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out his ſoul unto death, agreeable to whieh:ts that of Chriſt, 

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xo the high Pricft and councel , that condemned him co death, he 
Lag es that. rhe God of owr "Fathers bath raiſed up rs 
and hanged on a tree, bim hath Gad akin bis right 
hand to be a Prince anda Saviour , and ſuitable to this is that of 
'Panl, be humbled bim/elfe, and became obedient to the death, even to 
—_ death ring the croſſe wherefare God-al ſo bath bighly exalied him and 
name which us every name. It was for his own 
i: _ his Fathers glory that he riſe againe from the 
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could do that 
" but God himſelfe ; ſome were raiſed before Chriſt was incarnate, 
but not any by himſelfe, or by his own proper power, only a 
power was.imparted to ſorne Prophet by.God tor thaftime and 
turne, and ſo.they were raiſed, but Chriſt roſe againe © not by a 
power.imparted to ſome, but by his own power.-- The widows 
ſon of Sarep/rah was raiſed by Elias, and the Shwnamires ſon was 
raiſed by Ziifa, both theſe were raiſed by others, and thofe 
others thatraiſed them, did it not-by their own power, but bya 
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2 power girenthem from above, and therefore though in their life- 
rimethey raiſed others, yet being dead they. could not raiſe them- 
ſelves; but Jeſs Chriſt did not onely in his life-time raiſe others, 
but alſo being dead,and laid in his graye, and preſſed with ſtones, 
"8 gnd watched by ſouldiers, and ſought to be deteyned by all the 
- - *_ , powerofdarkneſſe, yet he as a conqueror by his ownpower” raiſ- 
I ed himſelf co life; he: cauſed all things by the ftrength-of bis 
| BZI7 > ns own arme.to'give way unto himſelf, 7-have: power to lay. down 
3 my life, and I bave-power to take it up again; an equal pow- 
erto takeit. up, as to lay itdown TT tadoa | 
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3 AQs5.z0. ed up feſus,— whon God hath raiſed up, having Tooſed the panes 
=. AQs 2. 24, of death, In\many places the reſurreftion of Chriſt is aſcribed 
= £0 his Father, how then is he ſaid to raife up himfelf by his own 
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ſuffering, nor hinder his riſing. As aLyon with a roar 
' is faid to make the bed wherein he lies totremble , ſo this Zi» 
of the rribe of Judah was able with his yoice, or ſight \ to make 
is(bed the earth wherein he lay) to tremble, no ſooner he 
ſhakes himſelf, but he ſhakes the earth , at his firſt motion the 
earth moves,and now was fulfilled that propheſie, rremble thou 
Dial. 114.7 earth ar the preſence of the Lord, at the preſence of the God of 
?acob, Mt is not for us curiouſly to enquire into the cauſe of this 
Earth-qygke : certainly the cauſe was above natures reach; it 
- was not any hollow-wind got into the bowels of the- earth, but 
either it was Chriſts riſing, or the Angels deſcending, the earth 
either danced for joy that Chriſt was riſen , or it trembled for 
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cended from beaven, ſure the power of Angels is very great. they 
' can move all corpoxeal chings almbſt in*an "inſtant, they can ſtir 
rempetts, they can ſhake theearth, move the waters , onely - | 
al their powers ſubjeted to Gods will. Bleſſe the” Lord all yt Pal. 103.20 
angels that excel in ſtrength, that ds bis will; it was the will ; 
of God that'now an Angel ſhould take hold on the pillars of che 
earth, and make it ſhake, no wonder if for' of bins the keepers Mal. a 
ſhake , and become as dead men : and if one Angel be able to ſhake 
the earth, and to ſhake the keepers, thoſe armed ſouldiers thar 
were ſet to watch the-romb { what then will Chriſt himſelf do, 
when he ſhat come to judgment the ſecond time,withi'many thou- 
fand thouſangs of Angels Oh how terrible and*fearful will his 
coming be>' Asat Chriſts reſurreion, ſo at the laſt reſurreRtion 
there will be carth-4#uakes indivers plagesg Chrift hath ſhewed, 111, a4, 7 
and he will ſhew himſelf co be the abſolute Lord of heaven ard 
earth; ſee how-the earth trembling under his feet doth ( as ir 
were) pay him homage; and bebo/d there was a great earth- 
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his power , by declaring his power 0. 
ver the mighty Angels; he needed bur to ſay unto his Angel, 4s 
this, and be doth it. 1 finde ſome difference amongſt Authors, 
why an Ange) ſhould roll away the ſtone, ſome think it was 
onely for the womens ſake, that they might go into the ſepulcre; 
and take a yiew of the empty tomb, and ſo be-ſatisfied that 
Chriſt wasnot chere, but riſen, as they ſaid, Come, /ee the place 
ere the Lord lay,others think it was to do their office ef duty & Muth.28. 6; 

ſervice toiChriſt Jeſus, to make way for his body to paſle out of 
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and thac the women might be convinc't that he was riſen 'again, 
But as for the opinion.of them who thiok the tone was nor re. 

moved il} afcer the reſurretion , and that - the body of Chriſt © 
went throughthe.grave- ſtonewhen hg roſe again, | it is without 
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ofthe wordsI:ſhallanſwer theſe quettions, As r, - What nicans 
theapparitionof Angels'? I anſwer, it is only a pkeparation to 
Chriſts apparition. fares loſſe mult be reftored> by" degrees; 
ſhefaw nor-Chritt at firft}, yet ſhe faw his' Angels; ir 
often pleaſerh Chriſt in the deſertions ofhis people, to cometo 
them by degrees, and not at once, he comesfirſtby his Angels, ſo 
it was-at his' birth, and: (o it is at his reſurreRion, — ot 
2. /Wharido Angelsi ina ſepuſchre ? it is a place fitter for wormes 
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Saints, — But, 3. Why are the Angelsin-white-?- Solomon an» 
ſwers,that white is the colour ofyoy. : Let thy garments be always 
white, and let thy bead lack nooyntment. | When Chriſt was tranſ- 
figured; his rayment was all white,, nofucler in the earth con!d come 
near it; andthe Saints in heavenare ſaidto: wa/ke in white robes: 
And-bererhe Angels are »-whice, tofigtutie the joy they had of 
ChriſtsrefurceRion from the dead. — But, :.4, Why are they 
one at the head, and'the other ar the feet whwtalnhody of Jeſus 
had:layn ?- Sorze anſwer, that as Mary Magdalen bad anoynt- 
ed his head and feet, fo at-thoſe two places the two Angels fic, 
as it were toacknowledpe ſo much for her ſake. Others think ir 
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Angels queſtion Mary, woman why w thou ?. may E 
paraphraze upon theſewords; it isas if they had ſaid; 0- Mary! 
what cauſeis. there for theſe teares ? where Angels rejoyce,- it 
agrees not that a woman ſhould weep , thou could'ſt before with 
a manly courage arme thy feet to run among ſwords when thou 
cameſt to thegrave, and art thou now-ſo 'mach a woman that 


. thou canſt notcommand thine-eyes to forbear teares ? O womay, 


why weepeſt thew?. if thy Chrift-were here in his grave, under this 
Tombe-ftone, we might think thy ſorrow for the dead enforced 
thy teares, but now that thou findeſt it a place ofthe living; why 
doſt thou ſtand here weeping for the dead ? if thy teares be teares 
of love, as thy love is acknowledged, 0 let theſe teares be ſup- 
reſled , if thy tearesbe teares of anger, they ſhould not here 
ve been ſhed, where all anger was buried, if thy teares be teares 
of ſorrow and duties to the dead, they are beſtowed in'vaine 
where thedead is now revived, and therefore 0:woman, why 
weepeſt thoy 2 , would our eyes be dry, if ſuch eye-ſtreams were 
behoovefull for us ? did got Angels alwayes in their viſible re- 
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rookterrible formes ; and when he woyd comfort, they 
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of aide it36/ an vairabewe. love. 
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; bop may 'be* reſtrained, 'yer\they -cannot beex. 
' as the Jun ſers tbriſe againe, and ayehe tender mo- 
ks Sn ho her* 2Hhi|e#to take frup againe;- ſo*deales' Chriſt 
with fo of _ tis a ſad Thing ;"O'rish! lament- 
able thing | -though” bait out own appre- 
henfi Ne To heart Marier prciflil complaints; rhey bavie raken 
awa) my Lord, and know wot where-they: "YI ladmy Lird , it 
would makea flint coweep\ 'methinks Theare hier cryes., © wy 
Lird what* c become » * time withat'my ſoul was an encloſed 
arden, and the chi ff of Poul tbouſmnids Adwak i the ſhadow of 
% frees, but now jhe feuce # down, my love us ard Sharon is 
become” a deſert * time was that 1 fare, at the ns m9 Lord, and 
Treceived dayly Oratles from Vit mouth, but now he” hides himſelfe 
and will not. come at me; I pra rior and he heares not, Phearken aftcr 


lim but he fheaks mat; Teall but br anfwers mt. 'O my Lord, if 
Fhad never known thee TI could have lived without thee, but cha.s 


my miſery, wot fo much that I am without thee; © as that I have loſt 
thee , many are well without thee, becauſe they never enjoyed thee, 

the children of beggars . count it wt their miſery that they are not 
Princes, but ob the grief when the children of Princes ſpall be turned 


to beggars -O my Lurd, once Thad thee, but now'1 have bt thee, 
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npbrno bees A all is gone ;" Cer hiſs thr 
wonl{heare; deaths flont; the grave pro i 


thing to thepurpoſe, "the Apes are fe; 7 rt 1 kn 
whe bave taken away my Lork,* #3 Be whore they Vave 
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it agatne, fare there is ſomething in it, and the* rather we nay 
think ſo, becanle it is the firſt opening of his mouth, the firſt 
words that ever camefrom him, after hisriſing againe, ſomefa; 
that Mary agdalts repreſents the ftat&ofall mankitide before 
thisday, viz: one weeping over the 'prave'dfF another 4 if there 
were no hope : and flow” at his: reſarreMon Chriſt cornes 
in” with weep not";-  wemeax, why" weepeſt then © q. d

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am'' riſen- from : 
the dead, and am become the firſt-fruits of them that 
ſleep. - | | o 


' And yet we may wonderat the queftion, why fhould Chriſt 
demand of c Mary, why ſhe wept *Þut 'z' while {imce ſhe faw 
him banging on a tree, with his head full of thornes, his eyes foll 
of teares, his eares full-of hy ns bis fmotth full of gall, bis - 

dis 


whole perſon mangled and (disfigiired © and dothihe ask her -wo- 
man, why weepeHthiy'? fcarcethree dayes fince The beheld his 
artnes, and pps with viotent-pufils;"-his hands and feet 
bored with nayles/s (ide and bowels pierced with a \ peare, his 
whole body 'tormEWith ſtripes, and-gored in blood: and {oth 
he ask het; * 01149, hy weepeft thou'? ſheſaw him on the croſle 
yeelding up his ſoul, and now the was . about © to Ro his 
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firſt in a garden; and preſents himſelfe in a Gardiner li 

And as that firſt Gardiner was the Parent of ſin, the ruine of 
mankind, and the Authour of death , ſo is this Gardiner the 
ranſome for our fins, the raiſer of our runies, and the reſtoter of 
ourlife, 1nſomeſenſethen, and ina my ftery Chriſt was a Gat- 
- diner, but Afarie; miſtake was i the Gardiner 
of that only place z aud not che our Souls in 
deſertion are full of miſtakes, though in | their miſtakes are ſometimes 


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. bo ſpeech upon her miſtake , if 1ho# ha#? borne him hence, 
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Angels, She ſaid not unto.therh, reibwe-nture 

ved that 1 for himicife ro-atfwer, / tor, tell 

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firsihe roy dn own wor 

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RK f 4 TWHR cake thr ebony” / Alu pore woman; ſhewas 

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fol es, .and to remove the one, far above ber ſtrength, 
X [So love being more incenfed wirhche freſh wound of - 
> 8 i J 4'# ſpeaks reſqlutely , 7 will take him away. nc- 
WET. Vet es idering "Whether - fi6 -66utd/ ror; in0., © love | is not 
with reaſon, but with love ; it-neither regards what can 
| ws whit ſhoutd' be; Þut only what ir-ſelfe defireth 

todo. 

