FOOTNOTES:
[306] Eccleſ. 8. 8.
[307] S. Ierom. Euſtoch. Epitaph. Paul.
[308] Neq, parū diſtat inter has lachrymas Deuotionis & ætatis vtiq, iam virilis, atque eas quas primæus ætas inter infantiæ vagit' emiſit, lachrymas vtiq, pœnitentiæ & confeſſionis. Veruntamen longè amplius vtriſque procèdunt aliæ quædā lachrymæ, quibus in funditur ſapor vini. Illas enim lachrymas verè in vinū mutari dixerim, quæ Fraternæ Compaſſionis affectu in feruore prodeūt charitatis, pro qua etiā ad horam tui ipſius immemor eſſe, ſobria quadā ebrietate videris. S. Bern. in Epiph. Dom. Serm. 3.
[309] Act. 9. 36.
[310] Pſal. 91. 7. Pſal. 50. 15. Pſal. 33. 1.
Worthy receiving the Sacrament.
And now (Beloued) that ſhe lieth on the bed of Languiſhing, we muſt not be auſtere in reprehending euery Infirmity; but Pitifull in conſidering the tender frailtie of it.
Paſſionatneſſe by reaſon of Spiritual and Bodily Diſtěper.
For what though ſhee were (as Sicke folke are commonly[312]) more Paſſionate than others, yea than Her ſelfe in Her health, yet if God iudgeth not according to the ſtrange Effects and Symptoms of Her ſickneſſe, not according to the ſhort moment and violent paſſions of Her Death; but according to the holy Actions of Her Health, the former Affections of Her Heart, and the Generall Courſe of Her Life[313]; then it is our Dutie, not ſeuerely to cenſure her paſſionateneſſe, who by reaſon of the parching Feauer of the Spirit, as well as of the Body, was diſquieted in her Imagination (as the Phyſitian of the body could diſcerne) though not in her Memory. Conſider therefore O Man (as that excellent Phyſitian of the Soule aduiſeth thee[314]) if thou canſt beare with a fraile Body, that thou muſt much more beare with a fraile Minde and Body too. Conſider alſo O Man, that this her Pettiſhneſſe did more wound her to the heart, than any iniury thou couldſt preſſe her with. Neither doe I ſpeake this to nouriſh paſſion in any, or to proue her Anger to be Sinleſſe[315]; but to be a leſſe Sinne, becauſe her Spirituall and Bodily Diſtemper was ſo great, or rather becauſe her Faith quenched the flame of this fiery paſſion in Chriſts Bloud, reſolued and melted her heart into many penitent Teares afterwards. Oh, ſaid ſhe to me, (preſſing her with Dauids example, Pſal. 131.) In my Health I could digeſt any iniury, and deemed it baſe and vngodly, not to be able to doe ſo; but now (I know not how) me thinkes I am ouer-tender in bearing them. I am impatient indeed, and then I weepe for my impatiencie. For I know (as ſhe her ſelfe vrged) The wrath of Man doth not accompliſh the Righteouſneſſe of God[316].
