Matthew — Chapter 27

deferued to know the Refurrection, and to {ee him rifen. The honour of the Which The holy Se- Paule oY Exftoch. Sepulcher and the Pilgrimage therevnro in the Primitiue Church , §. Hierom deciareth in theie pulcher , and Wordes , The leWes fometime honoured Sanita Sanitorum , becaule there Were the Cherubs, and P ilgrimage the- ad marcel. she Propitiatorie, and the wirke of the Teftament, Manna, Aarons redde, and the golden altar. Doth nos (C¥Nto, se. 4, Efa, sr. the Sepulcher of our Lord feeme unto thee more honorable? Which as often as Weenter into , fo often dae We feeour Sauiour lie in the findon : and flaying there a While, We fee the Angel againe fitte at hes feete, and at hus bead the napkin Wrapped together, The glonie of Whofe Sepulcher, We know Was ling prophected before lofeph heWed ic ous, by Efay faying , vind hu reft { bal ve honour: to Witte , becaufe the place of our Lordes burial (hould be honoured of al men, And at this prefent, norwithitanding the Turkes dominion, yer doe the Religious Chriftian Catholike men by Gods mighty prouidence keepe the holy Sepulcher, The Catholike Which is Within a goodly Church,and Chriftians come out of al the world in Pilgrimage co it. Church to be

ronnent of confcience, and‘detperation often foloweth the {heading ofinno- conicience, cent bloud, 5, Hung him filf.] If he had rightly repented , norwithfanding his horrible creafon , he might Defperation. haue obteyned mercy : but by hanging him felf he tcooke aWay ai meanes of mercy and faluation, becaufe he died finally impenitent, 24, Innocent of his bloud.} Though Pilate was much more innocent then the IeWes,and would They that exe haue been free from the murder of our Sauiour,{ecking al the meanes that he could( without offen- ¢,, te lawes a- ding the people and the Emperours lawes) to dimiile him: Yetheis damned for being the mini- gaintt their co- fter of the peoples wicked wil againft his owne confcience. euen asal Officers be,and fpecially the fiance. are like Tudges and luries Which execute lawes of temporal Princes again{t Catholike men: foralfuch be tg pitae guilty ofinnocentbloud , and be nothing excufed by thar they execute other mens Will according * to the lawes, Which be vniuft. Forthey {hould rather fuifes death them flues, then put an inno- cent man to.dearh. . . ;

Copartiners in the preaching of the Gofpel , and the con- iundion of the Synagogue and the people of Gentilitie vato Peters {hip , thatis, to the Church of Chrift, Ambre. li. ¢.1n Luc. c. ule. nencein fifhing . 0 10, Thom [halt be taking men.) That al this aforefaid did properly meane Peters trauailes to - for més foules. dent Leale of foules. The inrerceffid of others, ¢, in the céuerfion e world co Chrift , and his prerogative before al men therein, it is eui-. by Chrifts {pecial promis made to him feuerally and apart in this place, thathe fhould be made the taker of men. though to ocber he giueth alfo, aso Peters cooperaross and coadiutoss, , the like office, ACat, 4,19. 19, Went up upon the roofe.). A ftrange diligence in procuring corporal health of and by Chrift: : and an example for vs of the like or greater,to obteine faluation of him either for our felues ar ous. frendes, and to feeke ro his Church and Sacraments With What extraordinarie paine foeuer.

authority, ro whom was geuen al power inheauen and Nations, in earth, And

Ambrofe)and pardoneth one fort through the merites of others. therfore if rhou doubt to obtaine forgiueneffe of thy great offenfes , ioyne vato thy felf interceffors, vfe the Churches helpe, which may pray for thee and obgaine fos theethat Which our Jggndsnight denice to thy elf, Amb. li, sin Luc. ae, The Cua. VI. ACCORDING TO S.LVKEE, Iyt 24, The fowne of man in earth.) By Which 2Q( * faith S. Cyril)icis cleere chat the Sonne of man Priefts do temie fn OMtene Hach poWer in earth to remit finnes : Which he {aid both for him felf and vs. For he, as God being fianes.

24. Innocent of his bloud.) They that execute lawes against their conscience, are like to Pilate. Though Pilate was much more innocent then the Iewes, and would have been free from the murder of our Sauiour, seeking al the meanes that he could (without offending the People and the Emperours lawes) to dimisse him: Yet he is damned for being the minister of the Peoples wicked wil against his owne conscience. Euen as al Officers be, and specially the Iudges and Iuries which execute lawes of temporal Princes against Catholike men: for al such be guilty of innocent bloud, and be nothing excused by that they execute other mens will according to the lawes, which be vniust. For they should rather suffer death them selues, then put an innocent man to death.

Nazareth? art thou come to deftroy vs?! know thee vvho thou arr, the Sainer of 35 God.tAnd]£esvs rebuked him,faying, Hold thy peace,& goe out of him. And vvhen the Deuil had throvven him intro the 36 middes,he vvent our of him,and hurted him nothing. t And there came feare vponal, and they talked cogether one vvith an other,faying, Vvhat vvord is this ,thatin povver and ver- tue he commaundeth the vncleane (pirits , and they goe our? 37 t And the fame of him yvas publifhed into cucry place of the counrrie. 38 tAndlezs vsrifing vp out of the fynagogue, entred into The Gofpel Simons houfe. * And’ Simons vviues mother vvas holden jP che, wreck’ 39 vvitha great feuer: andthey befought him for her. t And of Lent. And ftanding ouer her, he commaunded the feuer, and it left her. Harm aed 40 And incontinent rifing fhe miniftred to them. t And vvhen vverke. the funne vvas dovvne,al that had difeafed of fundrie mala- dies, brought them to him. Bur he impofing hands vpon 41 euery one,cured them. tAnd Deuils vvent out from many, crying and ying That thouartthe fonne of God. And re- buking them he fuffred them not to fpeake, thar they knevv 42 he vvas Chritt. tAnd when it'vvas day,going forth he vvent into a defere lace: and the multitudes fought him, and came euen vnto 43 +him:and they held him tharhe {hould not depart from them. t To vvhom he faid,. That to other cities alfo muft I euange- 44 lizethe kingdomof God: becaufe therfore] vvasfent t And he vvas preaching in the fynagogs of Galilee. 4 ANNOTATION S Cuap. TLIIL 19,Departed until a time.) No-manuc! if the diuel be often or alvvaies bufie vvith Chiftian men The di fteing wee he was plainely ouercome by Chrift, yet did he not giue him oueraleogether, bur f or aeoaauels ra aume..

