------~---------·------------- 7~6 Book. IV Part+ Leoklngunto 1efur. Chap.2 .SeCl:,z I fa. $1 ·7· Joh.:e. t), ·yer, Z7• come, iift, try\ and examine; arc thou, 0 my foul, amember of this body ? a fubjed: of thiscommon-weale? hath the influence o(Chrills peace (wrought and declared at his refurred:ion) any force on thee? haft thou peace with God ? and peace within ? and peac~ without? doll caou feele that oyntment poured upon Aarons head, and running down to the skirts ofhis garments ? dol.\: thou feele the dew of Hermon, and the dew that defccnds upon mount Sion, dropping (as it were) upon thy heart? doth the fpirit alfure thee, that Chril.l: the Prince of peace hath made peace and reconciliation li>etwixc God and thee, betwixt the King and thee, a rebel to his crown and dignity ? 0 how beaHtifut upon the mount11inu would the feet of him be, that fhou!d publifo peace, that jho1Jld bring the{e good tydings, that thou art a citi:un of that {erufalrm, wh(re goa is King, and Chrift the Prince ofpeace? where all the buildings are compaa together,M a City that is at nni- , t} within it felfe? . 3. Mufe on his apparition co all the ApofHes, when they were all convened, and ThomM with them. This apparition was occaiioned by Thoma/s incredulity; except (faid he) I fee in hit hluds the print of the nayles, snd put my ji11ger into the print of the nayles, f'(nd thruft my hand irJto his fide, I will n9t beleevr:. Now therefore faith Jefus to Thom.U, come, ~·e.1ch hither thy finger, and beholdmy hands, and reach hither thy hand, and thrujl- i( into my fide, and be not faithlej]e, but be!eevit;g. Methinks I fee ThomM's finger on Cbritls boared hand, and Th,mM's hand in Cbritls pierced fide. Here's a fh·ong argument co convince my foul ttat Chrift is rifen from the dead ; why, fee; this is the fame Chrifl that was crucified ; the fame Chrift that had his hands boared wiclt n<J.yles,and that had his heart pierced witb a fpeare ; though the wounds are healed as to fenfe of paine, yet the skars , and holes, and clefts, remaine as big as ever : the hole in his hand is yet fo large, that ThomM may put his finger not only on it, but inro it ;. and the deit in his fide is yet fo large, that Thoma1 may thrufl his whole band into his iide, and with his finger~ touch thar hearr that ilfued out flreames of blood for my fa! vation. In this medtta7ion be not too curious, whether the print of the nayles were but continued till Chrifl had confirmed his Difciples fuith ; or whether he recaines them frill for fome further ufc? it · is a better confideration ro look upon them fo as to confirme thy . - . - OW!l
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