615 WellillsMONVralsklitttstteXktiun ns1Br. Zn ... .tQ THE XL. SERMON. The Conuerfion ofthegood Theefe. Mar. 27. Cum eo crucjxiJunt duoLatroner, 'nuns dextrin, er alter afingid. There werecrucifiedwithhim two theeues, one at hisright hand, another onhis left. Here are three molt notable Conuerfions, which the Church dothcelebrate. That of Saint pail. That ofMary Magdalen. That ofthegoodTheefe, Theone,liuinghere vpon earth. Theother,now raigning in heauen. Thethird, dying vpon the Croffe. Of all the reft,this feemeth to be themolt prodigious and molt ftrange. Firft , bccaufe Mary Magdalen faw many ofour SauiourChriftsmyracles, heard many of his Sermons ; and betides, her filters good example might worke much goodvpon her. Secondly, Saint Paul fawChrift rounded about with glorie, more refplen- dent than theSunne ; had heardthat powerful' voyce which threw him downe from his horfe, andput him in the hands of that duffwhereof hee wascreated. But the Theefe neither fawMiracle, nor Sermon , nor example, norglorie, nor light, nor voyce, faue onelyChrift rent and torne vpon theCrofle,asif hee had beeneasnotoriousa theefe as thofethat fuffered on either fideofhim. Againe, How much the quicker is the motion, and the extreames more di- (tant,repugnant, andcontrarie, by fomuch the more ftrange and wonderfull is thischangeand alteration. This theefwasahuge way offfrom eitherbeleeuing, or louiny our Sauiour Chrift : and that bee fhouldnow on the fodaineand in fo fhort a (pace, paffe from a theefe to a Martyr, from the gallowes to Para- dife,mutt needs be anadmirable change. Mira mutatio (faithS. Leo) vt infldia- tor viaram , vfqueadCrucemreua, fit Chrifti repenteCanfilfar, This is awonderfull Fffz eke* e,
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