Chap.t. Se&.7. U-r.whh:.g unto jjefuS'. Boo!-. IV. 43 5 ----- b~; ye whoJametimes were afar of ,«tc made nigh by theblood of Chrijf, for heis our peace. Of F. h this we need no other proof or tigne, but that of the Prophet .' onah when the fea wrought ·f '' ' 3 • '-I· and was tempell:ious, whatJhall we do mltothee( fasd the Manners) that thefeamay becalm . 11 mo us.( and he(a1d, raft.! me ttp and can/f me into the fea, andf•]hall thefea b; calm; when that great enmity was betwixt God and us,wh•t Jl~all I do(fatd God;that my JUfttce may be fatisfied, and my wrath appeafed, and that there may be acalm? why, take me ( fatd Jona.,.n, ll. , chri[l) and call me forth into rhe fea, let all thy waves and rhy bdlows go over me, mal<e me a peace offering and ksH me? that when I am dead there may be ac~lm, and when I am rifen I may proclam tt, faymg.pcace be untoyo~<. Yeu hear what he fa!d. 3. What he Jlsewed ; rhis is the next.patTage, he (hewed u•tothemhis hands, and hi. fide. I look upon this as a true and •ea! mamte!l:anon of Ins rcfurreClton : And we find that \virhout rhis Thomas profetTcd he would never have bcheved, except/]hallfee m hu hands the print of the nayls, and put my Jinter into the.print ofthe nayls, and thruft my hand into hi. fide, I will not believe. But a quelbon, ortwo ss h~re ratfed,as whether rhefe wounds a~d Joh. >0. l$. priors of the nayls and fpear,. can poffibly agree wsrh a eionfied. body I and why C.hnft retained rhofe wounds and pnnts I for rhe firft, whether thofe prmtscould agree wtth a glorified body I fome affirm it with much boldnefs; and they fay that Chri!l: not only retained thofe prints whileft he aboad upon earth, but now that he is afcended into hea. ven he fiill retains them, for my pan I dare not go fo far, becaufe Scripture is lilenr. but rhe day is a coming when we JlJall fee Chri11 face to face, and then we lhall know die r'ruth of rhis: only I conceive that Chrill's body yet remaining on earth was nor entred into rhat full<~efsofglory asit is now in heaven, and therefore he might then retain fome skars, or blemiQJes, ro manifeftrhe truth of his refurreCl:ion umo his Difcipl•s, which are not agreeable to hi~ ftare in heaven. But this I deliver, nor as matter of faith ; reafons are produced both ways by the amientwriters, and I refer you to tbem. For rhe fecond, why Chri(\ retained thefe wounds and prints? many reafons are ren. dred though I fhall not clofe with all. . 1 • Some rhink thofe skarrs or ~rims were as the trophes ofhis victory; nothing is more delighrfull to a lover, than to bear about rbe wounds undergone for his beloved . and nothing is more honourable for a S?ulaier than to lhew his wounds undergone'for his ~ounrri<F good;whar are they but as fo many arguments ofhis valour,and trophies ofhis victory· B d . LJ• this was Btdes fenfe, Chrift re{erved hu sk_arrs, not from anyimpotency of curing them,bn; ' ' ·'" .c. toJet out theglory andtriumph ofhu viCiory aver death and hell. 2. Others think thofe skarrs or prints were for thefetting out of Cbri'fis fplendor and beauty, as in cut or pinck garments the inward lilksdo appear more fplended,f., in Chrift' 5 , wounds there appe·ars inwardly far more beauty. .Aquinas affirms, that in the veryplace Thom.3. P" 1 ·9 of the wounds there ua certain fpecial comlinefs in Chrift. And Augufti'lle thinks, that the ~~~~ ~~'· d• 'Very martyres may retam fome s/z.arrs ofthez.r wounds tn glory, bcctm[e there u no deformity, civit. Dei. bur dignity in them; andbejides a certain beauty may fhine in their b•dics anfwerable to their vertues wherein they excelled. . 3. Others think that Chrifl retains thofe skarrs, that he might by them intercede for us: upon thefe very words, we_have an advocate with the Father 'fcfus Chriftthe righreo11s, 1 Joh.• o: they comment thus ; that God u appeafedby Chrift reprefenring to him the prints and skgrrs 'lh . of hu humane nature. Chrift's wounds are as fo many open mouths,which cry at rhe tribu. ]< am.;• '· nal ofhis Fa her for mercy, as Abets blood cryed for reveng. ona, • •· +·.Others think that Chri!l: retains thofe skarrs, that thereby in the day of judgment hemtght confound the Jews, and all the wicked in the worldIt is .Aug,ftine's judg– ment, that as Chrift /hewed Thomas his hands and fide becaufe otherwif: he would not belive, fo at the !aft day will he lhew rhofe wounds r~ all his enemies, faying, come behold the man whom ye have crucified, come> fee the print of the nayls, and the prmt of the [pear ; thefe be tbe hands and feet yoll nayled and clenched to a peice -of A~e.l. ,; do wood : thu u the fide you pierced ; by you, and for you was it opened, but you would j;mb. 6. s. not enter m that :You might be faved. And for this opinion they aliedg this teKt, be- 1\<V.l· 1. hold he comerh With clolldes, and every eye fl>all fee .h1m, and they alfo which pierced h1m, and all b_:ndreds ofthe earth]hall Wdil becaufe ofhim, evenJo Amen. • . 5· All rhmk that Chrift retained his skarrs, that he might convince the unbelie. vsng DsfcJples of his ref!irreClion ; hereby they are • atTured that Chrift is raifed, and that the fam~ body of Chri!l: is raifed that befor~ WJS crucified ; and to this we cannot but fubfcnbe, rbr ,k_grs of his 1vounds were for the he!lling oftheir doubts. Ltsk! brings Y Y in
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