·'· \ \ ' OftheREsuaaEcT ION. ~ And noy.-; by this, are we come rothe very Signt1t11re of this figne ~ pentante, whtch followeth in the very next words,for they repemtd, at th~ pru ·b 0 Re>f– Jen,y. Ion,upreached it: and (indeed) none fo firro preach on that theme( 111 ~0 pmtance) as he, as one that bath beene in theWhales belly; in both the Whal~sn th– ./Piritt~ai!Whales too (for Ion,uhad beene, iq both:) One that hath lludiedbi; fer~ mon there, beenemSatansjieve, well wtnnowed (mbratmTheologus) he will hand! the point bell, as being, not only aPreacher, but ajigne of repentanre (as, Ion.,w~ both) to theNinivites. ' ' And, as Ion,..-,Co CH R r s r: how fbone He was rifen, Hegaveorder!lraight that repentance (as the very venue, the lhmpe ofHis Refurrei!ion) and, by ir, rtn'iJii~ on gf Jinnesjho11ldbe Preachedin Hi; Name to all Nations. · . But (indeed) ifyou marke well, rhere is aneare alliance betwe~ne theRefurrefli. 0~> andRepentan;e; reCiprocal!, as bcrweene the Signe, and theSignatHre. .Repeor 41111 is nothing, bur the foules refumuion: Men aredeadinjinne (f.1ith the Ap~JIIe :) thcir foules arc. From that death, there is arifing :Elfc were it wrong with us. Thar ri– jing, is repenting: And whenonc bath lien dead in finne long,and cloth eluc1ari, wra– lHe out ofa fin, that hath long fwallowed him up, he hath done as great amaftery as if(withlon.u) he had got our oftheWh&les bdly; Nay, as if (withLazar,..) h~ had come out ofrheheart ofthe earth. Ever holding this,that Mary Magdalm 14 if 11 1 ftomjinne, was no leife a miracle, than her brother raifldftom the dead. And lure, RepentaNce is thev~ry vettueof C a 1!. 1sT's ReforreBion. There it is firfi fccnc, it firl[ lheweth itfelfc, hathhis firll: operation, in the foule, to raifei;, . This fir!l being once wrought on the foule, from theghof!!y Leviathan, the like will not faile, but be accompllflJeq on the body, from the other of death; ofwhich Iona~ is here, Myjlerium magn11m, dieD autem tn C H 1t I s T o. For, in Ca a 1 s T, thisjigne is a.figne, not betokening otlely, but exhi6iting alfo what it betokmeth,as theSacraments doe. For, ofjignes, fomefhew only,andworkenothing, fuch was that ofIonas, in it felfe; SedEcceplmqu~m lontl4 hie: For, fome otherthere be, that}bliP andworke both; worke what theyfhew,preftntus,with what theyrepre{ent; what they Jet before us,fet or graft inm. Suchisthatof CH 1t 1 s T. For, befides that, itfets before us, of His: itis furrher a feale or pledge, to us, of our owne, that, what wee fee in Him this day, lhall be acCoJllplilhedinourowne felves, atHis good time. . And even fo palfe we to anotherMyflery. For, oneMyjlery leads us to another: · this in.the Text, to the holyMyjleriuwe arc providing to partake,which doe work~ like, and doe worke to this: Even to the ra'ijingofthe (oule with theftrjl r.efumflion. And, as they are ameanes forrhe raifing,ofour foule, out ofthe foile offinne ;(for, they are given us, and we take them cxprefly forthe remifion ofjinnes: ) Co arcrhey no lelfc a meanes alfo, for the railing our bodies out oftheduff of death. The ftgne ofthat Body, which was thus in theheartoftheeartb, to bring us from thence, at rhe lall:. Our SA v 1 ouR f.1ith it totidemverbit,Who(o tateth My Flejb anddrmk,JhNy I!loud, 1 will raifl him up at the!ail day : raifehim, whitherHe bath ra!fe:'Himfelfe, Not to life onely, but to life and glory, and bothwithout end. Towluch,&c.
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