God.-remplchigh- the fburthSonday inLent. ¡y tube honoured. Ser.z6: 51 treat and talke ofiheii greateft villanies. Saint kroneá ;4inft .ViSddn m faith, Conftteortimoremmeaiin, Iconfefemyfeare. Whnentrintito the Templeof the Martyrs, Iconceìue any anger oreuill thoüght in my mind; orwhen fleeping I haue hadany euill dreame,itmakes my bodyand fouleto tremble :.hiowthen, whencuring into Gods houfe,I quake and tremble when X am. to receiue,what can I doe withall 'f $y Ezechtell, God complaines ofthç 'edch menthat built their houfes neere vnto his, fa6ricati font limenJsmiuxtaIime,tmeum. loyning wall to wall to my houle, theyhaueprophaned mp name with their abhominations,And Iconfumedthem in mywrath. Being then, that God cannot indurefuchbadneighbourhood, Wil he beare with th é,impudencies that asit were in defpight,ye doe beforehis facet' Saint krona hash noted vpon Efay, that amongft other things that Salomon offendedGod in, onewas,That hee bao built vp fuch a high.Turret in his pallace , that ìt ouertopt the Temple; anddid ouerlooke it. For Gods houfe oughtnot to be inferiour tomans ; What íha1 we fay then to thofe thatmake it adenof themes e It bath beene obferued , Thatall tholegreat andpowerfull Princes which haue cuill end. Sabel_ stem reportsof Pam1ey,that hauing,bin formerly versefortunar,after thathehad prefumed toprophanethe Temple,by entringintothe Sadiafarglornm,nothing afterwardsprofpered with him. The fourth occafionwas , Cbrilts great ieale to his I-houfe, Zelutdomes tux contrast me The zeale of'thy Hempbathdeaouredme, oreaten me Where it is to be noted, That it is one thing to eat and feedvpon the eaIcof Gods Houfe and his feruice 5 and another thing, tobe eaten ófit : one while there is an Lccleli- afticall ; anotherwhilea fecular Iudge, which is verie diligent in his office, out of the hatred that he bathto Delinquents, andbee is held tobeea venie zealous man. But hee eats,growes fat, andwaxeth rich withthis hiszeale; andfuch a one eats of thezeale ofthehoufe of God,,but is.not eatenof it. But there are others that are dried vpandconfumed ofthezeale whichthey beareto the Ser- uice of God ; [ Tabefere mefecit zelle metí 3 whowaitingtheir wealth , their health, and theirliues.irs this their zeale, doe more refent the wrongs that are done to God,than thofe that areoffered to themfelues. Saint Paul faith, candalizatur, e7 egononvror? Whichmade Saint Chryfoflome to fay, That of fix hundred thoufand miracles, one cannot bee found that maybee compared with thishis zeale : hisovine tribulations and torments,hecallsthem Glorie; and the offencesdone vnto God,he calls Fire which bwrnes him. Lohereamiracle, a ftrange kindof zeale. Zeile is theChild of Loue ;but it is fomewhat more inflamed, andmore pure tjian Loue. ToLoneweattribute two powerfull effeEts The.one, That it is the authour ofthe greateftads and nobleftexployts that in ^ can performe. Efay inhis ninth Chapter makethas enumerationof Gods reitefl ads, Tovs aChild isborne, to vs afonne ragiuen, thegoue+nment it vpon his .' n ader,&c. And for anvpfhot of thole hisglorious alts,he addeththis, Zebra f)..m,ni exercituumfacia hoc, Thezeale ofthe LordofHogs [halldos this. Amongfi GO attributes,weconfderaceleftiallcotnpetencreinthegreateftmyfteriesof ;:life,andof his death but inthe end, Lòue gets, the vietorie andgloryof the Ti e rcondeffect of Loue is, To conuert it felfewholly thahe feruiceoFthe tbinebcloucd, He thatis enamouredofGod., will willingly pardon theiniu- r es that r.re done tohimfelfe ; but thofe thatare offeredsoGod, hewill neuer forgiue. And Ecclefiaflicus renders thereafon ofit;Cognowiguodinmultafcientia, rttulta Thenay truezeal,. Loue and zeale wherein different.
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