~~ 3·---~~--o~f~m~e~G~o_w~R~IE_·_s ; __~___________ S_o_;_ ~' be the tore>h [o as we feeleir,or be i: by meanes unfcnf1ble, as ofpoyfon; or (Qrcery, itis ato11Ch {hll, and thcfe no_Jelfegutlne : No leffe ~ Nay agrear deale as rhe more dan<>erons of thetwame. One iliall be touched .mdknow not how' . mte~r bywhom. Curfodbe he thatfrmteth hisrmghhour fccretly, faith the Law. Hi; ~;mhbour f much mote his Prmce, berweene wh1ch tw_o ~here •S as great ad1france,as li><uL>l· 3 i. be~veene zvnoccldef, and :I'{on tanges. In a word,as it IS thelt,ghtejl' fo lt IS the farif/ tcrme He could cboofe. Fm, noneftac1to niji per contaaum(buh the Pht!ofo. g~er) Norhmg can be done, but atottch there is,[ometBuch, fuperfic1all or virtual!, fmmediate,or mediate, commli4or emim«, ?pen or pnv1c,and all come under tangere. For it is no 'J(jltte fie tangere, touch not thu way or that : !:Jut, TVlste tangere, touch: not any wAJ atall ; let nothing be done at all,to doe them hurt. . . .. . And is there no touch,but that of the v1olent hand? Thevmelent tongue,dotfi not i' that touch too~ and thepcjlilentpenneas ill as both~ renitepercutiitmuo eum lingrea, Ier.•s.•s. fay they in Ieremie,C•melet "'fmite himwith the tongue: Iffmire h1m,then tonchh1m '– (! amfure.)There is (f.1ithS•loman) thatJPeaketh (and 1s not there allo,that wrtterh?) l'rov.u. '*' worth, like thepricking of aJword. Et qui,quos Dmungit,eos pungit,commethnot he wirhin the compalfe of this charge~ Yes, they be Sathans weapons, both tDI'Iguei and pennes; have the!r points and their edges : the!r poin.s,and pricklike~ fword i their cd<>es and cut hke arnzor; both touch, and wtth the worfr tDIJth that!s, taCJ'm de/ore co~di); therefore theworfi becaufe of thcbefi part. Thefe,it is Go n's meanino to refrraine: you rrray fee it by the vetfe before: Nqn dimifit hominem calumninri, fayln"' TVlite tangere. Sothat evencalumniais a touch. You may fee it exemplar;Jy; G · '· in th~'Patriarchs; On~ of Gon 's, Nolite tangere's was touchingLaban to Iacob,and '"· 3 ''' 1 ' this it was : ride nequid loqt1are duri~U : See you give him no ill language, no foule words, fottheytouchtoo: Touchhimnotfo. AswelltoShemeutongue;astolacobs hand; is this 'JVlite tangere {poken. 3 Is this all~ What fay you to the touchwith the foot? the foot of pride upon the neckes or Crownes of Emperours (though no cricke or bodily paineenfued~) Will not Nolite tangere, reath tO Nolite ea/care? Yes certainely; This Nolite tail· gere, was a!l:ronger Textagainfi it, thanSteper v1JPidem, & Bafilifcum, was a Text for it. · 4 Yea, I goeful'ther : by an undecentand over.familiartouch, voyd of the reve~ rencethat is due to them, t,.dirllr piet tU, duty taketh hurt, and wrong is offered to His Anointed. Mary Magdalmwas not about whavedone our Saviour any harme,when after His refurreCl:ion ilie offered to touch Him ; on!y becaufe !hedid it as to onemur– tall (where the cafe vias altered now) and not with the high revereticepertainingto Hisglorified cfiate, {he heard,and heard jufrly,Noli me tangere. The touch which any way impeacheth the high honour of their Annointitlg, Z'{glite tangere takes hold of ~~ I Touch themnot; not tht1i1• .And whtli we fay, NgttNem, me:rm! we their perfou Thnx~ent Of only, and no_t thetr States l Ar~not t~ey touched, when thofe are wronged ~ They ~~!v::~ ~~~ that teuch thetr Crowntand dtgmry, therrRegalta, !hall we fay they touch them not~ th<ytou~1d, Yes, no klfe; nay rarher, ':lore•. ForrbentheAnnointedareproperly to1lched, when · thmAnnemtmg1s,and t!Jat IS rhe1r State atrdCr01vne, as deare every way,- and as preCious to them, as thetr hie. Indeed touchone, and t011ch both• If theirStatehold not holy, no more will their per{ons. It bath ever beene found, if thdrCrowneonce <>oe theirlifetarrieth no~ long af,er. And_even in th_is poim alfo;it may fafcly be faid,~hat the loofe andhcennoustouchmg thetr State, wtth Mdry Magdalenstouch, without the regard due '0 it,as if it were a light matter,thatmig~tbe lifted with every fingcr,fal• leth Wlthm the reach ofthls Noltte. I hfi not dliatett,it would be looked to; Thefe l•ght and_loofc touchings, are bur the beginnings of greater eviUs. i Agame,nut them. Sarhans motion was twofold ' 'One,that he mighttMchthat Was lobs · • The other, that touch himfelfe : and in either of thefe he reckoned that hee fhould toucb him home. They aretouched,when that is touched: that iJ;.theirs. lt. was fo herodirectly. Ph~raoh,one ofthem, to whom originally,nay the veryfirft of Bbbb a~
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