!liJtth.>B.,. Lukes4,'38. - H• ,J_lohnl.:!• Lc::vit.:q·:.;r; Efay ~~ .5. Jlfal.J6.7, !_\~m.u.3 ;. :~cor.t'ao.~. · OftheREsURRE CT IQ N. . • Sermon 15~ our felvcs, it will bewith us, as with her: her judgement calmed ; her judg;;;-c;-. leq better, than nowon the fuddcn it was (a~ it feemed) lhe will be then fir, and~h~· fhcmay be admmed: and fo,lhe was,anddidtorech Him: but, that time whenfhn did fo touch Him, lhee was upon her knm, downeatllu feet, all.other ~anneraf gell:ure, than here lhe offered. . . Say, lhe were unfit, yet hangs there acloud fiil1: all is not cleere. For,why then did others touch~ to ourfeeming as unfit ?S lhe ~ ThQm,u with his (aithinhis.ftn ers ends? '!he reil:, 111 rvhofeteeth; He call: thetrtmheleefeandhardnejfeof heart, they~"''· chedHimatfirll: :Whynotlhe,aswellasthey~ They were unfir, I gram;buttheit unfirnelfegrcwex alio Gapite;anotherway, than did hers. Theyheleeved not, were in douht; thought, Hee had beene but aghoft. To rid them ofthat doubt, that they might be fure it was He, and be able to fay another day, whzchour ha»ds haveh,nd.. led of the Word oflife; they were fuffered to t011ch Him. Touchingwas the propercure fortheir difeafc. So, wasit not, for hers. She never doubtedawhit; was fute Hee whofevoicelhe heard, wasRahhoni. She had no need to be confirmed in that: fllr difeafe grewanother way, Not from want offaith; offeare, rather: from want of due regard. To touchwould not have cured her difeafe, but made it worfe. So they touched, becaufetheyheleevednot: lhe touchednot,becaufelhemif-beteeved; bel~eved not ofHirn aright. They tottched, that th.cy m1ght know, He ~vas ~ifen: Slletouclml not, that .lhemight know, Hewa~not fo nfen,as lhe wrongly m:agmed, thilt is,~s in former umes,lhe had knowne H1m. Out ofrhat hath beene fpoken,we lcarne: Tharrheybenot fo well advifed who 1 ifthey heare one fpeake of Noli me tangere, imagine ll:raighr, ir muft needs be~ean~ ofahi/e,uka,orfomedangerousfore. Everynoli me tangere is notfo: CaR 1ST's here isnot fo. Learne here, ther~ doth toExcelleticiebelongaNolimetangere,indi!· cing reverence; no lelfe than to hilesor [ores procuring indolencie. Tonc6 me ..t, come nor neere me, I am uncleane(faith th'e Leper.) S.tand backe, io!•ch not mJ skirts; 1am holyer thanyou, (faithone,Efay 65 ,) that is,Teuchmeno'r,I am fopureandc!eam; as ifto His excellent holinelfe there belongeth this priviledge, not to fje touched, The truth is, in theNatural! hody, the eye is a moll: excellent part; but withal!,fa tender, fo delicate, it may not endure to be to11ched; no, though it aile nothing, be not fore at all. In the Civill6ody thelikeis: There are in ir, both Perfons and MAl· ters, whofe excel!encie is fuch, they are not familiarly to be dealt with byhan~ tonguc,or pen, or any other way. The Ferfons, they are, a·s the apele of G oo's owneeye: CH a I s T I Do" r N I. They have a peculiar Nolite ta,gere, by themfdves. Wrong is offered them, when after this, or in familiar or homelyman– ner, any touch them. The Matters likewife, Princes ajfaires, Secrets ofState, D•vil calleth-themmagna &mirabiliaJt•per (c, and [o{tpernos : points too higli, toowon·, derfull for us to dealewirh. To thcfe alfo, belongs thisTorech not. And, ifofKings(ecrets this may truly bcfaid, may it not as truly, of Gon, of Hisfecret Decrees? May not they,forthcir heightanddepth, claime ro this Noti,too~ Yes fure: and I pray G o o, Hee be well plcafed with this licentious touching, nay, <offing His Decrees oflate; this founding thedepth ofHis Judgements with our!me, and lead; too much prefum~d upon by iomc, in thefe daycs ofours. Iudkia £!111 ~thyj[~Mmulta(faith the Pfalmill:) Hujtldgemmts are thegreatdeepe. Saintl'dld,lookmg downe into it, raJ!ne backe, and cried, o the depth ! the profound depth ! not tobe fearched, pall: our fadoming or finding out. Yer are there in the world, that make but ajhallorv of this great dcepe: they have founded it ro the bottome. Goo's fe– cret Decrees, they have them at their fingers ends, can cell you the number and t~e order ofthem jull:, with I, z, 3, 4, 5· Men, that (fure) mull:havebeenein GoD> C4hhinet, above rhe * third heaven, where Saiat Paulnever came. Mary M4gdak»t tottchwas nothing to thefe. , ' · . ., This was but upon theby.The maine ofthe Text,that it beareth full agaml!, 111 totd. {ubjlantil,is 11ndueandundutifull carriAge: and againll: them that ufe it. NorJthat (31aryNagdaj_en,~was fucb : Hers, was but 'I_e~el, 'e~taine grai!JC! tp~ light~;;;
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