Gu(tome infinne, ere- the fourthSonday inLent. Se ..3o. vnto compared. 513 ragingflame takingholdonour appetites, there is no water thatcan quenchit; Phyloncalls it Regem anima,The Kingofour foule : agreeing with that language of Saint Paul, Let notfinne raigne inyour mortallbodies. Plato reprehending a cer- taine Scholler ofhis,offomelight faults ; whichhe confefïing,but making light of them, his Matter toldhim , Cuftome is no fuch light thingas youmakeit. It is Saint Hieromesobferuation, That leremie laid, o Lord"knownot how to,Jßeake, becau f I ambut achild. AndEfay, Woevntome that Ihaue heldmypeace, for I am a man ofpolluted lips. Theone,Godcured by onely touching his mouthwith his finger : the otlier,he was faine to cauterifewith ahot burning cole. Now the infirmitie being all one, why f ìould the remedies bee fo difequall ? I anfwere, That the finne of leremie was butachildas it were, verse young and tender , and thereforeany theleaft remedie would ferue his turn:but Efay was anold grown Courtier, &c. SaintAugujtiaedwells muchvpon this word 9uatriduanea, his fouredayes lying inthe graue. The Euangeliftsmake mention of three dead perlons whichour Sauiour railed vp to life : notthat he hadnot railed vpmore, butbecaufe thefedoe reprefentthe deaths ofour foules. The daughter of the chicle Rulerof the Synagoguewhich went not out ofher houle, reprefent thofe ourfecret finnes whichpaffe inour withdrawne roomes, and the clofeft by-cor- nersabout the houle : Theyoungmanof Naim, thofepublique finnes which proclaime themfelues in the Market place andcomming out of doores , offer themfelues to euerie mans view, your widows formesbeing generally lewd and ill giucn : Lazarus,thofe that flinke and grow vnfauoriethrough their too long cuftom e offinning, hawing lien long in thisgraueofdeath. Saint Augußinefaith, That the nameof three,in Scripture,betokenethmany finnes ; but that offoure, more than many. And this phraleotfpeech isvfedbyAmas,For three tranfgref= fions ofMoab, andforfoure1 willnot turne to et ; fignifying thereby,many,&more than many. o terquequaterquebeats, impliesaworld ofhappinefle :. to the like fence foundsthis word ,9,áatriduanua,Foure dayesfince. Whence it is tobe noted, That fins whenthey begin likethe waters to fwell fo high, they leaue their bed and run ouer the banker, caufing a miferable inun- dation.Gods angergrowingwearie inthe expeétationof our amendment,draws his fword at laft to cutvs ofd. The finnesof Sodomecriedout fo loud,rhat the clamorthereof came to Gods eare ; fo fhril wasthe noyfe, that it brakethrough thofeother inferiourheauens,and afcended vp to the Throne ofThrones,where he fate in his Imperiali Maieftie. God was wondrous angrie at it , yet hadhee this patience with himfelfe, that before he would execute his wrath vpon them, he Paid, Vadam videbo, Iwillgoe down and fee whither they haue donealtogether ac- cording to that crie which is comeveto me,drc. What greater euidence,ôLord, of thy loue, than thefe thy delayer ? God did beare with them yet a little while longer, and hee did looke and Rand waiting to fee whether Sodome would amend the fouleneffeof her finne : fo that when hee came downe to fee how thingspalled, had he found them forrowfull for what they had done amiffe,and repenting themfelues of their former euill life, bee would haue sheathed his fword, andwithdrawne his difpleafure. The fameconceit paffeth in that Para- bleof the Tares ; the Tares grew vp amongft theWheat, and the feruants af- king their Mafter,Wilt thouthat wegoeandplacke vp the tares?He Paid vnto them, 7Q, let themgrowvpboth together. And why fo, ôLord ! Ir may be they wil die and wither awayof themfelues ; ifnot, the harueftwillcomeere long,and they (hall be cut downe, boundvp, andcaft into the ouen. Sothat Gods patience,you fee, isgreat ; but when weperfeuer in ill, Gods anger comes likean inundation vpon Old fins, like old fores,hard- ly cured. A threefold death of the Soule. Armor ií. Gods lone feeneby the delayes hevfethinhis pumihing, Geneff r i.
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