604. The Iewes in nature, like Douesand Bcares. Vpon theSaturday after Ffay 59. A twofold madneffe. acet.3o. To take occa. Gon from good to doill . ishellieb ma- lice. otee 2. 4. Regal!. Cogitauerunt, rwt Lazarum interficerent. They confultedtoput Lazarus to death . This their rage and furie cannot bee furácientlyindeered. Efayfaith, Wee ro4realI like beares andmourn like domes. Thefeare both extreames. The Beare is a very furious beafk , the Doue very mild and gentle ; the one doth flake themountaines with his roarings, the o- therfcarce throbs forth hermourningsfromher breft; the one, ifyourob her ofher youngones , is all rage and fierceneffe it felfe, Like a Bearerobbed ofher Whelpes ; theother is fofrneffe andgendeneffe itfelfe, who ifyou take awayher young, vfeth no other refiftancebut mourning , anda loft murmuring; and therefore ofee faith, that the hath no heart. It was noted of this people, That theywere like douesthat mourned with their friends , but like fiarious beares towards their enemies. What greater furie than to feeke to kill Lazarus ? What madnefl'e morenotorious ? c3i arftliva Ficinru faith, That there isa two- fold madneflè. One, ofthebrain°. Theother of the heart. Theone long, theother fhort. The onemakes men madd, the other angry. L./lulus Gelliusreportethofthe Sclauonians,That when theyareangrie, they kill (like the Bafiliske) with theirverielookes. Ecclefi- aliicxs faith, That Enuie and Wrath Morten the life andbring ageb efóre the rime. Salomon faith, That three things mooue the earth, and that the fourth is not tobe endured ; pointing out the fourth to bee a Slane, that ismade his Ma- ftersheyre : for a Slane being feated in honour , growes to be fo infolent, that it is a thing infufferablc. Better may this bee verified of the appetite, which be- inga Slaue, ifit oncethrough wrath rebell againft reafon, it treads it vnderfoot, captivates ir,and illintreates it. Becaufe thatfor his fake, manyof the lewes went dray andbeleeuedinlefas. One ofthegreateftmiCeries that canbefall a foule,is, Tomake good,the occafionof ill. As one ofth egreateft pledgesof Gods loue, is, to take occafion from ill, todoe good ; fo one of the greateft pledges ofmalice, is, to take occafion from good,to doe ill. God gauevnto the childrenof Ifrael the and fluerof the Egyptians (whether it were in requitall and payment of their troubles , or that hewas Lordof all,and fomight difpofe thereof as bee lifted;) andofthis gold and filuer theyafterwards made a calfe, giuing thereunto thatglorie and worfhip which was due onelyunto God. °feefaith, they did the likewithBaal, Imultiplied theirfilserandgold, which they beflowedvon Baall. God gauethem a brazen Serpent,to theend that by looking thereon, they might be healedof the bitings of the Serpents : From thisfauour,they tooke occafion tocommitIdo- latrie, offering incenfe thereunto, as unto God,till fuch time as Ezeehias brake it in pecces.God doth proceede by contrary courfes: From Adams finne he tooke occafion to redeeme the world ; and (as itfeemeth toSaint t. Augufline) ifAdam had notfinned, God had not come inperfonto redeeme him. And Saint Gregory calls it Folixpeccatum, A happyfine ; becaufe itbrought with it fo foueraignea Redeemer.And in many otheroccafions,we may fay that of a finner,whichEfay faith,Recepit demanu dominiduplicia proomnibus peccatiffuis. And that which Da- uidfaith ofan vngrate full people,Pro iniquitate,videtentoria ..Ethiopia. Hee there femmes vp the many and great fauourswhichhehad receiued.; and ineuery one ofthem we (hall find, pro iniquitate. They confultedto put Lazarus todeath. The blanke and marke whereat they (hot, was todarken and eclypfe the name of our Sauiour Chrift, and tocaft a cloud
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