypuddles of finne ; hee is taileleffe like anApe,difcouering ftill his owne fhame, and yet is (tillmockingand gybingat other mens defels. Thewriter oftheReuelation, fayth , That heefaw iffuingout of the Dragons mouth (bywhichhee meanes Antichrift) eight foule fiends,like vnto frogs.This fimilitudehe tooke from the effeëts; for thattheyare troublefome creatures, importunate, frill ballingand croaking out theirmalice,and lining in the mudde,they noboner ftirrebutthey trouble thewaterthat iscleere;ftill, andquiet. And this isthe picture or repre- fentationofa Whifperer;who is euer troublefome,. importunate, andagreat G g 3 babler Informers as greats plague in a common wcale asthe Ayes of Æg rt. Pat. $2. 5.' Apt. IC
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