564 Hate iand transformaman Vpon the VVednefday after alike into their feucrall ébket. ting him out awindow , WhydidFheynot follow in purfuit of him being fo much offendedas theywere at this tricke,which Michalhad put vpon them? Some Hebrewes make anfwer hereunto, That Godhad damd vp the window, or calf amyft before their eyessthat they-could not perceiue the mannerof his tat.at.v efcape. Ecdefiaficiie faith,The congregationofthe wicked, is like tow wrapped toge- ther: Theirendis aflameoffretodeflroythem. An Armie of Reprobates can no more Rand againft the godly , than bundlesof Towe or Flaxe before a fia- ming fire. How long,dre. The Iewes comming round about our Sauiour, they faidvn- . to him, jufique,dre.Hora longdoef! thou make vs doubt ? As Loue transformeth a man, fodothHate, Yulnerafitor?neonforormea, faid the Bridegroome to his Spoufe. Another letter hath it, Excordafli : Whichalludeth vntothat which the Spoufeanf'wered, Ego Dormio, &tormeansvigilat. But how can the Spoufe fleepe, and her heart wake a yes, her husband had itolne awayher heart , and that waked with himwhenfhewas afleepe. NowHate, no leffe transformeth than Loue. Sate! did not liue inhimfelfe, but inmuid;Haman not in himfelfe,but in c_3i ardochee ; thePharifees not inthemfelues,bur in Chrift. And therfore they fay, Thoucaul fi oarfoules todoubt, Thou haftrobd vs ofour foules ; wearenot our felues,but asbodies without a foule. Eatyofafl En And in token thatthe caufeof this their fufpenfion, wasEnuie, theyconfeffe theworkAna thefe their lbmanydiftraftions, vexations, and tormentsofthe mind.All other N hurtled to be kindofGnnes bringpaine and torment with t hem, but it isafter they haue rafted oftheir finnes ; but Enuie torments before hand. The Pharifees hadfcarce feen ChriftsMiracles, and theapplaufewhich his doctrine hadin theworld , when theybegan tofuffr, and tobegrieued. And this is thereafon why this Vice is hardertobe cured than anyother. Good doth ordinarily quench ill, as water quencheth fire. But Enuie,becaufe it makes another mans good his ill, that which toother vices isdeath, istoEnny, life. It is the fire of brimftone, which themore water youthrowon it, themore it burneth. They came about meelikefo many Bees who are exafperated and grow angrywith thofe that doe them no harmebut good. Theywaxedhot likefireamong thornes,which no water can quench. Men areeuer Animam nofiramtollai. Where I wouldhaue thee toweigh theword Tollu, ready TO > Thou take(l awayour foule, thoumakeft vstodoubt,&c. Thou art infault,that burthen them- we linein this paine and paffion. It is the common courfeofyourgreateft(inners (clues iferkf.ther to laythe blameoftheir finne vpon God, o Lord, Why haft thou made vrto erre &fay 61, frosts thy tvayes(faith Efy)andhardnedour heartfrom thy fiare? It is a fin inherited fromAdam, who laidthefault of eating theapplevponGod, The woman which Ges.. thoug.weJI me to bewithme,tc. She that thou gaueflmetobemycowppanion,to bemy cherifher,and my comforter, Whowould hauethought, that flue would haue intreated any thingat myhands, that fhould not haue beene very lawfull andhoneft r The ficke man is wont to lay the fault on theClymat wherein hee liueth, andonthofe meateswherewithhee is nourifhed. Seneca tellsa taleof a certaine Shee-flaue, whoonemorningwhen fheawaked, finding her felfe blind, laid the fault that fhecould nor fee,vpon thehonk, defiring that fhemight be re- moonedro another. Thecaufe ofyourEclypfes is theearth, which interpofes it felfebetweene the Sunne and the Moone : Whereas hee that (hall impute the fault tothe Sun,fhall but betray his ignorance. Of theEclipfes of thefe Iewes, thecaufe thereofwas their pallions, their couetoufneffe, and their enuie. Ifour Sauiour' Chrift preached vntothem, theydefiredMiracles ; ifhe wrought Mi- racles,
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