t:^ rm^- ik V /, u •y ^^ . *. «<»■*. *»,„^ PRINCETON, N. J- Collection of Puritan Literature. Division Sectio7i Number ^ount Caluarlcy Compyled by the Reuerend Father "Don tAtithoniode G^euaraJBiihoxy of Mon- J -a. donn^OjChronicIer and preachetvr\to Charles the fife. In this "^ooke the tAuthour treateth of the Smen Words rvhich Chrificur Redeemer fpde hanging y^on the Cre/ie. Tranfkttd ou: tf Spa*iijh into E»glfjh, LONDON, I riiited by Adam Iflip for Edward White, and arc to bee fold at his (hop by the Utile North dorc o£ Fouis,attbeligneotchcGun. ^mo. 15^7. ^^«m HEREBEGINNETH THE BOOKE, CALLED THE MOVNT OF CALVARIE, Wherein is contained the vnfpeakeablc MyJlerieSy which the Sonne of Gddvfr ought vpon that holy Mounts when as he did there fuflfer Ptf4/A for all ^anhinAc, CHAP. I. HowtheSoHMeefGodwascond'*-'-itodjej AHdhowthtUkelndgt* went was nentr gipien in thervorld, ESVM autent tradidit volutt" L^zs^-i.^^ tati eorfiw : faith St. Ltike chap : 21. fpcaking of the fcntcncc vi\\ichFiUt gauc againft Chrift: and it is as if he would fay ; See- ing that PiUte the iudge could not obtaine of the Icwes, that which he requcfted, hec agreed vnto them , and condifcendcd vnto all tliat which they de- manded : and thereupon he did not onely co'ndemnc thefonnc of God to dye r but alfo that they fliould rcuenge themfelUes on him according vnto their own will and plcafure. St. Cirillus vpon St.hhn^ faith that Pi/<«f the Kings dcputie did not exprcfly command that they fliould cruci- fic ChriftiOr that rhey (hould hang him, or behead him, or throw him into a Well ; but he did onely deliucr him to their will,to the end The myjlems end that they fhould doc with him what they vvouId,and rcuenge themfelues on him afmuch as they could. Djimafcen in a fcrmon fiith. That bccaufe PiUt did dcliuer Chrift, P^alHntAti eorumj vnto their will; the lewcs gaue him that death which they themfelues would, and alfo iniuried him in all that they could. Oricren vpon S, Mathevf yi'zkh thus , It js tollcrable that accufcrs dcliuer an of- fendct vnto the ludge, but that the ludge (hould put the malefa- dlorin the hands of his enemics.is not to be fuffercd rbecaufc that luftice is To to bte executed vpon the wicked, that there appearc no token of reucnge in it. When PiUt the tyrant deliucred Chrift vnto their \vi^l,he did peruert all order of vpright luftice in Chrift: bccaufe that no man ought to be iudged by that which is fpoken ofhim,butby thatwhichisproouedagainfthim ; andyctwith- eutany inquiricaradeagainrt him, and not giuing him the hea- ring according to the ordinarie courfe , hec condemned him to loofehis life,and that they ftiould difpofe of his perfon how they lifted. ^Ibertus vpoji Saint Lul^e faith , That thcEuangcHft could not more liuely haue fet foorth PiUts naughtincfle, than to fay of him, ^Hodddiudicauit fieri uitenttonem torttm ; and that he deliuc- red Chrift vnto their will: By which wicked wordcs, hce yecldci vnto ihffir demand, and gaue them all which they dcfired. What clfc dcfired they, but to put him to death, and what death did they giue him,but crucifte him .' O wicked />/7rff /aith S. Chyfafiome, O ciaUerous ?i/<«f,feeing thou doeft xonfeffe with thy owne mouth. That the fonne of God was apprehended and taken through enuy, and is now accufed through malice : Tell mc I pray thee, why doefl thou fufiFcr enuy, to rcuenge vpon innocencic ; and permit thatiufticebc fuppre^cd by malice .' CyprUn vpon the Paflion of our Lord, faith 5 That when wicked PtUt did dcliuer Chrift vnto their will, the lewes wire fo execrably wicked , and their wils fo corrupted, that if Chrift had had a thoufand liucs,a ihoufand they would been glad to hauc taken from him ; andif they could hauc feperatcd and vnioynedoncroember from another in him, pcccc by pcccc , they would neucr haue flainc him in fo ftiort a fpacc : infomuch thatChriftes life was long ended before their malice. Sa^U vpon the Pfalmcs laitb, That brcaufc vniuft PjUt€ did dcliuer of Mount Qluarie. 5 tJdiuer Chrift volmtati eorum : rhe Icwcs were bold fo many wayes to torment him , and with fo many iniuries to difhooour him : to weet,that going in the ftrcets, with their feet they fpurned him, with their knees they ihnifted him forward, with their hands they wcaryed him , with their -fingers they pulled him by the haire, with their elbowcs they thumped him , with their tongues they blafphemcd him , with their fpeares they pricked him ; and bccaufe they had licence oiPilat to do by Chrift what they lifted, what did they leaue rndone that they could doe ? Remigins faith in a fermon, At what time Pilat did deliuer Chrift vnto ihcir w ill, the fewcs might freely not haue crucified him, bui tnuc loofcd him,or giuen him fome other kinde ofdeath : but becaufc the foa ofGodhadmadechoifetodie ypon the altar of the croffc,thc ludge could not but commaimd it, nor they but execute it : O good lefus, O my foules Ioue,Iappcalerrom/'*/^//fentencea« much as I ought. For if the judgement had been vpright and iuft, there fliould not haue beene commandemcnt giuen, to deliuer thee rnto the lewcs, but the lewes vnto thee : feeing they fell into fucha gricuous offence for no other re^fon, but bccaKle they would not remaine vnder thy miglitie hand. If PiUt would haue commanded them to haue followed thy will, as hec willed them to workc their will on thee ; thou wouldeft haue vied grea- ter bcnignitie towards them, than they did towards thee t forin thecndhowmuchthey were inclined to kill thee, fo nsuch waft thou dcfrous to pardon them. Neither will! \.