712. Book. IV Part.4. Leoking U1$to 1efus. Chap. I .Sect,) Job. :~.o. r, Joh: ~o. r. ~cclef. r Z,f r SECT. 5· OfChrifts 11pp4r#ion ts Mary Magd11/en. ON the firft day were many apparitions, but I ihall fpeak only to one,or two, as related by the Evangelift [ohn. I. Chrift appeared unto Mary Magdalen apart, the firft day of the wuk, cometh Mary Magdaim early, when it w.u yet dark, unto the fepulchre, tfndfeeth theftone taksn away from the[epuichre· the came whiles it was·yct dark; the departed from home befor~ day, and by that time the came to the fepulthre the Sun was about to rife, thither come, file fi~des the ftone rolled away, and the body ofJefus gone~ upon this ihe runs to Peter and John, and tells them, they have taken awa; the Lord oJst of the {epulchre, · and we k.Jiow not where thq h.tve layd him. Then Peter and J~hn ran as fail as they could to fee, they looked into the fepulchre, ~nd nodinding the body there, they prefently returned By this time Mary Magdalm was come back, and howfoever the difciples would not ftay, yet fhe wasrefolved to abide by it,and to fee the iffue. , · We finde this apparition, for our further aifurance,compaffed and fee about with each needful cin.:umfiance; here's the time when, the place where, the perfons to whom, the manner how he appeared; together with the confequents afcer his apparition. I . For the time when he appeared; now upon tbefirft day of the week_, very earlJ in the,morning.. It was the firft day of the week, the next day to their Sabbath; I !hall fpeak more particularly to chi~ in the next apparition ; and it was very early in the morning; the applrition was ~arly, but c..Maries feeking ofChrifr was fo early that it w.u yrt dark,; ihee's going to the grave, when by courfe of nature !be _ihould have been in'her bed; ihe fought him early whom ihe loved entirely : giving us to learn that wethould feek Chrift betimes~ even in thedayc~ of our yotJth; that in thefe firft dayes of the week we ihould rife up earl¥ to enquire afterChri£1:; they that will not feek Chrifl: untill they have given over fee)fing other things, may jufl:ly feare to milfe
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