wwstwsvemszsvoinstmtstins".8st THE XXVII. SERMON, VP- ON THE TVESDAY AFTER THE FOVRTH SVNDAY IN LENT. I oa N 7. 14. .L m dieféfto mediante,&c. Nowwhen the Feafr was halte done, Iefus went VP into the Templeand taught,&c. Euen continued dayes one after another,the Feaft oftheTa- bernacles was celebrated in the chiefe citie Ierufalem, which was one of the three principali Paffeouers of the Iewes : folemnifng the fame in remembranceofthat bene- fit whichGod did to that People, in leading them fortie yearesthrough the Defart,nor hauing any houlewherein to A dwell,and yet not wanting tents orbooths wherein to lodge themfelues. To thisFeaftcameallof all forts,frorn all parts of the landofPro- mife,building themfelues Cabbins in the fields. tofephias faith, That they vfed Tents,fromwhence theywentto the Temple,and performed theirOfferings for their families , according to their abilitie. Chrift came on theTuefday to this Solemnitie: of this opinionis Saint Auguffine ; though fome others are of the mind, thathe carne thither at the verie beginningofthe Feaft,though hedid not make hitnfelfeknown till he Caw amore conuenient time. He preached to the People;and fo deepewas his DoEtrine, that the Iewes wondring thereat, Paid one toanother, somodo hic literalfrit, cum nonded/ierit ? How knoweth this man the Scriptures,feeing that heneuerlearned? And howbeit this theirvoyce ofadmi- ration was fccret, andwhifpered in the eare from one to another, yet Chrift made anlwer thereunto in publique , (hewing thereinthe pledges and tokens of his Diuinitie ; layingopenlyvnto them, My Dotlrine isnot myne, but his that fnt me : He that fhalltrulyendeauour to doehis will , fhallknow it is his ; but hee that preachethhis owneproper doétrine, feeks after his owne honour andcom- mendation ; but he thatpreacheth Gods Doctrine , can neither lie nor offend therein. The lewes did lay adouble flandervp'onhim: The one, Seducit turbas,Hefeduceth the People. Theother, Sabbathum non tufiodit, He keeper not the Sabbotb. But this his anfwergiuesablur to them both:LA-tofes ( faith hee) gaueyou aLaw, and yet none ofyou keepeth the Law, Whygo yee then about to kill Q..q 3 me e 4.61 Lekit.=y l
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