460 TheRefurreftion of our Sauiour con- Vpon theMonday after timed more than anyother Miracle. Sunne toappeare, thatwas great than himfelfe , whófe beanies fpredabroad faluation to thewhole World. The Title ofthe fourth Pfalme is , Pro fangui- nolento, For the blondieman. Anotherletter bath it, Dantiaternitatem,To thegiuer ofeternitie;The one agreeing well with theother,for that Sanguinolentua,towir, our Sauiour thatfuffered for vs vponthe Croffe, and there flied his bloud for the Remiflionof our finnes , was that whichdid darenobis aternitatem , glue vs etermtie. His Refurrec`lion, SaintChryfoflome declares in thefe words, ,uipradeinattu ef!filiwDei,ex refurreelione mortuerum, Anotherletter hath it,Rzii declaratua cfi; this followingatcerwards vponthenecke of it, Soluitetemplum hoc,&c. Where it is notedbySaint Cyril, That our Sauiour didnot commaund them todeßroy his bodie,butdid therebyaduife them, what they would doevnto him;Ye Tall deftroy the Templeof my bodie,and I will build it again the thirdday,and this fhail be a manifeft,a certaine,and a fure fgne vnto you. Other his Miracles, though they were lignes fufficient enough, yet were theynot fo effectuall, be- caufebythofeother,theconuertedweteburfew; but in theRefurrelion, they were without number,as it appeareth out of the AUs. OurSauior Chrifts anfwerwas fomewhat ofthe darkeft to their cloudedvn- derftanding. And albeit they drewfrom thencea diffèrent fenfe and contrarie meaning, yet might itferue as a figuevnto them , that heewas able to doe that which he did. And they that wouid.deny, that hecoulddeftroy the Temple, andbuild it vpagainein three dayes,which wasbut amateriali Temple; would more ftißy denie, that hecould.dyt9,' and rifeagaine the thirdday, by his owne vertue andpower. Saint Matthervaccufeth thefe men tobe falfe witneffes. Hie dixit,(which was the Lewesaccufation)PofumdeflruereTemplumDei. Firß ; becaufe they did wreft the fence and traemeaning ofour Sauiour. Secondly ; becaufethey did alterand change the words. Thirdly ; becaufe their proceedingágainft himwas malicious. Whence I may reade this leffonto your Lawyers, your Regifters , and your Scriueners, That oneTilde, orTittle, may condemne themof falfhood. When Iabn.a1. our SauiourChrift faid ofSainrJohn, Si aimvole maneredoneeveniam,quidhoc ad to ? If! will that he tarry till¡come, (whenPeter was fo inquifitiue of him ,what (houldbecome ofthe Difciplewhomhe loued, and leaned in hisbofome) what isit to thee ? Dee thou follow mee. Thenwent this word ftreightamongflthe brethren,That this Difciple Biouldnot dye. Butthe Euangelift did corredthis 106.6. their miftake, For lefxrfaidnot tohim, Hefhall not dye; Rut ifIwillthat he tarry till rä6.1 t. I come,what is that to thee ? lob faid,Ye fhallnotfrndiniquitieinmy tongue. But Za- phar, óne ofhis friends laid it to his charge; Dixijii enim,Purusef!firmo metes, 6- mundeafum inconfpeau tuo, For thou haf!faid, Mydocîrine ispare, andI amclean in thineeyes. And albeit it may feeme,that hecharged him herewith vpon his owne çonfeffion,yet Saint Gregory giues it for a calumnie and Bander, becaufe Zophar had altered andchanged his words. God make vs fo purebothin Do- ¿trine andlife, that when this Templeofourbodies (hall be deftroyed, it mayby the mercieofour Sauior Iefus Chrift be railedagaine. THE
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