4. That chrough all this ſpeech ſhe omits the' principal verbe, 
ſke enquires for Jeſus bot ſhe hever names him whom ſhe en- 
quiresafter. She could fay to the A els, ' they have rakelt away 
my Lord, but now ſhe'talks ofoneu & the terme of him if thou 
of; borne him hence, tell me where thou haſt layd him, and 1 will 
5. him away : him, him, him ; bathe never names hizs, of tells 
wha heis, thisis ſoleciſcuns annorvs, an irregular ſpeech; but loves 
own diale&; 4.9. who khows'f6t him * why, all the-world is 


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his. Atid fit” Gardiner, whoſo- 
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meane; thou canft not be of Whom Tlove, there is tot 
ſach' anbther anion ; of meh,” asthe- Phatmiift be 3s rhe 
text; lb a th of mty or as e; b#a rhe ei#feſ Plal45.2 
toes ; afidtherefore rel[ -the ſ6fie' n&ws' 6f hiv ;, of 
noneb ; Y "Elim like Myon PET where thou 
laſt layd him, and T will take "bit away. © A ſoul fitk of love, 
thiwhks Vl the 6; nows hey bl, nd de Am to if 
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that hitherto had ſought ied nding, and wept' withour 
comfort, and called withoutanſwer, even.to her Chrift now ap-' 
peares , and at his apparition theſe paſſages ate berwixt them; 
he ſpeaks unto' her, 27ary ; and rheri ſhe replies unto him, 
boni; which ro ſay aſpiy. 

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was in' 
the word? the yoyte of Chriſt ieorreeſit if the $pitit of Chriſt 
come almg with the Word, it vill rowes brarrt, yaiſe fi fee rits, work 
wonders. Ah poore Mary, what 4 caſe was ſhe in before Chriſt 
feet her ? ſhe, ran up and down the garden, with 0 my 

where have they layd my Lord? bat no ſooner Chriſt boner 

and ſpeaks to her by bis Spirit, and with power, but her. mind is 
efilightened, her beartis quickned; and her fool is revived. -Ob« 
ſ&rvehere the difference berwixt the Word of the Lord; and the 
Lord ſpeaking that word with power and Spirit; we finde ſome- 
times the beartsof Saints arequickned, fed, cheriſhed, healed, 
comforted inthe uſe of the meanes,and' ſomecimevapaine they are 
dead, ſenſleſſe, heavy, and hardened, nay, which is more, the 

vety fimecroch which they heareat one tithe, it may be affects 
them /ahd atanocher time it doth nor; .thereafoni is, they heare but * 
the\ordof chit Lord at onetime, #nd they hear the Lord _ 

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ſelfe f thatword at another time; Ad, ary heardthe Word 
eel EC jr wh 7 weepeſt # chan 1 bur her teaues 
the Word of the Lord by Chriſt 
, fe, Hema ip mege oo chas f __—— and will 
” hot be comforted now Chriſt ſpeaks, and he ſpeaks with- 
power, Mary ! and at. this. word ber teares

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he meets with all his obje&i- 
Lang wo Tf oak Land odthoiate we. Thus Ma 
beforeheard.che oper of an Angel, tank cnt Bee 
woman, why weepeſt thou ? it was a general yoyce better title- 
m_— bd Lat runes; tlicp weaſel, bi © eee; @ 
ram, 1odt00 mach. wh wala? ac Ci 
- COMeEs nearer, 4 es our na Mary \ 
Oh thisroyes came home, be ſhewed now that Bh wi _ 
er to.her, he knew her by name: 2s omrerimnes: Gd f ſpake to. 


, Moſes tho haſt found grace in Pad "Nhoww rhatly meme; lo 


Chriſt ſpeaks to Mary, thow haſt found grace in my w/ I know 
X ay hon Why ow ſhoul is YOyCe be ineffectual > Oh 
now it works ! now ſhe knows Chriſt ; which'before ſhe did not, 

_ andindeedthisis the right way to know Chriſt, to be firſt known 
of Chriſt, But.,now (faith the A we), after that ye have known 
God ( and then he correQs' himſelfe ) or rather are known of Ged , 

* for till he know us, we ſhall never or bim aright. Now her 
dead ſpirits are raiſed, which before were benummed , and no 
ah that with a word he revive her ſpirits, who with a.word 
madethe world, and even inthis very word ſhewed an omnipo. 
tent power, The Gardiner bad done his part (ſaith one) in mak- 


ing. ber all greon 0n 4 Oddew But even now her body 2g "4" 5 


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725; 


Chap.1;S68.5 Zooklng aro Feſw; Book IV,Part.q - 


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FER, Js 


hearſe of her-dead heart; and-ber heart the coffin of herdead: 


now ; Chrifts reſurreRtion is Afary Magdalen: reſurrgRion too ; 
on 2 ſudden ſhe revives, raiſed: (as it were) from a dead and. 
drooping, 0 a lively and chearful ſtate. | 
She [aid nnto hin, Rabbons, Nana ag Maſter, As ſhe. 
was taviſhed with his voyce, ſo imp delay ſhe takes his 
ralke

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proceed in her own, nor giue him leavero 
forwardin his ſpetch. Love would have ſpoken, bur feare in- 
orced filence; hope framed words, bur doubt melts them in the 
paſſage, her inward conceits ſerved them to come out, but then 
her voyce trembled, her tongue faultred, her breath failed ; why 


*- ſuch is theftate of them that are ſick with a ſurfet of ſudden joy; 


her joy was ſo ſudden, that not a word more could be ſpoken, 
but Rabbori, which us toſay, Maſter. Sudden joyes are not with- 
out ſome doubts or tremblings ; when 7acob heard that his ſon... © 
Poſeph was a live, his heart fainted, he was even aſtoniſhed at ſo Gen, 45:26; 
could think ofie no otherwiſe than as 4 dreame ; when. Perer was Plal.x26,r. 
by an Angel deliveredour of priſon, hetook it only for « vi/io A-12.9- 
or apparition, and not for truth , when Chriſt. mani his: 
refurreRion to his Diſciples, it is ſaid.that for ver joy: they beleey- Luke 24.41... * 
ed or , their feares (as'it were) kept back, and, ; the 
trath-oftheir joyes. Asin theſea whena torme is over, there 
remaines ſtill an inward working and yolutation, even ſoin the 
minde of man , when its feares are blown over, and there is a, 
calmeupon it, there is ſtill a wore trepidation, a motion of 
trembling, or a kinde of ſolicicous jealouſie of what it enjoyes. 
And this might be Mary Magdalen; caſe , thongh ſhe ſuddenl 
anſwered Chriſt, upon the firſt notice of his voyce, yer £ 
the novelty was ſo ſtrange, his perſon fo changed, his preſence ſo 

| ,and ſo many miracles were layd at once. before her 


-- amazed eyes, ſhe found (as it were) a ſedition in her thoughts 


her hope preſumed beſt, but her feare ſuſpeRed it to be too 
to be crne; and while theſe m——_reNettions _ 
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"= ps al ae Foe IDES 
_ ri ern ; ms {peak a word. | 


Mo —_ wo In pparition, Jelus nh unto 
; : mens, for 1 ans not 60 mEarher, 8 ta 
5 et brethren and ſay anto m_ afntadeons Father. yo =_—_ 
Bates, aut Galena Gab uv 1. + 
- Iivtheſe-aidrds'we'may:wbienre, 2 prob nlp adn IEC 
the prom ot; ; 'theicommand, but goi to. my —4 
threw;aadd [6 C, " 
pee ma Aj - ID fects Mary wasnow-fallen at his ſacred 
feet; . ſhe-was- now. ready.to kiſſe with: het lips -his ſometimes 
grievous, :.butnow:mofÞ;glorious. wounds... Sucb is the nature 
loue,thavitcovers we gb lyrto\ br wnized, Git if 4, were poſſible, to be - 
of ar;ſedfe, into the thing ve laverh, Mery is not latil- 
fied to dec her Lord, nor is ſhe ſatisfied to-beare her Lord, buc ſhe 
muft:touch'him!; embrace his fect, and kifſe chem, with a, thouſand 
kiſſes; | Ol how the hangs;and clings about his. eex.! or at leaſt 
how ſhcofftisro-maketowards him, and; to fallxipon-bim | _— 
_ On a! tudden he: checks het ' forwardnefle., touch me 


"Whit dxniflary is this} Afar 2. ſinner. touched -him, , and ſhe 


©2964 pomiut.ovs erate? a" mbch 7 - (he; was pornag, 
nutre toanoght 1 1s ihe HOW. UNWOor to-tou s 
feet'? whac meant Chridt 20 debar her of ſo! pe a dut = ſhe 
bad'thefirſtaght vfChrift;/' and heard che-firſt words. of Chriſt 

- after his reſurreRtion,and muſt ſhe not have he priviledge « of hig, 
firftembracing "thereis- ſomething ob wonderin-thele words 
anditputs-manyton ſtand;y! andmany:aninterpretationis g! yen 
rotake offchewondery:Iflia{bteli you:ot fome of chem, though 

foremy-parb:Iſhallcleave only tothe-laſt. 

. + x, Some think that-Afary not only .cffayed 

Joh-x6 75 . tokiſle his feer, but to:deſjre che-fulbilling of 

Quit nondun ſ1inium ſpiritum riſes... ohie otic promiſe ot. che Spirit. of Chriſt, this pro- 

| ferred etal ſan oriam gre ycmide Chridbenade this -Dſciples at his la 

ad tpje per _ ttiram ani um 14 pho Fage fend you rhe * enforter and.ſhe 
om _—_— mu 12, wor 6 FG; :expectrd it to be now -performed after his re- 
ſarre&ion $- ro which Chrift anfwered, that he 

would notthen' give the Spirit-unto ber, for-that-a3-yet he was; 


nor aſcendedimoticayen ;, whenoethe Spirit (hould come, 9. 4., 
torbcare 


,, 


Yrs: f,  O couch. me noty, "for {\ 019. mt. girr a/ended tow) 
Father. 3 > 2K © : 
=»? Qthers i that; Aer werdorbidden..//': - arfzl) by J 
NO ITNG gabehief: ſhe had got ' Nm. tengern, quis in fide tus, 
the ink How thatChriſt was Pe br unrext, & ad gloria fta- 
rip aethet beſpovidalcond; andehevefore aha Piromm. En8. 95 
e deſerved pany ar 29 favour at his hands. . noqu12%2 bt; .; 
4-4. tapes me not; farmintby- favh [anc fex;} wr fratb] v/oend 
no my F.atbrr, Whos eawfiineſ often; they hen teu iy 1 
Load, thow forkrſt-fer the Vintog:iunmngthe read; n and: otbere- 
fare. thaw 'art wwworthy of tome hy or amy (apfprroadhz> Dthlecb me 
mat." -- - w 2 nol vM it ., 92118 yM- .S. nt 
3. Others think that Chriſt forbade aries ufe-ſhe 
looked upon-it as. the moſt: manifeſt confirmation of her faith 
. touchkung:Ghnſts gelurrection. There wasa more. fure:and ter-: 
taine cvidence of this thing than touching or feeling, atd the 
diſcovery of that was to-be aftes his aſcenſion "When the holy 
Ghoſt ſhould begiven; 9.4. towch me not, for | 
I would not have my reſu#rrettion chiefly approv - 


