Preached at White-hall, the first Friday in Lent. [1622/3]

              preached at whitehall white hall galt gatt the first friday in le lentnt 1622 JOHN 11.35 1135 IES les IESUS US WEPT AM NOW but upon the compassion of christ there is much dif- ference I1 betweene betweene his compassion and his passion as much as between the men that are to handle them here but lacryma lachryma passionist passionis passionis christi christl est vicaria A great personage may speake of his pas- sion of his bloodmy blood my vicarage is to speake of his compassion and his teares beares let me chafe the wax and melt your soules in a bath of his teares beares now let him set to the great seale of his effectuall effectuafl effectually passion in his blood then it is a common place I1 know to speake of teares beares I1 would you knew as well it were a common practise to shed them though it be not so yet bring S bernards patience libenter benter lubenter Li audian audlam audiam qui non sibi plausum plausum sed mihi planctum moveat be willing to heare him that seeks not your acclamation to himselfe himselfe but your humilia- tion to his and your god not to make you praise with them that praise but to make you weepe deepe with them that weepe deepe and lesus wept weft heft the masorites Masorites the masorites Masorites are the critiques upon the hebrew bible the old testament cannot tell us who divided the chapters of the old testament into verses neither can any other tell us who did it in the new testament whoever did it seemes to have stopped in an amazement in this text and by making an intire verse of these two words lesus lefus wept and no more to intimate that there needs no more for the exalting of our devotion to a competent heighth heigh heights th then to consider how and where and when and why lesus wept there I1