TÏtèdiffrenabéïwixta tile x llydSou4ay aLent. 55 raft titan a`A0xtil. :SeY' Zl c.,ltalos annos3Euill yeares; fgr that theywere full of tróubee andvexatton,Amatt that is much inïployed,ánd full ofbufinélfe his oradnkiephrafe is ; Are tango boramia, 1am not myne Dane manno notfsr,Qn houre ; Ï am fo takenvp withbull- . ñelfe, that lammadeas 'it werea flaueand drudge vnto them. Salomon called thofe, Euill dayes,whichwere fpcntin fearching intó other mens líues, in bea-. ding Ilifrories, andother worldlyactions which doelittleor nothingatalfcon cerne vs. The Apofilcwould haue vs to redeeme them ; Redeeiie thofe thou haft fould andmil -fpent ;for many werewithme:Tby Angelis did guardme: And' amongfl thofemany that hadnot aneye vnto their wayes,I had alwaiesacare to Iooke vnto my fleps. The thirdis,Thatthe Sinner lookes vpon thejufl,as on theAttorney that ac- cúfeth him, the Executioner that torments him,& the Croffe that grieues &af- flicshim ; The Sinner doth beholdthelufi withattention,andfeekes to takehis lifefrom him,becaufe in looking vponhimhebeholds his owne condemnation. TheEle- phant troubles that water whichreprefents his owne fouieneffe vnto him : And the Apebreaks that glaffe wherein he feesbís own ilfaùouredface.tílrighteous manfallingdonne beforethe Wicked,ia likea`troubledWell andacorrupt Spring. But the juft man lookes vpon aSinner,as vpon 2wand that beats the duff outofhim; as GodsHangman,orthe Inflrumentto execute hiswill. So KingDauidlooked vponShimeiwhenhecurfedhim ;fo Gods People vponPharaohandNebucadne- zar;fo theProphet,on theLyonwhich tookhis lifefrom himon theway.Saint. AuQuffinecompares. theSinner toa Milftone anda Winepreffe ; the one cien- fth the Oyk, the otherpurgcth the Wine. But it is not f with the Wicked, for they arelike duffthat arefeatured before thefaceof the wind The Hebrew renders it, Like a Meafure that leuels outathing to it's iuftbredth and length ;& defends itfrom colds and heats. Saint Auguflineexpoundingthat placeofGenefis,t, ia- jorfiratiet cititinori,That Efau.tvho was theelder brother, fhould ferueJacab that was theyounger , askes the queftión,WhereinEfaudid ferue him, beingthat he was alwayes an enemie vnto him r Andhisanfwer is , That hee did ferue him cuen in his forfakingofhiniandhis perfecútingof him. ThefourthandTaft difference is, Thatthere beingmany thingsworthy com- mendation,andofmuch verme and goodnelte,in the Iuff ; the Sinner will nei- ther hauean eyeto fee them , nor a tongue topraifethem ; but to findout the leaft moat oratome of ill,he is Eagle-eyed. Andlike voto theVulture, ouer- flying thepleafant fields,and paffing by the Tweet fmelling paftures, pitchesvp- on theblade bone ofan Affe, or thecarkaffeof fome frinking Carrion : or like votothe Flie,whohauing thewhole bodie,and that a faire one too, to light vp- on makes choice to fallvpon nootherplace but force tumour, or fwelling. Thofe that did accompalietheSpoufe,enuying herprofperitie, didmurmure andgybeat her,faying That fora Queene{heewas fomewhat oftheblackeft. Whereuntofir anfwered,That indeedThe was blacke,yetfairewithall. t.ilaran andhis frfterMirian murmuredagainft Mofes, Becaufe hee had takenan sEth opian to wife : Isit nota fine thing, (laid they) thata Gouernorof fo many Soulcs, a Ruler and Commander ouer Gods People,fhouldmarrie withaBlackamoore r TheRulewhich we aretoobferue,is matter of Vertue ; letvs fixe our eys vp- °mother folkes vertues,and turne them afide from thofe good gifts which are inourfelues, . Emulamini charifimatameliora ; but in matter ofvice we muffdo the contrarie,&c. Whybelle thy Difciples pajhtheir bands ? . Thefeeing'ofonedoeamifl'e, is many times the condemning ofall : And this Leaprofie_cleaues clofeft to the Vulgar. (a.) The godly make vie of the Sinner for their owne good, fo,doth not he of them Pï0H.3f. (4.) The wicked like the fly will beall - waies fucking a. at the botch, cant, r.
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