Lsokingunto Jc[UJ. Book. IV. ~H Chrifi to eat with him : into who fe hqufe whf n be had entred, a certai n~:: woman that was & finner ahiding there in the City, heard of it; a widow ilie was: and prompted by her wealth and youth to an intemperate I fe: {he came to Jefus in the Pharifees houff' and rio foone r come, but ili~ I aye§ her burthen at Jefus fe~t, and prefents him with a broken heart, and weeping eye, and an Alablafl:er boxe of oyntment. Shee flood at hu feet behind him wteping, and began to wafh hu feet with her teares, and to wipe them Ver. )~ . with the haires &f her head; mrd ./he kff[ed hia feet, and anndnreJ. them with oyntmrxt. I. She Hands llt his feet , ·a figne of her humility; 0 what a cha.nge ! ilie that was before married to a Noble perfonage, a nattve of the town and Cafile of U'vfagddl, from whence ilie had her name of Magdalen; and {he that now was a widow, and therefore took her liberty of pride and 1 ult, who fo proud and vile ;1s <(Wary .Ws~gd~rlm? at this time ihe comes in remorfe and regret for her fins, and throwing away her former pride, fhe ftoopes, and waites, and humbly t:l:ands at J efus feet. 2. She ftood a.t his feet behind him; a blufhing figne of f}ith; it comprehends in it a tacite confeffion of her fins, fhe knew her felfe unworthy ofChriil:s prefenct; ilie durft not look him in the face, but beleevi1_1gly {be waites behind him: her fhame fpeaks her repentance, and her waiting on him, and not flying from him befpeaks her fair h. 3. She ftood at his feet behind·him weeping,, her griefburft out in teares: ilie heeds not the feaft, or feailer, though ufually they are accompanied with joy, and mirth, and mufick; and fi.1ch feafis attended with fuch vanities fhe many a time had probably obferved, yet now ilie comes in trembling to this feafr, and falling down before Chrift, fhe weeps, and weeps bitterly for her fim. 4· She began to wafh his feet with teares ; her tea res were not feigned, but fruitful; fhe wept a iliower ofteares; one confidering her teares, cryes it out, terra rigat cttlnm, the very Mrth bedewes heflven; her eyes that before were abufed to lufi, are now fountaines of teares; (11e poures out a flood, great enough to waili the feet of her blelfed Je(us; this was the manner of the Jews, to eat their meat lying down, and leaning on their elbows ; or if many eat together, leaning in the bofomes of one another; thus at the Palfeover it is faid that rhere w-u leaning on {.efm bofome one ofhi1 J h · difciples whom {efmloved; And in this pollure Jefus fitting or 0 0 1 3 ' ~ J• K kk lying •
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