Sacrament Chrift derided mocked at, or {eeft him abufed of wicked men , that he ftraight reu ech not {uch blafphemies: j7 ine B. Sacra- or that he {heweth noc him felfthere vifibly and co the fenfes, when faithles Heretikes wil fay,Let ment cucn as me (ee him, taft him, &c. for he {uffered here the like on the Croffe, when he might at his will haue vpé the Croife. come downe With as much eafe as be rofe when he was dead. . +6. Why ha/t thoy Larheben me?) Beware here of the deteftable blafphemie of Caluinand the Caluinifts, Who chiating not she bodily death of Chrift fufficient, Gy, that he Was alfo here fo for- faken and abandonege Chis k,ekes, that he fuftained in foule and confcience the very feares and torments ofthe damned. And to take aWay the Article of his defcending into Hel after his death, (Which was with triumph and notin paine, ) they fay that his defcending was nothing els, bur Caluins blak that his foule {uffered the very paines of Hel vpon the Croile. Whereas in deede by thete Wordes phemie, out of the Pfalme, our Sauiour wil fignifie no more but that his paines (being now fo long on the ° Croffe and ready to die) Were very great, and therfore according to the inhrmity of his humane nature, for very anguith (as before in the gardea when he Was butroward his Pailion)he faith’ be Ly Was HOLY weeke. Reuerent vfing of our L. Body, Corporals. “The Gofpel for the night Maiffe of Chriftes Re- furrection , which is now vied to be Laid on Eafter euc in the morning. BASTER day. 84 THE GOSPEL Cua. XXVIIL., was forfaken, forrwo caufes, firft becaufe ic was the wil of God norcto deliuer him, but that he Chould dic: fecondly , becaufe his diuine nature did fo repreffe ic felf for the ime, that he releno comfort therevf at al, ber was left to die in excreme paines as a mere man.

46. Why hast thou forsaken me.) Detestable blasphemie of Caluin. And other Ministers of his schoole. Beware here of the detestable blasphemie of Caluin and the Caluinists, who thinking not the bodily death of Christ sufficient, say, that he was also here so forsaken and abandoned of his Father, that he sustained in soule and conscience, the very feares and torments of the damned. *Which strange doctrine we find also auouched in an English Catechisme set forth by R. H. Anno. 1583. in these wordes: Quest. By what means hath Christ appeased his Father wrath, and ransomed vs? Answer. By suffering death of the Crosse, and the torment of Hel in soule, and conscience. Quite contrary to the holie Scriptures, which alwayes attribute our Redemption to Christs death, and sheding of his most precious bloud, as to a most sufficient, and onlie ransom for al mankind. Ro. 5,10. Heb. 9,14. 1. Pet. 1,19. 1. Io. 1,7. and in innumerable other places. But Caluin and his Disciples hold this wicked paradox, to take away the Article of Christs descending into Hel after his death, saying that his descending was nothing els, but that his soule (remaining as yet in his bodie) suffered the very paines of Hel vpon the Crosse. Wheras indeed his descending was in soule (parting forth of the bodie) into that place, where the Fathers of the Old Testament were detained, expecting his communing to deliuer them (and that with triumph, and not in paine,) as is proued by the Scriptures, and manie ancient Fathers, in the Annotations vpon S. Luke. c. 16,22. Act. 2,27. 1. Pet. 3,19. and in other places. And concerning the true sense of these wordes: Why hast thou forsaken me? as wel by conferring them with other holie Scriptures, as by the vniforme consent of the ancient Fathers, our Sauiour would signifie hereby, that his paines (being now so long on the Crosse, and readie to die) were very great; and therfore according to the infirmitie of his humane nature, for very anguish (as before in the garden he sweat bloud, when he was but toward his Passion) he saith, he was forsaken, for two causes. First because it was the wil of God not to deliuer him, but that he should die. Secondly, because his diuine nature did so represse itself for the time, that he felt no comfort thereof at al, but was left to die in extreme paines as a mere man. Yea destitute of such consolation, as his holie Martyrs commonly haue in their last agonie. See Origen, Tract. 35. in Mat. S. Hilarie li. 10. de Trinit. S. Leo 17. de Passione S. Bede and others vpon this place. *Catech. Calu. & Instit. l. 2. 16, 5. 10.

59. Wrapped.) Reuerent vsing of our Lords Body. This honour and duty done to Christs body being dead, was maruelous grateful and meritorious. *And this wrapping of it in cleane sindon may signifie by S. Hierom, that the body of our Lord is to be wrapped not in gold, pretious stones, and silke, but in pure linnen. Corporals. And so in the whole Church it is obserued by **S. Siluesters constitution, that the Corporal whereupon our Lordes body lieth on the Altar, must be pure and plaine linnen. *S. Hier. in hunc locum. **to. I. Concil.