Chap. 1. sea. 5· itoo~mg unto 'jtfug. Book IV. 427 _ ____: ____ ---- -- - rega~d~wlnt can b,, nor what Jl10uld be ; bm ·only what it fclf ddiretch to do. 4 . That through all tlus fpeech 01e omtts the pnnctpal verbe, flte enqutres .or Jefus, but Jhe never names him whom flte enqmre; after. She could fay to the Angel;, they have e,;l;gn aw.<y my Lord;but now 01e talks ofon<under the term of him,if thou haft bom himhence tell me where thouhaft l~!ydhim,and I lVill ttzk$ him a\Yay: him,hir11, him; bur fl1C never n:!~es him, or tells who he is; tbis is{ol£ci(mtt.f amori5, an irregubr fpeech, ;but loves own dialect; q.d. who knows nor him? why, all the world i.> bound to take notice of him;he is wortl>y to be tb< ownerofall thoughts and no rhou~!Jt,m my concw can be,;--;el,l bellowed upon any other rhan h<m. And therefore fir Gardwer, whofoever d\o;u art, if thou h•fl borne himbene;, thou knowell who I mean, rhou can!~ nor be tgnorant of whom I love· rhe.re is not fuch another among rhe fans of men; as the Pf.dmtfl, he hts thefa~reft . among the children of"""' or as the Spoufe, he hi' the chtcfeft often thoufandJ; and there- !'fa\. 4;. '• fore tell me fome news ofhim; of none but him: ofhim, and only of him: 0 tell me where thou ha!Uayd hi,, and I will take himaway. .Afo•d Jick... of love,- think! all the world /z!loW5 her beloved, and is therefore b01<nd to tell her ~<here he u; the daughters of : ertifalem were very ignorant of Chrifl, Cari. 5. 9· and yet 1ch,trge yo11 0 daughters of jenljalem ·(faidrhefpoufe) •f ye find my beloved, thatyetel!himl amfick..oflove. Ca1.$. s. 2 • Cbrifl appears as unknown: Jejiu faitll .., Mary; jhe tltrmd her ftlf, dnd faith ]oil. l o.I(.• unto him, Rabboni. which is tofay, Majfer. Sorrow may enditrefor a nigl;r .. but joy comes in the morning; fl,e that hitherto had fought without .finding, and wept wi.Jwut comfort, and called without anfwer, even to he·r Cla ifl: now appeares; and at his apparition thefe paffages are betwixt them'; firft h~ fpeaks unto her, Mary; and then /he replies unto him, Rabboni, which i< to fay, Mafter. r. He £peaks unt•> her, Mary! it was bur a word, but 0 what life? what fpirit? what quickening and reviving was in the word? the voyce of Chrifl: is powerful ; if the Spirit of Chrift come alone with the V'l"ord .. it rvi!l rouz..c he~'4rts .. rt:!i{e fpirits, rvorlz. wondt7s. Ah poore /Vfary, what a cafe was f11e in before Chrirt fpeak unto her? f11e ran up and down the Garden, with 0 my Lord, where have theylaydmy Lord? but no fooner Chriil: comes, and fpeaks to her by his Spirit, and with power, but her mind is enlightened, her heart is quickned, and her foul is revived. Obferve here the difference betwixt the Word ofthe Lord, and the Lord fpeaking that word with power and Spirit. we find fometimes the hearts of Saints are quickned, fed, cheriOted, healed, comf~ned in the ufe of the means ; and fome\imes again they are dead, fenflcfs, heav\', and har– dened ; nay, which is niore, the very fame truth which they hear at one time, it may be affects them, and at another time it doth not; .the rea(on is, they heare bur the . Word of the Lord at one time, tnd they hear the Lord himfelf fpeaking that word at another rime; Mary heard the vVord of the Lord by an Angel, woman, trhyweepeft thim? but her re>res dropped ilill ; f11e heard again the Word of the Lord by Chriil: !Umfelf. woman, >rhywrcpejlthou? and yet ll1e weeps, and will not be comforted· but now Chrifi fpeaks, and b'e fpeaks with power, Mary ! and at ,this word her tear'es are dried up, no more teare; now, unlefs they be teard for joy; And yet again, obferve the way how you may know and difcern the effe<'lual voyce of J efus Chrifl:, ifit be effectual, it ufually fingles a man our; yeo, though it be generally fpoken by aMini– iler, yet the voyce of Chrilt will fpeak particularly to the very hean of a man, with a marvelous kindof Majetl:y and glory, f!ampt upon it, and f11ining in it; take an humble, brQkeo, droopmgfpirit, he heares of the free offer ofgrace, and merey in Jefus Chrifl:, but he refufeth the offers; he hea>es of the precious promifes of God in Chrif!, but he catl:sby all promifes as things that are generally f1Jokenand applyed by man; but when :he Lord comes m,_ he fpeaks paniculary to his very heart, he meetswith all hisob– JCcttons,, that he thmks, thi,;, the Lord, and this;, to me, Thus ~Mary before heard the voyce of an Angel, and the voyce o( Chrifl, woman, wby weepejf thou I it was a general voy•e, no better title was rhen afforded, but woman; thou we<pelllike a woman; 0 wo»;!'n, and too much a woman, n·hy weepe.fttho~< ?' but now Chrifl: comes nearer, and he ungles her out by her very name, Mary! Oh this v~yce came home, he ihewed now that he was no flranger to her, he knew her by name : as fometimes God fpakc to Mofcs, tha;rhafl found gra.cei•!7r;y _hht, Jkpotvtha by name; fo Chrif!fpeaks toMmy,_ 1hou hajl roundgracein myji,ffht, 1/z.nowthee by name. Whyhowfl10uldthis " voyce bemdfetl ual? Ob now it worksl 11 ow ihe knows Chrilt · which· before n·te did E;;od, H· '1 not ;. and indeed this is the right way to know Cbrifl, to be firlt known of Chrif!. E111 now ( fatth the Apoflle) afrer 'h~t ye bave cyoiw1 God (and then he coni:cts him- Gat. 1• 9• Xx (felf
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