sinneitfWeisaScourge -. Y thefourthSonde inLent. Ser.z6. to the limner, creating man in Paradife, for to tranflate him from thence to heauen..ßut the diucll runningacontrarycourfe, gaue the 6r11 beginning to the way of Iuftice. For if there hadbeen no fault,therehad beeneno punithment. Two things ai- phaz told rob,when hecame to comfort him: Theone ; That Godwas neuer Authour ofthe death oftherighteous. The other ; That manyfinners perifhed at the breathof hisno(trills. minmix; inuenimultos,flamedeoper e. Where, by the way,SaintGregorie hash rooted, That for tobreath, outward ayre is necefflrie ; the ayre mutt bee wi.hi gut; fo that thou,art he,that makeft thineownerod, and that prouideft ma- terialh br Gid. According tothat of Solomon, His owneiniquities 'ball take the wickedhtmflfe, andhe'hallbe holdenwith thecords ofhis owne f ìme. The glut,onie made the whip for thy gout ; thy vncleanneffe,for thy pocks; thy fweates andcolds,ror thy fciatica; thypaintings, for thy Megrims in the head,thy wrinc- les in thyforehead, and the ítinkingnefle ofthy breath ; thy Coueroufneffe, for thy iníauable andvuquenchable thirtt; and thy ambition,forthy coninuall tor- ment. The KingofTyrus Paid ; Deus egotism ; t am a God, But God hereunto made anfwer ; Producam ergo ignem in medio tui, I willproduce afre inthe midst oftbee. Whetwon2heedoret faith; Thyprideandambition that' bethe twigs that thall makea rod to lath thee. And from hence wemay coilea theretwo things. The one , That for God tomake an endof .a firmer, neither thunders nor lightnings,nor earth-quakes are neceffarie;but that the breathofhismou:h,or the twincklingofhis eye, is fufficient. In thered fea he did turne buthis eye vp- onPharaoh, andprcfently ouerturnedall his Charriots. That which isro be fea, red, is that hand whereinthe whip is : A hempen cord ismore to bet feared in the hand ofavaliantman than adagger in thehand of a child . ;c_mtferemini mei,mifereminimei, faltévos amici met, quiamanes Dominitetigit me.Yob called all his ftripes, The touchof Godshand ; and this is that which oughtto,be. feared,. The other, is the whipofHell,thofe hereare but gentle ftripes,and thòrt;but thole in Hell full of torment,and more heauie. Firft,for that the latter are eternal, Ore is kindledinmy rage, and it 'hallbarite, tutu to the towel?hell. So thata worfemifcriecannot be imagined. Our Sauiour Chrift faidtoL*(agdalen ;Optimampartemelegitfbiu3.aria, (Mary hatheh°fin the betterpart ; And the reafonwas, Noaufereturaha in wternum, it'hall conti- nue with herfor euer. But ofthe damned wemay fay, Pefimampartem elegit, flee path chofen theworferpart,for that his torment Thal! indure for euer. Secondly ; for that the former aremore gentle. For there is no paine in this life, which bath not fome declination: And thereforeyour forrowes vpon earth arecompared to riuers that ebbe and flowe. But Hell is likea (landingpoole, that isalwaies at oneand the fame ftay. And therefore it is Paid in the Apocalips, Death andHell werecaft into the lake offtre. Take theft things hence, make not myfathers bong, aheap of merchandize, &e. Twice(as it is obferued bySaint vingufltne) did our Sauiour Chrift werke this myracie. The firi ; when hefirft began topreach. Thefecond ; towards the timeofhis pat ion. Ofthefirit; Saint johnonlymakes mention. Of thefecond ; thereft ofthe Euangelifts. JAnd albeit thecircumftances ofthedoing therofwere not oneand the fame, yetthe occafionswerebothalike. So that ifwe that! fumme them vpboth to- ether, 453 Prox,S. Heck God needs no weapons ro ddiror the wicked. AU pains but paftimes to thofeof bell.
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