Chrftsdeath, and rrfurreQion,twomy- the fourthSonday InLent.Ser.z6 F +e9 fteries difcoucring all Gods Aiiributes. J Hcauen,Foris,canesimpudici, orwith thefedodges. And ti;1 they comethither, the goodandbad fillies (hall beeboth together ; thechafeand the conic , the tares and thewheate ; the winiffers of Chrift,and the prieftsofBeliall. But then, thatpowerful( voyce of the Iudge , pronouncing this heauie fentence, Itemaledilïi Mignonaternum, (hall feperate theone from theother withan eter- nall banifhinent. Delray this Temple,andix threeayes, Iwill buildit vpagain. The turbatioti of this fcourgingbeing ouerpaft,the Iewes camevnto our Sauiourandaskedhim, Q od fignum oflendie nobis, goodhac'faeu? ¡Vhatfagnefhorvef! thouvntovs,that thou deoíl theft things ? The reftof theEuangelifts renders itthus, Inqua poteflate,hac fact,By what poweror authorítie, doof thoudoe theft things ? Seeming tacitely to grant,that it was ill done,andworfe permitted,that anymarket fhould bee kept there.But bccaufeit did notappertainvntoal to amendthole things that are a- milfe,hutto him that bathpower & authoritie fo to do,theÿ faid tohim;Wher- by wilt thoumake itappeare vnto vs , that thou dooftnot vfurpeanother mans office, and meddle with that which belongsnot vntothee r Whereunto our Sa uiour anfwered,SoluiteTemplam hot,& in tribesdiebus excitabo illad . In which words he did prefigure forth vnto them, his Death, andRefurreäion. Which were twofuch Myfferies, as did molt difcouer all Gods Attributes. Touching his death ourSauiour had faid already ,'Siexaltaueritis PamHomirüs, cognofe- tispia ego lam. But they were like blind men, groping againff a wall, in this knowledge of his perfon. And thereforehee Paid vnto them ; When yee (hall haue liftedante vp vpon the Croffe, yeíbhailzhenknow, &is egofum,Who Iem. Which (go fm,isablazon,onely belonging vnto God : and this the Croffe did difcoucr.zackeaçr clamberedvpvpon a tree,thathemight feeour SauiorChrift, as well in regard that hee could. not come neere vntohim for thepreafe of the people,the throng was fo great ; as alfoby reafon that heewas but alittle man, and of alow ffature. WhereuponOrigen glues this note, Thatthere are not any Gyants in the world, no not the talleft of them all butare Pigmiesand dwarfes when theycome to looke God in the face ; and muff bee faine to clamber vp to thole fairegoodly treesofthevertues,& to thetop boughof perfeétion;which will coilvs agreat deale oftrouble andlabor;before we Gadgetvp fohigh. And therefore ourSauiour Ch rill to fauevs fomuch paines, and thatwee maywith greater cafecome vnto him, he Bath Exaltaie, &e. Put mevp vp-,n theCroffe, and not onelyyou, that boalt yourfeluesof Learning,and Religion, but the ru- der rable,thofe fouldiers that whiptmee,and thole that did executionvponmÿ bo le (lull cometoknowme. And this fhallhe your Cognofcetis pia ego[um. There wades ,videnung:oriameine,gloriam quailvnigeniti á atre,We benepent hisglorieas theglorieof theonly begotten oftheFather. Saint Chryf flomedeclares themof his death ; for then he (hewedhimfelfeofwhat houle beecame, and wholefonhe was.Saint Pailfaith, ftheybad knownwhat theyhaddone,they would neuer haue crucified the LordofGlorie . Where Chryfoflome obferuetb, That ina gallant feafonthey called him the LordofGlorie,hauingneuer before (hewed himfelfe fucha glorious Lord,as then:His armes ((retchedoutvpontheCroffe, were thole two fpreading wings wherewith hee flew vptofieauen; and vn- der which hedid clocke and defend vs here vpon Earth from the rapineof the Deuill, asthe Hendoth her Chickinsfrom theKyte. S. Ierome,and HugoCardi. nalis,alledge vpon this occauion thatverle of Dauid, et rubpewitegosfperabis. As alto that placeof Malachie, orieturvobis l ahuftitia,6, fanitoinpermit eine. And theSunnepulled inhis head as wellfor flameas forrow, whenhee lawanother Q q 2 Sunne AQát.af.
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