524. i PceLal. Hier.t7. APoc.y. Inconuenien- ces which would haue followed the peccahilitie of Chrift. Chrift the onely true Sun that Rah all things, Vpon the Saturday after but becaute itfees all things : and in cafe that it beingin the other Heniifpheare, it doth not fee that which paffethin this ; yet Gods eyes feeall that is both in this, and inthat otherworld. orpheuscalled theSunne, oculum Iuftitia,The eye of Iuftice ; whofeofficeit is, to difcoucrwhatfoeuer is darke and fècret. Anti - quirie painted him fitting in aShip,gouerning the fameas aPilot; for beholding the Starres and the Mariners Compaffe, hecloth not onlydifèerne the dangers that are aboue the water,but thole hidden Deepes whichare vnderthe waters. But neither the Sunneof Heauen, nor thofe Sunnesof theearth can reach into the withdrawing roomesof mans bofome ; onely the eyes of Chrift can looke into them, which are farre brighter than the Sunne, Hie eyes are brighter than the Sunne, Iam the Lord thatfearcheth theheart, andtrieth the reynes , fo faith Ieremie andSaint lohn. Thebeanies of theSunne difcoiler the atomes andmotes in the ayre, but notthe thoughtsand fecrets ofthe heart. But the beaniesof the Sun ofrighteoufneffe,difcouer ourfinalleft thoughts. It was thefoole thatPaid in his heart,There isno God. And though this fayingcamenot out ofhis mouth, yet bee found it publifhed in the market place ;becaufe God diueth into the heart. The Spoufe compares himto that Goate, which theGreeks call Dorcas, for it's quicknesoffight,as Saint Gregory Nyifine bath noted it: Ifaman hide himfelfe in darkeneffe,fhal not I feehim ? TheKings ofthe Gentiles,pretcnding to haue the world to takethemfor gods, theygaue them to vnderftand, that theydid know the thoughts ofmen. To thisalludeth that which lofeph Paid to his brethren, 4nignoratis, quod nenfmilu in augurandifeientia ? Cicero faith, That among the Perfians, noman could be King, whowas not skilled in the Art of Diuination. And forthis caufe, innumerable Witcheries , and Sorceries were multiplyed and increafed aniongft them. But irisa foolerie to imagine, That any man can enter into them but. God. Towhich Godbe afcribed all honour, power, and glory, now and for euermore. Amen. THE XXXII; SERMON,VPON PcA'SS70,X,SV.7\CVviY Io sN. 8. QtLis ex iobuarguet me depeccato ? Whichofyouwill reprooue me of hnne VrSauiour Chriffs innocencie by many forcible reafons and ftrong arguments,we haueelfewhere fufffciently proo- ued : Now (hall I prouevnto you the inconuenienees which would hauefollowed his peccabilitie. Firft ofall, The blond of our Sauiour Chrift was that wherein the Churchwaffledher felfe, Thefeare they that wa- fhed theirStoles in thehlaadofthe Lambe : And heecould not make themwhite, hadhe not bin whiteneshimfelfe.Theblond ofher Beloued puts
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