Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

.. . 'Chap. I .Sed:. S 'there wm be no need of the like example then as now; thm l win n~t forbid thee, but tilt then e{peiially if thou art alone, oh touch me not . · s. Others think that UU'ary too much doated upon that pre- . fenrcondltibd of}efus Cbrift; fhe looked upon it as the higheft · pit:ch M'chriftsexaltatieil l fhe defired rio rrior~ happinelfe £han to enjoy him in that fame condttion wherein now fhe faw him. and thereupon faid Chrift; touch me not,fur J,am not Jet ~tfcended; ,"t'j\'d. 0 Mary fix not thy ~h?ughts fo !f~Uch upon my prefent condition, in as much-as tht~ ts not the htgheft ptcch ofmy exaltation . I am not as yet attatned to that, nodhall I attaine to it until I ~Icend; the degrees of my exaltat ion are firft my refurred:ion. 2. My a_fce_nfion, 3. My feffion at God$ right hand, but that is not yet. · ' ·6. Ochers think th~t M ary carryed it with 'l{e prift ina illa familiar:we; iJY4 too much fami lianty towards Chrift , 1he eum in ca-ne mortalem in1uebamr, ·looked upon Chrift as the di d formerly , fhe P 11 fl' rr,zfl 1 a~ct, judicansteoft ~:Jugrrdii· had not that reverence or refp~Ct of Chrift al. htm,q; ortamrcveren t114, \,i/ ravtUi fh h h h d 1\.. . , um illo agendum cj[e. Cbrifoft . !Jom. eoug t to ave a , !u• d.' ~i'>'eoced n?t , s . itz ffoh~n . the mortal ftateof Cbr.ft to :u Clh c:ew glonfied dl:ate after his relurrection ; whereas with him'the c_afe was quite altered; he is rifeo in a far otherwife conditionthan he was, for now his cortuptiole hath put on incorruption, and his mortal hath put on immortal ity; he dyM in weakneffe and difhonour, but he is rifen againe in power 'and glory ; and as in another ftate, fb to another end, be was not now to fray upoa earth, or to coaverfe here any longer ' bu.f to afcend up into heaven, q. d. though r be not 'yet afcended to my father, yet I !hall ' lliortly afcend; and therefore meafure not thy demeanour towards me by the place where I am, but by chat which was due to me, and· when 'thou wilt ' rather wi th reverence fall down a farre oft, than with fuch fami,liarity feem to touch me; Thus. touch me not. . cbr'{l 7· Others think this prohi!:Jition was only for that time, and •liu~ /':ofJ~:;:ui~ that becaufe he.had gre~ter bu!ineffe for her in hand , .phrift was Magtlalen;e, ·' ' ' > •• f!ll >n nenimiumttmporu 4 b[umeret~ prout iJI!tta fole'btt, ad pcl.u tjtH, fed quti >n citim inde re txpediret, ta de t )l41 refurce/Jli~~t: 'ltliotes .Jactret frat~es fuos. Cant T oler. Cup Cap. · , :u~. Job. · ' ROt

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