TheglorieoftheWell. .11 which werebrought to carry himunto lojiph his forme, how were they revived and comfortedafter theinditiref. les ? When Caligula the Emperour fent for Agrippa(the fame whichwasafterwards frnittenby the Angel) whom Tiberius had bound in chines, and calf into prifon, mu- ted him to change his garments, and cut his haire ( it feemes that long and ugly haire was then the fafbionof difcontented prifoners) and placed a Diademe on his head, made himTetrarch ofIturea and Trachonitis,and Governour ofjudea,and for his chaine ofiron,gave him another ofgold, ofequal! weight, as the Hiftorian re- lateth, he faiththat men were 1,,exigiA *' 7T4241,1...0they could not beleeve fowonderfull a change; for things of extraordiniry goodneffe are very difficultly beleeved. When the Lord turned againe thecaptivitieofSion, we were like them that dreame, the thingwas fo incredibly Curable to their defires, that it feemed rather the imagi- nary vvifh ofa dreame, than a deliverance really a&ed as Peter, when he was delivered out ofprifon,thought he had feene a vi ; Jacob couldnot at firf} beleeve the limes ofthe lifeand honour of iofeph his fonne ; and the Difciples for very joy were not able tobeleeve the Re- tfurre&ionof Chriff. Now what are all the good tidings to the Gofpell ? which is a Word of falvation, which opens prifons and lets out captives, which brings our King unto us, and makes us kings too, which gives us fuch a joy, as the whole world cannot rob us of ? Tour joy bald no man take fromyou. The joy which Caltgos_ la gave unto Agrippa, Clandim might have taken from him, as he didafter from Agrippa his fonne, and, though he did not, yet we fee the Angell did. But the joy oft he Gofitell is unvariable, the Angels themfelves,(to whom one might thinke the joyes of men fhould feeme but fmall) call it kteec4 r-L7.54., a great joy, Luke 2.10. It is the joy ofa trealitre,infinitelymoreworth than all which a man bath befides. A joy of a triumphal!harveiI, and of 209 VERSE 2. jeepb. eIntiq. libag. cap. S. Pfai. z aCr. Aet.12.9. Gen,45.245. Luke 24. 4r.
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