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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11881	Five sermons preached upon severall occasions (The texts whereof are set downe in the next page.) By Iohn Seller.	Seller, John, 1592 or 3-1648.	1636 (1636)	STC 22181; ESTC S101223	58,521	276

the first of the Acts Lord wilt thou not now restore the Kingdome or the Kingdome of Heaven unto Israel meaning thereby such a felicitie in this life whereby they hop't to enjoy a little heaven upon earth and this seemeth to bee one maine reason of MARIES excessive joyes and salutations now at length shee hop'd the Kingdome would bee restored the Thrones erected the Houses and Lands divided upon the false apprehension of which imaginarie happinesse our SAVIOVR thus gently correcteth and informeth her Touch mee not Be not therefore overjoy'd with my presence doe not for this cause so zealously imbrace mee as if I were now risen to restore the Kingdome unto Israel for my Kingdome I have told you is not of this world but as I am now risen from the grave so must I shortly ascend from the earth too to ascend to Heaven unto my Father and there is the place of your true happinesse there are the mansions which I am going to prepare and therefore now arise and that my brethren may not deceive themselves with the like worldly expectations Goe tell them that I ascend unto my Father And indeed very remarkable it is that however our Saviour after his rising from the dead intended to stay forty dayes before his ascension up to Heaven to certifie and publish the truth of his Resurrection to recollect the distracted thoughts of his Disciples yet in all his apparitions hee discovereth himselfe strangely and by starts in one forme to MARY in another to the two Disciples cōmeth sodainly to their astonishment while the doores are shut and after some short conference leaveth them as much amaz'd and vanisheth out of their sight and heere you see MARY hath scarce leasure to bid him welcome but presently he is ready to bid her farewell And all this was done that by thus strangely appearing it might manifestly appeare that therefore he declin'd the frequence and concourse of the people therefore he refrain'd the reiterating of his plausible miracles therefore he withdrew himselfe from the familiarity even of his owne brethren that hee might draw their mindes from that strong intention wherewith they were fastened on things earthly that he might let them understand that hee was not now risen to restore the Kingdome unto Israel and then afterwards as they perhaps might imagine dye againe but that as St. PAVL saith beeing raised from the dead hee might dye no more death might have no more dominion over him for in that he dyed he dyed unto sinne once but that he liveth he liveth unto God liveth not to continue upon earth but to ascend to Heaven unto his Father and therefore now Touch me not saith he Set not your affections on things below but seeke those things which are above And thus much for the Interpretation of my Text I come now to commend some observations to our selves First then when we see after so many heavenly instructions the earthly-mindednesse of Mary that so are her thoughts fixt upon things below and for this cause so is shee overjoy'd with the presence of her Master as that hee is forc'd with a gentle checke to reprove her indiscretion Touch mee not This may teach us as St. IOHN hath already made the application to our hand that we love not love not too well the world nor the things of the world that in our prayers and desires we bee not too solicitous Would I had this House this Land this Wealth this Honour lest beeing guilty of the same errour wee may bee subject to the same censure and seeme to heare from Heaven a Noli me tangere doe not for this cause Touch me doe not importune mee It is a memorable answer of our SAVIOVR when the Mother made that ambitious request Grant that my two Sonnes may sit one at thy right hand and another at thy left hand in thy Kingdome Are you able saith he to drinke of the Cup that I shall drinke of and to bee baptized with the baptisme that I shall be baptized with not with the baptisme of water and the spirit but with blood and Martyrdome the more pleasing and honourable are the conditions she desireth the more harsh and unpleasant are the conditions he proposeth as indeed there is nothing more frequent with God then to answer the desires of men by contraries because they are contrary oft times to that main end which we should all desire the good and welfare of our soules And thogh we al know Not many noble not many rich but Blessed rather are the poore blessed are you when you suffer persecution yet we are all out of a sensual love to our selves too prone to presse God with that request of IABEZ O that thou wouldst blesse me indeed and inlarge my coasts and that thy hand might be with mee and that thou wouldst keepe me from evill that it may not hurt me so that God knowing better how to give then wee know how to aske as oft-times in his anger he granteth our requests so oft-times again in his love denieth them male usurus eo quod vult accipere Aug. in Iohan. Tract 73. deo potius miserante non accipit and such things which hee foreseeth wee aske to our owne hurt he granteth us a favor in not granting them When BALAAM tempted with the rewards of divination brought unto him by the Princes of Balack was desirous to goe and to curse Israel and for this cause ask't counsell of God the first answere he receiveth is a Noli me tangere Touch me not doe not intreat me for thou shalt not goe with them Thou shalt not curse this people for they are blessed But upon the second message when Balack sendeth more Princes and more honorable with promise to promote him and grant what ever he should ask he commeth the second time to God and then because hee was so earnest Rise up saith God and goe with them but presently we read that the anger of the Lord was kindled against him because hee went and wee finde him branded by St. Peter with the perpetuall ignominie of loving the wages of unrighteousnesse for the love wherof we read afterward that even by the hand of Israel for whose slaughter he was so ready to bee hyred himself was slain Nūb. 31. Thus oft times upon the covetous desires of worldly blessings God puts men off by the directiō of his word by the motiōs of his spirit with a Touch me not do not for these things so earnestly solicite me for that which you hope will raise you may chance to be your ruine But yet if with an impetuous affection the heart be so strong fixt that it wil not be removed he giveth them their harts desire and according to the largenesse of their heart suffereth them to inlarge their estate and make their gaine their godlines and now in a sensuall jollity when indeed they are most curst are they forward most to blesse themselves with a Soule take thy

