4Zo The foukneiTe ofAdulterie. zheg.a. t.cor.7. leuit.zo. Deut.zz: Vpon the Saturday after that which Godbathcoupledtogether. .Where if you note it,hee fpeakes in the fin- gular ; for ocherwife they would not conueuientlyreprefent fo ftri t avniou. Secondly , Becaufe God is the authourof marriage; God createdmanand woman, andbeing wedded each to other, he faid For this cauf (tallman leaue father andmother,andeleanevino hiswife. And forDamidhisadulterie, the Lord vntohim , The Swordfhall neverdepartfrom thyhoufe, becaufethou hail defß: fd me, andtaken thewife ofYrtah theHittite tobe thy wife 3 it was not vriah , but i that was deifod. Where I would haue thee to weigh well the word (Ale , who in the beginning of the world did authorife marriage; Me , who in theLaw of Grace wasperfonally prefent at my friendsmarriage , and there vnfolded the fades ofmy Omnipotencie,working there and at that weddingmy firft miracle. S.Paulfìith, Ifthe husbandbeofthe houflrold ofthe Faithful],and thewife of theVntaithfull, nondimittat illam, let him not forfake her : butif fhe (hall be vn- faithfull toher husband,hemay lawfully then leaue her. So that God feemeth to be more offended,that fhe fhouldnot keepher faith toher husband, than that fhe fhouldnot profeffe the Faith ofChrift. But this theyfaid to tempt him . They put on a fhewof zeale and feigned a diffembled delire of knowledge, and tobe fatisfied concerning this point : but the truth was, that they wenta fif ling, to fee iftheycould catchour Sauiour in force anfwer that he fhould giue them contrarie to the Law, to the end that they might accufe him as aTranfgreffour. The Scribes they were jealous of their Law, thePharifees of their Religion ; the one fought topicke ahole inhis coat vpon force quirkeandquillet of theLaw ; the other, forthe wrongingoftheir Religion : and therefore they faid vntohim, Seeingthou art á Mafter,to whom it belongeth to expound our Lawes and that thou taken vpon thee at euerie bout tovnfoldmofes his meaning ;Mofes lawcommandeth,Thatfuch fhouldbee Boned; Whatfayft thou therefore Euthimim faith, That they tooke our Saui- our Chrift to befo merciful] a minded man; that they did well hope that bee would wren andwind theLaw which wayhelifted,ifnot vtterly ouerthrow it. And they did ground theretheir fufpitions vpon force Sermonsofhiswhich he had preached, wherein he haddeliuered to thePeople, That it was lawfull to curethe Sicke on the Sabboth day ; which wasa new kindofdoétrinein their Law. Saint Gregorieand Saint vimbrofe doeboth affirme, That they did verily perfuade theinfelues, That our Sauiour Chrift couldnot chufe butbecaught in the trap, andneceffarily fall into an errour,one whilebypardoning contrarie to theLaw; another while by condemning,contrarie to Grace. Iefus autos inclinaosfedeorfum. Ent TerrafloopedLame , inclining his headtowardstheground . Saint Chryfoffome faith, That for the Pharifees it was a molt feuere aá of Iuftice ; butfor the Adultreffe,amot' nobleat of mercie. Thefe Hypocrits hee depriued of his fight, and would not raft his countenance towards them, which is one ofGods feuereft cháftifements";Thou turnedf away thyfacefromme(faith thePfalinift)and /was troubled. Fora Kingto turneaway his face froma Fauorite, itwil fhrewd- ly troublehim ; What perturbationmuff that thencaufe, When God (hall not can his eye towardsvs, but turnehis fauourable countenance from vs t' Hide not thyface, o Lord,fromme, left Ibe like vats thofe thatdefcendinto thepit ; OLord, to denie the lightof thycountenance,is to condemne me vntoHell : and thegrea- tetf torment ofthe Damned is, that theyare debarr'd thyfight ; Cur faciem trials abfcondis,&arbitrarta meinimicum tuum ?Allmyhappineffe confifts in thofe thy eyes,
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