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A16758
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Marie Magdalens loue
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Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?
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1595
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STC 3665; ESTC S104804
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be showen It graceth the Prince to be humble towards God it aduaunceth the Subiecte in seruice to the Prince it draweth loue from the parents in the Childrens obedience it maketh the wife alone with her husband it bindeth friends in Amity perswadeth enemies to peace it winneth Christ vnto his Church and here you see it bringeth the Angels to Mary before shee ran to the Disciples talked with them of Christ telling them what she had seen now when they had seene what shee had reported and were said to beleeue yet they left her and â—ent home againe but what followed of her stay Now the Disciples had left her the Aungels came to her was not here a speciall blessing of God vnto so great a sinner thaâ—â—od regarding her sorrow sent his Aungels for her comfort Now let me a little touch one pointe that I haue ouerslipt touching Maries weeping for it is said But Marie staid weeping at the Sepulcher and she bowed her selfe now in weeping I note fiue sundrye kinds of teares of anger of subtilty of sorrow of ioy and of loue some are saide to weepe for curst hart I feare too manie know the nature of those teares but such are saide to crie not to weepe for teares comming from the heart doe so distill from the eyes that they make no sound on the tongue Nowe Marie it is saide stood weeping not crying now there are teares of subtilty called crocodiâ—es teares which are said to mourne and weepe till they can bring their praier within the compasse of their calles and then they ouerthrow them sting them to death and then feede â—pon them so may I say are the teâ—â—â—s of a harlot who in her pouerty will seeme to weep for affection far enough from her hart til she hath caught a sole in her snare and then shee will feede vpon him at her pleasure thus did not Mary for the body was dead as shee thought that shee wept for the earth had no eyes to behold her teares nor did she see any man that she could think to deceiue with her weeping no no her hart was too full of sorrowe for the dead to thinke to deceiue any liuing Now there are teares of sorrowe as when Peter had denied Christ it was said hee wept bitterly for sorrowe that hee had denied the knowledge of so good deare beloued a Master So it is saide Iesus wept ouer Ierusalem to thinke on the destruction of the Cittie that shoulde after ensue manie are the causes of sorrowe thaâ— may bring teares out of the eyes of the moste wise and valiant that euer were but the greatest cause that shoulde melt the heart of a Christian should bee the sorrow of the soule for the denying of Christ now there are teares of Ioy as were those of Ioseph when hee saw his Father and his Brethren But so it should not seeme were Marieâ— who lookt for none but hir Master that shee could not see Nowe there are teares of Loue and those proceed of the kinde nature of the hart as Christ wept when hee sawe Lazarus dead whom he loued and now Mary wept when she saw her Lord dead or at least could not see him dead or aliue when shee liued Mary was said to wash his feete with her teares and wipe them with her haire when she was liuing an excellent note of true loue she borowed no water but her owne teares nor any Towell but her owne haires Now looke againe on her Humility she vsed no towell I say but her haire and went no higher than his feete and for her Humility and Loue see what befell her 〈◊〉 shee bowed herselfe into the Sepulcher and sawe two Aungels sitting one at the head and an other at the feete where the bodie of Iesus had layne Nowe marke the degrees of comfort that came vnto this humble louing Mary Shee came fâ—â—st to the Sepulcher to the Discipleâ— from the Disciples to the Aungels and except Christ she could goe no higher Now a worde or two of the Aungels and they said vnto her woman why weepest thou and she saide vnto them They haue taken away my Lord and I know not where they haue laide him Now some perhaps will haue a Ierk at this peece of Scripture to pray to the Saintes ere they come to Christ because she talked with the Aungels ere shee came to Christ himselfe but let those ouerseene wittes looke a little better into the matter First the Aungels came but to the graue seeing her there weeping they asked her but a question in these wordâ—â— woman VVhy weepest thou she saide they haue taken away my Lorde and I knowe not where they haue laid him Here is no praier made vnto them though they were Aungels but she onelie answered their question so ended their talke so if the Saints will come and speake to them lâ—t them aunswere their questions and haue no more to doe with them for surely God will better appeare vnto them in his mercie then aunswere them by his Saintes if they could deliuer him any message but let these blinded people take heede that these mistaken Saints proue not Diuels that by illusions lead them not from God his mercie to their vtter confusion both of body and soule but let mee come againe to my text And shee bowed her selfe and saw two Aungels sitting one at the head and an other at the feete where the bodie of Iesus had laâ—ne and the◠〈◊〉 vnto her woman why weepest thou 〈◊〉 shee saide they haue taken away my Lord I knowe not where they haue laide him See nâ—w how much did her comfort exceed the Disciples they sawe but the liâ—nen clothes and departed home againe but she staid and was spoken to by the Aungels but marke withall the care of her speech and substance of her talke she continues one tale shee hath no minde but of one matter no thought but of her loue nor any loue but of her Lorde no ioy but in him no talke but of him nor sorrow but to bee without him goe to whom shee would come to her who wold Disciples or Angels al was one for hir speech they could get nothing of her but they haue taken away my Lord and I know noâ— where they haue laid him See here nowe what a property the faithfull claime in Christ that they call him their Lord as one would say my Father my sonne mâ—â—â—â—ends my house or my landes so â—ere sayes Mary my Lord who was more deare to her than either Father Mother Sister Brother kin or friend or all the houses and landes of the world and therefore with teares she continues her sorrow with these wordes They haue taken away my Lord and I know not where they haue laide him But now see I pray you what presentlie follows Immediatelie in a moment she turnes her selfe backe and sawe Iesus but knew not that it was Iesus Nowe marke I say the glorious rewarde of her Humilitie from the
