Chap.r .Seel.7. Looking unlo !e[tM. Book.IV.Part-4- 749 of his fuffe ring and tryumphing. -another text of this nature; and one foal/ fay unto him, what are thefe wounds in thy htmds? z3ch, 13 , ~~ ; thtn he fhalltmfwer, thofe with which I was wounded in the houfe of - mJ friends, I know in the fl:ead of Chrift fome have applyed thefe words to the falfe Prophet~, as if they hadpa!fed through the Churches difcipline, and fo had reGeived thm wounds. But o. thers refer them to Jefus Chrift, of whom without courraverfte the next verfe-fpeaks; and of whom the firft verfe of this chapter fpc:aks, and to whom after a long parenthefis 1 the Prophet feems to retume; tmd one fhall [aJ unto him (who was the foHntaineopened) wht~t are thefe wounds in thy ha~~s? or as the Septuagint, in the 111idft ofthy hands ? a wonder 1t 1st~ fee thofe prints and skars in thehands ofChrift; and therefore 1s the queftion, whllt are thefewo;mds? to which Chrifl: anfwers, thofe with which I wM wsunded in the l?ouft of my f ricnJs, (i.) in the houfe of my beloved, thechildren of !frael, my brethren according to the fle!h, the people of the }ewes; why thefe are the wounqs they gaye me, and which now 1 !how as the (ignes of my victory, and as the markes ofmy refurret\:ion. Thus far of thefirft head , the apparition of Chrifl:. 2. For the fruits of this apparition, they containe 'Tho• mM's confdfion , and Chrifts commendation of him in 1ome refpecb. . ,. , ~ .! ' ' j r: I. Thm'JM's confeffion, And Thomat anfwered, and [aid unto him, my Lord, t~mi my God, a few words, but of great weight. x. He acknowledgeth Chril.l a Lord; into whofe hands are put the very keyes of heaven ; all pDwer i& :z.iven unto me in leAven and in earth. 2. He acknowledgeth Chrift Cod; whom hefawwith Mdc.z.8~ xS.I . his eyes, and felt with his hands, he looks on not as a meerman · but as God, and as the fecond ,perfon in tl1e bod·head.. 3. H~ ac~nowledgeth .chrifl: _co be his Lord, and ~is God; t~is appropriatmg of Chnft IS the nght c~arader o[fatth,by whtch he brings - home all the ben:fits of Chrtft unto h1s own foul, I ilia(} a while inGft on all thefe. · I. He acknowledgeth Chrifr a LOrd. How is he a Lord ? Ii anfwer. 1. By elfence, as God is Lord, fo Chrift is Lord . the · Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, and the holy Ghoft is L()rd; an~ :yet they are not three Lords, but one Lord. . · :;;, By creation, fhrijf is brfore all things (faitlnhe Apofrle) . · Cc&Fc 3. 11nd . '·
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