Wifedomeand knowledgeare not the fourth SundayinLent. Ser.z7. acquiredwithout great paints. learning,put inhis hands (asTertullian noteth itvntovs)a picke-axe, in tokenof the great paines that he mutt take , that meanes tobe agood fchollcr. Minerua, Goddeffe of the Sciences,they paintedchile byVulcan, who with an axe did cleaue her head intwaine ; fignifying thereby, That to fetchout truthes,and to make them appeareplaine and cleere, it will colt vseyther our life , or thebea- tingofour brains. Of theLacedemonians valeriusreporteth,That theyhad a Statue ofApollo that had foure cares,and fo me hands; fignifying thereby, That wifedome is got bymuch hearing, and much labour. They looking therefore on the learningofour Sauior Iefus Chrift, fo diuine on the one fide,and fowith- out any labour or paines on the other,it was notmuch, that they fhould thus ad. mire him. Againe : A ftrangeeffe t, when the caufe is fecret and hid , it euermoreeau- feth admiration. IftheSunne fhouldPhewhis face on the fudden,and his beames breake out in themidi} ofa darke night, itwould caufe great feare. ThcSunne doth ftill inioy an equal! light, though to the ignorant it feeme, thatit fhines brighteft at mid-day. The light and fplendour of Iefüs Chriftour Lord and Sa- uiour thatSun ofrighteoufneffe, wasalwayes one and the fame;but becaufe lice was a free Sunne, andnot tyde, as that other,to a fet courfe , difcouering his beanies when he thought (Jeff, with aLux intenebrrs lucet,heftrooke all the (fan- ciers bywithamazement and confufron, wondringwho this fhould be, and fay- ing one toanother ; Ynde hie literasfeit, cum nondidicerit ?Howknowsthis man the Scriptures,teeing henewer learned? And this admiration is the more augmented by that which the glorious Euangelifls Saint MathewandSaint Markemention, Scandalizabantur inee, They wereoffended' thereat. Their indignation being greater than theiradmiration, en- uie working more upon them than the grace that was offered them ; remai- ning onely thereat aflonifhed , as menthat are furprized withTomefodaine or vnexpeéted accident : Suting well withthat which Saint Chryfoflorneand Saint Cyril (ayes ofthem; to wit, That thefewere thofe incredulousandvnbeleeuing people. Whencebath he alltheft things? Is be not the Sonneofa Carpenter ? and is not hismother calledvltary,&c. Whence it followeth in all probabilitie, that they had ript vp his courfeoflife, and made a aria examination ofhim fromhis childhood, his youth,and better growne yeares; concludingall of them in the end, That he had fpent his time in helping Iefeph inhis trade, andnot in applying himfelfeto learning; (tiling Learning the wifedomeofdiuine myfteries. The holy Apofile SaintPaulfaith to his Difciple Timothie, Quiaab infantia facras li- teras nofli. And inthe 29. chapter ofVeut.itappeareth, Thatamongfl theHe- brewes, there werefonicthat profeftthe teachingofthis kindoflearning,which was the Grammaticali andHiforicall fence ofthefacredbookes, which did dif- pole them to other things ofgreater moment, and tomyfteriesof a higher and deeper nature. Epiphamus faith, That they were expounders of theGraminar, andwere therefore calledGrammatis Scribe. Being therefore groundedandcon- 6rmed in this their opinion, That he had not learned their firft rudiments and principles;they faid, (wondring with themfelues) Fadehicliteralfcit ?Whence bath this man his learning ? But all this made the worfe for them, and theirproceeding appeares fill fou- ler and fouler. Fief ofall in this : O ye Iewes (faithChryfologus) ye doe not wonder, that a Virgin fhoeldbring forth, that Godapparelled in humane fleth, fhould treat andconuerfcwith you,(asit is prophefed byBaruch) nor,that the blindfhould fee, 465 Admiration ofbali the childof igno- rance. Mat t;. Marl¿ 9' a.Tem.x. Dext.ag.
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