356 Rearonswhy rCkrill wasnowmoreángrie upon theWednefday after thanatothertimes,when more provoked. (I) Patience onc e. wounded, t°`°' t° dead ly rage. ' (1.) ennui bath Devilsenom in it, than any °thcrvice. , Vulgar. Saint t/iugufline faith 'that the{late Ecclefrafticallhathmore parti- cularlyagreat vnhappineffe in this with the Common people:forthough fuch awoman bec an Adultreffe,yet forall this, otherhusbandsdoe not thinke a jot the worfeof their ownewiues : And though fucha mans fonne bee aTheefe, theydoe nottherefore hate their owne children. But if a Minifterdoe amiffe, oraChurchman commitfuchorfuch a finne, theyprefently crie out againfl the wholeBodie of the Clergie ; and what is but light inothers, is heynousin them. Why doeyee áf tranfgref,&c. Sweet lefu , They hauing throwne fo many iniuries upon thee,& thole in the higheft nature[fnBeelzebub thePrince ofdeuils, c*c. a Glutton,aSamaritane,and the like reprochfull tearmes] how comes it to paffe, that thou didit then anfwer them fo mildely,and nowvpon fo lightanoc- cafion as this , thougroweft fo angriewith them t' I anfwer, The occafions are many. Firft ()fall, Theyhad foouerlayed himwith iniuries, and fowrongedhispa- tience,thatit feeineth he defiredbut fome goodoccafion to tel themtheir own, andwhat kind of people they were; 9 ù etabit mlhiSpinamdr vepremexoptanti ? O that I couldbutalter my nature or change my condition - O that I couldofa Rofe become a Thorne. Mofes hisRodwas turned into a Serpent, and fuch a Serpent that it devoured thofe other Serpents of the Inchantersof ifgypt; whereby God didthen feeme to fly King Pharaoh hathmade him aDragon, thinking todeuoure my Peoplealiue; vidte ii Dracomagne, But I will turne my felfeintoa Dragon and will fwallowdownwhole both him and all his People. Secondly, Howfoeuerlight this occafion may feeme to bee there layagreat deale ofmalice hidden vnder it, and agreat deale ofenuie. Other vices haue muchof the Deuils venome in them,butnoneof them fomuch as Enuie.There wasagreat deale of enuie couered vnder thofe words,wh_n the little childeren cried ro Eliflia, Baldpate,baldpate ; whereuponthe Bearescame downeamongft them fromthe mountaines,and tore fortie twoof them in pieces. Thispunifh- ment may feeme to exceedtheir offence ;but the nameof Baldpate did include much malice. For itbeeing a billion amongft the Prophets, toweare long haire like Nazarites, they in dirifion call the Prophet, Baldpate. AndTuJline Martyr farther difcouereththis theirmalice,and faith , That fome of theIewes were ofopinion, That the Deuill had dafht Elias in pieces on the top offome highmounraine ; and that thefechildrens meaningwas,when theycried Come vp thouBaldpate, that the Deuillwoulddoe the like by him. Thistheirmalice was likewife holpen on by their Parents , who read this LeEìure to their Chil- dren. And fit itwas that Beares fhouldbetheir Executioners ; foraBearebeing at his birth an vnfhapen lumpeof (left), the Darn thereof by lickingof itbrings it's eyes,mouth,and note intoa forme. Inlike manner,the parentsofthefechil- drenhad fhaped themaccording to theirowne mind, and informed them what theyMould fay. In aword,Thefe Scribes and Pharifees findingfault with the Difciples not waffling of their hands, taxeth malicioufly the vncleanneffe of theirhearts ; and from that little fan&itiethat theywould inforce vpon his Dif- ciples, they would faine infer,That their Matterhad but littleholineffe inhim; Wherein they(hewed thegreat malicetheybare vnto him. Befrdes,There are fome things which inNoblemen and Gentlemen are but toyes and trifles tofpeakeof, which in thole thatprofeflea {lateof more perfe- îlion,aregrieuous crimes. Ayoung Gallant rounds the ftreets at night, courts his
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