appeared was a woman Woman why weepest thou saith he to MARY MAGDALEN Lastly the first that had the honour to carry these glad tydings to his Disciples was a woman Goe to my Brethren saith he to the same MARY and say unto them I ascend unto my Father But a little before PETER and IOHN were there they went both into the Sepulchre yet they see they heare nothing why did not our Saviour shew himselfe to them but MARY must be his Messenger CHRYSOLOGVS wil give you the true reason Vt portet vitae portet resurrectionis auditum quae auditum mortis portaverat ruina That as the woman had beene the unhappy agent betweene the the divell and man to procure his fall so now the woman might have the happinesse to be imployed betweene God and man and recommend and indeere her selfe again by the joyfull news of his resurrection If then so great hath beene the honour vouchsafed unto this Sexe and above al unto this MARY how comes it to passe that amidst so many courtesies we find here so great a strangenesse in my Text Shee that first sees him speaketh to him goeth on his errand must not it seemes presume to touch him Touch mee not for I am not yet ascended to my Father In which words great is the difficultie if wee shall enquire eyther why our Saviour should thus prohibite MARY to touch him Touch me not or why hee should give this reason for his prohibition for I am not yet ascended to may Father In the handling of which words first I will indeavour to cleare the difficulties thereof and secondly in severall observations apply all unto our selves To begin then with the difficulty of this strange prohibition Touch me not Wherein shall we say with some that CHRIST being risen from the dead his mortall having put on immortalitie and death being swallowed up in victory begins now to keepe a distance requires a more reverent respect wil not condiscend to the like familiarity which he had suffered heretofore and therefore seemeth heere to give a check to MARY comming after her wonted manner to embrace him Touch me not But surely this cannot be the reason for we read in the last of St. Matthew that this same woman with many others and in all probability even at this same time did touch him touch him without controll hold him by the feet and worshipped him and appearing afterward to his Disciples he was so farre from beeing thus estrang'd as that Behold saith he my hands and my feet touch me nay more handle mee touch mee againe and againe and St. IOHN in his first Epistle bringeth this as an evidence of his Resurrection That which wee have heard saith he that which we have seen nay more that which our hands have handled of the word of life declare we unto you Or shall wee say with others that our Saviour doth not in these words reprehend MARY but inform her she thought perhaps that CHRIST being risen from the dead would presently ascend unto the Father and therefore now with one large salutation shee bids him welcome from the dead shee taketh her farewell from among the living shee falleth downe shee holdeth him by the feet shee worshippeth him and thinketh shee cannot now touch him too long as beeing never to touch him any more And for this cause they conceive our Saviour might heere say Touch mee not that is Doe not embrace mee now as if you were to take your last farewell for I am not yet ascending to my Father have many dayes to continue here on earth and you shall have time enough hereafter to visite to embrace to discourse and therfore now forbeare your salutations arise rather and make others partakers with your selfe of the same joy Goe tell my Brethren that I ascend unto my Father But this interpretation however at the first proposall somewhat plausible yet in the examination will not hold For first it seemeth more probable as I shall shew you anon that MARY was mistaken rather in thinking that hee would stay longer then himselfe intended then that hee would goe away sooner then her selfe desir'd And seondly we doe not read that our Saviour did ever afterward appeare to MARY nay it appeareth rather by the message she was to deliver I ascend unto my Father that he would informe her that he was not to stay long and that hee meant not to be seen often We may observe in the last of St. IOHN This is now the third time but the third time onely that CHRIST shewed himselfe to his Disciples and if but thrice to them surely not so often to MARY that for this cause hee should dismisse her now as if there would bee time enough hereafter Touch me not Surely then some other cause must bee found out for the full discovery whereof two things I shall observe First that MARY is not heere simply forbid to touch her Master that is to salute and to embrace him for St. Matth. plainly tells us that not MARY only but all the women held him by the feet and worshipped him and this embracing of the feet it was a commō solemne salutation among the Iewes Thus the Shunamite takes ELISHA by the feet Abigail falls at the feet of DAVID the Ruler of the Synagogue the woman of Cannaan at the feet of IESVS Cornelius at the feet of PETER IOHN of the Angell onely shee is advis'd here not to be too long too passionate in her salutations For it may seem proble that when all the other women were risen from the ground still Mary kneeleth imbraceth him holdeth him by the feet and as she loved much striveth by her very gesture to testifie the greatnesse of her love And we know there is nothing more usuall in holy scripture then in the same latitude of terms to forbid the excesse of actions as if the actions themselves were forbidden I will have mercy and not sacrifice that is not sacrifice in comparison of mercy Labour not for the meat that periseth Take no thought for tomorrow that is no labor no thought in respect of the thought and labor for that meat which endures to everlasting life so here Touch me not that is doe not too long lye prostrate at my feet doe not dwell upon your salutations or as wee use to say Doe not hang upon mee Secondly that such was the ignorance not of MARY onely but of all the Disciples in this great mystery of CHRISTS rising from the dead as that till the day of his Ascension they were still strongly possest with the conceipt of some great worldly happinesse which should now presently befall them All those Spirituall discourses concerning the Kingdome of Heaven the twelve Thrones the Houses and Lands they apprehend in a carnall sense and hence is it that they so often quarrell who should be greatest in the Kingdome of Heaven And what was their earthly conceit of this heavenly Kingdome appeareth by that question of theirs in