The Mount of Calvarie . would haue taken order for the burying ofthcdead,fhe could not; ifl&hn would,he had nothing ready,nor durftnot; i£Mary Maj^ila/en vtould hauc faid that it was time to returneto her houfe,(he was aOiamcd ; and for to goc vp to the croflTe andtake him away, there was none of them which had ftrength, be-caufe that all which were there, had their hearts as dead, as Chriftthe mctnbcrs of his body. CHAP. LIIII. ITawthat when thevirgtnfioocte weeping vpon the Afo^nt ofCaluarte,hecaHfe [he wanted thmgs necejfarie for to burte her fonne , our Lorddidordaine that loCcphJhoitld ta
The Mount of Calvarie . would haue taken order for the burying ofthcdead,fhe could not; ifl&hn would,he had nothing ready,nor durftnot; i£Mary Maj^ila/en vtould hauc faid that it was time to returneto her houfe,(he was aOiamcd ; and for to goc vp to the croflTe andtake him away, there was none of them which had ftrength, be-caufe that all which were there, had their hearts as dead, as Chriftthe mctnbcrs of his body. CHAP. LIIII. ITawthat when thevirgtnfioocte weeping vpon the Afo^nt ofCaluarte,hecaHfe [he wanted thmgs necejfarie for to burte her fonne , our Lorddidordaine that loCcphJhoitld ta^ the charge vpon him, ^Ngfifiid futft mihi vftdicfu^, faith theholy Scripture in the I^of ^4«/^/,asif he would fay,The anguifbes whichcompafle me on euery fide are fo ma-nic, that I haue no heart to endurethem, nor tongue to rchearfc the glorious and famousSufannatdxd fpeak thefe words,whcnthey did carrie het to be ftoncd iq Ba-bylonia, yet the mother oftheSoancofGod may better fpeak them, when (he. of Mount Caluarie. ^67 (he would hauc carried bcr Sonne to the graue,but could not. Shemight fay with great reafou AngufitA [nntmihi vndicjuet for if fhcdid looke vp to heaucB,(hc did fee it troubled, if fbe did looke vp-on the croficjfhc faw her Sonne dead,if (he did looke downc, fhccfaw the earth couered with bloud,if (he did looke vpon her cofin,(hcc faw him weeping, if (he did looke vpon her owne heart, fiiecfaw it in a fownc,infomuch that fhe had neither forces to hclpc herfelfe, nor courage to comfort others. O good Icfus, O redeemerofmyfoule, thathauing created heauen and earth, and all thattherein is, yet docft thou want a Scpulcher to burie thy body in \Seeing that thy forrowfull mother doth fay, that (he is enuironedwith anguifii on euery fide, why docft thou not prouide for fomccomfort for thy mother, courage for thy cofin, patience for AiarjAfagdalen^znA a graue for thy owne body ? What meancih this Octcrnail father, what meaneth this r didft thou giuc M
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