456 zae.a, Prea.a;. Old form in- quire much fcrapinn°' Vfdteüñ ót('abhorredófChiift, thanany otherDelinquents. Vpón theMonday after out of the bowel'sof'Íùftice, Mercie isbegöt. Saint Gregarie, That the one without the other,is Iame and imperfeei. In theArkeof the Teftamenr, Aarans rodand thepot of Manna were placed together, Seueritieand Softneffe; Iuflice and Mercie 3 which ought tobe the Iudges Compaffewhereby he is to fhape his courfe.' Oneof the fcuercftpúniflúnentswhich is in theholy Scripture, is that which Zgchariepainteth forth touching imp ctie,in the Ephah,whichwas a kind of potOr meafure containing Tometen potties, being (toppeddolewith abal of lead oftheweight of a Talent, andawoman fitting in themiditthereof, whole nainewasWickedneJ. And lo there carneout two women,and tooke vpthis 'pot by the twocarsfrom the ground, and carried it to the land ofShinar.Greatweie the Idolatries of this hisPeople, and it was fit that they fhouldbe feuercly pu- nifhed;yet notwithftanding,thefe two women that carriedthis potinto a &range Countric, had wings like aKytc yuafi alasMtlui ; which make many planes, anda fmooth flight but the word in the originall deriue thefe wings from ano- therBird,which fignifieth Pittie. And therefore Montanus tenders it rims, Alas Ciconia;They hadu'ings.like thewings of aStarke ; Which is held to be a Foule full of pittie: Of fome rigorous Iudgcs the Delinquent s mayverie welfay,Would to God that my punifhments and my faithswere weighedtogether inaballance, then would plainly appeare to the eye o f the.World, with what inequalitiethe Judgebathproceeded againftnie.. The third thing forour learning, which we Maydraw from hence, is That our Sauiour proceeded mote 1uere1yand more rigoroufly againft yourVfurets andMoney-changers breaking'and throwing downetheir tables,andfcàttering abroadtheir money. Firft,Becaufc in it felfe, and i s ovin t enature, it was anvnlawfitll kindof tra- ding,andtherefore fit that the océáfohthetcof(houldbee takenaway, and haue no longer footing,efpecially in the Temple. Secondly,Becaufe money isa thingthat clingeth clofe to the heart ofman. The gloriousDoélorSaint chryflame did wehh this well,in that cafe ofhis, who ftol e the wedgeofgold itítle'fpoylesof Iericho.lefbuah turninghimfelfe towards the Sunne and the Moone, hePaidvnto them, Sol contra Gabaonne moue- arts, ?Luna, contravallemed}aloe. Hee made likewife a Proclamation, That none fhouldpriuily co:lacyawa3NilYgold, filuer, or other prifall. Achan ligh- tedon a wedge ofgold, tookeit vp, andhid it. Where heobferucth, That the Sunne and Moone obeying the order andcommand of this valiant Captain,one of his ovine fouldiers refufed toobey him,and onlybecaufe the wedge of gold was wedged toodole to hisheart. He likewife threw their money about, and fcatteredit all abroad, in token, That whenthe couetousman leafs thinkes on ir, Diuitiácgiros deuorauerat,euomet,& de ventreeius extrahet illesa Deur,Hee Thal vomit vp the riches which hehashfusallonsed, and Godfhallplucke themout ofhis belie. In an- tienttimethey did_ftampeor ingraue vpon their coyneanOxe, a creature thatin his feeding goes frill backeward : which is the hieroglyphicke oremblemeola couerous man, whothe more heeats,themorebackewardhe goes ; Set not thy eyes nor thy thoughts upon riches ;for when thou leaf?thinkeofit,theyfhallbetakethem to theirmini, likeanF,agle,andfhallflirvptobeauen. Riches thatare ill gotten,flie VI) to Gods tribunall feat, and thefçiike fomany fifcallsor butteAttornies; ac- title theefor anvniuft poffeffor ofthem,and crie out as loud againft thee,as the blondofvlbel againfehisbrother Cain. Thefourth thingthat wee may draw fróm this patterne, is, That .a Prince ought morefharpelytöcorre ltholeabufes and vices which are growne old through
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