Chap.27. according to Se M A r r H E VV. 6or rerfion, Obedience of faith that fhould have completed his re- pentance. He died in the birth, as that foolifh child° Ephraim,. Heconfeffed tomen, and not toGod : and by his confeiíion he fought nomore then tocafe his heart, as drunkards by vomiting Wlel,nft Ln rid their fiomacks. So Latom es of Lorain confeffed inter harren- chronic° p.s. dot mugitus, fe contracenfcientiam adverTatum ereveritziti, roaring and crying out, that againft his confcienee he had perfecuted the truth ofGod. In troubleofminde all will out. Confci nce, like Sam nt wife,conceals not the riddle : likeFulviaa whorifhwo- Sa at in bet, man, whodeclared all the.fecretsof her foolilh lover Ovine a nc cant, !ale Roman. what is that to as ? See then to that ] Miferable comforters, Phyfitians ofnovalue. To him that ùafiéledpity fhould he /hewed from hiefriend : Ant hefir f kath the !far ofthee4llmihty. The de- Job 6.i., vil and his imps love to bringmen into the briers, and there leave them : as familiar devils forfáke their witches, when they have brought them once into fetters. Thus theold Rethelite, that had been at pains to fetchback the Prophet, wouldnutgo back with him. Thus thePapifts burnt Cranmer recanting, and theprefent Prelates raft off their great Antifabbatarian White, when they bad ferved their turnson him. Davidwhenhe was hunted from Samuel the Prophet, hefled to Ahimelechthe Prieft as one that knew that juftice and compaffion thould dwell inthofebrefts that are macerated to God. But Pudae met with no fuchmatter in the Priefts ofhis time. Thofe mifchievous men left him,when they hadled him to his bane. Verle 5. Andhe call down the pieces of fclver ] . That wages of wickednefle burnt in his purfe, inhis conference ; neither could 'it fecure him in the dayofwrath. SeeZeph, r, i8. Ezek,7. i.9,. Obad.d. yam.4.1,2. Omniafüi, nihilmihi profuit, faid Severos the Emperour, when he lay a dying. Matt of the Ewperours gat nothing by their advancement tothe Empire, whereof they were foambitious, but this, Zit citiáa: intcrfscerentur, that they wereHain the bower. All or molt of them, till Conf?antine, di ed unnaturall deaths. Adams wedgeof gold ferved but to' cleave afunder his foul from his body ; and the Sabylonifh garment but for a fhroud. e/1'ndWent andhang'dhimfelf ] Ifyouconfcfïe your fèlf to a Prieft, and not toGod, faid that Martyr, you Ihall have the re- 4b#, and .Aran.; ward that, udas had. For he confeehd himfelf to a Prieft, and,for, a y;8. yet
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