s;g Pronaó. Lifte ir.t6. R!uengein man a frmp. tome of Co- wardize. leres,.s. Why Chri$ withdrew him- Vpon l anion Sunday. (elfe from the Phatifees. bridle and reftraine him. Ofthofewhich beganrobuild theTowet ofBabel;the Scripture faith, Nor will theyyet learelff. But fuch is the goodnes ofGods nature, and is fo kind and louingvetovs , Toat hee cloth to the ill good , though they turne this good to id: But hedoes not doe any ill vnto them ; for his patience is fuck, Thathe dothnit thinke it much , that euen thole that were aloft ill, fhould inioy fomegood. Hugodepm7oviaere, declareth that placeof the Pro- uerbs, A;rfeerafaoleáccerdingto hieföelifhnes : And, Anf er not afoote according to hitfoolfbnef. After this mariner, it afoole fhall amend by reprehenfion, giue it him : bait therebe nohope of amendment, giue it himnot. God doth com- monly treat of themoftgood, andthe leaf} ill; but the wickedman, of the leaf} good,and themoft ill. Wherein, heprooues worfe thanPilat ; For he laboured to fet our Sauiour Chrift at liberty, vfing the meanes for the eifeaingof it, to hauehim wellwhipt, lwill chaflifchimandlet km!soft. Butthe lewes would not ref}contented with that,but wenton inaccomplifhing the greateft fine that was euer committed inthe world. Pope Gregory faith, That our Sauiour Chrift hidhimfelfeandwent eat ofthe Temple , flying from the (toneswhich they were about to fling at him, forto (h:w, That the worldwas allthis while inanerrour, in holding it apoint of honour, aida braue and manlyaáion toanfwer affronts with affronts, iniuries with iniuries,and to reuenge them tothefull, holding itbafenesand cowardize eitherto fullera wrong, orfhunne the occafion thereof: Wherein hehath (hew- ed his great loue vntovs. For bee applying himfelfe to the eftimation which manmikethofhis honnr, permitrethvs todefend our reputation, though it be with the hurtof the AggreffororAffaylant, andthat we fhouldnot Rye thatwe might not loofe it. Sothat Chrift,flying from the Pharifecs, andhiding him- felf , cafling theirtimes behind hisbacke, whileft he (hewed them hisbacke ; and reeking tohide their faults, byhiding himfelfe from them, he did more for them,than they did firthemfelues.It is likewife a point of Honour,That a huf- band,fhould not receiue the wifewhich bathbin faIle and treacherous vntohim. But God faith, As awoman rebelleth againft her husband, fo haueye rebel- ledagainftme; Thouhaft played theharlot with many loners yet turneagaine tome faith the Lord, and Iwill healeyour rebel- lions. Then (halt thoucall me,faying, my Father, and (halt notturne from nice. To whom with the Sonneand the HolyGhoft, beallho- nour,power,&c. THE
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