S » 


N oli me tangere, nol __—_ ras 

ed by the judgement of ſinſe; 'ratheri\expets# a !<1onem jutitio ſenſuum comproovare 
O i . - (ed Ha tempus mee -. 

while 141 1 aſcend to my-Father in heaven, for ſed perumpar ten ; hiriems ſanQfiy 


then 1 will ſend the boly Ghoſt, and be ſhall de- pw cer bun w 1evathbE; 
clare the truth and certainty of *my' reſarreftion | -cipicr wverittem ve/urrefionis meey 
far faxer and betten, | { «mods we contingens, Berk. S0y.) 
rio of LR 4 28.in Cant, 
4. Others thiok that this - touch was forbidden, thar Chriſt 
might ſhew his-approbation- of chaſticy, and lanity; and in- 
" ward purity ,  Afary was now alone with Chriſt, and-that he 
might give anexample of moſt yu chaſtity he forbids her touch, 
which afterwards in preſence 0 cm her and other Mat.28 9. 
women too, for ſoit is ſaid, rhat they camFaxd 
held him by the feet, and worſhipped bim: And”: Mt oflenderet manifeſtam caſtiatemy 
tothis expoſition the reaſon affixeddoth well © {apr en ng tre —_ 
agree

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2. My aſcenſion, . 3. My ſeffion at Gods right hand, 


bur that is nor yer. « 96. | 
| | '. 6.- Othersthinkthat Afory carryedit with 
Ne priſting ills familiar rate,” qua too much familiarity cowards Chriſt , ſhe 
enm in carne moridem intwebatur, 1ogked upon Chriſt as ſhe did formerly, ſhe 
por trafteret, judicans poſt reſurrefi”. 1,44 not that reverence or reſpeR of Chriſt 3s 
ee ao mwags wigs uf th cokens had; the & . 
cum ills agendum eſe. Criſt. bom. The ought to have had , The differenced not 
Boeps waa the mortal ftate of Chriſt from his new glori- 
fied eſtate after his reſurretion , whereas 
with him the caſe was quite altered, heis riſenin a far otherwiſe 
condition than he was, for now his corruptible hath put-onin- 
corruption, and his mortal hath put on immortality, he'dyed 
in weakneſſe and diſhonour, but he is riſen againe in power and 
glory ; and as inanother ſtate, ſo to another end, ke was not 
now to ſtay upon earth, or to converſe here any longer, but to 
aſcend up into heaven, 9. 4 _= [ be not yer aſcended ro my 
Father, yet I ſhall ſhortly aſcend, and therefore meaſure not 
thy demeanour towards me by the place whereT aw, but by 
that _ which was dygy to me, and when thou wilt rather 
with reverence fall. down a farre off, than with fuch familiarity 
ſeem ro touch me”, Thus rowch me mor. 
7. Others think this prohibition was only for that time, and 
that becauſe he had sceater buſineſle for her in hand Chriſt was 


ww 


Chriftia non 
4/iu1 provibiuit 
M 1gdaleng, 
qua 1 ne nimium tempor is 2bſumeret, prout antes ſolchar, ad peder ejus, ſed gun citius inde ſe 
expediret, ut de «cus 1eſurretinne vertiores faceres fratres ſuos, Card. Toler; (ſup Cap. 
29, joh. 


not 


WY. 


iy Wren © ewe doen ndf0AIGH4s fm 
tant will do the od to ſtand here touching,” 


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enbracing,”4nd therefore in this reſpect, 


moore. j conc n de ns, & Was: 4 

andro reach her'a new and" Fpiritual rouch by bk <n/byvy fUrL ery. 

the band of filth; "an 'ed/this ſell theres. w anings fl, 6 Cbrift Duke 

ſon agrees well, for 1 ami nit yet aſcended, or T ſolum eretiderts, ſel ty alias feminas 

ſhak -quickly ' aſcend” tito” my Father ; till {<r-dcadumtinftrixeris. V.d. Augs > 

Chtiſt were aſcended "ſheriiight be touching \7'98-34-1n Job. Serm 60. dever- 
; : 'Minl, & 352 & 155, dever- 

with a ſenſual rouch, but that would neither ©, anbrol. Luc, U'tim. & lik 

continue nor do her any good, bur if ſhe would de Iſaac. & anima, c, 5, & Ser: 58, ©... 

learne the ſpiritualtouch, no aſcending could *% 

hinderthat, one os ok. f Ad pong fo: and i 

benceiris, thatif now we will. bat ſend up our faith, / we may & | 

rouch Chriſt ro this day, and there will vertue come our of dies 

Ie was Chrifts "care to weane Mary from the comfort bf his 

external preſence, and to teach her how to/embrace him by a true | 

and livelyfaith : 'be was not long to be ſeen in his Viſible ſhape, ; 

being ſhortly to aſcendunto his Father , and therefore che maine 

buſineſſe was toJearne that touch, that would both continue-and 

do her good to her ſouls health, And I beleeve for this very 

cauſe, Chriſt would not ſtay long with any of his Diſciples at any 

time; heonly appeared to manifeſt himſelfe, and to prove his 

reſurreRion, and then to weane them from all ſenſual and carnal 

touching; he would quickly have been gone. Obſerve, that « 

ſpiritual ronch of Chriſt by faith, is that which Chriſt prefers before 

all touches, it isthe Apoſtles ſaying, hence forth know we no man 2 Cor, 5. 17. 

after the fleſh, yea thowgh we have known (briſt after the fleſh, yet 

now benceforth know we him no more. The words have a double 

interpretation; As, 1. Hencefarth kzowe we him no more , if we 

Aaaan\ had 


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of glory, whereunto E15 EXa 


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' . been Jepedwrgds, vx £0. 
Away with this SD des 
the fleſb;, out way ©Q wy 
«Yea oor es! 

42) z-0nC 
® inthe worpb o Ys - the 
' firftindeed was moremira that 
was a priviledge ſingulas to. dba 7D happineſle 
commen ta #llchegholen;.i6igthow: d.man chat 
God accepts; 2 ſpirityaltouch of C Xy4h Ts which 
Chriſt. prefers before all touches. 


2; But goo w

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and the ſame: God that 1s nnue 3s thirs , bis 
yo nmmnh pt mem ours, afid ourrtetations are'made; his inter- 
y. "No wonderif Luther tell gs that-they beſt divinity 
fir #s there is: no comffort-1n-Hheaven without 
42h, ndaeiiidroic Gal withours Patbrr, fa neither is there 
comfort in Fathe?, heaven, or Godz without daxs, (tofgive us a 
property in them all. O thebleſſed news that Gheiſttel AMary, 
andt M tells? { aſcend tomy Father, and your Father, 
. nt ' Olywhar dull hearts: bave we that are 
witty this bleſſed news ? no ſoonef. was Chriſt 
k d. |btit he takes'care in all haſte to appeare to 
Aaaaa 2 Mary ; 


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| both have Mary and 


732 ame inte wa fm. —— 


— 


4 and no-fooner be appearexto her, but.be ſends her 
beteathen 9 to my brethren, andrell it them 
Toh 0.9 | of bis \, bewpuls 


kindneſſe betimes in che morning, jars cOrieponts 
dayes been amazed with ſorrow: and feare;- but pow he 
porter anda and no. ſooner they heare the news, ba th jp 
accerding to thej \/ and as-men rejojee when t 
the 10n - wasa-cauſe. carer a 
tot ; how.isit thar we beare che oo ; 
yet we Are nomore. ; 
the occaſion extends to us, adielnd 
6s tune our hearts to this key; «that 
may weep-with them that weep, | ſo-uponhis rejarne, we may ſg 
out in joy, nope them that rejozaney: So much of. the 
gr ne a | yo We ll CO © 2 


Ber. 6. v : ; 2h 
of Chriſt appovition te bu ten Diſejpler, 


N this day ſoln reckon Aeon burof them five, 
as we have ſeen the firſt, o-I ſhall now only take noticeof 
thelaſt, They the ſame day at evenin vinings

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2. He ſaid peace be wunto ym 
3. He ſhewed nntothem b!s hands and hs ſide. 


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was on earth. he moſt-what ſtood "0 this 


x, he was found in a ſtable in the midfi of n po en; , 4 
"TH. wi aber found in the Temple in the mid## of the Doors; in 
” Joh.1-26. foby the Baptiſt told them, there ftendeth one un the. 


| Luk. 22,27, <a ren not , and be ſaid of himſelfe , 1. am in 
b. the wid 9 of you as one that ſerveth, at his death that very place 
| fell to his turne: for they crucified him in the midſt betwixt ewo 
EF theeves, or on the right hand, and the other ox the left: Andnow 
+ Luk. 23 33- achis riſing there we finde him againe, the WOe ples in the midſt 
? of the Jews, and he i» the midſt of his Diſciples ; After thid-in 
Patmes, 7b ſaw him in heaven » the midſt the throne, andin 
; Rev.7- 17-— earth he ſaw him i» the midſt of the ſeven gulary ' candle- 
FR” $e BJ Picks; and in the laſt day he ſhall be in che midſt too, 
SE — 37s of the ſheep on his vight hand, and of the goates on bis 
C\ left \ 
hat I finde there is yet more init, that he ſtood in the midFt : for 
the mic is Chriſts place by nature, he is the ſecond perſon in 
the Trinity; and the midf is Chriſts place by office, hedealeth 
betwixt God and man; and the midf is Chriſts place i in reſpe&t 
of his perſon he is God- man, one that hath intereſt in both par- 
ties, it was the middle perſon who was to be the middle one, 
that undertook this mediation betwixt God and us. Weread 
inthe Roma hiſtory, that the Romans and Sabines joyning bartel 
together, the women being daughters to the one ſide, and wives 
to the other, interpoſed themſelves and cook up the quarrel, and 
by their mediation who hada peculiar intereſt in either ſide. , they 
who before ſtood upon higheſt termes of hofliliry did now joyne 
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-2:: Whac be fai thisis next paſſage, be unto 

ID CT EneEe: 
no wi man, or 

not have come ; ' I fppoſe thi peace refers to- all theſe. _ 


As. — 
'T; te poke with God Ci mas char 


pre rg a genre opts naar ering 10.0 


ingpower orasto it's power betwixt God and th 
ns Cedar eh 


—_ _— and 'man ,” his Father i 
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and I know not where 
asking ber, women, why weepeſt then ? 
ie taken awa) my 


