70·-e>-~B,...~o-k-IV_P_a_r_c. -4-·-L-tJo-k-Jp-~-u-TJ-to-1~efi-us-.-(-~h-a-p-. 1-S-e~ .- John IO.t8 ACts ).JO Acts z•. 14 M:mh. zS. : power gi'ven them from above, and therefore though in their liferime they raifed others, yt>t being dead they could nor raife rhemfelves; but Jefus Chrill: did nor onely in his life-time raife-others, but alfo being dead,and laid in h:s grave, and pfdfed with ll:ones and watched by fouldiers, and fought to be dereyned by all rh: power ofdarkneffe, yet he as a conqueror by his own power raifed himfelf to life ; he caufed all things by the ftrengrh of his own arme to give way unto himfelf, I have power to lay down my life, 11nd .I have power to t11k,s it up again; ' an equal power ro rake it up, as to lay it down But againfi this it may be objected, the God ofour fathtrJ raifed up Je[m,-whom God hath r11z[ed up, having loofed the pamu of death. In many places the refurreCtion ofChrift is afcribed to his Father, now then is he faid to ra tfe up himfelf by his own power? J anfwer, it is true rbar the Father raifed him, and yet this conrradtcts not but that he raifed up himfdf, whatfoever the Father doth, l do, faith Chrift. Chrtll:s rrfurrection is the indivi!ible werk ofthe bleffed Trinity; it is a work common to all ~he three perfons, there is bur one power of the Father, and of the Sonne ; fo that of both it is truly verified, the Father raifed' hzm, and the Sonne raifed himfelf. 3·. That Chrift rofe again with an Earthqu~ke, <~nd behold t'here. was agreat Eartbquak.§, for the nngflef the L ord defcended from hea·ven. The e3rth fllook at his dearh , and now it trembles again at his refurrection ; plainly fpeaking that it could neither endure his fuffering, oor hinder his riling As aLvon with a roar is faid to make the bed wherein he 'lies to tremble; fo this Lim . of the trihe uf Judah was able-with his voice, or Gght • to make . his(bed the earth wherein !o!e lay) co tremble ; no fooner he· fhakes himfelf, but he fhakes the earth; at his firft motion the earth moves;and now was fulfilled that propheGe , tremhle thou earth at the prrfence of the .Lord, at the prefence of the God of { t~ cob. ·It is not for us curioul1y to enquire into the caufe of this Earth-quake : certainly the caufe was above natures reach; it was not any hollow-wihd got into the bowels of the earth, but either it was Cbrills rifing , or the Angels defcending; the earth , either danced for joy that Chrift was rifen , or it trembled' for· kar that men would.not bdee.ve hi5 .refurrection. The Evange- · - lift,
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