A Commentary upon the GoJ ei Chap.2o. . felf a milk-maid. Saints are heirsof the kingdom, faith lames, heads deftinated to the diadem,faithTertullian ; what mean they then to be at any time in their dumps ? Verfe i 4. She turnedherfelfback.] As not able to abide the brightne'é of thofe gloriousAngels any longer. To the Gardener therefore the addreffeth her felt' for further direction. Seewhat a happineffe it is to be taught by the minilkry of men, like our felves, and to have Angels about us, but invitible. Verfe t 5. Woman,why weepeft thou ?whomfeekeft thou?] Where the Angels left, theLord begins. Godhath,for our fakes taken the preachingofthe Gofpel from theAngels, andgiven it toMinifters, who have thenceforth alto changednames: for Minifters arecalled .AngelsRev.z.i. andAngels, Minifters, Heb.r.14. Verfe 16. refus faith unto her, Mary. ] Chrift is neereft to filch , as, with Mary cannot feehim for their teares, if, withher, in humility they feek after him. He cals herbut byher name, and the acknowledgeth him. The ear, we fay, is firft up in a morning and nothing fo loon awakes us, as to be cailedby our names : How eally canChritt call upour droufie hearts, when he pleafeth : and ( when we are even turned away from him , as Mary here was ) make us reciprocate andcry Rabboni ? Verfe 17. Touch me not, &e.] She had caughthim by the feet Mate.z8.z. (as the Shunammite did EliJha > as the Shulamire did her Spoufe ) Cant 3.4. and there the would have held him longer , out of inconlderate zeal : but that he takes her off this corporali conceit,that the may N morare,fed learn to live by faith, andnot by fenfe : to be drawn after him to adperturbatos heaven, whither he was now afcending; andtogo tell his brethren dlfcipulos ac- what thehad feen andheard. eurre, good Verfe 18. Mary Magdalen cameand told] She had told them iun àa,Pet.M ateyr and troubled them beforewith aconceit that they had(but to what end,or whether,the knew not)rcmoved the Lords body:fitly there- fore is the fent to affure themofthe refurreaion. And though loth to depart,yet the bridles her affeaions though never fo impetuous, andbrings them tobe wholly at Chrifts beck and check. Verfe 19. When the doors, &c. for fear ofthe 7ews ] The (beep had bin fcattered, but now were by the great shepherd recolleced ( according to thepromife, Zech. 13. 7. I will turn my handupon the little ones) yet fenfiblc oftheir late fright, they (hew fome tre- pidation. Afterwards,when the Spirit camedown upon them,they trot only fet open the doors,but preached Chrift boldly in the Tm
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