Of the RE suR RE c T 1o N. Sermon 1~. cipall place of all Paganifme. That rhus, inSigno, we werenot forgo~ was,no more ihoulci webe in (tgnato; but C H a ' s T be to us,as Ion.u to th;m .'St' ht t~;~~·. t tQ lightm the Gentiles ;and Hisfalvation to the fittermqft parts ofthe earth, ' zg 1 . Let mecaddethisyetmore, to our comfort. Thislon.u, whomHethusfe :::::':./": onthismandtothe Gentiles, what was he~ Ofall the Prophets, all, whofepruphnt . ms wee have remaining on record in theBtble, the foure great, rge twelvele!fe ef !! ~:"t·•r. them all, all rhefixreene, Hce was the firfl: in time, Senier to them all. Plai~el~ z Kmgs. '4· that heprophefiedlong before any of theJJ;!. For, it istherefaid th;{ ~isprop~ccie cam~to palfe, in the .dayes o~Ie~oboam the Second, who lived thefame umewuh Yzzta mIuda. And, mvu:.~a sttme, the eldefl: ofall the refl:, did butbe. gin to prophejie. So 1 his was done, before theirs was begun. Him, that was thill firfi in the ranke ofthem all, did G o n fend.ro t~s Genti~ei ;to us~rfi,before any,ro the !ewes. ASzgne,wc were not lafl:;nay firfimhts care,: mthat,vifited by Himfirft, as to whom He fel)tthefirfi of all thefixteenc. And, I may fay to you, thiswasro them anItem, as if Go n were now to turneGentile, as looking that.way, havinga minde to them then,euen in Ien.u time.; the~ to comein ihortly:, and the Iewmobe fuut out :andthat, as they had then pnonuem Szgno, [o !houldthey no letfe inSig. ~~"'· !!·~f! n~tl, andt!Jefulnej[e ofthe Gentils came in beforetheconv erjion ofthe I ewes. This to us Sinners, to us Gentiles, to us Sinners ofthe Gentlles,w.u Salutare Signllm,<!Je#lthfo!l Signe,every way. 11nuSignulll Nolf.uifi, .As p;a,ull.l'it . b•Jii•. 2 :lis Fr•pbtt• t:~t#_V~tiHf~ Thefe three are put, on the by. in the maine point ofthe 'text,and ofthetime; two more. He, andmnniji,none but he, had the honour to beapiacularis hoJiia (as it were) for, the calling him into the fea, ferved (in afort}.as a kind ofexpiatorie (acrifce, as farre,as to the remporallfav ingofthejbip, hefailedin. And rherein,as ameetsig~e he exprelfedHim, whofe death was (after) the full and perfeel: expiation of the [Ul$ ofthe wholeworld. . Then againe IonM, andnon nifi, onely he wasprophetaredivivm;that, his pecu: liar, above them all. He the onely Prophet, that went downeinto thedeepe into the Whales heHit, and came fonh againealive. Dead he was nor, but (lege viventium) afcerchelaw oftheliving, one throwen overhMrd, into theSea in a tempefl:, to ill intents, may be given for dead; and fo (I darefay) all the mariners in the!hipgave lon.u. That he came out againe alive,it was by fpeciallgrace,not by courfe ofn<llll• For from the Whales belly hee came (for all the world) as ifone ihould havecome ()ut ofhis grave; rifen againe. . Among the Iewes, it goes for currant, the Rabhines takeituponeafrerano· thee, thatthislon.uwasthewidow ofSarepta's fonne; thechild, whomEliautliflJ (!_ll.eg. •7··•l· from death to life (1 Reg. r7.) Iffo : then well might.he be aSigne; ASigne,dcadin hiscradleonce : as goodasdeadinthe Whalesbelly, nowagaine: In both, refem· bling Him, whofe jigne hee was, if both be true : But, one is mofi certaine;.and, to that, wee holdus. And this is (indeed) the mainejicut, the.fimt ofthe Text, and ofthe D.oy. 3 One more, and I have done ; and that is, ofthe time : precife three dayes and three 'Astbrt~~laits nights. For, in this a ~nniji. For, none but he, fo: jufl:three, 11eirher more nor r:;,t:";::.Z~'' lelfe. For,I aske,why not the fignc ofIoflplt, or ofD.miel? a Iofoph, was inthedu~t•Uy. gem, among condemned perfons to die: 6Daniel, in the lions den, as deadly aplace, &~::~~;~~· as the Whales ~efly : yet neither of the~, made rhefigne o~ CH R. 1sT. Why~ · · - -- l.iflpb w;~smhisdungeostoo long ; Dame/, too ihort, but amght; notlongenough, to reprefent CH R 1sT being in hisgrave. Onely Imas time, jufi. And thetzmets it here. El!e might thepthers have beene his Jig newell enough, for the macrer, if that had beene all. But, theiimeisfiillll:ood on, and the daies numhred: that His Di{ciples,tharall might know,how long,He would be from them, and not a day longer. And thrs,not ,without good caufe, This day, was but the thirdday : and, this day, they w,ereat - · · fferavamH\
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