.SZ Loue sadZoolewhcre- in different. Vppn the Monday after Gods ehe, menMhere, Hemaeleas it werea whip. Forthe chafticements ofGod in this life,feeme to more in (hew bewhipsandfcourges , but theyare not ; afi morientes, b eraviuimtra. No thanfubftancc like, isthe fame ; &that which isas it were füchathing, is not the thing it felfe. Our life feemethto bedeath, but it is not death ; ourportion pouertie,butit is not fo ; Sicut egentes, mullos autem lecupletantes. There are three reafons of this Truth : Theone,That thefewhips come fhort of thofe fcourges atthe dayofIudge- rtlent, which willbe molt feareftìll andmoil terrible. Saint cAtathent Gals them but the beginningof forrowes , Hac atom initiafont dolorum. Thofe are not forrowes;which arefo foone ended. Of Antiochos hiscruelties, whole fouldi- ers flew.in three dayes fourefcore thoufandperfonss captivated fortie thoufand, and fould as many More for flaues,not pardoning either oldmen , women, or children ; the Textfaith, Propter peccata, &c. For thefinnesoftheft that inhabited theCitie, Ged war alittleangrie. Of rhofecruel} tormentswhich theMartyrs en- dured,being fried, roafted,brbyled,dragged, quartered, and fawne in (under; +rill ?s Wtfedeme faith, They are pumpedrnfew things, bat inmany thingsfhalltheybewelre- warded Anotherreafon, Becaufe thefe whipsare not direCted toour hurt andperdi- tion, but fòrouranìendment . as Iúdith faid in thefiege of Bethulia, Hac ipfafup_ pasta,nenadperditionem;fedademendationemeueniff eredamus.They arethewhips of a fasher, thatwillnotkillhisfonne,butcorre fandamendhim. And there- fore Dauid calls this whip, rirgani 1?ireílionis,The rodofDirecrlion. Thethird and laft, Becaufe whips and fcourges areperforce; for,togiue one a (tripeora lafh,youmuffperforce holdthe whip inyour hand, and flraineyour felfe thereunto. And therefore it is Paid, Cumfee t qua }flagellum. Chrifl had neuer a whip about him, the Merchantsthemfelues put it intohis hands. Seneca faith, That thenature ofthe gods are fo farre fromanger either towards others, or inthemfelues ; andof that goodneffe, clemencie,louingneffe,andpeaceable- neffe, thatif they flretch outtheir arme, or liftvp their hand topunifhyou, you your feluçs muff forceanddriue them thereunto by your finnes and offences. And therefore Efay faith indignatienonellmihi, 9ttia mihi debit Spinam&Ye- prem ?Saint Hierome, My People will notbeleeue that I can beangrie, they take me tobe fo good & fo louing,thar they cannot prefume that any anger canpro- ceed frommy brefl ; Whowill furnifh me withaThorne or aBramble, that I maymakemy People to feareme r lob treatingòf theDeuill,faid, Ipf e/tprinci- reb4e. pium viarumDei,He is thechiefeof the wagesofGod. Saint Thomas faith vpon this place,That Godbath twowayes : God bath two Theone ofmercie. wa.ee,oneof The otherofjuftice. ;ufticeaano- The former is mentionedbyDauid, Vniuerfe viaDomini,mï firicordia,&veri- thu ofmercy tar All thewayesofGod areMercy andTruth. Godwas Author of the firft, by creating multafit indignatie,He thathath hale knowledgeofGod, Inds himfelfe but lit- tle offended , whenthe Maiefte of God is wrongedandabufed; but hee that knowes much, is much offended, when offence is offered to thepartie he loues. A littlechild is neueroffended at viceorvicious men : Gum effemparvattes,fipi_ ebamvtparvulus; but awell growne man,willlike Mathias;kill an Idolator, or like Amur,flaya fornicator, and'fet vpon ablafphemer,&c. orvpona whole ci- tie, like Simeonand iebi. Et cumfeci ffet quaffflagellum.
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