\\^tPilat command thee to doe my will, but warne mc to doe thy will. For if he deli- uer thee vnto me,l know not what to doc with thee : but if they deliuer me vnto thee, thou knoweft right well hov^? to difpofc of me/eeing that it is well knowne vnto all men , that for to put ray foulein fafcty, thou didftfuffcr thine owne life to be taken from thee. It is more wholefome counfclJ for vs to put our Iclues in- to the handes of God_, than that God IKould commit h imfelfe in- to our handcs: becaufeitisnottobcthought, that hcc will take away life from thofc who liue^ who is accuftomed to raifc thofc to life which arc dead. Gregory in his Paftorall faith , That when God doth put himfclfcituo mans gouernmcnt, and alwayei follow his sppetitc, it ^. 7 be mjflerles \t is a fignc that that man is forc-knovvne,and alrcatiy condemned vnto bell : becaufc that hec who is bcloucd of God, and predefti- natcd vnto glory, in all intifements of the world isdircfledby him, and fuftereth him not to follow any one appetite at all. Woe be vnto that King, faith Simon de Cajfia^ woe be vnto that ludge, and woe be vnto the Prefident that filleth his iudge ment with iniquitie, and doth not anfwcrc truth ; becaufc that in crimi- nall cafes , that is not to be done which the accufers defirc, but that which the Lawes command. ]t is heere greatly to be waighed, why the holy Scripture faid, that Pi/4;(? the Kings depurie deliucredChrifi vnto them, to the end that they fhould doe with him according vnto their will, arwi not according vnto their wils ; feeing that where there is a multi- tude ofpeople,rhere is varietie of opinions, Vnto this we anfwer and fay , that it is a propertic of the wicked in matters touching vcrtuc to difagtee the one from the other : but in matters of finnc and wickedne (fe, they arcalwaies of one opinion. Which priui- ledgc of theirs was kept in the death of Chnft, where all the lewes agreed to take away life from the fonnc of God, They t- greed all to put him to death, they agreed all in crying crucifie, crucifie him,they agreed all,when they faid ; Let vs not loofc him huiBArrahas ; they were alfo of one mindcjwhen they faid ; Fie, thou who doefldeflroy the Temple of God : Infomuchthatinall the muhitude which was there prcfent to behold thatfpeflacle, there was no dif-agreeing nor contradiilion at all among them, touching the taking away of Chrifls life, or blotting and obfcu- ring his fame. The Scripture faith very well, when it laith. He de- liuered IVim vnto their will,and not vnto the ir \\'\\s\ for PtLte be- ing excepted, who faid I finde no caufe in him ; and his wife who faid,nothingtotheeand this iuft man ; and the thecfe who faid. This man hath done no cuill thing : wee read of none that turned to doc Chrifi good, or made any refinance at all in his death. What mcaneth this Ptiat^ what meaneth this f docft thou deli- uerChrift and his hfe tofuchapcrucrfeNation,and perfidious pcoplc,and of fucjn a damnable will as the Icwcs haue ? canO not thou fuffcr their cryes which found in thine cares , and wilt thou that hee fuffcr the vvhippings which open his fliouldcrs f Is there any of Mount Cahtme. 5 any lufiice which doth commaund, or any Law doth ordainc, rhat for CO auoyd their tongues, thou (houldft deliuer him into their hands ? Ifthou didfl fo much fcare their tongueSjit had bcene rcalbn,that thou fliouldft hauc declared the caufes why thou didft condcmnehim : forinfo doing, thou fliouldfthaue found with- out all doubt, that the lewes did accufe him through malice, and thou didft condemnchimforfeare,andhediddiefar louc. Omy good Icfiis,and my foules dclightiWbo fhould be able to take thy life from thee,- ifit were not for thine infinite cliaritie ? Thy in- fpeakablc charity doth glue fentcncc on thee, thy goodnefl'c doth diflembleitjthy humilicie doth confcnt that it (hould be done,thy diuinitie doth approouc it, thy heart doth embrace ic, thy flefti doth feele it, my neccflicic doth fprcad it abroad , and my onely fault doth caufc it, O thou giuer of life, O killer of death, who dare condcmne thee to die i O my condemned lellis, am nod bappely he, who doth accufe thee , am not 1 hecvvhodothcon- demncthce Hfthenl behc vvhoisinfault, arc thou hee who is condemned / O thelife of my life , why docft thou not caufe my life to end with thine, feeing that this day thine doth end for me ? It doth wcl!appearc(faichSt .ffjr;;4rii)0 good Iefu3,ic doth well appearCjthat 1 doe not Hue in thee,fceing that thou didft die vvith- -out me : for if I did line with thee by gracc,my life would alfo end this day with thee. Rab,inHs faith. That Naboth was iudged,bc- csufe he would not giue his vineyard vnto King Ach^ib ; Sufanna becaufe /he would not yccid to the lafciuioufnefre of the old men of^abi/ofim ; but Chrifl was iudged to die, becaufe the Prieftes did bcare him great er.uy : infomuchtliat now adaycSjenuicJe- chcrie,and couetoufnes,doc hinder the execution of iuftice. Sr. Hierane vponihc Prophet A^<<«?w faith thus , For a man to bee a naughty ludge, there ncedeth no more, but ro be affeiflioned and pafHonatc; feeing that tlie Judges condemned Stiffn^ahcczvAt ■they weie enamoured of her, as the Icwes condemned Chrift, be- caufe they were psfhonatc againft him. Chrifofiome faith, that to the end iudgcment may be right, and the ludge iuft, it is very ne- ccflaiiejthat neither intrcatiebow him. nor teares make him gen- tlc,nor gifts corrupt him,nor threatnings feare him, nor anger o- ucrcome him, nor hatred mcouc him, nor affefK, Saint Augnjline v^on^x.. Iohn^('i\x.