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Of
theRE
suR R E c T 1 oN.
Sermo n
to confider :
•Themfel<~es
,in the firll: : •
Their IQIIrney,
in the
{econd
and
third:
and
;
Their Sttcce(fe,in
the
fourth.
In the
AngeU,•
the mahnerof
his appearing,
•
and oftheir
ajfeEiingwithit,
!nrhec.Me/[agt,
Thenewes itfelfe:
I.
ThatcH
RI
s
T
urifen:
z. Thatlleis
gone beforethem to Gdilee.-
3• That
thtrttbey {hallfee Him:
4•
Peter
and all:!· Then
theite&
dicite~ ~be
Commijion. Ad_ E.vangelizandum;
not
toconcealethcCego~
newes,bllt publdh 1t : Thefe,roH1s DlC!pks:thcy, to others,and fo to us: we to day
andfo to the worlds end.
'
J
~
r
A
S the Tdrtlycth,tlie
part
that firCr offcre"th
it
felfe,is
Theparties,to whom
this
m~.
The
Nrtit<
to
fifage came. Which were
three Women·.
Where,finding that
Women
wererhdinl
;;om:
that hadnoticeofC H..
I
s
T
s
Re[ttrrrEiion,we
ft.ay. For,irmay feemefiiaooeth
1;
"'
TYom<n.
palling by all
men,
yea, the
ApoJiles
themfelves, C n a
I
s
'r
\Vould have
Hi~Jif.,.
reEiion
firft. ofall made knowne, to that fex . 1\eafons are rcndred, ofdtvers
diverOy,
We may beboldroalleagethat, theAnge//doth, in the Text
(Ver(.5.)
rosmimqil<l~
Heb.
6,1o;
ritis,for
they
fought
C n
RI
s
T.
And,C n
R 1 ST
is notunrighteom, toforgtllbcworke
and labour oftheir Love, thatfeeke
Him. Verily there willappeare more
Love,anJ.t
4•
ho11r
in rheteWomen,thaninMen; even the
Apof!les
themfdves. At this time (l\no
1
v
1 1
nor,how
)M
en
were then become
Women,and
d1d
animosgerere
m11lie~res
;
and
W1mc~
• '"
'
0
·'9·
were
M
en :
Sure, the more
mtinly
,ofthe rwaine. The
Apoftles,
they fare mured
up,.U
•
the doom fttjl
about them ;
fought
not, went not to the Sepulcher. Neither
Petmlut
Iou.~
1
·'
r,•o.
loved Him,nor Iohnwhom He loved;
till thefe
Women
brou9htthem word. Butthefe
Women
(we fee) werela.ll: at His
.P4f!i~n,
and firll: at His
Re;11rreEiion :
ll:aid longefiat
that,came foonell: to th1s: Even mrh1s refpect,to be rcfpected.Sure,as iris Caidofthe
Law, Yigilantihm
&
nmdormientibm
f~ccimitlex
;
fo may it no leffe truly be faidof
the
Goffe!l.
We fee it here,ir commeth not to
jleepers
;
but,to them that are
mvakt,and
up and about their bufineffe, as thefe
Women
were. So that, 'there was a capacity
ill
them to receive this prerogative.
}.rary Magda-_
lt'thfirfi:.
Col.,.u:
Luke
_1$. 2.S.
Before I leave this part,of;he
Parties,!
may nof omir, to
~bferve
Mary Magdak11
place, and precedence among the three. All the
Fat
hers
are careful! to note it. That
iheft.and~th
firft. ofthem: F.6r
1
irfeemeth no good order. She had had
(wendtvils
in her (as we find,
Yerfe
9)
She had had theblemilh to be called
Peccatrix,asone
famoll4, andnotoriok
in that kinde: The other were ofbonell:report, and ncverfofiai·
ned: Yet, is lhe named
with them. Withthem,we.rcmuch
:
bur, not only wirhthem;
but
before them.
With them : (and that is to /hew, C Il
R I
s
T
s
Refttrrec1ion
(as
well as His Death) reachet!\ to
Sinners
ofboth
fex~t:,
And that, to
S}nncriofnute,
no
leffe than rhoferhat feeme not to have greatly goHe aft.ray.) But,
beforerhem,too;
And that is (indeed) to be noted; that
1
lheis
th~
firll:
1
itHhelill:ofWomm:
and
Saint
Peter,
in that of
men.
Thefe two : the two chicfe
Sinners,
either ofrhetr
fix.
Yet they, the two, whofelots
camefir!l:forthinSorteSanEiomm,
in partaking
rh~
l,lewes. And ti)is, to /hew, that chiefc
Sinners
(as thefe were) ifchey carry them·
fclves,as thefe drd, lhall be at nololfe, by
theirfaU :
!hall not onely be pardoned,but
honoured
(evenashewa~)
likethefe, wirbf/o!a
prima,
rhejirftroheinalltheWara·
robe;
and ll:and formoft. .ofall. And, itis nor without a touch ofthe formerreafon;
In that, the
Sinner,
afcer his recovery; forthe moft.part
feeketb
Go o more
fervrnt·
ly :
Whereas they, that havenotgreatlygoneaft.ray, are but evenfo
fo;
if"''"'
1
'
itisall. And with Go o, it is a Rule:
Plm
v.alethor~tfirvensqulmumnftstepetJf
An hower of
fervor,
more worth than amonth of
tepor.
Now, fucb was
Mar)
N•f
~alen;
here,and elfe:
w:h~rc,
vouchfafedtherefore this degree ofexalcation,to be
'1:ft