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A07953	The devout soules search with the happie issue of comfort found : in a sermon, preached at Paules Crosse, Ian. 14. 1610 / by Thomas Myriell ...	Myriell, Thomas, d. 1629.	1610 (1610)	STC 18323; ESTC S1309	34,861	106

his passion z Mat. 27.52 the graues opened many dead bodies of the Saints arose Mat. 27.52 And which is most of all himselfe beīg dead yet thē was able to raise vp himselfe which no man in the world euer did which all the mē in the world could neuer do Therfore as he was declared truely to be the Sonne of man by yeelding vnto death so a Rom. 1.4 saith Paul he was declared mightily to be the Sonne of God by the Resurrection frō the dead Ro. 1.4 b Bern. paru Serm. 14. qui Agnus extitteraet in passione factus est Leo in Resurrectione Hee saith Bern that was a Lambe in his Passion became a Lyon in his Resurrection When hee was to be crucified c Isa 53.7 he was led saith Isay as a sheepe to the slaughter Isa 53.7 But when hee arose againe it was Iacobs Prophecie that d Gen. 49.9 As a Lyons whelpe hee should come vp from the spoyle Genes 49 9. From the spoyle indeed that is from hauing spoyled as a most victorious and conquering champion death and hell sinne and Sathan with the whole rabble of the infernall powers from all such force as they had gotten against him and all his members Hence it is well obserued that Christs resurrection hath a double priuiledge aboue the resurrectiō or rather resuscitation of all others For though others rose from the dead as well as Christ yea and in time before him yet saith Bernard e Bern. in die 〈◊〉 Pasch Serm. 1. Resurrexerant mortui iterum morit●ri They rose indeed when they were dead but yet to die againe when they were raised But f Rem 6.9 Christ rising frō the dead dieth no more death hath no more power ouer him Ro. 6 9. And therfore iustly is hee called g 1. Cor. 5.20 Primitiae dormientium the first fruites of them that deepe which only rose to immor●alitie h Bern. Et fic resurrexit vt cadere ●on adijciat rose in such manner at once as he was to fall againe neuer after Againe all those which had power giuen them to raise others yet had no power to raise themselues Elizeus that raised vp another man dead yet hath no power to raise vp himselfe i Bern ibi supra Loe how many yeares hath he liue in the graue expecting a ioyfull resurrection at his hand which hath triumphed ouer the graue by which it appeares that all such as raised others did it potestate precariâ non propriâ by a power not resiant in themselues but receiued from God But Christ saith Bernard k Bern in die Sanct. Pas Ser. 1. Virtute propria victor prodijt de Sepulchro by his owne power raised vp himselfe and by the strength of his owne arme made all things giue way vnto him l Amb. de virg lib. 3. Erras mulier saith Saint Ambrose quae putas de monumento Christum esse sublatum O woman that thinkest some bodie hath taken away thy Lord and laid him thou knowest not where thou errest grosely This victorious Sampsō stoutly caried away the gates of m Iudg. 16.3 Azzah burst opē the dore of his Tombe where the Philistine Iewes had shut him in the morning when they sought him was risen was not there But the womans errour Saint Ierome salueth n Hieron ad Hedibiam quaest Error mulieris cum pietate societus est An errour of infirmitie ioyned with deuotion But the Iewes who can excuse O foolish Iewes tell vs why did you seale and locke downe the stone so fast Because said some of your rulers o Mat. 27.63 We remember that this deceiuer said within three daies I will rise vp again Ma. 27.63 p Bern in die Sanct. Pas Ser. 1. Vere seductor saith Bern Sed pius non malitiosus A deceiuer he is indeed but an holy not a malicious deceiuer and you may well say with Ieremiah your Prophet q Ierem. 20.7 O Lord thou hast deceiued me and I am deceiued thou art stronger then I and hast preuailed Ierem. 