_ A ſoul in deſer- 


one ! 1 have loft my Lora, mm God, Zeſh 
meditation, conſider O my ſoul, as itrhou 
caſe; wasit not aſad caſe, wheothe Ar : 
how to comforther ?. ſuppoſe any ſon of conſolation had ſtood 
by ; and had ach a one perſwaded, 0 Mary ſwppreſſe thy ſadneſs, 
refreſh thy heart with this bleſſed vifion, thou a5dſt ſeek, but one, and 
thou haft found two, a dead bedy was thy errand, and thou beſt light 
. ow twoalive; thy weeping was for a man, | and thy teares have ob- 
tained Angels : obſerve them narrowly, the Angels invite thee to 
a parley, it may be they had ſome happy news to tell thee of thy Lord ; 
R:member what they are, and where they fit, and whence they come, 
and to. whom they ſpeak,; mY are Angels of prace., neither ſeut 
without Canſe, nor ſeep but of favour they {#8.0n the tombe, to ſbew 
they are no ſtrangers to thy lofſe,, they come from heaves, 
whence all news deſcendeth , they ſpeak tothy [elfe as if the 
had ſome ſpecial Embaſſage to deliver xnto thee. No, no, the 
cordials arein vaine , neither manngr Angel can do her good, 
or comfort her drooping ſoul , either Chritt himſelfe muſt come 
in preſence, or (he cryes, mſereble comforters are ye all. Alas! 
ſmall is the light, that «ſtar can yeeld when the Sun is down, a 
ſorry exe vange it #4. to go and gather crummes after the loſſe of the 
bread of life ; oh what can theſe Angels do? they cannot perſwade 
me that my Maſter is not loſt, for my own eyes. will diſprove then ; 
they can - leſſe tell me where he may be found, for they themſelves 
would waite upon him, if they knew but where ,, Iams apt to think 
they know not where he is, and therefore they are come tothe place 
where he laſt was, making the tombe their heaven, and the remens— 
brance of bus preſence the fewel of their joy ; alar! what do Angels 
 bere ? I newwber came to ſee them, nor deſire to heare them , [came 
..\ £ecerea or 


wa.” 4 


"5964 Book IV: Partiq.) Evoling wins Feſae, - Chap. 2.Seh,2 
' wor ro re | eb, but the Creatons 'of Angels, 'to whom'Towe. mere 

than both to'mey avid Angels." C, 971,575 2110-24 

»  'z., Affer

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Mary.- It was the ſweeteſt ſoundthatever ſhe heard; ; ma- 
ny a timehad ſhe been called by that name, but never heard ſhe 

a Yoyce ſo effectual,” powerful, inward; feeling as at this time, 
"hereby the cloud js feattered, * arid'the San of righreoufheſſeap. 
peares; thisone word Mary , , ay ker eyes; 'dryes up ber 
reares, cheares her heart, revives her. ſpirits that were as gopd as 
dead, © One word of Chriſt wrought Þ ftrange an alteration in 
her, *as.if ſhe had been wholly made 'new, when ſhe'was only 
named. And hence it is that being raviſhed with his voyce, and 
TR of delayes ;” the takes his talke out of hismouth, and 
to bis firft and only word ary, ſheanſwers, Rabboni] which is 
70 ſay, Maſter, q_. d. Maſter, 1: it thou 7 with many a ſalt teare 
have 1 fought thee, and arr thou unexpettedly ſo ntare at band! thy 
abfenct was hell, and thy preſence 3s noleſſe than heaven tome : Oh 
how i; my heart raviſhed at thy ſound > if the babe leaped in the 
wornb of Elizaberb, when ſhe but beard the ſalntation of Mary, how 
ſhould my beart but leape at thy ſalutation ? I feels I am excerding+ 
ty ran ferced beyond my ſeife. Inſtead of my heavy heart and 
rreuble ſpirit, 1 feele now a ſweet and delightful tranquillity of 
minde; thou art my ſolxce, and ſonls delight ,, whom have I inhea- 
ven but thee? Sh; 1 res deſire Tnpon earth i) compariſon of thee ? 

and yet Tam mt ſatisfied; not only fruition of thee, but. union with 

thee is that which my ſoul longs after , not only thy preſence, but 

thy embraces, or my embraces of thee can give content ,, come then, 

6 and give me leave, my Lord,. my God, -torun to the haunt of my 
chie delights, to'fall at thy ſacred feet, and to bathe them with my 

teares of joy ; O my Feſms! I miſt needs deale, with thee, 

| 48 the Spouſe dealt with thee, now I have found thee whons 
Cane, 2.4. my ſoul” loves dearely, TI will hold thee, and I will not let 

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whips', unquenchable fires, intollerable cold, abominable ſtench, 
and on the vir ſide, there is no joy in heaven like to that which 
apprehendsChriſts preſence, 7» thy preſeite there is fulneſſe of joy, 
and at thy right band there are'pleaſuves evermore. I had tather be 
is hill with (briſt (ſaid'one ) than in heaven without Chrift. This 
is the very top of” heavens joy; ' the quinteſſenceof glory, the 
higheſt happineſſe of the Saints; 'O my' foul ſeek with THary, 
yea ſeek, and weep, and weepand feek, andnever reſt ſatisfied till 
Chriſt appeare. If thou art butin the uſe of meanes he will ap- 
peare ſooner or later ,” or what if thou never-ſaweſt a good day 
on-carth , one ſight of Chrift in heaven will make amends. 
Surely if thon kneweſt the joy of Chriſts preſence, rhou wouldſt 
_ «runthrough death and hell ro come to Chrift, it was Pax/s lay- 
ing, 7 defire to be diſſolved, and to be with Chriſt which ut farbetter, 
he cared not for death ſo he might go to Chriſt, for that was bet- 
ter than very life it ſelfe. | 
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and Chriſt the Prince of ptace? 
'wheve all the buildings are compatt together as @ City that 43 at wni- 
ty within it [elfe Þ A 
3: Muſe on his apparition to allthe Apoſtles, when they were 
all convened, and 7 hemas with them. This ition wy 4g 
caſioned by Thomas's incredulityy except (faid be) 7 /ee in his 
hands the print of the waylts, and put my finger into the print of the 
nayles, and thruft my hand into his fide, 1 will not beleeve. Now 
therefore ſaith Jeſus to Thowss, pi cs ery bither thy finger, and 
bebold my hands, and reath hither thy hand, and thruſt it intom 
fide, and be not faithleſſe, but belceving. MethinksI ſee Thomas's 
on Chriſts boared hand, and 7 bewas's: hand in Chrifts 
iercedſide, Here's a ſtrong argumerit toconvince my ſoul that 
Chriſt is riſen fromthe dead z; why; ſee, this is the fame (_ hiſt 
that 'ws crutified ; the ſame Chriſt that had His hands boared 
with nayles,and that had bis heart pierced with a ſpeare , though 
the wounds are healed as to ſenſe of paine, yet-the skars , and 
holes, and clefts, remaine as big as ever : the hole in his hands 
yet ſo large, that Thomas may put his finger not only on it, but 
intoit, and thecleft in his ſide is yet ſo large, that 7 homas may 
thruſt his whole hand into his fide, and with his fingers touch 
that heart that iſſued our treames of blood for my ſalvation. 
In this meditation be not too curious, whether the print of the 
nayles were buc continued till Chriſt had confirmed his Diſciples 
faith, or whether he retaines them ſtill for ſome further uſe ? ic 


is a hetrer-conſideration to look-uponthem ſo 6 to confirme thy 
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re&tion belongs unto thee ? is not Satan buſie with a temptation? 

is not thy conſtience troubledfor thy (ins, and eſpecially for thy 

fin of ? if ſo; (and 1 know ET 3 mes: bo ſo with 

thee,andthe beſt of Sint) come hon, vet foge 
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be like the dove that ma nt f mr Jer.48. 29, } 

dy Joe would be fafe from the devouring birds, 6r from 

the foulers ſnare, ſhe fiyes tothe hole in a rock; and ths Cheit 

invites his Spouſe, 0 my dove that ut in Ye elefir of 'the meh; in 

the ſecret places of the fhayrest bet ne (et thy conpenance, let mg Canc.ns 14: 

ing woes Inthe clefts of the rock I att ſife, / faid Br g,, v5, td 

nartl) there 1 fhand firmely, thert 1 am ſtenve from - eu wc Boa: 24 

is of « martyr, that writing to his wife where ſhe might 

finde him, when he was fled from ; O m7 deare (faidhe) 5yrim in vite 

if tho deſfireFt to ſee me, ſeek, mein the fide of Chrift, in the cleft of $an#i Elxearly 

the rock, in the hollow of his womuds , for there have 1 made my ne 

there will T dwell, there ſhalt tho finde me, and ne where elſe 

there. Oy fot that thou wouldit make chis- uſe of the 

wounds of Chrift / ate they not 45 the citiev'of refiige, whither | 

thou mayft fly and live 7 norhing it more effiearioms to tre the Bern, {hid 7 

wornd!s of conſcience, than a frequent and [trious mediation of the * 2Y '1 

wownd: of ("hriftT. Come, be not faithlelle, but beleeving ; theſe 

monuments of Chriſts refurreftion 2re for the confirmation of 

thy faich ; if well riewed and handled, they will quiet thy conſei- 

etice, quench the fiery darts of Satan, increaſe thy faith, tiff thou 

comeſ to afſurance, and ſayeſt with Thomas, my Lord and my 

God. 1 may be trowbled, but 1 ſhall not be oernteland ; becauſe 7 Turbaboy, ſed 

will remember the print of the nayles, and of the fpeare, in the hands —_— 

and ſide ff eſ#4 Chrift. Sg 4 Cbriſti recordas. 
4. Mate on his apparition to theſeaven Diſciples «t rhe +a of bor. Aug, © 

Tiberiav. Firſt, Chrift appeares, and works a miracle, he af 

covers himfelfe to be Lord of fea as well as land; at his word 5 

muſtirudes of fiſhes come to the net, andare conght by tis Apo. 

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Fo 1 likg a.drawn net, caſt into the ſea, "which when it i full, men 

dramitsland:; whatis thisdiyine . trade of ours but. a ſpiritual 

?/ the world is a ſea, ſouls like fiſhes ſwim at liberty ia this 

' deep, and the nets of wheleſome doctrine are they that draw up 

ſometo the ſhore of grace, and glory. - 2. Upon this miracle, 

the Diſciple gand 4 us loved, ſaid unto Peter, it us the Lord, Jobn 

is more quick-eyed thayall the reft, he conſiders the miracle, and 

him that wrought it ;z4nd-preſencly he concludes, is « the Lord ; 

O-my foulm onthe myſtery of this diſcovery; if ever ſoul 

be converted and brought home toChriſt, 5: « the Lord ; but oh 

+ _ - ,, » Whither is Chriſt gohg;.. that veloſt ſolong his converting 

. preſence? oh for ahEapparitiondF Jeſus Chriſt |, till then we 

- may preach our hearts out, and never nearer; do what we cav, 

fouls will to bell, except the Lord break their carcere, Miniſters 

; cando no-more but tell, thus and.chus men may be faved ,.and 

F Joh-3,36-  ©Þus, and thus men will be damned; he that beleeverh on the Son 

Ott" ' hath eternal life, and he that beleeveth not the Son ſhall not ſee life ;, 

but whenthey have faidall theyoan, - itvis only God muſt give 

the bleſfing : Oh.what 3s pre without Chriſts preſence ? 

one hearing what migh  feates Scanderbags ſword bad done, he 

ſent for it, and when he ſawit, ith the ſword (laid he). that hath 

done ſuch great exployts ?. what's this ſword more than any other 

{word? O (ayes Standerbag) T1 ſent thee my ſmird, but not my 

arme that did handle it ; ſo Miniſters may uſe the ſword of the 

Spirit, the Word of God, but if the Spirits-arme, be not with ir, 

they may brandiſh it every Sabbath to lictle purpoſe, when all 

is done, if ever any good hedone; zt 5s the Lord, No ſooner 70h; 

obſerves the miracle, thata.multitnde of fiſhes were caughe and 

taken, buthetells Petey of a bleſſed diſcovery,it is zbe Lord.-.- 

3. Upon this diſcovery, Peter throws himſelfe into the ſea, O 

the fervent love he-carryes towards Chrilt ! if he but heare of 

his Lord he will ran through fre and water to come unto him ; 

