C ap a3. a6C0rdin t0 St M A TT H& vv. 5 39, V . C.;o. IfWe had been in the daist ] Either theft, men groily diffembled, or their hearts greatly deceived them ; For certain- ly, an Herod ana Herodias to John Baptia, would have been a.. Ahab and 1tzabelto Elias, But as it was Paid of Demos`lhenes, 4 ev1T Div that he was excellent at praifìng the worthy as of Anceflours, riot foat imitating ofthem t in like fort may we fay ofthe Phari- rc ?UV fees, they could well declaim againff their fore- fathers cruelties, Yv rya, Fuwyf- oo3tetduxó but not fo well difclaim them. Theywere adverfits fia ip /ruit, eaoteot. Ftttran vitiafacundifatie, as one fpeaketh in a like cafe. Shrill accufers ofthemfelves. Verfe 31. Wherefore.ye be Witne(f es, 8tc. ] Here our Saviour cafs all their coffin their teeth, as if thereby they had meant to commend their fathers cruelty in killing the Prophets, Gth they abetted it, by perfecuting him and his to the death. Malice is commonly hereditary, and runs in the blond : and (as we aft: to fay ofpunnet) The older it id, theflronger ; asin thedeadly fsad ,of ¡Scotland, taken away by K. lames. Verfe 3 2. Filiye upthen the meatre ] Ironicé di£ftaeb, It gives us tounder(and, that (inners arc (tinted, and cannot do what rnifchiefthey would. Ifat any time they exceed theircommiffi- on (as they are apt) and help forward the affliétion, as out of their innatemalice they will, God will loon grow jealousfor Ie- rufalem, and take them off, Zech.1. 14, t 5. When -wickednefle bath filledher ephah, God will loon tranfport it into the land of Shinar, Zech.5.8 --t 8. When it is once ripe in the field, God will not fuffer it to flied to grow again, bate= it up'oy a jult and feafonable vengeance. Vetfe 33 Ye Serpents ] Serpentuantot flint venena, guotgenera, Libtz.cep,a, faith Ifidore, tot pernicies, quot fvecies, tot dolores gatot colors,. Seehow our Saviouriharps upthef Her jiarches, thft, if porn. hie, they might be made found in the faith. Sodeals Peter by Si- mon LMagus, Paul by Elym s, many dour- Championsby their PopífhAntagonìiis. B:fore Godyou are deceivers of thepeople ( laid M. Philpot Martyr, tohis perfecutours) afore`God there is no truth in you, Andtomockingc)Worgan, he faid, I muff tell Att. andMolt:: thee, thoupainted wall and hypocrite, io thename of the living 1'01.1653 Lórd, that G®d'fliall rain fire andbrimftoneupon fuch (corners of his word, and blafphemers of hispeople, as thou art. And after- ward. Thou art but an Afle -in the things of God, in that thou kickfi agairi:i thettuth, andart void of all godly undetaanding. Thou
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