Serra. CXXXVIII. as a proper Means of our Salvation. Such Affe&ions and holyRefolutions the Confideration ofour Saviour'sDeath and Sufferings fhould be apt to excite in us. What Grief, what Love, what Thank- fulnefs fhould the Remembranceof hisdying Love work inus! Whenwe confider ferioufly the many and the mighty BleffingsandBenefitswhich flow to usout of hisWounds, and are taking the Cup of Salvation into our Hands, how fhould out, Souls, and all that is within us, blefa his holy Name, whopardoneth all our Inigaitiesx and healeth all our Difeafes , who redeemed our Life from Defiruflion', and crowneth us with Loving-kindnef and tender Mercy. To him therefore, our gracious andgood God, let usgive all Thanks, Adoration and Praijee. Amen. SERMON CXXXIX, The Evidence of our Saviour's Refurreftion. A C T S I. 3, To whom alto he (hewed himfelf alive after his Fallon, by many infal- lible Proofs, being feen of themforty Days, andfpea/,ing of the Things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. TH ESE Wordscomprehend in fhort the whole Evidence of our Saviour's J Refurre&ion, which may be referr'd to thefe four Heads Firfl His Appearance to them after his Death and Paffon : To whom elfo hé (hewed himfelfalive after hisPaon. To whonig that is, to the Apoftles whom St. Luke had mentioned juli before. After he had given Commandment to the Ápoflles, whöm he had chafen ; To whom allO, &c. Secondly, The Proof of the Reality of his Appearance: To whom elfo he !hew- ed himfelf alive after his Paffion, by many infallible Proofs, o acXnais 7ée41aOie, idque compluribus argumetttis, faith Erafmus, and that by many certain and undoubted: Proofs, or Arguments. Thirdly, The Duration and Continuance of his Appearance to them: Being feen of them forty Days. Fourthly, The Subje& Matter of his Difcourfe with them : And dfgiealing of the Things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. Each of thefe affords us a'tonfiderable Evidence of Chrift's Refurre &ion. Fir/l, His Appearance to them after his Death and Pafion : To whom alfo he jhewed himfelfalive after his Pal/ion. In which Words, there are three Thingsvery confiderable, and which give great Evidence to our Saviour's Refurre&ion. L His Appearance to his Apoftles. II. That he was really alive, and his Body vitally united to his Soul. III. And this after he was really dead, after his Patton g that is, after he was crucified, dead, and buried, he was raifed to Life again. I (hall fpeak briefly of thefe. I. His Appearance to his Apoftles To wham alfa he fhewed himfelf alive. The Apoftles are here only mentioned, becaufe this is here fpoken of, in order to their Defignation and Appointment to be the Witneflès of Chrift's Refurtetlion to the World, as the great Confirmation of that Do&rive which they were to publifh : But becaufe I am confidering his Appearance after his Refurre&ion, as an Evidence of the Truth of it, I (hall therefore take in his Appearance toothers alto of his Difciples and Followers, and Confider likewife why he only appear- ed to his own- Followers, and not alto to the unbelieving Jews, who had put him N k 2 to
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