514 tob.7. Whythe hea- then erefted Pyramides ouer their deceafed. ASinner fauours ill toall the World, bût notto God. Vpon the Fryday after upon vs. But I will conclude this point with Saint Aufens owne conclufion, Sub taliref f itatore,de nuao iacemedeflrandameft, Let nomandefyaire ofrifing,behene- wer Jo much catdown, hawingfach a one to raffe him ópfromDeath toLtfè, as our SauiourChrift Icfus,who is all Loue, and Mercie, and Goodneffe,and theRe- fiureEtionof allthofe that rely vpon himbyFaith. Heftinketb alreadte. Marthahere showed her felfeof fomewhata queafie flo- mach,andtoo daintie anofe,but fodid not our SauiourChrift. Giuing vs there- by to vnderftand, That a firmer fauours ill toall theworld,but not to Gods no- fthrils.When God Ihewedvnto Peter the íheet full of makes,and lizards, and willed him toeate, it caufed aversegreat horrour in him : But vnderftanding af- terwards, that themyfteriewas inthat which was fignified thereby, and not in thedoingof it heedid ac-knowledge that therewas notthat (inner vpon earth, that was call out fromGods bofome.Youmaycome tobe loathforne vnto your felfe,but not vnto God,lamabarthenvntomyfelfe.lobfaid thisof himfelfe,euen thenwhen Gods eyes were gratiousvnto him and looked fauourably vpon him. My flefh is Clothedwith wormesand filthineffeof the duff my skinne is rent andbecome horrible ; I cannot indure the ill fauourthat I beateabout me; I haue noteyes to beholdmineownewretchedneffe. But God hath an eye to looke vpon thee, and a heartto indure thee, and loues theemore thanthou lo- ud} thy felfe. Thofe flue and twentieyoung menwhich Eechiel paintethforth clapping nofegaies to their nofes,fome fay that it was todefend them from the euill fauour, as if they fhouldhai'e giuen loba pomanderto drowne the !tench of his lores, teeingon the one fide nothingbut plaiflers,andnoifomevnCtions, and ontheother amber, and muske. But OdomCladim reads, Applicant odorem malum adnaresmeos. They turnetheir eyes towards the Sunne,and putting their faces frommee,they feeke to auoidtheeuill fauour that comes from mee. The tranflationof lonathas doth fauourthis conceit, obuertebant podicumfaciebusto- rum. In the honour of theirIdols,and in their fcorneof mee , they didvfe the greateftinciuilitiecould beofferedvotoany. They area ftampeand embleme of thofe finnersbefore whom Vernie, and Holineffe of life fauoureth ill; but the myre ofVice and Sinne finelieth fweet. We know that the fauour of God isafweet finelling fauour : Chrifiibonus odor fumes, We areafweetfinelling fauour vnto'Chrift. His name is a preciousbalene ; His garments finell of fweetneflè. But asvotoweake eyes the Sunne is hatefull ; fo to a depraued feat, thisfweete odour is vnfauourie. Yet God will nottake aloathing at fanners, though like Lazarus, they lye (linkingin theirgraues. For,atbeit theirhones doe offend his nofthrils, yetwill hee not turtle away his eye from a (inner, nor pull backe his hand from thedre(fìng andcuringof him. And as the fatheris notfquemi(h and queafie ftomacht, to helpe hischild that is faine into themyre, and is no- thingall ouerbut filth anddyrr,but doth takehim vpand comforthim,and wafh him, andcloths him cleanlier and neater than hewas before ; fodoth Godwith Sinners, when theyhaue faineouer head and eares into moft foule and loath - fome finnes,&c. flee cryedwith a loudvoice, Lazarus, coneforth. Hee cryed out aloud ; for many, following the errour of Pythagoras, did verily beleeue that the foulesof thedead did remaine in thegrauewiththeir bodies. To this purpofe were ere- étedthofe famous Pyramides of Memphis, andofother parts of theWorld, I fay there their Pyramides weredire&tedto this end ; forthey perfuading them- felues thatthe foule was a ñerie fubftance, theyimagined it to be in forme like a Pyramis. Saint Allen faith, That at the found of this voice,Death was ftrucke with
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