p 35g WhyChrifl wasnowmorean- - On theVVednefda after gry thanat other times.' y Thepunif7t °""toff ""` belonge onely God. are,. 6. y. Rom.34., 4. Kingt3 ,; (nature foholding itfit ) to the enátheymight the betterreceiueand difcerne another colours. In likemanner,he that willreprehendother mens faultsmuft himfelfe be blameleffe. Dauids finne was knowneto allthe world,yet hemade conf(lion thereof onely vnto God, vlgainfl theeonely hateIfinned, &c. be- caufe Godonely had the power topunifhhim. For he onely (faithSaint Mugu- Hine)doth iuftly punifh,inwhome there is notany thing tobe foundthat deler- ueth puniflu"nent ; and that man is fit to reprehend another in whom nothing is to bee foundworthie rc rehenfion. Thofe of Iliad' fallyed twice out ainft P Y ag thofe of Beniamin,defiriugjufticeat Gods handsof thatcruell finnewhich they hadcommitred,but viere bothtimes ouercome. Saint Gregorie faith,That they went forth againft themto reuenge Gods honour, andthe wrong thatwas done to theirNeighbour ; but God didnorgiue them the viétorie,becaufe they had anIdoli amongft themwhich they adored. Now hee that will punifhanother mans frnnes,muft firftpurge himfelfe ofhis ownsfinnes. The reprefentingofmans owne finites to himfelfe,isagreatTapaboca,or ftop- game,to play vponothermens fa alts. To thatSinner who vfeth tocadhis- fins like a wallet ouer his fhoulder, Godfaith, Station contratefaciem tuam, I will make theeto feethat which thou dooft not fee , and I will bring thofe firmes which thou haft throwne behind thybacke,before thyface,to the endthat be- ingaThamedof thyneowne doings ; thoumai11not find fault withother mens aétions. Woo is me,lamvndone (faith Efay) becaufelam amanofpolluted lips.The. Prophet had feene God in aThroneotgreat andwonderful' Mate ftie , and hee wouldhaue publifhed andproclaimed the fameto all the World, buthee fayth Thathe durft not prefume to do ir, becaufe his lipswere polluted..The Chald word is, Groatore,My lips are of tooheauie adulneffefor fuchhighMifteries. The feuentie Interpreters renderit,Va mihi,doleo compuncîus, My finnesflopmy mouth, whenI confidermyneowne lïfe,Idare not queftion anothermans. The Pharifee cenfured cilMarie c'tagdalen to beaSinner, and our Sauiour Chrift to benoProphet ;butourSauiourLettingbefore him a reconuentionofmanygrie. uous finnes , he left him amafed and afhamed. God tooke awaythepoore in- nocent babe whichDauidhad byBeerfbeba , pretending therein (according to Theodoret) to buriethishis limevnder ground, becaufe he beeing appointed by God topunifh Adultrers&Murdrers, theymight not tit him in the teeth & fay Vntohim,And whydoe you the like ? Saint Paulaskes the queftion, Is Godthen vn- loft ? And he anfwers thereunto, Godforbidelfe,How(hallGod fudgetheworld? If thou fhouldeft aske aPhylofopher,Whitherit were poflible for God to finne Hewould anfwer, It is not poflible,becaufe he is Courtprima, &normavniuer- falia,Tkeprimecaufe,andvniuerfallrule. But Saint Pouls anfweris, That it is not poflible that God fhould frnne,becaufe hecould not thenconueniently gouerne theworld. For he can hardlyreforme finnein anotherman,who had need to re- forme whatisamiffe in himfel fe. ThreeKings did confpireagainft thekingof Moab, theybefiegedhis Citie,and hefeeinghimfelfein adefperate taking,tooke his eldefi f nne thatCouldhaue raignedin hisdead, wageredbimfora burnt offering vpon the will. Cajetan faith , That thisSacrifice was not done totheGod oflf- raell , as force haueimagined, but tothof: Idols which that Kingdid worfhip ; and that after this focruellan aet, there infued fo great aplague in the Ifraelites Campe,that theywereforced to raife the fiege. Fadoefiinditrnatio anagenain If- rael. TheHebrewhath it,Tra magna : The Vulgarrenders it,Ifrael was Toregrre- ued,anddeparted fromhim,and returned to their Countrie ; but the wrath of God entred into their Armie,forthattheyhad facrificed theirformes&daugh- ters
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