( 7) . with·the .ldatter: The fenfe is as if Chrifl: fhould have faid [ Martha, Marth~; fk...now thou doft a/i this in love to me~ 11~d meaneft -well in it ; tJnd it is no more then whats thy ~uty tn •:s proper [e11[on: B11t 0 what u the food that perijheth ~~ compan-· fon of that ·whic:h 'endureth to everl4fing life ! It 1'! .my me~t tHtd drink,.;to do the will of him that fent me-, tn feedmg and lW [t1tving fouls : Thou hadft new an 8pportunity to hear my word; the wmd of the Son of God, thy Saviour, and thereby ~o have· promoted thy Everlafting happine{s, as Mary doth; and th.u foould ha1ilc bun preferruJ even before thh· provifion for our bod1es : and if fer thu thou hadft mw omitted thy care and labo~r abot-tt meat And drink, I would not at all have been offr:ndid W1th thee: Thouhadft thy choice, and Mary had her choice; Tho1J ha(f ch()fen care and trou6le about many things, and made thy felf a l,reat deal ado; hut Mary hilthchofen that one thing that was nectffttry; which u the better part, ~tnd therefore it foal! not be tak_en from her, but foe fl:all pof[e{s the benefit of her choice. J . Where note for the fuller underftanding of it, the true oppo- . fition between the cafe ofMary and Mart ha. I. As eo the Matter, Marrha had many things in band;' amultifarious care and trouble; but Mary had but One. - 2. As to the Manner and ejfe8s of their employmems : Mar– tha was full ofcare and troubles, difl:racted or difiurbed by the cumberance of her bufineffes : but M'arJ, was quietly hearing and learning how to be free from care and treuble, and how to attain Everlafl:ing refi. 3. As to the qualityof their bufinefs ;' Martha~s was of left neceffity or. cQpcernment, th~ugh ~ood and honefl: in its place : hut Mary s was about the thmg of abfolme necef!ity. . Alfo Marthvt.s was Good in its feafon, but a leffer g()()d: but Mary•s was [that Good part, J which conrainech all ·other good , or referreth to it , and therefore was to be prefer– red.. .4:· An_d therefore as to the contin~tance, Mkry' s·being a·_more eltgtble tmployment, and about an everlafiing treafure, £hall , n<?tbe taken fromher, when the fruit ofMarth11"s-impfoyment WtH quickly have an end. , . Yet: in ·thefe different cafes, each one had her choice : Had Marthtt 6"hofen beuer, fhe had hadbetter. And the choice much p~oceede~ fr~m the j udg.emef!t ~~~ ~if}ofitirm ·: Had fue judged :, . ···- . ·- b euer? ,
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