516 Gods iudge. mc nta ,erie way complcat . ú5`ae1'r`4"° M4°'tiiS`Vb5`iW5`a 0ar}" J`..JJ,J.Ér.J THE XXXI. SERMON, V P- ON THE SATVRDAY AFTER THE FOVRTH SVNDAY IN LENT. Ion N. 8. Egofum lux n/ undi. I am the Light of the World, &c. VrSauior Chr :ft preaching to thePeople, had inuitedthofe that were thirjlie, todrinke, Ifanybeath: ft, let him come to megaddrinke There was agreat ftirre amongft then( ; fòrne laid, That hewas a Prophet ; others, That he was Chrift : but the Pharifees perfeuering in their hardneffe , uzid, It is not poffiblethat fòmuch good fnouldcome out of Galilee. But this duff was layd with that plea of' the Adulterefle, putting the matter into their owne hands, leauing it to t hemfelues, ro iudge her whom they had fomaiciou11yacculed. This bufneffe beeing ended hrift went on with his Sermon, and fparkeagaine vnto them faying,Egojam lwxmoo- di, be.1am the light of the world. Theophilaft noteth , That hee went about to overthrow thatwhich the Scribes andPhari fees hadalledged, oust of Galileeari- fthno Prophet. Yee hold me bare and meane, for that I amof Galilee ; I am fo farre from takingany luftreor brightncffe from thence, that I giue light vnto all the World. He would likewifeprooue that he was the Light, by that adof his,touchingtheAdultreffe. If hecould difcouer fuch fecret and hidden finnes from the eyeofthe world ; if he couldbanifh and driue awaybefore him fuch thickeand darkeclouds, hemight verie well fay, Ego f m Lax mandi, 1 am the Light of theworld and whofoeuer (hall followme, (hall not walke in darkenefre, but (hallhaue the lightoflifè. But the Pharifees looking foranother,wouldnot giue credit thereunto,but in a rebuking kind offafhion Paid vnto him,Thoubea- reft record of thy fclfe, and therefore thy Record is not true ; thou maift boall thy felfe tobe this and this, but we ¡hall hardly beleeue thee. Whereunto Iefus anfwered and Paid, Though I beare record ofmyfelfe, yet my record is true, for Iknowwhence I came, and whither Igo ; for I came into the world to ligh- ten thofe that fit in darkneffe ; and therefore I fayvntoyou,that lam theLight; but you doe not know neither my beginning nor my end. And it isa needleffe fcrupulofitieinyou, to doubt of this myne owne teftimonie ; Firft,In regardof it's truth, being fo true as nothing more. Secondly In regardof'ii s qualirie, being fo faith-worthie.Now that thisour Sauiours teffinronie is firme& fecure, gwoad
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