Canr. 8.9,  ſotrueisthatofthe Spouſe, mary waters cannot quench love, nei- 
— al ther can the floods drown ut ,, if a man would give all the ſubHtance . 

of his hox:ſe for love, it wonld utterly be contemned. If Ilove Chriſt, 

Icannot but long for communion and fellowſhip with Chrift , 

11biicungne. fi whereſoever tho art O bleſſed Sationur give ime no mare happine([e 

eris:odetnine © than tobe-with thee, if withe earth: 1 wonld travel day and might to 

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lhug in19ywph, I would ing Hoſtnna tothet; but if in glury, how 
OY be te leok, upon thee ? Chriſts' a pparitions Ce eebiſts 
i . if he but ſtand on the ſhore, Peter throws himfelfe 
over- to come to Chriſt ; why now he ſtands on the pinacles 
of heaven, wafting and beckoning -with his hand, and calling on 
mein his Word, -r5/e #p my love, my faire one; and come away ; O Cm... wo. 
my ſoul make hafte; in every duty look out for another appariti- 
onof Jeſus Chriſt, whenthou comeſt toheare, ſay, have over 
Lord by this Sermsvi, and when thou comeſt to pray, fay, have 
over Lord by thu prayer to 4 Saviour , neither tire nor water ; 
floods, nor ſtories, death, nor life ; principalityes nor powers; 
. ws wins depth, nor any other creature ſhould” hinder thy 

paſſage ro Chriſt, or ſeparate thy ' ſoul from Chriſt. Conſider E 
what 1 ſay (faith Paul) and the Lord give thee nnderflanding in all 1 Tim.2.7,8, 
things, remember that Jeſus Chriſt of the ſcedof David was raiſed 
from the dead according to my Goſpel ; that Chriſt was raiſed isa 
Goſpel truth; ay, but do thou remember ir ; do thou 
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3. Bi us defere after Jeſs carrying on the great work of our 
ſalvation tor us in his reſurretion, What defre is, we 
have apened before, ſome call it the wing of the ſoul, whereby it 
moveth, and is carryed to the thing it expefteth, to feed it ſelfe upon 
it, and to be ſatisfied with it

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Chriſt made to God, yet is it 
that which applyes all his merits, and makesthem of forceunto 
his members. Some I know would po further, Lxciz a learned 
writer ſaith, that juſtification is therefore attributed to Chrifts ye- 
ſurreftion, becauſe it was the compleate, and ultimate att of Chriſt 
ative obedience, and from hence inferreth that remiſſion of fin is 
attribated to his paſſive obedience, andquſtification or imputaiion of 
righteouſneſſe, to his ative obegience, Goodwin no way inferiour 
to him, ſaith, that juſtification is put upon Chriſts reſurreRion 
with a rather, who us he that condemmneth ? it is Chrift that dyed, 
yea rather that i riſen againe; not but that the matter of our 
juſtificationisonly the obedience and death of Chriſt, but 
che forme of our juſtification, or the at of pronouncing vs righ- 
teous by that bis obedience and death depends upon Chrijſts re. 
ſurre&ion , for then it was that Chriſt himſelfe was juſtified, 
andthen he was juſtified as a common perſon, repreſenting us 
therein, fo that we werethen juſtified with him, and in him, and 
we are ſaid to be riſen with him, and to fit with bim in heavenly 
places. Barger, one admirably judicious, faith, that juſtification 
is given to Chrifts reſurreion, as a priviledge flowing from its 
efficient cauſe, Indeed Chriſts death ts the meritorious canſe of our 
juſtification, but Chrits reſurrettion is in ſome fenſe (ſaith he.) the 
efficient cauſe, becauſe by his riſing againe,” the Spirit of God doth 
make 14 capable of juſtification, and they beſtoweth it on #s; I _ 
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pan to be i» fiers upon the reſurrection day ; | but it was not then 
niſhed, and perfeted , for tothe conſummation thereof, the 
aſcenſion of Chriſt ,-- the miſſion of the. holy Ghoſt, apoſtolical 
preaching ofthe Goſpel to.Jewes and Gentiles, .the donation of 
heavenly grace, and (hriſts interceſſion at ithe right band of 
God were evety neceſſary. -O the benefit of Chriſts refurre&ion 
as to our Juitification ! if Chrift:be wot riſen againe, ye are yet in c ? 
Jour ſins, and your faith 1s in vaine, Remiſtion

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of Jeſus 
Chriſt ; we are quickeved with (rift , it is hriſts reſurrection 
that raiſed our ſouls being ſtarke dead, with ſuch a refurre&ion 
as that they ſhall never dye more. Whence the Apoſtle, r:chox 
your felves to'be dead unto fin, but alive unto God throigh Feſus 
Chriſt our Loxd, Wearedead to (1n, and aliveunto God by the 
death and reſurreRion of Jeſus Chriſt , we may reckon thus for 
our ſelyes, thatif we be in Chriſt, there comes a vertue from 
Chriſt, an effetual working of Chriſt by his Spirit into our 
hearts, andit is ſuch a work as will conforme us to Chriſt dead, 
and to Chnift riſen , why reckon thus, ſaith the Apoſtle, go nor , 
dy guefle, and ſay, I hope it will be better with me than it hath 
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ro God; I muſt live the life of grace, for Chriſt is riſen, To the 
ſame purpoſe he ſpeaks before, like as Chriſt was raiſed up. from 
the dead by the glory of the Father, even fo we alſo, ſhould walke in 
ewneſſe of life. * Chriſt roſe againe to a new life, and herein bis 
reſurre&ion differed from the reſurreQion of thoſe others raiſed 
by him, as of Lazarws, 7 airm ru, ma the widow of N aims 
fon; for they were but raiſed to the ſame life, which formerly they 
lived, but Jeſus Chriſt was raiſed up to a new life , and according 
to this exemplar we ſhould. now walk in newnefle of life z thisis 
the end of Chriſts

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have done evil unto the reſurrettion of 
damnation. In this reſpe& the Saints ſhall have a peculiar re- 
furreRion , and therefore they are called the children. of the re- 
ſarreftion, becauſe they ſhall obtaine a better reſurreftion, as the 
Apoſtle calls it. Andis not Chriſts reſurrection defireable in 
this very reſpe& 2 ifwe ſhould think, theſe bodyes of ours being 
duſt, muſt never returne from their duſts, it might difc e: 
but here is our hope/Chriſt is riſen, and therefore we muſt KN . 
it is the Apoſtles own argument againſt thoſe that held, there 
44 no veſurrettion of the dead, why, faith the Apoſtle, if there be 
no re/urrefion- of the dead, they is not Chriſt riſen. —If the dead 
riſe not; then is not Chriſt raiſed.--- But.now is Chriſt riſen from the 
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is a quickening ſpirit, quickening dead fouls, and quickening dead 
bodyes, the Authour both of che firſt and ſecond reſurrection. 
And is not this defireable ?---- . 
4. He roſe againe for the aſſurance of our juſtification; ſan- 
Rification

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what, that he ſhould riſe ' againe for our juſti- 
fication ? that by vertue of his refurre&tion thy ſoul ſhould ap- 
peare righteous before the judgement ſeat of God >. O what a. 
rayiſhung word is that, what a eryumphing challenge ?- who ſpall 
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any.thing to thecbarge of Gods Eleft? it is Ged that juſtifieth , 
ts be ach ? ut us Chriſt that dyed,*yea NE that is 
riſes againe:  Olithe ap that many have, ſaying, what ſhall 
I do when die and go down to the duſt > may not the Lord 
have ſomething again me at the, day of reckoning? why no 
poore ſoul, if thou artin Chriſt,itis he chat dyed, yea rather that 
15 riſen againe for thy juſtification,” by his reſurrection he hath 
cleared all reckonings, ſo that now who ſhall condemne ? not 
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it for.us ; not Satan, for if the Judge acquit us, what can the 
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may be with theirs who 
hath right and title tothis bleffed reſurre&ion of Jeſus Chriſt , 
but thou ſayeſt againe, what is itto meifI be juſtified in Chriſt, 
and yet my heart remaineunholy, and unſubdued ro Chriſt ? it 
is true,thon findeſt a woful, ſinful nature within thee, croſle and 
contrary unto holinefſe, anditeading thee dayly into captivity 
yet remember it is Chriſt that dyed, yea rather that is riſen again, 
and by yettue of his reſurre&ion he hath given thee a new nature, 
another nature, which makes thee wraſtle again(t (in, and Call in 
time prevaile over all ſin. But thou ſayſt againe wharif I be 
juſtified, an#ſanQified, it after death I ſhall not be raiſed tolife 2 
why feare not O my ſoul, for if Chriſt be rifea, thou) ſhale riſe, 
and riſe to eternal life ; 7 am the reſurrettion and the life, not only 
the reſurre&tion, but life isin him orignally , as water isin the 
fountaine, and from him it is derived to us, Gli T live, ye ſhall 
live alſo. But thou ſayſt againe, OthatT were afſured of this / 
many doubts and jealoufies are upon me fromday to day. Some- 


_ timesindeed I have a comfortable hope of my juſtification, ſan- 


Rification, ſalvation , and ſometimes againe I am forced to cry, 
Lord why cafteſt thou «off my ſoul? why hideſt thou thy face from me? 
O conſider of the ends of Chriſts reſurrection, was it not to 
give thee the ſure mercyes of David ? was it not to apply the 
merits of Chriſts ative, and paſſive obedience, and to bring them 
home to thy ſoul > wasit not to confirme, and ratifie thy faith, 
elſe were it invaine? Othe perſon of Chriſt! and O the privi- 
ledges of Chriſt as being raiſed from'the dead ! O my ſoul

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hes, eoles, very lothſome foode; 4ndyet that I ſhould feele ng 
paiitings, breathings, hungerings, thirſtings after Chriſts reſur- 
reQion, to feede upon it, and to be ſatisfied with it ! come, here's 
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4. *6 us hepe in 7eſus, as carrying on the great work of obr 


falvation for us in his reſurreQion. Only remember 

I meane not a —_— wavering, unſetled, uneftabliſhed 
hope , no, no, let ushope firmely, ſurely, fixedly , let us come 
up to that plerophory, or fall aſſurance of hope, that we may 
conclude comfortably, and ; Chriſts reſnrreftion is 
ours; and yer that our concluſion may not beraſh; but upon 
right grounds, we may examine the firmeneſſe, folidneſſe, ſub. 
ſtantialneſſe of our hope in Chriſts reſurre&ion by theſe follow- 
ing ſignes, As — 

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been planted together in the VkenÞe of hs Rom.6.s; 
death, we ſhall be alſo in the likeneſſe of his reſarreftion. Mortik. " 
cation, and vivifreation are twins of one and the ſame ſpirit. Je- 

art from evil and do good..- Ceaſe to do evil, learne to ds welt Pl[l-34. 14. 
Many may think they have their partin the firſt refurtetion. bur "1263174 
can they proye their- death unto fin ? as there cannot be 4 re- 
ſurre&ion beforea man«ye, ſo there cannot be a reſurre&ion to : 
anew life, but there muſt be a ſeparation of the ſoul from the 
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yeaſhalla man like it, loveir, live init, and yet fay or imagine 
That Chriſts reſurre&tivn is his > Obe not decerred, "God is not 
mocked come, . ſearch, ry, examine, haſt thou ſhare in 
Chrifts paſſion? knoweſt thou the fellowſhip of his & ings 2 
art thou made conformable to, his death, chat as he dyed for ho 
ſo thou dyeſt to (in? if herein thou art at a ſtand, pernſe thoſe 
charaRerslayd downjn bis ſufferings and death, the truth and 
growth ef our mortification, or of our death unto fin is diſcoyer- 
ed before. 

