398 Thirlta grca tcrtortnent thaahnngar While the Heart isaboue the (tartes,the halt kath no feelingof the Stockes Why our Sauiourat this time Vpon the-Fryday after would rather thirft,thun hung: r. that thefirft fep toour j uftiñcation, Ihouldbernercieand pittie. Petrur Chryfo- leguafaith, That our Sauiour Chrift did craue this'humane inercie of her that towards hr might exercife hisdittine pittie. Ifyou withhold the water a while in the Fountaine,andkeepc itbacke from it's courfe, it gufneth fòorth in greater aboundance ; fo is it with the milke inthebreft ; and fo likewife is it with Almefdeeds,which 1till returnea double requital!. Saint AmbroJè ex- pounding thatplaceof Saint Paul, Pietas adamniavtrlis faith , That the man that ispittifull, thoughhe fuller weakeneffein refpcét of the flefh, Vapulabit,fed n.nperibit,IIeJha116e6eaten,butfhallnotperiJh. For there is nothing in a greater difpofitioil to makeGod to pardon a finner,than is Pittie. rGiaemedrinke, Godgave way to his thirft,that hemight make way thebetter to that hungerand thirft which he hath afterthefoule ofaSinner ; which is fo great,thathe onely is ableto indeere the fame ; it is meat and drinkevnto him, and fo fauorie to histat, that none isable toexpreffe the true relifh thereof,faue onely he thatknowes it. But here he made choice to manifeftthis his defrrera- ther by his thirft,thanby his hunger. First, By taking occafion fromthe water which this Woman drew out of the Well. Secondly,Becaufe it is the more vehement paflionof the two,and Both corn- monlymoreafflict and torment vs ; yet in the end,hedidnot drinke , drowning that his thirft in that other thirft which he had after thispoore foule. Theena- moured Spoufedid not eat, thoughThee were hungrie,becaufeher Belouedwas ficke,andhad no ftomacke tohis meat. Our Sauiour feeing this Samaritane had nogreatmind to drinkeof this liuing water, doth not drinke himfelfe , though he were athirft, andmuch defired to quench it with this dead water. sample» hawing a Fountaine neere at hand, would not drinke, though hewere thirftie,til hehadgot the vidtorie oucrhis enemies. Saint vlugufiinefaithof S. Laurence, That he didnot feele the fire of the Tyrant, fo ftronglywas heeaffedted with that diuiaerfire. Soour Sauiour was not fencible of his owne thirft,nor ofhis wearifomeneffe, nor of the Sunnesheat, out of thedelire that hee had to ob- taine his pretended vietoric. Saint Ambrafe expounding that place of Dauid, Cucurri inftti ; faith, That it maybe read,Cacurrerunt in its : and bee prooueth it out of the Greeke word, as alfothat which followeth,orefuobenedicebant,& car- defrobenedicebant : The letter trcatethofthe Scribes and Pharifees ; fo that our Sauior Chrift had thirff,and theyhad thirft; he thirfted for theirlife,they thir- fted for his death. And this was oneof'the reafonswhyour Sauiour Chrift did fweat blond inthegarden; for that the Priefts,theScribes,and the Pharifecs had decreed his death inthat theirfacrilegious Counccll : for albeit they had alrea- dietreated beforeofhis banifhing ofhim from amongftthem ; another while, ofthrowing him downe from the fideof afteepe hill, and attempted many other difgracesand violences vpon his perfon ; yet were theynot come til now, nor was it euertobe fuppofed that they wouldhaue beene fo crueI,as to delire the fheddingofhis diuinebloud,& to purfue himwiththat eagrcnesas theydid vnto death. And becaufe no other delire could fatisfic thattheirbioud-thir- fric defire,than thedefires ofour Sauioursbloud to leape out ofthofe his fa- credveines,fortheirand ourgood ; therefore, Faëius ejffudar fanguinie , &c. To thisend rendedthat Fac citiuor ofradar : he had alreadiedriuen thebarg-aine, and the price for which he fould him agreed vpon, andhis feetdid now itch to be gone, that he might receiuehis money ; intoken that Chrift had agreater de- firetobe fould, than he had to fell him:and therefore heefaidvntohim, &sod facia, ,
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