SERMONS. 347 



my former husband ; for then was it better with 

 me than now. 



Well ; blest be the mercies of God, we are at 

 last returned, and Titus is come back into Crete ; 

 and there are Elders ordaining for every city. 

 But, hie Rhodus, hie Saltus. Reverend father, this 

 is your Crete, adorn it as you can. The province 

 is hard, and the task weighty and formidable, even 

 to an angel's shoulders. That we mistake not, 

 Titus was not left behind in Crete to take his 

 ease, or to sleep out the storm which soon after 

 overtook St. Paul at sea ; he might well expect a 

 worse at land (naufragium terrestre) and a more 

 tempestuous Euroclydon. Believe it, a bishop's 

 robe is * Tunica molesta (as the t martyr's pitched 

 coat was called of old), and sits, perhaps, more 

 uneasy upon the shoulders. The mitre is not 

 "O^xa yxxir^, to render invisible or invulnerable ; 

 but rather exposeth to enemies. The rotchet and 

 the surplice, emblems of innocence indeed, but 

 marks of envy too : and it is in those whites, that 

 malice sticks all her darts. And, therefore, St. 

 Paul was fain to intreat Timothy into this dig- 

 nity ; :j: Fo7^ this eause besought I thee, to abide at 

 Ephesus: for there were beasts to be fought with 

 there; and the Apostle had tried them, §both 

 tooth and paw. So that I cannot wonder if our 

 Bishops say, 710I0 episcopari, in good earnest ; and 



* Tunicd punire molesta 3 Juvenal. Sat. 8, 



t Vide Baron. Tom. 1. Ann. QQ. n. 4. 



X 1 Tim. i.3. § 1 Cor. XV. 32. 



