Of Maries Re- pentance. PaffìonSunday. Ser.36. was direéted to t'hecleanfing oftheir foules could not fit with our Sauiour Chrift, whowas free from the leaft filth offinne: Ifany Lauatorie likes him, it isthat ofour teares, becaufein them the heart isfofined Bëfides,Thofeeyes andhayreswhichwere fo. well imployed , did exprefle her good delire and thoughts. And there isnot any Sacrifice fo acceptable vntoGod, as to fee the deliresand thoughts ofour hearts to beoffered vpat his feet. Chryfologua faith; That after Godhad feene the refolutionandcourage of tAbrahamin the facri- ficingofhis fonne, he cared not a rufh forall the reff ; and therefore cryed vnto him, Lay not thinehandvton thechild, neyther doe any thing unto him;for now1know thoufeareft God,&c.Forl take nopleafure in thedeath ofthe Innocent, norin the (beddingof blood,mydelight is,to fee thy willfubmit it felfe at my feet, certify filler, myffoafe, thou haft woundedmine heart : Thou haft wounded myheart withone ofthine eyes, andwitha hayreofthy necke . Following the felfe-fame Metaphor, to wir, That the hayres arethe thoughts, and theeyes; the defires. As ifherbelo- ued Mould hauefaid vnto her, One delire, one thought-my fpoufe, one refolute determination, one firmepurpofe,hath quite robdme ofmy heart. And he that fhall indeere the delight that he takes inone tingle hayre, will take much more pleafure in thatwhole skayneofgold. Bonauenturefayes, That (bee didbehold our Sauiour by ftealth, andpeeping through the latticeof her hayres, did euer and anonmatch a fight ofhim ; But after thatthe hadonce inioyed the brightncs ofhis face ,andthe fweetnesof his eyes , whence hefhot forthfuch fweetfhafrs of loue, and that did light fo rightvponher, that her heartwas taken therewith; It feemingvntoher, That the skie was now cleere , andithe weather very faire and profperous, fhedid vnruffe the fides of her haires , and fpred them abroad to the wind, finding fogooda gale. And ashe that bath efcaped many dange- rous fits ofdeath at fea, is neuerfatisfiedwith killing the earth when bee comes afhoare : fo Mary Magdalenthought firecould neuerkaue herfillofkilling the bleffed earth, of thole her Sauiours molt holy feet. And as the Traueller that hath paired through the deferts ofArabia, his mouth being as dry as thofe fan- die grounds, or astinder that is ready to take fire, being driuen to drinkeof foule and vnfauourie puddles, no fooner conies toa cleere fountains, but hee rufheshafrily to the water, andneuer makes anendofdrinking;fo did it farewith MaryMagdalen,&c. - With herhayres. Abfalonshayre was Abfalonrhalter ; Sampfons lockes ferued asbands to bind him fait ; thePhiliftimsby thole hayres haling himto prifon.. Myhayres hauebeen no leffecruell to me, than theirs wereto them. God, heis faid tohaue ahead ofgold,but hayres asMacke asthe Rauen. But I,being a Ra- uenin my foule for blackneffe,hadmy hayresofgold,&c. Andannoynted them with oyntment . Saint Gregorie faith, That Mary Mag- dalen entertained our Sauiour Chrifi at this feats, with two great regales, or dainties. The one, That it was fhethat made himthe feats. For albeitthe Pharifee had inuited him, he hadnot fetbefore him one fauouriemorfell : For.what couldfa uour well in the houleofaproud fcornerthat is giuen romocke and fcoffe?And howbeit for thebody, the cheerewas goodenough, yet ifit had not beene for MaryMagdalen, thefoulemighthaue fatted. But thedid fupply thatdefeét; by affordingmatter toour Sauiour, totaxethe Pharifee ofdifcourrefie, &c: geefi, thou thiswoman ? Ientredinto thyhinge, and thougauefl me nowater to myfeete : hut fhe bathwa/hed myfeet with tearer. Thougaueflme no kß? : ButTheefince the time that teasein, hag not ceafedtokif my feet. c_Mine headwith oyle thou didfl not annoynt, Cc c 3 but Gen. 22. Cent.y.¢. TheHaire hurtfull voto many. Maries enter. sainementof our Sauiour, expreffed in two things.
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