Preachingand pleb le VponPalllon Sunday. Ser.32: mutt neuer be fevered. r clogibedwith Righteoufnefe : And thefeare to foundaloud, being not holy onely in theirtongue, butalfo in their aEtions. Theremuff beabell,and theremuff be aclapper, preaching anddoingmuff goe together ; onewill not doe wellwith- out theother. OurSauiour Ch rift aduifethvs, That we fhouldhide our works, andnot make themknown; Let not thy left hand know what thy right handBoth Leaff the wind ofvaine-glorychanceto blowaway the fruit thereof. But in a Prince and a Prelat, God wouldhaue their workes tobe more publike,that they fhould not onely be holy, butalto feemefo,for thegoodexampleof the people. Godplaced lofph in the gouernment ofEgypt becaufe his life was fo notori- oufly good,that his matterfaw that the Lordwas with him , and that the Lord madeall that he did to profperin his hand. It is athingworthy the confiderati- on, That aSlaue inthe hoMeofan Infidell,lhouldprofeffe fo much vertue, fo much truth,fo much faith fulneffe, fomuch courtefie,and fomuchmodef}ie,that he fhould make him rulerof his houle, and put all that he had in his hand. Oh howwell befcemingare thefe andthe like goodrhings,for the gouernrnentof a kingdome. In regardofhis death ; and that likewife for manygoodand great reafons. Firft, it was fitting That the teffiinDnie ofour Saviours innocencie fhould precede, to theend that it might appeare to the world, that the Diuell by this his death wasrobbed and fpoiled ofhis Empire,throughhis righteoufnes.Saint Asigußinedeliuereth three things vpon this point. The one, That Goddid iuftly deliuer manouer to the Empireof the diuell; forthat he fufferedhimfelfe to beouercomeby his fubtletieand cunning. Theother, That fogreat isthe figniorie and dominion, that the diuell "hath ouer him, that heneithercanwith all the ftrength that he hath , ouercome his temptations,nor auoid death, which he incurred through fink. Not that the diuell hadanymore right or power ouer him, than a hangman bath for the tor- mentingofadelinquent,who receiueshiscommand from the Iudge. The third andlall, which is likewileofLeo,and Saint Gregory the Pope, That Godmight very wellfree man from the flauety andbondage ofthediuell byhis vertue andpower, without doing the diuell anywrong. Euenasa Iudge who hath deliuered oueran offender to thehangman to torment him,may change his mindand feuhim free ; yet notwithftandingwas willing to treat this bufines by wayof luftice,as ifthediuell had properright thereunto. Firft, for that it hadbeene but ¡mall glorie toGods greatrtes, that the Crea- tor fhouldconteft with his creature andan infinite power withalimited. Secondly, That he might not make his iuftice fufpefted. For hethat bath the leaf} Iufliceon his fide, dothnow and then flye tohis force and power. The di- me&was to beouercome(faith Saint AuguHine,) by itel ice, andnot by might. Mireapt- talclure certàtum eft (laidLeo thePope.) Whence the Princesof the earth may learne this leffon, That fitlence the Princeof heauen proceeded fo faircly and fo iuftly with fo baleand bad a creature, hawing notyeor obligationthereunto ; let not any Princeoftheearth prefume to fay, Sic volo, lic iubeo, fit pro ration valuntac; But rather hearken to that of lob, If Irefutdto beiudgeat with troyfer_ want, 6-c. Befides, it is to he noted, That the diuelldid exceede his Commiffion ;and that Godhawinggiuenhim power forto torment (inners,hefella tormenting of our Sauiour Chriff, who was molt innocent ; he purfued him to thedeath, till hehad placed him vpon the Croffe. The caule was propounded in the Tribu- nali of the moftbleffedTrinitie,thediuellwas condemned anddepriued ofthat Dower 527 Privatperlons mut conccatc their worker, but menof pnblrkc ranke mutt them rhem Nues exari pies. Geu.39.3. Our, empli: his dear: Chritisequal proceeding a garrft shed,. uell,a pattrrnèl torah utay. Orates.
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