No perp'rotion fufficient Of the LordsSupper. Ser.4i. i 637 for the Lords Supper. Chriftat his 1aí1Copper, poffeffedwith fuch perturbation the brefts ofhis Dif- ciples, telling them, That he that dipt his finger with him in thedifh fhould fell the Sonneof Man and betray him,was,That euery one might beaffraid ofhim- felfc,and might faynot without Comefufpitionand icaloufre,Wbat Mefter it I ? For there is noman fo Holy,noman fo Pureand free from Erne; but is will well befeeme him to come wich agreat dealeofrefpedand reuerence, and a due exa-, minationof himfelfe to this coelefliall Table.lob when hefit downeat the table vfed tofetchafigh, Antequamcomedem fufiro. Deuid didmoyften with his tearer the breadwhich he did eat. Did thelegoodmen hold rhemfeluesvnwor- thy ofthat materiali bread ; What ought we todoe, whenwee come to the re- cciuingofthisdiuineBread ? Dronrftua,de EcclefiafticaHierarehie ;Clemens Rome- ma in his Apoflolicall Conflitutions; Hilarÿ,Theoderet, Dar;Antes t-dlcxandrineu; hold ( contrary to the opinion of the Saints ) that whodid not thenand there. communicate with the refl. He came then toSimonPeter. Saint Aufienfayth, That Saint Peter firIFbrake the yce,faying,Wa/hcfithou my fret?O Lord, inthy transfiguration therefplendor of thyGlory did throwmee downe at thy feet , and shall I then fuffer thee to throw thy felfe downe at my feet t Heaucn did reuealevntomee that noblecon fefìionwhich I made,Thou art the Chrifi,theSonne ofthe lrurng Cod : Sithence then, that Ihaue confeffed andac- knowledged thee to bee the Sonneof God , fhall I permit to fee my Sauiour humble himfelfeat my feet t Clemens Romanuoa Difcipleof Saint Peter; repor- reth inhis Apoflolicall Confliturions,Thatas often as Saint Peter did call this actionothis to mind,fo often did he fbed teares,to fee Chriftat his feet : whence wee are toweigh andconfider the great modeflie ofSaint Peter, whowas not fo much aflonifhed to fee 1efus Chrift at the feet offudar, as to fee him at his own feet. All thecomplements which Peter vfedwith our Sauiour Chrift, are wor- thycommendation, full ofdifcretion, reuerence, and loue : Onelyhis default was,That bee would indite and conteflwith ourSauiour Chrift, for wantof true knowledge of thofe ends, whereunto Chrifls ac` ions were dircded. So that if mannerlineffe may bee a fault in anyman,it was now in Peter, for refuting to haue his feat wafht;themyfleriewhereofhadhe but knownc,he would nothaue made fo nice a matter of it. Saint Cyrilltreatingofthe ends ofthisall ofourSauiors,faith,That he defired byall means poffibleto ingraft Loue inMansbrefl ; &to giuevsto vnderftand, Thatwithoutgreat humilitie, there can be nogreat Loue. Guarrictes faith, That our SauiorChrift did loueman fo wcl,yea,& in fuch amaner of faf lion, that he rcfolued with himfelfto iumpe& agree withhim,& to fhapehimfelfaccording to hishumonr,andtodoe any thing whatfoeuer,thoughneuer fomeane , fo asit might make for hisgood.Andwhen he faw that Man was foproud,that hewould not fubmit himfife to;ferue him,he fayd,Well,feeingManwill not bebrought to ferric tire, I will fubmit myIdEe to ferne him,& ftoupe to fo lowandfo bafe a feruice,as towan-) hisfeer.This made himdye betweene twoTheeues. He was wel content athis death, towant al other comforts theworld could affoord him, only he could not be drawne frommans fide ; that would hauegone to the very heart of him. Thou art faire (my beloued)andcomely. S. Bernard fayrh,That this repet4tionBoth point outaatwo,fold beautievntovs. Theone of hisDiuinitie , wherewithheBoth beautifie& deifiethe Angels, and theSaints. H h h The Chri(is Humi- Iitie,thecha- r 'etaof his Loue. Our Sauiopra' art in gaining of wretched Man.
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