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yea then am I

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and,without this light, inward 
darkneſle willto utter darkneſſe, where is nothing but weeping, 
and wailing, and gna ing of teeth; 

2. This quickening ſpirit, 1s aſpirit of faith, as it reveales 
Chriſt, ſo it enclines mens hearts to cloſe with Chriſt gupon choſe 
Goſpel-rermes, as he is offered,” I know there are degrees and 
meaſures of faich, but the leaſt meaſure of faith is a deſiring, 
panting, breathing, after the Lord Jeſus ; and no ſooner hath the 
ſoul received that new light from the Spirit of Chriſt, but it is 
preſently, at the ſame inſtant, exceedingly affeted with Jeſus 
Chriſt , Oit deſires Chriſt above all deſires. 1know not a more 
undeceiving ſigne than this, reade over the whole Bible, and 
whereever there was any ſoul-ſaving diſcoveries, there ever fol- 
lowed inward deſires,ſoul-longings atter Jeſus Chriſt , when Paul 
preached of the reſurreion of Chriſt, ſome there were that 
macked, jeered, and ſlighted that doGtrine, but others ( whoſe 
hearts the Lord ſtirred) they were.exceediogly taken with it, 

ſaying, we will heare thee agaone of thismatter , yea,and this very 
Sermon ſo wrought on ſome, that, they belceved, among whom was 
Diony ſius the eAreopagite, &- 4 woman named Damars, and others 
with them; and when he preached another Sermon on the ame 
ſaubje&at. Antioch, the Jewes were much offended, - but the Gen- 
tiles were ſo exceedingly taken with it, that chey beſought Panl, AR. 13,42 
that theſe words (the very ſame reſurrection-Sermon) might be : 
preached to them the next Sabbath day. Their very hearts did 6 

long after Chriſt whom Pax! had preached, that when rhe con- 43» 
gregation, was broken up. many of the Fewms and religions proſelites 
followea-Pant and Barnabas; and ihe went Sabbath day,. came al-.. : 
moſt the whole City together I heare the ſame Sermon. () any foul, 4 4; 
doſt thou heare theſe Sermons of Chriſts refurreRicgn ? colt 

thou heare ſweet Goſpel-preaching? doſt thou, heare. the ircz 
tenders.and 6jters of Chriſt ; with all his glory and. excc!!cncy to 

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taken with them > canſt thou fleep away ſach Sermons as theſe ? 
haftchou no heart-riſings, no Rirrings, workings, longings, de- 
firesin thy ſoul ? Olvtakeheed | this is a dangerous cate : bat on 
the contrary, if thou ſayſt in thy heart, 0b that I conld heave this 
Sermon aguine | 'O'the ſweet and vertue of Chriſte reſurrettion | i 1 
had not thought [nch honey could have dropped out ef this rack, O 
the bleſſed beginnings and ſpringing s of grave which ] felt in my- ſoul 
en ſuch a meditation | Oh the deſire, the delight | O the longings ! 
O the comforts of Chriſt 5 reſurrettion ! O the drawings of the Spirit, 
enclining my heart ro receive eſus Chriſt, to cloſe with bimy, and to 
reſt on him, and to give up m ſelfe to bins ! why this- Spirit of 
faith doth argue thy title and intereſt to the quickening Spirit of 
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life of faith on the Sonof God? canſt thou makeuſe of 
Chriſt inevery ſtate, andin every condition ? As for inltgnce , 
in thy particular calling, 'doft thou look to Chriſt for wiſdome, 
ſucceſle, bleſling; abilty ? doſt chou ſay, if 1have it ſucerſſe, 1 
will yet goto C briſt ; it us he that ſet me here, and it 1s be will enable 
me? in caſe of- proviſion, doſt thou run to Chriſt, and doft 
thou hang upon him forall things needfall > doſt thou ſay, if / 
want means, God will create meanes, he commands all means, and he 
can ſuddenly de whatſoever he will? In caſe of proteRion, doſt 
thou look unto Jeſus to be thy ſhield and Protectour ? doſt thou 
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mindethe Wordof God to «Abraham; feart nit Abrabam, fort © © 
ans God alſeffcient; thy buckler,” and thy excerding great reward? Gen, 15.1. 
In caſe of thy children, goeſtthouto-Chrit, ſaying, are nor my 
children thy children, and wilt'thow not: provide for thy own? it is 
true, thou rfiultdo wharthou cant, bue for the reſt, deſpaire nor, 
caſt chy butchen upon him, who hath commanded thee in norhing 
ro be careful, but in all _— to make thy ſnits known with prayer 
and ſupp Teation,when my Father, and Mother forſake me; God will 
take me up, faith David. He is a; Father to the'fatherleſle, /he 
provided for them inthe wombe, he provided breſts for them ere 
they ſaw'theſun, and therefore how ſhoyld:he but have cafe; and 
compaſſion overthy children ? in caſeof proſperity, doſt thow-ſee 
Chriſts love in that ſtate ? doſt thou ſet himin che fi: {tplace, re- 
ceiving all, and joyning in all as coming from him ?-is this it that 
makes thy proſperity ſweet, becauſe thou knoweſt and beleeyeſt 
'thar thy ſins ' are pardoned 2 otherwiſe what is thy (ilver, and 
- gold fo' long as thy. pardonis not fealedin the blood of Jeſus 
Chriſt ? if a priſorier condemned 'to:dye ſhould abound in all 
ourward plenty, what comfort could he have, ſo long as his par- 
don were not ſealed ? itis the life of faith that ſweerens proſperi.. 
ty: who are- better Chriſtians than they, who know they enjoy 
theſe things with Gods favour and blefling > faith fees Gods 
love inall; and fois abundantlythankful,” faith makes a man to 
cat, and drink; and ſleep, andico do all-in Chriſt, asit coſt Chriſt 
deare to purchaſe our ltberty*to the creatores, ſo faith ever ſets 
Chritt.in the firſt place;, irtreceives all as coming from him, it 
returnes ail as to the glory ofhim; in caſe of ciſgrace, doſt thou 
-commit thy credit to Jeſus Chriſt > doſt thou - /o-k, »p ro Fe/v4 2 
and defireft no more good name, repuce, or honour, then Chrift 
will afford thee? or incaſe of death, doſt hou like Stephen re- 
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may be found in him! O that 1 may know bim, 
and rhe power” of bis reſuirrefiion 1——O "ohitt by any meanes 1 
might arraine wants the refurrettion of the deat !' he lay 'at Chrifts 
fn within humble expeRation | to feele the power of Chriſts 
refurre&ion, inraifing him firſt from the death of ſing to the 
life of grace, and after from death of nature to the. life of glory. 
2. Lay to theſe ſprings thy mouth of fairh y'it isnot enoy 
to bave all the treaſuries of | pk all the aCtings of Chriſb for 
thee layd before thee, but thou muſt a@thy-fairh upon'thatob. 
je&; O'rberi gp to Chriſtsreſgrreftion and beleeye,/ make a par. 
ticular application of thofe plorions effeAs of Chritts reſuerelion 
npon thy ſoul. Say, Lord thew dyedft that 1 might aye to fin, and 
thou waſt ruiſed from the death that 7 might be raiſed to mewne(ſe of 
life, Come Loud, and quickew my dying ſparkes , © g ve-me to lay 
hold on Chriſts refurrettion, give me to aghere to it, ' and to'reſt Por 
it, andto choſe with it , I ſee without faith I am nerve a whic bertey 
for Chriſts reſurrettion ;, and thy commands 4re upon me, open thy  _ 
mouth wide, ' and I will fill it : why Lord, [ beleeve, help thow my Pial.8r. 10; 
unbelief. is faith is neceſſary to ' qur vivificatior a8 well gs 2's 9-24. 
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tyed unto Chrift, and livein Chriſt, and thus faich Chriſt bim- | 
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E- much ;. the word /xcke,isas much as toexat on Chriſt ; 

| hard from-Chriſt , the more we exerciſe. faith,  the- more is 

have of. Jeſus Chriit and of viyification ; there--is a depth in 
Chrifts that can neverhbe fone when the” ſoul 
Hath as muchas its carrow hand can graſpe ; whole Chriſt is $00 
big- to- þe incloſed- in - mortal ''armes ; ",only . the longer 
our 'arme of faith: is, the more-we ſhall graſpe of him: 
and (yerefore fuck, and pull, and draw hard, and. to ehis 


1, ' Pray ir adl, a increaſe of faich, complaine tg Chriſt of che 
ſhorttieſte-of thyarme, cell him thoucanſt not beleeve 'as thou 
woul&f,chon capſt hot get in ſomuch of Chriſt into'thy ſoutas 
thoadelgreſt, thy viviticationis very poore and ſmall; oh: when 

"Cheiſt afoul comiplaine: of dwarfiſhneſſe in faith and 
grace, 'then'izhe ready. to let gut ot his fulneſſe, even grace. for 


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ſurreRion? - 

4. Conſider of the tenders, offers, apparitions that Chriſt. 
raiſed makes of himſelfe to our ſouls ; when firſt he roſe (to con- 
firme the faith of his Diſciples) he offers himſelfe, and appeares 
to Mary Magdalen, to the other women, to Peter T homas, and 
allthe reſt, and all thoſe apparitions were on this account that 
they mfght beleeve, theſe things are written that ye might beleeve. 
In like manner Chriſt at this day offers himſelfe in the Goſpel of 
grace; and by his Spirit he appeares to ſouls, ' Methinks we 
ſhould not heare a Sermon of Chriſts reſurre&ion, but we ſhould 
imagine as if we {aw him, whoſe head and baires are white like Rev.t-14 515+ 
wotl, as white as ſnow, whoſe eyes are as 4 flame of fire, whoſe feergre 
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methinks atleaſt we ſhould heare his voyce, as ifhe ſaid, frare wor, 
1 am the firſt ang the laſt, I am be that liverh, and'was dead : arid 
behold T am alive- for eveymore. Amen, q.d. 'Come, caſt 
foulson me ; it is that have conquered fin, death, andhelifor 
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take all with me, fee your names written in the acquitcance , 
that I tender; takeoutthe copy of itin your own hearts; only 
beleeve in him who isriſen aggios foryour juftification.——O }. 
my ſoul what ſayſt thou to this till ſweer voyce of Chriſt > ſhall 
he who is the Saviour of men, and glory of Angels defire thee to 
beleeve, and wilt thou not ſay Amen toit > Qb how ſhoald I 
blame thee for thy unbelief? what aſperſions doth it caft on 
Chrift? hehath done all things well, he' hath fatisfied wrath, 
fulfilled the law, and God hath acquitted him, pronounced him 
juſt, ſaith beis contented, he can deſire no more; but thou ſay it 
unbelief that Chriſt hath done nothing at all, unbclief* profeſſer 
Chriſtis not dead, or at leaſtnot riſen from the dead; unbelief 
profeſſeth that juſtice - is not fatjsfied ,” that'no- juſtificaci- 
onis procured, that the wrath of God is now asopen to deftroy 
vs asever it was, Oh that Chriſt ſhould be couciieLamaige inour 
hearts by our unbelief; come, take {brift upon his tenders' and 
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6, [ Et us love Feſws, ascarrying onthe preat work of our 
+ falvation for us in his reſurre&ion, ſarely if we hope 

in Chriſt, and beleeve in Chriſt, we cannot bat love Chriſt, if 
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ſach great things for us ? ſhe that had much forgiven | 4 
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fied from all ourſinnes, how ſhould we but love him mach ? bat 
that I may let- down ſome coards of love, whereby to draw our 
toves co Chriſt in this reſpeR, let us conſider thus. —— | 
Luve is 4 motion of the appetite, by which the minde unites it [elfe 
ro that which ſeems good wo it, You may object that Chrift is ab- 
fent,how then ſhould our fouls be nnited co-him 2 but if we con- 
fider that objects, though abſent,may be united to the powers by 
their ſpeciesand images, as well as by their true beings, we may 
then be ſaid truely to love Chriſt as raiſed, though he be abſent 
'" from us; come then, ſtirre up thy appetice, bring into thy ima- 
gination-the Idea of Chriſt as in bis reſurreRion ,, preſeac him to 
thy affection of love, in-that very forme wherein he appeared to 
hisDiſciples ; as gazing the duſty beauty of fleſh kindleth 
the fire of carnal love, ſo this gazing on Chriſt, and on the paſla, 


