+ó2 loti.6.4o. lob13. srifd.cap.t. Chrifts do- Qrinepleafìng and profitable Ela), 43.17. labs. caqt5.13 Wifedome de fpifed ofnon but fooles. lob 21. pioa3. Chrift difdainednot tobe a Schoole- Vponthe Tuefday after R1after for little children nie For euer fincethat hee cured iimthatlayfo'long at the Fifh-poole, they fought after his life. Ina word, this muttering and whifpe ringof theirs tended only to the apprehending ofhim ; butnot any one of them durft lay hands uponhim, becaufe his hourewasnot yet come,and many of the People beeing woon by hismiracles andhis dottrine,beleeued inhim. lefss wentvp into the Temple, aad taught , ere. Oneof the greateft benefits which theworld receivedby our Sauiours comming, was, That hee reading in Heauens Chaire,to fowifeanddifcrcetacompanie,who by onely reading in the booke of his Eflcnce,werc inftruEted in allkindoftruth ; did not for all this dif- daine to becomeaSchoolemafter to little childrenherevpon earth, accommo- dating the profoundneffeofhis deeplearning,toour rude and weakecapacity; accomplifhing that ofSaint lohn, Errant omnes docibiks Dei,Theyfullbeall taught ofGod. And thismay be verified ofthofeAngelis and bleffed Saints that are In Heauen, andofthole faithful' ones that are vpon earth : for thevenie felfe fame truthshe taught them in the Templeof hisglorie, which he did thefe other in his Church; onlyd ifferenced in this, That they fee them, and webeleeue them. Many Doctorshaue fate and read in their Chairehere vpon earth , but becaufe theydrankenot ofthe waterof his Dalrine in this Schoole, but in the durtie puddlesof lies and fal hoods,theywere,asrobfaith,Thefarmersoflies, and the followersefperuerfeopinions. And asthere are Artifans for Idols which carue them, guild them, and adore them ; fo are thereArtifans of lies andfalfe opini- ons, which frame them, letthem forth with paintedeloquence,and adorethem, as ifthey fhouldguidethem to the end oftheir happinefle. He taught . TheEuangelift dothnot here let downe the Theame of his Ser- mon : but in the Chapter ofWifèdome Salomon faith , Shee teacheth fobernefe and prudence,righteeufnes & flrengtb, whichare themollprofitablethings thatmen canhave in this!fe. Two things the Scripture Both euery foot repeatof this celeftiall Doe-tor : Theone,The profitableneffe ofhis Doétrine, Ego Dominus docens vtilia fo faithEfay, l am theLordthy God , which teachthee toprofit, andlead theeby theway that thouJhotlld fgot. And Saint John faith, Verba qualoquor, f iritus &vitafont, The wordswhich IJpeakeareffiirit andlife. Theother, The elegancie and fweerneflèofhis deliuerie, Dfursef!grade in labÿs suit ; fuch heauenly dew diddrop from his lips , and diffufe it felfe in that aboundantand plentiful) manner. Whichgracesof hispoured forththus grace- fully, the Spoufetouchethvpon in the Canticles, His lips are like Lilliesdropping downepuremyrrhe. In theLillies is painted forth our Sauiours beautie ; in the Myrrhe, the profit we reapfromhim,which is verygreat ; Myrrhebeingaprin- cipall preferuatiueagainft corruption. Mirabuntur owner. Theyallmeruailed,&c. S. Chryfellomeand Saint Cyrilareofthe mind , That this admirationwas amongft thofe that were the moft incredulous of all that companie. It is-anordinarie thing inyour hearers, when they heare a famous Preacher,toadmirehim, acknowledginghisDolrine to bee fo deepe, that it exceedeth mans capacitie : for Wifedome is fo fuperexcellent and fo diuine a thing,that inwhomfoeuer it is found, it caufeth great admiration ; Things high andeminentfhall notbe fmuch as mentienedin comparifonofher, fofaith rob. And Salomon, It is to bepreferredbefore allriches. Eueriemandoth prifeand efteemeit faue theFoote : hethat is moftwife, lothmofthonour the Wife ; but hee that is
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