34 A Commentary upon the Go(Jel Chap.3. punifbments. Now alteriue perd?tiofit tua casetio, faith an Ancient, ;lidor. fotiloq. Not to be warned by others, is a fuse prefage of ruine. Scipio beheld and bewail'd the dvwrfall ofRome, in the defiruFiton of Carthage. And when Hannibal was beleaguering Sagunto?» in Spain, the Romans were as fen(ible thereof, as if h: had been then beating upon the walsofrheir Capitol]. A florin, oft-times, be- gins in one place, and ends in another. When the fiv°ord rides. circuit (as a Jadge) it is in commiflion, Szek, t4. 17. ler.gy, ,7. And, When I begin ( faith God) 1 ìbiü make: anend, i Sane. 3. r e. Wecannot but fore-fee a flora), unlelie we be of thofe in. Q.i fe/rueám Bernard, who leek firaws to pat out their eyes withal]. If we qu eruct , unde break nor eftourfi s by repmtance ( that there may he a lengthen- acute:f?aierua "t ¡Ng ofour tranquillity), a removall of our CandleClickmay beas cor- t'r tainly foi-c.fcen and fore-told, as ifvifons and litters were feot 4. 7. us from heaver, as once to the Church of Ephefm. Gol may Jena.; t. well fay to us, as to them ofold, Have I been a Wilderne11e unto yftae], a landofdarkneJfe ? O;, as Themifïocles to his Athenians. Are yewearyof receiving fo many benefits byone man ? Boma al tergofrmofrfma. Our fins have long lince follicited an utter dif. Jer49.2. folutton and defolation of all ; and that we fhould be made a & i5.9. heap and a hiltäng, a wafie and a wilderneffe s uod Deus averte t. Ad mentem re. Verfe 2. And/ying, Rep ntye1 Change your mindes now at due. Erafm. the preachingoftheOofpcl, as they changed their garments at As theProdi. the promulgationofthe Law, Rentyour hearts and not your gar gall came to ments, plough up the fallowsof your hearts ; grieve foryour fins, himfelf,who till converted even to a tranfinentntion, as thofe Corinthians did, and as Simi) had been be- Peter counfellcdSimonMagus, that fnake that had café his coat, fide h,mfelf. but kept his poifon. For although he ca-tied the matter foclean- See a like ly andcunningly, that 'Philip took him for a true convert, and phra'e, n Cbre. baptized him yet Teter loon faw that he was in thegall or venom 8.ss, ofditternefe ( for the word uf.:d Deut. 29. t 8. whereunto the .Ait .2 r 9 Ap)file aliudes, fignifiethboth) and therefore prefcribes him an 04 Antidote, the very fame that ?An Both here, this generation of vipers, Repent, ifperbaps the thoughts of thy heart may be frgiven thee. His wicked thought is called éwivoras the godly changeof mind& that theApofile perfivadeth him unto, is called tordvo:e, he that by fame mifchance hath drunk poifon, muff cal} it up a- gain as loon as he can, ere it get to the vitals. Repentance is the foulsvomit, which is the hardcit kind&ofphyfick, but the wholfo;ncfi.
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