Chap .5. according toSt M A T T H E' vv. tphud : that neither sin nor labour, with the lilies,unleffe it be in their own vineyards, little in Gods : that want either art or heart, will or skill, to the worke : being not able or not apt to teach ; and fo give occafion to thofe black -mouthed Campians,to campian. cryout,Miniflrta eorumnihil vilisu ; Their Miniltersare the vileft rationib. fellows upon earth; God commonly cafteth off fuch, as incor- rigible; for wherewithal) fhall it be(lied ? there is nothing inna- ture that can reflore unfavoury fait to its former nature. He will not only lay fuchby,as broken vefiels ; boring out their right eyes, and drying up their right armes, i. C. bereaving them of their for- Zcch. ¡,i, . mer abilities : but alto he will caft dung upon their faces, Mal.2. 3. fo that,as dung,men (hall tread upon them(which is a thing not only calamitous, but extremely ignominious) as they did upon the Popifh Clergy ; and the devil thall thanke them when he hath them in hell, for fending him fo many fouls, as MatthewParia Lirerar ex in telleth us he did thofe in the daies of Hild,brand, As for them- ferno rnif/au felves, it grew into a proverb, Pavimentum infsrnlraft crift- G9 n enri funs quid2in. is qui - culsrurn verticibus, &magnatum galeis f ratum o f , that hell b. /atanae nia was paved with the (haven crowns of Prieffs, and great )hens ni Ecciefiajlico head - peeces. God threatens to feedfuch withgall andwormwood, c.elui gratiae Jer.23.I ç. emht &c. Verfe 14. Ye are the light of theWorld,] And mutt therefore Mn h vas, lead convincing lives, though ye incur never fo much hatred of Hifydnro0, thofe Lucifiga, thofeTenebricnesof the world, that are ill apaid r fomuch light thould be diffufed. But be ye 6lamelere and harm- lef fe, the ¡mimes ofGod, without rebuke in the midfl of a crooked andperverfe nation (as the Baptift was) amongWhomyeJhine as lights in the world; as chofegreat lights, theSun andMoon (fo ,,- the word fgnifieth) fo that they that (peak evil of you may be Lumimarj4, judged as absurd, as thofe Atlantes, that curfe the riling Sun, be- .P1311.:. rr. caule it fcorcheth them. Be as the flutes, at leaft ; whichare Paid Plib. to affeet tilde inferiour bodies,by their influence, motion,and light. So goodMinifters (as fixed ftarres in the Churchesfirmament) by the influenceof their lips,feed;by the regular motion oftheir lives, confirm; and by the light ofboth, inlighten many. And with fuch orient ftarres this Churchofours (bleffed be God,) like a bright skie in a clear evening, fparkleth and is befpangled, though not in every part,yet in every zone andquarter ofit; R1,g; e./1City that is fit en a hill cannot behid] As that City that's Remo cv, nec my mounted on (even hills, RomaRadix OmntumMalorum : and cianrar tefuitie. cannot 121-
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