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ces of Chriſt in hisreſurretion will kindle this ſpiritual love in 
thy ſoul: Draw neare then, and behold him ; he not white 
and ruddy, the chiefeſt among teu thouſands ? ts net bis head as the Cymrgro, tr, 


woſt fine gold? are not bis locks buſhy, and black, as a raven ? are 
not his eyes as the ejes of doves bythe rivers of water, waſhed with 
milke, and fitly ſer? are not his cheekes as a bed of ſpices, as ſwoet 
flowers > thus I might go on from topto toe; but that thon 
mayft'not only ſee his glory and beauty wherein he aroſe, but that 
chou-may| hearetus voyce , doth he not call on thee, as ſome- 
times he did on 4fary, on Thomas, on Peter, or on the twelve? 
As the. Anpel ſaid to the woman, remtmber how he ſpake , when 
ht was yet in Galilee , ſo ſay 1 tothee, remember how he ſpake LuF«24-6. 
while he way yet onecarth, furely h:#4ips liks lillyes dropped [meet 
ſmelling myrrhe; As thus, 
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heaven in thy ſoul> ſo-that thou was forced to conclude, 
" ſurely this is the peace of God which paſſeth all: nnder- 

ſtanaing ? , 

* 3. Inhisapparition to theeleven, Jeſus ſaith to7homgs, reach 
hither thy finger, and behold my hands, and reach hither thy hand and 
thruft it into my ſide, and be not faithleſſe, but beleeving. O ſweet 
condeſcending words ! ' how far? how low would Jeſus ſtoop 
to take up ſouls ? and O my ſou], are not theſe the very dealings 
of Chriſt towards thee? he that called Thomas to come neare, 
hark how hecalls on thee, come neare poore, trembling, wavering, 
wandring ſoul , come, view the Lord thy Saviour, and be not faith- 
le ſe, but beleeving : peace be unto.thee, feare net tw /, He that 
called on them who paſſed by to behold his ſorrow in the day of 
his humiliation, doth now call on thee to behold his glory inthe 
day of his exaltation ; look well upon him, doſt thou not know 
him 2: why. his hands were pierced, his head was pierced, his (ide 
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was pierced, hisheart was pierced, with the ſtings of thy ſins, and 
theſe markes he retaines even after his reſurreRion, bu by theſe 
markes thou mighteſt alwayes know hint: 'is not the paſſagero 
his heart yet” ſtanding open ? if thou knoweſt: him not by the 
face, the yoyce,the hands , if chou knowelt him not by the teares, 
and bloody ſwear, = look nearer, thou mayſt know him by the 
heart, that broken ealed heart is his ; that dead revived heart is 
his.chat ſoul-pitying melting beart is his,doubrleſsit can be nones 
but his, love and compaſſion are its: certaine' ſignatures, . And is 
not here yet fewel enough for loyeto feed upon ? doth not this 
heart 6t Chriſtieven ſnatch thy heart, and 'almoſt.draw it forth. 
of thy breſt ? canſt thou reade the hiſtory of love any furtherar 
once ? doth not RG ——— heart here top to caſe it ſelfe ? 
if not, go on, fort field of love is large. 
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fon of Tarias, loveſt thou me more than theſe ? — And he ſaid to him 16,1 _y | 
the ſecond time, Simon, ſon of Jonas loveſt thow me ? — he ſaid to 
him the third time, Simon, ſon.of Jonas loveſt thou me ? Oh the loves 
of Chriſt in drawing out mans love unto himſelfe / how ofren O 
my foul hath Chritt come to thy doore, and knocked there for 
entrance ?” how often hath he ſued for love, and begged love,and 
asked thee againe and againe, Ab ſoul, doft thow lowe me more than 
theſe? come, tell me deft thou love me, love me, love me ? come, wilt. 
thou take me for thy Lord?” wils thow delight in me as thy treaſure, 
tby bappineſſe, thy all > Ob fye ! ſhall Chriſt raiſed, a glorious 
Chriſt thus wooe, and ſuc, andcall, and wilt not thou anſwer as 
Peter did, yea Lord, thou knoweſt that I love thee. — Yea Lord thou 
hnoweſt all things, thon knoweſt that T love thee? nay, art thou not 
grieved that Chriſt ſhould ask the third time for thy love ? art 
thou not aſhamed our of thy ſtupidity, and forc't to ſay, O my 
bleſſed Lord, Ihave been too proud, too peeviſh, bur thy free 
grace, and undeſerved love, hath beaten me out of all my pride, 
{o that now I fall down at thy foot-ſtoole, and-lay my ſelfe flat 
beforethee, at firſt | wondered to heare Preacherstalke ſo much 
of Chriſt, ind I was bold to ask thy friends, what-was their be. 
loved morethah anocher beloved ? but now I wonder that | could 
be ſo long withour thee, truely Lord, Lam-thine, oniy thine, 
ever thine, all that 'I am is at thy command, and all I 
have is at thy diſpoſing, be pleaſed ,to command borh it, 
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very day on which Chriſt 9*"c beb ds- 
roſe; ſome callic the firſt day of joy and gladueſſe, and becauſe of _ frequen” 
the joy occaſioned on this day, the Apoſtles ( ſay they) devoted the c— _ 
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- Diſciple; calls it the 'Duten,)'the Princeſſe, the Lily par amiinent 

arhonf the other weekly daytr.  Chryſoftorne calls it. 4 royal dayand 

Gregory Naxinneetorat. 42. faich ir ir bigher than: the higheſt, 

and with admiration Fabvve othir dyes. Certainly the 

Lords day was in high with che antient Church, andthe 

principal motive ' was becauſe ofgl hriſts reſurre&tion from the 

| dead." O.charon theſedayes we could rejoyce in the Lord, and 
| arer.methog SRAiOE £cJOyce; 11-10" odſerved-that <c9y Chriſtiane! lo >wptn 

*  faraſotled peace Praken hear reliegſe; 16d os rm. and weeping for fin," arif is 
| were the great thing that God aclighteth in, andrequireth of them , 

dc berefore they bend all their endeavoxrs that way, they are ſtill 
with their heart s to break them more, and they think no Ser- 

969, 0 projer, #0 meditation, ſpeeds ſo-well withrhem, as that which 
cnn help" thew rogrieve, or weep , but O (hriftians underſtand; and 
eoſrder (ſaith my Anthour,)- that all your forrows are but prepara- 
Yiwes for your jojer; and that it ir an higher and ſwenter work 'rhat 

God calls youre, "and wits 'bave you [penil your time ung ftrepgrh 
is, Delight thy ſelfe inthe Lord, and he ſoall give thee the deſires of 
thine hrart -— Ntver take your bearts tobe right, rill they be de- 
Biybting themſelves in their Godt: when youhnerle down in prayer, 
labowr ſo to conctive of God, and beſprak! him, that he way be your 
delioht > do ſo in hearing, and reading and meditatint, and: in =_ 
Teaffing ou t fleſh and lood of feſus Chriſt at his Smpper. 'ſpe- 

| cially emprove the happy opperrnnity of the Lords day, whereiv 10: 
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are in this exerciſe of 
prailing God, and bleſling God for Jeſus Chriſt, Come,, let us 
praiſ® God for Chriſt, and eſpecially .on this day, called therefore 
the Lords daybecaule of the refurrettion of Jeſus Chriſt -- it is the 
deigne of God roglorifte Chriſt redeeming us, as much, or more 
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: \oonefort. they end more of theſe dayes in praiſe and thanksgiving , ' and be 
in their confeſſions and lamentations ,, — that they would 
e it the maine buſineſſe of their ſolemne aſſemblies on thoſe dayes 
to ſound forth the high praiſes of their Redeemer, and to begin here the 
praiſes of God and the Lamb, which they muſt perfett in heaven for 

ever —T hat they wontd*[pend a greater .part of thaſe dayes in 

' * Pſalmes and ſolemne praiſes to their Redeemer: —— and thas ſore 

:hymes and P [almes might be invented as fit for the ftate of the Gofpe1- 

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;preſſely ns the wor ACe 1s naw expre, ireQi- 

acyl but et © that our Churches and families 

-would make our freets to reſound with the eccho's of our 

praiſes'! Q-that this were the .burthen of each duty on theſe 


dayes, now bleſſed be the God and Father of our Lord feſws Chris, 
who hath begotten 1 again nnto 4 lively hope, by the reſurrettion of 
Zeſus Chriſt from the . dead. 


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SECT. 9. 
Of conferming to Jeſus in that reſpet?. 


9. Fw 10 7eſus in reſpeR of his reſurretion, — 

_ In this particular] ſhall examine theſe quere's. 1. Where- 
in we muſt conforme'?? Þ. *'How this conformity is he > 
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ſoul of a regenerate perſon, animat- | 
ing, andaRuating, andenliveningit. Thisis the new principle 

that God puts in us after vivification, - \ 

'2. It is alife of new aRings. . Accordingto our principle, ſo 

be our [ ; ' that are after the fleſh as minde the things of Rom 8 
the fe, 'but they that are of the Spirit, the things of the Spivit. *- 
Ifſome men heare of a une they minde it; they tinde 

cheir ſouls going on much aQivity , there is ſomething ia 

chem proportionable to that which is propounded ; burif they 

heare of divine love, and-of the riches of grace, they. finde their 
;fouls flat, unmoveable, and dead, they minde no ſuch things ; 

now on theother ſide, they that are vivified, according to their 
-principle they put forth their power more or leſſe, if they heare 
of the glorious things of the Goſpel, they finde inward workings 
(ales be under temptation) they ftinde their ſoulg drawn 
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maine; they live i» the Spirit, they walk in the Spirit, they are Gal-r.2c. 

