510 T death die eepe. Vpòn the Fryday after why called a Sl hehad fealed, that he might caufe man to turne away from his wickednefle, thathe might hide the pride of mart, and that his life fhould not paffe by the Sword. Thedearhlikewife of thebodie, is, andthat verie fittingly,termcdfleepe. Firft, For the reff that they take : The Phylofopherscalled itTempeflatisper- tum,the Hauen to our weather-beaten hues Perigrinationisfinem,the endofour pilgrimage here vponearth ; Omnium malorttmmedicamentum, A remedie againff all difiafes. txds Secondly,For the danger wherein it leaueth (inners : Holofernes layd him downetofleepe, fully perfuadinghimfelfe, that he fhould haue enioyed Judith in his armes when he awaked ; but alas poore foule, before euer hee was aware Gen.ao, of it, he foundhimfelfe in Hell. Abimileckegot him to bed, withhope to haue his pleafureof Saraah,but in thedead time of the night he found himfelfe in the handsof anangrie God. To the rich man that inuitedhis foule to take his Luk.12. fill, for therewas (lore enough for many yeares, Hac noHe,&c. Thu nightfhallthy foulebe takenfrom tbee. Saulflept verie foundlyand careleffely in his Tent , when I10a2.. Dauidmight haue giuenhim his paffeport for another life. And therefore no manought to layhim downe to fleepewith leffe heedfulneffe than if heewere now lying onhis death bed.Yourwretchlefle{inners feele a harder paflage ofit, andfarre greater torment than the Iuft. Death vfeth to bring great torments with it : Firfl, In feperating the foule from the bodie. Secondly, In forgoing rhofe things it loueth,as gold,filuer, lands, houfes, wife and children , which areall ofthem firings whereuntothe heart is tied; befides the venture ofour condemnation foreuer, and theagonie of' fo many feares that will inthis diffo- lution feifevpon vs. Fromall whichthe Righteous,though they threaten him neuer fomuch, remaineth free andvntoucht. chrirtaparr- Hegroanedinthefiirit,&c. TheGreeke word Ggnifiethtoroare, to crie out ona differing aloud, towaile, to lament, and tobemuch mooued : According to that ofTheo. from ours. ',kW?, Et turbauitfimetipfUni,Liindwas troubledin himfelfe : It didawaken in the fenfitiue part of him, tholeaffeäions or paffions, which (asL4rJotlefaith) are like vnto dogs, who inhearing any noyfe, fall prefently a barking till that their Maffei: doRill them&make themhold their peace. In vs it isakindofimperfe- Etion, becaufe there affEcions or pallions fall a balli ng withoutany reafon inthe world,andno iuft occafconbeing giuen. Burin our Sauior Chrift,thefe pallions were not withoutcaufe, asSaint t4ugnfline hath noted ir, Saint Gregorie, and Saint Hierome ; neither can theyprelle him further than hee is pleafed to com- mand them.If hereour anger take holdvponvs, it is like a fierce maftiffe,which being let onbyhis Mafter,takes holdon the Bul,and will not let him go,though he be ratedoff againe and againe. Inconclufron, two things dothhere recom- mend themfelues vnto vs. Theone, That our Sauiour Chrift was angrie. Theother, That hewas mooued tomuch compaflion. His anger was occaloned throughthe Iewes incredulitie, (as it is noted by Cardinali Tole: and caietane) whofe hardneffe andvnbeleefe was fuch , that hee was forced to rake Lazarus his lifefromhim, to difconfolatethole twokind Si- fters,todraw teares from their eyes,and fobs from their breft, and afterwards to returnhimagainevnto the world,and onely thatTome might bedrawnetobe- Ime. Saint Cyril faith, Thatthis his anger was againft Deathand the Deuill,as ifhehad threatned their ouerthrow, andvowed theirdeffruflion ; as it is pro- phecied by °fee, omors,eromoll taa, 0death,iwill be thydeatb.óc. rbi
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