Gods judgements euery way compleat. the fourth Sonday inLent, Ser. 31. qusadveritatem, heprooucs it vnto vs, inthat hefaith, If I iudge, myiudgcment is true, fir I amnot alone, but I and the father, &c. That it is l:kewifc good, quoadqualitatem, it cannot otherwife chufe,in regard that he is the forme cf God, who is worthie ofall faith and credit.But ifthe Scribesand Pharifees wil needs findfault, let them find fault with their owns ignorance,becaufe they iudgeac- cording to theoutward fence, not according as things arc, but as they feeme: Secandum carnem iudicatis, Tee iudgeaccording to theffefh, and therefore your judg- ment is verievnccrtaine. 'fie not asmanfeeth;forman looketh an theotatrvardappea- rance, but the Lordbeholdeth theheart : According to that of Efay 2on f cunduni vifionem oculerumiudicauit. What, doeyce rhinke that I ónely glue yec this te- ftimonic, and that I goe about to deceiueyour No,you arc in an errour ; For I am not alone, brit land thefather thatpit me ; and your owne Law alioweth the te- flimonie of two tobe true andauthenticall. But then did they fay unto him, Where is thy father r Iefus anfwered,Yee neither knowme normy Lather ; for ifyou knownot me, who teach daylyin your Temple,howcan you know my Father r &c. His pretenfionwas toproue,That his light was powerful to fcatter thofe cloudsof darkencffe that had fhadowed the eyes of their vndcrflanding, ifthe thicke duffof their fumes hadnot hindred theirfight. Iam the Light ofthe world, ¿ c. Amongft other innumerable names which theDiuine Maicftiedothcnioy, (as Eufeb:Y-s Catrienftr reporteth) one is The Light ; This is themeffase which wehale heardof him, anddeclare vatsyoa,That ca is Light. Ofthis Light, the Scripture telleth ftrange things, The firft, That it is inacceflible ; according to that of Saint Paul, Hee dwelleth in the light thatnone can attainevnts. Arr/lotle faith, That theciccreft eyesare in order and difpofition to this Light;as theeyes ofthe Owle in ref pc t of theSun: the chiefflandthehigheftof Aigells, bathneedofniore ahiliti for the light of this glorie, that his eyes maynot be dazeledwith thebeams o` this Light. The fecond, That whatfocuerlight or beautie is to bee found in theWorld, iswholly deriued from this Light; the Moone,the Starres,the Planets and the cceleftiall Orbes. Dionyfus faith, That they receiue their light and fplendour from the Sunne ; and that theSunne, and all that is aboue the Sunna, Angelis, Arch- Angells,Thrones,Powers,Piincipalitics, Dominations, &c. And what- foeuer is contained in HcauenandEarth, receiue their motion and Iight from this Light. Thethird, That ifthe Light lhould faire, theWorld were nothing worth ; for thenthe life and being of the World could not fubfift; the creatures, the fruits, the Elements, the aCtions of men,thebirdsandbeafts, without this light were not ableto Taitand continue. Whence Iirferre, That the worldremaining infuch palpabledarkeneffe,bet- ternewes could not betide vs, than this glad tydings of our Sauiour, Egofum Lttx,tam the Light. Aman loofethhimfelfe in aftormie and tempeftuous night, be findeth himfi Ife in a darke and mountainous Wilderneffe, compaflëd about with pitchie Tents of darkeneffe, with horrours, feares, lightning,thunder, with the howling of Wolues, the fhreeking of Owles, the rufhingvfRi- uers, theroaring of torrents, thebluftringofwinds, the croaking ofFrogs and Toads, the fcratching of bulbes andbryars, with wearineffe, cold, raine, fnow, and all this in anÆgyptian Darkeneffe able to quell the flouteff heart, and make Courage turne coward : whata world offighes would hefend forth, if thofe wereabler° dìfperfethe Cloudsandcleerethe Skie,that hemight haue light r he is inas pittifull cafe, ifnotworfe,as he that istormented witha fharpe Xx burning 51% s.Reg.r6. Chrif why called the Light ofthe world. t.lo{ 5.5. I,T:m.6.16. Thebenefir ofthis Light.
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