Neuerany folli entreated Vpór;Pafí'Q;:Soñday. Ser. 'Z. of the world as Chria 1" . s,7 in fo faire.afruit, it was impofftbie to find death, Then tooke theyvp Clones tocaff abim. Tyranny ariaSperfecu ion), euermore attended the Saints of God: Buttherewas this differvtce betwixt tlietra and out Sauiour Chrift, That yourTyrants did feeke oeducçthe other to the ado- ringoftheirgods, onewhile with promtfess another while by threatnings now; with curtefiesand kindneffes, and byand hy;againe,wit1Ifundry forts of tore meets. There wasfcareeany famous Martyrwhich didnot ts'ead in:.l iks martyr: dome inthis path; nor anyTyrant whichdid. not rake this courts : jfth`, tbernis . And perhaps they followed herein the fteps: o Neiuchaatemzar, wbo; (as the' glorious Doétár Saint Chryflame bath obfcrued) for thole,;who would not a-. dore his Statue, hadahot fierie furnace, whpfellaniesf afcettded forty tine cu- bits inheigth ;and for thofe thatdid adoreir, he had all forts of extlui te.mu, Dueler . ficke and Choice inftruments-: warring.againftverrue with pleat re, and with 3 paine. But ourSauioukChrift was alwayes ill intreated_:by the world.. In the defart, the diuell onceoffered him flones ; The Pharifees many times. When he was borne inBethlem, hehad not wherewithall. to defend him fronx the cold, but was forced to belaid inthe cratch among the beafls. Whileft he liued here in the world, he hadnot any torelicue his hunger. The day that beeentled its Triumph into Ierutalem, he wentforth intothe field tofeelceafter figs: Dying, he had not anyone that wouldgiue him fomuch as aiarre of water,whenhe cry- edout Sitio, I thirff, they gaue himvinegrean Pope todrinke . Leo faith Ofhim,Thedayes that were appointedforhim,hebegan them inperfecution, and ended them in perfecution. In his infancie, he began with the Croffe , and athis end he dyed on the Croffe. Whichwas(as Gregorie Nazianzen faith) aPrognoftication, That that Difciple that will feeke to followhis matter, (hall neuer want a croffe to carry,norniatter wherein to fuffer. Buttefw hidhrrafelfe,andwentout oftheTemple. Vpon this place we haue for- whyche /a merly rendered foure reafons,whyour SauiourChrift auoydedthefe (tones by withdrew flight ; andnow addingothers anew thereunto, origen faith , Thatbee with- thephae r.. drewhimfelfe,out ofcompaffron,confìdering that his counfells made the Phari- fees more rebellious and more hard thanbefore. Rebellem non voltperdere ,' Flee fhund the occafion,that they might not be vtterly loft, accommodating him- felfe to that of Saint Paul, Date locum ire, Glue way to anger. OneofGods great mercies is to flye from a finner, that hee maynot bee boded fodainly to de- (troy him. InExodne', he galle his peoplean Angell tobetheir guide ; faying, t willneytherbeyour Captain, nor your Guide, for through your firffe. neckednef and rebellion,yewillrxnnegreat hazardvnder my command. In tome Parables,t heholy Euangelifts put the word, Peregr2profellusefi,Keisgoneafirreof. Foralbeit God be alwayes prefent, yet it is his exceeding great mercy now and then notto bee prefcnt. For there is nocompatihilirie with hisdiuine prefcnee, and our fhame- lefnes and loofenesoflife. Andfo putting on as it were a kind ofdiffimularion, hemakes as ifhe wentaway from vs,anddid notfeewhat wedoe. Euthymius faith,That our Sauiour Chriif would rather exercife his patience in flying, thanhis power in puni(hing, Fugiendo magic, quampaniendo. For al- though he fhould haue deftroyed the, yet would they neuerthe fooner haue re- pented; Complying with that ofthe Prophet Efay,D f ipati 'segue cópxnlli.ln the garden hemade thofethatcame to takehim to reele and fallon their backs with an Ego ['um,14mhe. Buttheynot acknowledgingthis his divine power, procee- dedon intheir apprehendingofhim. God deliuer vs from the refolution of a A hard heart Reprobate, forthere is not that miracle either in heauen or on earth, that will can otterhe bridle
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