550 Of the RE suRRE c T 1oN. . Sermon 15 , loh.6.s6. rime whereon, to11ch we mufi: Nay, more rhantou,·h Him,we mufi; for,e 41 B.isjlefb l\ti h 6 6 anddrinkeHublurtdwemufi; and,thatcanwenotdoe,butwemufl:touchHim Ad " ·' · • ·this we mufidoe by vertue of another preccpt,Accipite6- mand11cate. ' g How will Accipire &mand11we, and ~lime tangm cleavetogether~ Takt,tat ' and yl't touch 11ot? If we take we mufi needs touch, one would tbinke :If we eat ' jlus eflfub taflu (faith thePhilofopher : ) fo, that comes under touching too. ,gt~Itfecmcs the Text was not fo well chofen, tbefe points conlidered. Nay,(et the day alide we have no need (Go n wot) to be preached to of not tuuchmg: weeare ycrfe:7.; not fo forward that way. It would rather have beene that of St. Thoma<,Ajftrm 4 • num. This, is now out of feaftm. Bur,you will remember ~ill, I told you, this Not ;was notgenerall. It wasbut toMary Magdalen: And,ro her,but till lhe had learned alittle better manners. Not to any, but fucb as lhee, or worfe than !he, that in unbefeeming manner preafe and prolferto touchHim (the only caufe of berrepulfe.) l'lur, ut anothertime, wpenlhe ~htth.>S . 1 • wason her knees, fell downeat Hi4 feet,then did !he touchHim,without any chcckeat all. J3e you now, but as lhee was then, and this noli me tangerewill not toHcbyou at all. I It is the cafe of the SacrAmcntrighr. There is place inrhetaking it,for'l(g/;,. 1 tangere: So is there, for u1jferm""""'· To them, that with St. Thom~, inafeeling of the defect of theu faith, or of any otherfpmtuall grace, cafi themldvesdowne .Verre~7• and crie, <.My LoR n, and r..My Go o, A./fer ,.,anumtorhem :lfetthemfree; I give them a difcharge from this No/i meJangere. Bur, for them that are butat Rabh 1• 1li, andfcarcefo farrc; bold guel1:s with Him; bafe in conceit, and homelyinbeha. viour :_to them, and to them properly, belongs this Noli me tgn_r;ere: More proper. ly, than ever itdtd to her. And fo, that point reconciled. 'fhus fam for Sr. CIJr;fo· flume, and his taking. · 2 Thereisafecond, and it is Saint Gregories: That the rade& die, was the caufe To hafien rhe of Noli me, &c. And that all was but to fave time, that !hewas not permitted it. t'h"~'· . CH ~ I s T was not willing tofpend time in thefecomplemems (it was no other;) f,;,fr."i"'" but, todifpatch heraway,upon an errand,bener plealin~ to Him,that required more balk. As if He lhould have faid :Let us have no touching now; there is a matter in hand, would bee done out of hand; and therefore for this time hands off, Tor«h me not. And the reafon willfollowwell, fo: Nond"m enimafcmdi. You need notbefo hafiie, or eager to touch me; I am not yet afcended: though I bee upon goi.ng, yet I am notgone. You may .Joethis, at fomcothertime, atfomeothermeenng: & '-quod dijfertur nonaufertur; at better leafure, you may have your delire .= forbeareu, now. Why, what hafinvas there ofdoing this errand ~ Might !he not have tuuchtd Him; and done ir time enough~ Peradventure, lhemighttbinkefo: Shee, knew CH a I s T was rifcn; She, was well. But, they that (ate in feAredlld furrow! that knew not fo much; they would not thinke fo: Not, to them. To them Nzhil[Atii' fojlinatur, No ha!le was too much; all delay too long. . . Norro CH a 1 s T neither. Who was(we fee) fo delirousro have noucegt· ven with all fpeed, that He would not take fomuch time from it, as whereinMary Magdalen might have hadbut a touchat Him. So careful!, they might receivecom· fort with the fir!£, that He faith, Cue your wayeswithall fpeed; Get you tothe~,the firfi thing you doe: It will doe them more good to heare of my ri6ng, thanuwill doe you, to fiand and touchme. . Yet, a touch and away would not have taken up fo much time; True : but Hec calily fore.faw, in the termes lhe fiood, if Hee fuffered her to touch, thad would not ferve the tume; 'She would have t~km Hg/d too. Apd, ifJhee ha · · · · · · - · · · - · · - - ~ake~
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