-~ Sermon!)· _ Ofthe REsURRECTioN-; 549 ~ .. Not alwgcther without regard, but not altogether fo full of regard asit .michrandoughtwhavebeene•. Makettashttleasyouwtll, CH R t s T fJtthNoli " . dNoli is a word of tmwtllmgnelfe. CH R 1 s T ts not unmlhngw1 th ou<>ht ~ob tt .. 311 00 d . what hefaith Noli to, is eo ipfo, not good, would be forborne :wo~_ld t at-IS g • . . l h Sh c· b ) il be offeredHim, bett no more t 1an ers was. e tt may e 1cwed more re~ ~~;d than we: Yet, if wdhew not more regard than il1e; we !lull hardly efcape this b . Noli me tMJgtre. . . f: . _ But, from rh!~ we rife. If C: HR I s _T fatd Noli ro her, that alled bm 111 tanto;. whadhall He fay toth~m that fatle bothmtantoand m:o~o? TheNote to her given, reacheth rhem in an htgher degree. Greater muftthea fault be,now,thanhers was; hen. Shehad no Nolitowarneher: they have hers to warnc them, and wtll rake no ~arning byir. C ~ RI _s ·r; as he faw, fhewas; fo, ~e forcfaw orhers_would be as (yea, more) defechve thts way. The 1'{)1/J that was gtvento her, w~s (m her) gtv~n to them all. Even to this day, CH R i s -r cneth fttll, Nulzmc tangere: Even to thts day, there is ufe of it, ~o call upon us for a b:rrer touch. .. . .. If the Text be agamfl: rudenef!e,to reftrame tt ;'then,ts It for reverence,rom)oyne ir. IfHefay Noli,tothewant ofregard; weknow,what he will fay ~olo.ro: that the more refpeCl:ivdy, the berter w~carry mtr felves, the better Hee wtll hkeus. This is fure: He will be approched to,m all dunfull and decent fort; and He wtll not have vs offer Him any other. Whatfo~ver ismoft or beft in that kinde,if there be any one better than orher, be that it. The bcft, we haveti am fure) is not roo good for c Ha I 5 T. ItisbettertotenderaccompttoHirnof alittletoomt•··h,thanof agood. deale too little. Takerhiswith you : CH R zs -r can fay Noli, then. For(Iknow not how) our' l cariage, a m.my of us~is fo loofe; covere~we lit~ litting,we pray; ftanding, or wal– king (orastttakesusmthehcad)~erecetve;as~fCH at s T 'Yerefogcmtleapehl fon, we mightto•ch Him,doe toHt~,what we hfl:,He would take ~ll ~vel! :He~ath not the power,to fay Nslttoany thmg. Bur,He hath,wefce,and fanh It ;and f.11th it one highly inHis f~vqur : and faith it, but for a t011ch a little awry, orherwife than i't fhould. ·' - . 3 4 As theHeathen faid,vnlttl;[o theText faith,ta8u l.tdipietawh.Orie may offend; CH 11. zs T ,only by touchingHim; fuch the touchmay be. We will allow Him greaterthan the Arke : That, would not endwrerzza's touGh; He died for it. We will >Slm.6. 7 ; hold us ro qur Text : ifwetouch Him unduly,we filall doe it noknti; it fhall bemuch againfl His will; He likes it not: Witnelfethisnoli here. Which, though it goc but'tothe tollch, yer, a paritdte rAtionis, it reacherh to all 6 the body,andtoevery member ofit. To our very feet (faithSalomon:) Werolooke Ecclcf.p7. to them when we dr'aw neereto Him. To our very fingers (faith aGreatcrthanSalo- Luk· "·l'· mon) we-tolooke to them, when we tvttchHim. And, as not with the foot of pride nor the hand of prcfumption; fo, along thorow the re!l:: neither with a fcornefull eye, nor a fl!ffek'nce: ~11 are equally forbidden,under one l all to be farre from us. 7 Irrea<!herh to all: butyerforall that,the nativeword of the T~xt (the tottch) is to have a kinde ?f pr~-eminence. Mofi kindly, to that. To CH R r s T iris every way;burmofl:or all!ro CH R is'r asHeistangibi!is; cornesunderourtouh; To all parrs o.f His worfhip; but; other parrs wi[l not come under tangere[o litly,as th·e· Sacr•mwt. So as,thcufemay feeme properly t<i have relation to.that :and we,there, to!hewourhtghelrreverence. If wedoe[o,Dicitejujloqaiabme,wedoewell. Bur, Er. . drvers have too m~ch of <..Mary. Magdalm in them. I know·not,how they worrld 'l J.ro. tor<eh CH R 1sT, 1fthey had Htm : that, \vhich on earth dorh moft neerely repre- . fen; H•m, His highefl: memoriall, I know not how many both touchand take, orherWt>e than were robe wifhed. . Bur~thus arewcnow come to the day the very day it was oiven on.C HRI • ... gJvc thts Noli 1 - " 1 ' 1 ' 0 d r: 1' ·d , me tangerc! t1atttJ.TIIgJtbeveroumDiei, awatch-wor ,ort1!S aY,•. l'akeheed,.howyou tortch: for,Hecafily forefajV,this would·betempr~s tal'lgenrb,.rbe Dd d ~e
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