WhyChrif was now morean. gry than at other times. the third SundayinLent. Sera'. his Miftreffeat herwindow, enterraines her cares with muficke,andthis in hita is no: held any difgrace at all buta graueChurchman, anold Deane, ora Cha- non loth the like, this in him isa foulefaulr,andefteëmedtobe a heinous finne. David was annan,ofgreat ftrength ; Sampfon flronger than bee ; cut off Dauidc haire,andyouabate not oneiot ofhis ftrength ; but cuttoffSampfns,&he grows as weake aswater,and yeemay do what yeewill with him,becaufehis ftrength was in his haire. Thirdly, Saint Hierome faith in an Epiecle of his toDemetriades,That nothing lothmore difcouer the bafeneffeof mans mind, and the vnworthinefre ofhis difpofrtion,as to, feeketo credit himfelfe by difcreditingofothers, and topre- tend eftimationnot bythe good inhimfelfe,but the illinothers;and comparing themfelues withmenofmeanedeferts,feeke to fhine through othersdarkneffe. Efay likens the heart ofan ill natur'd man,to a troublefomeand tempefluous fea, which reeking to cleanfe it felfe, carts all it's filth vpon thofe (bores which are nest toit. Theproud Pharifeekneelingbefore theAlter,hoafted himfelfePay- ing I am not as other men ; thefemen are theeues , I amnot fo ; theft men are couctous, I am not fo, &c. Inyour hallances,the one cannot comevpvnlefl-e the othercomedowne ; the Moone giues not her light till the Surine hideshis head. In aword, It isthe manner offome men ro rifebyother mensfalling; and to grace themfeluesby difgracing others.PharaohsMagi could increafeevils; MO,: frscaufed Frogs,and they caufedFrogs; t wrofes,Flies,andthey Flies : butthey could not leffennor flopeuills ; bid them take awaythofeplagues, they could not doe it. So there are foníe men,all whofe worth andpowerconfi(tsin adding euills to euills,but not in takingthemaway. But Godrunnesacontrarie courfe, healwayesdothgood,but neuer does thatis il: Sicutmaim inter ligna fyluarum, He is aPippen amongThorns,heinuites vs withhisFruit ; they fcratch& teare our fle(h. Andalbeit the wafhingofthe hands wasaverie light fault , yet one little and another little comes in the end to make a mickle. His Difciples doe not wafhtheir hands, they doe not faft with John Baptf, their matter keepes companiewithPublicansand finners,he obferues not their Fafts,he bath made acompac`t withBelzeebub,Noneft aDeo,Heis not ofGod. See what a mali- cious conclufiontheymakeof thefe premiffes. Fourthly,It isa hatefull thingtoGod,That aman (hould commend Vice,and condemne Verme; Heethat iufiiries theWicked,andcondemneth the loft, both are on ab/eminariontothe Lord. Efay repeateth the fameletton in the fifth Chapter of 11's Prophecie, Woevnto them that(eakegood ofeuill,andeuill ofgood; that iufi- fie the wicked,arrd takeaway therighteoufneffeofthe righteousfrom him. Andfor the better qualifyingofthegreatneffe and heinoufneffeofthis fault, in one place tile Scripturecals it abhominable;andinanother,bewailes it with aYc,orWo ; which (as Saint Gregorio bathnoted it) is commonly athreatning ofa perdurable punifhment. And therefore Efay farther addeth,Actheflameoffiredercoareth the flubble,and ns thechafe is confirmedof theflame,fa their root as rottenn f ,and 'theirbodjhallrife vplikedaft. Fifly,Our Saviour returns thepoint of this weapon vpon their owne bo-, fot*les,by comming vponthemwith a ,care& vos,conuincing (as Saint Hie- reme faith}this their flander, withatruth. The like befell him inthecafe ofthe Adultrefl'e, when thePharifees askt him,Ifthey(hould (lone her or no todeath, accordingas the Law commanded : whereunto he anfwered,Let him that it with- out finnecafl thefinefinne t it isbuta flouenly tricketogo about with foule hands tomakeanother bodieBeane. vlriflotlefaith , Thatthe eyes haue nocolour, (nature 357 (t.) 'Tia bare in any, to feeke owneere. drc,hyrhrdiC creditofano. ther. Clay 57. LukeJ8, Some delight in nothing but doing euill. (4) The wicked are wholy gi- uen ro con- demne Vert= and commend Vice. Efay5.2e.s3. (s) Hethat would reproue an o. redrefrehim- (el(e.
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