i F °um Principleseon. the third Sonday.inLent. Ser. z:j.. eerningfennyof fin. 4,S loth not comeforth in theend,andvtter it's voycealoud in the gates of the ci- tie. So Godfaidvnto Cain, prefuming that that fratricideofhis,becaufe it was done in. fecret,fhouldhaue beene buried for euer,and neuer haue come to light; 1f thoudoe well, thoufhalt be rewardedforit ; ofill,fnnelieth at the doore.Andwhen Gen q. Cain made himfelfe as if he had beenignorant what was becomeofhis brother Abel ; the Lordfaidvnto him, Thevoyceof thybrothers blandcrietbvntomeefrom the earth : And in Scriptureit is anordinarie kind oflanguage to fay , That our finnes doecrieout for vengeance. Whenoneof lofhuahs fouldiershid awedge ofgold,2.rchólaaa de Lyranoteth, That the originali word fignifieth likewife a Sin,ifno- thing, will be Tongue ; for thoughit werehid andburied vnder ground yet did itcrie out. it °ware dif- Íad painteth forth the warineffeofan Adulterer,tiewaitethfor the twilight , and f itb,Ne eyeThal feeme;anddifguifth,hirface ; Likethe Owle,he comesnot abroad till it bedarke night, he pluckes hishat downe inhis eyes, he muffles his cloake about his face, he firftlookcs on thisfide and thenonthat , Left anyone fhould chance to ¿piehim : Ina wgrd,fuch.lewd liuers as thefe, like vnto your wilde beafts,keepethemfel ties clnfe, watching for the darkenefTeofthenight :!nipfa pertranfbuut cremes befliaagri, Thou makefi darkene,andit isnight , wherein all the boaffs of theI,orreft creepeférth ; and fo it iswith thefe beaftly minded men. Sa- lomonmakes another kindof defcriprion thereof; A. man breaketh Wedlocke, and hinketh thus inhis heart , Whofeethme ?¡amrampagedaboutwithdarken'efé, thswalle otter mee;nabódiefeethmee, whom need! top'are ?But thetruth is, That lob.e14. 14. PÎt!mtogao. Ecte.:g. is Walls haue eyes as wellas cares ; be .fides, theeyes ofthe Lordare ten thoufand times brighterthan theSunne, beholdingall t hewayes of men, the ground of the deepe,and themoft ferret parts. And this man that thinks himfelfe fo clofe and fo cunning that no eye can findhim out, fhall bee punifhed in theftreets of the Citic, and fhall be chafedlikea ycninghorfe-Foale, and whenbee thinketh not upon it, he fhall betaken : thus (hall he beput to (name Of euerieman, be- caufe heewould not vnderftand the feare of theLord. Saint Augaf ine faith, That none feeke tocarrie thefe kind Of bufineffes more fecretlyand more cun- ningly, than your marriedwoman, that bathacare ofher reputation and honor ; but (he alto, forall her flip cariage, shallbee brought out into the Congregati- on, andexamination (hall bce madeof her children ; her children fhall not take root,and herbranches (hall bring forthno fruit ; a (hameful report fhal fhe leaue, and her reproch fhall not bee put out. Salomon after hee had made mention of foure things that left no ligne behind them, norwere to be traced out, or follo- wedby the track;towit,Thewayofan Eagle flying through the ayre;ofa Ser- pent gliding through theRock;ofafhip failing through the fea;&of the wayes ofa youngman in his youth ; hee further addeth, Talis ell via mulieris adulterer, Theway of an Adultereffe may veriewell be likenedvnto thefe, for that great artificeand cunning wherewith (he diffembleth this her treacherie, as being on- ly priuie to this her foule play, andwipingher lips,fhe fits downe fullgorged at her husbandsboord, and tells him that Thee will fart, contentingher felfe with breadandwater ; tothe end that by this her fatting and leading agodly life, thee may gainea good report, andbefreefront the razors of malicious tongues : but in the end, (asbefore we haue faid)Nihiloccultum quadnon rem/mer, 7Coehing fo feeret whichfhall not be reuealed. For Sinne euermore leauesaprint behind it, like thole footfteps ofBaals Priefts ; thofeftepsof our forefather Adam; that coare ofthe cut Apple thatchoaked all Mankind ;and thofecrummesand reliquesof their feaftings,who laid,Nallumfitpratumquednonpertranfeatlaxurianoflra,Let therebe nomeadows inwhich our ryot maynot reuell.The Deuil,Whoaffuresvs moft of
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