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~ay
robethejrffofthe three,
thatheardfiril: of His riling: Yea (asio ·s
,,
frytre;
,"
re;' thatfirft[awHimr({enfromthedead. ThisofthePcrfons;
'am.>ps.
,t:henmttJ,
er,.
A d · . becaufe their
endevoters
were fo well liked as they were (for them)
,
.
,.
nd now!, y this fo <>reat honour, it falleth .next
to
confider, what tl10fe were:
Thdrjwncyl
counte won
1
b
l 1.k
d h
5
r.
k
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and
rhercin
h
beioalikcpreparedmaypartak~ne
1
egoo
ap.
o,Jce
mgasthey, we
rhcirlove
'
~~t\fi~de as~heydid.
They
~vere
fourein number: Thefiril: and third in the I
I;
the
·
•
{i
Y
d · rhcl•and thelaft, 10the!
I
I.
verfe. All reduced (as C
H R
I
s
T reduced
l
econ
-'
1
M
0
•ry
Maqdalen)
to
Dilexit mteltt)m,theirgreatLove;
Ofwhich rhefe foure
t
Jem,m
<>
'f/
b
.r.
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d
C
.
)
h
fi
befourcDeiiJonflrations:
Or(1
ove
eanEnjlgne,asltlsterme,
ant.z.
t e oure
, .
co!ormofit.
I. That they
went tutheSeptelcher: Love,
to one
dead.
z.
That they
Cant.~·'!•
6oughtprecio~«edours;
Love,
that
is
Mchtirges.
3•
That out they went
early, before
hreakeofday: Love,
that will
takepaines.
4•
That for
~ll
the
}lone,
il:ill they went
on:
Love
that will
imffle with impediments.
The firil:1s
conflant,
as
to the dead.
The
Thefeco~dbounteo~~<,asatexpcnce.
Thethirddiligent,
astpbetimes.
The !aft
re.
[oi
11
te
be
rhejlone
nevcrfo great; According to which foure, are thefoure denomi.
nario~s
of Love :
'Amor,
it
morte, whenit(urvivethdeath
.- •
When it
VtlyethdeAre-
ly,
it
is
charita<:
l
When it lhevr:et?
~11
Diligence!
it .is
Dil~Efio:
4
When it goeth
per
s
axa,
when
ftones
cannot fray tr, lt 1s
Zel.U,
whtch IS fpeCtally
feenc,mencou..,tri..,g
dijfic
1
,lties.
It /hall not be amilfe
w
touch them feverally: it
will
ferve to touch our
.Love,
wherherours beofthe fame a/fay.
The lirft rifeth outofthefe words[They
went to the Sepulcher:]
And (irideed)
ex
•Lovetothc
totljitbffantiJ,
out ofrhe whole :rext. For, for whom is all this adoe; is it not for
doad:
A•"'·
C H
R
I ,
T
~
Bur, C H
R
I
s
T
IS
dead,
and
6urted
three dayes fince, and this is now
the
third day.
What then,
~hough
He be dead; to their love, He liverh
fiill:
Death .
may take His
body
fromthm
eyes,
but fhall never take H1s
remembrance,
from their
hearts.
Herein is
Love,
this is rhe firfl:
Colour
(faith a great Mafter in that faculrie)
Fortis
jimt Mars,
Love, that
death
cannot foi!e: out continueth to the
dead,
as ifthey
Cont.S•
.s'.
fiill were alive. And, whenif.1y the
dead,
I meanenot fuch, as the dead h:uhlefr be-
hinderhem (though that be avercue,and
Booz
worthily
blejfed
for it,that
[hewedmef
_
.
.
rietothcliving for the deads fake:)
Bur I meane performing
ojftm
of
love
to the
dead
R••hu~.
himfelfe: To_fee,
he~ave
a
Sep,.lcherro
goero: Not, fotoburyhis friend, as he
·
would bury hts Affi.bemg dead.
~o f~c,
he_haveone:
and~ot
thither to bring him,
and there to leave !urn, and bury h1m and hts
memory
both
1n
a grave. Such is the
worlds love. Salomonfhewethit, by the
LionandtheDog.
All, after CHRIsT
Ecckf9.:
living: Bm, goe to His Sepulcher who will, not we. The love that <>oeth thither
that burieth not the memory ofHim that is buried, is
Love
indeed.
"'
'
·
. The journey to
theSeptelcher
is
iietamoris:
had it beene but
tol,zment,
as
Uriary
>Lovetlrmm'
<JUagdal"!
to
Laza~m
(John
I
r.)
But then, here is a further matter: They went to
~:,~~;!;~'
•nnomt
Hm1.
That, tsfet for another figne: that they fpared for no colr, but
bo
11
ght
Iohno.ft.
prwom
odor~rs
wherervtth tdembalmt Him.
,
r. ,TogoeroannointCa
RI sr,iskincily :ItistornakeHimCa
1\
Is
T
that
b'
Annomted.
Thac terme refcrrech pnncipally, to His
Fathers annomtmg
(I
gr~nr:)
ht,
whaufwe alfo
annomt
Hun, w1ll Hctakeit,inevill
part~
Cleerdy,not: Nei-
t
erqutckc,nordead.
Nor
qutcke, Luke7. Markez4.
Notdead'! rhisplaceispW"·
Luke7:o{<i.
nam
;ltlstheend of'heir journey, to doe this. He is well
conten~
to be their and
o~r ~~>rh•t·
f .
Annornted.
No· l"
}'
h
1
. .
'
0
C
'
' CJ.lS
at ers
on y: yea, lt IS a way to make Htm
chrifftlm noJfmm,
'"
H • 1
s
T,
tfwe
breake 011r boxes,
and bellow our
odorers
upon Him.
a
lirr~~tToinnomt
Htm,
And, not with fomeodde
C4ftotntment,
lying by thern,kept
lit
4
dortbo
ong 1 ;tbothrowaway upon Him: But to
b,.y,
to be
atcoff,
to doe
it,
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