\\ thus ; With whom are ycc better contentedjOycIewes , with the God which gouerneth ludcajor with the Empcrour which rule th Rome ? Doc yee not know, that the God of ludcagaueyou hbertie, that you fhould haueCaptaincs which you fliould follow, Priet-les which you (hould belieue,Lawes which you fliould obferuCjTeraples where you fliould adore, Scriptures wherewith you fliould comfort your fclucs, and Countries where you (hould remaine f And doc you not know that C<\ frrry^"^^^^ lumpur^urdy & indtierunt eHmvefiimititis litis, faith Sc. MarkSy chapter 1 5. as iffcce would fay , After that they had whipped innocent lefos in fiUts Court,and iniurN edhim in wordes, they put off the Purple robe, which in mockery they had put on him,and clothed him in his firfl garments, which they had taken from him,. ^hIhs Gelit^Si and Macrobius write, that from the time that the Emperi- all Monarchic began among the Afryrians,and went vntotheRo* manes ; the Roman Emperours did alvvaics vfe fiuc notable priui- ledges : by the which they were honoured and known of all men, Thefc Emperiall and Princely priuiicdgcs were ; to wcarca Crowneofgoldvpon their head, holde a royall Scepter in their "hand, wearc a garment of Purple or Scarlet on tlieir body , bee Ipoken vnto with the knees on ground, and that the Gods »^ouId kcepe them from all perill and danger. Plutarch faith,ThaE to be carried in a Horfe-Hticf ,cloathed with Purple, dine with his Gate fhut,wcare gold on hisGowne; was only lawful for theD/ff^ror of Rome : Infomuch that they did not fuffcr men to liuc accor- ding vnto their opinion,but conformably vnto reafon. The cafe then Oandeth thus ; that when the fonneofGod had confeflcd before Pilat that he was a King, although his king- dome was not of this world ; PtUts feruants fell into a great laughter, and tookc Chrift to be a very llmple man , becaufc that itfeemcd vnto them that to be a King, (ashcefaidbcwas) he \was weakcin powcr,poorein wcalth,fimplc in his anfwers, mean of knowledge, and altogether without rauour. And the mat* ter did not thus end , in that they did laugh tohcare Chrift fay ^. that of t^d^ount Caluarie . 9 that he was a King, but they fcorned much more athim,whcn they heard him fay, that his Kingdotnc was not of this world. Andthecaufc was, bccaufe PiUt and his companions did not thinke that there was any other iifc, but that the foulcdiddyc with the body : and To they tooke that anfwcrc for an exceeding great folly , and therefore they tooke occafion to make a very ieafting-ftcckc and a play of Chrift. And therefore comming to play their partes, they brought iti Chrift for aKingjandPiV^fx fcruants for hii vaflTals, and becaufe hec (hould reprefent the per- foH of a King, they put a ragged garment of purple vponhis backe,and a crowne of thorns vpon his head, and in his left hand afcepterofaReedcjand bowing their knees faidc Yntohim,All haileKingof/«ry, Sx.u^tfgtifiwe vpon SJohn faith, If the fon ofGod fhould hauc iaid,My Kingdcme is of this land,he might haue fcemed to hauc •preiudiced the ^«w4»tf coromon-wealth,but feeing he faith, that his Kingdome is not of this world, but of the other, tell me (O P//^/) what preiudice doth he to the Romane Empire ? Where Ghrifl faith,thathi8 Kingdome is not of this world,S.Af>'o»;tf faith, Thatin this fpeech he hid a greater myfterie than ^ilat was wor- thy to reach vnto or vndcrftand : feeing that thereby we are zC- furedrhat there is another life to come after this ; and that wee hope^or another glory after this paine. If Chrift had faid oneiy (faith Ambrf[e vponS.L^i^f) that he was not a neighbour of this world, hec had faid very liicle ; but in faying that his Kingdome was not of this world,hc faid much :becaufe that by thofe words he gaue vs to vnderfland, that as wicked men in this world hauc many thmges to delight ihemfeiues and rcioyce in, io he alfo in the othcr,had a Kingdome to reward his withall, Anfelmm faith,P;/rf» fitting in histtibunallfcat,and the thcefc that was in the prifon heard thefe wordes alike, My Kingdome is not of this world ; and yet ?r7// with purple, and that on the marriage day /,or belonging to a fou'dier, which they gaue vnto him, whohadflainc another in a challenge: there was another called Objidionall^ which they gaue vnto him,who had leuicd a fiegc,and fo deliuercd the people : Another called Nauall^ which they gauc vnto him , who bad ouercomeby fea : Another called Cimcall^ which they gaue vnto him, who had fet the Common- wealth in peace and quietnefle : And one other there was aifo, which they called O/rf??//, or belonging to an Armie, which they gaue vnto him,who had appeafed mutinies in the Campe. Among all thefekindes ofcrownes , haue you heard of any made of thornes r C)'^r/V?« faith, The crowne which they put vp- on Chrift his head, either was put for difhonour, or for honour, for a puni/hment, or for what other caufc you will! and yet from the is. Ihe ffiyftertes thebcginning of the "World, vmillthc coir.mingoftliefonneof God, there was ncutr any crowned with a crownc orthornes, nei- ther for honour,nordi(lionoiir,nor yet for n punifliment. Bucbe- caufe thefe men were the members of the diue)l,they inuentcd that ncwkindeoftorment. Was not (thinkeyou) that inuentionof the crovviic, a new kinde oftorment, fecinj; that they did fo fix it, and place it vponChriftes head , that all the ends ofihethorncs \A'erebloudied with the bloud of the Lamb :andeuery prickle en- amelled with the skin of God ? Theo-philus faith, When Chrilt was cloathed in purple,thac went no further than to a icli : but when they didpucacrowne of thornes vponhishead, that went further thanaieft; and bccameagrceuous paine and punifbmcnt, and fuchas neuer was heard of before. -Forlooke how many thornes did enter into Chritt his skin ; fo many l^reames of bloud did iflue cut of his head. The thornes went in,where the bloud ilfued out; and bloud iffucd out,whcre the thornes went ni. Inlbmuch chat as the Icther thongs did open his fhoulders when he was whipped at the pillor,fo the thornes did like wife pierce his head in the palace. Berftard faith likewifc , That the grcateft lotmenis which Chrift did fee-lc in his pafllon, and that which moft cfall went to his heartjWere his ivveaiing of bloud through the pores of his bo- dy.the piercing of his braine with the thornes, rhc breaking of his {inc'.ves with thcnailcs,and his mothers fwooning before his face. Tell mc, O good lefus, tell me I pray thee, what difcafc haft thou }n thy head ; that they (hould fearch it with fharpe thornes f haft thou any putrified bloud in it, that requiVerh letting of it out in fo many places ? If thy head be broken, O good