416 Hook lV. J.Lootttng unto j}cftt.S. Chap 1. Secr.3. I anfwer, it is rrue, that the Father raifed him, and yet this comradi<'!s not but that he raifed up himfelf; lVhatfoever the Father doth. I do, faith Chrifl:. Chrill's refurre– cti..n is the indivilible work of the ble[ed Tnnity; it is a work common to all the three perfons; there is but one power of the Father, and of the Son ; fo rhat of both it is tru– ly verified, the Father raifed !urn, and the Son nifed himfelf. Mat. , 8 , 2 • 3. That (hrill rofe again wirh an Earthquake; And behold there IVM a great Earthquak§, for the .Angel of the Lord defcendfd from heaven. The eanh Owok at his death and now it trembles again at his Refurredion ; ,plain!y{peaking that it could neither en: dure his futfering, nor hinder his riling. As a Lion wirh a Roar is faid to make the Bed wherein he lies to tremble; fo this Lion of the Tribe of 1ud,d' was ablnvith his voice or fight, to make his (Bed, the Earth, wherein he lay) to tremble: no fooner he lhake~ himfelf, but he 01akes the earth ; at his firll motion the earth moves ; and now was fuiP fol. 1 14· 1· filled that Prophefi~, Tremble ilme earth atthe prefcnce cf the Lord, at the prefence •f the God of Jacob. It JS not for us, curioully to enguire into the caufe of this Earth-quake: certamly the caufe was above Natures reach; Jt was not any hollow wind got into the bowels of the earth ; but either it was Chrifl's riling, or the Angels defcending. the earth either danced for joy that Chrift was rifen, or it trembled for fear that men 1~ould n~t believe hi& refurrection. The Evarigelifl feems to lay it on the Angel; for the .Angel or the Lord defcended from heaven: fure the power of Angels is very grtat. they can move all corporeal things dm<!fl in an inftam, they can ftir up tempelts, they can lhake the earth, move the waters, only all their power i• fubjedcd to God's will. Blefs the l'(al. roJ.lO· Lord all ye .Angels that excel in ftrength, that do his will: it was the will of God that now an An~ellhould take hold on the pillars of the earth, and make it Drake ; no wonMat. ,g, 4· der if for fear of him the Keepers Jbak§, and become tU dead men; and if one Angel be able to lhake the earth, and to 01ake the Keepers, thofe armed fouldicrs that were fet to watch the Tomb; what then will Chrifl: himfelf do, when he lhall come to judg– ment the fecond time, with many thoufand thoufands of Angels? Oh how terrible and fearful will his coming be? As at Chrift's refurredion, fo at the lalt refurredion, M a•. >4· 1· there will be eartbqteakgs in divers places: Chnft bath Orcwed, and he will thew him– felf to be the abfolme Lord of heaven and earth ; fee how the earth, trembling under his feet, doth (as it were) pay him homage; ·and behold there was ·a great E 11 rth– q"aRE· Mat.lS. ,. 4• That Chrilhofeagain .Angels miniftring to him. .An .Angel came ~nd ro/ledbact the Jlone from the door, and fate upon it. Chrifl's power was not included in the grave, or on the earth, but elktended ro Heaven, and to the Hafts therein; however the chief Priell> and Pharifees confpired together to clofe him io the earth ; they fealed the !lone, and fet a watch, they made all as fure a. pollibly they could; yet the Angels of heaven· are ready to wait on him as their Sovereign Lord. .An .Angel defcendedto roll away the Stone; not that Chritl was unable to do it himfelf: he Owok the earth, and could he notlift up a flone? 0 yes ! but thu; he would manifeft his power, by declaring his power overrhe mighty Angels; he needed but to fay unto his Angel, do this, andhe doth it. I find fame difference amongfl Authors, why an Angel fhould roll away the Stone: fame think it was only for tl1e womens fake, that they might go into the Sepul– chre, and take a view of the empty Tomb, and fo be fatisfied that'Chrill was not here, M 4 t. 2 g, 6. butrifen; as they faid, Come,.fee the place where the Lord lay:· Oth~rs think it was to do their office of duty and fervtce to Cbrifl Jefus, to make way for hts body to pafs out of the grave without any penetration of other bodies : for my part, I adhere to thefe; t!iough we need not to exclude the former ;,~t the Stone mi~h: be removed, both t~ar Chrill might come forth, and that the women might be convtnc d that h~ was nfenagam. But as forrhe opinion of them , who think the flrone was not removed ull after rhe refur– re<'!ion · and that the body of Chrifl went through the Grave-flone when he rofe again, it is withour all warrant; the very order of nature will not p~rrnit that one body flw~ld pafsthroughanother, withoutcor;uption or alteration of etther: We fay two bodtes cannot be together, and at once, m one proper place; no more th~n one body can be together, and at once, in an hundred, or a thoufand places; .now tnat Angeltcal .Ar~uM•t. ,g. 6 • mem is full for this ; he if not here, for he isrifen; he is not m the grave, for he 15 nfen out of rhe grave; he could not be in the Grave, and out of the Grave at one and the fame time. But I mean nor to dwell on Comroverfiai Points, I . 5 That Chrill rofe again accompanied with others; and the Graves were opened,Mdmany ~ .:t.t7·S!,J3" ~ bDdt.e ·
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