Ser.zz. OMM THE XXII. SERMON, VP- ON THETHVRSEDAY AFTER THE THIRD SONDAY I N LENT. L v c. 4. Whenhe was come into Symons Houfe, his mother inLawwas held with a great Feuer. VrSauiour Chrifthauing throwne out thattalking Deuill in Capernaum, and inioyned him filence , Saint Lukehere re- counteth his entring intoPeters houfe ; not intothat which Peter and Andrewhad in Bethfaida, beingNaturalls of that Countrie forneither thatprotinios of theEuangelif, nor the Sabboth, whereinthey weretowalke but amile, will giue way thereunto. And though Peter had not a houle in Capernaum,yet hismother in Lawmight haue had one there, or heemight haue bellowedone onher daughter indower. And albeit Peter had made a re- nunciationof the proprietic, yet mighthe haue a referuatiòn ofthevfe therof, ashe had of the Nets & fifhing Rods.S. Marke faith,That bewent into thehaufeof Sym9nand Andrew whitherit werebecaufe itbelongedto themboth, or whi- ther or no becaufe it might haue been Peters fathershoufe,and the fathers houfe wevfe commonly tocall it likewifethe fonnes houle. And though the houle was poore and meane,yetwas it no fuchgreat wonder,that he who hadleft the Pallaces of Heauen,and madechoice to bee borne in fopoorea thing asBeth- lem,fhouldfor onedaymake fomean ahoule his Inne,efpeciallythe wilofthe partie that entertained him,beingfo rich as it was todoehim feruice. AndSymons mimesmother. Saint Ambrofe in his booke DeVidttir, reckons this mother in lawofPeters amongft manyother that were molt famoufed and renowned in the world. And from this name ofSocrue, which lignifies our wiues mother,or amother in Law, Tertallian andSaint Hieromedoth inferre that Peterwas married ; for Mother in Law fignifieth, an affinitie deriued frommar- riage. And howbeit it feemethvnto Saint Hierome, That thewife ofSaint Peter was alreadie dead,yet Clemens Alexandrinesafiirmeth that shewas aliue, and that she afterwards suffered marryrdome for maintaining the Faithofour Sauiour Chrift. But in fine,it is aplainecafe that hehad a wife. left's raft vpandcame out of theSynagogue, &c. Our Sauiour Chrift diuided hiswholelife into thefe twoRations : From the Synagogue to the Sicke ; And from the Sicke tothe Synagogue. Where (as Saint Lukereporteth it) hepreached the Law. Ii In 373 Chriltrefu- feth no houle, where there is a will toen. tertaine him. Airs t s.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=