20.7 What thinke you of him now Is he still but the Carpenters sonne A Carpēters sonne he is we grant Sed r Bern hominis fabri filius fabricator hominis the sonne of man and such a Carpenter as made man and all the world Will you still be obstinate Will you not yet beleeue You will say If he had come downe from the crosse we would haue beleeued in him Indeed so said some of your rulers ſ Mat. 27.42 Desdendet de cruce c. Matt. 27.42 But ô how like their father the diuell speake these wicked children saith Saint Chrysostome t Chrysost Serm. de passione The diuell said Cast thy selfe downeward from the Temple and these men say Let him come downe from the crosse u Fraudu lenta promissio Hie. rom But all this is but dissembling For x Bern in die Sa Pas Serm. 1. Si non creditis resurgēti nec credidissetis descēaenti Surely if you beleeue him not rising out of the graue neither would you haue beleeued in him if he had come downe from the crosse Leauing then these obstinate Iewes in the depth of their vnbeliefe till the time of refreshing comes Let vs proceed to the second point the speed of his resurrectiō in these words he is not here Wherein the Angell declares that though these women were earely comming to him yet Christ was risen and gone before their comming at him I may iustly therfore apply this secōd speech to the speed of his resurrection Who though he were to answere the figure which himself spake of Mat. 12.40 As Ionas was three daies and three nights in the whales bellie so must the sonne of man be three daies and three nights in the heart of the earth y Mat. 12.40 yet in verie truth he was not so long time in the bowels of the earth as Ionas was in the bellie of the fish For about the ninth houre he died on the crosse and about three houres after that was he laid into his graue Now this in our account was about three of the clocke in the afternoone This is but a small part of a day yet this is reckoned for the first day The second day being the day of rest to the Iewes he himself also rested in his graue The third day being the first day of the weeke so soone as the sunne of the firmament rose to cheare the eies of the world this glorious Sonne of righteousnes arose also to cheare the harts of the elect Here you see is but one whole day with the end of that which went before it and the beginning of that which followed after it and yet it is reckoned for three daies and that iustly for the first day saith Augustine is taken z August lib. de Trinit 4. Secundum partem sui posteriorem according to the latter part thereof the secōd day Secundū

b Heb. 1.14 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ministring spirits sent out for their good which shall be heires of eternall life Heb. 1.14 Not that we are able certainely to determine that euery one hath his owne Angell c Specialiter defigna●um Lomb. lib. 2. distinc 1● Rhem. annot in Mat. 18.10 specially allotted vnto him as they of Rome teach but that many Angels are appointed vnto one suruant if necessitie require as the scriptures of god teach d Psal 91.13 Psal 91.13 They stād sentinell alway by vs and pitch their tents about vs. e Psal 34.7 Psal 34.7 And the more herein is shewed Gods goodnes to vs the more hereby should be manifested our confidence in him He hath giuen his Angels charge ouer thee saith the holy Ghost f Bern. in 〈◊〉 Quihabitat vers 13. Quātam tibi debet hoc verbum inferre reuerentiam afferre deuotionem conferre fiduciam This sweet word of his saith Bern. how great reuerence should it strike how great deuotion breed how great confidence kindle Reuerence for the prefence of the Angels deuotion for their beneuolence confidence for their custodie g Bern. ibid. Caute ambula walke warily the Angels of God are present with thee when all men on earth are absent from thee presume not to doe that in the sight of an heauenly Angel which thou wouldst shame to doe in the prefence of an earthly man And thus much touching the first person The second persons are the women which seeke Now who they were in particular none of the Euangelists in my iudgement haue so fully set downe as this our Euangelist S. Marke For he vers 1. of this chapter hath set downe their number and their names Their number three Their names Marie Magdalen Marie the mother of Iames and Salome Together also with the ende of their comming and the time of it The ende to embalme the dead bodie of Iesus The time verie early in the morning while the Sunne was rising Verie forward deuotion indeed you will say so soone to be stirring but what might moue them hereunto Some peraduenture will say pittie of the dead corps For women haue this nature when entreatie cannot moue them