734 Book. IV Part.4. LsokJng unto 1efur. Chap. I .Sed. 6 the Evangelift Luks fp~aks expretfely, it was_in {er4alem. but Luk. 11-.3 3· in what houfe of {erNfalem ic is unknown ; only tome conc~iture that it was in the houfeof fome Difciple wherein was an u-pper roome. This upper roome according to the manner of their buildings at that time was the moft large and capacious of any other, and the moft retyred and free from.difturbance, and nat Mede C!Jurcbes, to heaven, as having no roome above it, c.Mrde tells us ex. preffely, this was the fame roor.ne wherein Cluill: celebrated the Palfeover, and inftituted tFte Lords Sup~er, and ~here on the day of his refurrection he came, and ftood m the m1d'lt of his Difciples the doores being f.hut; and wh~re eight dayes after, the Jah.1o.t6. Dif;t'p!es lteing within-, he appeared againe co fatisfie the incredulity ofThoma;; and where the Apofrles met after Chrift was ACI:,r. U,I3• afcended. Then returwed they unto {eru[11fem from the mount ~a ned Olivet,-and when they were come in, the7 went up into an upper roome ,-where a/Made both 'Peter, and {11mes, and {ohn ; and the r~ft. If r~is be tn,Ie, it iliould feem .that thisu',-•fc4'ov this upper roome, firfl confecrat~d by Chrifr at his infl:itution, and celearation of the Lords Supper, was thenceforth devoted to be a place of prayer, and holy aifemblies: and for 'cerraine the place '1{jcephor 1.8. of this V'"''f~ov was afterwards inclofed w-ith a goodly Church, Ec.l1i{t caP·>0 • known by the name of the Cht~rchof Syon; to wll!cn Jerome made ~CaUl~,E~ .1 bold to apply that of the Pfalme, the Lo,.dlovetb the gates ofSyon .., eroJS.zn pz J· . ,1' T b ' pbio Paul.e more than aiL the dwe/lmgs o 1 ~~eo • : Epi}b7, Now of this upper roome the doores are fatd to be/hut, and the reafon by way of ad jur:ct is fur feare ofthe 'f ewr ; they were !hut up as men invironed and beleaguered witb enemies; and here a queftion is railed, whether Chr1ft could enter,the doores being /hut? _ tlte text is plaine, that he came in fud~enly, and becau(e of his Lulr:. 14. 37· fuddcn pr{'fence (the doores being fhut) they were terrified, and . - affrighted, llnafuppofed that the) had (een >~ jjn'rit. The antients .Aug. Serm.~9· [peaking of it, tells m,that he ehtred while the doores were jhut, . and yet he wa; no phanta(me, but he had a true body conjiftint, offiefh An~.iu Scrm. a;d bones. Now how fuch a body con!lft.ing of craffe parts., - 'Pafcl';u{l , 17 fr.oul_d enter int~ the roome, and no place ~tall open_, is a great ~~~'J;J tnvit q;H~ft!on ; bm: 'tts generally anfwered, that zt wa; by mJru,:le: As ;/; ~ftia ct, u(a by mn·acle he walked on the fea, Mat I0.2). and as by mn·ade · nonerJt phau. he vanifhed out of their fight, Luk.o24- 3 I. fO by miracle he came tofmaf, f9'c. in, the doores being jhut. I know it is againll: the nature ofa bo~ ~· ~
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