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An homilie of Marye Magdalene declaring her ferue[n]t loue and zele towards Christ / written by that famous clerke Origene ; newly translated ...
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Origen.
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thee Oure Lorde saith in the gospel If ye Ihon. 〈◊〉 were the children of Abraham ye wolde truly do the workes of Abraham Lo this is a woorke of Abraham do the workes which Abraham did but not with grief 2. Cor. 9. and sorrowe For God loueth a chereful geuer And if ye shal be thus readdy it shal be saied vnto you of God Clyme vp vnto this hygh Land and to the hill which I will shew thee there offerre vnto me thy son And offer thy son not in the deepe places of the earth nor in the vale of wepinge but in the great and high hilles Declare thou then that faith in the Lorde is stronger then any carnal affection For Abraham saith he loued Isaac his son but he preferred the son of God to his owne fleshly loue And so he was found not in the bowels of hys fleshe but in the bowels of Christe that is in the bowels of the word of God of truth and wisedome Abraham saith the text stretched forth his hand to take the sworde and kill his Sonne And the Angel of the lord called vnto him from heauen said Abraham Abraham And he answered Here I am And he said Lay not thy hand vpon the childe neither do any hurt to him For now I know that thou fearest God It is commoÌ„ly out of this place obiected vnto vs how god saith that he knoweth that Abraham did feare him as if he had bene ignorante there of before Wel god which in dede knoweth all thinges before they be done did also know this thinge and was not ignoraunt of it but it is thus writteÌ„ for thy cause for thou haste a faith in God and yet excepte that accomplish the workes of faith except thou obey yea all the hardest commaundements excepte thou offer vp sacrifice and shew plainelye that thou doest not set more by father mother and children theÌ„ by God it shal not be acknoleged that thou fearest God neither shall it bee said of thee F or now I knowe that thou fearest God And besides this wee may here consider that the Angel which is said here to speake these wordes to Abraham in processe afterwarde is euideÌ„tly shewed to be the Lord. Wherevppon I thinke thus that as amonge vs men he was found in his behauiuiour as man so among the Angels â—â—â— 15 â–ª he was fouÌ„d in his behauiour as an Angel And so the Angels in heauen following his exaumple are glad of one Sinner which repentith reioice greatly when men go forward in god lines For these Angels haue as it were the ouersighte of oure soules vnto whom as tutors Gal. 4â— gouernours wee whiles we are yonglinges are committed vntil the time appointed by the father be comme Therefore thei say now concerninge the goinge forward in godlines of euery on of vs that now I knowe that thou fearest the Lord. But for a plainer exaumple hereof Be it so that I purpose in my minde to suffer martirdom yet the angel can not save vnto mee that nowe I knowe that thou fearest the lord for God only knoweth the secret of the mind but if I abide tormeÌ„ts if I boldly publish a good coÌ„fession if I constantly beare what soeuer shall be doone vnto mee then the Angell as comfortinge confirming me may say Now I knowe that thou feareste the Lorde Thus theÌ„ these thinges were spoken to Abraham and hee so was pronounced to feare the lord And why Because he spared not his owne sonne But let vs compare these thinges with the wordes of the Apostle where he saieth Rom. 8. of god which spared not his owne son but did giue him for vs all Beholde here howe God contendeth with men in bountifull liberalitie Abraham offred to god his mortall sonn not yet like to dye God gaue his immort all son for al men to death What shall we say to theis thinges What shall we render to the Lord for all that he hath beslowed vpon vs God the Father hath not spared his owne sonne for vs. And which of you al thin kest thou at any time shall hear this voice of the Angel sayinge vnto you Now I know that thou fearest God bicause thou haste not spared thy son thy daughter thy wife or thou hast not spared thy wealth thy worldly honour and the pompe of the world but hast dispised them all haste couÌ„ted them as dunge that thou mightst gayne Christ but haste solde all and haste geuen it to the poore hast