q.86 Repentance alters a man fromwhat he was. Vpon the VVednefday after FPl n s. pfaLbg. '. times fo heroical!, that theyfeeme tobemiracles ofVertue. He went hrs wayes therefore andwafbed,andcamefeeing. Firft,Hereturned fuchaf rangealtredman from that hee was before , from thePoole of Siloam , that his neereft neighbours andoldeft acquaintance did not know him : tome Paid, It is the fame man; others, It is not, but doth fome- what refcmble him. But he that (hall turneovera newleafe, and truly change the forme and courfeof his life, muff not feeme tobe the fame man thathe was before. Iris Ph&Ionsnote , That it mutt farewith himas it did with Enoch , of whom theScripture faith,Tranflulit tam Dominos; from this earthlylife,he mutt paffetoa heauenly life. Efay did prophecie, That vpon our Sauiour Chriffs comming, the dens ofTheeues fhouldbe turned into Gardens,and that the Ly- ons fhouldbecome as mild and gentle as Lambes ; Incabilibtes vbiDracanes habi- tubant,orietur viror ianci, &c. Si dormiatiointer medios clerospenmecolsemba de ar- gentata, J-c. TheTranflation renders it, Inter medios tripodes ;Thoughye haue lien amongff the Triuets and blackenPots ofÆgypt, yet through repentance' you (hall be as thewings ofaDouecovered with filuer, &herfeathers with yel- low gold. VponSaint Paul; conuerfion the People did notknow him , ionnc hic eft (faid they)qui expugnabat Hieruflem ? isnot thishe that bath dine much evil! to thy Saintsat lerufalem ? So likewife theyPaid of this blind man, Nonne hic eft quifedebat mendicans ? Is not thishe thatfateand begged ? Of a poore begger, he came to be a learned Do&or,and didconfutemanyofthebeft and learnedn Stu- dents of Ierufalem. Secondly, Hewas an Innrumentof Gods omnipotencie andpower, whole blazon is, toouercome fwelling prideand puffingarrogancie, with the loweft bafeneffe, and the weakeft frailtie.Plinie reporteth, That Ratsdid difpeopleone citie, and Conies another ; but much more was it, toouerthrow Pharoah by Flies and pooreTillie Gnats. IfaLyon feare aCocke,and aBulla Wafpe,out of a kindof inftin&ofnature ; Why fhould not a man !land in feare of fucha Flie or aWafpe,whom God furnifhes with a fling TheBabylonifh fire didnohurt to thetree children that were in the middeft ofthe firie Furnace, but the flames that came out from thence, didburnmanyof thofeMiniffers and Officers that were appointed to throwFaggots into the Furnace ; Virosunten quimifirant,in- terfecitllamma ignis. The Hebrew tranflation renders it, Scintila, The poore littlefparks that flew fromout theflame, &c.Thou,ô Lord, that caneofa fparke make a flame, increafe out Faith , and inflameour loue towards thee,that wemay with this blindman ftedfafflybeleeue, and fo come to fee t thy Glorie, &c. THE
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