. 354 Fowedifferences betwixt On theWednefday after juftmah,'St a fìnner. ?f41. r s.3 (i.) Pfat.sr.r. Tho(2 ál loolcecarful lytotheir wages. Whatis nee ñgóé ". Time. babler, and lining inthemuddeofhis vices , troublesthe peace andquiet of theCommonwealth. The Naturalifls doe much indeerethe poyfonof acer- taineFifhcalled Torpedo,or theCrampe-fifh;of whom they report,Thathee dothbenumme the armeof the Fifher, the venome whereof palling from the Hooke to the Line,and from the Line to the Cane, makes his hand to (hake and tremble, thathe is forcedto let fall his Angle-rod: They likewife fay of him, Thathe darts his poyfon from the fea,on thofe that walke by the fhorefide: but your Whifperers and Tale-tellers diffufe their poyfon a greatdeale further; it isawofull and wretchedcafe, that anyeares fhould bee found to receiue fuck poyfon. Salomon faith,Amouth thatfpeaketh lewd thingsI doe hate; readingthere- inaLeäure tothe Princes of theearth, Thattheyfold hateandabhorrefuch Earewigs. Pliny faith , Thatthere is fo great an antipathie and contrarietie be- tweene the Afhtree and the Serpent,that the Serpent willfooner pafle through hot burning coles,than by the leafes or boughes ofthis Tree. And for a token that Princes fhould abhorre thefevenimous Serpents,thefe Court-whifperers, theywere woont toweare Crownes ofwreathed Afhe. Dauidputt it amongfi thofe pledges ofHcauen, He thatdothno euill tohia TZeigh6our,nor taker vp a re- prochagainfl him. Why doe not thy Difciples wath their hands, 6-c. Amongfl other innumerable differences of the juff man and theSinner,foure fit well forour prefentpurpofe. The firfl is , Thatthe_jufl hathno eyes faue to looke vpon his owne frnnes ; audthe Sinner hath not any faue onely to prie intoothermens faults. The .E- gyptians had aneye andthat a ftrifkone too, ouer the Children of Ifraell ;but fohad not the Ifraclites otter the /Egyptians : And the Bookeof Wilidome ren- dring the reafonthereof,faith, onlyvpon them therefella beanie night, but' thy Saints hadaveriegrcat light. Dauid, eye-fight feruedhim to feetheSheepe that was ftolne from his fubieet,but had neueran eye to look out to beholdhis owne robbing ofanother manbothof his wife and hislife. Our Sauiour Chrift fail of the Pharifees,That they could fpie amoat inanother mans eyes, but not fee the beaniethatwas intheir owne. Dauid, though he were in grace and fauour with God,yet did his fins fo troublehim , that hethought no manwas fogreät a Sinnerashimfelfe: Whichmade himto crieout,Peccatummesoncontra meeii; and anonafter to come vponhis kneesvnto God, with, Haue mercievpon mee,î God, according to thy lottingkindnej andaccording to the multitudeof thy mercies blot out my tranfrefrons. Here heembarkes all themercies of God,hee makes a ftopand flayof them,he arreflsthem,that theymaynot goefrom him,hauing fo great needofthem as hehad. So rnufl thou,and I,and all ofvs, defire&beg the like at Godshand ; and to thinke with our felues, that nomans limes inthe world aremore orgreater than ours. The fecond isgrounded vpon acertainekind of language&phrafeof Scrip- ture,whichfaith, That he that feareth God will Iooke wel vnto hiswayes,haue aneyeto hisatStions, andthroughly examinehis owne confcience:uitimet Deum,conuertetur adcerfuum ; but hethat doth not feareGod, mindsmane ofall thefe. And of thismind is PetruaChryflogua, treatingof the Prodigall; c 46 it in Regionemlonginquam,He wentinto afarreCountrie : This journeyofhis ( faith he) was farther offin point ofhisvnderflanding, than ofplace ; for thereis no Region more remote than thatwhich remoouesvsfromGod, andmakes a Sin- ner to goe on in thewickednefl'eofhis wayes. Saint Pauldoth earneflly aduife vs,th<atwefhouldredeemethetime,secaufethedeyerareeuill ,thatis,fofhort,that theyvanifhinaninflant. leechfailedahundred thirtieeight yeares ofhis life, (Arabs
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