43 2 Book IV. JLoolitng unto 'jefus. Chap. 1. ~ect:.6'. --~~----~--~~~~~~--~~-- he apears to the ten. Oh what a. blelfed day was this? it was the day of his refurrection, and the day of thefe feveral apparitions. 2. It was the.fame day atevening. Both at morn, noon, and evening Chrill flrew– ed himfdf alive by many mfallrble proof;. Earely in the morning he appeared to Mary, and prefendy afrer to the three Maries, who touched hi• feet, and worllrip– ed htm. About noon be appeared to Smton Peter; tn the afternoon he travelled widt two of his Dife1ples almoll. r~ghr mdes to the Callle of Emmam; and in the evening of the fame day he returned mvJ!cble from Emmam to 7mif'aleo:n. At all rimes of rhe day Chrifl is prepared, and preparing grace for his people. 3, It was the fame day atevenmg, being the firft day ofweek., Ti,pf~mv ""{l{lim,, that is, in one of the Sabbaths, but the Greek words are an Hebraifme, and the Hebrews ufe often by one to figmlie the jirft, as tn Gm. r. 5· the evening and the moruing were •ne ~ay ( '· ) the ftrft day. And whereas the Greeks found one of the Sabbaths, ,;;, oo{l{3~7•w, mufl be underll:ood enher properly, for s~bbaths. or elfe figuratively fignili– ing the whole week_; .and this;cc:ption.was ufual with theJ;ws, fo the Evan$elift brings luk 12 1 , 111 the ~hanfee.fpeakmt; N"«"." J'i: -r• ao/3!!-.-r•, I faft t\l'~ee rn the Sabbath (i.) 111 the week, · -·for lt Js 1mpolltble to faf1: tWice 111 one day ; and hence the tranflarour renders itthus prima die hebdomadi<, on the jirft day ofthe 1•eek., In which is adifcovery of his mercy: Chrif1: rook no long day to ll1ew himfef to his Apoftles, nay l1e took no day at all' but the ver)' firft day. When 'fofer ~ ll1ewed himfe!f unto his bretheren, he would no~ do it at lirf1:, and yet he dealt kindly, and very kindly with them • 0 but Chriils kindnefs is far a@ove Jofephs, for on the lirf1: day of the week, the ve;y fame day that he rufe from the dead he appears unto them. Thus for the rime. 7 2. For the place it is layd down in this palfag~~ 1rhere the Difciples were affimbled. lu~<. , 4 , >3· ~ow 1fwe would ~now where that was, the Ev_an~ellfl Lukt fpca)<s exprefly, it was m J:n fale'!' ; butln what houfe ~f Jerufalen: lt 1s unknown ; only fome conjecture that lt was m the houfe offomeDJfllple.'wherem was ~n upper room. This upper room, according to the manner of their bu!ldmgs at that ume, was the mof1: large and capacim,de Church- ous of any .other, and the mof1: retyred and free from d1fturb~nce, and next to hea– ., ven, as havmg no room above lt. Mede tells us exprefly, th1s was the fame room wherein Chrilt celebrated the Palfover, and inllituted the Lords Supper, and where on the day of his refurrection he came, and flood in the mid'!! of his Difciples, the doores being flmt ; and where e1ght dayes after, the Difciplrs bring within, heap.. !oh. to. , 6• peared again to fatislie the incredulity ofTh•mM ; and where the Apofiles mer after Ml. 1. "· ,3• Chrill: was afcended. Then returned they unto Jerufalem from the m011nt c.<llcd Olivet --and'I'Phcn they were come in, they wem 11p into an upper room, where aboad both Pe: ter, and James, and {•hn ; and the reft. If this be true, it ./hould feem tha( this,;,.. ' f;,;" thisupper room, lirll: confecrated by Chrifl: at his inftiru·ion, and cdebra1ion oftile Nirephor./. s. Lords Supper, was thenceforth devoted to be a place ofpr.ayer, and holy afiemblies: r:·.hijl.rap 3 o. and for certain the place ofthis timf~" was afterwards indofed with a goodly Church, Pfdl. 87· 7· known by the nameofthe ChurchofSyon; rowhich [erome madeboldroapplythatof !;,"~'" ~pr~<· rhe Pfa!me, the Lord l071eth the gates of Syon, more than all the dwellings of Jacob. ~ '11 ";" Now of this upper room the doors arefaid to befhut, and the reofonbywayof'adP' • 2 • junct is for fear of the [ews ; they· were lhut up as men invironed and beleag4ered with enemies; and here aquellion is raifed, whether Chrillcould enrer,thedoorsbe– ing (hut ? thetexr is plain, that he came in fuddenly, and becaufe ofhis fudden pre– Lu<. , 4 , ~7• fence (the doors being lliut.) thty we~e terrifed, and affrighted, Rfld (uppo(ed that they Aug. sem. 5 9 • h11dfeen a fpirit. The antJents fpeakmg of n, tell us, that he entred while the doors were {hut, And yet he WM no phantafme, bm he had atrue body confifting ofjlejh and bonu. Auz.i• Serm. Now how fuch a body confifling of crafs parrs, lhould enter into the room, and no Pojth. place at all open, is a great quefiion; but 'tis generally anfwered, that it WM by mi; Ju l.g"'f/'7· rade. As by miracle he walked on the fea, Mat. ro. 25. and as by miracle be J(u• i"'~r"r. vanilhed out of their fight, Lltk... 24. 3 I. fo by miracle he came in, the doors being ~::;,;~;h~:· fhut. I know it is againf1: the nature ?f.a bod~, rh~t one. lhould pafs through another, rsfm.r, (,r· borh bodies remainiMg entire ; and 1t IS an axwme m Plul_ofophy, that penetratjon of ,.,)'jl. bodyes is meerly impoffible ; yet for my part I lhall ~or dtfpure. the power .of tne Almighty ; this anfwer is enough for me to all the obJect1ons, etther of Pap1fts or Lu. therans, that the cret<ture might yield to the Creator, and the Creator .ne~dednot topafs through the creature ; Chrif1: came in when the doors were llmr, euhtr caufing th~ doors to give place, the Difciples not knowing ho~ ; or e!fe altering the very fub- . ftance
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