53" man ought to be Iudge No inhisownecaufe. Vpon Paiion Sunday: Judges tobefteefrpm paffion.; R .: not beadoredonearth, aswe mayreade inthe Hiftory ofSaint C/ement,and di- uers others. . In the earthmenburietheDead; HighwayRobbers,their fpoyls ; Theeues, their thefts ; they that areeither fubdued by conqueft, or banished their coun- try, their treafure ; as Cacus did thofecoweshehad ftolne in his caue. But God caufeth thofe things that arethe heauieft and the weightieft , and call into the bottome of the Sea, to fwim likecorke abouewater ; and maketh the earth to vomit forth her moft fecret and hidden treafures.For, Nihilotcultum, &c. There is notpingfoferretwhichfball notbe reuealed. There is one thatfeeketh it anditedgeth it. O Lord, Thou remitteftthis caufe to thyfather, and thy father remits all vnto thee. I anfwer, when I tooke the rod y to reuenge the wrongs and iniuriesofthe world,' was not tobe like vnto fparks that arequickly kindled, notfubieEt toany the leaft paffionofanggr; fora Iudge that isfo affeEted, cannot beacompetent Iudgein his owne catcfe. And'therfore, Efi, quiquerat,y iudicet. My Father is to redreffe this wrong,heis tolookevn- to it. Whence I infetre, That if our Sauiour Chrift, in whom there could not be any kind ofpaffion, did remittohis Father the iudgingof his caufe ; hardly can a Iudge of flefhfentence his owne caufe. KingDauidbeing at the point of death, willed his bonne Salomon that he fhould take away the hues of tea' o b and Shimei : He thereupon caufedIoab to be flame ; but onlyconfined Shimei. The reafon that induced himto mittigate Shimei his fentence, and not that of hub, was, becáufe the offences which hub had committed, were not done dircéllya- gainil his father David,but againft Abner andvimafa, whom he had ill killed ; WhereasShimeis fault was, in affronting the Kings perfon: andbecaufe it might happily be thought that hemight be carried away with too much paffion or affection in this hisfathers caufe, hee deferred his death , tillhee fhould fall through his ownedefault, which he afterwardsdid; and thenSalomon reckoned withhim for the oldand the new. The woman of Tekoahreceiving her inftrn, élions fromboob, entred the Palace, and hawing put on mourning apparel], as a womanthat hadnow long time mourned forthe dead, and fallingdowneonher face to the ground, anddoing her obeyfance, fhe fpake thus vntohim ; I am a poore widow, my husband is dead, and thinehandmaid had two formes, and they two (}rouetogether in the field, and there was none to part them , fo the one fmot the otherand flewhim : Andbehold,the whole family is rifen againft thine handmaid, crying out, Deliuer him thát fmot his brother thatwe maykill him for the fouleofhisbrother whom he flew,that we may deftroy the heyre alto ; So, (ball they quench my fparkle that is left, and (hall not leaue to mine husband neithernamenor pofteritie vpon the earth ; and I my felfe(hall remaine amiferablemother, not hauing anychild left me to bea ftay andcomfort vnto meinmy olddayes,woe it me that I mull be deprimedofbothmyfinsin one day. The Kingpittyingher wretched condition, Paidvnto her : I will takeorder for the freeingof thyfonne. And to fend her awaywelifatisfied; vowedvnto her, by that his vfuall affeueration (as theLord liueth) there (hall not one haire of thy fonnefall to the earth. Whereupon fhe takingher leaue,faidvnto him, Let my Lordthe King Phew himfelfe as free from paffion in his owne proper caufe, as he bath inanother mans : Wilt thoufreemyfonnethat hath flame his brother, andwilt thou not free vibfalon that flew Ammon ? Rupertue faith, That Eues hurt confifed in the mifpriíonof the fruit, and the ill iudgeinentthat (hee made in the choiceofthe apple : Forbeing toomuchwedded to herowne ap- pearing goodop inion,theeyes ßfthebodyperfuaded thofeof thefoule, that in
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