Sermon I 4-- Ofthe R. E suR R E c T r oN~ I aske; was He fothis day alone<: r:<o,but this profetlion ofHis,this day begun, ewill followm the end. For, He Jtls, tha: by venue of this mormngs act, lhall H d ur bodies too: turne all our graves Into garden-plots : Yea, lhall one day gar en! 0 d ond fea 'and all into agreat garden, and fo husband them, as they lhal! in 1urne an ~ ' d' · 11 b d' 1· · d · ebring forth live bo tes; evena our o 1es a !VC agame. ueLm before didEfay fee this and ling ofit,in his fong, Efay 26.r9. refembling h R o{ingreCtion to aSpring-garden. ·Awake imdftng<faith he) ye th4t dwellfor atim~ 1 e \ ~erefiweninthc tfuJt,fo'r Hirdew jhall he tU the dew of herhs,and theearth p,a/l j/~j. thherdead. Sothen: Heappearednoother, thanHewas: A GardmerHee w~s ~~r ihiltewalone, buropere& veriwe, and fo came in His owne likenetfe. This for Cn R 1sT's appearing. NowtoHtsj}>ee<h (bur,astmkiiOJllne!hll;) V ER: Ji~ Ills us JaitiJ to l,e'r, Womml, Yvby ilieepeft thou? ilihom feekdi thou~ She ([up: · pojing' He IJad beene the Gardiner) faid to Him; Sir,ij tho!' ha'Ve borne Him, hence, tell meilibere tiJou haft !aid Him, and I will tak.e Him tb.ence. StillJheweepes : So He begins withquidpl?rtU? askes the fame qoc!l:ion the An- CHR rs fs gels had before; ondy quickens it a little with ~emqu.m!, Whom feeke you? So, quellionW\~ 'i"'"' q 111 erir,qu.trit ate1nem~~.tri!,whom lhe fooght~He askes her whom)hefought ? kuovvn~ • . Si qu£ril, cttr non cosnojeu ? ft 'CI!gtJO(ciO, cur qu.trJS ? fa1th Attguflme. Iflhefeeke Htm; Auguf/me•. why knowesfi1eH1m not~ Ifilleknow.Htm, why feekes il1eHtmlhl~ ~ A common thin" with us (thisalfo.) To feekea dung, and when we have found lt,not to know, we have fo; but even C n 11. 1s Tu " a C it " 1 s T o qtt.trere, to aske C Ha 1s r_ for C Ha 1 s t. Which how-ever it fall iri other matters, in this feeking of Ca" 1 s t,itisfafe• .Evenwhenwefeeke C ii a xn, topraytoGHRxs r,to hdpe us to finde C n R r s T; we lhall doe it full evill without Him; . This qNidplor,u? itcomesnowtwice. The Angels asked it, we(lood not on it then. Now,feeing Cn R 1sT askes it againe, the fecond time,wewill thinkethere is fomerhing in ir,and lbya litrleat it. The rather, for that it is the very opening of His mouth, the very fir!l: words that ever came from Him, that Hefpake fidl: of all> 3fter His riling againe from death. There is fure fome more than ordinary matter in this quidpl6rt#? ifit be, but even for that. . Thus fay the Fathers; 1 That c..Mary Mitgdalenflandingbjthegravesflde;and thereweeping, is thus brought in> to reprefent unto ~s,the !l:ate ofall mankind b~fore this day, the day of C n RI • y's riling againe, Weeping over the dead, tU doe the hea- 1 Th<lt.~ij~ thentbat have no hope: comes CuusT with His qtiidptor>«, Why doe you weepe? As ·· · much to fay, as n.eplores; Weepe not, why jbould yott weepe ~ T.herc is nocaufeofweeptngnow. Hence-forth none fiull need ro ftand6y thegra'!(e to weepithere any more; Aquelhon very proper for Ea~er· day-, forrhe day of the Refurreflion. For, ifthere be anfingagaine, qteidpl~rtU? is right, why lhould il1e, why!hou!d any rveepethen-: . Soth~rthisquiJplBrtU of C.Ii i ~ s t's,wipesaway tearesfromalleyes, and as wefing 10 the thirtieth P(alm~ (whofe title is, ther{alm~ofthe Jl.eft~rreaion)pms off ou~fack.cloth, that is ourmournmg weeds, giri:ls tM withgladlleJfe, puts us all in wbitt W1ththe Angefs, . Plor.u then, ieave that for Good-ftiaay, for His Patlion : WeepHhen, and {pare :ht. But,qutdplort#? foi: E~er.day, is in kinde (the Fea!l: of the RefurreaiM) why .o~ldtherebeanyweepingupon it~ Is not C li 1\ 1 s -c rifen ~Shall not He raifeus Wit H1m.~ Is He not a Gardiner, to make our bodies fowne to grow againe <:- Piu– ' /' leavehhat totheHeAthen, that are without allhope ·but to ;he Ch;i!l:ianman,qt1itl t" 1 <# 1 . ?Wh Jfoot~ld he weepe? hehath hopes; die Head is already rifen, the members ~~a 10 t etr due t1rne follow Him · .. ! ~bferve, that foure times thi~ day, at' r 9 11re feverail appearlngs, 1 at the firtl (~t s;~~~ Yl~
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