Thcqualitic thoughts. PaffionSunday. title of moms thoughts. ous eye, and theplanets withprofperous afpeds , the earth clothentoy much fl uitfulneffe andabundance. fiat contrariwife, our foules arcnotfubied to thole materiali heaucns; but to thofeheauens ofour Prelats,and Gouernours.Behold, Icreate a newheauen, andanew earth. This may beevnderfiood of the Ecclefiafti- call Eflate,andthe Secular ; of Superioursand Infcriours. When thefe heauens affoordaprofperouslighr,the earth is beautifull, pleafant, plentifuli,and fertile. And fo on the contrary, Ieremiefaith, Ibeheldtheearth, andlee it was emptie, I6e- held theheauens, andcouldfeeno light inthem. What light then could there bee in Icrufalem,whenas inn andCayphas were the high Priefts? Thehigh Priefis confulted, that theymight pat Lazarustodeath. Saint Aaguiline faith, That thisdeuiieanddrift oftheirs was deriued from the diuell, and from hell. There are forne thoughts that are ingendredandbred in our flefh,as the ruft in theyron, the rottennes in thewood,thc mothin the cloth,and the wormeand mytes inbutter and inchetfe.Our flefh is a durtie puddle,which fends forth fuch fauleand thickc vapors from it,that ifyoudoenot makegreat haft to expell and driuc them thence,theywill quickly cloud anddarkenthe light of the vnderftan- ding. It is ficke of thekitchin, thegutter, whithcrall the duff and fluttifhneffe of the fences, gathers and meetes together tomake fincha flinke and floppage,that the water ofGodsgracecanhardly get through,andcleanfe the fame;it is amolt grieuous and heauie burthen,not onely becaufe it is fopainefull and intollerable, but alfobecaufe it is ineuirable. All theplagues of/Egypt were remooued by Mots his prayer, face oncly the Ayes: And riefe are thofeour thoughts andco- gitations, being inexcufable, as importunateandtroublefòme, which are ingen- dred in this our body of flefh. Euery one beares abouthint his particular af- fection, and the Idol which his heart adoreth ; This man his pleafures, that man his profit , one, his honour , another his, grace and fauour with his king; forne, their great and throng Alliance; others, their daintie and delicious fare. And euerieone of thefe, is like vnto the beaft that is tyed to his racke and manger, whereon his thoughts doe, continually feede. This is that fame, Trahitfaa yuemgme voluptaa, Emeryman is wedded toforne one kinde ofplea - fure , or other. TheSchoolemen fet downtwo fortsof thoughts, Theone,which flefh andblood produceth. The other,which are fowne in vs. Cogitatioinnata, And, Cogitatio, ab alio data. That which is bredinvs. And that which is otherwife brought unto vs. Some hearbes growvp in theearthofthemfelues; others are fown: So forne thoughts haue their breeding in mans breit, othersare fowne there ; and it nruft of force follow, that theyare fowne cyther by the diuell, or by God. Ofthofe ofthedi- ud!, Saint Paulfaith Le;no temptation take holdenyou , but that which tahumane. That the verie thoughtof forne cxtraordinarie beautie fhould trouble and dif- quiet thee,the thought ofthyPrinces fauour, of Signiorie, or anyother tem- porallgood,this is a humane temptation; but the killing of Lazarte, and the felling and betraying ofour SauiourChrill; is a diuellifh temptation. And therefore Saint John faith,That the diuellhadput it into ludo hisheart, that it was hee that had fowne this bad feed there, and thruft this thought into him. But whether orno,this thought be ofthe flefhor ofthediuell;fure Iam,that it is the generali dodtrine ofthe Saints,That we fhould not nourifhany euil thought,nor let it like a bottome ofyarne, waxe warme inour hand. Efay complainethof E ee his Ser,38 8ct
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