Ofthe REs uR RI£ c TI ON. Sermon 14 , r~me, when f.MArjfloodAtChriftsgr~veandwcpt: See, howjhel~vtdHim? Wh [, prefence the withedfor, Humilfdheweptfor; whom lhedearelyloved whilcfue h~d Him, the bitterly bewailed, when theloll:Him. v1moramarcflens,'Loveru c: nmg downethecheekes. n~ ~he founh in thefe, ~.Ail~ dJ foe wett, foejlooped, andl~okedin, ever and anoni That 1s,the d1dfoweepe,as, the d1d feeke Wlthall. weepmgWithour{eeking,is but to fmall purpofe. Bur, herweepinghindred not her[eeklng; Hedorrow dulled not he~ diligence. And,diligence is a chara&er of love,comes frc>1n thef~me roote, diltm~· anddiligmtia from diligo, both. Amor diligentiam di!igens• · ' Tofeeke, is one thing: nottogiveov~r feeking, is another. -For,Iaske why lhpuld the now looke in~ Peter aad Johnhad looked there before; nay, hadb~ein the grave (they.) It makes no matter : the will not tru!l: Peters eyes, nor Iohns, nei. ther. But, the her felfe had before this, looked in(too.) No force, the willnottruft her felfe, thewill fufpeet her owne eyes, (he will ratherthinke,jhe lookednot well be. fore, than leave off her looking. ltisnot enough for love, to looke in once. Thusw~ :ufe, this is our manner ~henwe ~eeke athm~ fcrioufly; whe~ewe l!ave fought alrea, dy, there to (eeke agame, thmkmg we dtd it not well, but, tf we now lookeagai~ better we !hall furely finde it, then. Amorqu.tmss 11bi qu£jivit: Love, thatnevet thinkes, it bath looked enough. Thefe five. And, by thefe five, we may take meafure of ourlovc, and of the truemultumof it. rtprofit nobu ejruftare, tjtu plorJre, &qtl.erere([aithorigrn)that herftanding her weeping, and {eeldng, we may take fome good by them. ' · .~ doubt, ours will fallthort. Stay by Him alive; that we can, jux.tamenfdm:~ but JUXtlt monumentum; who takes up H1s fiandmg thertt'. And our love tt is dry-ey· ed,it cannot weepe: it is fl:iffe.joynredl it cannf.l~ ftoope ro/eeke. If it doe,andwehit not onHim at fir£!:, a1vay wegoe,, with J!~ter. and John; we fiay itnot out wirh<.Mary M ttgdalen. A figne, our love IS little,.and hght, a~dour feeki»g futable,andfo,it is without fuccelfe. We findenotChrift, nomervalle: but,feekeFJmsasfuefought .Him,andwethallfpeed,aslhefpel!, -- · , V£R. 16. 'And/atv tw-oAng)lts, ln IDI)lte, fitting, tl1e one~t the_ bead, the otl1~r 'ttt ~lte fur; where thebody of Ief U5 had lien. . For what came of this~ Thusflayingby it, and thus lO?kiJI! in, again~ andagainl, 1 though the faw not Chrift at firfl:,the{ees H u Angelts.For [o tt pleafedChrijl to come by degrees: Hu AngeRs, beforeHim. And, it is no vulgar honour, this, to{eebutan, Angell: what would one ofus give to fee butthe like fight ~ We are now at the Ange!ls Part. Their Appearing, in this verfe. There arefoure points in it: • Theirplace, • Theirhabit, J Their fir~, 4 and their order.' 'Place, 10 thegr:~ve, • Habit, in white, J flu, they were fitting, tand their order inJitltng, one :ttthehe4d, the other at thefeet. The Place, In thegravethe fawthem: andv111gdls inagrave, is a ftr~ngefight,a tight never feenebefore ; not till ehriffs body had beenethere, never, nil thlsda~; this the fir!l:newesof t.Angelis inthat place. For,agra..,e,isrro placeforv1ngts (onewouldthinke) for wormes rather: Blelfed Angells, not but in ableffed piac~ But fince C H ll 1 s 't lay there,that place is blelfed. There was a voiCe heard rj 1 heaven, Bleffid be the dead: Preciotu the deatb, G lorioU&_the ~nemorie now, oftlmnt ~tlie in the Lerd. And,_even this,. thatthe AngeUsdifdamednot_nowrocomerhat ther, and to fit there , 1s an auJ!tciUmof agreat change to el'lfue mthe ll:ate·of r . place.:£ejdgloTiofitu Angels ?quidvilitu vermic11lo ? faith Allgttfline. f2!!) (!tit.,~:~ ttllorumlocU&, eft & Ange!Q!_II'!!.! J.h~t vrh~h was the pla~:c for worwes, IS be a place f~r ~11ge~~ 'l'nelC ,_ .
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