i.'1.6 ChriLls .An Expqfition Triumph. ofEngland, no doubt for the Gofpds fake we A Thuswe feeit isan eafie matter for Chrift to haue outward peace and fafetie, and many<idefend his owne caufe: let iHd'" betray him, ther blefiings , and arein account with other Ptter deny him , and all the r.ciHorfake.him, nationsiyet if we make no confcience toobey y~the can,lfit fo pleafe him,make the Cen:uthe \vordofGod, and ifwee haue no loueof rtonthatllandethby ro fee him execntetl, to Chrlft and his members, God will at length tefrifie hislnnocencv.But what wasthe occaremoone his candlefricke from vs, and Vtterly lion that mooued him to giue fo worthy atedepriuev.<ofthisoTnamentoftheGofpcl,and ftimony?S.Mauh"" faith;.Mat., 7 .54· itwas make our land as odious vnto all the world,as feare,a!'d rhat feare was.caufed by hearing the theland of the !ewes is at tht. day. Let vs loud cne of Chnft, and by feeing theearththereforewith allcare &diligence !hewforth quake and things which were done. Andthi• ourlouebothto Chrift himfelfe, and to his !l'ufrput. vsio miode, not to pa{feby Gods members; and adorne the Gofpell which wee tudgemeuts,wbichdaily fall outin the world, profe!fe,by bringing forth fruits worthy ofit. buttake koowledge ofthem,and as itwere,to The fifth figne, is theearth-qHak!, whereby fixe bothour eyes on them.Forthey are notahard rocks were clouen afunder. And it femes B ble meanes to £hike & a£\onilh the rebellious very litly to fignifie further vnto vs, that the heart ofman, & to bringit in awe & fubie<'liMar. •7· fin ofthe!ewes in purring Chri£l to death W<!S 011 to God. After that the.two firft capt;ines f'• fo heauy a burden, that the earth could not with their fifties, commanding the Prophet beare ir-buttremble thereat,though the !ewes Eli.u to come downc to kipgAcha<i.u , were themfelues made no bondof it. And it is a confumed with lire from beauen,theking fent thing to be wonderedat, that the earthdoth his third captaineouer fifiie with his fiftie tQ not often in.thefe daies rrebk& q\lake at the fetch him downe: bnt what doth helit is C.id, monftrons blafphemies and fearefull oathes he ftll on hisknees before Eli•l>,and befought by the wounds, & blood, aod heartofChrift; ~im,faying:O m•nofGod,l pr"}thre,ler my life d<iog. whereby his members are rent afunder, & he andtheliH<s of theft fiftiejiruants bee prrtzom in 1 . 11 • traiteroufiy crucified againe. Secondly, the thine<Ju.Butwhatwasthe caufewhy he prayearth•quake lhewes vnto vs the exceeding& ed thus? furely'heobferuod what i•dgemeots wonderful hardoesofrhe heartsofthe Iewes, of God fell vpon his two former fellow capand ours alfo: they crucified Chrift, and were taines,Beb./d,faithhe,thmc~m~tbovnfirefrom Vcfe , 4 not touched with any remorfe; & we can talk heauen)&deHoHr,edrhe twoformer captaines w•th and heare ofhis death: yea,wecan&y,he was C theirfiftiu: thtreforel" my lifebe pmio"'nowin crucifiedfo~our fins: andyet we are nothing tbyjight. Thus laying to hisowne heart &maatfeaedlherewith, our hearts will·notrend,. kingvfeof,Gods iudgements, bee hmnbled wh6 as hard rocks cleaue afunder.Thirdly,t.he himfelfe, and was fpared with his fiftie. And moouing ofthe earth, and·therending of the HabacHck..,G.ith,Whml luardthy voice, namdy, rockesafunder, may be aftgae vnto vs ofthe ofGods iudgcmenrs, rottmnejfe auredintomy H.~b.p' verrue afthedo~rineofthe gofpel Qf Cl\ri£!; h•nts, and] trimbltdin myjilfo, tlu t I might bu which isnothing elfe but thepuhlilhing ofthe fafeinthe dayoftluLord. Now what this feare pafiion of his death: which being preached; ofthe CeQturio was,there is a further que£\iAgp.7• lhalllhakc heauen & earth,feaand land.Itlhal on,and it iSvery like, that it was but a ludden mooue the earthen, hard, and rocky hearts of motion, or a certaine ·preparatiue to better men; & raife vp ofmeere £\ones & rockschilthings. For he was butan heathen man,& had drcn vntoAbraham. But the maine vfe& end as yet no knowledge ofChrift,& whether he ofthis poioris, to proue that he that wascrurepentedor not,itisvncertaine: and we muft cified,was the true Mefsias the Sonne efGod, notmaruel atthis: for there are mtny fuddcn and therefore had the power ofheauenand motionsin!hewverygood,thatvponlikeocearrh,& could moueall things at his pleafure. D cafiO. rifein th: heartsofnaturall men.When The fixt flgneofthe power ofChrift, isthat God plaguedthe land ofEgypt, then Ph•M•h Moth,• 7 • gra"'s didopen&m.,ybodi<softhe S•ints ovhi<h fent for Mofcs,and confc!fed that the LordwM 11..,53· jlept arofo., and came outof their grauesafrer righuom, bHt beeandhispeDplewcrewic/J:!d;and hisrcfurrc~ion, a..d went into theholy citie, tbfired..:;J.tofcs topr"} to G•d to tak! •way the & appeared vnto many. The vfe ofthis figne plague,ovb. did[o,Exo.9.>7· & 34.burfo foone is this: itfigniliesvnto·vs, that Chrifrbyhis asthehandofGod was frayed, he returned death vpon the cro!fe did vanquilh death in to his old rebellion againe. And as a dogge the graue,and oponed it, and thereby re£lified that commeth out of the water lhaketh his that he was the refurredion and thelife: fo cares, and yerreturnethinto it againe: fo is that it!hall not haue euerla!ling dominion othe manner of the world: when crofies ar.d uer vs: but·thathe willTaifc vs vp from death calamities befall men, as fickne!le, lofle of to lite,and io euerla£\ing glory. friends or goods, then with .dhab they outThe feauenth fignc, is the cefrimonyof the wardly humble themfelues,and go fo!tly: they .. Centurion with his fouldiers whichfroodby vfero frequent that place whererbe word1s to fee Chrifr executed. S. M.rkt faith, when preached,and Gods name called vpon: &ut abee faw that Cltri£\ rhus crying gaue vp the Ias, common experience fbewes, that thofc ~;~'· '1· ghofr., he f.1id, 'frHiy thi.< IV& rheSonneofGod1 things are but fits arifing of vncerta~nd '----'-=-----------------------------~ll:::ir~tc::r::.ingJ_ ___
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