4. 4o8 Whatfoeuer concernsour ileaet4 ' is more regarded than any thing. ` vpon tlZe >. yday äfter Sonte.do feeme towonder, chat:ttiefiune of. diflioneftiebecing fo hateful! a Ching inGods fight, that permittingotlicr finnes in his Apofiolicall ,Collcdge, as Priele,Couctoufileffc,,and TreaIon,hedidneucrwinke at this kind of fìtipe and hailing anciently fofeuerely prinifieddiem, thatbee iliOuldnow with this c.omandcalc,fomildly, and fo gently. The drowning of the Worldiväs for wantonncfic,& fuch.Zakefl tiro!.eff ,cs.; the burning ofSddom,for v nnaturall vn- cleanncs.Thepunifhing ofMuddby the vntiuicly death of Berfbes foci .,&c. byvi- fìtinghiinfelfc with fìckneffe,was fbr his adultcrie with, eriahs wife. Ezechiell cats Ìerufiil ñna poyaf dthePrinces thereof .fl.cf i; becapfe,that Citiewas much giuento f nfualitie. Andhe fayth,.that hewill put fire thereunto, vncillall-the ob. fíefli beconfanied,and that the pot bet IteHow is it($ Lord)that tlieuwert Sol. then f Icucre, andart nowbecomefo milde? I anfwece.,-That it is wifdóme in áPhyfrtio tiçoapply differentmed.icincs ; f ùmetimes Letitiucs and fometimes Corafiues. rue fingÇsppf,Icrufalem, weregrownehard and,brawnic,(fäith Jere- rrfer. 30. 15; mie)WhycryeJl thoufor thine affhc7ron? Thy farrow is incurable, beçauf thyfines were increaferi, Ibane done thefe thing; vnte thee. All thefe bals ofwilde -ñre were nomore than thy.,hardwITe ofheart had neede of. But thole finnes of this Sa- tnaritan,and thole ofthisAdulter`effe,were finnesof wcakenefle,and thefe muff be diferectlydealt withall bythe foulesPhifìtions.There arcCome that wemuff preachnothiigvnto but thunder,death,hell,anddamnation. Others,graceand metcie,andwin them to amendment of life , ,by affeEèionating then to thede- lights of Heauen , Conjidering thy felfe, leaft thou be alp tempted : Forif thou bee fiarpc,tarr,and bitter aganfl weak. confciencfe , God may chance to fuffr thee to, fall into the like frailties. Judge charitablyOf thy.net.ghbour, andcenfnre him by thy [elfe ; And f eeke rather to comfort, than call downe a foule,&.c. Lord iue,me of this water . How,powcrfulla thing is private intereff ! This woman found excufcs not to giue,but none not to asks. TheAntients did paint forthInteref},in iwercterie thegod,ofWifc_donie,withabunch of keyes in his hand; for the covetousmanopens another maxisbrefl,for to rcceiue thence,and flints I pis owne, that hemay not giuc and forboth thcfe things he is verie pru- dent andwife. The Pharifees hadmanyreafonsand places ofScripture, for to porfuade themfclucs that John saptifl was noctheir Meflias ; towit, for that hee wasofthe TribeofLeni, that hewrought notairàcles,tliat bee lined in wil- dernefh., andremooucd from the conuerfation ofinen,contrarie to that prophe. ß;a;uc. 3 s a. cie of Baruc, Camhominibue ce.naerftics eft, He dwelt among men. The only thing that did fpeake for him,was, That hewasa holy man, and a Saint ofGod : and (as Saint Chryrogame hathnoted it) this one reafon they pretended fhould pre- uaile again(( al the reff,becaufe it was infauonr of their owne particularintereft. And itis afirange cafe, thattheholyneffe of Saint John fiouldbee fufficient to 1 Make them toconceiue that he wastheMeffias, but not fufficient tomake them doe that which hecommanded them. Voca virum tuum,Call thy husband. Wiues notto. TheophilaIlgathers this note from hence, That Chrifts willing her tocall her a "` afl° `h ttg husbandwas to aduife vs that awire is not to craneor recciue any thing,no not r t r fo much as apot ofwater,withour the leaueof her husband, andby order from ecir H.F. him, being fo madeone flefi,and fo one fpirit by marriage, that they are not to n. Matach.s. be fep°ratel. c 7r alachie treatingofamarriedwife, faith, Nonne refidunmfbiritaru éiureft ? Irfieno'theremainderof húbreath ? Whither the allufion bee made to theformation of Adam (as Saint Chryf ffome Bath obferued) for that with the Gal. 6,, t. fclfe
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