-408 A Commentary upon the Go(pel 4 Cha .1 : P . on himat the thought of fo foule a fá&. But I rather think other. L wife, that all Was but in hypocrifie. For lacivioufnefle dually uk,i ;.z;: fears up the confcience ( till the time of reckoning for-all comes) cenykniferaba- and brings men to that dead and dedolet t difpofcion, E he . tut ear in quay }. T 9. Only this fox fàins himfelfCorry for Zahn, as his father ait Uræviterani. ed himfelf willing toworfhip the Lord Chrift,,Maìth.a.asTi- vaduertebQt. Di beriva (Herodr Lord and Mafier) would kern very forry for thofe, whom, for his pleafures fake only, he'put to death, Gallicnt Gersiranicus ,D rajaIs, &c. And as 4ndronicisd the Greek Enpe_ rour, that deep diffembler, would weep over thofe whom he had for no caute caufed to be executed, as if he had been the molt for- fttS¿. Hif, rowfiill man alive. Dif ssulat mentij [ e malitiam artifx ho. of o micida. This cunning murtherer craftily hides his malice, faith St Hierom, and teeming fad in the face, is glad at heart tobe rid ofthe importunate Baptift, that hemay (in uncontrolled. For the eathr f ke andthem Which ,te ] All this wasbut pre- tended to his villany, and that he might have foinewhat to fay to thepeople, whomhe feared, in excufe for himfelf. As that he be- headed theBaptifk indeed, but his gueís would needs have it fo, becatife he had promifed the damofell her whole defire, and Elie, would not ocherwife be fatisfied. Betides, it was his birth-day, !at-no wherein it was not fit he fhould deny his Nobles any thing, who contra boor minded him of his oath, &c. But the oath was wicked, and on mores b robiigate. therefore not obligatory. he fhould have broken it asDavid in. ria:/t ?ego- 1ke cafe did, t Sum. as. when he fwore a great oath what he la in urro4, would do to Nabal. But Herod, for the avoydingof the fands, jure. ruflaeth upon the locks, prevents perjury by murther, notconfi- Neao it per. Bering the rule that uoman is held to perplexed b cween two vi. inter duo lute, ces, but that he may'iìnde an iffu without falling intoa third, gain erirur pa. And them Which fate With him at meat ] Tnefe he had more feat ab, f 'ter refpe& to, then to God. An hypocrites care is all for the worlds rio approof and appiaufe. They fhould have lhew'd him his finne, and c''far ver. o ofe his fentence. But that is not the guile of' godleflePara- bu;n "till fibs thole Aienet ctntra`hrà!ìzm. Negonef aulici,qui amnia loqutantur adbra- s,, to tiara, nihil ad veiitatem. Thefe Court parafates and Parrots Bache/ know no other tune or tone, but what will pleafe their matters ApudNPrir.ci, quorum etiamiutv,mlingnnt, as one faith; foothing and .es'Tu'"4,;',t finoothing, and (mothering up many of their foul fads, Áu!5.4. 'tæfi that they therebyma,y the better ingratiate. Principiburideoa- ce;lciiiarius, nvicus deed quia nihil deeit; there is a wounderfull fympathy between
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