Book lV. 425 ·Chap. I. sea. 5. is afad thing; 0 it is a lat~emablerhing tO lofe all Chrift; though bm in our own ap_7 prehenfions. To hear M.~ries pmtul comp!aum, They have takpt away my Lord, an'J I k_n•w not where they have 1.1id my Lord, lt would make a fltnt to weep; methmks I be~r her cryes, 0 my Lord what's become of thee ? time WM that my foul w.u ar1 cnclofed J"'den, and thechiefefl of ten thot<Jands didwal/z. in the jhad•w of the trees, bi<t now the fen<e i; down, my love i;gone, and Sh.zron u become_ a de(ert: urne~wthat I fate at the fm of my Lori , and I recewed dady Oracles fromhu mottth, but now he htdes hm;felf ami will not come at me; I pray and he hears not, I heark§n after htmbut h' fpea/z! n~t, I call bNt he anfwers not. 0 rr.y Lord, if I had never kyown thee I t·ottld have !we'd wuhout thee, but ,hi; i; my mifrry, not fo much that 1 am wtthom thee, M that I have loft thee , m~Jil) arc well witholet 1hee, becl!ufo they. never en)oyed thee~ ;h~ child~ en of beggar5. c.ount it 1 m their mifery th.<t they are not Pnnces, but oh thegnCJ when the cht!dren of 1•nnces jl>all be turned to beggars! 0 my Lord, once 1 had thee, bttt now I have loft thee, yea I have loft thee every jot, and pi<ee, and parcel of thee ; 0 ye A poftles where i; the dead b;dy <f my Lord? 0 Sir fingel, tell me if you [a1v hH torn, hu macerated, crucified b"y? Ograve! Odeath! jl!cw me, i;there anyrhingofChrijf'sbody (thou,gh bHtafew4ead afhes) in JtWtr hceping? r-o, r.o, all i< gom; I can hear nothing of what J would hear, dMt h i; Jilent, the grave i; empty, the A ngels fay ifDthing to the pttrpo[e, the A poftles are fled, .wd they, ( 1 lz::otv 1.ot who) h.we tak§n away my Lord, ar.d 1k.!cow not n•hcre tiny have/P.idhim . , 2. Afrer this Chrift hirnf:lf appears, but fir£1: as unknown, and then as known ; r. As unknown, She tllrntd her Jdf bac/z., and (atl! /efur Jfandin,~, andkpew not that Jorn .o ,4, it wa.< Jefw; : Jefl« faith unto her, woman 1rhy wcepejl thou? whom j«k!ft thoit' jhc [up- 15• tofinghim to bethe G~rdiner,_ o·c. In thts A~pan_non of Chnft u~kn?wn, I 11Jall only rake notice of Cbrift squdlton, and Maries mqulfitton; h1s queflton IS tn thefe words, WovMn, why weepc{l tho"? whom feel!ft thou ? 1. Why t-.eepefl. thott,? This very quefi:ion the Angel> asked her before, and now Clmft asks lt agatn; lure there ts famerhino in it, and the rather we may c~;ink fo, becaufe it is the fir!t opening of hi; moll b, the firft words.that ever came from him, after his riling again. Some (ay that tvl..ry M agd,den reprefents the ftate of all mankind before thi> day, viz.. . One wee;-ing over the grave of another, M if there were no hope: and no1v at his refurreCtiot\ Chrill: comes in with weep not; Woman, why weeptft thon? q. d. there· is no caufe of weeping now, lo lam rifen from the dead, and am become the firft-fruits of them that Jleep . And yet we may wonder at the queftion, why Jlwuld Chrift demand of /vlary, why lhe wept? but a while fince fhe faw him hanging on a tree, with his head full of thorns, bis eyes full of tears, hts ears full of blafphen.1ies, his mouth full! of gall, his whole perfon mangled and disfigured, and. doth he ask her, Wo?Jan '. why_ weepejl thou ? fcarce three dayes fir.ce lhe beheld h1s arms, and legs racked wtth vwlenr pulls, his hands and feet bored with naiL, his fide and bowels pierced with a f~ear, his whole body torn with !l:ripes, and gored in blood: and doth he ask her. Woman, why weepejf thou ? Jhe faw htm on the crofs yteldmg up hts foul ; and now fhe was about to anoint ~\is-body which was the only hope fl1e had alive; but his body is removed, and that hope •~dead, and lhe IS left hopelefs of all v1lible help, and yet cloth he ask her, Woman, 1vhj. wce~{lthot<? Oyes! though tt m~y be !\range, yet is it not a queftion without caufe, lhe weeps for btm dead, who was nfen agam from the dead · /he was forry he was not in hisgrave, and for this very caufe fhe lhould have been r~rher glad, lhe mourns for not knowmg where he lay, when as indeed and in truth he lay not any where; 1\e is alive and prefem, and now talks w1th her, and refolves to comfort her, and therefore Wo– nw,, why weepejl thot£? 2. Whom feek!ft thou? fl1efeeks Chri£1:, and Chrift asks her, Woman, whom feel:.tjl tho'!? We may wonder at this alfo, if lhe feek Chrifl , why cloth flte not know him? or 1f fhe know Cbrifl, why cloth lhe feek him flill? 0 Mary! is it poffible thou haft forgotten Jefus? there is no parr in thee bm is bnlie about him, thy eye weeps, thy heart throbs, thy tongue complains, thy body faints, thy foul languifhcth, and not– ":'lth!landmg all thts, haft thou now forgotten him? what, are thy fl;arp eyes fo weak ftghtec!, that they are dazled with the Sun, and blinded with the light? 0 yes! a fltower of tears comes betwixt her and him, and fl>e cannot fee him, or it may be !.er qes :wreholden th.<t fl>t jiJOuld not kJ1o;v him; or it nny be he appearedh•e"- !-''1~• in Jome Luke , 4, 15, oth.r fbape, fuch as refembled the Gardtnel', whom fi1e took him for; ,howfoever it was, ' She
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