Sweete thovghtes of Iesvs and Marie, or, Meditations for all the feasts of ovr B. Saviovr and his B. Mother togeither with Meditations for all the Sundayes of the yeare and our Sauiovrs Passion : for the vse of the daughters of Sion : diuided into tvvo partes / by Thomas Carre ...

THE I. MEDITATION.

The I. Christian ioy. I. POINT.

CONSIDER that though the great God of all consolation suffers his seruants to fall into afflictions, desola∣tions and sorrowes, yet they are not con∣tinuall. If there be mourning at night, there is ioy in the morning, yea and euen in the mourning too. The dolourous dayes, past were spent in following our dea∣re Sauiour, who suffered death it selfe for our loue, while we looked but on. Or if we euen dyed with him, in our pious de∣sires and resolutions, or seemed to indure worse then death it selfe, by our frequent and tormenting temptations, they will not proue to death, but to Gods glory and our beatitude: they will produce more plentifull ioyes in rysing with him. For har∣ke, while the teares are yet in our eyes for him being deade, an Angell assures vs he

liues, and liues to dye noe more, but to raigne. He is rysen, he is not here.

[Affection.] Sing then, my soule, Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya, Christ is truly rysen. That he dyed, he dyed but once, and for our sinnes: but that he now liues, he liues to God, the life of glorie for euer. His suf∣ferances were but for a tyme: but his life and ioyes, and in him ours too, are for all eternitie. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. If he seemed forsaken, it was but for a mo∣ment, and that for our consolation, for our example, to assure vs, that seeme we neuer so forsaken, suffering with Christ, we shall ryse with Christ in newnesse of life, to a better life, the life of grace, the life of glorie. Alleluia, Alleluya, Alleluia.

II. POINT.

[CONSIDERATION.] He is rysen, he is not here. Noe, for Magdalene and the rest of the good women who had carefully obserued where he was layd: and who, as earely as carefully sought to find him where they had seene him layd, find indee∣de the monument open, but misse of their Masters body, nor know they where they are to find it. Marie spies two Angells,

but misses of the Lord of Angells, till she heares Marie pronounced, and so see's and knowes her deare Rabboni who sent her backe (while she sought his dead body among the deade) to be the first preacher to his brethren, of the glorie of his liuing body among the liuing.

[Affect.] See, my soule, what ioyes sorowes bring forth, see how the returne of our deare Lord wipes away the teares from our eyes. See how true it is, that he fore∣told vs. I goe from you, but to returne to you, I will not leaue you orphants. See the fruites of a carefull attendance, and due per∣seuerance, which meetes with more then it lookes for; and finds all, euen amidst doubts, distrusts, and seeming des∣paire; where it feared to haue lost all. It finds not Angels onely, but the verie God of Angells, truly pious, truly good, the God of all consolation: who makes the weake ones of the world to confound the strong; a poore desolate Marie to be first Apostle of the most important point of the faith of Christ Alleluya, Alleluya, Alleluya.