j8o Reepe forrow wantsa tongue. Why Chrift fhouidnot fuller his Apo- ftlesto via fh his feet, when he had wa- fhed theirs. Of Maries Re- pentance. Vpon the Thurfday after trueSalomon . Zachary Pets forth Dtuid foran exampleof the penitent , Et erit, poi ofenderit ex cis in iliadie, fcut Daurd.In the newLaw itis faid,That linnets fin!! rifevp with that zealeand earneft feruour from their finues , as did Dauid c But the Prophet had notthen the example of chary Magdalen ; if hehad,hee would haue preferd her before him inthat delugeofteares.God treatingofclenfing the world of it's fins, herayned down more Sc more water; but that was not afulfici- ent or effeduall remedy : on Sodom he rayned down more &more fire;but that likewife would doenogood. Sithence that neither waterof it felfe,nor fire of it felfe,wil do thedeed,leta Lee be madeoffire and watertogether,for there is not that fpot or flaire, which that will not take out. This Lee, is the teares which come from the vapours oithebrain, and the fireofthe heart. Saint Augufiine weighing how mute MaryMagdalen ftood, (ayes veto her, juidquarra? mid dlcis Marta ? What wouldit thouhaue r What doeft thoufeeke after What, nothingbutweepe Why doeft thou notfpeake? She had found too*nuch for- row to finda tongue. They grieue but little that can expreffe their griefe : No maruellthen iffilewere dumbe- ftrucken,that was foheart-ftrucken. Thefweet fongsof the Syrens haue been turned into forrowfull fighes; the pleafing and delightfulleft voyce, being alteredby the heat of the blood, bath admittedofa change, andBeene turned into fad bowlings and doleful! notes. And as-at the deathoffomegreat Captaine, the drums beat harfhand dead, andrenderadole- full found ; and in (leadof thrill andcheerefull flourifhes, the trumpets found hoarfe; fo now in thisour Mary c.,titagdalens death(whowas the chiefe Captaine and Ring-leaderofthe vices ofthat Citie)a hollow found of fighes was heard, and agrteuous noyfe ofconfufed gronesandbroken throbs,breathingout thefe wofull words : ô mygoodLord,Ihauebeen likevnro the Serpens, for on the one fide Ifuftained my felfeby the earth, without once offering to liftmine eyes from the earth ; qn theother fide, I didproftrate my felfe, laying traps and fnares forthy feet, foliciting the men of this City to tread thy Lawesvnder theirfeet. OhLord,finceI haue thusplayd the Serpent , tread thou vpon mee, truthmein the head,andbruife outall the venome that is inme. O f'weet Iefus, the Serpentvfeth toenter in betweene the rocks, andruboff her old skinne, and leaning it there behind her , to renew her felfe againe : Imuch delire tocalf off myold skinne, and to leaue it in the wounds ofthefe thyfeet, andon my ftrong rocke Chrift Iefus. Iwot well ôLord,that fovile and lewd awoman as I am,is to be made no more reckoning of, than thedart that is trodvnder footin the ftreetes, Mulierfornicaria, quaffffercus invia conculcabitur. But many times the dungofthe earthdoth ferne forthe rootes of trees andotherplants : and be- caufe thou artthatDiuineplant, whofebranches reachvpas high as heauen,per- mitô Lord,thatI though butdurt anddung,may lye atthy feet. The Cananitifh womandid thewa great deale ofhumility,when the tearmedher felfeadogge but Mary Magdalenmuchmore,tearming her felfedung. Andthewipedhisfeet with the hairesefherhead. S. Ambrefeasketh the queftion, WhyCome ofhisApoftles did not wafhour Sauioursfeet,either before orafter thathe hadwafht all theirs ! He renders two reafons The one, for that Mary Magdalenhad wafht them, and bee would not that thisluftre whichthofeher tears had giuen them,fhouldbe loft by walling them withordinarie andcommon water. And the companion is good , Forhe that is wafhedwith thewater of Angels,will refufe tobewafhedwithanyother water. Theother(faith Saint c.drnbrofe)forthat we fhouldwafh thofehis diuine feet, with the teases ofour eyes. Thatmyflicall lauingof the Apoftles feet, which was
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