LOOKING UNTO JESU .S ,Jn his Reforref!ion. Book IV. PartiV. CHAP. I. Matth. 28. 6. He isrifen.-----Come fie the place where the Lord lay. ' ':. 2 Tim. 2. 8. Remember that Je[us Chrifl of the fied of David, was raifed from thed~ad. $ ECT. I. Of tbe time of Chrifi's Refurrellion. ~~~~~~~~~~H; Sun that went down in a ruddy cloud, is rifen again r with glorious beams of light. In this piece, as in the (ormer, we lhall fidl: lay down the Objed, and then give diret!ions how to look upon it. The Objet! is 'le[m, carrying on the work of man's fal~ vation in his refumd:ion,and during the time of his abode on earth after his Refurredion. Now in all the tranfaC!i– ons of thi~ time, I Jhall only take notice of thefe two things. I. Of this refurredion. 2. Of his Appariti• tions; for firfl, he rofe; and fecondly, he lhews himfelf thJt he was rifen: in the firfl is the Pofition, in the fecond is the Proof. I. For the Pofition, the Scripture tells us that he rofe again the third day. In this point I fliall obferve thefe particulars. r. When .he arofe. 2. Why he arofe. 3. How hearofe. I. When he arofe; it was the third day after his crucifying. As !on?u w.u three Mat.tz. 4 o1 dayes and three nights in the whaleJ belly) fo p,afl the Son ofman be three days and three nights in the heart of the Mrth. This wa< the time he had appointed: and this was the time ap– propriated to Chnft, and marked our for him in the Kalender of the Prophets; of all thofe whom God raifed from death to life. tlierc is not one that was raifed on the third day, but Jefus Chrifl; fome rofe afore, 'and fome rofe after; the Son of theShunamiu, Tt - the
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