Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

--------- - Chap.1.Sea,8 LookJngum,:f,'fu!. Book:. IV. Parc.4. for regiftred in a book, enrolled upon re~ord, as public~ inftruments,_ judkial proceedings, or :vhatfoever 1s I? oil: authent1cal. 3. That they might be engraven tn ftone, an~ 1n t~e ha:d~ft frone, the rock; records might !aft long, yet t1me m1ght tn)Ul'e them, and, thefe words he would have laH for ever ; 0 that they were graven in the rock for ever! Mofes and {ub are faid to have lived at one time, now 011~feJ writ the Law in ftone, and confidering that thefe words were Gofpel, there was no reafon the Law !hould be in tables of ftone, and the Gofpel in fhec:ts of paper; no, no ; it wen>: fit that this fhould be as fume and dura bit: as that ; oh that r»J words were written, oh that they were printed ina book, &c. :z. The matter wifhed, or the words he would have written, are thefe, I k_now that my Redumer liveth, and that I foal/ live a- 'gaine. He~e's fi~ft his Redeem~r and his rifiPg. 2 •. f:Iis ow~ rifing and !liS feemg God. 0 th1s was the matter of h1s JOY, hts Redeemer muft rife againe; and he muft rife too, and fee his Redeemer; it was a poynt that exceedinglyravifhed and reviv-ed {ob,and therefore he itterates the fame thing over and over ,I/hall] b 8 fee God,andljbal/feehimfurmyfeife, and!fhallfeehimwithmy 0 .5G, eyn, antl not r~~ithother~. As Chriftfaid of Abraham, Jour j,Jther A braham rejBycrd to fee my day, and he Jaw it and was glad. So it appeares of his fervanc {ob, he faw Chrifts day; bothhisfirft day, andhi5lattc:rday, and he rejoyced and was glad. . Away, away all fcrupulous, doubtful dumpiih thoughts ! con- G{reg. born 111 lider what joyes wereof old, at the forefight ofChrifis refurre- ~a · ca. :Job• •eli on; ~ut efpecially what' joy was all the world over when he L~k~:~. 4 r. rofe agame from rhc: dead; then came the Angels from heaven, Apojtoti dicdo · and ~ppeared in white; then the Sun danced for joy, ( fo it is minico cxbileftoryed) or fhone fooner, and brighter than ever it did before ~atz non fotum then I am fure the Difciplcs were exceeding glad, when theyfow th; :J~:£eftiLord; yea fo glad that the] beleeved not for jcy ; it is worthy our votucru~t e£:_ obferving to fee how all the primitive Saints were affected with rum eti.lm per this news, and bc:caufeofit, with the very day on which Chrift omnes bcb darofe; fome call it the firft day of 7-0J andgl~tdnrff'e lind becauf'e 0+"'Jdas fre~uc1l· H - ,r; d h' d. h .. a , r 11 ' ' J' '1 tandumcj] e t eft; oy QC:;1zhone o~: u hal,, t e Apo.J,Ies ( ziJy they) devoud the duxcrun t.]unC'. fi r daya; t ewee:;5tot enonourand(erviceof7efusChrt'ft. AH-cent. 1 • Epift. gufti!1e aplyes the words of the Pfalme unto this day, this is the adDecent 11 , 4 K k.. k..k.Jz d:ll

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