6o WhyChrifk wasnow moreangrie with Vpon the vVednefday after thePharifees than formerly hehad bin. wrongsthat aredone to hisfriends,thanthofe thatare offered to himfelf, isafa- uor fovfuallywithhim, and fo generally known,that I neednot to infift therup- on. One while,becaufe heethinkes himfelfemuchbeholdingvoto them, that they wilrefigne vptheir owne right,and leauethe caufeof theirwrongs to hint; and that theywill put their hope,and their truft inhim. Sub vmbraalarum la- arumfßerabo, donee trasfeatiniquitaayi .Calamitas. Defend meeô Lord , whileit this 'formepaflèth ouer my head. Another while, that hemay fhewmore loue tohis friends than tohimfelfe. Inthe old Law, heegaue great proofesof this Truth ; and in the new,heegaue farregreater teftimonies thereof. Efay drawes acomparifon from the Lyon,who hauing his prey betweene his clawes acom- panic ofSheapeheards come crying after him,makingagreat noyfè andclamor, but he makes nogreat reckoningofit.And is all one with that faying ofourSa- uior,l'Tonrapset quifquam demanumea,Xs. man(hall fasateb them out °frayhand. Abi. melech tooke vibrahams wife from him , and God at midnight appearing vnto him, inthe midit ofhis mirth and luft,he fpakevnto him ina fearefull voice, En morieris, Thouart buta deadking. The like befell Pharaoh. Procopiae faith That God did declareas muchwhen he appeared inthe finebufh. Theydid whippe hispeople with the rods of briars, anddidburne themvp, byinforcing them to find thawfor to heat the ouenswhereinthey were to bake theirbrickes ; and uextjo. God fáyth, ItisI that amwhipped, itisI that amburned inthe fire. crItofestrea- Gods prote. ringof thisprotettionofGod,takes his comparifonfrom the Eagle,whofe care fling of his and vigilancie in breeding vp of his young ones, is exceeding great : but in the children in th oldLaw,dif. end, Thews himfelfe veriecruell to that youngof his, whofe eyes hee expofeth firing from to the beames ofthe Sunne. All this loueand care, ran alongwith the written that in the new Law. But in that of Grace,giuing vs greaterpledges of his lobe, hedrawes his comparifon from the Hen , whofe loueand care exceedes all otherindeerings Mat.: y, whatfoeuer. Shee fcorneth and contemneth her owne life forthe fafegardof her chicken ; fhefafts,that theymay feed ; the is content tobee leane,thar they maybe far; and nowand thendyes that theymay hue. Saint viaflenbathob- ferued, that becaufe the Deuill fpake vntoChrift, Thatheewould make thofe 'tones bread forto releeue his owne hunger ; herefufed todoeit. But if it had bin to releeue thine,ormine,he wouldhaue done it. As he turned thewater into wine at the wedding, not for himfelfe but forothers. And at thatmeale in the mountaine,where hemultiplied the loaues andthe fifhes, whereof himfelfedid noteat abit. Why doyealto tranfgref theCommandementof God.Hewounds them with their ownweapon,& retorts the forceofthis their argument vpon themfelues, and fends them awayafhamed. He driuesthem toa demur,and putsthem toponder vpon this,reKeepers ofthe Law,&f. Thefe funnesthat were to lighten this com- For a mn to monwealth ; thefe North-ftarres,by which the people were to faile through .whchmel the feaofthis world. Concupifentiajpadonisenaginaniiunecam. Eunuchs were fhouldpunim, is as ftrangeas nrameful. appointedfor the guardingand keeping ofwomen , as thevfe is now in Con- ftantinople: But,that a gelded man throughluftfhould defileamaid, beeing lea.ao. bound to preferueher honour : Thathe that fhouldcloth thenaked,fhould ftrip them bare : That bee that fhould keepe the Lawes of the Commonwealth, Mouldbee the firftthat fhould breakethem 5 isas ftrange, as fhamefuli. Phitxae thruft Zambriand adaughter of the Princeof Midian throughwithhis fpeare, and pinningthem to the ground, didanacceptable facrifice to God. Zambri was of the TribeofSimeon, who in thecompanieof hisbrotherLeaie, had ta- ken that cruell reuengeof the Princeof Sichem, for theratufhingofD'ìnab,that they
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