5 INopolicie preuatent againft Vpon taie Monday after the wifedome of God. Chrift : which is nomore thanwv reuealedin that parableof that Stonc,which being reieEted by that People, fell vpon them,and made morterof them ; that Stone beingafterwards made the headStone of the Corner. Of the Lynx the Naturalifls doe report , That beecouereth his vrine, asthe -Cat doth hirdung ; and that thishis coueringofit, is themeanes that a Stone is congealed thereof, of greatbothvertucand beanie. The High-Prieftsfeent, be. BySaint Mathew our Sauiour did poynt forth to +ß23 the Pharifees a truth, which doth fuir well with this prefent purpofe, Woe bee vino yee ScribesandPharifeer,becaufe yeepot vp the Kingdome of Heauen ; for yee yourfiletsgee not in, norfifer them that would enter, to come in. That Gardiners Dog that would neither eat Coleworts himfelfe, nor fuffcr others to eat them, is of the Deuils condition , thatwill neither dogood to himfelle,norletothers- cnioy it : And in force refpeEt the Pharifeeswere far worfe ; for the people had notthe Deuil fortheirNorth-Starre,nor their Guide,neithcr didthey truft him with thewale and careof their good : but the Scribes and Pharifees were t're Lights of Ifraell, the Guides and North Starresof the People, who with the clouds oftheir pallions did darkenthe vere beaniesof the Sunne it felfe. Saint Lakecrieth out, Woe be vnteyee Scribes andPharifeer, yee that are Interpreters of the Law,foryee hase taken aevay the Key ofknowledge, and of the Scriptures ; yee entred not in your f lues, andthemthat camein, yee forbad ; yeewill not that any ¡bal. con- troll that which yee teach. What,doth any one of the Chiefe-Prieffr and Pharifeer beleeue in him ? In the High-Priefls and thePharifees all the wifedome is depo- fited, as for the Common people, they are ignorant andunlettered ; if therefore noneof thefe principalimenbeleeueinhim, ler him thatbelecueth in him, goe for acondemned man. From the headcomes allthe ill ro the bodie Natural!; and myftically the famemay be fayd of' thefe and the like Heads. Genefr ren- dring areafonof Gods fending a Floridupon the earth, faith, Thewholeearthwas Like Prieft, nothing butflehineflandcorruption. And tohim that(hall aske, Why this hurt likePe°pie' and calamitiewas fo general l ! it is thereanfwered, Therewere Gyants in the earth inthofe.dayes : Thefonnes of God, thofe that were great andpowerful! Princes linked themfelues with the daughters of men,withthofe that were the bafeft andvilefi among them,&begot uponthem filch vicious Gyants,that they cor- rupted the whole land.Phylonireporreth,That Goliah the Philiftinewas the firft that prefumedto layhand on the Atkeof God, and that afterwards all the peo- ple followed his example, Thewholeheadwas fit ke, and thewholeheart washeaaie, &c. It was enoughtoknow, that the heads were fo ficke and fo weake; for thereby it is tobe prefumed, that thewholebodieof thePeople was full oftu- mors andfwellings. It is amoflgrieuous finne, and GodBoth punifh them withagrieuons punifh- merit, who pulldowne where they are bound to build. The Ifraelires beeing muchafeEtionedto theMidianitìfh & the Moabitifh women,at theirperfuafion Ppi.îoa fell to.the adoringofBelfegor They ioyned them(lues alfa vntoBaal- Peor,anddid eat the offerings ofthe Dead. God for thisbeing fo angriewith them, that hee fold Num.a s vnto n.itofes, Takealltheheads ofthepeople,andhangthem vp beforethe LoraagaiNI theSaint: And whyagainft the SunnerTo the endthat the naturallfunne!bealdcon- demntthefetheSonnesandPrinces of thypeople. The Spoufe wentforth onenight toleek_eher Beloucd, and meetingwith the Watch, they treated her ill, and woke away her Cloake from her. Itis ahard cafe, that he that fhould appa- relland protet theNaked,fhould robhim ofhis cloathes, and trample him by oppreffionunder his feet. They
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