the darke shee walkeâ—â—o seeke him at his graue now in the light shee runs to his Disciples to enquire of him So surely ought wee to doo if in our owne cogitations wee finde him not as we desire let vs runne to the Disciples to instruct our desires howe to seeke him Searche the Scriptures saith Christ and there you shall reade of mee So the Scriptures wee must search if we hope to finde Christ but if wee bee so ignoraunt that wee cannot reade them let vs then runne to his Ministers that can and will deliuer his Worde vnto vs that by them we may be instructed to finde the best way vnto him Then shee ranne and told Simon Peter and the other Disciple whom Iesus loued In this worde Then is a notable sence to bee obserued First shee came to the Sepulcher and sawe the stone rowled away from the Tombe and then shee ranne and tolde the Disciples so wee must first looke into Christs buriall by his buriall I meane his whole Passion and then if wee finde not his Resurrection wee must runne vnto his Ministers for our instruction Againe I note here an excellent token of Modesty in Mary to bee obserued of all Godly creatures as well men as women it is not saide heere that so soone as shee came to the Sepulcher shee went in or looked into the Sepulcher but shee sawe the stone rowled away from the Tombe and then shee ranne and tolde the Disciples By a litle shee gathered more the stone was rowled away the graue â—as open and him shee saw not and therefore either he was gone or els finding hir vnworthines to come so neere as his Tombe shee would not looke in but shee woulde first tell his Disciple what shee had seene to heare what they would say to her Howe excellent a note is this of Modesty for all Godly women men thâ—t are zealously giuen to runne to Gods Ministers to enquire of Christ and to bee instructed in his will ere they diue too deepe into the secretes of his holy Scriptures Then shee ranne and came to Simon Peter and the other Disciple whom Iesus loued and saide vnto them Heere are you to note an excellent point of Modesty in Mary to be carefully obserued thogh shee ranne from the Sepulcher yet shee came to the Disciples Though she ranne while she was out of sight yet shee came when shee was in sight of the Disciples shee ranne not hir selfe out of breath to tell hir tale out of order but after that shee had runne the time of hir loue she came in good time for hir comfort as Godwilling you shall heare hereafter Now it is not said shee cryed or sighed or sobbed and coulde not speake a worde or as a body halfe destraught laide holde on the Disciples to hale them to the place where shee had beene but when shee came to them shee saide which worde saide encludeth a kinde of discreete deliuery of speeche As wee commonly say in our Courtes when a speech is well deliuered if vpon any occasion of the hearers consideration the speaker be interrupted when the cause is thought vppon hee is bidden say on In speaking oft we heare added vnto this word speak either lowd or softly distinctly or plainely but to saying I find none of these but I finde written the sayings of the wise Yea Christ himselfe in heauen and earth the glory of all wisedome vseth that worde in many places as Verelie verelie I say vnto you c. Many places coulde I sette downe where this worde is vsed to beautefie the speeche with the Modestie in the deliuery But I will leaue them to the Readers leysure and I woulde wish that all men and women woulde learne to imitate Mary in this manner of hir speaking to talke as shee did of Christ and to his Ministers to learne their instruction for their knowledge of him Then would there not bee so many wicked men and women Witches and Sorcerers Gluttoâ—s Drunkards Adulterers Thieues Traytours and Murtherers besides other vayne and idle headed people and blasphemers of GODS most holy name so daylie and howerlie exercised as they commonly are in most vile and filthy talke too intollerable to be heard of any Christian leauing to thinke either of Christ his word or his Disciples and wilfully runne headlong to the diuell and his followers and will rather laugh at Mary and runne to the diuel than weepe with Mary to come to Christ But God for his mercies sake turne their heartes and with them giue vs all grace to goe with Mary to Christs Tombe to runne with Mary to his Disciples and to returne with Mary to our comfort But of that we will by Gods grace speak more hereafter Nowe shee â—ame to the Disciples and saide they haue taken away my Lorde and I knowe not where they haue laid him Note here now the cause that led Mary to the Disciples Hir Lord she mist faine she would see him but knowing not where to seeke him shee thought it hir best way to goe to his Disciples to enquire of him To seeke in the Heauens alas shee was too great a sinner to looke so high for him in the earth to seeke him were in vaine for the stone was rowled away from the Toombe and therefore he was surely stolne away and in the worlde to seeke him alas it is too base a place for so Royall a Presence hauing before his death so vngratefully entertayned him Nowe neither in the Heauens the Earth nor the World alas where sâ—oulde shee enquire after him Is not of any of his Disciples And therefore to them shee ranne and to them she said They haue taken away my Lord and I knowe not where they haue laid him For many causes dooth the Lorde absent himselfe from vs that wee may consider howe wee haue lost him and seeke howe to finde him If we loose him by sin we must seeke him by repentance and wee shall finde him by faith but wee must seeke him as Mary did runne to his Disciples to enquire of him and so shall wee the better come to him Nowe touching the Disciples shee came vnto one thing I especially note in the naming of them Simon Peeter and the Disciple whom Iesus loued Though all the Disciples were called by the especiall grace and power of the holy Ghost to the true seruice of GOD in the administration of his holy worde yet here I note them two especially named For to which of his Disciples did hee say as hee said to Peter when hee confessed him to bee the sonne of the liuing God as it is written in the sixteenth Chapter of the Gospell of Saint Matthew and sixteenth verse Fleshe and bloode hath not reuealed this vnto thee thou shalt be called Cephas which is by interpretation a stone And vppon this Rocke will I build my Church Not vppon Peter but Peters confession And againe to which of them did he say as hee saide to Peter three times