Chap.1.Sett.7 ~~ukingttnt~:JefuJ. Book. IV. Part.4. 747 you ? If I knew but one ThomM .in the great affembly of Gods people, I fhou ld think it as a crown, and the glory ofmy miniftry to perfwade this man into faith. Chrift in this apparition eyes oae e(pecially above all the reft; when hu Difciple.r were withi"• andThomM with them, then came '1-rf-m. 4 . The mannet how he appeared, r. He came, the doorn being fhu,t. 2. He ftood in the midft. 3. He [aid peace be unto 'JOH. All thefe we have difpatched in the former apparition; I fuall therefore proceede to that which is peculiar to this, then, faith he to ThomM reach hither thy .finger,~tnd behold my hand.r, and teach l!irher thy hand t1nd thruft it into my fide, and be not faithleffe ]oh:z:o.w;. but beleeving. In this apparition he argues his refurreftion. i . From words. 2. From deeds. ~ r. From words, ThomtU bad faid, except I foe in ki.r hand.r the print ofthe n4yles,and put my finger into the print ofthe nayles, a11d thruft my ha?td into hufide,! wi!l"t~ot beleeve. Now Chrift repeats the very felfe fame words, and therein gives in one argument of his refurred:ion ; for if Chrift could know what Thomas had faid, how ishe but alive, and rifen from the dead? the dead have not fenfe, much leffe the ufe ofreaf<m, but leaft of all the knowledge of anothm minde; but Chrift bath fenfe, and reafon, . fcience and omnifcience; obferve, though Chrift be abfent as in hiJ bodily prcfence, Jet he underftandeth all our thoughts, ttnd if neeiJ -were, he could repeate 111l our faying.r, word by word; bow t-hen may this convince all _unbelievers in the world, that Chrift is rifen ~ that he that was dead, now liveth, and that he is alive for ever more? 2. He appears arguing his refurreCl:ion from deeds, wherein is an aCI: and objeCI:. r. The ad: is, ThomM feeing and feeling,q.d. ThomM, thou wilt not bdeeve except thou feeft, andfeeleft, now this is againft the aature offaith ; it conllfteth not in feet.ag or feeling, but on tht: contrary, faith i.rthe fubfttmce of thiHgJ hoped . . fQr , and the evid•nce o[fhingsiM (een. Indeed in things natl1rala Heh,I111·~ man muft firfl have experience, and then beleeve; but in divine things a man muft firft beleeve, · and then have experience; and yet to help thy unbelief (faith Chrifl) I amwilling thus far to condefcend, and to yeeld unto thy weaknelfe, come, feele the prin~ oftbe naylc:s-, and of the fpeare, come, reach hith-er tby finger and behold my hand1, trmi reaoh hither th] b~tnd, 11nd thraft it i11t~ my C c ccc 2 jide,
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