428 BooklV. Chap.1. Seer.;. felf) or rather are.k.FoJvn of God; for till he know u~, we !hall never know hi~-;right~ Now her dead fpmrs are ra1fed, wh1ch before were benummed · and n<;> marvel that with a word he rerive her fpirirs, who with .a word made the World, and even in this very word l]Jewed an amm potent power. 7he Gardiner haddomhis part ( fiirh one ) in mat– iNg her a//green on afuddcn. But even now her body feemed the bearfe ofher dead hearr, and her heart tbe coffin o.f her dead foul ; .and fee bow quickly all is turned out and in; a new world no.w; Clmft s refurrechon IS Ma>y A4agdalcns refurrer'lion roo ; on a fudden lhe revrves, r;ufed (as 11 were) from a dead and drooping, to a lively and cheerful flare. 2. She [aid unto him, Rabb.ni, which is rofay, Mafier. As tl1e was nvifl1ed with !1is voyce; fo impatient ofdelay l11e takes his talke our of his mourh, and ro his firft acd only word, ~1e anfwered but one other, Rabboni, which is to fay, /.1affer. Awon– der that 1n tlus verfebur two words tl10uld pafs brrwixt them two; burfome give this reafon, that a fuddw }•Y rou:U.ng all herpaffions, flu w<ld neither proceed in her amt, r..r g;ve h<m leave to go forward w hu fpeech. Love would h~ve fpoken, bur feare inforced ltlence; hope framed words, bur doubt melts them in the pafTage; her inward conceits fe~ved them ro come.our, but then her voyce trembled, herrongue faultered; her breath ~atled; why fuch ts th< efrate of them that are lick wirh afurfet of fudden joy ; her JOY was fofudden~ that not a word morecouldbe fpoken, bur Rabboni, which;, tofay, Maft~r. Sudden joyes are not without fame doubts or rremblings ; when Jar oh heard Gen. 4$.16. that ht< fan Jofeph was·ailve, his heart fainted, he was even afronifi1ed at fo good a news; l'fat. '· >6. r· when God refrored the Jews our of captivity, they could think of it no orherwife then Aft.u. 9· as a dream; when Feter was by an Angel delivered out of prifon, herook it only for a vijion or apparition, and not for truth; when Chrifl: manifefl:ed his rrfurrer'lion to his luko. '4· 4'· Difciples, ~t is faid thatfor very joy they believed r10t; their fear• (as it were) kept back, and quefiioned the truth of their joyes. As in tbe Sea wl1en afl:orm is over, there re– maines frill an inwardworking and voluration; even fo in the mind of man, when ir. feares are blown Ol'er and their is acalm upon ic, there is frill amotru trepidt<tionis, a motion of trcmb\ing, or a kind of folicitous jealoulie of what it cnjoyes. And this might be Mary Magdalew cafe ; though tlte fuddenly anlwered l hrift, \lpon the firll: notice ofhis voyce, yet becaufe the novelty was lo frrange, his perfon fo changed, his prefence fo unexpec'l:ed, and fo many miracles were layd ar once before her amazed eyes, lhe found (as it were) a {edition in her thoughts; her hope prefumed beft, but her feare fufpeCl:ed it robe too good to be true; and while thefe interchange objcCl:ions and anfwers, fi1e views him better, but forrhe prefem cannotfpeak a word more f'lve this. Rabboni, whichutofay, Mafler. 5. For the confequems after thi• apparition, Jefus faith unto her, tquch me not, ]oh. >O, 17· for I am not yet ttfeended to my FAther, butgo to my brethren and fay umo therA, I afcendmtto my Father andtoyollr Father; andto my God, and your God. , In thcfe words we May obferve, a prohibition and acommand; the prohibition touch me not ; the comm3nd, bmgo to my brethren, ~ndfaj <<nto them, &c. 1. Touch me not. It feems Mary wa. now fallen at hi> facred feet, f11e was now rea– dy to kifs with her lips his fometimes grievous, but now moft glorious wounds, Such u the natHYe of love, that it covers not only u be united, bitt if it were poffible, to be transformed out ofit[elf, into the thing it /oveth, Ma-y is not f3tisfied to fee het Lord, nor is lhe fatisfied to hear her Lord, bur lllf mufr touch him, en,brace his feet, and kifs them with a thoufand kiffes; Oh how lhe Jtangs, .10d clings about his feet ! or at ]call how l11< offers to make towards Jlim, and to fall upon him! -·----but on a fudden he dlecks her forwardnefs, touch me not. What a mifiery is this ! A4ary a !inner touched him, and fi1e being now a~im, may lhe not do fo much? lhe was once admitted to anoym his he3d, and is tl1e now unworthy to touch his feet ? what' meant Chriil: to debar her offo dtlired aduty? lhe had the lirfl: fight ofChritl: and l;eard the firfl: words of Chrifi after his refurreCl:ion, and mufr f11e nor have the 'priviledge ofhis firfl embracing? th.ere is fom~thi~g ?f wonder in thefe words ; and it puts many r'o a/land; and many an mtcrpretauon ts gtven to take off t~e wonder ; I fllall tell you of fame pf them, though for my part I lha!l cleave only to the Jail. t. Some r.hink that Mary nqt only efTayed to k!fs his.feet, but to defire the fulfilling of t1 e promtfe of the Spirit of Chnfl:, tillS promtfe Chnfr made to hB Dlfctples ar Toh ,6. •,. his la!~ Supper, I will frmdyor< the Comforter; and tl~e cxpeCl:ed it to be now per- • formed
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