pittie will driue them When the ioy of his life could not bring them to his loue the sorrow of his death did fetch them to his graue Some againe happily may say Desire of newes For women like the men of Athens h Act. 17.21 giue thēselues wholy either to heare or to tell some newes Act. 17.21 So they which were wearie of his sight while he was aliue did now long after it when he was dead But God forbid so charitable creatures should euer vndergoe so vncharitable a censure I say therefore it was loue it was pietie it was decencie First it was loue For i Luc. 7.47 He loueth much to whom much is forgiuen Luk. 7.47 But Christ not only forgaue thē much but gaue them much k Bern. super Cant. Ser. 20. Dilectionem non reddidit fed addidit saith Bern He returned not loue as a debt but bestowed it as a gift And therefore if you maruell why thus they loued him Saint Iohn answereth for himselfe and them also l 1. Ioh. 4.19 We loue him because he loued vs first 1. Ioh. 4.19 Hereunto adde that beside his generall loue wherewith he loued them as his elect he also affected them in particular loue as his friends One of them Marie Iacobi was his mothers sister and his loue was not wanting either to her or her children Not to her selfe he made her his Aunt Not to her children For of her fower sonnes Iames Ioses Simon Iude he chose two the eldest and the youngest to be his holy Apostles A fauour so great and a priuiledge so high that if he had made them Monarches it had come short of this But to Marie Magdalen he shewed more loue and so much the more appeares it for that she was not of his kinred She neuer wanted either his good deeds to comfort her or his good words to excuse her Not his good deeds for her comfort either for her selfe or her friends Not for her selfe m Luk. 8.3 Out of her he cast seauen diuels Luk. 8.3 Not for her friends n Ioh. 11.44 Her brother Lazarus he raised from dead Ioh. 11.44 o Luc. 10.38 Her sister Martha he graced with his presence and preaching in her house Luk. 10.38 As she had his good deeds so had she alwaies his good words For he excused her three times First to the Pharisee who said she was a sinner p Lu. 7 39 Luk. 7.39 Secondly to her sister who said she was idle q Luc. 10.41 Thirdly to Iudas who said she was prodigall r Mat. 26.10 Mat. 26.10 What could Christ doe more for them while he was aliue or they lesse for Christ now he was dead Secondly it was pietie wherein they exceeded men For as they shewed more sorrow then men at Christs passion so they shewed more deuotion then men at his resurrection Whilst then men were securely sleeping in the nightly graue of their beds these deuout women were religiously seeking Christ in the quiet bed of his graue They feared not the darkenesse of the night which might haue produced dangerous effects they respected not the malice of the Iewes which hated such as loued Christ they shrunke not at the horror of the dead corpes which is a thing that flesh trembles at they were not daunted at their owne weakenesse the stoutest of them being but a woman mulier mollis aer a soft and tender breath faemina ferens minus least able to endure and hold out not any of these not all of them could hold them backe from seeking of him whom their soule loued ſ Cant. 3.1 Cant. 3.1 Loe here deare Christians most deuout charitie most charitable deuotion Loe how true it is that women as by nature they paralell men in wit so by grace they equall them in vertue What can you say against them If one were a cause of death another was a meanes of life One indeed receiued t verbum adificatorium mor t Tenull lib. de came Christi is the word that set vp death but another conceiued verbum extructorium vitae the word which set vp life againe One beleeued the diuell and another gaue credit to the Angel u Tertull. ibid. Ei quod illa credendo deliquit haec credendo deleuit what the first by rash crediting lost the other by true beleeuing got againe x Verbum diaboli semen illi fuit 〈◊〉 est One by beleeuing denique diabolum fratricidam Contra Maria eum edidit qui carnalem fratrem Israel interemptorem suum sal●●m quandoque praestaret Tertull ibid. the diuell brought forth a murtherer that slew his brother in the field the other by beleeuing God broght forth a Sauiour slaine by his brethren in the flesh Finally