4-7 Mti"taitgA5`*iitfiMtSMS`a' X3S4tM3'St°74 1,rçn r r P :.AV {Vc4: THE XXVI. SERMON, VP- ON THEMONDAY AFTE^. THE FOVRTH SVNDAY IN LENT. JOHN 2. MAT.2I. MARC. II. LV C. IO. He found fitting in the Temple,felIers ofSheepe, Oxen,andDoues, &c. Vr Sauiour wentvp to Ierufalemto thePaffeouer,& entring into the templewhere the law wasread, where the Laitie did pray,hemet with a moftbafe &vile market,where they fouldSheepe, Oxen,Kids,andDoues,Money-changgers,and Vfurers,hauing their bankes. Wherewith inraged, like a Lyonbe lets vpon the owners of them, vpon the beans, birds, and tables ; and making him a whip of the cords that boundtheir tactics,or thofe halters wherewith they tied theirbeafts,there was neuerany RomanCohort thatdid that as hee did ; hee ouerthrew their tables, fcatteredtheir moneysdownon the ground,and fallingtowhipping and fcour- gingof them,he chafed themout of his fathers Houle. Saint HieromeandSaint Chry fi/lome reckonthis of all other to be the greatenmiracle that euer our Sa- uiourwrought, preferring it before the giuingof fight tothe Blind, of hands and feet to the Lame,oflife to the Dead,&c. And without doubt it is a thing much to be wondred at,that one fingle man, and fuch aoneas amongft the Iews (efpecially thofe of the Temple) washeld in fuchbate efteeme, shouldventure totrample them vnder his feet,and towhipbothgreat and fmal,andthat not any oneof them fhoulddare toopen hismouthagainft him. Which was fuch a -dif- coneringof his Omnipotencie and Godhead , thatweemuff imagine it tobee a molt foule fault inthem ,either not to acknowledgehim tobe their Meflias , or not to lay hold on himandbindhim inbonds,for amad man; as theyafterwards faid,Sgrehe is mad. Hefoundthem in the TempplefellingSheepe andOxen, &c. TheMeffias was pro- phefied in thedayesof Iudaifine,tobe mild,gentle,louely,and peaceable; ,9 e ritemanfuetum, faithZephaniah : leremie, ,9Leafi Agnue manfuetua : Efay, Reparàbi- tur in mirercrcardiaflium eius : And in anotherplace, Declinaboquaffaaian; Pa- cis. For hisñrft commingwas tobee inall mildeneffe andpeaceableneffe; and therefore amngfrmanyother circumfiances which made this ad fo famous, the greatenis, That his modenie should fo breake out. beyond it's woonted bounds,fo manyother affronts and injuries hauing notbeenable tomooue his P p 2 patience. The greate4 mira.k that our Sauiour euer wrought, was this. zepban.z, ler., t, E/aY 16. ElaY 6o.
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