lefus, Iceke no cure in ?;/^rj palace; for hisCoujticrs doenotrtanchblcud, butlec bloud; they bindevp no wounds, but open them; they heale no fores, but make them: yea they cure not, but kill. O how well thou didft pay the Lieutenant Pil'at , for remaining one night ia bis houfe, feeing thou didrt hallow the greatefl part of it w ith thy blond! For there was no porch,galIery, nor hall, which thou didft pafle through , which thou didft not Icauc fprincklcd with it. yinfelmus faith, When the time came to crowne the fonnc of God with thornes, the hangmen went fo carefully to feeke one out, and fo quickly they wreathed it, andfofuriouflyputitvpon his of Mount Caluarie. i p hijhcad, andfocrucUthey were inpreflingitdowne , that they did not fauour their owne hands, ahhough they did hurtthen?i with the thornes : in fuch fort that they did wipe the bloud which ranne downe tiieir curfed hands , either on the purple which he ware , or clfe befmeared and annointed Chrift his face wiihit» yngit Mofes digitofuo altarefanU^m , cfr omvia vtenfilia eius oleo 'vr.UtoKJs ^ faith the holy Scripture, Leuiticus^, and the meaning is ; That day in which God commaunded AAron to be made the chiefe Priert, good Mofes did annoint all the holy Altar with ho- ly oyle , and all things elfe which were within the Tabernacle. That high figure doth very well anfvvercvnto the thing figured, feeing that the holy Altar is Chril}-, the ornaments, his facrcd members , which were all annointed and hallowed , not with oyleofOliues , but with the bloud which ranne out of his bow- els* And as Mofcsick nothing about the Altar, which hee did- not ha.ilow with that holy cyle ; fothere wasno one member of Chrift, which was not bathed with his ovvnc precious bloud; infomuch that if at that time, there had bcenc an Anatomic made ofChrifl.es bodic , they fliould haue found more of his bloud {hcdde vpon the ground , then there rcnaayned within his vaines. What other meaning hath it, that the Aitar.was annointed with holy oyle^and the very fame day to make Aaron high Prieft ; but oncly that the fclfe lame day, thit Chrifl did aniicinc his body with his owne bloud, bee chofethe Pricflhood of his Church? There is great difference becwixt the vnif^ion of the Church, and the vndlion of the Sinagoguc ; bccaufe that Afofes did fpcnd no morcoylc, then would wet one finger onely ; but in the vncflion, whichour great Redeemer made, of his Church, hee tlidnot fpcnd his blond by drops, and fmali quantities , but by pintes and quartcs: infomuch that although hee could haue an- nointed all the world with one onely drop ; yet hee rtied all that was in his body. Confidcring how Chrifl his garnunr was ba- thed in the infide ^vvith the bloud uhich ranne from his fhouU ders, and on the outfidebcbloudud with that which ranne from the prickes of the thornes : it is httleiobee doubted that who fliould 20 The njflerles fhould haue beholden Chrift all that time, he would haue feemcd rather fome beaft panched, then a man which were aliue* ' O what differenccthcreis betwixt feeing and writing it, fpca- kingand rafting it! that is the narrow ftraight that thou diddeft feethyfelfein , and the fad and forrowfuU agonie which thou didftpafTe through, whenin /';/that thou wouldft giue me thy holy crowne for my pillow, and that thou thy fclfe wouldft be the Downe to ftuffe it. O mighty Redeemer ! O my Lord crowned with thorne I tellmelbcfcechthee whereof wilt thoubeliberall andmagnifi- cent, if thou be hard for thornes and brambles f Giue mec leauc then. of^^fount Caluarie, 25 then, giuc me leauc, in this thickc platted hedge to make my a- bode, glue me leauc among thefetnorncs to make myneaft ; if* not , yet at tlielcaftfuffcrme toflcepc inthe fhadowofthebu- fhe$ ; and that if there fall not to my lot;,part of the themes which are on high , yet that there come vnto mec fome of the Woud which runneth downe vnite the ground. CHAR IIII. Hevfifor a mockery And a icAfl^the Itwes didpHt 4 reed in Chrifis rtght hand : and of the high myfleries which are gathered thereby, OfuermtHrundinemindextraeitis : &per»fJ/l(x^'XY ^ CHfientes caput etftSy fa/Htai>ant euwy dicen- tes^AHA rex ludxorum^ faith S. Math, chap r 28, as if he would fay , The Icwes not be- ing contented, to haue cloathcd the fonne of God in a thread-bare purple red gar- ment^aed put a crov^ne of rhorne vpon his head , did alfo put a hollow reedc in hi$ right hand,and bowing their knees,rtrokc him on the head with it, and falutcd him for Kmg of lury. Tkis was the third mocke which they gaue vntothe diuincperfon of Chrift,and in the firft when they cloathcd him in purple,they coa- ted him like an ambitious man : In the fecond, that isjwhen they crowned him, they quipped him of pride: and in the third, to wcet,in the reed, they noted him for a dizard. Cyprian vpon the Paffion faith , As among great Princes, their foueraigne dignitie was fignified in wearing of purple, and fhew- ed their power in putting a crowne on their head, and made their vprightiufliceknowne by the Scepter which they bare : thofeof Pikts court would reprefent all this in Chrift for a mocke, and in aieaftferuehimwithit. We might fay better that they did of- fend him, rather than ferue him ; feeing they put an olde coate of purple on hisbacke,and a crown offliarpe thornes vpon his head, and in his hand for his fccptcr,a hollow reed : meaning thereby to let men know,thac as he was a great mocker,fo his kingdome was D alfo 2 (J ^hemjflenes alfo a great mocVtry. Chrift did much grccueat this Iniurie, and had great reafon (o to doc ; bccaufc the iniurics which were paft, tended onely ynto the punifliing of his body, but this of the rccd touched his reputation and credit; bccaufc thereby th.