Chrift did all thingsopenly. Pafíìion Sunday. Ser.35. racles, they defredDoEtrine 5 from his workes theyappealed to his words,and from his words to hisworkes; and laying thefault on theSun, they faid , Ani- mam noftramtollu, Thou makefl vs todoubt. . Ifthoube theChrift, tellvsplainly . In three words they vtteredthree notori- ous lies : Thefirft, Dicnabis palamsTellvsplainly; for all that thou haft hitherto fayd vnto vs, is as nothing. The fecond, Dicnobispalam, and we will beleeue thee. The third, Disno6upalam ; for that isthe reafon why wee haue not hitherto beleeued thee Saint,.augrfine and Saint Chryfofiome haue both obferued,that in thefe their liesthere was agreat dealeofcraft & fubtletie ; whichwas this, fhat the lewes did {till prcfume,that our Sauiour Chriftwould boat/ himfelfe to bee Kingof the Iewes, and that hewas temporally to fit in Dauids Throne ; & they went aboutto draw this from him, that they might hauefome ground ofaccafa- tion againft him ; and therefore theythus cried out vntohim,Dicnobupalam,Tel vsplainly : for inall the reftthat they cf. fired ofhim, our Sauiour Chrift had gi- uen them full fatisfaEtion. For It Palam be topublifha thing openly, andnot to doe it in hugger- mugger, or infomeby-corner or other ; I haue alwayes prea- ched publiqucly in your Synagogues and in the middeft of your Market-pla- ces, vind faydnothing infecret. IfPalam (hall carrie with it akindof boldneffe and libertie, yee may call to mind my whippingofyou out of the Temple, the feueritieof my reprehenfions, and that I called yee the childrenof the Deuill, that I might publifli your euillthoughts to the world , &c. If Palam !hall fig - nifie,Cleerelyor Manifeftly,whatmore cleere or manifefttruth could ye heere, than that whichI hauepreached vnto your Wil you that I Thal tel you ina word, whoI am, Iand thefather Am one. Of themateriall Sunnea man maycomplains, That-an earneft eyingof it,anda fteadie fixed looking thereupon, may make vs blind ; but on theSunneof Righteoufneffeno man can lay thisfault,for hee him- fel fe glues that light whereby our eyes are inabled to fee; The commandement of the Lord ispure, andgiueth light vnto theeyes. And therefore Saint Paul calls the oldLaw, Night ; and theLaw of Grace, Day : In that Law the Sunne had,not !hewedit felfe, all was cloudsand darkeneflè; and albeit they did inlay force light,it was buta glimpfe,oras the light ofacandle throughCome little chinke; butwhen theSonne of God appearedin the flefh, that darkeneffe of the night was driuen away, and the dayappeared,&c. I toldyee andyee beleeue not ; the workes that I doe inmy fathers name, they Beare witnefle ofme . Our Sauiour Chrift had prooued himfelfeto beboth God and Man, by fuch contienient meanes, that ithad beene follie, ifpot meeremadneffe, to hauedefined betterproofs thereof: ftrong were his reafons,ftrange his myra- cles,profound hisdifcourfe.ln aword,his words & workes were fuch,that they madeAdmiration nand amafed, andWonder it felfe, to wonder. Your not be- leeuing me ( faith our Sauiour) cannot arifefrom my not fpeakingvnto you, but from yourwilfulnefle ;but if yee will not beleeue inmy words, giuecredit to my workes. Whereby the way it is tobe noted, That our Sauiour Chrift hauiug innu- merable teftimonies to alledge in his behalfe, thole (hall firft be reprefented vntoyou, whichare fet downby Saint lohn , Tresfsnt qui teftimonium dant in Calo, be. There are three whichBeare Recordin Heauen,theFather, theWord, and theHola-Choll:and there are threewhichheart recordin theearth,the Spirit,theWater, land theBroad. water' we hauetreatea of at large elfewnere. The y 65 The fubtekie of the !ewes in circumven- singour Saui- our. pfats9. The Iewes wanted no- thing n make them be'rree,' but a ..liiti,.' nee tobeleeue. I. /Ai t7
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