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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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that hee beleeued not at all but that his faith was not yet of that force that Peters was For Peter knowing the Sea woulde not swallowe him when he threwe himselfe into it to come to Christ liuing had now no fear that the earth would shut her mouth vpon him for going in where he had beene buried And therefore boldly he went in and then went in also the other Disciple who saw it and beleeued Heere will I onely trouble you with one note more touching faith you see howe loue brought Mary early in the morning while it was yet darke to the Sepulcher made her runne to the Disciples to tell what she had seene made the Disciples to runne to make tryall of the truth and last made Iohn to outrunne Peter in the race to the Sepulcher but where al this while was faith weake in Mary by reason of her sinnes weake in Iohn by reason of his youth but strong in Peter by reason of his comfort so are there no doubte nowe a daies many that are forward and zealous in Religion that yet doo lacke that strength of faith that Peter had for though a number perhaps would runne with Mary to his Sepulcher to his Disciples to talke of him yet who will venter to go into his graue or will throw himselfe into the Sea in Loue to come to him as Peter did Now it followes they saw and beleeued and why nowe more than before is it said they sawe and beleeued because as yet they knewe not the Scriptures that hee must rise againe from the dead Lo here is a good excuse for the weakenesse of their faith but what excuse can bee laide downe for vs nay what shame is it for vs that hauing the testimonye of their truth seene by them and written by them to vs and for vs that wee will not reade the holie Scriptures or reading so little beleeue them or beleeuing so little regarde them that wee maye iustlie bee saide to bee without eyther faith or loue eyther to seeke or finde Christ or almost to heare or thinke of him eyther in his woorde his Sepulcher or his mercie but God for his mercy sake turn our harts and inspire our soules with the gratious power of his glorious holy spirit that running from the sincke of sin we may come to the sepulcher of Christ and that with Maries sorrow Iohns loue Peters faith we may rise earlie in the prime of our yeares and through the darke of sinne breake out into the day light of grace that maie bring vs to the fight of our soules comfort in the resurrection of our blessed Sauiour to whome nowe sitting at the right hand of God in all absolute power wisedome peace grace and mercie truth bountie loue life and glory with our heauenly Father and his holie spirite one Almightie and euerliuing God bee ascribed and giuen all due honor praise dominion and glorie both now and for euer Amen The Text. And the Disciples went againe to their owne home but Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping as she wept she bowed herselfe into the Sepulcher and saw two Angels sitting one at the head the other at the feete where the bodie of Iesus had laine and they said vnto her woman why weepest thou She saide vnto them they haue taken away my Lord I know not where they haue laide him when she had thus said shee turned her selfe backe and sawe Iesus standing and knew not that it was Iesus Iesus saith vnto hir woman why weepest thou whom seekest thou She supposing it had bin the gardner said vnto him If thou hast borne him hence tell me where thou hast laid him and I will take him away Iesus saith vnto her Mary she turned her selfe and saith vnto him Rabony which is to say Master DEarelie beloued in our Sauiour Christ yee haue hearde before of the Disciples comming to the Sepulcher with Mary yee haue heard of Iohns outrunning of Peter and of Peters first going in into the Sepulcher yee haue I hope noted the fruites of faith and loue in the elect children of God in briefe to seeke Christ either aliue or dead that learning to die with him wee may bee assured to liue with him Now ye see what is here said The Disciples went home againe when they had tried the truth of her report and that their eyes were witnes of more than Mary had yet in her wordes deliuerd for that she had not yet presumed either to goe in or so much as to looke in into the Sepulcher they returned home without hauing further conference with her rather willing to leaue her mourning for her loue than to fill her head full of doubts what might become of hir Lord and therefore it is said they returned to their owne home neither commending her for her truth nor giuing her thankes for her report shee had made nor aduising her to seeke further aâ—ter him nor counsayling her to staye there longer for him but beeing them selues ignoraunt where to seeke him they left her to Gods pleasure to dispose eyther of her staie there or her departure from thence by this I gather that if we shall enquire of the ministers of Gods holy worde touching anye such point as in the holie Scriptures is not laid downe wee must not take it amisse if we be left vnto the mercie of Gods holie spirit for the reuelation of his holy will rather than to â—â—ll our heades with such cogitations as neyther the scriptures doe warrant may perhappes please God nor fall out to our comfort but yet let vs with Mary go to the Disciples of Christ to enquire and learne of them what wee may for our comforte but if we can not be resolued then let vs run to Christ with incessant praier that wee may aske and receiue at the handes of his mercie that he shall in his sacred wisdome finde to bee most to his glorie and our comfort And thus much of the Disciples returning againe to their own home now it followes but Marie stood without at the sepulcher weeping as she wept she bowed her selfe into the sepulcher See here as I haue saide before three excellent notes to bee obserued in the loue of Mary to her Lord Christ Constancie Modestie and Humilâ—â—ie Constancie in that though the Disciples returned home shee stayed still Modestie in that she stood as it is saide without at the Sepulcher Humilitie that shee bowed her selfe to looke in but would not presume to goe in though the Disciples had beene there before her how little is this first part of commendation in Maries loue at these daies followed Let them to whom God hath giuen Grace to finde it in them selues in sorrowfull sighes consesse it to his mercie and with teares of true repentance amend it to his Glorie Oh Constancie the true Testimonie of the harts loue and the suerest token of the soules comforte to loue Christ is a blessed gift of the holy Ghost
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