OfMaries Re- penrance. Paffion Sonday. Ser. 3 6. 577 offer vp thofe glaffes,wherein theybefore beheldthem/Clues, beinga iewell of great dicer= amongftwomen, as beinga meanes toprefèrue theirbeauties,and repaire thofe wrongs that any fpot of fouleneffe fhoulddoe the face:And Moles made a Lauatorie ofCopper, forthe Priefts towafh themfelues in , adorning the famewith thefekindof glaffcs. for the that (hall forgo the world,and (trip her-felfe ofall euen toher veryglaffe,whereinThewaswont to looke, the hoi- eft Priefts may looke that woman inthe facewithout finning. There arecertaine finners whichwill not let flip any occafion that offers it felfe vnto them, PetrasChryfeloguc likenstheièvnto diuells. Amongft the Ger- gefenes, our Sauiour Chrift commandingthe diuells that they fhould comeout ofthofe men that hued in the fields in the Sepulchres andgraues of:he dead , as iftheywere houles ofpeace and plafure,they befoughthim that hewould fuf- fer them togoe into theheard of Swine, to wit, out ofone filthyplace intoano- ther; and fo in like mannerfrom fmneto finne. Others thereare, that all their life long,haue tyde themfelues faftto Occafions girdle, & haueas it were (worn and made avow, neuer toforfake her : Thefe two forts of (inners Teremiepoin- ted at ; Ifthe Blackemare can change hie skinne, or the Leopardhiefrets ; Now,which will firftchange hisskinneandcondition,either the tanned Negro,or the (potted Tygar r The (inner which lyes at racke and manger , and is chained fart to the ringof the cratch, or he that accuftomes andvies himfelfe tochange and alter eueryhoure ; and li ke the Cameleon, puts onas manycolours as come neere him ;Which ofthofetwoElates Ifay isthe moredangerous Ianfwer, That among(( Reprobatpeople there is not apin to chufe : But amongft thofe (inners that hopefor heauen, That of the Cameleon feemeth tobeethemore dange- rous ; bccaufe it maybe prefumed from his ordinary reincidencie, that in the confeífion of his finnes, heneuer truely repents himfelfeofthem ; whencegreat Sacriledges arewont to fucceede. But for the other,it mayfo fall out, That hee maybe asconftant ingood,as he hathbeenebefore in ill. Andfbefoodathis feet behindhim. Retró,at bu bake ; Whence we may con- fiderawonderfullandftrange kindofchange. WhencMary Magdalendid cat} her finites behind her backe,God did let them before his eyes : but when cma- ry Magdalendid fet them before hereyes and grew fearefull and timerous ro lookehim in the face, and had not theheart to prefl'e into hisprefence that was tobeher foulesbell Phyfician, God did can herfirmes behind his backe. Saint AuuIine touches vpon this ftring,vpon thofe words ofDauid; Ruertefaciemm- ane peccatúmelt, TurtleOde thyeyes Lordfrom myfinnes Oh thou (inner (faith the fame Father) I (hall giue theeagood remedy for this, Tu indenonauertaa,Doe not thou turne thine eyes from offthy finnes,andGod will turne away his : but ifthou fhalt cart them behind thybacke,Godseye will be{till vpon them , and punifh them feuercly in thee. Standingbehind. In that looking-glaffe ofChrift , The lawthe foulenell-e of her foule,and fhe [larded at it,Statuamcontra tofaciem tome. Ina glaffe thatwhich isfaire, feemethmore faire ; and that which is foule,more foule. Thereare fome glaffeswhich makes all thofeappeare fairewhich fall within the view of them. Aglaffe (landing in a window, makes theoppofite wall glitter and Thine the more. The Raine-bow leaues that faireft, which leaneth neereft to it. The Sunne letting vpona darke cloud, makes him become as bright as gold. In likemanner our Sauiour Chrift layd open to (MaryMagdalen the fouleneffeof her fines,that hemight kaue her morefaire and more beautiful) than Thee was before. C cc Standin 19.1. Relapfcs into fin ate dan- gerous. God will ne- uer ere our frns,if we wil er ethem our clues.
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