The Pa.!Jion Sermo~.. . f=_39~ I f\ wrong'dby his falffriends;As thatherotcal L¥th:r flt? '".the hke;C•r:fed be'!'"' Ji~c: .~~, .. ,u1, "'fi th11 bere forheareth. Tobe!bort, here be rwo mjunes u~rolerable; both gtvcChnli ·.-,~,;,m ""'I rhe Jie upon his Cro!fe: 11 i< f~ifhed. No, fomewh~t re':'ame;: the fault is dtfcharged, 1 " '"'·"' '· I nor rhe puni!bment.Ofpum!bmenrs,the erernallt! quu,not the tetnporal!.ll i< fnifbedb] cbrift: No,there wants yet _much; rhe fatisfa&.io? ofSaints applied by this Vicar:addmensfutferings unto Chnfts}'h<n rhe rreafure IS full;nl ther,,Jt i; notfmfoed. Two qualities ftrive for the firft place i? th~fe .two opini.ons; impiety and abfurditie: Jknownotwhethertoprefer. Fonmptene; here JS God taxedofinj•ftice, unmmif•lneffi, inf•Jficiencie,falfhood. Of inj•Jiice, that heforgivesfinne, and yet puni!be; for that whtch he bath forgiven~ Nnmercif~tlnejf,thathe forgives not while he forgives, but doth it byhalves: inf•Jfoiencie that hts ranfome mufl be fttpplied by men: faljbootl, in that he :inti, JfY-jini/b , w n i is nor. For al>$lrditie; how B gro!feand monflrous are thefepofitions? that at once he r.me finne lbould be remitted and retained· that there !bould be a punilbmenr, where there is no flult· that what could ftrikeoffour erernall punilbmenr, did not •vipc otfthe temporall .'that beewhich paidour pounds, !licks at our farthings; thatGod will retaine whlt man may difcharge; that it is,and it is not finilbed. If there be any opinions,whofe mention confutes them, thefeare they. None can bee more vaine, none hadmore need offolidity : fur thb prop beares up, alone, theweight ofall thofe millions ofiodulgences, which Rome creates and fels to the world. That Strumpet wouldwell-neere go naked,ifthis were not. Thefe fpiriruall Treafuresfetcht in the temporall: which yet our reverend & learned Fu/~jullly calls amoft blafphemous and beggerly principle: It brings in whole chefts, yeamines of g<>ld,like the Popes Indies; and bath not fa much as a ragge ofproofe to cover it, C whetherofAnriquity, ofReafan,ofScriprute. Not ofAntiquity: forrhefeJubily proclomarions began1>Utabout threehundred yearsago.Not of ll.eafon: how!bould N<g"''''""' one meer man pay for another,difpenfewith another,toanorher,by another? Nor of "'"pm< ;pji Scripmre 1 whichbath flatly faid,The hlo•dof]eftn r:hrift hit SM,purgeth tH from ,u ji11: !~~:;;•:;;;,. and yet · remembetthat acute sadeel bath taueht tne , that thiS pracbcc is according "'" & m;({., toScripture : what Scripture? HeC'4ft thernfJnt1-c/JIIngefloNi oftheTempk, ttndfaid:; p~o&;•n;,w,{.l~ Tt bafJemade mJ boufe aden ofthmm. Which alfo Joachim,thcir propheticall Ab!>ot, ::~~;:~;:;:;.. well opplies to thi• purpofe. SomemodeftDollarsof Lo'Va11 would fain have minced <hmm "'1";. rhis f\nrichriflian blafphemy;who began to teach, that the pa!Iions of the Saints are ~%':'p"/n '"'· nor fo by Indulgences applied, that they becometrue fatisfalliom; bur thot theyon. Jy ferve to moveGod, by the fight ofthem to apply unro us Chrifls farisfallion. Bur rhefemeale-mourh'd Divines werefoonecharm'd; foure feverall Popes(as their CarD dinallconfe!Tes)fell upon theneckofthemand their opinion: Leo the tenth, Pi~J the e,n., tb., . ' ' fift, Gregor1 the thirteenth, and Clermm the fixt : and with their furious Bulsbellow ' """'"""· out threarsagainftthem,& toffe them in the aire for Hereticks, and reach them upon pain ofa curfe,tofpeak home with BeUarmirJe,P•jJioiJihuJ fanl1orir expiari dtlit1a; and ftraight, A pplicari nohk J•~llorum paj]ioneudrtdimtndas p.enaJ, qeaspro peccatiJ Deo dehem•s: That by the futferings ofSaints,our flos are expiated1 and thar,by them applied,we are redeemed ft6 thofe punilbmenrs,which weyet owe toGod. Bla(phemy worthy the rearingofgarments: Howis it finifuedbyChrifl, ifrneo mnflfupply? Oh ble!fed Saviour,waseverydtopofthy blood enough ro redeem aworld, &doe we yet need the helpofmen?Howart thou aperfell Saviour,ifour brethren alfomufl be o~r redeemers?Oh yeble!fed Saims,ho1~ would you abhor this f, crilegious glory? & With tho(e holy Apo!tles, yea, that glonous Angell,fay,Videwe ficeris; andwith E tho(e wife Virgins,/efl thmwill tJ/1t 6eerJJM;h fo,. 1t1 and yo~t,gaeto them tbat fol,atJdhuj foryoflr fo/vu.Forus,weenvynot their multimde: let them have as many Saviours as Saints, and asmany Saint1 as men; we knowwith Amhrofo, Chrijlipaf!io adjutorecon eguit;ChrijiJ pajfionneedJ nolxlper: and therefore,with that worthy Marryr,dare IJy, N•nebHI chriJI,noRehut Chrijf.Let our fon!es di•1ifhe cannot fave them;let them nor fear their death or torment, if hehave finilbed. flear this thou longu\!bing & otllicred foul: There isnot one ofthy fins but it ispJid for;notone ofthy dtb's in the fcroli of God,burit i! crafTed; notone farthing ofollthine infinite ranfom isunpaid.Aia<,thy M m finnes
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