116 R Commentary upon the Gofpel Chap.!g thePopes flaughter- (laves, by the inftigationofthe Jefuites; {tabbed him to the heart : Thefe Timothies proved 7udaffes; there Chry.. fofloms, Cualines ; thefe erfuguitines, eflf fafnes, Commeth thither with lanterns, &c. ] Hypocrites may be com.. Ef1aies d:v;ne pared ( faith one) to thofe fouldiers in the Gofpel , which came and moral. to feek Chrift with lights and lanterns, as if they meant not to miflé of him ; yea, they brought clubs and ftaves, as if they would fight for him : Yet , when he faith , Here I am, take you up my Crolfe, they Rumble at the Croffe, and fall back- wards. Verfe4.. Wentforth andfaidunto them] Met his enemy in the face, after he had prayed; whereas till then, he feared. See the power ofprayer. So Efther,when fhehad fafted andpray'd, found . her heart fortified againft the fear of man ; and putting herlife in her hand, went boldly to the King.. So Hrsdfon the Martyr, .ofwhom afore. Verfe S. ?efts-5 of Nazareth. Ìefus faith ,. I am he]" They called him Jefus of Nazareth by way of reproach. He takes kupon him, and wears it for a crown And fhould not we do likewife ? And 7udaa alfo , &c.] With what face could. the Trai- tour ftand there ? But being full of the devil , he was paff. grace, and could blufh no more then a fack-but , efftenis & e ons. Verfe 6. Affoon then as he had"faid, &c.] Here our Saviour let out a littlebeam ofthe Majefty ofhis Deity, and five hundred men fell before him.. Ouid autem. jndicaturusfaciet , gui judican PYaLr.?. drys hoc fecit ? faith Auguftine. The wicked Jball not ftand in judgement , faith `David. Chrift (hall (mite the earth with the Iran r 4, rodofhis mouth, faith Ifaias ; and with the breath of his lips(ball he flay the wicked.. Godly men ( who have but a drop of Chrifts Ocean, a fpark of his flame) have a dauntingprefence. When Videns the perfecuting Emperour came to S. Bafl, while he was in holy exercifes, it ftruck fuch a terrour intohim, that he reeled, and had fallen, hadhe not been upheld by thofe that were with. him. And another time, whenhe fhould have fubfcribed an order. Tcipart, hiflor, for St Baflr banifhment , fuch a fudden trembling took his right hand, 'that he could write never a good letter, whereupon he tore the order for anger, and there was an end ofthe bufìnefle. When an Officer was lent. to apprehend ?a godly Deacon at. Md- tenberg
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