followed the worde of God Which of you thinkest thou shall he are such a voice of the Angel Yea Abraham heard this voice againe the secoÌ„d time and it was said vnto him Because thou hast not spared thy beloued sonne for my sake c And Abraham saith the texte looking back saw with his eyes and beholde A ramme was holden by the â—ornes in the busshes of Sabet I suppose that we haue saied here tofore that Isaac â–ª bare the figure of Christ and yet notwithstandinge this ramm semeth to beare the figure of Christe also But how these two agree vnto Christ bothe Isaac whiche was not slaine and the ramm which was it is expediente to vnderstand Christe is the woorde of God but this worde was made flesh There is theÌ„ in Christ one thing which is from aboue and an other which is taken of the nature of man and the woombe of the virgine Christ theÌ„ suffered his passion but yet in his flesh he suffered death but yet in his flesh whereof this ramme was a figure according to the saing Iohâ— 1. of Iohn Behold the Lambe of God behold him whiche taketh away the sinnes of the worlde But the worde whiche is Christe accordinge to the Spirite did continew in incorruption whose Image this Isaac was So hee is the sacrifice and highe prieste after the spirite For he that offereth the sacrifice to his father accordinge to the flesh the selfe same is offered vpon the aulter of the crosse and lykewise as it is said of him Beholde the Lambe of God Behold him who taketh away the sinnes of the world so is it also saied of him Thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech Therfore this ramme is holden by the hornes in the bushes of Saber And he toke saieth the text the ram and offered him a burnt offeringe for Isaac his sonne And Abraham called the name of that place the lord sayth Here is a broade way of spiritu all vnderstaÌ„ding laied open for all them that ar skilful to hear these thinges For all that bee here done do â—ende to som spirituall vision bicause it is sayed The Lord seeth This vision of the Lord is in spirit that thou also mayst behold these thinges which are written in spirite as in the Lorde there is nothing corporall or grosse so also that thou in all these thinges sauour nothinge corporally or grosly but that thou inwardly in spirite beget to thy selfe a childe which
also he is commaunded to ascend vp into an hye hill Truly that he might forsake earthly things being exalted by faith ascend to those things which are aboue in heauen Ahraham then rose earlye in the morning he sadled his Asse and cut wood for to burne at the sacrifice hee toke his son Isaac with him and two seruauntes and came at the third day to the place that God apointed him to go vnto Abraham rose early Wherfore doth the text adde Early in the morninge paraduenture it wolde declare that light began to shine in his heart He sadleth his Asse he prepareth wood hee taketh vp his sonne he taketh no deliberation in the matter he maketh no stickinge or staying hee maketh no man priuy of his purpos but furth with he taketh him selfe to his Iourney and came as the texte saith to the place which the Lorde tolde him of on the third day I here passe ouer to say what secret misterye the thirde day doth signify I onlye haue a regarde to the wisdome and purpose of God that minded to proue and try him Was there no hill at al nigh at hand seing the whole country was set in hilles but that his Iournye muste be drawne out three daie longe and for the space of those three daies his fathers heart must be tormented with so many cares recoursinge together so that all this longe tyme the father should behold his sonne he should eate meate with him and so manye nightes the sonne shoulde be embraced of the Father should sitte in his fathers lap and lie in his bosome Se I pray you how greatly his temtacions wer multipled encreased But yet the third day is very apt to expresse misteries For when the people of Israel came out of Egipt they did offer sacrifice vnto god on the thirde day and on the third day wer purified and Christes resurrectioÌ„ was vpon the third daie and manye other misteries bec comprehended within the thirde day Abraham saith the texte looked vp saw a far of the place apointed he said to his seruants Staye ye here with the asse I the child will go together to yender place and when wee haue don our offering we wil returne vnto â–ª you againe And thus he leaueth his seruaÌ„ts