'Tis not fafc tru(ting ofan enemie. OfourSaviours death. Ser.42. fo ragingand fo cruell, which withfo fada fpeétacle, and fowoull a fight, would not boofe fomewhat of i'ts fierceneffe andviolence;leaning himfelfe again(} the window,and looking wiftly vpon him,he breathed forth there twowords ; Ecce homo. Behold herea Man (faythS.liuFten) fitter forthe graue thana throne;yee didheretofore enuiehim for the great applaufewhich the world gaucvnto his Miracles, but now his Miferiemayblot that out of your brefts. Firft,I would haue ye to confider,what manner of thing Man was when hee was moulded by the hands of God in the Creation; how rich , how wife, and how perfeE±a creature he was. Inhis Incarnation in what a profperous eftatedid he liue,howmightily enuied by Hell c In the RefurreEtion, howglorious,and how immortali r And howGod againeby the hands ofMan,ismocked, fcour- ged, fpit vpon; andcontemned. Secondly , if a Pilat taking pittie ofour Sauiour Chrift, could fayvnto the people, Ecce homo,Behold the c.Mon ! for to mooue them vnto pittie : it is not much that aPreacher of the Gofpell, whole dude it is to preach Chrift cruci- fied , fhould fay vnto Chriftianpeople,Ecce homo, Behold the Man. No manwill truft the pittie and compaffion ofanenemy. saidremained much amazed and confounded, when Dauidftole fromhis beds.head his fpeare and his pitcher; and when in the cauehe had cut off the lappetof his garment ; andwithmares did propound andpromife tohimfelfe to loue him and fauour him all his life long:yet »auiáwouldnot beleeue him, becaufenoman that is wife will truft an enemie. loner who was a figureof our SauiourChrift,beeing ouerwhelmed in the Sea,thewanes thereof did affuage their ragc.& waxed calme: But our Sauior Chriff,being ouerwhelmed inthe Sea oft hefè his torments,hee couldnot allay the furieofthofebilloweswhich grew flit rougherand rougher in the turbulent breafls of his people ; for there was but little good to beexpe&ed from fo pro- fefT'ed anenemie : yet hee that is a Chriftian hath our Sauiour Chrift tobee his Friend,his Lord, his Father, and his God. And reprefenting himfelfe vnto vs in this pitifull and lamentable manner what heart is there fo hard, which will not bee mooned to commiferate fo wretched acafe? Saint Paul hadmade vnto thofe of Galilee adifcription of our Sauiour Chrift vpon the Croffe ; and it teeming vntohim, that theywere not mooned thereat, but that their hearts were hard- ned, he cry'dout aloud vnto them, o yeefoolijhandfenf eleGalathians,whobath bewichedyou:" Is it poffible that Chrift crucified fhouldnot makeyour hearts to meltwithin yeec This is ameere ftupidneffe and infenfibilitie. BeholdtheMan. If it will not mouevsto behold himthus tormentedasa Man,let it greeuevs at leaf} to fee God fuller fomuch miferie for Man. Yidimur eum ( fayth Efay) qualipercuffumelDeo (quafpercuffumDeum) Forfo Saint Chryfofome renders it. Beetue,qui intelligit fulleregenum & pauperem. Happie is heewho vnder the hu- manitieof man,will find out the humanityof God.Lindanua commentingvpon thisverle, faith, Thatthe word super in theHebrew, with it'spoints or prickes, frgnifieth God: So that inthe firft fence,it maybe fayd,Beatm quiintelligit Deum, egenum&pauperem. Bleffedbe thofe eyes,that vnder fo manymiferies,behold Godsgreatneffe. Zachari,er doth paintout lefus the Prieft with .loathfome and vnfeeme?y garments, and that a (tonewith feuen eyes flood looking vpon him. Can the(tones findeyes to fee God whipt,fpitvpon, &crowned with thornes l And (hall man bee fo blind as not to behold him a Saint Luke titles Chrift, H h h a martens Chrifton the Croffe the on- ly obiet of Adátiration.
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