Chap. 1 .Sect. z L1aklng 11nto :je[tu. Book IV. Part.4. 701 I lift feemes to lay it on the Angel, for the . A ngel of the Lord defcended from hea'!len , fure the power ofAngels is very great; they can move all corporeal things almofi in an inllanr, they can fiir up tempefts, they can fhake the earth, move the wa ters , ondy alltheirpowerisfubjeCtedtoGods will. Blrffe the L QrJ allye~la l. 1op:3 11ngels that ex cel in ftrmgth, that do his will; it was the will ofGod that new an Angel {hould take hold on the pi !Iars of the · earth, and make it {hake; no wonder if for of him the Je_eepers Mat. ~g~ 4 fh~kt , and become as.dradmen : and if one Angel be able.to {hake the earth, and to fhake the keepers, thofe armed fouldiers that were fet to watch the tomb; what then will Chrifi himfelf do, when he {hal come to judgment the fecond time,with many thoufand thoufands of Angels? Oh how terrible and fearful will his coming be? As at Chnfis refurreCtionJo at the !aft refurreCtion there will be earth-quak.fs in divers places; Chri!l: hath fl;iewed;Mlt,,lf, 7 and he will fhew himfelfto be the abfolute Lord of heaven and earth ; fe\! how the earth trembling under his feet doth (as it were) pay him homage; and behold there w.u a great e.mh~ quakf. 4· That Chrifi rofe again Angels miniftring to him. An A n·- gel came and rolled back., the ftol'i!, from the doore, and fa te up.n it. MJt, 1g 2 · Chri{h power was not included in the grave, or on the earth, ' but extended to heaven , and to the hofis therein -, however the c~fPriefis and Pharifees confpired together to dofe him in the eartb,hey fealed the !lone, and fet a watch,they made all as fure as poffible they could; yet the Angels of heaven are read>; to wait on htm as their Sovereign Lord. An Angel de{cended to roll away the ft one; not that '- hrifi was unable to. do it himfdf, he fiwoke the earth , and could he not life up a fione? 0 yes , 1 but thus he would manifefr his power, by declariflg his power O• ver the mighty Angels; he needed but to fay untq his Angel, do thu, and he doth it . I finde fome dtfference amongfl: Authors, . why an AAgd iliould roll away the fione; fome think it was onely for the womens fake, that they might go into the fepulcre· and take a view of the empty tomb, and fo be fati sfied tha ~ C.hri!l: was not here, but rifen, a·s the} faid, Come, fee the place 'IV here theLord l-9';others think it was to do their office ef duty & Mmh.18. 6~ fervice to Chrifi Jefus; to make way for his body to paffe out of ~he grave without any penetration of other bod1es; for my part - · ·· - · ·- I adhere
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