Atl:.t7.2.7. lob9.11. Luke '9·42.• Lulct:14.t6. ~uke16.u. Ierem.31.u. OftheRE suR R E c T IoN. Serm~ Bur,h~re is aStlftrfedett~ rorhem: The L o 11. o Hi~ come we from chefuking Himdead, to the finding Himalive.) For, when He[~:: noAngels, no_fight, nopeechofrhcirs would ferve, none bur her L o 11 D could · ' her any comforc; Her L oR o comes. chrif/madeff. gtve <Adeff. chriffm, nuabeu unqt~am .-.beft, .l qttibm qtueritur, faith Saint Aug~J!ine·' CH R r s T ts found, found by her; And this cafe of hers, lhall be the cafe of ali that feriou!ly fecke Him. This woman here, for one 7 fl1e fought Hini (wefee.) They chat went to Emmam cod•y; they buttalked of Him fadly, and they both found Him. Why, He u fQundlf them thAt feeke Himno't, Efay 65.1. bur, of them char feeke Him, never bur found. FQr, ThQn L oR o never faileff them that feekeTku P(al. g. ro; Go o ;. not tmrighteeu.s, tQforget theworl:e and labot~rlf theirlo7Jtth~ .(eekeHim, Heb.6.ro. So, finde Him they lhall, but happily not allfofully adirft, nomorerhan.fo 11 did. For, firlf(co trie her yer a little further) He comes unknowne, fumds by her and !he lmle thought it had beene Ht. ' ~ cafe rhac likewife falls our full ofr. Doubtle/Je He is notfarre.from ever] ml} m, faith the ApoJfleto the .Athema•s. But He u neerer tu ma»y t1mes than we thinke. even hard by tu, and JYe nat Aware of #, faith Job. And, 0 Ji cognovijfes & tu,Oif w~ did know (and it lbndeth us in hand to pray that we may know) whenHe isfo for that is thetimcefo11r vijitation. . . .. . ' ' ' Saint Iohnfaith here,theAngelsnierejitti11g : S. Lukefaith,they f!Qod, Luk124. 4 .1 They are thus reconciled. That, C H. a r s T comming in prefence, the <.Angel/ which before werejitting,flood"!· Thm jlAnding up; made <.Mary Magdalenturne beno fee who it was they mfero. And fo, CHRr s -r lhe faw, but knewHimnot. Not only not knewHim, but mif-knewHim, t6okeHimft1r the Gardiner. Teares wiH dimmethe light, and ir.was yet fcarce day,and lhe, feeing one,atid notknowing what a!lY onelhoul~ make m the ground fo early, but hethar drelfedit fheemight well mtltake. But lt wasmore than fo: Her eyes were no: holden only, that jbedidno~ knowHim,but ove~and belide, He dtdappe~re i-ri{~ f"'lf~-, mfomefuch lhapc,as might refemble rhe Gardmer, whom lhe tooke Hsm for. · Proper enough it was,it fitred well therimeand place (thisperfon.) The time; It was the Spri•1g: the place, Ir was a Garden (that place is mofi in requefiatth<IQ time)for that place and time, a Gardiner doth well. Of which her fo taking Him, Saint Gregory faith well, Prafia'o m ando non trri· vit. Shedid not mifhke in takingHim for aGardilm: though lhemight feemero erre in fome [cnfe, yet in fame other lhewas in the right. For, ina fenfe,andagood fenfe, CH .. 1 s T maywellbef~id to beaGardiner, and indeed isone. For, ourrulo is, C H 11 1 s T, as He appearcs, fo He is, ever: No falfe femblanc inHim. . 1 . A GarditJer He is then. The fir!lf, the fairefi Garden that ever was (Paradife) He was theGardiner, it was ofHis planting. So, a G~trdiner. · z. And ever lince it is He that (as Go o) makes all our gardens greme, fends us yeareiy the Spring,and all the'herbs and flowers we rhen gather; and neither PAIIl with his planting, nor Ap,tl~ with his watering, could doe any good withoutHim. So a Gardil4er in that fenfe. 3· Bur not in char alone; but Hee it is th!t gardens our foules too, and makes them, as the Prophet faith, Like 4 ,.eU-w~tteredG~trdrn, weeds our of them whatfo· ever is noyfomeor unfavoury, fowes and plants them with true roars and.feeds of righteoufneffe, waters them with the dewofHis grace, and makes them bnng fonh fruit to eternal! life. . , Bur iris none ofall thefe, bur belides all thefe, nay ove~ and above, all tf,efe, this day (if ever) moll: properly He was aGardiner. Was one, and fo afier~ more peculiar manner, might takethislikeneffe on Him. CH Ills T riling was mdee~ a G~trdiner, and that afirange one, who made fuch an herbegrow out of r~egroun this day,as rhe like was never (eene before, adead body, ~o lh9o; [9rthahve out of ·thegrave~ ! ai.~
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