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within'?- what ? do we tninde the things of the Spirit.2 do we 
finde things hegvenly-and ſpiritually to be ſweet, and ſavoury, 
and beſt pleaſingro'us? is the Sabbath our delight > do we long 
for itbeforeit'come ?' do we rejoyce in it,when it. is come ? do 
we-confecrate it as ow tothe Lord? do we come tothe exer- 
ciſes of religion whether publike or private with much delight, 
and with cheerfulneſſe, as to a feaft ? what is this but the life of 
God > bur if theſe thjogs be harſh and unpleaſant, if the Sabbath 
be a burthen/yifholy exerciſes be irkſome agd tedious, if in atterd- 
ing onthe Wotd we are heavy and drquzy,and we finde no reliſh, 
no ſweet, no ſavpur inthe oyntments of Chriſt, no goings out of 
the ſoul with an aRtivity tothe things propounded, O then de- 
ceive -not our ſelves, ,wehave. no good. evidence of our yivi- 
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-- - enjuſtified cſtacet finnesare-unp we are unrecenciled , 


And ſuch were ſome of you (Said the ApoRRle to his Corinthians)but 
now ye-are waſhed, now'ye are hoo: nt juſtified in the 
Name of the Lord Feſw Chriſt, ns. ol? rea catt This 
juſtification denotes a ſtate, :and;js uni and upalterable. I 
know Arminiansdeny ſuch a.ftate, foras By their doGrine, no 
man can be abſolutely ele&ed-till he. dye, ſo neither abſolutel 
juſtified , for (fay they) he may fall into ſuch fins, as that onch 
formerly juftitied, yet-now he may be.condemned; yea,to. day 
he may be juſtified, and to:morrow thrown, out of that eſtate. 
But againſt this we'bold;:that thoſe: chat-argjance juſtified, are 
never'againe caſt out-of Gods favour; | As-Chrilt' once. dyed, hut 
roſe againe never to-dye more, deatli hath -no more power, over 
him, ſo a juſtified:man once allyed'to-God-through Jeſus Chriſt 
doth from thattime forward as nece(farily live., as.Chriſt him. 
ſelfe by whonyhe doth live;, theres an immortal , and indifſo- 
[#ble uhion betwixt - Chrift:the (head; ang every beleever , our 
juſtification'deperids not-on:ourown frength, ' but ic is: buile 0n - 
Chriſt himſelfe; whois thefaine yeſter-day, and co.day, and for 
ever; and fhenceit is tharra"jultiied man can-no (more ceaſe tO 


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Chrilt, kh ro the covenznvofi grate,” 247 ToiGod: 1 Beforewe! 
were viitied, "God and we ftood/ara diſtande,. God was our 
enemy, and we were his enemies, aurbec c5rme (ſaith, the Apaltle} 
ye were without God in theworlal, but now. on' Chriſt F+/15 ye wha Rodua.va 
{ſometimes were afar off, are madeneane by-rheblawd.of Chriſt... God , 
chit wata ſtranger; '{kandynow in neave refacios,... beis a friend, 
a Farher, a God atſyFicientto us. 2. -Weare related co Chriſt . 
before'vivification we 'were a Chriftteſſe people, ' #t that time ye! Eph. 2.12, 
wert without Chriſt, but naw we are united to Chriſt, - and 
(w%hich'is more) now wemake uſe of Chriſt with.the- Father, O 
' the comfort of thisrelation } A tronbled ſpirit. looks on his Gns, 
and they thrift him away from God,'' what communion hath light 
with dark : } bur then comesthe Lord Jeſus, - and+ takes him 
by the hand, and leades himitg rhe Father, and faies, come /ou/, 
come along with me, -and 1 willtarry thee torbe Father, wilt thou 
make uſe of me ? it is tha Spoſtles ſaymg, thatthroxgh him we 
wwe an Acceſſe by ine pin the Father, wehave a leading by Eph.z.18, 
the hand ; Chriſt hath onte ſuffered for ins, the juſt for the wJft, . Dor. 8 
that he might bring us to God.” 'By nature we are ſevered from © 
"God, and if he manifeſt himfſelfe, heis dreadful to us, Jour tmiguir I. 5g; 2, 
ties have (eparated betwtth you wnd your Gott, and your fins have hid 
ht: face fm you that he will wit henre;, bat m:Chrift we approach 
boldly before him, becauſe/Chrifthath-rook away our fins which 
are the tnountaines of ſepatatiany”{# Chrift we) have baldo:fſrrand Epb.3.12, 
acceſſe with confidence by the fairh of himy. Here's the di e 
betwikt a manrelated toChrift;and a meereftranger,, the firan- 
ger knows not how to' go t6 God ,7 God ſtands us Judge, heig 
as a malefaRtor, the law an accuſer, fin hisindi&ment, and what.is 
the iſſue Þ every month 17 Jopped, and allthe world is guilty before Rom. 3.1, 
God. Buthethat is related to Chriſt, Chriſt takes him by the : 
hand, and fo he goes with boldneffe and confidence, and pleades 
_ his righteouſheſſe ' before rhe Father, who fall lay axy thing te 
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demueth? 3t i Chriſt that dyeth, yea rather that is riſen again? Tn 
the very matterand cauſe of juſtification, © whereinng man cag 
ſtand, or &appeare, or ſhew his face; a Chriſtian toming 
with Chriſt iFadyocate, he dares to appeare, and to pleade (us 
caſe, andito ſtand upon interrogatories. with God himſelte, vc: 
andto &k&Gofl bimfelfe (humbly and with reverence) wha |; 


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hath-to lay to his charge > what morehe will, or can- in juſtice 
require for ſatisfaRion, thanhis ſurety hath done for him } — 
3. Wearerelated to the covenant of grace. Before vivification 
we had no fyehrelation, at thet time ye were without Chriſt, be- 
ing aliens from the common-wealth of I[rael,, and ſtrangers from the 
covenaurief promiſe. But now the covenant is-ours, that foun- 
taing, Or promiſes is ours, God is our God, and we are 

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venant of grace? Chriſtians | look into your own hearts, have 
you not felc in your approaches ts ome raiſings or work. 
ings of the. Spirit of the Lord, coneluding the pardon of your 
fins? hath nor Chriſt taken you by the hand, and led youto the 
Father ? it mayþe your own guilt made you afraid, but che dil- 
covery of Jefus your righteouſneſſe made you bold to go to 
God; youfelt boldneſſe coming in on this ground, becauſe all 
your approaches, or drawings neare to God were bottomed on 
Jeſus; bath not God marryed-you to himſelfe> hath he not 
conveyed himſelfe (through his wy ns. into your own heazcs 
by way of covenant? hath henot ſometimes -whi to your 
fouls, thow art mine * and have not your ſouls ecchoed back again 
tothe Lord chow art mine? much of the truth of all this would 
appeare, ifChriſtians would but dayly obſerve che movings of 
their own hearts; for as be that hath the ſpirit of Satan ſhall 
ever finde him putting on and provoking to evil, ſo he that hath 
the Spirit of God ſhall moſt-what (or at leaſt frequently) finde 
and feeteit ative; and ftirring in the heart, to the reforming of 
the whole man, the holy Spirit is not idle, but he rules and go- 
yernes, and maintaines his monarchy in us, and over us, inſpight 
ofthe power of Satan, and privy conſpiracy of, a mans own 
fleſh. © 

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as of grace, power, light, &:c. Before vinitigation there = - 

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the windows of heaven ſet wide open, and al manner of ſpiritual 
comforts ſhowred down upon thee; thou wilt heare the rich 
tceaſury of Trerjaſing glory and immerſe anlogkel and open- 
ed, ſo that thou mayit tumble thy ſelfe amidſt the, mpungaines of 
heavenly pearles, and golden pleaſures, joyes, thatno heart can 
comprehend but that which is weaned from all worldly pleaſures, 
as it 1s written , how beautifnl are the feet of them that preach rhe Rn 19,15, 
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wrought ?- Ifhall only.ro the ſtare, and {6 our vivificati- 
on is uſuslly rag in us mthis mariner, As firſt, in the under- 
ſtanding in the will. 
Firſt, t the underſtanding lers inthe verity and truth of what the 
Joh 1.44 Goſped hath recorded. -/» bin was Hife, and the life was the light 
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this fi por Layrent attained if,:andwhy.aot he 7. yaw path. he 
quicksed who were tad in 1reſpaſes and finr,, here's Epb.2-x. 
for a fin-fick ſoul, .in tie paſt ye walked: arcording tothe car fe of 2+ 3: 
this world, according to the Prince of the power of the age, the ſpiris * ** 
that now workgth invhe children of 4ſobedience ; this wis the fate © ** 
of the Epheſians, but were they W*-no; aoy ye, andreallo, 
among whom alſowe had all our ronvetfation toe tines paſt. — But 
God who us rith in mercy for 'i1 great fove mheramith he loved wa, 
even when we were dead in fins, hath quickned ms. together with 
Chriſt, — that in ages to come be might ſbew the exceeding riches of 
bus grace.in his kindueſſe towards us through Chriſt Feſus. Chrilts 
dealings with ſome are as flagsnnd patternes of mercy hung forth 
totell,and to bringothersin : whence the underftanding infers, 
3ts poſſible for 4 dead ſoul, yea for wy dead/ſaul to live , others have 
loved and why may not F > Fdifeover iy thoſt Scriptures, even in Mai,s,r_ 
theſe preſidents wdove' of hope to: my: ſelfe ,|.why Lord, if thos 'wilt, — 9.21. 
rhow canſt make me cleave ,— yea jf 1 may but tonch thy garment, E*tk37 4,5. 
1fhall bemhole\, if thou wouldft butfay , O ye dry Ha. ah the 
Word of the:Loxd, then breath would enter into me,aud 1 ſhould hve, 
ſurely of Chriſt beriſen ag aine from the dead, thert”s noimpoſſibilit 
but I may riſe, if others have been raiſed by the wertme of C bride 
reſtarrethiow, wiby may not 7 however this may ſeem.to be lictte 
or nothing, yet conſidering the foul in:a-mourning, dark, difſ- 
conſolate, frame, * ander dee —_— of (in, guilt, and 
wrath:, fallof tonfuſions, difira ions, deſpondencies, ttaggerinp 
and finking terrours; it will finde it ſomething, yeait will look 
onit - 51 work to dilcover but the morning ſtar through 
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teoulneſle, and worthineſſe, not only becauſe of their ke 
t6 ſave, but mainly becauſe their glory is: that 
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Chriſt, and reſignationof our ſelves to his actual diſpoſe, co 
quicken us, 'and ſave us in his own way. A great part of the 
anſwer of faith to the call of Chriſt iyes 4 in this, for as faith lees 
life and ſa{ration in the nands of Chrift; fo it conliders it to be 
given forth in the metbodsof Chriſt , and ſo lyes got 
enly in affent, but conſent of heart, that Chrift ſhall ſaveus in 
his own way ; " thisiscalled a receiving of Chrift ; as mayy ac re- 


ceived him to them be gaye power to became the Sonnes of Re 
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| Anaya foul wonld be fred by Oni by Chir, char ſticks and 
* Yar his mechods; de Nay > en ei by holi 
_ . Hor ſethimopesa King and Lord oma are Agua 
FKeu pros terky ' oh bur. nowChriſtahat/frad at rhe above, > i 
* ance, is received in ; conſent - hath. made up the match, y- 
and doore is opened that never ſhall be ſhuc again. 
3. Upon this follows the ſou , and relying ,} the ſouls 
confidence and upon Jeſus tor life and for ſal. 
vation ; this cloſeth up the whole buſineſſe of belecvingunto 
Tighteouſnefle ; thoſe various expreſfions uſed in Scripture of 
committing our way, andſelues to God , of our Care upon God, 
of rellap LR Fefurons Ben, of i in biw, #18 bis mercy, 
&c. wrapup ai oth inc, not withovr 
ſowe mixture of ' and upon Jeſus 
Chriſt : Sper ey Ip Chriſt inthe 
arguments to 
up hope and affianee, * Grichkrhenticonialens; and fo 
| eeſolvedthat we commit our ſelves, .and give our ſoulsin charge | 
to Chriſt , 1 know whom I bave beleeved, and 1 am perſwaded he it 1 Per. q, 19, 
able to keep that which 1 have committed unto him againſt that * Tim. 1.12, 


da). 

5 The upſhot of all is this, -that the ſame clofe which the 
makes in cor How 7 vow Chriſt as to juſtification and 
teouſneſſe, is not ro this effect of conveying life and 

fem Jl Chet eres grace and holineſſe ; for that uni- 
-on which chen and