444 Book lV. JLoolttug·untojJEfUS'. Chap. 2. ~ecl:.l. ------ !ludywhen herofe; fiudy the Atgumems that m~ke out Chrift's refurrecti;,~ f~;;;_;;-d certain; lludy all the }.pparitions of Jeius (hril•; Oh ~!Jat oetightful fludies are tbde? h~dfi t.hou bern with the~ to whom Chnll arpeaJec, ~<culd not tly l;ean ha\e l<aJed wuh JOY? come, fludy 1t clofe; for tl;e bendit d d,efL Appnucr.s extend to tt<e. Job$. '7· rhefi·uitof Chrilt's 1efurredion is thine, tHn thir.e, as \Hll as their>; ](·uw'thir f•; thy felf. J. fh. I. 8, ~EC T. II. Ofconjidering Jefm in that re/peEl. 2. LEt us confider }efm, carrying on tl1is work of ourfalvat,ion for usin his refm•- . rectton. It ts not enough to know a fav:ng necdfary rrwh, hLt 11 IS r<~u;red furrl er that we dtgell: truth•, and that we draw forth then· l\rer.~;th for the nourilh– ment and refreQ,ing of our poor fouls. As a man may in half an Ltur chw and take into his llomack that meat, which he mull have teven 'r eight l•oUJs at leall: tv d1gdl ; fo a man may take tnto h1s underf.ar.dmg n.ote ttmhs m •n hem. than !If is able well to digell: in many; what good ~hofe men 'lie l:h to get by Strmon's or provi– dences, who are unaccullomed to ,this work of mednatton, J cannot imagine· it is obfe1 ved by fome, that this is th 1eafon v.l•y fo much preaching i>'loll anooflgfi us; why_ P!ofdlvrs that .run fro~ Snmop to So_mon, at;d a• e never "eary of hearirg or rcadmg, l1qve notwt~hftandmg fuch .languoflung ll:aned fouls, bl'(aU{e they will not mcdirate. And therefore Cod cpninoarded l'Jl.-ua, ~ only to read the Law, bur tQ codider d ir, ar.q dwell upo·n it: 7 l.u B•<k. of tht.:Lt,w.jhu/1 not dqart oht oj thy moNth, bm thou }haft rrrditv.te tbtrein day.,,.. m;,ht: ~hy d.1; i> the '"'Y that I am now prdJi1,g to; if thou knowefi rhefe th ngs, ccnLder, ruminate, meditate, ponder . on tl;l<m, again, and again. Ar.d be,aufe tl.is work·H<J4irrs enlargednefs of hean and ' fpirit , tl.erefore take it into parts, and cor,uder of each of tl,em apart by 1t felf. As--- I. Cunlider oftthe time when Cbri/1: rofe again. As Chill: had hi~ rhree daye{, and no more, fo moll thtu have the lame t!Jte dayes !the unto hts; the f.rll dal was calreG the c!ay of preparati,.n; the fe_ccnd was tloe S. bbatt.-day; and rh~ rhir,d was the refurr<ction day; fo thy f.dt day ts a day of p!CpraiiOn, a day of palhon, where– in thou mult ftrive and ftruggk againll: Iin and Satan, w!.erein hcu n uft futfer ali their bitter ea; ts till rhou dyefi, and give up tl,e Choll:. Attd thy fecond day is a day of refi, wLerein t!ybody mulllje i1. 1he g•a, e, and t!y fidh rr!l in hope; wherein thou f!,alt enter mtopeace, andreft in thy bed, umil the trumpet [(,und, and bid 1hee arift, and come to ;udgment: And thy third d.ay .is a day of 1efurre6ion unto glory. le is the firfl: day of the week, or the firfl begmntng of a never endmg world. Tbus ccniider the time of ( hrill:'s refurrecrion, and thence may!l tl10u draw down fame ufe for thy foul, nvurifl1mem. ·, · :1.. (onhder ot tl:< Reafons why Chri/1: arofe; was it not to confound the Jews? they caul nor endUte to hear of Chri/1: s refurreClion and therefore when Ptter and the otter Apofiles preached 1hat point, Thry were cui to the hcnrt, and took., councel to flay 1 hrm. It is the cafe cf. •hem to fay, We will not ha'l!e that ~>an to nign o'l!er "';_ they 1hat by their fin, cruCJfie Chri!l e'ery_ day,_ cannot v.nhout honor thl~kof hts exaimion it cu.s them to the l1earr 1har Chnll: IS nfen tv be rhetr Judge, t.gam, was itnOIIO c~nfirn,the faith of Chill:'sfollo~ers? till he~<as ~ifen, their faith was bur a weak fa•th. weak in knowhdge, weak., in alfmt, weak in confdence, weak in alfu– fance. mu~h ado had Chrtll witb them;< many a time had le chid them, Why are)'< f c"r};, 0 ye of irtle fauh? but afre1 he had fr.ewed lnml~lf ali, e b¥ many _infallible prods, 1hey could 1hen cry 1,1 out, My Lord, a,,d my ucd. Agam, was l! not ro evidence thatlte had fuily fausfied·all our debts? d1eApol1:le tells us, that Chnil was ou" Surety; at his dearb he was arre!led, and call:. tnto ynfon, whence he could not comflili all was payed; and therefote to h~ar that ( hnfl IS nfen, and that he_ bath bro– ken rhe bohs and fetters ut rbe grave, 11 11 a clear evtden< e thll God 1s.{ausfied, and that Chrifl is difcha·rged by Cod i irnlelf. Oh wlcat brealls of tonfolauon ar~ l1ere? Again, was it not to conquer lm, death, and dev1l ? now he rook_ ~rom death bts l•tng, and from hell his fianda 1d. now be fetzcd ll!'On tl1C har.d-vd mng that ,was agamfl ' . - u~
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