424 a.lg.ta. Satisfaßion muttgnebe- fore abfolu- tion. Gen.se. Mercie anar gument of goodnelfe,in whomfeeuerit be found. licita r r. Men aptto condemneothersofthofe Vponthe Saturday after fins whereof themfcInes are guiltie. C Y charged,andamanthat deferueddeathin thehigheft degree the Textthere fay- ing, that he was Vniuerfamalrtia reran. The other,: That they who fhould haue beene preferuers of the Common- wealthandmaintainers ofIuflfce,fhould-be the Caterpillars of the Corntnon weakh,andthe ouerthrowers of Iuflice. And if anybodie íhall aske me, howtheybeing faultie themfelues,'fhould dare toaccule this.wompûf the fame crime. Saint Außìn in his Confeffions renders this anfwere, Fartiainfcriptio,quamnulla deleuit-iniquitau. Though God hath prited with filch decpe letters inthepaper ofour Confciences, thehate- fulneffeof finne ; yetnotwithflandingxhole many finnes of our owne,weewill not forbeare tocondemne other mens finnes,though we be faultie ofthe fame ourfelues. AMerchant apprehendsapoore pettyTheefe , brings him before aIuflice,andcaufes him tobe whipt, not conftderingthathimfelfe is the greater Theefe of the two. Diagramstold thefudges andotter fubordinateMinifters of Iuftice, That thegreater Theeues did hang the Lefler. Dauids adulterie becing putin:the third,perfon,heetold the Prophet Xtuhan, As.theLord liueth , the manthathathdone this thing Ihall furely die, Filiar mortal elf. How doeft thou ,condemn that in another which thou -difl'embleff and fmoothe- reft in thy felfe; Fortis infcriptio, pans nulls deleuit iniguitru. vlbfalon had a great Councellor called vlchitophel5 Dauid hadanother as wife ashee, called Cufhai : nowwhen Culhai law that 4chitapbeltooke partwithvl6ílon, hePaid unto Dagid, Idoenotfo,muchfeare thy Tonne, as this Councellour ofhis ; for he bath afhrewd pefliient pateof his owne : wherefore I thinke itveriefit,That by yourMaieftieskaue I fhould get nie likewifetothe Campe, to fee ifI can ouerthrowhis couuceil. Thitherhe-hafted, and kneeling downe before dófa_ lox, he f aidvnto him,I am come vntoMee, becaufe I fee that God doth fauour thee ; and Ihad ratherworfhipthe Surine rifing,thanletting. Thy father is old, &c, Notwithítandingall this; Abfalon fittedhim in the teeth, laying, Is thin thy lone to tbyfriend ? Where itistobenoted , Thatthough the Sonnehad rebelled againfthis Father, yet it Teemed ill vnto him, that a Semant fhould beefalfe to his Mafter; Ferrisinfrispio,4uam nulla deleuit. iniquitae. Woman,Where are thole thine accufers?Hatbnoman condemnedthee ? Beforethat he wouldabfolueher, he would infrome himfelfe, Whitheranybodie did ;c- cute her orno Foras longasany partie found himfelfe agrieued,his abfolution was of noforce. If theoppreflingof thePoore crie forvengeance, Whatfhall the difhonouringof aVirgine,and the`adulteratedbeddoe ! And therefore this (Memento is giuen theebefore thou offer thy Sacrifice, TbouJhalt call to mind, whither thybrother haue any thingagainfl theeor no : Firft make attonement with thybrother,and thenprefent thy Offering to God. Abimelech craning pardon for his offence, Godfaidvnto him, Deliaerthemanhit wife again; Thismuffbe donefir«. 210man, Lord. Aadlefiafaid, NeitherdoeIe'indemne thee . It is agreat hap- pineffe in aSinner, to fallinto thehands of God. Man, thewickeder hee is, the crueller he is ; and the more ill, the leffepittifull. But God , byhowmuch the more goodhe is,by fomuch he is themoremild andmercifull ; rwillnot deflrey Rphraim in wryfurie,becaufe IdmGod,and not (Man. Therewasnot that man then, that would haueborne with Ephraim, nor excufed his backeflidings : ButIam God, and thereforepatient, long fuffering,and full ofgoodneffe. Daniel when he was put inthe Lyons den, theKing commanded thedoore tobeCededwith his owne leale, Nequidfieret contra Davielem, Lett theyshould changetheir pur- -_ _. tole,
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