Ofthe Rx sUR RE eT 1oN. fudden, and askes her,what lhe nie:ines to come fo neare Him,or offerto toucb "if':. which mufi needs be much to her difcomforr, to be forbidden, once to come n~m; ortouch herS A v 1 ou 1t' and to be forbidden by His ownelhouth. arc Butthereisagoodufeof nolimcplangere, andnoli me taNgere, borh. One w have touched already: ofthe other, now. One would littl~ thinke it, .bu~ they fo~ weU: !2.!:fdplor~U I andNole me tangere. fl.!!JdplorM f To re)oyce at His rifing: Nol' l'fal.:i.ls~ TtJe t~ngere1 to doe it with reverence. They amoant toexultate il'l tremore. 1 '[!>_tDi'llifion. , Thever(eofit felfe, falls into two parrs. Wemay divide it (as the I ewes doe J: II. the Law) intoDoe not, andDoe: fomewhatforbiddenthereis, and fomewhat bid. den. Forbidden, doe not, not touch mee: Bidden, but doe, Goc your wayes andteU The forh_idding_ part fi~nds of two points: •a Reffr•i"t; and • aReafon. x. Th; Rejlwnt mthele: n_p/t me t•ngere, &c. l :;!, TheReafon mthe[e: Nondm111 enjn:,&c, for 1am not yet a(cended, &c. . _TheBiddingpart? ofth.ree,,. aMillion or Commifi~n, to goe doe a melfage,r 4: de &dtc: 2. T~epartmtowhom: tomy Brethren~ thatls,_to His Difciples. 3· The Mej[age ttfdfe; I afce~dtf my _Father, &c•.And thts latter IS as it werean amends for the former :That the 'l(ext IS hkethettme oftheyeare: themorning fomewhatfrelh bur afaire day after : 1'Uli me tangere, the_R(pulfe, is thejharpe morning: rade&di/ the welcome Melfage,thefaire day (we fpake of) that makes all well againc. ' Eicherofthi{e will fervefor a Sermon, the former Noli metangm,&c. it is [ 0 full ofdifficulties: but withal!, ofgood and needful! caution. The latter ofthe Ml{– fage, it is fo fraught with highMyjleries, ~nd befide, with much heavenly comfort, They call it Mary M11gdalens Gojje/1: (for, glad tiding , it com:unes; and whatische llojjellclfe ~) The firfi Gojje/1or ~ladtidings after CH R I s T's Re{r~rrefiim, The very G~elloftheGojje!lit fe_lfe, and aCompendi11mof all the foure. Of which (if Go o will) at fome other ume. Now, I wtll trouble you no further, bur wit~ Touch menet,fo~ I nmnotyeta{w1du/ tH~e Father. J' NO foonerhad C It 1!. 1sT's voice founded in hereares,butlheknew!haighi Th ~ . . Jl.ahbmi, itwasHe;and withall (as it may be gathered by thisNoli ,.e,&c.) N•~ ~; ,.~;:: !hedid that which amounted to arolo tc tangere: that is, !bee made.toward ~e, Him,lbretched forth her hand,and offred,would have touchedHm:,but for thts 'J'ogc!J· menot. To"ch not~ whynot? What harme had there beenc, ifHe hadfulferedhcrto tot~ch Him~The fpeech is firange to be fpoken either byHim,or toher: the reafon,the For,yet more firange: Many difficulties inboth, Go o fend us well thorowthem. There bebutthreewords,' Noli, •mc,andl tangere; touch, at whichofthcfethree youwill,tangerethething;noli and me,thc two Parties: Me,Him,C H1t r_s r;NP-_ li, her, Mary Magdalen: you will finde fomewhat firangethis fpeech ofHll. 1 r~ttt!trt, the thingforbid.. deo. ~uh.?.•1. :I'lte panics~ Tangere, the thing. Not t"1cb ? Why,it is nothing,to t6ttclt;and becaufe it is_nO: thing might have beene yeelded to. And yet to t011ch C H 1t r s r, is not norhtng. Many deflred, yea,f/rnve, to toHch Him: there Jvent vertuefrom Him, even while He was mortal!: But, now He is immortall, by all likelihood, much more. That was not her cafe; to draw ought from Him :·it was for pure love,and nothing elfe,lhe de· fired it. To love, it is nor enough, toheAre, or(ee; iris carried farther, to ton1h:u1~ take hold :It isajfeflmunionu; and thenearelb union isjpeuontaflum. · Secondly the Parties. Me: notMe,not CH a 1 s .,., Why not Him? CH Rll i was notwont tobe fo dainty ~fit. Diver[e times,and jn d,iverfe pla,es,He fu.tfre~~~ ..
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