. .. 76.4 Book IV. Part~4· L1oklng unto :}tj111, Cflap.z.Sect. z ------- ~---------------------------------------- not to Je~ A}lge/s, but the Creatour of Angel.r, to whom I owe mtre than both to men and Angels. 2. After he appeared £he was filled with joy; for fo it was, that when nothing elfe would fatisfie, or comfort this poore creature, Jefus himfelfe appeares; atfirft he is unknown, £betakes him for the gardiner of the place; but within a while he utters a voyce that opens both her eares, and eyes; and refm faith unt9 her, JVfarJ. It was the fweeteft found that ever £he heard; many a time· had fhe been called by that name, but never heard the a voyce fo effectual, powerful, inward, feeling as a·t this time;. hereby the cloud is fcattered, and the Sun of righteoufi1elfe appeares; this one word MarJ , lightens her eyes, dryes up her reares, cheares her heart, reyives her fpirits that were as good as dead. One word efChrift wrought fo ftr~·:Jge an alteration in l1er, as if £he had been wholly made new, when 1he was only named. And hence it is that being ravifhed with his voyce, and impatient ofdelayes; fhe takes his talke ouc of his mouth; and to his firft and only word V'nary, fhe anfwers, RabbotJi] which is to fay, Maflrr, q.d. Mafter, uit thou? with manJaj.f!ttcare h.n'e I fought thee, andart thou :mexpefJedfJ{o neare i!t hand! thy abfencc WM hell, and thy prej(nce i.r no !ejfe than heavtn to me: ()h horv is my. heart r{lviford at thy found?· if the b11bg leaped in the womb of £li:z:,abetb, whmfoe 6ut beard the [ttlr1tation of .1-!ary, how flnuld mJ heart but leape at thy falutatiov? Iferli I urn exwding~ fJ tranfPorted beyend my felfe. Injfe.1d , cf my hetJvy heart 11nd troubledJPirit, I fee!e now a fweet 1md delightful tranqrti!lity rf minde; thou art mJ folace, and fouls deligbt; whom h.1ve I in he a:. ven btlt thee? and whom defire I upon e~~,-;h in comp11rij'c:J of thee ? and yet I am not fotisfi~d; not onlyfruition ofthee, but 1mi>11 with thee is that·which m; fottllongs after ; not only thy prej'rnt:e, bnt thy ~mbrace.r, or mJ embr~~ees of thee can give cont ent; c, me thm, tmd-gi~·e me !tave, my Lord, my God, to run tothe h~tunt of mx chief delights, to fall at thy facredfett, and t.o b.tthe them with my tearu of joy ; e my {if'm! I muft needs delfle wirb thee , tU the Spwfe dealt with thee, mw 1 have found thee whom my foul loves deare!y, I will hold thee, 11nd I wil! not 1ft thee go. I know not in all the book ofGod a foul more deprefleci with fo.rr-Qw, a.nd lifted up with j-oy; 0 meditat:~: on this ! ifch~i~ ba. · ~.!>ienr, , . •
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