5 Ca`pha'PwPhetyed, Vpon the Fryday after yet was no Prophet. mightgather thechildren of God together that werederfcdthroaghout tl e n t;Id. origen hath oblelated, That Carphas pi ophefied, but that hewas noProphet. Firft, Becaufeone actionof .a Prophet dothnot make the habit ordenomina- tionofa Prophet. Secondly, becaufe he didnot attaine vnro the fence and meaning of the Ho- ly-Ghoft,theknowledge whereof in point of prophefie is neceffarie. S. Amibrofe faith,That Caiphaa pretendedone thing,& vttered another,& there- fore that he fin'd inthefentence which hepronounced,becaufehisintentwas bad vniuft;as it was with Palaam,who as hewas aProphet could not curfethe peo- ple of IIraell, butas theywereparticularperfons,theydid finne anderre : fo that the Holy-Ghoft feruing himfelfe with the tongueofcaiphaa, as the inftrument, the High-Prieft did but determine that which the Holy-Ghoft had before The fame decreed: words out of Whencewe may.take occafion to weighand confider the goodand the ill of diuers mouths mayyrci- an intention, fince that one and the.felfe fame words are fo goodand fo iIl.Saint Ate it the ondereth vpon thofe words of SaintPaul ui lio re rio uo non pe- fed Rosa.grelifhed. pert pro nobia omnibus tradidit illum,Who'parednothiemn f nne,butgaue him for vs alltodeath. ThiswordTradidit, is verifiedboth ofthe Father, andof the atat.:a. Sonne, Tradidit f metipfumpro me, He deliueredvphimfeelfe for me. As alto of zu- dat, guiautem tradidit eum, dedit `lignum, He gaue them afgne that mat to betray him. Aiid of Pila,,Tradidrt voluntati eerum, tie deliueredhimvptotheir will. The deliueringof himvp;wasall one and thefame : but the Father and the Sonnedid this out of their mercy and loue to the world ; but lucks and Pilat,out ofhatred, treaCon,and iniuftice. Saint Ambrofe faith,That that murmuring about theoynt- nient [Ft quidperditioOa unguenti fads ell ? What neededthiswee ?)wasvttered . byIudat,and the Difciples,in one and the fame words : But in them theyprocee- ded out ofagood nrind;but in ludaa,outofauarice : forthe Difcipleshad there- ina refpeét to thepoore; For this oyntment (muttered they) might haue beene fold formuch, and beene giuen to the poore. But Ixduout of theprofitthat he might haue made thereby unto himfelfe, by filching fome ofit away, if he had come to the fingringofit. Saint Hilaryexpounding that faying of our Sauiour Chrift, Patermajor me ell, c. tyFather itgreater thanI, faith, That it being heard eet.ts. , from virrixa hismouth, it fauoured likegall ; but from our Sauiours mouth, like bony. In Corinth, certaine Exoreifts, fonnes of the Prince ofthe Priefts, wouldtakevpon them to call- our aneuillfpirir,Pe/simum, the Text ftiles him, Whodid demandofthem,Whogaue you licence toexecute this Offices Yos un- tem qai eflis ? What areye r Iefus I acknowledge, and Paul I know , but who are ye r And the man inwhom theeuill fpirit was, rauneon them,and preuailed a- gainft them, fo that they fled out ofthat houfenaked andwounded. Saint Paul didcafe out diuels in the nameof the Lord Iefus Chrift, andthefe men likewife didvfe thenameofthe Lord Iefus Chrift : How comes itthen topaffe,that the fuccefl'e was fo contrary I anfwer, The intentionwas different. Theirwords werethe faine,bet not their intent. It isexpedient forvs that onemandye . The naturall confideratioti ofthisplace, isthe conueniencie ofChrifts death : Ir was expedient for heauen , earth, an- gels,men,aswel the liningas thedead.WherofIhaue treatedat large elswhere. This (pakehenotofhimfelfe. Saint vlugufine,Hoc ineoegitpropheticumChrif- ma,&c. Thegift ofproph f e, madehim toprophefie hisarise cuilllife, andthat hoe did prophefe ignorantlyandfoolilbly. Saint Chryffome , Vide, quantaft,&c.Thegraceof prophefie,.toucht the high Frieflsmouth,but not hisheart. WhenceSaintChry f fiome cloth
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