q.58 Afi.3 Apot.as. A goodludge isliketheCrane* von theMonda after that aeutrçhangctbhip £wthcr. P Y fetforth to fale. leroboaw madeof the loweftof the people,Prieftsof the high places . Who would giue molt money might confecrate himfelfe, andbee of thePrieftsof the highplaceswhich ; thing (as the Text fayth ) turnedvnto fume to the houfe of¡eroboam , euen to root it out and deftroy itfrom the face ofthe Earth. Simon (Megafought tobuy the graceof theholyGhoft : What his graceleffe pretenfion came to I needenot tell you , you knowing already howdeare it colt him. The Emperour/Onus fayd, That the felling of Iuftice in aCommonwealthwasthe vttervndoingof it: forwhy fhouldnot that ludge or Officer robbeand(kale, who paydfo great a fumme ofmoneyfor his Corn- million ! What would aTheefe,an Adulterer, or aMurderer care, if heeknew he might redeemehis offencewith money ! He that buyes,muftof force fell; So faydAlexander Senertes : And therefore he wouldneuer confent(as Lampri- derureporreth it) that anyoffice , at leaf' of lurifdiétion, fhouldbee fold in the Empire. The Priefts therefore of the Temple felling the fayd oblations, it isnot much that our Sauiour fhould whip them , and that hee fhould call them Theeues. TheIan thingthat agouemormay draw from this patterne,is perfeuerance. Therearemanywhich are(as the Gloffe hath vpon thedecretals)Primoferuenr, &polkadeficient, Hotatffrfl, andafterwards gr. weld. When theyare a little warmein their p'.ace,they fiaggeand fall uff,punifhingone, and freeing another, andbothvniuftly : Theywincke at theeuesand robbers on the highway, th cancell Deedes,falfifie Records,concealeWritings,alter Euidences,foiftin falfe indiEtments,fet delinquents at liberrie, facilitatecaufes, anda thoufand the like diforders, to the great detriment anddifauthoritieof Iuftice. And therefore theymake the Crane, the Hieroglyphofa good ludge, which neuer changes his plumes , but is all ofone and the fame colour, both in his youth , and inhis age. Out of this Hiftorie,I (hall inferre three or foure conclufions. The firft,if the fellingofbirds,and beafts in theTemple, bee fooffenfrue in the fight ofourLo d God : Whatfhallthe felling in the Churchbee,ofbene- ficesand Ecclefiafticall dignities ! Whoalthough theymake no publike fale of them,oropenprofeffionof it ; yet do thefe men fell Doues in the Temple, ,lei de impofitione manespretiemoccipital,Him enim eft,quodfacri Canonsfymoniacani hareftm clamant. The fecond, If God fo punifh this flight refpeét which is fhowne tohis Temple, where therewas neither the Arkeof theTeftament, vlarons rod, the pot of Manna, nor the booke of theLaw ; How will hepunifhthe prophaning ofthat Temple, where himfelfe isconfecrated inthe Sacraments of his blef- fed bodyand bloud, and where his holy word is preached! The third, Ifhe be fohighly offendedwith theprophaningof a dead Tem- ple ; what will hefay tothe prophaning ofthat liuing Temple of thy foule, which hemade choiceof for hisdelight & recreation! Delitiamea,ef cumfilgs hom:nii. origenexpounding that placeofExod.DominusZelotes nameseitee,faith,. Thatthere is not any thing that puts more iealoufie into Godsbofome,than that foule which after it hath receiued Baprifine, confeffed the Faith, and made a marriagewith Godby receiuing his bleffed Sacraments,fhould diterwards be- come awhoore to theDeuill,theWorld,and theFlefh. The laft, If heediddriue out ofthisearthly Temple, the Merchants and Priefts,in this (harpe and feuere mannerandwith fuch a dealeof difgrace;What will hce doe whenhee fhall come tocaft themout ofthat glorious Templeof Heauen
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