------ - 236 --Chrills --- Gen.19• t.lJ. Bs:od.u. 19. :lKing. 19-3!· An Expojition Refurrec1ion, 1Hllremained .the abfolute Lord and King of A befo glorious;thenendlelfeisthegloryofthe heauen & eartn, toW~?m therefo_re the earth Lord and mal\er himfelfe.Lal\Iy itis faid,that vn~er hts fecte trem!ihng dotlt h!m homal?e. for feat< ofthe angell the watch-menwere aThts alfo proueth vnto vs, that Chnl\ whtch l\onied and became as dead men· which t lay dead in the graue,did raife himfelfe againe cheth v~, that whatGod.would haue corn::~ by hts owne almtghty power.Lal\ly,ttferueth pafle, all the world can neuer hinder. For I to conumce the keepers ofthe graue, thewothough the !ewes had dofed vp the graue n~en wluc~came to embalme him,and the dif. with a £\one, and fer a band offouldiers to ctpl~s ·~htchcame to the fep~>_lchre,a~d would watch,le!t Chri!t lbould by any mean~s betanoq er belee~e that he was nfenag~lne. Bnt ken away, yet all tlusauatl<th nothing: by an 2~wcameth1Searth-quake1 AnfS.Marthell' •ngell from heauen the feale is broken, the ·a!th, there was a great earth-quake. Forthe £\one is romooued, and the watch-men are at Angel of the Lord defcmdcd from h<41<tn, rj-c. their wits ends. And this cameto·palfe by the Matth. ~8. z. This lbewes that the power of prouidcnce ofGod; rhat after the watch-men Angels is great,in th_at theyc~nmooue and /Hr ha_d tcl\ified thcfe things to the !ewes, they the earth.Three angels de!_lroyed Sodome and might at length bee conuiC\ed, that Chrift Gomorrah. An angd d~l\royed all the fir£\ l B whom they crucified, was the Mefsias. borne ofEgypt zn one mght. Inrhe hoall: of . The fifth and la!t point is, that Chril\ rofe Senp.chcrib one angel!lue in one nightan hunnotalone,but accompanied with e>thers: asS. dreth fourefcorc and fiue thonfand men. Of Matthew fairh,M•t·~7·P•S3• thar thrgr••" ltke power is thedi~ell himf<lfeto /bake the oprned, andmany bodies oftht Saints whrchj/tpt, earth, andtode!troyvsall, buttharGodof ~~roft, andcame ..rofehegrauu, andwentinto his goodnelfe limits and rel\raines him of his thecitie, and •ppeared 11nto many after Chrifls hbertie. Well, if one angel beabletolbake reforreflion. Andthiscametopafie, that the the earth, what then will Chrill: himfclfedoe ChurchofGod mightknow& confider, that when he /ball come to iudgentent the fecond there is a reuiuing & quickning vertue in the rime , with many thoufand thoufimdsofanrefurreC\ion ofChri!t,whereby he is able,not gels? oh how terrible and fearefitll will his only to raife ourdead bodies vnro lifc,but alfo commingbe! Not without caufe, faith the whenwee·are dead in linne, to raife vs.vpto holy Gholl:, that the wicked at thatday /hall newnes of!ife. And in thisverypoint1\ancts. a cry out,wilbing hils to fall vpon them,and the maine difference betweer.e the refurrcthonof mouotaines to couer them for feare of that Chrift,and the refurrection ofany other man. great and terrible day ofthe Lord. C Forthe rcfurrectionof 'l'tttrnothingauailes The fourth thing is, that an Angell minito the railing of Da•idor 'Paul: but Chri!ts £\red to Chrili, being to rife againe,in that he refurre<'tion auailes for all that haue beleeued came to the graue, and rolled away the £\one inhim: by theveryfame power whereby hce and farevpon it.Where obf}'ruc,fi_rfr 'how th~ raifedhimfelfe,heraifcth all his members:and angels of God mini!ter vnto Chnll:, though therefore he rscalled aqmckt;mgfPmt.Andkt dead and buried ; whereby they acknowledge vs marke the order obferued m rifing. For that his power, maiell:ie, and authority is not Chril\ rifeth,& then the Saints after hi~.And included witf1in toe bounds ofthe earth, but thiS came to palfe to venfie the Scnprure, extends it felf cuento the heauens themfelues which faith, that Chrift i; rhefirjl borne of the & the hoal\s thcrof,and that according to his dead. Nowbe i.-rhe firll:borneofthe dead, in Col,r; humanity. Wicked men for theirparts labouthat he hath this dignity&priui!edg torifeto 1~• red to clofc him vp in the earth; as the bafell: <:ternall hfethefirl\ofalmcn.Ittstruemdeed ofall creanrrcs: but the angels ofheauen mo!t that Lazarsu& fundry other 10 t~me rofe bereadily accept him as their foueraigne Lord fore Chrrl\: but yet the;: rofetohuea mortall & King! as in like mancr they did inhis temphfe,& to die againe:Ch_ntt hers the firfl: ofall ration in the wildcrncs, & .in his agony in the D that rofetolife euerlallmg and to glory:neuer g:u-den. Secondly,that the opinion ofthe I'aanyrofebeforc Chrifrin this manncr.And the pi!ts & others, which thinke thatthebody of perfons that rofewith Chrrft arc to be noted, Chrill: went through the graue-!lone when he they were theS•mts '( Go_J, not wrcked men: rofe again,is without warrant. For the end no whereby we arc put mmmde, that the Elect doubt,whythe angel rolled awaythe !tonewas children ?fGod only are partlkers ofChnfts that Chri!t mieht come forth· And indeed it t<furrectron. Indeed bothgond andbadnfeais again!hhe ~rder of nature, that one bodie gain,buttherc isgreatdifferec< in their rifmg: lbould palfe thorow another,without cormpfor the ;;odly nfe by the verrueof Chr1!ts re· rionor alteration ofeither, confidering that furrerh~n,& that to eternal glory:but rhevn· euery bodyoccupies' a place, & two bodies at godly rifobythevcrruc ofChrill;notasheJSa the fame infiit cannot be in one proper place. redeemer,but as he is aterrible Judge,& is tQ Furthermoreitis faid, that when the angcll execute: iufrice on thC. And they rife again for fate onthe O:one);11M.z8.3A· Hi&coJJntmance this end,that befides the firfrdeath ot the b~- 1 1-l'tU lik! lighrnir1g,& his YfJ]ment .uwhite & [now: dy,they might fuftCr the fec6d death;which ~s \ and this krucd ro 01cwwhat was the gloryof the powri"g forth of Gods wrath vpou bodte ' <:;J~i!t~m(df~.For if_!:l:c femantand min~~_:__& foulc eternally. Thisditfe,ece is proued_vn- ------------~to~~
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