^y would hauc giuenmen fo vnderl^and , that as therecde doth naturally want pith or marrow, fo the pcrfonaed head ofChrirt did want fcraine and wit. What greater iniuric can there be offered vnto any man, '.hen to call him a foole ? Plutarch reportcth, that Plata was wont to fay,that as long as the Gods would kecpe him a wo- man to ferue him, and his eyes to read with, and his iudgcment to goucroe himfclfe by, all other vexations and traucls ofthis world might tempt him,but not difqu'ict him. What hath he who hath no wit? and what dothhec lackcwhichwantethnothis iudgc- ment ? Theo^htl. faith, To put a reed in Chrift his hand,is to mockc him of being a foole.and of folly j which could not be in him, and was contrary vnto his dignity to commit; feeing that it is he in who fe b alia nee all things are waighed,and by whofc wifedome all things arc geucrncd, Chrjfoftomev^ovi Saint Mathew faith ; If it fliould be true,that this man in whofc hand you doc put a reedc in token of folly, could commit any folly ; there fhould be neither heaucn nor earth: Forifafoolc had the gouernmcnt of all thisworkman- fliip in his hand, the woVldv^'Ould hauc bccnc at an end many daycs agoe. Saint lerame in an Homily faith : Thefc words coft Chrift very deardy , whcnhefaid , My kingdomeis not of this world: for from the time that before PiUt, he faidthathec was a king ; but yet that his kingdomc was not ofthis worId,they reputed him prcfcnrly to be an infamous dizard : for according to the roughncffe of his perfon , and poucrty of his life , he fec- xned ratherto hauc a difpoGtion to put him in a houfe of Bedlam, then commead vnto him the gouernmcnt of kingdomes. Chrift faid vnto PiUty Regnum meum tisnefi dehocmttndo ; As if hec would fay , Although thou doe fee mc, O Ptlhfy^ld like a flauc, apprehended like a ihicfc , bound like a foo! n my knees Jike a feruant , accufcd like vnto a roalefadtor , and defamed like vnto a fcditious perfon; yet know thou that I am a king, and hauc alfo a kingdome , although it be not of this world« Saint of^5M[^ount Caludrie. 27 Saint Amlr»fev^or\ Saint Luke, faith ; When the Sonne of God faid that bis kingdomc was not of this world, hcc did plainly vn- decciuethclcwcs, and fhcwcd them, that he pretended nothing atall thekingdomeoflfrael! AndlikcwifeT//^/, that he afpired not vnto T/^rr/w/ Empire : but neither of them both did vndcr- ftand this high fpcech, feeing they ieafted « him who fpakcit; and likewife at the fpccch which hec vttered. RahnnMs faith, When good Icfus laid, that his kingdome was not of this worlds he did no lefTe ^ndcceiue the Church then he did the Synagogue ; and principally in that point , that for the aduerfities which they (hould paiTc through ; and for the martyrdomc which they /houldfuffcr for his fake, they fhould hope for no reward in this life, but in the other; becaufe our Lord doth fo much cfteemc of the goodncfl'c of thofc which are good, that for to requite one of them alone, hcethinketh it too little to make him Lord ouer all the world. Tertjardto tliis purpofc faith,Sceing that the fonnc of God doth confefle before PiUtiht Dcpuiie, that his King- dome is not ofthis world , what doeftthouaske of him? what doeft thou intreac of him ? what doeft thou hope for of him in this world? If thoudoeftaskea quiet life of him. much honour, ftorc of wealth, great fame and credit j he may well anfwere, that thou (houldft aske for thefe things of the Princes of this world,becaufc heisKingof the other world, which is cuerlafting. TheophiUm Uhs faith, To fay that my Kingdome is not of this world ; Looke how much this fpeech was fcandalous ynto the lewes, fo much ic is comfortable vnto tlic Chriftians : feeing that hee doth aflure y f thereby, that there is another world , ond another Kingdome, whereof he and no other is King, and that for no other caufc, buc to take vs with him to raigne , he came into this world and fu£Fe- red death in it. Cy^rM» faith, Thou fayft very well, O good lefus, thoufayft Yery well, Regnnm meum non eft de hoc munde. For if it were thme, thou wouldel^ not confent , that there (hould be in it the proud with the humble ; nor the humble with thccholcricke; nor the cholericke with the patient ; nor the couetous with the quiet man and pitifull ; nor the caraall with the chaR man ; nor yet the (imple and hirmelciTe with the malicious. Becaufe it is an inuiolable D 2 law 2.8 The myftertes law in t'ay Kingdome, that there is no wicked men admitted, nor naughtinefte (uStic(X. Rufertus vpon S.lohn: for Chrift to fay, My kingdomc is not ofthis world, is an exceeding great comfort vn- to the good, and a great terror vnto the bad, fecingthat thereby he doth put vs from all the thinges of this life, and giue vs hope ofthe other,becaufe it is great eafc, vnto fuch as can doe little, and hauc little , to thinkc t'naccafc and pleafure doc not confift in the things ofthis world. Aymon vpon S# Viarhe faith, I doe not know which is a worde of greater force, or a fentcnce of greater terror to fay,as thou do- cft lay ; my Kingdome is not ofthis world, or to fay as thou didfl: fay, that the Deuill is the Prince ofthis world : feeing that in one fpcach thou doert declare vs not to be thine, and by the other, thou doeft tell vs, that we are flaues vnto the Deuill ; and yet for my part, I thinke,that if it be an euill thing to feme the Deuill, it is farrc vvorfe that thou accept me not for thine. AnfeltKHs to this purpofe faith , This fpeach of thine, my kingdomc is not ofthis world, PtUts feruants did not fo much take in ieart, as I, good le- fus,docin earneft : for feeing I cftcctriC ofmy felfc becaufelam thine, and thou faieft chat thou haft nothing in this world, how dare I be a worldling,or defire any thing ofthis world ? how rhall I dare to praife, or goc about to get any thing ofthis world , fee- ing hce dcnyeth himfelfe to be Lord ofthe world, who made the world ? Wehauefpokenallthis, to proue and flievv , what fmallrea- fon and leflc occafion PtUts feruants had , to mocke at Chrift as at afoolc, and put arced in his hand, bccaufethat when hefaide, that he was a King, and that his