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A19691	A sermon preached at White-hall, on Easter day the 16. of April. 1620. By the Bishop of Winchester	Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.	1620 (1620)	STC 611; ESTC S100178	16,735	46

that is the state of ioy and this the day of the first ioyfull tidings of it with ioy euer celebrated euen in albis eight dayes together by them that found Christ. In white and sitting As the colour of ioy so the situation of rest So wee say Sit downe and rest And so is the graue made by this mornings worke a place of rest Rest not from our labours onely so doe the beasts rest when they die But as it is in 16. Psalme a Psalme of the resurrection a rest in hope hope of rising againe the members in the vertue of their head who this day is risen So to enter into the rest which yet remaineth for the people of God euen the Sabbath eternall Sitting and in this order sitting at the head one at the feet another where His body had lyen 1 Which order may well referre to Christ himselfe whose body was the true Arke indeed In which it pleased the Godhead to dwell bodily and is therefore heere betweene two Angels as was the Arke the type of it betweene the two Cherubims 2 May also referre to Mary Magdalen She had annointed his head she had annointed his feete at these two places sit the two Angels as it were to acknowledge so much for her sake 3 In mysterie they referre it thus Because caput Christi Deus the Godhead is the head of Christ and His feet which the Serpent did bruise His manhood that either of these hath his Angell That to Christ man no lesse then to Christ God the Angels doe now their seruice In principio erat verbum His Godhead there an Angell Verbum caro factum His manhood there another And let all the Angels of God worship Him in both Euen in His manhood at His cradle the head of it a queere of Angels At His graue the feete of it Angels likewise 4 And lastly for our comfort thus That henceforth euen such shall all our graues be if we be so happy as to haue our parts in the first resurrection which is of the soule from sinne We shal go to our graues in white in the comfort and colour of hope lye betweene two Angels there they guard our bodies dead and present them aliue againe at the resurrection 1 Yet before we leaue them to learne somewhat of the Angels specially of the Angell that sate at the feete That betweene them there was no striuing for places He that sate at the feet as well content with his place as he that at the head We to be so by their example For with vs both the Angels would haue beene at the head neuer a one at the feete with vs none would be at the feet by his good will Headangels all 2 Againe from them both That inasmuch as the head euer stands for the beginning and the feete for the end that we be carefull that our beginnings onely bee not glorious O an Angel at the head in any wise but that we looke to the feete there be another there too Ne turpiter atrum Definat that it end not in a blacke Angel that began in a white And this for the Angels appearing VER 13. And they said to her Woman why weepest thou She said to them They have taken away my Lord and I know not where they haue laid Him NOw to their speech It was not a dumb shew this a bare apparition and so vanished away It was visio vox a vocall vision Heere is a dialogue too The Angels speake to her And they aske her Quid ploras Why she wept what cause shee had to weepe They meane she had none as indeed no more she had All was in error piae lachrymae sed caecae teares of griefe but false griefe imagining that to be that was not Him to be dead that was aliue She weepes because shee found the graue emptie which God forbid she should haue found full for then Christ must haue beene dead still and so no Resurrection And this case of Marie Magdalen is our case oftentimes In the error of our cōceit to weepe where we haue no cause to ioy where we haue as little Where we should where wee haue cause to ioy we weepe and where to weepe we ioy Our ploras hath neuer a quid False ioyes and false sorrowes false hopes and false feares this life of ours is full of God helpe vs. Now because she erred they aske her the cause that she alledging it they may take it away and shew it to bee no cause As the elen●h à non causà pro causà makes foule rule among vs beguiles vs all our life long Will ye heare her answere to Why weepe you Why sustulerunt that was the cause Her Lord was gone was taken away And a good cause it had beene if it had beene true Any haue cause to grieue that haue lost lost a good Lord so good and gracious a Lord as He had beene to her But that is not all a worse matter a greater griefe then that When one dieth we reckon him taken away that is one kind of taking away But his dead body is left so all is not taken from vs That was not her case For in saying her Lord she meanes not Her Lord aliue that is not it shee meanes not they had slaine Him they had taken away his life she had wept her fill for that already But her Lord that is his dead body For though His life was gone yet His body was left And that was all she now had left of Him that shee cals Her Lord and that they had taken away from her too A poore one it was yet some comfort it was to her to haue euen that left her to visite to annoint to doe other offices of loue euen to that Etiam viso cadauere recalescit amor at the sight euen of that will loue reuiue it will fetch life of loue againe But now heere is her case that is gone and all and nothing but an empty graue now left to stand by That S. Augustine saith well sublatus de monumento grieued her more then occisus in ligno for then something yet was left now nothing at all Right sustulerunt taken away quite and cleane And thirdly her nescio vbi For though He be taken away it is some comfort yet if we know where to fetch Him againe But here He is gone without all hope of recouery or getting againe For they but shee knew not who had caried Him she knew not whither laide Him shee knew not where there to do to Him she knew not what So that now she knew not whither to go to find any cōfort It was nescio vbi with her right Put all these together His life taken away His body taken away caried no man knowes whither and doe they aske why she wept or can any blame her for it The trueth is none had taken

