Chap.t. Sl'fl.7. Book lV. 439 dr ljl now ·hisi~ aoai~tl:the ,;;;;:;:-;;;·faith· it eonlifleth not in feeingorfeeling, b~t 1 ~~fr~~ contra~ry , faith iJ the [Jtbft~mce of thini,s hoped f~r, and the evidence. of things riOt (een. Indeed in things natural a man muft bave expenence; ar.d then believe: but in divine things a man muil: firil be!ie.ve, and then have cx, enence, and yet to help rhy Hob. 1 '· 1• ur.belief (faith Chrift) I am willing thu; far ro condefcend, and yelid unto thy weaknefs, come, feel the "rim ot the nayls, and of the [, ear, come reach h11her thy Jinl;er and behold my hands, and >wch hit!Jer thy hand,. and thrufl it into myfide, and be not faithlefs, bttt believing. Chri!l compo!lwnates IllS chtldren, though full ofweaknefs and wants; he Pr.:o l·' ., 1 2 • pitycs them that fear him, for he k;_JoJVeth our. frame, he remernbrcth that we are but · · d 11 (f. 2 • The object is Cbritl feen or felt ; his pnnts, and skars, are the very wttnelfes of our redemption, and of Ius rcfurrdbon ; they declare that Satan IS over– thrown, that death and hell are fwJIIowed up in victory, that he h.1th fpoiled prin– cipal!ities a.vd powers; and ro this purpofe are rhef~ .texts, who io this that comtthfr~m Edam, with dyedgarment.<from Boz.xah? By Edom, IS meant death, by Bouah (the chtef Ciry of Edom) is meant rhe flare ofthe dead or hell; frcm both whtch Chn[l returned at his glorious refurrecrion, for, thou wilt not leave my {otd in hell, neither wilt thott Col.,. 13· ''· fiiffir thy holy oneto fee comption, Pfal. 16. 10. Now faith the Prophet, or fome A~- If.. 6 3·•· 2 · f. gel, who is 1his that cometh frow Edom, with dyed garmencrs from Boz.rah, who IS this that cometh fo rryum?hamly, with the keyes ofEdom, and Boz.r~h. of death and bell at hi; girdle ? to which the anfwer is given, 1 that fpeab, in righteoufnefs, mighty to fave ; as much as to fay, it is I refiu Chri(f, I thatam righteous in f;;eaking, and mighty in faying; whofc Word is truth, and whofe work ts falvarion, it is I, even I ; this anfwer given, another qudi:ion is ~ropoundcd, lVherefore art tholt red in thine apparel, and thy garments likg him that treadeth in the wine-fat ? q. d. here's nothing bur skars, and wounds, and blood ; iftlwuartfo mighty tO fave, how comes thy aprarrel to be fo red, and ferinkled, or liained with blood i to which Chrifl anfwet·,, I have troden the wine-prefs alone,--and I will tread them in mine anger. I was rroad, and pre!led, till the very·blood ftre:;med out of my hands, and feet, and fide, fo preffed, that they prelfed the very foul our of my body. See here behold my hands, and my feet, and my fide ; that it is I my [elf, I have troad the wine-prefs alone. Bur as I was troad, fo J ll'ill tread; up he gets, and he treads on them that troad on hiRl ; his enemies of Edam, and Boz.rah are now like fo many clu!lers under his feet, and he tramples upon them as upon grapes in a far, till he makes rhe blood fpring our of them, and all ro fprinkle his garments, as if he had come our of the wineprefs indl'ed. See here a double light, his own blood, and his enemies blood ; here's the blood of the Lamb rbar was flain, and the blood of the dragon that was rroaden upon ; here • a /how both of his palfion and his refurret'l:ion ; of his fulfering and triumphing .--- another text ofthis nature; and onejhallfayuntohim, wbataretbefewollnds in thy hands? then he jhall anfwer, thofe w£th which I was woundedin thehott(e ofmyfriends, I know in the ftCJd z,ch 13· 6. ofChrtfi fome have1mployed rhefe word;; ro rhe falfe Prophets, as if they had palfed through the Churches difcipline, and fo had received their wounds. Bur others rebr rhem ro J efus Chri!\, of whom without conrroverfy rhe next verfe fpeaks . and of whom rhe firfi verfe of this chapter fpeaks, and to wh0m afrer a long Par~ en thefis rhe Prophet feems to return ; and one Jhalt fay unto him ( who was the [01mtain opened ) what are thefc wounds in thy hands ? or as the Sepruagint, in the mdft of thy hands?a wonder ltlS ro fee rhofe prmts and skars in the hands cl Chri11 . aad therefore is the queflion, what are thefe wounds ?to which Chrift anfwe!'s, thofe with which I was wounded in the houfe of my friends (i.) in the houfe ofmy beloved, the children of Jfrael my brethrenacc~rding ro the llelh, the people ofrhe Jews; why thefe are rhe wounds they gave me, and whtch now I lhow as the tigm ofmy victory, and as the marks ofmy refurre:'hon. ' Thus far of the firfl head, rhe apparition of Chrift. :z. For rhe frmts. of this apparition, rhey contain Thoma's confe/fion, and Chrifl's corn~ mendar•on of h1m mfome refpecrs. I· Thoma's confelfion? AndTh~mas anfivered,and[aid 11nto him,my Lord,and my God,a few words,bm of great wetgbt; 1. He acknowledgeth Chrifl a Lord; into whofe hands are pur , the very keys of heaven;allpower isgiven umo me in heaven and in carth.z.He acknowlegerh Ma!· ' 8 · ' 8 · ChriftUod;whom he faw with his eyes,and felt with his lnnds,he looks on,nor as ameer man but as God, and as the fecond perfon in the God-head. 3. He acknowledgetl1 Chrill to be lu Lor4, and h:i God ; this apro?riating of Chri!l is the right character of a faith
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