-– Sermon r). Ofthe R. E s u R R E c r 1 o N. . Id have beene fome better terme exprelling more reverence. So her offer ttWOU r {j n· h b ' Id have beene in 1omemore re pev,!Ve manner: er to11c no Eafler.day touch: won ere had a tal'"' in it (as we fay.) The touch-frone of our to11chino- C" • Is T bertAng "' · h b B · h I · d"' , is;withallregardandrc\rerencet atm:~y e: nng ers.tonts; an bertouchwas not the right touch; and all; for want of exprdling more regard; not, for want of b ttanto : not ofreverence at all; but of reverence enough. . . . NI~ ~wo caufes they give ofthis faile;. ·.One, a defetl:in herjudgemmt: The oclier;' cdfeinher ajfofliol1. Her amtlfe m the manner grew, our of htr amtlfe m the ~~~e; a mifconceipt~ He h~d beene but evenRaMoni fhll. As it 010uld fceme,itfce54-7 h toher it was wtth Hun no otherwife; thao With her brother Lazarm: that ce~ K Is /hadrifenidemquiprim; neither more norlelfe, but jufl: the fame, Hee was before. To be faluted, approched, w•ched, as formed~ Hce had beene. F9r– meriy, He might have beene touched: She thought, Hee mtght ha~c beenc even fo flill. Whereas, with Htm, the cafe was qmtealtered: Hee nfert, tn ~ fJrre other condition than fo. His '"rrttptzble had nowput on mcormptzon; and H1s msrta!l tfiJ- 'Cor.s hj: vwrtAiitie. Hee died in we•knejfe and di!honour: Ro.fe againe, il'l porver and glory. il· And asinanotherfiate, fotoanother end: Not to fray upon e.1rrh or converfe hen: :my l~nger, but t_D afwedup into heaven. Therewas no A{cendi in her minde. . His reafon tmporrsas ·much. You touch Mee, t\ot as1f I were upon •fce;~Jing; but, as if to fl:ay here frill. For, in faying I am net yet; His meaning is, ere long, Hee !hould. ZVndum afcendt; yet, I am not : but a[cendD, pr&ntly I am to doe it: to leavethisworld and all here beneath, and to goe up and takepof– fellion of My Kingdomeof glory; To thisnew gloridus condition ofHis, there belongedmorethan Rabbmi; another manner approacb thanmorefolito. He be– ing fo very highly exalte?, and farre otherwife tkan Hee was, her acceff'e to ha~e beeneaccording : Notbem~fo, ttmadeherunmeetto tou.-hH1m, now. Nay, ,f you be but at Rabho,;i,andmake tdwardM~ in no other fort than thus, ~olime tangere, Touch me not. . . • . Hence wee!came, that when Hee fees, wee forget our fdves, C H 1t I~ r will take a little fl:ate upon Him; will not be falured withR•bhpni, but with fome more feemely terme. Saint Thomas his, c.My L o 1t n, and my G on, a better farre than vcrre ,s;· 11.a66oni; Nor be approached to, after the old accufl:omedfafhion, but withCome Ephoc 1 . 3 ; more feemely refpe.::i:,Jict~t decet[.mflos. They that fo preafe tOJouchHim, and be · fomewhat too homely with Him, they are in c..Mary c.Magdalen's cafe. Her noli metangere, touches them home; And their punifhmerit fhall bee, that touch Him they fhall nor; , . · , . It is no excufe to fay, all was out of love: Never lay it upon that. Love; CH 11. Is r lt>veswdl: but,love_, if it be right, ·,.,.,.,.,,.;,.,.,,nihilfacitperperam([aith the Apojlle) :'" <•:X."~"''"' d~th,mthmg _uncomely ,keep.esde~omm ; forgets noq what be– longsto dune and decencte; carnes It felfeaccordmgly; And, fuch love C" a Is T loves. Otherwifc,Love may,and doth forget it felfe other-while:and then, in that cafe, the Heathen man; faying is true, Imp~rttmtt< ai!Jorparum dijiAt a ftmulwe: fuch loveisnotlove. A fl:rangekindeoflove, when, for very love to C" R r • T we i::arenothow weufe ~im,or carry ourfelves cowards Him. Which being her ~afC", l!.e heard, and heardjufl:ly, Nol• me tangere: you are not now in cafe, till you fhall have learned to tMchafter a more regardful! fafhion. . This may truely be faid: fhe was not, before,fd carried away, with(orrow (that P.if?zon;) but!hewasnowasfarregoneintheothcrofjoy: and fo like enough to forget het felfe, in offering to touch Him no otherwife thanheri and nuditu teitim,as . ':W~~rthreedayesagoe fhe might have done; Saint Peters cafe in the Mount, ~as Mark•$. ~; Jh er ea[~here: Heknew not what hefaid, nor fhc, rvhat fbe did: fo furprifed wu;h . ~ e [u1~den Joy; as!heehad no leafure td recollect her felfe, and to weigh the won, er u great ~bange,this day wrought in Him. · tft ~:\'l/"h!Ch, ourle!fon is,that in the fudden furprife ofany pallion, chriftmm11 ~ 1 H ,no tou,hzng Cli 1\IST then. Bur,when thepajim is over,a~we •ome to em;
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