in the Text no lesse then ten all arguments of her great loue all as it were a commentarie vpon dilexit multùm And euen in this first verse there are fiue of them The first in these words stabat inxta monumentum that she stood by the graue A place where faint loue loues not to stand Bring Him to the graue and lay Him in the graue and there leaue him but come no more at it nor stand not long by it Stand by Him while He is aliue So did many stand and goe and sit by Him But stans iuxta monumentum Stand by Him dead Marie Magdalen she did it and she onely did it and none but she Amor stans iuxta monumentum The next is in these Maria autem stabat But Marie stood In the autem the but that helpes vs to another But Mary stood that is asmuch to say as others did not But she did Peter and Iohn were there but euen now Thither they came but not finding Him away they went They went But Marie went not she stood still Their going away commends her staying behinde To the graue she came before them From the graue she went to tell them To the graue she returnes with them At the graue she stayes behind them Fortior eam figebat affectus saith Augustine a stronger affection fixed her so fixed her that she had not the power to remoue thence Goe who would she would not but stay still To stay while others doe so while company stayes that is the worlds loue But Peter is gone and Iohn too all are gone and we left alone then to stay is loue and constant loue Amor manens alijs recedentibus Loue that when others shrinke and giue ouer holds out still The third in these she stood and she wept And not a teare or two but she wept a good as we say That the Angels That Christ himselfe pitie her and both of them the first thing they doe they aske her Why she wept so Both of them begin with that question And in this is loue For if when Christ stood at Lazarus graues side and wept the Iewes said See how be loued him may not we say the very same when Mary stood at Christs graue and wept See how she loued him Whose presence she wished for His misse she wept for whom she dearely loued while she had Him she bitterly bewailed when she lost Him Amor amare flens Loue running downe the cheekes The fourth in these And as she wept shee stouped and looked in euer and anon That is she did so weepe as she did seeke withall Weeping without seeking is but to small purpose But her weeping hindered not her seeking Her sorrow dulled not her diligence And diligence is a character of loue comes from the same root dilectio diligentia from diligo both Amor diligentiam diligens To seeke is one thing not to giue ouer seeking is another For I aske why should she now looke in Peter and Iohn had looked there before nay had beene in the graue they It makes no matter Shee wil not trust Peters eyes nor Iohns neither But she her selfe had before this looked in too No force she will not trust her selfe she will suspect her owne eyes she will rather thinke she looked not well before then leaue off her looking It is not enough for loue to looke in once Thus we vse this is our manner when we seeke a thing seriously where we haue sought already there to seeke againe thinking wee did it not well but if wenow looke againe better we shall surely find it then Amor quaerens vbi quaesiuit Loue that neuer thinkes it hath looked enough These fiue And by these fiue we may take measure of our loue and of the true multum of it Vt profit nobis ejus stare ejus plorare quaerere faith Origen that her standing her weeping and seeking wee may take some good by them I doubt ours will fall short Stay by Him aliue that we can juxtamensam but juxta monumentum who takes vp his standing there And our loue it is dry eyed it cannot weepe it is stiffe-ioynted it cannot stoupe to secke If it doe and wee hit not on Him at first away wee goe with Peter and Iohn wee stay it not out with Mary Magdalen A signe our loue is little and light and our seeking sutable and so it is without successe We find not Christ no meruaile but seeke Him as shee sought Him and we shall speed as she sped VER 12. And saw two Angels in white sitting the one at the head the other at the feet where the body of Iesus had lien For what came of this Thus staying by it and thus looking in againe and againe though she saw not Christ at first shee sees his Angels For so it pleased Christ to come by degrees His Angels before Him And it is no vulgar honour this to see but an Angel what would one of vs giue to see but the like sight We are now at the Angels part Their appearing in this verse There are foure points in it 1 Their place 2 Their habit 3 Their site 4 and their order 1 Place in the graue 2 Habit in white 3 site they were sitting 4 and their order in sitting one at the head the other at the feet The Place In the graue shee saw them and Angels in a graue is a strange sight a fight neuer seene before not till Christs body had beene there neuer till this day this the first newes of Angels in that place For a graue is no place for Angels one would thinke for wormes rather Blessed Angels not but in a blessed place But since Christ lay there that place is blessed There was a voice heard from heauen Blessed be the dead Precious the death Glorious the memorie now of them that die in the Lord. And even this that the Angels disdained not now to come thither and to sit there is an auspicium of a great change to ensue in the state of that place Quid gloriosius Angelo quid vilius vermiculo saith Augustine Qui fuit vermiculorum locus est Angelorum That which was the place for wormes is become a place for Angels Their Habit In white So were there diuers of them diuers times this day seene in white all in that colour It seemes to be their Easter day colour for at this Feast they all doe their seruice in it Their Easter day colour for it is the colour of the Resurrection The state whereof when Christ would represent vpon the Mount His raiment was all white no Fuller in earth could come neere it And our colour it shall be when rising againe wee shall walke in white robes and follow the Lambe whither soeuer He goeth Heauen mourned on Good-Friday the Eclipse made all then in blacke Easter day it reioyceth Heauen and Angels all in white Salomon tells vs it is the colour of ioy And