kingdomc v^'as not ofthis world, he fpake more heauenly, than they thought for,and vtcered grea- ter myf^eries than they did reach vnto. The text faith; Indextra eius pofueruKt arundiKem, As if hee would fay, After that they had fet the fonne ofGod in a chairc, and cloathed him in purple, and crowned him with a crovvne ; they put a reedc in his right hand : all which thofe minifters of wickednefTc did , bccau(c the play which chcy did rcprefent with Chrift, fliould bee more plcafanr, and the ieaft more commended, and (*et by. Itisanoldecuftomeamongrocn, andalfbvfiiaJl in the holy Scripture, of Mount C alum c. 29 Scripture , tKat the rigin hand is much more eftccmcd then the left; bccaufewecalwaics place b'm, whom wee loucbcft, cti the right hand , and with the fame hand wee embrace him ■vvhom v.'cc lone bcft. Salomcu^idi^'at his mother on the right hand : Moy(es favv the Mofiicall Law on his right hand : and RagueUnd Tehim married tlScmfcIucs with their right hands, and ZehedeA did atko that her fonnes (liould fit on the right hand, and S. Stephen faw Chriil on the right hand , and in the laft daf 3 the good fliall fit on the right hand ofGod : infomuch that it is a common and an old thiEg in the world that the right hzad is moft eftecmed. ^^?f^r*/^vpcnSX«('^ faith, Becaufethcy tooke Chnft for a great mocker, and this for a great ieaft, to fay that he had a King- dome; theyieaftcdathimingoodcarncfl, and fcoffcd him from the heart: and thereupon ihty did putarccde into his hand as a Scepter of iufticc ; giuingvs thereby to vnderftand , that as the recde is very barren to yecld fruit,and little worth to put in build- ing : fo the Kingdome which Chriftfaidhce had, waswithout power to helpehimfclfe , and without any fruit at all to benefit others. Cyrr// vpon ^.hhn faith, As the reed is tender and weakc to leant vpon, and without all fruit to eatcofj loP/7/»r/ fcruants fcemcd to mocke and fcorne at Chrift, as though hee had hccnc a vagabondjHot able to hclpe his Coramon-wcahh,and a filly body not able to giucaduifeor counfeMio others; infomuch that by putting a reed into his right hand, they touched him to the very quickc in his credit and reputation. Saint Itrome vpon Saint Mat' theWj faith ; To put in the right hand ofthe Sonne of God, a hol- low and a dry reed, was to put into his hands the oldc Law which was without fruit,and which was more hollow and dry.then that reed was; bccaufeall the -<^i Baftift^v^c fhall finde for a true I h, that God did rebuke the one^bccaufc he was a hollow reede,and Chrift did commend the other, bccaufc he was not like the Tccdc which was moued with cucrywiade: wherein wee are plainly giucn to vnderfland, that a man of cuill life and conuerfa- tion, is nothing elfe but an hollow and fiuitlcffereede, v\hichoc- cupieth a place where it is planted, and yceldeth no fruit vnto him vvhich planted it. ■^. Aymon vpon S. John faith , that eucry man of an cuill life , \% without all doubt a vciy hollow and dry rcedc, feeing that there is nothing elfc in him but the name of a Chrifiian : and that which is woift ol allj that he changcth his affcvSlion euery hourc_,likc the kafcofarecJe. It is hereto be noted, that T/Z^^-f f«^ruant5 did offend ChriH three manner of wayes with the recde,that is to v\ i*:; \\hen th-ey did put it into his hand to fcoffc at him , when they, flrokehimwithit; and when they gaue him vineger and gall with. it to drinke; in fo much that with the fpearc he was once hurt,'and three times with thereede. Hee whoi> nored of hyporrifie, doth put a hollow dry tcede into Chrift his holy hand, who like vnto the rcedc , hath nothing but a leafe which flieweih without , his fbule being hollow witlun. Thefccond vvhich (hike Chrift on the head with thereede, are fecrctickes, which fowehercfies in the Catholicke Church, who doefomany limss breakeChriPceshead , and draw blotudof his pcrfon as they doe wrcft and falfifie the holy Scripture. By fuch as with the reede gaue Chrift wine mingled with Myrrhe and Gall, are vndet flood all fuch as do Chril^ any feruice, remaining obliinatc in any fmne 5 who make account oi the wine Vvhich 54- T/'^ myjleries v\hich they offer ,which is a good workc,and doc not mirk« that it is mingled with the gall of finnc. It is alfo a property of the rccdc , to mouc and waggc with eucry winde, although it be ne- ucrfofmall and light, and truly fuch arc all vaineChriftians, and cuery light pcrfon ; the which becaufe they haue no conftancic in that which is good, nor refinance in that which is cuill, vice doth no fooner knockc at the gaie,but they open ; nor any appe- tite or defireprefent it felfc, which they doc not fulfill. Arcnot they happily hollow recds,and vainc and light reedj,which are fo long time vicious, as the diuell doth tempt them? Anfelmm faith. What meancth this, O my foulc, what meancth this .' Thy God is wearieofdiffeirbling, the Church is wcaric of teaching, thine Elders arc wearic ofchaftifingthec , thy brothers arc wearicio fuffering thee , the diuels arc wcaric of tempting thee, andrhy mcrebcrs arc alrcadie wcaric of Iiuing,and yet art not thou a wca- ric offinning. Bedaizim^ That a wound in the head is the moft dangerous wound w hich may be giuen rnto any man ; then we may fay with truthjthat they wound Chrift in the hcad,when they dcnie fcim to* be true God, andaffirmehimtobe oncly a bate man. Rs^anut faith, 7 hen thou doot^ ftrike Chrifl in the heart,whenthou dooft denic that he k noweth all things, and thou dooft ftrike him in ihc eyes , when thou dooft imagine that hec doth not lee all thing*, then thou docftfinkc him in the feete, when thou dooflthinkc that he psffcth not through all , then thou doort firike him in the hands, when thou fayetUhathce doth not prouidc for all things, and then thou dooft ftrikc him in the head,whcn thou dooft dcnie him to be God and Lord of all. Cjipriav faith , he breakcth the higheft part of Chrift his head, who doth denic his Godhead , and doth beleeuc no more in him but that he is a meerc creature: whereupon it arifcth,that in thcfc dayes they doc much more offend Chrift which detract from his Godhead , *thcn thofc which laidc hands vpon hismanhoodc* Damafcene faith alfo, Thofe ftnke Chrift on the head with a reed, which put thcmfelues to iudgc & fearch outtheinfcrutable iudge- ments of his wilcdomjwherof it followeth,that fuch doe oft draw blood to their condemnation.,when it fhould hauc bin to their rc« dcmption, Thcofhil, of iI\iomt Ca/ume. ?