' • Lw.ke14.16. 1'fal.4o.6. Lukei~·P•· 3f· Of theRE. suR R E c T 1 o N. Sermo~ than by appearing. Opens her cares firfi, and her eyes after. Her eyuwe~l her eares were opened ; comesaeeres autem aRmttfli mihi, and that opens them. n,t . _Y'~'ith thePhilof~phers, hearing is thelenfe of wifdome. With us, in Divini– ttc, 1t 1s the fenfe offaith. So, moft meet. C H 1t Is T is theWord, hearing then(th ienfe) is CH B. I s T's fenfe; vo.:e 911amvif'u, more proper to the Word•. So fie:; audivimeu goes before, a~d rhcn,.fic vidimeu comes after. In matters of fai~hthe eare goes firfi, ever, and ts of more ufe, and to be trufied before the eye, For in many cafes faith holdeth, where fight faileth. ' Thisthenisagood way to come to the knowledge of CH 1t r sT, by Hodi) ft vocem, tohearcHu 'l!oice. Howbeit, it is not the one!y way. There is another way to take notice of Him by, befides, and we to take notice of it. On this very day we have them both. For, twicethis day came C n 1t r s T; unknowr1e firfi, and then knowne,afrer. To Mary MAgdalen, here ;and to thematEmmau<. L11c. chap.24. To Mary M4 g. tlalcnunknowne,in thejhapeofaGardimr.To thof~. that wem to Emmaeuunknowne in thelikenelfe of aTraveller by the way-fide. r..::ome to be knowne to herby Hi; voice,by the word ofHis mouth. Notfo, to tl'.em. For, many words He fpJketo them, and they felt themwarme at their heart., , but, knew Him not for all rhar. But, He w.u ~no,.ne to them zn the breaktn$ of t 1 oe breAd. Her eyes opened byfpe. 1 king a word: thmeyes opened by the brcakmg rJf bread. There IS the one andrheorher · way, and fo now you have both. And no·wyou have them, I pray you make ufeof them. (Ifee, I fhall not be able to goe fur.·ther than this verfe.) It were a folly toflli tocomparifor.,s,committere interfe,to fet them at oddesto– gether,thefe two wayes: as the fond fr.tfhion now adayes is,whether is better,Prayer or Preaching::heWmi,or the Sacra1nentJ. What needs this ~ Seeing we have borh, both art:ready for us; theonenol''', the other by and by. We may endthisquefti01'., foone. And this is the be!b,nd furefi ~hytoend it, toefieeme of them both, to thanke Him for both, to mahe ufe of both, having now done with one, to make triall ofthe other.It may be (who knowes)ifthe ane will not worke,theother may. And ifbythe one or by the ot'oer, by either, ifit bewrou~hr?what harmehave:ve~ In cafe it be not; yet have W1~ offered to G o n our fervtcc mboth, and commttted the fucce!fe ofboth to Him. Hee will feetheyfhall have fuccelfe, and in His good time(as fhall beexperuem for us) vouchfafc every one ofus, as He did<.MarJ u.-gd4leninthe Text, to know Him andthe vertue ofHa RefurrefJiQn;and make us parr-J.kers ofboth, by both the meanes before remembred, by His blelfed Word, by !lis holy Myll:eries ;. the meanestQ raife our foules here, the pkdges of the rading up of our bodies hereafter. Of both which Hee make us partakers, who is the Author of both, I s s u s CH 1\ I S T the 1/.igbtCOIIS, &c. ·~·~ ~h·J&~ilV ASER~ m~L~~~~~~~~~
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