WhyCivil defirn toely, would flyere. auoid death. Paífkin Sòndaÿ. Ser. 34. The fifth andTaft, That albeitour Sauiour Chrift feltthe anguifh andagonies of death, yet werethey nothinglike vnto thofehis enemiesfelt for to worke his death. For his deathwas nottobe at their appointment , nor how and when they wouldhaue it. ThePharifees fought tomakehimaway . fecretly in acor- ners but hewould dye inthe face and fightof all the world, For the greater his fhame was, the greaterwasour redemption. The Pharifees would not haue it on a fefîivall day ; Our Sauiour Chrift, that it fhouldbe vpon a feftivallday: for it was to be thegreaten feaft that waseuer made for man. ThePharifees would haue had him rid our of the way prefently ; Chrift thatit fhould not be till his houre was come, and that he had finifhedall things that hisFather had gi- uen him in charge. And forthis caufe, when they fought after him, hee fled from them ; and whenthey did not feeke after him , hecame himfelfe into the Shambles. Elias fled from lezabel,thathemight not dyeby herhand; andyet afterwardsfitting vnderthe Iunipertree, hedefireddeath. The Iuniper tree was aTypeand figure ofthe Croffe,for whichwas referuednot onely a willingnes, but alfoa fit feafon todie. Hibrethrenthereforefid unto him, Depart hence àndgot into ludet. Thefe great andwondrous workes of thine(faid hisbrethren) are not fit forthefe Gali- leans,being that theyarebut a rude & ignorátpeople;Get thee to Iudea,for there are the HighPrieras, and the DoEtorsofthe Law , for whom theexamination and iudgement of thefe wonders is referued. Euthymiue faith,Thatour Sauiours brethren went hypocritically toworke, and that making honotir thebayt, they would with that haue drawne him along to ludæa. SaintChryfoftome, That they did herein taxe Chrift of a kind of Daraardlineffe and fearefulneflè ; as if they fhould hauelaid, Lord, thoudoers onthe one fidepretend honour ;andon the other fide thouart afraid that thyMiracles fhould be examined, and cometo the touch : and thismakes thee flye from Iudæa. Sothat it feemeth to thisfacred Dotlour, That Chriras kinfmen were doubtfull of the truth ofhis worker. Whenceit followeth, That thofe whom theEuangelift here calleth Chrifts bre- thren, werenot of the Twelue: besaufehe faythofthem,His brethren belceued not in him. But others, Weknow and beleeue thatthou art the Sonneof God. But that placeof Saint c..liatthew doth prooue it more plainely, where when Chrift preached,one came vnto him and told him, Thy mother and thybre, thren flaywithout to fpeake with thee : But bee firetching out his hand tohis Difciples, Paid, Thefearemymotherand mybrethren. In the firft chapter of the AtIs,namingtheApoflles, and amongft them , Jacobus Al hei, Sinron,and &- sits, heprefently (ayes, Thefe did perfeuere inprayerwith the women,with the mother ofour Lord,andwith hisbrethren. Now his brethrenwere not of the' number of theApoftles. Andof this opinionisSaint duguftine , and Saint Chry- Nome. Saint Auguiline faith, Thatthe endofthis their counfell,was Ambition ; and thatit feemingvnto them, that they fhould haue Tome!hare thereby in Chriras glory,faid vnto him, T'ranfibine. And to him that !hall obie& thatof S. lobo, His brethrenbeleeuednot in him; I anfwer thereunto, That they did not beleeue that hewas the promifedMeflias : But withall, Thatthey didnot doubt of the truth ofhisworkes ; but did onely defireto fee themqualifiedand approuedby> theScribes andPharifees,whowere wellskild inall theprophefies. t a y time is notyetcome. Two things makethis opinion of Saint Auguftives` very probable. Theone, That it is verycommonand vfuall withmen to-feeke to 'get honor Aaa and 553 The greater Chriltsíharne, thegreaterour redemption. 3.aeg.t s. Vaine.glory not to beaffe- Eted. Men covet honor,though with the ha- zardofothces.
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