.r No cut to on- kindnefre. '. Of Peters Deniall. Ser.39. 613 fo tenderlyat anyof the other Traytors hands, as ofhis fonne Brutus, and ncer- fore faid vnto him whenhe ftabd him, Et to popeBrute ? Ha Brutus art thou to this Conffüracie? Gentilesand Iewes, Eccleliafticks and Seculars, Patricians and Plebcyans, did all confpireagainft Ghrift ; but none of thofc iniuries that they offeredhiin, toucht his heart foHere as Peters Dcniall,Ufhim.That Judas fhould fell hi:n, betray him, and definer himvp into his enemies hands ; that the high Pricfts,Neradaud Pilat fhould delire his death, and confent thereunto, it was no- thing, becaufe. they hated him and .were his profeffed enemies : But that Peter fhould denie him, towhom he had made fttch glorious promifes, andhawing to oftenmadeoffer vnto himofhis life, that he fhouldplay the Renegado, anddeal e thus and thus,&c. Then the Lord turnedbacke, andlooked vpon Peter, andPeterwent out andwept bit- terly. Saint Lucke like agood Painter drawes mePaer firft withacole, butnow he giues himhis more finely colours. The firft variegationand garniflimentthat hegiues this peece, was,ourSauiour Chrifts lookingbackvpon Peter : How he lookedonhirn, we haue handled elfcwhcre. Thectfed, which this his looking on himwrought, was the makingofhis heart to meltlike waxc;and the turning ofChrifts eye, the turning offererseyes into two fountaines. The Aftrologers fay, That he that is borne in the afpe t of (Afars, is ( lerneand cruel). ; in that of Jupiter, mercifull and courteous ; in that of Mercuric , induflrous and eloquent. Thebeams of the funinlighten the ayre,difpcllclouds,fcrtílizethe fields,breeds pearles in the íhels ofthe ricers, corail in the bottome of the lea, gold, Gluer, and othermettalls in the veynes of the earth, and like a well ord red clocke, go- uernes all the world. What Ilia!! the Son of righteoufneffe doe then with the beamesofhis Eyes e Sidonires dpeltnarts reports ofthofe ofThracia, That for to Ggnifie thevertue and power of theeyes of our Sauìout. Chrift, they didpaint a funne, whence three Raies, or bright-fhining beames brake forth : the one, rai- fingvp one that was dead ; the otherdid br cakea (tonicheart; and the third did melt a Ihowic mountaine ; and the Motto was this, oculi Dei,adnos. Thebeanies of Chriftseyes raife vp thedead, breake rocks,and melt fnow, Afacie tua .(Guth Efay) montes defluerrt. The fire which they hid inthe transmigration of Babylon, the children of Ifaelfound at their returne,turnedinto water; but expofing it to thebeames ofthe funne, it grewagain tobe fire,ro the great admirationof the beholders : which isa figure ofSaint Peter,who through his coldnesbecame wa- ter,but the beames ofthe Sonneofrightcoufneffe, rai'cda great fire our ofthis water. Pliny reports ofccrtaine (tonesinPhrygia,that being beaten vpon by the beanies of the funne, fend forth drops ofwater: But the beamesof theSonne of righteoufncffe didnot onely from this Petra,orftone Saint Peter,draw teares, but whole riuersofwater. Accordingto that of Dauid, Which turneth the roch into water-pooles, and thefltntinto afountain ofwater. Saint Ambrofe feemeth to ftand fomewhar vponit, why Peter did not aske for- giuenes of his hisat Gods hands? lnaenio;faith heluodfleuerit,nä inuentaguiddix- trit ; lachrymal lego, fattsfadionem non lego ;1find that hewept, but donotfindwhat hefaid; !readhis teares, but readnot hsfaitsfaft:on. The reafons ofthis his ftlence, andthat he didnot craue pardonofGodby word ofmouth, are thefe : Firff,becaufc hehad runnehimfelfe into difcreditby his rafh offers,andafter- wards by hisflee denial). ; and therefore thought with hinafelfe,That it was not po(Gltle-for him to expreffe moreaffe&ion with hismouth, than hehadvttered heretofore, Etiam f oportuerit memori tecam, non to negabo, &c. And that tongue which had deny'd him,to whom it hadgiuen fogood an affurance, could neuer F ff (as, Thepowerof Chrulseyes. P/at,i 74.
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