Ofthe R&sURR JtCT ION. YE R. t6~ r . r,;.J, to r,er Mary: sr,e turned ber felfo, and {aid to Him, IJ{,4bbonn e.E>USJ"" > · - · ' tl,at uto fay' Master: 54-1 , N 4;;-ueumorio~tmor. Nothingfoallures,fodraweslovetoit,asdothlove CHRIST! ow 111 " li 11 d · r. h · h h Cm m11de is For whe CecondfP<•<4- ' it felfr. In C a A r s r pec1a y, an m1UC , m w om t e a e 1 • . , . n ' ber1 0 a 0 J•w, there was no taking away His taking aw4J from her,all was mvame, netthermen, nor .A11gsls, nor Himfelfe (fo long as He kept HtmfelfeGardmer) could gerany thing ofher, but her Loa o was gone, He w,u t4ken aw&y; and :hat for the want of!E sus, nothing b~t I • sus could yeeld h~r1anl com~~r11 ~ Hbe1s nolo_nger abletocorltaine, but even difclofes Htmfelfe; And due mes Htm 1 e 1 e y Hts vmce. For itfhould feeme before, w1th His lhape, He had changed thaqlfo. But now H~ fpeakes to her'in Hts knowne voice, in the wonted accent of1t, does but nam~her name, <.Jf,fary, no more, and that was enough•. That ,_vas as much to fav, . }l.ecognofce a quo recogwofcerit, lhe would at leafi take nonce of H1m, tha: !hewed He .A•g•JI.,f. ! was no firanger, by calling her by her name. For,whomwecallby thm names,we · takeparcicularnoticeof. So Go o fayesto <.Jf,fo{es, Te atlt,emcognovidewomine, Exod.3P7l Thou, haftfoundgr4cein MJ fight, and1kn~wtheeby thy nam~. As Go o, Mofes; So CH R I s 1' c.Mary Magdatew. . And this indeed is the right way to kndtv C H 1t I s 'i; to be knowne of Him !irn. Galath. 4· 9. the .Apojllef:tith, ',f\ow we b~tveknow!"' Go o (and then corrccteth himfdfe)or rather haveheene knowne of Goo, For, ullHe know us, we !hall neve~ lmow Him aright. · . , And now,loe, Can t sr is found ;tounc!alive that was fought dead. A clou({ may be fothicke, we fi1all not fee the Sunne thorow it. TheSunne mufi fcatrer tha~, cloud, and then wee may. Here is an example ofit. It is firange, a thickecloud of hcavinefie hadfo covered her, as, fee Him !he could not, thorow it: this one word, thefe two fyllables [Mary] from His mouth, fcattersit, all. NofoonerhadHis voice founded in her eares,bm it drives away all the mi!l:,dries up herteares,lightens her eyes, that the knew Him ltraight, and anfwer~ Him with her wonted faJuration, ]l.abboni. !fit had lien in her power to have raifed Him from the dead, ihe would not Herantvvei; have failed, but done it(! dare fay.) Now, it is done to her hands. And with this, all is turned out andin. A new world, now. Away withfurlulemnt; Hi< taking away, istaken away quite. For, ifHi<tslciwg away were her forrow; Contrartorttm contraria confequentia. Si de{ublato ploravit, de f!•(;itato exultavit, we Augoflintl may befure: If ~ad for His death, for Hi< taki,.g away; then glad for His rifing,for Hts refionng agame. Surely, if!he would have beene glad but ro have found but His de~d body; now ihe findes it, and Him, alive, what was her joy; how great may we thmke~ Soth_at, by this _fi1efa~, ~d plor,uwas not asked her for nought, that it was no tmpertmcm queihon, as 1t fell out. Well now, He that was thoughtloll:, is found agame: a.nd found, n?t, as He was fought for, not a dead body, but a living , foule; nay, 4 qNtckemngSpmt, then. And that mightMary Magdalen well fay. Hee • Cor. ~Hf' fuewed•t, for Heequicknedherand herfpirits, that were as good as dead. You thought you lhould havecome toCH RI sr's Refurrectionto day,and fo youdoe. ~ut not to Hts alone, but even to<.Jf,fary Magd•lens refurreCl:ion coo. For in very liert,akmdeofrefurrcction itwas, was wrought in her; revived as itwer/and raide r~madeadand drooping, to a lively and cheerefull efiare. 'TheGard:n" had onA ts pan,made her all greene on the fudden. H' C nda~\ tlus, by a word of His mouth. Such power is there in every word of . IS lB~teab1 Ya:ethcy called, whom CH 1\ I s 1' will butfpeaketo. d'd h 'c. ytlbuswe fee, when He would be made knowneto her afrer His rifing,He 1 c 00 eto emadeknowneby the eare rathenhan by theeye.Byhearing rather ~cc~ tha~
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