·.~.---- 410· flock IV. ----;i;;Je~-;~S~r~· llept : 0. fl·r;,;g._! if th~y ,;~-;:;;;Oeep. how know they that 1,;; Difcipb f\ole away his body? and tt rhey were not a!leep, how could a few weak fi01ers take away ills body from a band of armed Souldiers ? 3. Fro~ typical infhuctions; fu.ch was Ad.113's Deep, Ifaac's laying upon t1 1 e Al– t1r, Jofeph s 1mpnfonment, S.<mp(on s·breakmg of the g1tes of Gm:.a, Davia's efca ing our of Saul's hands, {eremy's dehvennce our of the pit, the raifing of the Shuna;,itts child, of tbe widow of Sarephtahs fon, of the Temple of Solomon, of Jonah from the deep;, a thouf•nd of thefe types mtght b.e produced, wh1ch relate to this afltitype, Chrijl s rejisrre[l:torr. l'fal. 1 r. 10 . 4 · From. prophetical prediC!ions,_ Thou wilt not leave myfoul in hell, nrithe;· wilt Ho f. 6. 2. thou fujfertmne holy one to fee cormptton, Pf:t!. 16. 10: After two dayes he trill revive u•, m the thtrd day he will raife m up_, Hofea 6. 2. he w1ll raife "'up ( i.) his Son united· Pf•ll '· 7· to·us, or our flelh alTumed by Ius Son, Thou art my Son, thu day h.<ve I begotten thrc, PfJI. 3· 5· Pfal. 2. 7· ACl:s I 3· 33· I lmd "!e d~wn and Jlept, J awak_ed, fonhe .Lord fuflained me, Mat. If. "· Pfal. 3. 5· Above all, how plam was the prophelle of Chnfl hunfelf, that h< 7r.Hjf go to !msfA!em and ftiffer many thmgs of the Elden, and chtef Pmjls, and Scribes, and be kjlled, and be raifed again thethirdday , l\!atth. 16. 2 t. N,,,, , 8 , 6 , 2. The fpecial Arguments are exceeding many, as the Angels A!Tertion, He is ne! here, for he is rifen, tU he {aid, come fee the place where the Lord lay, Matth. 28. 6. MJt. ,g, ,, ~· The great Earthquake, And behold th:re was a greareart.hqJtak!, f~r the Angelof tl,. Lord defcended from heaven, and ' ""'e and rolled b.1ck, the Jlone from the <'wr, Matt h. 28. 2. 3. The Apparitions of raifed bodies, and the graves were opened, r.nd many bodies cf Saints which Jlept arofe~ and came oMtof the g~;avcs after hjs refurre£tion, and went into M•t. •7·5>,n the holy City, and appeared tmto many, Matt h. 27. 52, 53· +· The fudden courage of the Apoflles; whereas a little before they dutfl not peep out of doors, they prefemly after coropa{I:_ed the whole world, and confidently taught, that there was no other name given ur~dcr he~vm, 1rhercby men may beJaved, bm the.Name Acb 4 1 '· of {e(us, AC!.4.12. 5· theMartyrs fuffeungs even for this truth. 6. The Adverfaries con(effions even to rhis truth. 7. The Jews punilhments even to rhis day for not be– lieving this faving truth. There is one Rabbi Sarr.Jtel, who fix hundred years lince wdt a Tract in form of an Epillle, to Rabbi Ifaac, Maller of the Synagogue of the Jews; wherein he doth excellently difcufs the caufe of their long captivity, and ex– cream mifery : And after that he had proved it was infliC!ed for fome grievous lin. he !IJCweth that lin to be the fame which A mos fpeaks of, For three tranfkre(Jions of I]t:zd, Amo• ,, 6 , and for fottr, /will not turn away the ptmiflment thereof, becmtfe they fold the righteow for filver, Amos 2. 6. the felling of Yof<ph he makes the hrft fin; the worfltipping of the Calf in Hortb the fecond fin; the abufing and killing of G(ld's Prophets the third fin; and the felling of ]efus Chrift the fourth lin. For the firft, they ferved four hundred years in Eg)'pt; for the fecond, they wandred forty years in the wildernefs ; for the third, they were captives feventy years in Baby/011; and for the fourth, they are held in pitiful captivity even till thisday. 8. Tile !all: Argument on ":h1Ch only I fhall in– fi!t, it is the feveral Apparitions that Chrifl made to others after. h1s refurreCl:~on, fome reckon them ren times, others elev<n times, and others twelve umes, accordmg to the number of his twelve Apoflles. 1 • He appeared unto Mary Magdalen apart. As a woman was the firfl inftru– ment of death, fo was a woman the tirft MelTenger of hfe; lhe brought the firfl tt– dings of the refurreC!ion of Chrifl, which is the furef!: Argument of mans falva– tion. Luke , 4 , 34 . 2. He appeared to all the Maries toget~er as they_ retarned homewards from the Sepulchre, never any tmly fought for Chnlr, but With thefe women they were fure to find Chrifl. 3. He appeared to Simon Peter alone; he was the firfi: an:'ong men to whom heap– peared, hdirflwer.t into the Sepulchre, and he firft faw htm that was ra1fed thence: he was called firft, and he confeffed Chrift to be the Son of God, and thetefore Chcill: a?pears firft to him. the Angel bade the women to tell his Difciples and Peter (that is to fay, ;nd Peter efpecially) that he was ri(cn, t<nd gone before Mar'< 11 • i• them into Galilce. Of this fpeaks Paul, He was fi•ft ften of Cephas a~td thm of I Cor. 1). ). the twelve. • 4· He appeared to the two Difdples journying towards Emm,utJ ;_ the name of the
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