511 t[t,y.iy.ti Thedeath of the foule is a true death; that of the bo- diebut a fha- dow. Men eareleffe ofnothing more,than of their foules. Dead Lazaru theemhleme of a Sinner. xeáfonE P' Vpon theFryday after Chrìft on theobftinacie of the !ewes, and their finali perdition , brake forththus into teares. For no mancancomprehend what anoffence to Godis, faueGod him- felfe ; and thereforenone, ôLord, canfo truly bewailefinne,as thy felfe. And it fecmrng toour Sauiour Chrift , that twoeyes were too little to lament their miferie, he added flue wounds,which ferued as fomanyweepingeyes,nor flied- dingwater, but bloud. Saint Bernardfaith, That in the Gardenour Sauior did fweatbloud, that he might weepewithall his whole bodie ; treating therin tou- ching the remedie of the myfticall bodie of the Church. Eufebius Emifenua faith, That he didgroaneand weepe , in token that weeought grieuoufly to la- ment and bewaile our fumes. And to this purpofe faith Ieremie , Callfor the mourning women, thatthey may come, let themmakehaft, andlet them take vp a la- mentationfor vs, that our eyes may cafl out tearer and oureye lidsgufh out ofwater. And why, Iprayyou, fo much weepingand lamentation, afcendit mars per feneflran, (as itfolloweth anon after) Becaufedeath is come vp into our windowes,and is entred into our Pallaces, to deftroy the childrenwithout, and the youngmen in the (treas. TheSoule is gone forth, and Death hath entredin, weepe there- fore, &c. Thedeathof the bodie isa typeof that ofthe foule : And therefore Saint Gregorie faith,IfIfoalwalke in themidoof thefbadowofdeath. He faith,That the departingof the bodie from the foule is but a fhadow, bur the departingof the foule fromGod is a truth ; and as a Ihadow is a refrefhing in Sommer , fo is death to the Righteous. TheWicked flicke not to fay, There is nocomfort in the endofman : But Gods Saints fay; Thou haft couered vs with the fhadowofdeath; When the fire ofHell did threaten vs, Death didIhelter vs withit's fhade. Cada vnehabladelaFeria, comolevaenella,Euerie one fpeakethof the Market as bee makeshis pennie- worths. The Iuft bath nocaufe toweepe , becaufe hee that enioyeth God, enioyethall the happineffethat canhe fpokenor imagined ; but the Sinner may crieout, Egoplorans,& ocular menudeducen agreas,quia leng2faïlus eft á me confolator. It being the fouleofmy foule , and now feuered fo far from me: thouhaft caufe tobewaile abodiewithout a foule. It is a lamentable thing, (faith SaintAugufline) that we fhould bewaileother lofíes , and not that of our foule : J, Jd tam malede nobis meruit animanofira ? Howbath our foule f illdeferred ofvs? He thereconfiders thegreat care we haueof anewfuit of cloathes, that neither theduff, the moath, nor the leaft wrinckle fhould hurt it, butare verie curious in foldingofit vp. He that buyes,hath anefpeciall eye to two things : Theone, to looke verie wellto that he buyes, be it pearies, appareil, or hor- fes, andwill firfl makeproofeand diligent enquirieoftheirgoodneffe, &c. Theother, To can about withhim felfe, how he (hall be ableto pay, and to driue the price aswell as he can. Doe thou likewifeendeauourtovfe the like di- ligences concerningthy foule ; confider firft, whatkindof fluffeit is, and what it is worth, and then beat the price, and feefor what thou canft buy it : Which courfe ifthou (halt but take, thouwilt looke to itthe better, and efleeme it the more andnotfet fh flight by it as manydoe. Takeyee away theflone : Heflrnkethalreadie,for hebathbeendeadfouredayes. La- zarus being now foure dayes dead,lying !linking in his graue,andwitha tombe- (tone upon him, doth reprefenta Sinner, that through long cuflome is grown old inhis finnes ; That whichmight well hauebeenecured, batting gottenfirength by time, isbecome incurable : not that itis impoffible robe healed, butbecaufe it is a flrange kind ofcure, and healedwith agreat dealeofdifficultie. And therefore the W ifeman faith, That aYoung man enured to ill, Agewillnot makehimglue it üuer. Chryfofloine calls Cuftome, Febrinrfuriofam, ahot burning Feuer ; whofe raging_
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