for the seruants might not ascende with Abraham vnto the place of sacrifice which god had prescribed Therfore saith he to his seruants Syt ye here I the child will go vp into the hill when we haue made our sacrifice wee will returne vnto you Abraham I pray the tell me doeste thou say the truth to thy seruants that thou mindest to do sacrifice to returne with thy child again vnto them or doeste thou dissemble If thou sayest the truthe ergo thou shalt not make him a sacrifice If thou doest dissemble it becommeth not so greate a patriarch to disseÌ„ble What mind therfore doth this word bewray in th Truth saith he I speake and I offer the child for a burnt sacrifice for to that intente do I carrye wood with me with him will I returne vnto you For I do beleue and this is my faith that God is hable to raise hym vp yea though he be dead After this saith the text AbrahaÌ„toke wood to the sacrifice and layd it vpon Isaac his son and he toke fier in his handes and a sworde and went for ward together In that Isaac caried for him selfe wood vnto sacrifice it was a figure of that that Christ him selfe bare his owne crosse And yet to carry wood to sacrifice is the priests office Thus is he made both Sacrifice Priest But where as it is added in the text They weÌ„t both together is referred vnto this coÌ„sideration for when Abraham as minding to make a sacrifice carried fyre and a knife Isaac doth not drag after him but goeth iointly with him to signifye that hee iointlye with him eÌ„ioined the preisthod And what followeth after this Isaac saith the text spake to his father Abraham Father euen this word spokeÌ„ at that time of his sonne was a word of muche tentarioÌ„ For how thiÌ„ke you did the sonne whiche was straight way to be sacrificed shake his fathers bowels by this word And although that Abraham was soÌ„what the more constaÌ„tly set for the faithe that was in him yet he putteth out a worde of lyke affectioÌ„ and aÌ„swered What me nest thou my sonne Whereunto he said Beholde saith he fyre wood but where is the sheepe to sacrifiâ—e To these answered Abraham O my sonne God wil prouide for him selfe a sheepe to sacrifice Certenly this precyse and ware answere of Abraham moueth me muche for I can not tell what he saw in spirite for that hee aunswered not of the tyme present but of the time to come God himself will prouide a shepe for his sacrifice He aunswered with a Shal to his sonne which asked of him a thing present For in dede the Lord him self prouided to him self a shepe in Christ for that wisdom it self hath bulded to him self his hous and he him self hath humbled hym self eueÌ„ to death And what soeuer els that readeste of Christe thou shalt finde them donne not by any necessity but by free election Then they both went forwarde together and were come to the place which God did shew him WheÌ„ Moises was come to the place which God did shewe vnto him he is not permitted to clyme vp to it before it was sayde to him Vnlose the latchettes of thy shooes froÌ„ thy fete But to Abraham no such matter is sayde nor to Isaac But thei clime vptogether and put of no showes The reason peradueÌ„ture therof was bicause Moises how great soeuer hee was yet was he come out of Egipt and therefore had his fete snared with some baÌ„des of carâ—alitye But Abraham Isaac hadde no suche matter but they came to the place they builded the Alter Abraham laid wood vpon the Altar and bindeth the childe he prepareth him self to slea him Many of you that heare these thinges in the Churche of God are Fathers youre selues And which of you thinkest thou by hearinge this historye tolde hath attained to such constancy and strength of minde that if your son yea your oÌ„ly son your derly beloued son perhaps be taken a way by death both common and dew vnto al meÌ„ frameth to him selfe Abraham for a patron and laieth his stoutnes before youre â—yes yet truly the like stout mind is not required of thee that thou thy selfe bynd thy Son that thou thy selfe make him faste that thou thy selfe prepare the sword that thou thy selfe shoulde slaye thine onely childe all these mysteries are not required at thy hand but at the least be constaÌ„t in thy purpose and will stedfast in faith and cherefully offer thy Son to God be a priest touchiÌ„g the soule of thy son And it becoÌ„meth not a prieste that offereth sacrifice to God for to do it wepingly Wilt thou vnderstande that this is required of