6oz Foar eftatesof a child,and whereunto alluding. TheLewes were murde- rersof all Gods Saints. The hurtfull qualitie of mans thoughts. Vpon the Saturdayafter hispeople,That theyconceiued mi4chiefe, andbrought foorth iniquitie ; that theyhatched cockatrice egges,and woue the fpiders web ; that hethat eateth of their eggesdyeth, and allthat which istrodvpon, breaketh out intoa ferpent. As out ofan Afpick's egge (faith Ariflotle) being kept warmeand cherifhed, is hatchtthe Bafiliske ; fo from our thoughts, taking warmth from the heat of confent, isbred the Baftliskeoffin. This is forthe fheepe tobreedvp the wolfe, or togiuc fucke to that toad which (hall venome thybreft and work thy death. TheGreeke Text faith, Confultauerunt conftlio , Theydid lay their heads toge- ther, they fat in Councell, theydid not onely thinke Vpon, but confent to the greateftmalice andwickedneffe, which euer the diuell or hell couldimagine, Vt Lazarum intericerent,To kill Lazarus. This is the endofour thoughts,when they arenotcut offintime ; Sinne is fo great an Vfurer , thatit goes daylygayning moreand moregroundvponmansbreft , till it hath brought it to a defperate eftate. Theyweregrowne to that deferatio»,that theyfaiduntoflthinefe, Iam thy fir- want. Saint [crome faith, Thatas the couetous thirft after money; fo doe thefe af- ter difhoneftie.Theyare like thofe thatgoedowne into a deepe well ; they knit rope to rope, andone finne to another. Why dyed! not in thebirth ? orwhydyedI not whenicame out ofthe wombe?Why didtheknees preuent me ? Andwhydid! f cke the brefls ? Wherein the Prophet pamteth foorth vetovs the foure eftatesof a child. The firft in the wombe. The fecond, when it is borne. The third,when it is fwadledvp. The fourth,whenthey giuc itthe teat. S. Gregorie dothapplie thefe foure,to the foure elatesoffinne. The firft,in the thought which conceiues ir. Thé fecotld, in the illwhich bringet h it forth. Thethird, whenwe put it on likeagarment. The fourth,when we nourifh andmaintain it. Saint LAagufline painteth foorth thefe foure eftates, in thefe foure dead folkes : In the daughter ofthe Archifinagoguian, who flirted not from home. In the fonne ofthe widowofNaim.who wasaccompanied to hisgraue. InLazarur,who lay foure dayes dead. And inhim,whom our Sauiour Chrift did not raife vpat al;faying,Letthe dead bury the dead. Theyconfulted toput Lazarus to death . Our Sauiours death was already con- cludedon,andnow this cruel people treated ofmakingaway Lazarus. Ofwhom our Sauiour Chrift Gail, Vt defcendatfupervas omnrt[ugust inJiw it fangaine Abel, ad fangatinemZachari.e,¿'rc. It is do maruell that they fought tokill Lazarte : for inhimwas fum'd vpall thebloodof the iuft that had beeneflied in theworld. Andthe reafonthat makes this to feeme fo, is, becaufe all the iuft that dyed in the world fnce Abel, wereaType and figure ofChrift : And iftheydid die, it wasto giue teflimonie ofhisdeath; and had it notbeene for our Sauiour Chrifts death, his had not preceedd. And for that the lifeofthe iuft was a fhadowof that ofour Sauiour Chrift; intaking away his life, inwhom all the hues ofthe world werecontained , theywere guiltie ofall the reft, and as much as lay in them, were theHomicides ofthewhole world. And if he that carryes bur'one mans death about him,findes no placeoffafetie vpon earth, What refs (hall he find, that bath fo many deaths crying vpon his confcience Saint
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