Why Chrift was iutwmorean. gry than -at óthér times. the third Sunday inLerit. Ser.zr. > 35 terstoDeuils ,accordingto thatofDauid, SacrJ1cauerunt fliesfiliarJr ü-- mania, Bywhole examplethe KingofMbablearned tooffer this kindof facri- fice ; and Godwas highly offendedwith them for ir , and therefore wouldnot fuller fuch ashad playd the Idolaters infacrificing their children totake away theKingdös ofother ldolaters,whoperhapswereleffe faultyMara hemfelues. Alexander layingit toaPyrats charge, that withtwo íhips he had robbedat fea hee returned him this anfwere, Thou rob'tt all the World, and no man fayes any thing vnto thee ; and I, who to pickeout apoore liuing, put foorthto fea butwith twopoore littlebarkes,muft haue theft andpyracie laydtomy charge. Thelikeanfweredida Bithop maketoPopeGregorie the fecond , when hee kept his Sea at Auignon, Whogiuinghima fhrewdchecke, for that hedid notreticle inhis Bifhopricke; he told him, It is now full threefcoreand tenyeares that the Popes Sea hath beene kept out of Rome, and yourHolinefïenowteprehends me forliuingbut threedayes frommy Bifhopricke. To this purpofefutes that anfwerewhich Vriahgaue toKingDaniel. This valiant Captaine tooke vphis a,reg.r r. lodging,and layd himfelfe downe to íleepe in the porchof theKings pallace: And the King askinghim, whyhe did not goe home to inioy the cafe and plea- fureofhis ownebed e He madehim this anfwere, TheArke ofGod dwelleth inTents,and myLord /adGenerali ofyour Army,and the feruants of my lord abide in theopen fields ; (hall I then beeing butan ordinarie fouldier, goe into myhoule to èate,and drinke,and lye withmy wife e By thylife,and by the life of thy foule, Iwill not doethisthing. Thiswas a feuere reprehenfioninPriah, phis foueraigne. Forifafubieótfhall outoffuch honett refpeets refraine from going hometo his ownehoufe; much moreoughttheKing to haue abftained from lyingwith anothermans wife. NoristhatHiftorieof Iudaemuch amiffe; who beingGouernor of thepeople,andfinding Thantargreat with child,would needs executethat law agaiíifther,ofadulterous women ; But Thamar proued, That he thatwas toiudge others,fhould not himfelfebe adelinquent. Nowwee'come to theTaft reafon ofthis our Sauionrsfharpeandquicke an- fwerevntothem.Therewere two Truthspropheciedof ourSauioùr Chrift: Thcone,hisMeekeneffe and Gentleneffe.- And ofthis,thereare manypro- Chrift ashe phecies. wasmacke in The other, 'The ítoutueffe and courage wherewith he was toreuengéth reproouing,Co ë he was (tout wrongs and injuriesdoneto the poore. saluosfadesfliespauperum dy humiliabit inreuenging. calumniatorem, Hefhallfauethechildren of thepoore, and'hallhumble the flanderer. Saint 4uffen, WinMartyrs andmanyothers,vnderttand this tobe fpoken litte- rallyof Chrift. For Calumniatorem, the Greeke reader Sycophantam.And fo doe they call your Promooters and Informers. Whetherit were,becaufe in Athens they had a Law, that nonefhould bring figgesto that Citìe to-fell ; Orwhether itwas-forbidden inGreece, that any fhould enter togatherfigs in anothermans orchard ; ( Whencehe that informed thereof, came tobee calledaSycophant) Or vpon that wittie conceitof.fops, who, when a certaine feruant hadeaten Come figges,and layd the fault vpon one of his fellowes, gaue order,that both ofthein fnould drinke luke-warme water,and the -eaterofthem,hauing vomited vp the figges,they calledhim Sycophant. OurSauior then Thal faue thepoore, 4nd,humble the flanderer. Bee fhall[mite the earth withthe rod ofhis mouth, and with the breath ofhis lippes (hall heflay the wicked. franca, expoundeth this placé Efay. r r. tobe,fpoken ofGods proteóting anddefendingof the poore. He istheirtower of-defencein thedayoftrouble,their hope in diftreflè;and their fhiëld Of cont- fö}ç.in their tribulation. And that God dothreuenge with greater feueritie,the wrongs
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