582 A Commentary upon t he Co(pe1 Chap 26 they had Cupped ; and he calleth them Angels for their holy and heavenly life and converfation. We thould come from the Lords table,.as üblofes did from the mount, with our faces fhining, as the good woman did from the fepulcher, with fiarandgreat joy, as the people went to their tents from Solomon: feaft, joyfail and glad of heart, I King.8.66. If thofe in the wilderneIk were fo s cor.: o.'. cheated and cherifhedby their idolatrous tèaí, afore the golden calfe that they did eat anddrink, and rife up to play, howmuch more fhould we by this blefled banquet ? To whet our flomacks, let faith feed upon Come promise before the Sacrament. A moderate break-fait gets a man the better [[omack to his dinner, crc. . Verfe 3vi . Allyefhall be offended becaufeofme] Why ? what had that righteous one done ? Nothing butthat his croffe lay in their way, whereat they ftumbled fhamefully, and left him, to sXasV Vtdí. wonder that he was left alone, Ifà.63.5. Adverfityisfriendlefle, faith one Heathen ; Et cum firtuna, .+`tat , cadit fides, faith another. ?ob found his friends like the brooksof Tema, which in a moifture fwell, in a drought fail. Tempora fi faerint nubile, files eris. For it is written, I will finite] This our Saviour purpofely fubjoyneth, for their fìapport under the fentè of their bate defer- ting him. A foul Clime it was, but yet fuch as was long fince fet down of them; not without a fweet prornite of their recol- lecction, I will turn my hand upon the little ones : Or, I will bring back my hand to the littleones,as Tremellitm readech it. Verfe 33> But after I am rifen again, &c.] Infirmities be- wailed,break no fquare. Our finncs hurt us not, if they plcafe us rot. The Church ftands as right with Chrift, whenpenitent, as whiles innocent, Cant.y. i a. with chap.4. i.a. &c. Her hair, teeth, temples, all as fair and well featured asever. Verfe 33. Though all men fhould be offended] `Peter fpake as he meant, but his heart deceived him, as did likewifeDavid:, Pfa1.39.1,2,3. and Orphah's, Ruth I. to. and chore Ifrarlitesin the wtlderneffe, that were turned afide lire: d:ceitfull bower, Pfal. i 8, 57. They levelled both eyes and arrowes ( chat is both purpofes andpromifes) to the mark of amendment, and thought verily tohit : but their deceitf'ull hearts, as naughty bows, carried theirarrows a cleancontrary way. So didPeters here,fo will the heft of ours, ifwe watch them not. Verfe Z tch i3.7. !t redueam maáum rneam ad panel/or. Trcrn, Peccata nnbia non went,fi nonplacent. Aug.
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