Chas lifewas to bring the Iewesto Pafifon Sunday. Ser.38. knowledge: hisdeath,theGentiles. cloudouer that glory whichcould notpoffibly but thew itfelfe,in feeingLazarui tobe raifcd vp from death vnto life. Thisdammage the Lord did repaire with two great honours. fri The firff, That moftfolemne triumph wherewith they receiuedhim,wherof we fhalltreat hereafter. Thefecond, of certaine Gentiles which came according to thecuftome to the feaft. Leo the Pope f.zith, That the Romans madea religionof it to adore thefèucrall gods of all Nations ; and therefore they intreated Saint Philip, that he wouldbe a meanes that they might haue a fight ofour SauiourChrift and that theymight bee admitted to fpeake with him : Saint Philip communicated this matter withSaint t_.4ndrew, and they both acquainted our Sauiour there- with. And Iefus anfwered, The houre isnowcome, that theSonne ofman!ball bee mademanifefl. TheApofiles did not vnderftand the myfierie thereof: but our Sauiour Chrift tooke that his comming tobe thedefpertador de fumuerte, thea- waker and reuiuer of his death : For although he imployedbothhis lifeand his perfon in Ifrael, yet his deathwasto draw the Gentiles tohis knowledgandobe- dience. And thefe Gentiles being fodefirous to feehim, and to talkewithhim ; raking this to be the Vigile ofhisdeath, and vocation of the Gentiles; Hee told them, 7(ów is the houre come, wherein theSonofman is to beglorified, not onely a- mongft the Iewes,butthe Gentiles alto. Hee calls his death his glorification. For, albeit to dye, be weakeneffe, yet todye as Chrift dyed, was vnfpeakeablevalour, andvertue. Hee neuer flrewed himlelfmore ftrong, thanwhen beewas moft wcake ; and neuer lookt fweeter than when deathwas in his face. lice had hornes comming out ofhishands, And therewas the hidingof his power. Thofe hands which werenayled to thole armes of the Crofle, were thofe homes wherewith hee ouerthrew the po- werof theworld, andofhelhïscob faid of Simeon andLeui at the boute of his death, n theirfelfe-willtheydiggeddowne a wall,which theSeuentie tranflatethus, Eneruàuerunt taurum , They weakeneda Bull : By this bull, vnderftanding our Sa- uiour Chrift. Firft, forit's beautie, ,uafiprimogeniti tauripulchritudo eius, His beauty')tallbe likehisfnfl borne bullocke. Secondly,For that as the bulls ftrength lyes in his bornes, fo did Chrifl'dif- court his ftrength vpon the Crofle, Ibiabfondita eflfortitudeeita. Thirdly, becaulè(according vnto Pliny) the' Bull loofeth his fierceneffe, when bee but fees the fhadow of the Figge-tree : And our Sauiour Chrift 'hewed himfelfe moft wcake, when beetaw theshadowof theCrofle, defiring pardon thenof his Father for his enemies, who likedogges againft a Bull had with open mouth fet themfelues againft him, <many dogs arecome about mee. But bee repayd (though not allayd) their ragewith this fo louingand fo fweet a prayer,Fatherforgiue them, &c. The Pharifees feeing themfelues thus mockt and deluded and that their plots and intentions tooke noteffedt , theybrake foorth andfayd, Perceiue yet not, how wepreuailenothing?and how that the worldgoeth after him r And albeit Saint Chryf,`ïome faith , Thq,t thefe fpeeches were vttered by his friends,there- by to perfuade thePharifees that they fhould not tyre out themfeluesany lon- ger in perfecutingof him,feeing it was to no end, but all went croffewith them; Saint Augufi. yet faith, That theywere the fpeeches ofhisenemies, whichbe- moned theirowne difgrace and misfortune. Therecould not bee anyblindneffe more foule and beafi:ly , thanthat of the Ee e 3 high 605 Chciltsdeath his glorifica- tion. rtbacuc.;. Chrif}why ea lied a Bull. Deut ;q. Pftl.já.
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