,p-!l Book IV. Chap. I. ~·eCt:.t~ the fon of the widow of Sarephtah, the daughter of l"im.<, he of Naim, and fome otbersrofe afore ; Laz.artii, and the Saints that rofc again from the durt when Chrilt rofe, flaid longer in the grave, but Chn£1: takes the day, which difcorers him to be the Lnke 24 . 4 6. Me(]iah: . Thtu itriJwrithtclz, a"~ tht<J it behowd Chrijf to /iiffi.r, and to >:ife from the de.1d the thtrd day. Had ei"ofo wonet',--a doubt n:IglJt have been o£ his d 1 ing; and had he lam longer, a doubt m•ght have been of Ius nfmg; he would rife no fooner be– caufe)~me difeafes, as in the Apoplexy, .orfucb like, examples are given of fu(h, as feemi~g}olbe dead, have mdeed·revived! and he would lie no longer in his grave, be– c_aufe mall dead carca!Tes (andefpwally w a wounded body) pmrefadion and con·up– twn begms):he tll!fdd~y: tillS may be gathered by the Story of L"'.';-"""' in the Gofpel., where Jefijs commandmg t.he Clone w be rolled from hiS grave, /Vfart~a his Sifler anfwerJohn 11. J9· ed, f-ord,. by thio time h: ftink!th, for he hath been dc.1d f our dnye.r. Now the body of pf,l. , 6 , "'· Cbnrt (asu was prophehed) ;n,?f\,not corrupt ; for tbou wilt 11ot lea'l!c my (out in hell, nmher1wlt thou fujfer thy holy one to foe corruption. 'Mark this Text : All men fhall rife. again, but their bodi~s murt firft fee corruption; only the M e/Jiah wa; to rife agam before be faw corrupuon; and therefore he would not delay his refurredion after Hofea ~. •· the t!urd day. Some t!unk tins, and that of Hofer~, after tll'o days hewill revivezu, and s in.the third day_ hewill raife t«·Uf., tO be. the main Texts to which Chri£1: refers, when he Luke q. 46 .-faid, 7hnr 1t rs wmtcn. And to wl]Ich the Apoftle refers, whenhefaid , that Chrift 1 Cor. 15 • 4 .j rofe again thethird day according to the Scriptures. I dare not be too curious, in giving reafons for this fer time ; and the rather, becaufe Chrifl is a free worker of his own affairs; he do'th what l1e pleafeth, and when he pleaf– eth; times and adi0ns are in his own power, and he needs not to give us any account of them ; and yet fo far as Scripture difcovers, we may go along; and amongll many others, I J]Jalllay down thefe following Reafonf. ·-- < ·r. ..Becau(e the J'ypes had fo prefigQred; we fee it in Ifaac, Jopah, and .Hez.ekjat., a Patriarch, aProphet, ' and a King.v · I. For I(aac; •from the time that God command– ed Jfaac to be offered for aburnt offering, Jfaac was a dead man; but the third day be .was releafed from death; this the Text tells us exprefly, tlm it was the third day when Abrahamcame to Mount Moriah, -.md had his Son, as it were, reftored to him again, ~~~· ,',~ ,~: Gen. 21.. 4. And Paul difcovers that rhis was in aJig~tre, Heb. I I. I9. 2 . For Jonah . from the time that Jonah was call into'the-fea, and fwallowed up of the Fifh, {onahwas: in account, as a dead man; but the third day the Lord fpake unto the Fifl1, and it vomit– Jon•h ,,,o.• ed"P Jonah ~tpon the dry land, Jonah 2. IO. And that this was a figure of Chrifl, Chrift • himfe!f difcovers; fo• M/onas iVMthreedays. 1111dthree niJJhts in the whales belly, {o fhaO Mat•.,. 40 ; the Son of. man be threeday~"ndthree mghts m .rhe heart oj thecarth, 3· For Hez.ekjah; from the time that Ifaiah faid unto him , Jet thuu hote{e in order, for thou jhalt die, alld • King. ooo~ : notlive; Hez.e~iahwas, in account, as adead man; his bed was to him as a gr:tve; but · on the third day he y;as miraculoufly raifed up again; and as the Prophet faid, oil the vu.:;. tiJird;lay-thou jhaltgo up to·the hou{e of the Lord. Surely this was a figure of Cl1rifr. And thtfe Type9 prefiguring Chrili:, are as one Reafon. 2. Becaufe the Ptophm and himfelf had fo foretold : forthe Prophets we have cited. P(al. I6. ro. Hofca 6.2. And for himfe!f, he told them verye~prefly, thathemnft Mat.16.:1. fujfe~ manythingsof the Elders, and chief Priefls, and Scribes, and be raifed a[ainthe r.~ou-.u,,. ihirdday; yea, raid he.' rheSo11of man jhallbebetrayedinto the h~nds of men, and they ~l,t,,~.,8,,; •• jha/1 kill him, an<I the thtrd day he jhall be raifed agaw; and after this, he.tells themagam, that the Son of man jl,ould be betr~.yed,---and crucified, and tf, r!urd day he j/Jould rife again: fo often.had l~e prophefied thus, thatthecluef Pmllsand Phanfees came to Pi/ale after his death, faymg, Sir, we remember that thu dccetVer {atd, wlule he wa.s yet Mat.>7·62~- , t~li11e, Pjterthree d•yes !will rife ag~in; ~omma1!d therefore that the Sepulc!>er be made •· furumtilthe third day . . And no queftwn !mDifnplesrememb~ed thefe fa¥mgs; for fo the two Difcip!es travellmg towards Em»uuu, after tiny had fa~d many thmgs concern– ing him, and that they trulted it ha~ been he, which D10uld have redeemed I(r~el, they added this ai a mo£1: fpecial obfervauon abo_ve all the re£1:: t~1at today u rh: therd day Jince L~ke '4· "· theft things were done. Why, all thefe hgmfie that Ius n(ing on the third day was t.he accomplifh•nem of Prophefies, and a cenam eviden~e that he was the Meffiah Indeed. · 3 . Bccaufe that time was moft fmable for comforti1.g his friends, for confounding biS enemies, for clearing the truth both of his Humanity and Divinity.; he ~ould ftay no longer left his Difciples might have been [wallowed up With gnef; and l1e ' · · · would
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