Chrill:s of the [reede. Triumph. for then wdhall haueforecnemies againftvs: A the world,the fldh,thc: ~iuell,&aguiltie COG– fcicnce· & the beft way IS before-handtopre– ucntth;m. Andexperience!bcwes , that if a mandefer repentance to thela!t gafpe, often when he would repent he cannot. Let vs take S•lomons connfell, R•member thyCr.ator in the d,Ua ofthy J'"' h,biforrtbeexiYdaiucome.Eccl. 12.1. It we willnothearetheLordwhenhe calsvs,he willnothcarc vs when-we call him. Thcthird!igne was,the ecdip!ing or dark– ning of the Sunnc from the fixt houre to the ninth. Andthis ecclipfc was miraculous. For by the courfc ofnature the Sunne is ncucr cc• dipfcd,but inthenew Moonc:whereasc6tra· riwifc this ccdipfc was about the time ofthe Palfcou:r which was alwaies kept at the full B Moone. ~frion is made touching the largc– nes ofit: fome mooued bythe words of L•kt• ~~·J· who faith that darkcncs was vpon the whO!~ ,,-;,.,.;, earth, haue thoughtthatthe ecclipfe was vni– '''· ucrfalouer the whole world:but I ratherthink •Eu(eb. Chron. Tcrru'. ArA>l-c. ... OroC.I.7. that Saint Luk.!r meaning is, that it was ouer the whole Region or countrey oflury. Forif 1Uclta wonder had -happened oucrthe whole world,all hifroriographcrs Grceke &Latine, and Afrronomers, diligent obfcruers ofall ecdipfes , would hau< made fpeciall mention :herco£ Andthough fome(4)writers fay that 1twas ouer the whole earth , and that it was fet downe in Record both by the Romanes, and Grecians;yetall their writings prooue 1\11 morebut this, thatitwasouct IuryandGa- C lile,and the countries borderingneerevnto. The vfcs ofthis miracle are manifold. I· this darkning of the Sunne giuesachecke to the !ewes for their crucifyingofChrifr: they were not afhamed to apprehend, accufc, aod condcmne him, yet this gloriouscreature the Sunne pullcth in his beamcs, being as itwere a!bamcd to behold that,which they were not a!bamcd todo.!I•Itferucs rofignifiethegreat mdgment ofGodtocome vp6 the Iewes.For as when Chrifr futfered, darknes was ouer all the land of Jury,and all the world befides had 1 Cor. , the Ughtof,the Sunne, fo !bortly_after blindDts 'f• l lofmmdwasoucrthewholenaq<>oftheiewes and all the world befidcs faw the Sun ofrigh– Ma1,4. 1 , , teoufne(fe fhinin~: vnto them in preaching of 0 •· I the Gofpei.-III. Itfe.tuestoaducrt . ife vs,that fuch as carry thcmfelues toward• Chrifr asthe Iewesdid, haue nothiAgels in_ them but dark. lfa.B-to, nes,andthatthey fit >nthedm-lcfler~ndjhadow of Luke 1 , death ; and therefore not able any whit better , 9 , to feethe waythatleadeth vnto life, then he whichis cafr into a darke dungeon can;who if theythus remaine, fhall at length becan int<>' vtter darkeneffe. This beeing the efrate ofall ,p.,, 1 , themthat be forth of Chrifr, we mufr labour 1 9 • ' to be freed from thisdarkneffe, that the day– ltarrc may rife in our hearts, and !bine vpon vs,and putlife into vs. I V. This miraculous and w~ndcrfull darkcniog of the Sunne doth com~mce the Icwcs , that Chrifr whom they crucifiedwasthc Lord ofglory, andthe Sauiour ofthe world : and itis very like,that this was the principall end of this miracle. For whtreaineither his doarine, nor hisformer miracles could mooue them to acknowledge him for that Me!Sias , yetthis one worke of God doth as it were frrike the nayle to the head,and frop all their mouthes. V. Beudes this, whereas at the very inltant when Chrift was about to make fatisfatl:ion to the iufi\ce of his Father for our Gnnes , the Sunne was thus darkened: itteacheth vs firfr,to thinke of the pafsio of Chrifr, not as of a light matter, butas oneofthe greatefr wodersofthe world, <t the fight whereof the very frame of nature waschanged: fecondly,to thinke ofour owne Gns,as the vilefr things in the world, and that they defcrue the intolerable wrath of God : confidering tharatthe time when they were to be aboli!bed, thccourfc ofnatureeuen in the very heauens is turned vpfide downe. The fourth figne, isthe rendingofrhe vnile of Maih·•7· rhetemplefrom thetop to thebortomt'. The tern- f'· pie was diuided into two parts ; the more inward, into which no man might come butthe high prieft, and thatonce a yeere; and lt was called theholy ef holies : the other was that where the people came aud offered facrifices vnto the Lord. Now that which parted the temple into thefe two parts was ca,Ucd the vailt, andat thetime ofChrifrs ~a!Sion it was rentfrom the top to thevrrybottome. This H. 1 hatbd!uers vfes : I. Thehory ofholier Ggnified ' 0 ' 9 • · the th1td heauen, whewGodfhewctli himfelf in gloiy and maiefryvnto his Saints : and the rcndingofthevailc figurethvntci vs, that by the death ofChrifr, heaucn which wasotherwife!but by our !ins, isnow fer open,&a way madetoenterthereto. !I. It fignifieth,that lob,t,ft, b¥ the death ofChrifl we haue witnout impe" d1ment,free accelfe tocomevnto God the Father by earnefr prayer in thename of Chrilt: which is amoll vnfpeakeable benefit; I!I.-li Ggnifieth, that by Chri!h death an endis put to all ceremonics,toceremoniall wor!bip,and the facrificesof the eld Teltament: and that therefore in the newTeframent there remaineth one only real&outward facrifice,that is, Chrifrcrucifiedonthe croffe: and rhewhole feruiceand wor!bipofGodfor outward coremonies mofr !imp!<&plaine. I V. The temple wa.rhe chiefe and one of the moll principall prerogatiues thatthe !ewes had; ir was their glory that theyhad fuch a place wherein they might wer!bip and doe fcruice to the true God:& for the temples fake Godoften fpaccd thent,& thereforeDaniel praies:OLord.heare the pr.yer ofthyferH4nt, andhi<fopplicatirm,•nd D•n, 9 , c.xftthyfacet•Jhin-.vpe~itheS4nEI:•ary thott!J<es rr, waflfmhe Lordi foil!• Yet for al this,,;,he they began tocruc1fiethe Lord ofhfe, their prerogatlues helpe them not, nay they aredepriued th<reof,& God ellcn with his own h"Jld rends the vaileofthe teple in funcler,lignifyingvmo thcm,that ifthey forfake hilll he will alfo forfake them. And f'owemay 1:1yof the Church V > of
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