IGod doth him.' fourthSolldóy in Lent. Ser.3of God not know . Ybipofufis von?Where haaeyee laidbins ?ere. O Lord,Whyfhoulditthou aske this queftion Ianfwer, That he did itfor two reafons. Theone, The countenance of a Sinner is fo ftrangely changed , and is fo ftrangelyaltered fromwhat he wasbefore hefell fickeoffinne,that itis aphrafe of Scripture tofay, God doth not know him. Thou lendeft thy friend thy Horfeor thy Cloake, theone is returned to thee fo lameand fo leane, theother fo ill vfed and fovtterly fpoyled , thatnot knowing thyneown; thou fayeft, This is not that which I lent. Of an vntowardlyand vngratious fonne the father will vfually fay, He is none ofmyforme; fo faid God to the foolifh Virgins, and to thofe that hadwrought myracles in his name, Nefciavos, Iknowyeenot. YourRobberson the Highway disfigurethe faces ofthofe whom they rob and murder, to the end they may not beknowne. And there is nothing that makes the Soulefouler , thanSin, Denigrateeflfacies arumropercerbones: and it beeing fo faire &beautifull before, it is nogreatmeruaile that God fhould not know it. So that nowour Sauiourfeemesnot to know theplace, therebeing fo great a differencebetweene theone placeand the other[that ofthe lifeof Grace,and that ofthe deathof Sinne]that hehereaskes , Thepofieiflis e eum ?Where haue yee layd him ? Saint Chryfoßomealledgeth,Thathee vfed the likequeftion when hee called vetoAdam,f,iying, Adam,Adam,vbi es ? Adam, whereare thou ? I find thee inadifferent place from that wherein I put thee; I placed thee in profperity and content, and I find thee now in wretchedneffe and inmiferie : Whocaufed this fogreat analteration in thee r Saint Cortex; faith, That this queftionwas made more to the Sinne than to the Sifters ; andthat Lazarus reprefenting Mankind, he faid, (fpeakingofour finnes) Ybipofu ¡Elul cum?Where baueyeelaydhim ? I pla- ced himin Paradice, andyee haue put him in thegraue. Thelike is reported by ParmaCryflogns ; and he calleth the Graue, the Caue wherein the Deuill hides his thefts:and becaufe thebeginningofall this harme proceeded from woman, he asketh the Sifters, Y'biporuiflúaim ? Where haueyee layd him ? For thereare manywomen (God hauing placed man in honour,happineffe, andhealth) which bringman to his graue. The other, ASinner through finne is remooued fo farrefromGod, (ixRegi- onem longinquam) that God askes;where he is tt Forif it were poffible for man tohide himfelfe from the all-feeing eyeofGod,doubtleffe hewould hide him- felfe in the. land of Darkeneffe, that is, ofSinne. And therefore it is faid, The Lordknowet h the way ofthe Righteous, and theway oftbe Wicked(hallperi jh. AndWile wept . Of this Ehedingof teares wee haue rendred many reafons elfewhere : Thofe which nowoffer themfelues are thefe : The firft is of Saint Ambrofe and Saint Chryfoflome, who fay, That Chrift was mooued to weepe,byfeeingMarie and Marthaweepe. Chrift feeing the Wi- dowof Nairnweepe, faid vnto her, Nqli kre,Weepe not ; and in the houfe ofthe chiefe Ruler of the Synagogue,he fought to diuert their teares ; and yet heere thefe of (Marie feeme to extort by force the falling of thefe teares from his tender eyes. Mariehad accuftomedher felfe totalke with our Sauior in this kindof Language, itbeinga Cypher whichonlyour Sauiourvnderftood ; and becaufe the talked to him inteares, he anfwers herinteares. The exhalations of tMaries heart afcend vp to the heauenofChriftseyes ; and thefehumaneteares draw downe diuine teares, obtaining thatbygracewhichwas impofïible for na- ture to compafl'e. Thefecond is of Saint Work and Epipbeniw,whoaffirm, That he thinking on 511 Sin difcoaRs a man ftó God. Pfal.t.6. Reafons why ChriR wept.
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