474 Theeye ofdi- uinepitty euer fixed vponpo- uertie. Idhn9.39 &fay 9.2.1 Era/ S99! El'ay sg, r4. Frayaz.r. anallegrargaVain THE XXVIII. SERMON, VP- ON THE WEDNESDAY AFTER THE FOVRTH SVNDAY IN LENT. I OH x 9. i. Trxteriens, Ie¡us vidit Cæcum. And as Iefus paffedby, he faw a man that was blind , &c. pleating. Chrift had faid, For iadgement l amcomeinto thisworld, that they which fie not, mayfee, andthat they whichfee might bemadeblind. Nowherehe began to fulfill' thisprophecie, by reuealing to the Pharifees, dntequamAbrahamfieret, egofum. Heleft them foblind, that they tookevpDones toDone him todeath ; & in that venie inftant, meeting with this blind man, hee madehis eyes fo deere and fo perfeét, that thofe didnot knowhim,whoheld conuerfation with him.And thus did the cafe now ftandbetwixtthe Gentileand theJew ; the onewas starkblind, andthe other didfee perfc' !y ; the Iewenioyednone,.the Gentilemuch light, Thepeoplethat walkedindarkeneff hauefeenea great light; and they vpon whomc the light fhined, dwell in the land of the fhaddowof death. And inanother place, Wewaitedfor light, but behold obfcuritie ;forbrightne, bat wewalkein dark- neffe ;wegropefor thewall likethe blind,andwegrope as ifwebadno eyes ; we (fumble at noone day as inthenight,weare in defolate placesas dead men. The Spoufe fpeaking of her Beloued, faith, En ipfe flatpoflparietem nofirum, Behind the wall ofour humane nature : andour Pharifees groping and 'tumblingin the darke, brake their heads againftthe wall. That place likewifeofthe ag Chapter may be hereunto accommodated,Behold, l willproceedtodoe a meruailous worke among this People, eaen ameruailous worke, andawonder, bygluing fight toone that was borne blind : For thewi[domeofwigmenMallperifb, and thevnderfiandingoftheir prudent men(hall be kid. TheScribes and Pharifees had the light of the Scrip- ture, and did looke for the Meflias; ForSyonsfake willl not holdmypeace, andfor lerafa/ems Vr SauiourChrift going out of theTemple, feeking to fhun thofe 'tones which they pretended to throw at him, he caft his eye vpon apoore blindmanthat was borne blind : forit is the priuiledge ofpouertie andhumane miferie, to haue the eye of diuinepittieto looke downe vpon it, and to fa- uour the fame; fo that he healed him at once both inbodie and in foule : the Hiftoriewhereof is no lette large than it is
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