Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

Chap.t.Se&.6 Looking unt6 1efm, Booic lV,Parr.4 73) dy, that one {ho~l~ paffe ~hrou~h an.other, .both bodyes rer~aining edt ire; and 1t IS an ax10me In Ph1lofophy, that penetratton of bodyes is mm!J impo.f!ible; ·yet for my part I fhall not difpute the power of the Almighty ; this anfwer is enough for me to all the object'ions, either ofPapilh or Lutherans, that the creature #Jight yeeld to the Cre~Jtour, aifd th~ Creatour needed n~t t?J paj[e t~rough the creature; Chrift c.ame in when the ~~ores were fbut, e1ther caufing the do0res to g1ve place, the Dlfc1ples not knowing how; or elfe altering the very fubfhnce of the doores, that his body might paffe through them without deftrucbon ; I know not but be that thickned the waters to carry hi; body, might alfo attenuate the doores to make way for his body. 3. For the perfons to whom he appeared, they were his-Difciples ; they that were fbut up in a conclave, ,nO't dftring to ftep out ofdoores for feare ofthe Jewe's, to them now Chrift appeared. It is Chrifts ufua:l courfe to a ppeare to them who are full of feares, and griefes,and moil: in dan'gers; irhtn thllu p>?j[efl thtough I [: , the waters 1 will be with thee, and through the rivers they foal! not pf;J~~~~;. over_fiowthee..-_yea thoug~ 1 wal~throug~ the valley of the ~adow Bjdeath, lwlllfearenoevtl (faHhJ)<~vtd) for thou artwt fhme; He was with r ~fcph in prifon, with {onM in·the deep, with EJaniel in the Lyons den, with the thr<;e childreh'in the fiery .futn':ice, La I fee fo~t re men ( [tcid ?{:;·buchadm.<:,.<:,dr) w., lf~jng in the midft D oft hi fi re, andt leforme of chejotlrthu likJ thtSon rJ Gd. And an.314• thus he was with Pflul, when he ftood before ':l{Jro, though 1dl ' men forf•~me,ya{hrifl the L ord flood by me~ and flrengthned me. ~ Tim.4.1 6, And do not hiS app~ritions this day fpeal{ thus ,much? wne,n 17· M.rry was full of gri!:fe, then Chrift appeared to bet; when che two Difctpl es travelling towards Emmam, talked together of all thofe things which had happened, 'lnd were fad, th'ett chi\ll appeared co them, And wh ,~n al1 the! ' A phty)es wel'e.'a'£r'ailfl8f Luk. 24 17•. 'the }ewes' and .thererore lbut the aoort'S'~ 1t~at no'ne mfgpt enter, then c Hnft aprear l!'d to Fhem, t\J.ey w~re hik Difc pfe~~ - hJs f!.d , d1ftraCl:ed, ttmerous Drfc pfes to whom Chnft ap~ peared. 4· For the manner how he appeared; it appearesin thefe paffages . I. He fl ood in the mid ft. 2 He [aid peace hr: unto )'cH. 3. He foewed unto them his hand/ and hu fide .. I ', He:·

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