741 Book.IVPart+ LookJngrmto1efui. Chap. I. Seet.7 ' Mat.1S.x. Matk,,6,,. At firft he appeared to one, even to .lvf11rJ r..5Vfardalen. and . after he appeared to two, faith Matthew, to Mary Magdalen, and the other Mary; or to three fo"tith Mark!, to Mary Magdalen, M.zry the mother of 'fames, and Salome, but of this apparition he is feen of ten at lea£!:; and to confirme their faith, not a confiderable circumftance muft be wanting 1 here is time, and place, and perfons to whom he appeares, and the manner how he appeares, he ftands in the mi~fr to be feen ofall, he fpeaks to them, breathes on them, cates wtth them, and fhews them his hands and his !ide ; 0 the wonderful condefcentions of Chrifr ! what .helps doth he continually afford to beget in us f91ith ? ifwe are ignorant he infrrud:s us, if we erre, he reduceth us, if we fin he corrects us, if we £land he holds us up, if we fall down he lifts us up againe, if we go he leades us, ifwe come to him he is ready to receive us; there's not a paffage ofChrifr betwixt him and his, but 'tis an argument of love, and a meanes either of begetting, or ofincrczafing faith: 0 then beleeve in Chrifr, yea belecve thy part in the death and refurred:ion of Jefus Chrifr; confider~ ing that thefe apparitions were not only for the ApofHes fakes,' but ifChrifr be thine, they were for thy fake, that thou mighteft beleeve, and be faved. But I fhall have occaGon to fpeak - more of this in the Chapter following. So much of the fecond apparition as it is recorded by the Evangelift {ohn. ~-----__.·~------- SECT. 7· Of Ch,ifts apparition to all hu Apoflles IMmediately after this apparition to his ten Apofrb, the next is to all his Apofrles, not on!! being abfent; and After' eight dayes, againe his Difcip!es were within, and Thomas with them, Job.zo.'2.~.~7· then came 'fefns, the doores being /hut , li!Nd flood in the midft, ;znd ..,. faid,peace be unto you; then fl;ith he to Thomas, reach hither thy Y~r. ~8, i9· finger, and behold my hands; and reach hitherthy hand and thmft it into my fide, and be not faith!ej[e,fJHt be!eeving; and Thoma-s an· . fwered. andfaidnntohim, my Lord,t~nd mJGod; Jefm [<~itb unto ' him
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