Fame Principles the third Sunday inLent. Ser.a ningfecrccieof lane. Y 4. by particular perfons ; and when the Delinquent wasdifcouered , tofhuah fayd, Giue thankes vnto God,thatthy fin is brought to lightand madeknownto the world,andthat thou fruit fmart fork in this life; forhad it beene kept fecret,thy punifhmcnt had beene immortali. DautdrAdulreriebeing broughtforth vpon the open ftage, [In eenfelluSolis huius] andTlathanr reproouing riim forit, was the future occatìonofall hisgood. It could not chufe to this adulterous wo- manthat wasthus taken inthe manna [Con el hurto en lai manos,with the thefr,as they fay,in her Laud,] but be a wonderful griete &vexation,thsr Thee fhould be carried publiquely through the firects, all the boyes of theCitie hooting at her, men and women poynting at herwith the finger,andcrying flume vpon!ter, and that at Falb themull bebrought into the Temple, and there be fetin the anid- deft of that reuerend Auditorieand AiTemblie,as a1peéfacie of flrame and infa- mie. But the openingof this her wound,was the curi _.g of it ; this which Thee thought was her ruine,was her remedie;& thishermarring was lterraaking.The Worldheld hertobe amoftvnhappiewoman; forthere being fomanyAdulte- reffes in the Citie, Whorings tad ouerffireadthe land, andbloodhad towchedMaud ; thatthis flafhoflightning fhouldlight vponher alone,and that this fudden to LID - dcr-clap fhould not onelyvoyce her difhonour, but her death., Whereas the 'Adulterer wasby all adiudged to be a happie and afortunate man, that by good hip he, had efcapedout of thehands of Iuftice, either byflight, or grtafiug the Offïcers in the fill. Others fficlxnot tofay, Siemprequie6ra la r.ga, por lamas del gado ; theweakeft [till goes to thefwall : howfoeuer, themorecertaine truth is, That fhe was happie,and theAdulterervnfortunate. The fourth , That euerie finne is tobee made publique either in this prefent life, or in thelife to come ; andthis fayththe aforefaidL°tter,Nihilopertumquod nonpeucletur ; and notonelypublique noticeto betaken thereof, but to bee ac- companied alto with fliameand confufion. And this the Scripture proouerhvn- to vs in many.places ; and for the amending of thefe two mifchiefes there is nomeans fo powerfull,as to haue recourfe torepentance ; fromwhence pro- ceed thefe two effeéts : The one,That it couers our fumes, Bleff'cdarethey whofefinnes arefargiuen, and what iniquities arecoursed. The pther, That it doth blot them out of Gods rememberance, according to that ofEzecheel, ßí1t whathonrefoeuer a Sinner (hallrepent him, Iwillnolonger be miedfull ofbeifinne. [Lee mulier modo deprehenfaefl in adulterio. Thiswomanwas taken in adulteriein the voleacî ere. All thefewords Barrie Máns duet. w th.hemakindof gb em hafts which indeerethe aggrauationof theAccufation, occafion of tpea"oftan p fiat malien : For howbeit the fin ofadulteriemay begreater perhapsrin the hus- the woman, band by giuing by his little.rcfpeaand his bad example, occafion tohis wifeto fall. play theWhore_[For asThom& fairhr.He that treatethwith anothermans wife, fe¿rfi,`am dilcrtmtniexponit, expofeth himfelfeandhis ownwife toagreat deale of. hazard, becaufc he foweth bitterneffe inthe marriagebed, contrarie to that rule ofSarni . aiel, Husbands.loneyour wines,undbenot hitterinto them. Forwhich chufe they tooke out the gall from that beaft which was facrificed bymarried menVito !ano,for that the Head (which is theman)oughttobeobligedto mere c ontinency,to , tore vertue,tomore wifedome,& more fortitude,asSaint /hip. ft e ells vs] yetnotwirhftanding, thisfault is held foulerin thewoman Eccle- flfttcáae treatingofanAdultereffe, faith, Shegettetbfhame to herfelfe, andher se- proch 317 Fto,@.ç.
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