Hc(i.J$. II. Ill. Of theRE suR RE c T 1 oN. Sermon 141 - . . ---oa faw a vtfion ofAngels: and afcer, .fhe faw CH R 1 s T Himfelfe. Saw iiim and was her felfe made an Angel! by Him; a good Angell,to carry the Evangell th~firll: good and joyful! tidings of His rifing agilinc from the dead. And this wa; agreat honour (all confidered)ro ferve in an A:ngels place, ,To doe that at His Refurret[i. on (H ufecond birth) that, at Hu firll: birth an Angell did. An Angellfirll: pub\i0 1 ed thar ;M4rj.0lfagdaimbroughtfirll: notice of this. As he, to theS~ephcrds; fo fhe, to the Apoltles, the Pall:ours of CH a 1s Ts fiocke ; ·by them tGbe fpreadabroa4 to the ends ofthe world. To looke a littleimoit. I, 0Uaryisthe name ofa woman: z. MAfJ Ullag.· dalm, ofa finfull woman. · r Thar,to awoman firll:; it agreeth well, tomakeeven with Eve; that asbyaw 0 ; man came the firll: newes of death ; fo by awoman alfd might come the firlt tlotice ofche Rcfurrechon from the dead. And the place fits wdl: for, in agarden, they Clme,both. • That, to :t fin full woman firll: ; that alfo agrees wdl. To her firll: thatmolt needed it: moll: needed it, and fo firll: fought it. And it agrees we!~ He be firfr found ofher,thar fir(l: foughtHim: Even mthat re[peer !he was to beretpeered. In which cwo,t~ere is opene~ unrous~gate ofhope, two greatleaves (as it were:) one, rhat no mfirmny offex (for a woman we fee:) the other, that no enormity of finne (for a finfull wo_man, one that had the blemdh, thatlhe wenr under thecom. mon mme of peccatrix, as notorious and famous in that kinde:) That, neitherof thefe, lhall debarre any to have their parr in CH R I s T, and in His RefurreC!ion. ~ny,that !hall fceke Him in fitch fort, as lhe did. For,either ofthefenon obff•nte, nay nor~vitbll:anding bmh thofe,lhe had the happineffe; To fee His Angels (andrhatwas no (mall favour:) ro fee C H R Is T, Himfelfe : And that, firll: ofall,beforea\\·o-. thers, to !eeand falureHi.m_: And, to receive a commiffion from Him of Ytde& dici togoeand tell (that is, as it were) to.be an Apoll:le, and that tothe Apolllesthem-. fdves,to bring them the fir£1: good newes of CH " I s T s riling :igaine. . · There are three Parties that rake up the whole Te><t: and if I lhould divideir,I would make thofe three Parries the three pans; 1 0Uary 0U~tgda!m,• thevfngtls, 3 •and ,chrifl. our Sarolour. , _ 0Uary 0Uagdalen begini. ~r part inthefir£1: verfe, butlheegoesalongthorow them all. · Then the Angds part in the two ver(es nt.. t • ~ Their appming,•and theirJjeechtQ her :Appearing, in the twelfth; Speech m thethtrtectirh. · And I;J.ll:, chrifls parr in all the rell::• Hi< ~pfe~tring, •andSpeech likewifc. Apf!u~· ing, firll:, unknonme, in t~~~ourteenrh,·. and Hu perch then,~n•he fifteenth. , < After, His ~tppearipg, and JJeecb agame, bemg knowne, mthclixteenth and feven• reemh. 1 Forbidding her, mane & tange, to flay and to touch; •ah<!biddingher, r:a4e & die, to get her quiCkly to Hubrethren, and tell them, HuRefurrt&ionwas pall:, for (ajcendo )He was taking thought for His Afcenfion, and preparingfottbar. Thus lieth the order, and the parrs. . . The ufe will be, that we, in our feeking, carry ourfelvesas lhedid : andf~may wt haverhe happinelfe, that lhehad, tofinde Cbrift 1 as fu is now tobe foundm the yertue o( I!_is !1-e[Hmrjion., - ··- - · ·
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