- 2G 50 OurSaui°ar.innoceneieexemph- Vpon Paflion Sunday fledboth by hi, life and death. rob5s. Two things regniredin menof emr p e,cnnfi- cnec,and fame Pnblike er_ fonsmull lonke to their fameas as t° their conciencc glatl2:wby placedabout the Lauer of the Temple. BIe are ro border of the Priefts gar- MOIL tobe without finne, isthe blazon or cognifance ofGod alone. Manydid liueverywellaffuredoftheir innocencie in particular cafes ; as la- cob,That the Idols ofhis father in LawLaban,were not receiuedby the feruants ofhishoufe. As Benjamin and his brethren , that letphs cupwas not in their facks. Saint Peter,that he fhouldnot deny his SauiourChrif, hada thoufand more importunatewomen letvponhim. The Pharifee, hé thought with him- felfe, I an not ac other men, &c. yet all ofthemmay fay with Saint Pau1,1 inncon- film ofnething to myfelfe,yet am I sot hereby iuflifird; for Gods eyes fee that which mans eyes lee not. In aword, the nobleActsof the greatneffeand po wer ofGod, as his creating oftheworld, his conferuing it his redeeming of mankinde, his iuftifyingof foules, his feeing the thoughtsof the heart, his cal- ling things thatare not,as iftheywere, his commanding the waters,the windes, deathand lifc,andall thofe otherwonderful) things which lob fpecifiethofGod, (to whofe 38 chapter 1 referre you)may make him confidently tofay , G uuex vebic,arguet me depeccato,Which o fyou can rebuke me offinne. Whichofyoucan,jpc. Saint CbryAflame faith, That the greateft teflimonie of our innocencic,is that ofour enemies. Ion efl Dew nofler,ficut Drue eorum, ini- mici nofliifänt tudrees ; our God is not as their God , let even our enemies bee lodges; And fit it was, that this teftimonie fhould precede andgoe before, as well in re- gardofour Sauiourslife as his death. In regardofhis life ; for publike perfons that are placed in authoritie , feated inhigh and eminent throanes, that haue great gouernments , offices anddigni- ties committed vnto them,are notone) bound to be vertuous and holy but Y Y alfo tobe fo eflecmed, whichthey mull maincly (trine and indeauour. So that in aPrince, be heEcclefiafticall or Secular,twoobligations ought to concurin him. One of Confcience. Theotherof Fame. A particularChriflian, which Bothnot giue occafion whereby to beecon- demnedof hisneighbour, may liue fatisfied and well contented with the tefli- monyofhis owne confcience ; but not aPrince,ora Prelate ; For ifhe fullerin hisgood or in his fame, andbe illreported it is the deftruetionoftheir name, p of, Subieets. Saint Auguffinefaith, That he that relyeth on his confcience, and is carelefleofhis goodname, is cruel) towards himfelfe. Wemufi hotdoegoodonely in Godsfight,bil alfabefore men. For fame (though falfe) doth fall heavy vpon publiée perfons. In theTemple, therewasa veffell of braffe, a very faireone, out ofwhich there ran a conduit pipeof water,and was withoutadorned with thofe Lookingglaffes, which womenthat repented themof their finnes,had of- fered, who forfaking theworld had confecraredthemfeluesto God, to theend that the Priefts which didenter to offer facrifice, fhould wafh themfelues in that water andbehold themfelues in thofeglaffes ; and it was Gods intent and purpofe (accordingto Phi/on) That they fhould place no leffe care in the cleane- nefl'e oftheir life, for tooffer facrifice,thantholewomen did, inappearinggood to the world : beholding in thofeglaffes the leaftmarke orIpot inthe face. And inthe 28 chapterof Exodue,Godcommanded,That when the Prieft fhould en- ter or goe fourth in theSanctuary, he fhould beare bells about the border ofhis garment, to the endthat the noyfeand found thereof,might make his going in, and his comming forth knowne. And the Text adderh. Nemoriatur, Lull bee dye the death. And the glorious Saint Gre orie faith, That the vefìures of the Priefts , are theirgoodworkes: Sacerdotertni, indnantar *limo, Let thy Priefitbe cleathed
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