^ Theofhil. faithjSo many times a man doth ftrike Chrift with the rcede, as hec doth omic the doing of a good vvoikc, haumg time and place to doc it ; and hereupon it is, that the idle man doih^l- waies draw blond out ofChriftes head. HyUrim faith , When I thinke with my felfe that I am hollow and etrptic of vcrtues , as the rcede is, agrcatpenfiueneflccommcth vpon me: but when I Tcmembcr that Chrift did not difdainc to take it in his hand, there fell great hope vpon mee, becaufe the Sonne of God is hee alone who can fill all our hollowncflcjand giue vs part of his goodncfle. CHAP. VI. Of the words mth which thofe afPdats Court did [Mute CTorlfi^ And of many myfieries which dre contAineci vMderthis word,Auc,A'l h^iiiCf 0rBethotigUdt VS rex ludxorum, faid Pilats fcruanis ;/U/^' vntoChrift,asS.A/4f.reports,f4p.27, After that they had doathed Chr ift i n purple , and put a crowne vpon his head, andfct himdowne inachairc, becaufe hec might perceiuc that they did not all that to giue him honour, but to fhamc him: they determined to bow their knees before him, and putoff their Caps vnto him, andvfc much counterfeit reucrence vnto him, r?luting him as a King , and fcoffing him as a foolc. That which P//4;/(f. All haile, the mother of God was faluted,and with the fame word ^hc, the Sonne of Cod was fcof- fed: in fo much that the felfe fame word bythemouthof the An- gell was hallo wed, and by Pilats miniftcrs prophancd. With this word of^SMtomt Cakme, 41 word Atte., hdas the trayror helped himfelfc in the Garden, and v\ich thefelfe ^3nle\^ord P//^/xMinirters did benefit thcmfclucs in the Palace. In fo much that our blefled Lord was fold with ji'^e, Allhailc, and mocked with -^«}tis fuiiy faith the E- uangelift Saint Marke, as if he would fay, Wh^nP/'/^jr/fcru antes had mocked their I/,- j!^ fiil ^^ Chrift,ancl PUnt'h.'xA condemned him '^Tk ^^ '^'^^ ""^^y remcmbrcd thcmfelues to put ^^^—^ cffthc purplcwhich he had on him,and put ontht apparell in which chcy had taken him. It is to be prehippofed in this plaice that Chrift was cloathed with three gar- ments', the night of his Paflion ; that is to wcct,wlth one which was white , with the which Herod fcotnedhim ; with another ofpurple, \vitb the which they crowned him in PtU^s houfej and with another, which was offcarlct, inthev<.hich they leadehim, when they faid Eccehom^, info much that they icafted and fcof- fed athimas atafoole , and vnapparcllcd l)im at their pleafurcs. Saint lerofitevpon Saint MatheivCahh , In this is knov-ne the ma- lice ofthe I er.i{h nation , and the great patience ofthe Sonne of God, in that that in his life time nomangaue him acoate ( if hcc woiird haue had any) and at the houre of his dcath^thty procured him three to mocke him with ; whereof wee may infcrrc , how much more hbcrall men are in prophanctnatrers , then in alines giuing vnto the poore. Yheofhfl. faith , A$ the Icvvcs and PtUt gauc Chrfl no coarc when hee had necde of one, but onely when they \Aould crucifie him ; fo the rich couctous men of this world, will not giucthe poorc a farthing whilft they h'ue, and after they be dead, command apparell to be giuen thcm/o that therefore they doc a!mcs deeds oftliofe goods , becaufc they cannot carric them with them to the p,raue. DileEitis mtns ctmciidus cr rithicHndus ^(:i\d the Bride ask- ing for her Bride-groome, Ca^ticor ^, As if he fliould fay, Ktio w of Mount Calume. 49 yCj O you Children of /^/^^-*(yrt/fW, that my trucbrlcae-groome, and iny oncly wclbcloued friend,hath his face as white as fnowc, and his chcckcs coloured like skarlet r where it is much to be no- ted that the fame colours which the bride faith her bride-groomc hath, were the colours that Chrift was cloathed with in his pafli- on.thatis in awhitcgovvnc, in which he was skoffedat,by Z/^- W, and a puqilcj in which hce was crowned with o(PiLus fcr* uants, St. Bernard vpon the Canticles faith,Not without a great myflcric the bride-groomc is praifcd of the bride, being white and redj and Chrift in hkc manner in hii paffion clothed in white and red J to giue vs thereby to vndcrftand , that in thefe two co- lours are fignified, the clcannefle and whitcnes which confcfTors haue.atid the aboundance of bloud which the martyrs fhall flied. VVhatother thing doth attyrefignifie, with the which a man is honored, but only all thcSaints which Chrift hath in his Church? ivhat man is euer fo muchlvonored with rich apparell as Chrift is honored with a iuft and vcrtuous man ? Let no man marueil then forfaying,ihatthc white garment,did fignifie the confcirors,and the skarlet, the martyrs, for the fonnc ofGo J hath fo many gar- inents,to honour his pcrfon withall, as he hadi iuft and holy men in his Church, Vntill ConfiamiKe the great, Chrift was attyred ia skarlet, becaufe vntill that time thegrcateftparcoftheChurdi^ were martyrs; andfroaf^ thence hither v\ard, he dothattyre him- fclfe in white , wliich are the confelTors and virgins which hauc fprungvp in the Church : and thereupon itis, that in the booke ofCuKtidrshs garmentswcre ptophccied ; and put vpon him in ^i/;?;^houfc,and honoured in his holy Church, We haue faid all that abouc out c>(S.BerKarci,^uarer{ihnmefltndiifKentHm tfium, C^ vejiimenta tna JlcHt calc^^niiHrn in torcMlart T i^ftaniam torcnUr calcaui e^o/oIfts/aidGoi the father, fpcaking with his Son, chap, ^4. As if he would fay, Tell mc, Omy