··'· OftheRE suR RE c T 1 o N. Sennon rz. rolled on Him, awAtchJet over Hii?J. Made fure (I trow) and yet rofe fo~· Another. lDntH riling, theWhale gaped wide, and firained hard, and u at. Io~~a<. It was longoftheWha!e,not ofbim or any power of his. Bur, c 11 !,came l>y His ownepower, 6roke the barres ofdeath, an.1loofcd thefomwes ofhtU, of whi'l 1 ·' i4 impofible He f/161dd be holden. " 11 A third. IonM rofe but to the fame fiate,hewas in before; but mortaUIonadlill· When he_e fcaped, hee drew his chaine after him, and bythe end ofit was plucked backeagameafterward. But, CH R 1sT leftthem,andltimenclothesandall inthe gravebehinde Him; rofe to a better,to11ltra non moriet~tr, never to dte more, He. And (in aword) the great plm qulm. Iona was butejec1m inaridam, But C H 1t 1 s 't was receptm in gloriam. And, in figne ofit,thc place whereon Iona~ IV~ call:, was drieland, or cliffes,where nothing growes. The place,wherein C" a 1 sr iofe, was a well-watered garden, wherein, the ground was in all her glory frelh andgreene, and full of flowers, at th~in{bntofHisriftng, this ti~e ofthe'yme, So, as Hee went lower, fo HeeroJe!11ghcr, than ever dzd lonM, wzthagreatE"' pi~~< quam. • .And yet,bebold a greatcrthan all thefe. For,Ion,..-, when he cameforth came forth,and therewas all; lefttheWhale, as he found ir. But,Ecceplm quamI~n;.hk pl~~< q11am indeed. C a 1t Is T flew the Whale that devoured Him, in the commiflli forth; was mors mortu: He left not ~hcgrave,as He found it, but altered theproper. tie, nay, changed the very nature ofIt, by H.s rijing. I ThreechangesHeemadeinir, vcry .plainly: I. Of a pitofperditian, which it was before, He hathmadc it now ah harbour of re.fl, Rejl in .hope. Hope of anew. not j;he fame, it was before,but a better, farre, with agreat Plm qnltm. . ' 1 Madeit againe (asthew,ha/e, to Iontt<, was) aconvoy, or palling boat, toabet; .fer Port,than any is in ~:mr Tharfis here; even, to theh&venofhappinejfe,andhwuens ~lijfewitho11tend. Thzs fonhe{DIIlt. l 3 And, forthebody, made the grave, as a wombeforafecondbirrh,totravell with us anew, and bring us forth to life everlalling; Madecor terr.t ventrem ceti,the lleart of the earth, to us, as the beUy oftiu Whale was to Iona, which did not !\ill retaine him. That, did not him, nor this lhall not us ; lhall nor hold us llill, no morethantheWhaledidhim, orthcgravedid CaRt • T. There lhallbeacom- . mingforrhout ofboth. And, when GoD !hall fpeaketothe earth (as tothe !~"·~·:!J.· WhaleHe did) the Se& and Gru-ve both lhall yeeld"P their dead, and deliverrhemup alive againe. The veryterme [ofrhe heart ofthe -.arth] was well chofen. There is heart inir: For, ifthe earthhave anheart, there islife in it; for, theheart is the fot~ntaine oflife, and the fear ofthe vital! fpirits,rhat hold us in it. So, there is (wee fee:) for, rhe .earth, dead for a time (all theWinter) now, when the waters of heavenfall on it, lhewes, it hath life,bringing forth herbs and flowers againe. And, even fo, when the waters above the heavens, and namely the dew ofthisday diftilling from CHarsr's ri{ing, !hall in like fort drop upon it,it fi1all be(faithE(ay,Chap.XXVI.) as thedew of theherbs, •ndthe earth Jb•li give forth her,dead. peadmen, as it cloth deadplants now frefl1 andgreene againe, in the fpring of the yearc. And fo, the evening andthe mor: ningwereCH 1t I s T'S thirdday, this ddy, Ea#er-day morning. . Thus many wayes cloth thisjiet~t hold, and hold with aplm qt~am. Were it not ·greatpitie now,that C" R .Is"' wboisfomanywaycspl~~<quamlMJU, fm ~llrhiS lhould come robemimuquam Iona<, in thislaft, the chicfc of all~ For, this IS the chiefe.Io/lla,after he cameour oftheWhale,brought to palfethat famous repentance, the repentance of Ninive. · At Ionas preaching, they repented at Ninive; at CH~ Is r's theydidnot,inlmif"alem. Welhall mend this,ifwe be as the 1'(inivi~es; repent as they. Asthey~. vtb– Jitutjic (faith Saint .Augrtjline; but addes then) fedntinamvelfie. As they~ GoD forbid we lhould be but, as they : As C H R I s T was more than Ionu, fo ch~Ptanldt ' uJOU
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