hefo;leneff` thethirdSondayinLent. Ser.24. of 421 eyes,and to denie them vntome,is tovfe me like an enemie. Towards the Adultereffeour Sauior carried himfelfe asbecamea foueraigpe Prince ; for irisacommon thingwithKings and Princes, to turne their eyes afide froma womantharis fhameleffeand ofa lewdand infamous life ; the fight of a husband is a fearefiillthing toawanton wife , fo is the eye of a fèuere fa- therto agraceleffe fonne, fo the auftereTooke ofaKing to his'feruant that hath playedthe Traitor : how then (hall Gods countenance skare vs, when hee !hall looke askewvpon vs, and knit the browofhis heauie difpleafure e When the Adultreflè did behold her felfeinthat Cryftall Glaffe,Chrift Iefus, in whome there wasno fpot nor leaft Ipeckeof Men-lift)in the world , did fee what a freckled foulefhe had of'her owne, how foulely befpecked with a loathfome morphew of this ouerfpreading finne ; Inwhat aconfufion muft fhe needs bee, andhowdaftout of countenance a Amidwasas valiant a King, andas braue á foldier aseuer drew fword,&one that fought the Lords battels ; yet heconfide- ring the foulneffe of this his adulterous fin,weeping & forrowing for the fame, when he fawGodseye was fixed on his fault,and that heehadwithdrawn his woonted fauorfrom his perfon, he felt fuch torment in h imfelfe, thatin the bit- terneflè ofhis foulehe was forced tocrieout, Torne away thyface, ô Lord,from myfinner. Whatthen fhould this weake,this pooreand wretched woman do in thiscafe r . Ierrsfl'óopeddomne . Saint Cyril faith , That our Sauiour herein did aduife your Iudges,that before they proceedto fentence , they fhould well andtruly confiderofthe caufe alone bythemfelues andproceedwith agreat deale of lei- fare &deliberation.Before that Goddid çondemnethe prideofthofe that built the Tower ofBabel!, he faid, Defcendam& videbo, 1willgeedowne andfee what they doe. And the crie ofthe finnes of Sodome conning to his eares, bee fayd the fame again : forthere is no'wifdome nor difcretionin it, as 2'.eodemreefaid, to condemnea man ,Ynlef befrrf hearehimf)eakeforbin: RA andknowwhat hee kithdone. This is that whichDauid laid, Doerighteous iudgemenyêyefuns ofinen. Suringwith that ofour Sauior,iadgenot according to thefaceor outwardappearance. Daniel fummarily fhuts itvp all in this , The lodgement wasfit , and the Booker opened. Heflaopeddownc . Por albeita Iudge ought tobeare himfelfevpright, yet he ought (till to (toopeand incline himfelfe to mercie. Chrift looked downe vpon theearth, andconfidered with himfelfe, that he had made thiswoman of earth. If aIudge mayeuenin juftice faue aDelinquent, if bee (hall finda way openformercie; hemaycomfort him that it is Gods fafhion fo to doe,and this maybe his warrant. ElifhaLaid vntoElias,byway ofpetition, lpray thee let thySpirit bedoubledvpon me : This was ahard fuit. Theodoretaskes the queftion, Wherein thedirficultiedid confift e And he anfwereth,Thatit did notconfift in amiracles,nor in grace, but inthatElias hisSpirit was fo (harpe and fo bitter : I defttoyedthe Ifraelites with fire from Heauen, and punifhed that people With threeyeres famine ; if my fpirit fhould bedoubledvpon thee, vpon the like oc- cafion thouwouldit confume them all, andmakean endofthem ar once. He lift vp bimflfe.When hewas to giue fentence beRood vp;for albeit aIudge fhould in themedÿs incline vntomercie, yet inprincipio,and infine, hee ought to dealevprightly,andexercife integritie. Leta Iudge vfea Delinquent with a great dealeofcourrefie and fweetneffe, let him feeke outall themeanes that he can, tofauehim and to fet himfree ; but in the apprehending of him, ' and the fentencingof him, let himbevprightand found in that heefull refolue vpon ; Nn and lobo7.14 van tudoes mutt hie to r `Le. ob. S°6
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