bcloued fonnc, why is rhy gownefored, and of fo skarlet a colour ; and whatis LhereaToH that this thy coate,islike vntothccoateof one who trtadcthand fquifeth grapes in theprefte ? Bcccufe tha^:! onely did piaac the vineyard, O my father, 1 onely did come alone to nd the vines a- bout the roote,and make them cleane,and I alone wen: to gather the grapes w hen the vintage came , and I alone was in the fatt at the 50 The niyftmes the time they wcrr trodcn.and for that c aufc oiy gownc Is fo died, and alfo this my flcfh thus bloudied* It is to be confidcred in this place, that Chrift faid not, that hec l>ad rayed his coate at the time of planting, or pruningthc vine- yard 5 but when he troad the Grapes in the Fat , to let vs thereby vnderttand, that when the Sonne of God did fcpcrate vpon the Crofle,the rind and hull from the Grape ; that is to fay the Church from the Synagogue, then hcwafiicd and died his holy coate in bloud,and morcoucr there he lofc his life. It is likewife a thing worthy to be noted , that the Prophet would not compare Chriftes coate to fcarlet, which is a red co- lour, nor to the red Oker colour, which is plainc red; buivnto the colour of a Country -mans coate, who tread^th Grapes ie the Fat, w hofc garments is neucr foiled nor dicd,but with that which leapeth from vnder his feetc , and that which hee treadcth vpon. The Prophet Efay did let vs vnderftand in an exquifitc ftilc , what was the rcafon why Chrifl would die, and what was the occafioa KJiy the lewes would put him to death; and the occafionwaf, that as with the Grapes, which he hath vnder his fcete, hec that trcadeth the Grapes doth die his owne garments ; fo the death of our Redeemer was inuented by the Scribes and Pharifees: info- much that if Chrifl: would haue diflembled , and not haue prea- ched againft them , they would neuer haue rifen againft him, Cyprianizirht As the lewes knew little, and prefumed much; (9 the Sonne of God, did not onely not feare them , but made (mall reckoning of them. And hereupon it groweth, that becaufe hec did reprehend them in his Sermons , and vndeceiue the peoplcof their hypocrifies,they rofe againft Chrifl as it were vnder bis feet, not onely to hinder him te preach, but alfo to procure him to be crucified. • What other meaning hath it , for him who treadcth vpon the Grapes to die his gownc in treading them, when he doth fepcratc the huskc from the wine , but onely that Chrift his enemies toeke away his life from him, becaufe he would fepcratc and take away vices from thofe which were vicious ? RAhatitts faitk. For the Sonne of God to fay, that therefore hec hath his garment rcd^ becaufe he alone vpon the CroiTe did tread the Grapes vnder his of ^5\dount Caluarie. 5r his fecte,may be as trucly faid, as to fay, that therefore his body was ail to be bloudied , becaufe he vvai troaden vpon and kicked at in ?//*;j houfc : For to fay the tructh , as in all the time of his Paffion , hcc did ncuer open his mouth to fpeakc one vnfeemely word ; fo there paflcd no hoare nor moment, in which hec rc- cciued not fome notorious iniuric ? What is Chrift his garment, but onely the humanitie of the fame Chrift ? And what other thing would Efty fay, when he faid, that this garment was colou- red red, but that that facred manhood was all to bebloudicd ? And what is it to fay, that the die, whereof Chriftes garment was died, was troaden out of Grapes , but that no oi\m thing did put the Sonne of God to death, but our ovvnc onely faults and offences ? If there had bcene no Grapes in the Fat, his garment in which hehadtroadit, fhouldndthauebeene fouled; and if there had bcene no oflFences in the world , the Sonne of God fhould neuer haucdied : info much that his garments were bloud:ed in the Grapes of our offences. Speaking morally , wee (liould not fay amiffe, in faying that the Vine is the Church, the Grapes the faithfull, the preflc his Paflion , the beame his Croile , the f^one his Sepulchre, the treader Chrifl; vndcr whofe feete itiscon- uenient for vsto put our feiues , to the end hce may tread vs and fcperate the ftone of our faults, to wcct, the hardncfle from our hearts, bcaufc it is farre better for vsto be fpurnedat, and troaden downe ofGod, then to be crowned ofche world. O my foule, O my heart, looke well to thy fclfe , and take hcedc ofthy felfe ; that if good Tefus would tread thee downe with tribulation, or wring thee with temptation, take heedc that there leape not out of thee , fome drop of blafphemie and impa- tience, wherewith thou mayft bcfoule and bloudie the garment of our Lord : for info doing, O my foule, thou fliouldcrt be troa- den, but not amended. Hovvwouldcft thou that the drolfc of fin fhould depart from thy foule , as long as thou docft remaineiri pleafurc and delight , if the huske cannot be feperated from the Grape but by force of ftamping and treading .«• If the mof-l blef- fed foule of the fonne of God , did not goe out of the rinde and baike of his body , before that his flefh was wrung and troaden, how 51 T^he myjleries how wilt thou that the offence of ihy foulc gac from ihce^e be- ing viciouSjJrtid cockered with iinre f fuffirthy fclfc O my foule, fufterthyfelfetobcwroongofthy Creator, luffcr thy fclfc tobo troden by thy God : for as they dos not put vp their Wiiic in Tunncs , nor vfe it before it bee troden; fo our Lord doth iiot crownc the iuft vntiU hce be tempted. O what a great comfort ic is to heacc Chrift hyj^vrcalar calcani egofoltis. To weet^rhat hce alone and none with him,doth trcadc and ftatnpe the grnoe in the Fat,and doth fcpcratcihehuske from it : vi herein he doth let vs vndcrftand , that there commcih no tribulation vntovsinthte world , vilichcommcth not firftdircifled by his hand, and which is not fent for our good : Infomuchthattopatvsvnder his feet, is to dcfirc to put vs vpon his head. SauI would willingly haue had the authoritie that Chrill had, vtterlytodclkoy 3ndrnyneD