----~---- ------< Chrifls ofthe [reede. Refurrec1ion. were opened,and they !-new him by breaking A I itfah? And as Ch<ill reuealed himfclfe vnto ofbread: buthe wastli-<:outofthctr Gght. In h1s dJfcl?les, at that nme when rhey caufcd this notable appcadce we m1y obferue the~e htm to eate meate l.v'ithlthem ; fo'let vs futf:r foure points: The firll, that Chtifl: hdd rhetr Chr1.lho bee O!lrg\le!l:, and letvs cnterraine eyes that they could not know him:they f•w a hun ll1 h1s members, & no dopbt he wlil bldfc man indeede, bur who he was t~c~·could not vs,and w:rh~ll reue?-le J~tmfeJfe vnto ~~· 1he tell. By this it is more then mamfcfl:,th'ltJ:he fourth thtng JS,that hamng eaten, heo 1s taey11 ~fe ofour outward ft:nfes,a'i fteit~g~ feel 1 ing, o;uofrheh'fight .AntJ·rr;is came to P70C not be- Vctfe. 3 1 , fmdling,&c. is fupplied vnto vscounuaJ,y by caufc the.body ofClmft became fpmtuall,but thepowerofChrilt; & tl:crcfvreeuenmth~fe bccaufc etther!>.e hold thetr eyes ..sbeforc;or things wee mufl: acknowledge ·the conrmuocl! h~"departed w-1th celenty and fpced.e accorgoodnes ofGod. Now ifone man can not fo dmgtp the propcmcsofa bodte glonfied., much as difcerne an other bur by the bidstr.g The fourth•appearanceofChrtft was top,. of Chrift then O~all wee neucr be able to dif. teralone, menuoned ondy by S:Pn11/,t. Cor. cerne the' way of life from thnvay ofdoath· 15·5·H' w.ufoene ofGeph.u. . . withouthim::>nd therefore we mult pray vnto B The fifth app<araoce was to all the dtfuples God that hee would giue vs·his holy fpirit to togerller'faueThcm.u,Ioh. zo.I9·ln it we mult iolightenthe eyesofour vnderlbndiug,wher. confider three thmgs, whtch are all dfecruall by we may be able to fee & know the way that arguments to prooue Chrifl:s refurrection, leadeth vmolife, & alfo to walkeuJthe tame. The firft, that he came and Ooodmthemtdft The fccond, that as Chrifl: was in cxpmmamorig the thcdor.,-bcing fhut. Nowit may ding rheScripturesvntothem,rheirbearuburbeden)anded,how thiscculd be. Anfrv. 1he ned,•ithill them. By this we learne,that howfoPapills fay, hisbody wasglorified & fo poffed euerthemtmftersofGod pubhfh the Gofpell through the dore, bur(." l.hane fJid) i: is atotheoutward cares of men, yet it is the progainfl:·rhe nature ot:a bodic that one flwuld· per worke o£ Chrilt aloneto touch& !nAa.me l'affethrough another, as hJate doth through the heart by the fire of his holy fpirit, and to apieceofyron, both bodies remaining intire quicken and raife men vp to the life ofrighteand found: therefore we may rather thinke, oufnes and true holines:it is he ooely thatb•p· tf.1at whereas Chrift came io, when the dores rimh \Wth the holy Ghojlamlwithfire. And it werefhut; it was either becaufe by his mighforther admonifheth vs, that we fhould heare ty power he caufcd the dorcs to giueplace,the the word preached from the mouth of Gods C difciples not knowinghow: or dfe bcc.ufe he minifl:crs with burning and mdring hearts : altered the very fnbllance ofthe dores, that but alas, the ordinary proctifcis flarcontrary; his body.might palfe through, as he thlckned mens eyes aredroufic and heauie, and their thewaters to carrie his body when he watf<cd heJrtsdead and frozen within them: and that vponthe fea. Now ifthis be true,as wry lik i.!. the caufe why af(et much teaching there ic is,that rhefe dunibc creatures gaue place: to followesbutlittleprofir. Chrill, and becameplyab!e vnto his comThethlrd chingis, that Chrifi: did eate with mandement ~ then much more ought wee to rhetJf!od,(ciples, andwao k!Jowneofthem in brei'~. carrie our hearts conformable and plyam to ~ng bread. lt is very like th.tt our Sauiour the will of our Lord Iefus in all hiscommanChrill did in fome fp.e.cictll manner blel!e the dements. The fccond point is, thanvhen as bread which he brake, whereby his difciples the difciples thought Chritl to haue bin a fpidJ1ccrned hun from others. And mhke mannt; hee toprooue the truth ofhis m~nhood ner we muft by blcfsiugour meates& drinks fhewed Vnto them his hands& feere, aud th~ diflingui01 our felues,thongh not from fttch as wound in his fide,ar::dcals for meate,and eafr!S arc the feruantsof God, yet from all vngodly amongrhem. Bur it may bee asked how this and carekff: men•. Many bcewg filent them· D could be, confidering that a gloriBed bodie febes do make thctr chtldren to gme thanks, hath no blcmifh, and needs not to eatc but is and to bltflctheirme~tes. And indeedeit is a fupporred by God without meate: to;ifthis commendable thing ifit bee done fon1cti!11es be true in our bodies when they fhall be glorito nurte~re the cluld; btJt for men todtsburden ficdj then much more was it true in Chrill. themfelues wholly ofthis dury,isa fault. And A"f· True iris, a glorified body bath no bJe.. it is aflume, th:tt thJt mouth '.Vhich opcneth milbc:s;but our Sauiour Chrifr had not yeten· it fclte to rccciue the good creatures ofGod, trcd intothe fulnefic ofhis glory. lfheo had fhou'd neuer open it l<:lfe to bleffe.and ~raife binfully glorified, he could not fo'fenfibly &j God forrhc Ctme. Therefore m thts achon of plamdy hauc made manifdt the (ruth of his ! cadng ~nd d~i~king,letvs fhew~urfelues felrcfitrrt~ionvnto his difciples: <~nd therefore\ ! lowe.~s of Cnrtll:? t. hat as by blefs.mgthe fame, for the1r ~.tkc:s a.'1dours he 1s comentJafrcrhis \ he was k~o~ne trom all othcr;fo we may alfo entrlnr&mto glory, fiil to retairae in his body hereby d1ilmgmfh our felues from the prok)me remnants of the ignomihies and bkmi· phane and wicked of this world. O'therwife O>cs,which ifithad pka!cd hi,n,hc might haue I what d1ft~rence 01'all there bcC bctwt:encvs& laid afide, hee is alfo Contfnt toe;.lt::, 001 f~r t the very hogge 1 h1t ears mail: on the gronnd, need,.bnr to proonc that his body was not a \ but ncuer lookcs vp tu the tree tl'om \v·hencc b~dy mfhcw,·buta true body: This teachcth 1 - ·.-. ---- ----- X 3-=--:=~-~-~sj __ Ver(c31.·
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