Inconueniences which would haue followed thepeccability of Chrif. Paífion Sonday. Ser. 3z. purs colour and beauty into her cheekes. Sangait elms ornauit genas meri. Shèe 1peakes ofthebeautieof thefoule ; andhe could not make her faire,had hehim- felfe beene foule. And therefore faithSaiflt Paid, It waft hefhouldbefo, that he might be a highPriefl,haly andvnelefled,e¢c. Thefecond inconuenience that would follow thereupon would bee this, That our Sauiour Chrif} couldnot be a competent Iudge , had he beene a fin- ner,as hewas not. He that iudgeth another, himfelfe being faulty,condemneth himfelfe. And for this reafon, aIudge that is notorioufly knowne to bea cor- rupt andnaughtyman, may iuftly be refuted. Adaacknowledging himfelfe to be a delinquent in the Inceft of his daughter inlaw,Tamar , was fo farre from proceeding in iudgernentagainft her, that he faid,Iuffior meell, She is morerigh_ teotes than!. When loab aduifedDauidof the fiege ofRabbsh, andwhat anumber of men he had loft in that feruice, theKingmight haueiuftiycur offhis head for his rafh and vnaduifed approach to the wall ; But Dauid durft not condemne him, and put him to death, becaufe he was anAccefforie,or rather theprincipali in thebufines : and therefore!cab charged the nieffenger that carried the newest faying, If theKings anger arife, fo that he fay vntoyou, Whywent you nigh thewall, &c. (the ftorie isworth your reading ) then fay thou Thy feruant Yriab the Hittite is altodead. This point did that kinglyProphet touch vponin thofe words fodiuerfly commencedon, 7tbifolipeccaui. O Lord my finnewas againft vrias, againft thofe fouldiers that died for his occafion againft thofe which di:i blafpheame thy name, and againft thepeople, whom the robbing of anothermanof his wife,and the killingof her husband, hath fcandalized and beene an occafronofgreat offence vntothem. But that which dothmoft aflliá and torment nie, is, That I haue committed this againft thee, and that I haste thus finned againft thee 3 For in anyotherperfon whatfoeuer in mykingdome, the rigour of Iufiice might haue reftrained him from fo foule a finne, but this did not once enterinto my thought. And therefore he comes witha Tibifoli peccaui ; iumping withthat fayingof Saint Pail, .r iudicat me, Dominus ft, He thatiudgeth me,u the Lord. Theworld jiathnot that man inir, whom his Propria culpa, The!inner which himfelfebath 'committed,doe not mooue orleffedaunt him, and make him turne Coward, fauing Chriíf,whowas made perfe bynature, Nemo mundurd farde, neque infam vnius diei.How can hebeclean that isborne ofa woman r zebn Bap- tiflwas fanifled inthe wombe ofhis mother,and was bred vp from a child in thewilderneffe. Saint Peter was he that louedmoft, Saintjohn that wasmoft be- loued, Saint Paul paftthrough the thirdheauen, and did afterwards defie allthe world: Who¡hallfeparatemefrom the loueofChrifi? And lob was foboldto fay, Wouldmyfirmerwere weighedin a baflance,e&c. And in another place, Shewmee my linnet andmy iniquities what they be. Alfo Dauid, I bane runwithout iniquitie. Zi- ditb paging through themidi}of anArmieofBarbarians, breakesout intothefc words, TheLord liueththat wouldnotfuferhis handmaid:. be defiled ; Therewas not that rough-hewn fouldier,that did fo much as offerto touch her. Let vs fet fide by fidewith thefe Saints,thevnfpottedneffe of thofe Virgins, the con- ftancie ofthofeMartyrs, and thecourage of thofe Confeihors that fuffered for Chrifis ftkc. In a word, alltheworthy fquadronsofthofebleffed Saints that are now inheauenwill fay thus (as Saint(...lugufl hathnoted) ofthemfelues,which Saint John did confeffe, IfwefaywehauenoRune, wedeceiueourfines, andthe truth is not invs.. Asal fo ¡ob ,IfI wafh myfelfe with fnowwater, andpurge myhands moft clean,yet fl,alt thouplunge mein thepit, andmine.ownecloathes 'hall make meftlthie. For, 525 a.Reg.ti. Sinnemaketh the moil vali- ant mana Coward. tob':s. No man free from fidne. lobo.3..
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