. I 7 -22 Book IV. Part+ Lso¥1ng untD ::fef~N, Cbap.x.Sea:.5 ~--------------------------------------- 2. That fomething fhe fpoke now to Chrift which fhe bad not mentioned to the Angels. Slie faid not unto them, t~/1 me where he u, but referved that queflion for himfelfe to anfwer, come, tell me where thou haft layd him; q. d. thou art privy to the place . and with the aCtion of removing Chrift my !,ord; Oh how fh; erres, and yet how fhe hits the truth! Jefus tolifr. tell her what he had done with himfelfe, fure it wa! fitteft for pis own fpeech to utter, what was only poffible for his ow~ power todo. · 3· That the conclu!ion of her fpeech was a mcer vant or flourifh; and I will takt him m;,ay. Alas poore woman, fhe was not able to hft him up, there are more than one or two allowed to ~he carrying ofa corps; and as for his it had more than an hundred pound weight ofmyrrhe and other odours upoo it; fure l1'Qe had forgotten chat women are weak,and that {be her felf was but a woman ; how was it poffible that fhe fhould tak! him aw~ty? fhe could not do it; well, but fhe would do it though; ' there iJ no efJ ay too hard for love; fhe exempts no place, fhe efteems no perfon, fhe f peaks without feare, fhe promifes without condition, ilie makes no exception, as if nothing were impoffible that love f~ggefteth ; the darknelfe could not fright her from fetting out before day, the watch could not feare her from ~omingto tlw tombe wh~re Chrift wasl~yd; fhe refolved to br~a~ opentb~ feales, and to remove the ftone, far above her ftrength ; and now her l<>ve being more incenfed with the frefh wound of her lolfe, {he fpeaks refolute1y, I will ta~e him 11waJ, never con!idering whether fhe could or no , love is .not ruled with reafon,but with love ; it neither regardi what 1:a9 b~., nor what fuould be ; but only what it felfe . defi,retlt todo. · ' 4· That through all this fpeech fhe omits the Frincipal verbe, .fll,e enquires ~or Jefus, buc fue nev~r names him whom fhe en• qqires after. Shecould fay to the Angels, they haw takJn away wj L ord ;. but now fhe talks ofone un~erthe terme of him,if thoH haft borne him hence, tell me where ·tho~thaft layd him, ~tnd I wilt take him away: him, him,him; but fhe neve.i3nameshim, or tel~ who he is ; this is Jo!tecifcuus qmo't'u ,an irregular fpeech' .but loves own diale~; q. d. who knows not him? why, aH the world is bnnad to ta,ke notice of him ; he is worthy to be the owner (}f ~t· ·-~ ~· all
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