Ofthe RuuRR It c TION. Sermon 14-, YER. '3; AndthryJaidto her, Woman, why weepefl thou .? Shefoidto them' ~ho h~ve t~~n away my Lord, and J k_now not where th~ have lazd Hrm. · Theirqt1efiion Nowtotheirj}eecb, It was ncitadumbefhew, this, a hare apparition, andlo vanifi1ed away. It wasvifio& vox, a vocall vition. Here is a dialogue,too :The HeranCwc:r. J Her c:rrour. .Angellsjpeaketoher. . And they aske her, .Qgjdplora l Why fhe wept? what caufeihe had towttpe. They mcane, fhe hadnon~ (as indeed,no l_llOrC: fhe ~a.d.) All was in error, pi«lachry, m.<, fed c&C£, teares ofgnefe, but falfe gnefe,tmagmmg that to be,that was not Him to be dead, that was alive. She weepes, becaufefhefound the grave empty, \~hich G 0 D forbi:l fhe fhould have found full,for then c H 1\ I s T mu a have beenedel<! Hill, and fo, no RefurreClion. And this cafe of .Mary Magdalmis our cafe ofteri times. In the error ofour conceit to weepe,where we have no caufe; to joy,where we have as little. Wherewe fhould where we havecaufe to jo¥, we weepe: and, where to weepe, we joy. Our pi 1 u; hath never aq~ttd. Falfe )oyes; and falfeforrowes, falfe hopes, and falfe fearesthis life ofours is full of, Go o helpe us. Now becaufe !he erred, theyaskeher thecaufe, thatfheallcdgingit, they may take it away, and fhew it to benocaufe. As the elench, a non causa1rowt;Jmakes foule rule among us,beguiles us, all our life long. Will ye heare her anfwer to, Why wtepeygu ? Why{t•flulmmt, that \vasthecaufe; Her Lordwas gone,w.u taken away. Andagood caufe it had beenc, if it had beene true. Any have caufe to grieve; that luve loll:, loll: a good Loa o, fo good and gracious a Loa o as Heebad beene to her. But that is not all : aworfe matter,a greater griefe than that. When one dieth,we l'eckon him takenaJVay,thatis one kind oftaking away. But His deadbody islefr ;fo, all is not taken from us; That was not her cafe. For,in faying (her Lord)lhemeanes not, her Lordalive, that is not it : fi1e meanes not, they had f1aine Him,they had/4. ken away His life (file had wept her fill for that, already.) But, her Lord, that is, His dead body. for, thoughHis life was gonc,yet Hisbody was left. And,that wasall, f11e now had left ofHim (that, lhecals her Lord) and, that, theyhadtaken away from her, too. Apoore one it was, yet fome comfort it was to her, to haveeventhatlefc her, to vitire, to annoint, to d<Je other offices oflovc, even to that. Etiamvifoca· davere recalefcit amor, atthe tight, even ofthat, will love revi ''e, it will fetch lifeof love againc. But now, here is hercafe; that, is gone, and all, andnorhing, but an empty gtave, now leftto 11:and by, That S. Augttjlinefaith well, (ublat111 de monN· mento,grieved her more, thanocci( u; in ligno, for, then fomething yet was left; now, nothing at all. Right{ufft~lemnt, taken away quite and cleane. And thirdly, her nefcioubi. For though He be taken arfay, it is fomecomfort yet, ifwe know where to fetch Himagaine. But here, Heis gone, withourall hope ofrecovery, or getting againe. For they (but fhe knew not who) hadc.rryed!ltm (!he knew not whither)laidHim (fhe knew not where) there to doe toHim(lhe kne1V not what.)Sothat now !heknew not, whither to goe, to finde any comfort. 1t was mfi:io 11bi, with her right. Put all thefe together, H u life takenarvay, Hi.! body taken "",.Y• and carriednoliJanknorv.es whither ; ancrdoethey aske, why jhee wept l or, can any blame her for it~ . . The truth is, none had t~ken 4>NJ Her Lord, for all t.his : for, all this whJ!~ ller L~rd was wdl,wls,asfhewould have had Him, alive and fafe. He wcncawa~ of h•m·
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