Chap.a3. according to St MA T T r$ H V r. 34 theydo a goodly aft in killingup the poor lambs of Chrift. C.efa fnetior is faid to have (lain grecinttr 7ulius for this reafon alone,fòr that he Vir eratquarn wasa better man, then that it was for the tyrants behoof, to full -r e -re quenqúatn him to live. yranno expedí. Vnte the blond rof Zacharias] Moft unworthily (lain by his bete(.11ec.t de pupill ?am (as Linty likewife was by his fcholar Hercules fora = (_hron 24. few (harp words that he gavehim, as he was teaching him.) our :0311. Saviour inflanceth in this Zachariasas the lafl Prophet mentioned Gum the Heron. in the Scripture to have been flainby them, though they flew ma- tern rbu fpsriore inter e_- ny more, not elfewbere mentioned, unlcffe it be in that little raliendutaaj7 . Took of (Martyrs, as one fitly calleth the eleventh to the to!tet,cioc. Hebrews. Bucholc, Verle 36. Shall comeupon thiogeneration ] In that lafl defola- chronot, tiouof 7erufalern, whereofmore in the next Chapter. God will not fail topunifh perfecutours. See Alband-Mon. of the Church, fol. I9©2. to 195o. Good for them therefore is the counfell that Tertuüiaa gave Scapula a bloudy perfecutour, If thouWilt si nobs nenpar - not .Bare au , yet .Bare thy(elf : If not thy felf, yet thy City non sib paree: f Carthage. V erfe 37. How often Would I, &c. ] How then could they rbaer > :, perfh, whom God would havefaved? It is anfwered, Voluntas Dei alla eftprecepti, revelaba Antecedent, alia leneplaciti, arcana Confequens. By the formerGod willed their converfion, but not by the later. A King wils the welfareofall his Subjefls : yet ho will not acquit thofe that are laid up for treafon, murther,\and the Iike foul crimes. A father is willing to givehis fon, the inherit- ;nee : yet if he prove an unthrift, he'l put himbetide it, and take .another. `How oft Would I have gathered ? that is ( fay fórne ) !iv the externall Miniftery of the Prophets, fent unto thee, aver' 34, 35. Not by internall regenerating operation of the fpirit. tEt en as a hen gatheretii her chickens] Colurnbarum mafculrss Chytr.ru, in ìpfe ovis incu6at, freut Chrifus ipfe.ecclefiamAar); foyer. pf,unrea- Levit, i z. tunable creatures birds, andofbirds the hen excels in kindnes to her young : fo that {he doubtsnor, in their defence, to. encounter a Kite, a dog, &c. Iniquo C impari prelie, though with greatcfl: difadvantage. Indye Wouldnot] Menmay nill their converfion then,though called by God, no nihil eft veriud, fed turpiun, faith one. Pareuae Men are not damned, becaufe they cannot do -batter, but becaufe N n the
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