5;Z Mèn are nener work, than when they I thmke all is ! well. . Palrion alters all properties toit felfe. Better to be mad,than palsionate. Partialneof judgment inthins' fpititunrt,tfae bane of the ios le. Vpon Palifion Sonday. lookevpon them., fine!! totheinaid haue them intheit hands ;but the Bee drawestromthem bothhonieand. wtx, and theApotklecaricmakes many me- dicinesof them againftdiuers andfunc4riediteafes. Manyrheare Sermons only tor theirpleafure, tor the elegancie of the Bile, delicacie-ó£words, grauityof fentences, and thegracefulneffe intheir deliuerie:but this is but tomake anote- gay to finell to for awhile,and::.aft itanon after intoacorner. Say wenet web, thatthouart 4Satworit4ns,and haft a Death' a Oneof the greateft miferies than canWallaSouk, is, Tobecome lbappalfionated to it's own dii- agreeabledifpofition,it'sdisjoyntedjudgement, and et.onious opinion , ti.at irperfuaçieth it feue, that it proceedeth prudentlyandwifely in all that it úai áotflickingto fay in it's heart, I thanke God I hauemy wits about me, I an r; the right way, I doe well in this and in that; inperfecuting this man, and bri ;, - ing that other to the flake ; flattering and foothingvp themfelues with a Nome benedicirmtea 3 Do wenot dowel infodoing t The phrantickmanvfeth to cal the Phyfrtionthat cures him, Foole,; the Blockhead, him thatis difcreet, Cockef- comhe ; the Ruffian, him that is religious, Diflraéted ; and.heere the Pharifees accufe ourSauicur Chrift, tohackaDeuill, and to be a breaker ofthe Law :, And it-werewell if theywould flay here, but theymake the matter farre worfe by faying, Say wenot well ? To finne, isnot fo greatan ill, as toground ourfinne vpon realón ; no fo great a fault tocommit it,as it isto maintain it; itis an euil thing, toworke revenge,but farre:worfè tofeeke todefend thy reuengeby rea- fon, fnrthat isbut towage anargument againft Godandhis Law ; todenievnto himProuidence and WVifedome,aid to firrue and let as it were vnder thine own hand, That Goddidnot fee fo muchrcaPon asthou didit, to reuengethy felfe, alledging in fauourthereof,foreeparticular exception (more than Goddid euer wot of) againftthis his generali rule. Paffion (faith t 4rißot1c) blinding Rea- fon, as fmoke Both the eyes, makethwhite feemeblacke. Enuie fo blinded ¡o- fephs brethren, that the Scripture faith, That theyeoaldnet affordhim 4S001 ward, norfpeake unto him inymild andciuile manner ; butin this their malicious hu- mour were fully perfuaded that they didhim no wrong at all, firft in throwing him into the pit, and afterwards in fellinghim. Zsylus theRhethorician,fyrna- med the Dog, for his foule mouth and euill language, would raileagain(} Plato, Socrates,and other grauePhylofophers ; andbeing askedthe reafon, Whybee Mouldwrong thefe good men anfwered, For myne owne part, I could haue beene content to haue fpared Inch good people,but Paffion would not giue way thereunto. O this Paffion, What an euill ppr opertie it bath ; it makes Innocen- cie Sinne ; Chrift, aWitch ; God,aDzuül. Clemens 41exandrinus reporteth of Antillhenes, That hehad rather be a mad,than a pafTionateman ; forthe paflionate man will fcekeaknot in abulrufh, fowill not themad man. In conclufion,when a man (hall fecure himfelfein hisfinne, and the Soulegoe confidentlyonto it's owneperdition, yet perfuades it felfe char it is in the right, and runnes on faire- ly towards thegoale ; that man, and his Soule, fhould be thus blinded, Saint Cy- priot faith, That it isa great and ftrong euidence of Gods anger; for fuch not acknowledging their errour, will hardly crauepardon : befides, the paflionate man hues fo fecure,andyet fo deceiued, that thofeofHell donot make amore ra(hcenfureof the IMF : Nos infenfati, vitamillerumcßimabanrueinfaniam. Say we not well, &c. Goddothnot fay fo, nor the Angelis, nor Heàuen, nor Earth ; but we lay fo, we that are Phazifees fay fo,and thinke wefay well in fo Paying. Thereare a certainekind of men that wouldfeeme toknowmore than God himfelfe : Whenfome manofpower,or fome great rich perfori (hall fay, I know
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