Chap.2o. aecordirag to St MA T T KETV. 497 And they thatare great] The Grandeesof the earth. There is, faith one, a greatneffe Belluine and Genuine. In that, a bead may and lothexceed us: In this we exceedour felves andothers. Great men arenot aiwaies wife, faith Elihu, lob 32.9. AndNe- mo me major nifi qui juftior, Paid Agefilaau, when the King of Perfia {tiled himfelf the great King. Calamitas noffra magnus eft, laid Mimus concerning Pompey, the people applauding fo handiome a folxciime. Privilegium nnisas conceditur in bene- ficium alterius,faith a learned Doetour : &fi visefffevere mag- nus, nefar inflar saris folle tumidi, fedinflar uteri prolegravidi; nec attollas inane fapercilium, fed exhibeas utile minaflerium. Goodnefle is the only greatneffe. Verde 26. But it fhallnot be P among"you ] How expref[e is that againft Papal primacy and Lordly prelacy ? When theDuke íhallbe damned, what will become of the Bithop, Paid theclown to the bifhopof Cullen ? MT Wbithead refuted a Bifhoprick be- caute he liked not to be Lorded. And Mr Coverdale being de- prived of his Bifhoprick in Q Maries daies, would not (for the fame caufe) be reinvefked in Q. Elix.abeths, but taught a fchool. Verfe 27. Let himbeyour fervant] This is the ready way to rife. Neither may any think himfelf too good to ferve the Saints, to wafh their feet, to minifter to theirneceflities. Chrift came out of the bofomeof his Father to fetch them toheaven. The ho- ly Ghofk difdains not to dwell in their hearts. Angels are def- rous to do them any good office. Prophets think not much to minifter to them, i Pet. i.i 2. Paul and Apollo and Cephas are theirs, publike fervants to the Church ; accounting it a far great- er matter prodeIrequàlm praefJ'e, to Peek tens falvation, then to exercife dominion. Verfe 28. And to give his lift a ranfome ] A redemptory, a valuablerate, for it was the bloodof God wherewith the Church was purchafed, AE .2é. filver and gold could not do it, i Pet.i.18,t 9. nor ac y Thingelfe but that counter-price given by Chrift, i Tim.9.6. Verde 29. ei4nd ar they departed from lericho a Chriff cured one/blinde man as be went into Jericho, Luk, i 8. and two as he went out ; for all the hafte hehad togo to leraf let. Hence fuch multitudes followed him, tomake up his enfuing triumph. Verde 30, whew they heard that Pfaff paffed by ] Happy it 3 was Vrfo9. âv7iKu7for. Tres in bis lotis ita curatos ele crediderim, Aretius,
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