• The third S &R M o N -------------------------------------------------------------- Lokc 1·'11· ceived it)as, much wasforgiven her, [o, mt.chjhe loved. And feeking by all meanes eo exprelfe hevmultamdilec1ionem propter multamremifienCtJ• (as CH 11 r s T faith Ycr{e 8.) H•x." ;,;.,.,.;nothing iliehad, was toodeare. And having aprecio~ confedion or ointment,ofNardru, thechiefe ofall ointments l and, in it of'"'"~• the chiefe ofall NArdi; and init too, nor oftheleafe, but (oftbe very choice part there. of, ofhheSpike, or flower; both, for the makillg, true; and forthe value,co!Hy. that did.iliebefiow. And that frankly : For, iliedid not drop,but fowre; nota dran: or twp,':bur, awhole pound;not referving any, but breaking boxand all : And that, nor·nmv alone, but threefeverall times, one after anoth~r. p(,I.4H· 1 Iohn ~.:.Q, . 2.Cor.2._2.f. This ilie did :and (as it may feeme)rhecoherence fell out not amilfe. Thisout. wardointmentandfwutodotlr,lhebellowedon C u 11 Is T,fortheoileofgladneffe; for theSpiritttaUannointing (as Saint John;) and thecomfortablefavour ofHi< know• ledge (as,Saint Pattt~a!ls it) He·befiowed on her. . This, as it was well done, fo, was it wdl taken of C H 11 r s T: and fo lhould have beenc, ofall prefent,but for IudtU<faith Saint Iohn.)Who, liking betterodorem lucri ex re qr~•li6et, than any fent in the Apothecarie's lhop, feeing that fpent on C n a Is T's head, that he wiilied iliould have comeinto his purfe; repined atit, But that fo cunning1y, info good words, with focolourable a motion ( x. That it was a n~edlelfe expenfe, indeed" ·waflc: z. That it might have beenebefiowed muth better, to the reliefe of many poore people : ) as rhat he drew the Difciples (fomnf rbem) to favour them~rion: and ro dillike ofVl1.vy Magddenand her do: ing. So rhat,both theyan~hepynedmone Btll : but h~, of a wretched covetous minde; they, of a limple plame mtenr and purpole, thmkmg, all that was well fpo· ken, had beene well meant. • Wbkh AG!ion oftheirs, rorthat it was brought, Not only againll herthat be; fiow~d it.; but e_ven, agai~fi C H a. I s T ~l~othat admitted it,rhough not fo direClly i (aS' it were, a~aml1: her wtthYt.qutdperdtttl'?agajnft Him, wi!h. Yt quidpermljio?) for that alfo 1t mtght be a dangerous prefident mages ro come, tf nothing were faid to lt ;.andiliut all bo"pces, and barre all ~intments for ever: OurS,. v I o u 11 Himfelfe faketl\on1Iim, to J:>leade?er caufe.Not only cxcufing it (inSiniteiUam) asnowafte; bur alfo commendmg 1t (mh1num opru)asagoodworke : That theointmmt was nor fCl pleafam to His fenfe, as her thankfulnelfe acceptable toHis Spirit : That the oint· .mem,which then filled the houfewith the fenr, iliould fill the whole world with rhe Teport'Ofrr; and as fat and wide :is theGofPell was preached, fo farre and wideiliould t~~ ~~e rcme_rrtbre?,as well for her commendation that d!d it, as for ourimitation tliat ~10uld heare of'tt. W<: fee, botlJ theoccAjion, andfrunmeofrhefe words read. Which may aptly 'be f~id,:to c'onta!ne iq thema difputation or Plea, about Vl1ar:J Vl1agdalen's aCt, whether it were well done, or no. Whereof there are two pnncipall pans :Iudllf, with Someother adoppojitum againft it; to have Vl1ary Vl1agdalen reformed, and her box converted to better ufes : C H 11 I s T for it, and againfi them: Sinite, that Hee would have it fiand; yea, that Hee would have it acknowledged for that, ,it was,JJ,ont~m opru. , TheDivifiM. In the entreating whereof, thefe three points I purpofe , r. Firft of Iud.ahis I. M@tion: and mit ' T.he Speech it fdfe, Yt qt~idperditio, &c ~ • The Speaker, Some ofth('Jif: l The :Minde, or affection; thcuglit much• n. IU. .z ·,s~condly, ofCHitiST's Apologie:ahdinit 'Thatitisfr1ferable : •That it is commendable: 3 The reajo11ofboth, In Me; for that M Him, . -J .3 Laft ·of all, laying both together: ( The former, That it is " goodworke; The latrer, Thht.Jttgmdgedat : ) that good actions oft-times meet with cvill conftructions; therefore, ' though wee doe well, yet wee iliall beevil!(poken of: and agJinc, • though wee be evill fpoken of, yet we mufi proceed to doe well. The ufe,wf !hall make, is (briefly) Ex fallis facienda difcere, by report ofth<!t which h1th beene done heretofore, to learne, what eo doe inlike cafe, hereafter. Where. of, that I may fofpeake,&>. · Of
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