Sermon lf· OftheR&sURREc TION. Their Habit, In white. So were there diverfc of rh7m, diverfetimes, this day, ~ [eene, if; white, all; in char colour•. I: ftemes r_o be t11Clr Eaffer.day colour, for at !" Feaft they all doe tlmr ferv1cem 1t. Tlmr Eajler· day colour, for it is the co- ~~~r ofthe Refi 1mfl,iol1. The !late whereofwhen CH RI s .Twou!d reprefem up, 'h Mount !1is r. 1 iTIJerJI rva< allwhitt, mFuller m-the earth could comeneere rt. And ont cl uri'tfh'all bee wben rifin"' againe, weefhallwalkcin white robes, and~'ollow our eo o ' . o . J' the Lambc whither(oever Hegocth. . · . . . . . . . Revel. 1 .9) Heaven mourned onGood-friday; the Echpfe made all thenmblack~.. EAjler- . d,< ,iucjoycerh, Hcavm and t...<fng_els, all m whrte. Salomon tdls:ls, lt!S theco- Eccler. 9 .a; lo~r ofjoy. Anq that is theftatc of Joy, an1 th~s theday ofrhe firft Joyfull tydmgs of ir, with joy ever celebrated, evenm alb!S, e1ght dayes together, by them thac found C " R Is T • • • l!nvhite, and fitting: As the co_lou~ of Joy ;fo,thefirua;10n, ofreft. So wee fay, Sit dorvne, and rejf. Andfo, 1s the grave made by th1s mormngs worke, a place of reft. Reft, not froin ourlabours onely, fo do~ the bealls re(l: when they .. die: But as it is in the XV I. Pfalme (a P{Alme of t~e Refr•rreClJon) arefl m hope; Pfal.tll'.9. hope,of rifing aga!ne, themembe:s in the venue of their Head, who this d.1y is rifen. So, to enter mto the reft, whtch yet remamethfor thepeople ofG o o, even the Hcb+l>; Sabbath eternall. . sitting, and in this orderJitting,at the head, one; at thefeet; another, where Flu bo4 die had lien. , . , . i Whir.h, order niay well referre to CH Rr s T Himfelfe, whofe body was the rrue Arke indeed, In which it flcafed the Go o-head to dwell bodily; :md is there- Col.>.g; fore here betweenetwo <..A~els, as was thet...<!rkc ( rhe type ofit) betweenethetwe '· CherubiTIJS. . . . . Exod.>P9·. :1. May alfo referre to Mary Magdalen~. Shee hadannointcd.[itshead; She had "'"·' 6.7. ·d.mointed His ftet: at thefetwo places,jil the two Angels, as it were to acknowledge Ioh. H.J. fomuchforherfake. . · . . . . . , Cor. ''·l · 3 In myft~ry, they refe_rre 1t thus• . Becaufe Cap.11t C H R 1 s T I D • u s, the Gm.J.IS· Go o-head is r)ie head of CH R I s T, andHisfeete (which the Serpent did bruife) B M- manhood; that either of thefe bath his Angell. That,to CH RI s T man,no ldfe than to C" 1\ InGod, the Angels doe now their fervice, Inprincipio irat verb11m, His God-head; there,anAnge!L Ve~bt~mcarofaCl,Hm,Hisman-boot/; there, another. _... Andletallthe Wngelsof Go o r,vorfhip Him in both. Even in His man-hood, at Hcb,•. 6 • Hiscradle (the head of it) a queere of Angels ;at Hi• grave (the feet ofit) Angels Lukn. 'J; likewife. 4 Andla!l:ly,forour comfort (thus.) .that, hence-forth evenfuchfhallour graves be, ifwe be fo ~appie as tohave 011r parts in th~ jirjl re(terreBion, which i:; of Revcl.~o.G; the fouk from finne. We !hall goe to our graves in JVhitc(in the .comfort, and colour of hope~ lye betweene tiVO Angels, th~re: they guard our bodies dead, and prefent them alive againe at the Rejitrrefiim. , , . , I Yet before we leave rhein, to lea~ne fomewhat ofthe Angels: fpecially, of the Angel! th•tfate at thefeet. Tlm, betweenethem there was no £hiving for places. He that(ate atthe feete, as well content with his place, as he that at the head. Wee to be fo, bytheirellample. For? with us, both the Angelswould have beeneat th; hear!, never an oneatthe feete : w1thus,nonewould be at thefwe by his good will; Head.Angels all. . . . • 2 . Againe, from them both. That, inafmuch, ~s theheAdever ftands for the be-' g\nn~ng,and·the.fect for the end, :hat we be carefull, ·~hat our beginnings only be nor gnor\ous(O an Angelat the head many, wife;) but t!lat welooke to the feet, rhere~~ h one_nhe.re,.roo. Nat~rprteratrum Dejim:t, that It end not in a blackeAngel, t!iat eg;m 1 0 awhite. And this for theAngels appwing. ./
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