Z0 Carnall minds cannotfauour vpoIl Plllloll Sonday. O the things that are fpiritnall, r powerwhich was giuenhim. And fo is that place of Saint Paul to bevnderftood, rot,.r i. Depeccatodamniuitpeccatum: And teat ofSaint Iohn,Xov is the iudgement of this world ; now(hall thePrinceofit becall out. That hapned to the diuell, which bef,-11 folam, Godgauc him free lcaue and full liberty to inioy all the trees in Para-, dife, fauc one onely and nomore ; and he onelypitcht his palat vpon that, and tatted but ofthat one, and nomore. Godgaue thediuell lèaue to tempt all,one- ly interdiéting him, That he fhould not touch vpon our Sauiour Chrift, and yet he pufht molt at him. And tothe endthat this fault and punifhment ofthediuell Thecrofre fhouldremainnotorious to the world, it wasfit that theteflimony ofhis inno- aad death of cencie fhould oebefore andthat he fhould fa uis ex vobis chritttortncn- g y, , C. Which ofyou, teathe dinen &C. Guaricus faith,That thedeath & Crofheof our Sauiour Chrift,wasmore the more t an ddiucllsdeath and croffe than his.Porour Sauiour Chrift rofe agaitrthe thirdday, but the diuellneuer fince was able tolift vp his head.Andas twogoing forthvp- onachallenge into the field,are vfuallyboth run throughand fame; fo our Sa- uiour Chriftand the diuel were bothnayled to the Croflè: Chrift tohi s greater glory,the diuell tohis vtterdeftruétion. If 'fay the truth,whydoe yenobeleeue me? The truth is theBlanke andMarke ofour vnderflanding ; and being that manought naturally to loue it, it is a meta- phifrcall cafethat he fhould come toabhorre it. In fatisfaétion of which diffi- cu'xy, wehaue already rendered three reafons : Whereunto we may here adde robs. that other whichour Sauiour C~:ri(tgauevnrothePharifees by Saint John, Tee feeketo killme, becaufemyword bath noplaceinyou. Thereare forre ftomackes fo ouerladen withmill humours, Thatthey no fooner receiue good meate, but theyvomit it vp again, andby a depraued difpofition, turne that which is fweet into fowerncs: In likefort, there are fome foulesfo full ofhatred, envy, couetoufneffe, and vncleanencffe, thatthey rife at Gods truths, andare readyto fpue them vp, though they be f eeter then thebonyor hony combe. Tohim that is ficke of a Q crane, the brawnofaCapon isvnfauourie;buta pickled pilchard, a ftrong ony ;n, and apieceofpowdered beefè,haue an excellent rellilh with him. Toa breft furcharged with the thingsofthisworld,offorce the doctrine ofheauen limabevnfauoury. Eyes thatarecouered with clouds as with acur- taine,hate the light,and cannot endure thefplendour of theSun, Bonitatem, er chfcrplinam,&fcicutiamdocemini. Saint lereme renders it benumguflum. Truths Andfromhencearifeth one ofthe greateft abufes in all the world, to wit, welcome to That we are readierto beleeue anenemie that lyes vnto vs, than a friend that thec ßá,t. tells vsthe truth. Inall Arts, either Liberal] or Mechanicall, we giue mofi cre m . series andhey- dit to them that are therein mutt eminent; Asto the belt Diuine, the belt Phy- fitian, the belt Lawyer, and to him that is our belt friend , becaufe we are fully perfuadedthat hewill not deale doubly with vs, but deliuervs the very truth, and r,prefent things as theyare. In thefaluationofthe foule,we will not beleeue our Sauiour,who is the belt Artift, and our beltfriend; but the diuell,theworld and the fiefh, which are our threemortali enemies. The firft, beingthe father of lyes, the firft caufe and firft inuenrer ofthem that is to fay, Exprop* loguitar, out ofhis owneMynt he coynes them ; the other two haue inherited andpro- feffed lyingtime out ofmind, flue thoufand yeares agoe,andvpward.Ifit be not as Irell you, tell me I pray,whrndid the world treat truth Salomon files it Di- Thewn rid, uitemmend.,cem, k-f1rich liar. As for the fiefh, when did that euer leave off to the the e.th: ú lye r it was one of carnpfns fooleries, That heknowing the intentionofhisfalfe lyara. hearted Dalila, a 3 that her purposewas,to deliuer him vp into thehands ofthe Philiftims, and hauing thrice caught her with the theft (as welay) in her hand, yet
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