Pharifaifme 374 r •'''"'"""''· that they avoided every thing thatmightcarrr ~ny doutr of ollurion: they would A , Mo{c11m •xp•f not thuefore converfe with any d1tferem rehgton; an s LQW went currant aRAh. oo.%"-"f,m ffiongfr thcm:Hetbat etJts aS11marili1&J hrudiJe4J heth11t eat1 f~inrt fi'jh. An Hebrew ~~~;i~~:~: Midwife'mtghr noc helpeaGentile; nor bookes,not W3Xs no[ incerde)might be fold <non F"'rl<. ro them : yeJ, no familiarity might be futfered with theirown vulgar. for whereas ;;~~~t~£~;t; chere were three ranks among the Jewes; the wtfe ( ~hofe wuerhe PL~rifts) rheir ;v;j,; 1, ,,f•PiDifciples,& the popul111terr..,,(as tbeycalled them)thts was oneofthe fixrtprooches tntum,comtJT•· to a novice ofthe p/J.,ijit,To eal,.ilh thev~t'gar forl:and lefl(when they had been a- ;;;:;~'''''' brood) they !houldhave been toucht by any, contrary to tne warningoftheir phy- '"· M•": in .btl:erics, they fcqure themfelves at their return; and ear nor, unldfe they' havewa!ht !-v~n. ,F-plp/>:m. [m"""" JchJt i~,accurately,as the Syriac; ofr,asEr'?.{m114; or with thegrip't fifr,as Bez• ~:;:~ · tol:owing H ierome. And not whh everywater ( marke the eicendfe) but with that M"k·7·!· onelywbichtheyhaddrawnrpwiththeirownlabour: and to m•ke l'P the mea- 11 ;;;:r.~:Ji. mm. !ure of thdr pretended f:t~lHmony, they Yawed comine~cy, n~t ptrpetuall(as.our ep;l''"·' t. Romanifls urge)but fur <ttght or tenneyear;.Thus they dtd unbtdden. How (lf!llJy "''"~'f:..<'' did they performewhat was injoyned? No men fo exalt in their tithes: I J•J tithll ~:';;;;..,;. '"· ofalt, faith rhebcafling Ph•rife : ofaU( as a great Doctor noreth )it wasmore than ,,.,.Mof.m.. be needed. Godwculd have aSabbath kept; they over-keepir. They would not '>tof. on that day flop a runningvell'ell,notlay an apple to the fire , notquencb a burning, y,;r EfyptiMa. Vtrfttt qlt.id.t~~~ tr kgt M1{14in ftrgall'.tr:.c[crip· ti.[c\1+- priarnq.l".TI, 4,f,6,],11,9' 6.lUUl P.sgJt. Q_!!}[mUvilll .sf/Jlttll b;dlet. Prttt.Muf.cNIIJ t:xpqJ.Jtid. not knock ona table to flilla childe: what !hould i notemore? not rub orfcratch in publike. God commands them roweare ( Tolapboth) Phj/aOeriet .• they d<X(which our Saviour reproves) [""••••••] enlarge lh<Ta: and thefemull bewrinen with right lines in a whole parchment ofthe hidt ofa cleane beafr. God commands to celebare and rofl the Pafleov<r; they will have it done(ill an excdfeofcare)norwith an iron, but a wooden fpir,and curiouOy chufe the wood ofPomegranate: God commanded C to avoide Idolatry; they taught theirDifciples,ifan Image were in theway,tofetch about fomcothcr; and ifthey mufl needsgoe that way, to runne: and if a thorne lhould hght in their foot(neere ro the place) not kneele, but litdowneand pull it our, lefl they lh0uld feeme to give it reverence. I weary you with theCe Jewi!b niceties. Confider then how devour, bow liberall,how continent,bowtrue dealing, how zealous, how fcrupulous,how auflere thefemen were,and fee ifir be nor awonder tbt ourSaviour thus brandeth them; Excep11o•r rigbteou[Rtjfi exceedthe righteoNf••ffiofthe Scribes and Pharl[u,1efo•ll 1101 enler int• the Kiegd.,, ofHetJ1Jto: That is, Ifyour doctrine be nor more righteous, you fhall not be entred ofthe Church: ifyour holindfebe not more perfetl:, you!ball not enter into heaven: behold, Gods Kingdomebelow and above is lhut upon rhm!. The poore Jeweswerefobefotred with the admirationofrheferwo, that they would havethou~ht ifbut rwomen rnufl goe to heaven,the one lhould be aScribe, the other aPharife. What firange news wasrhis from him that kept the keyesofDa! viJ,that neither ofthem lhould comethere? It was not rhe perfonofrhefe men,not their learnin~not w\r,not eloquence, not honour they admired fo much, bur rheir rigbreoufndfe: and loe nothingbut their righreoufneffe is cenfured : Herein they feemed to exceed all men: herein all that would be faved, mufl excetd them. Doe bm thinke bow theamazedmultitude frared upon ourSaviour,when rbey heard this Paradox .Exceed the Phdrifu in righreoufnell'e?Ir weremuch fur an J\ngell from hea· ven. What !ball rhe poore fonnes oftbe earth doe, ifrhefe worrhies.be turned away with a repulfe? yea perhap,, your felveo, all tharheare me this day, receive this nor without aflonilhment and feare, while your confciences fecretly comparing your holinell'e with theirs,finde it ro come asmuch lhorr of theirs, as theirs ofperfctlioo. And would to God you could feore more,and bemore amazedwith thi• comp11iRm, for(tofetyou forward) mofrwe exceed them, or elfe norbefaved? If we lettbem exceed us, wharhope, wharpofiibiliryisrhere ofour falvarion? Erewe therefore !hewhow farre wemufr goe before them, looke backe withme (I befeech you) a little, arid fee how farre we are behinde them. They taught diligently, and 'kept Mofot hischaire warme: howmanyare there ofus, whomthegreatMaflerofthe Vineylrd may fi nde Joyrering in thispublike M:~rker-place, D• I
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