Chap. i 9. acceding ta St. J oH N. not, as one faith, Magna conatss magnas nugas agere? Tenet infanabile multos Scribendi cacoethes. Verle 8. And hefdwand believed.]i. He believed his own eyes, that the Lords body was not inthe Sepulchre; but, as Mary Mag- dalen had told.them,fo they mif-believed,that it was taken away to fome other place, further from Calvary, forhonors fake, that he might not lie buried with the wicked.. Hence: it is that in thenext. verfeit is added, that ae yet they knew not the Scripture. 'Verfe 9. For as yet they knew not the °Scripture. ] Whichyet was clear enough in this point, .Pfa1.16. Io. & 110.1. /fit 53.10,11. The Refurrec`fion ofour Saviour was not obfcurely fhadowedout in Adam waking out offleep, Ifaac receivedafter a. fort from the dead,fofeph drawn out ofprifon to be LordofEgypt, Samfonbear- ing away the gates ofGaza, David advanced to the Kingdome, when there was but aRep betwixt him and death, 7onah prefervet in theWhales belly,&c. Verfe Io went again to their own home.] Waiting till God fhould further enlighten both organ andobje6}, as Mary°alfo did, Luke 2... Verfe ix. Mary:floodat the Sepulchre, weeping.] Some thinkit was , becaufe the conceived that the Jewes had gotten away out Saviours dead body to díthonour it: as the Popi(h perfecutors digd up, Bucers, and manyother good mens bones toburn them. She wept, where the had no fiichcaufe;fo do too many, women efpeci, ally, who fhould do well to keep their tears for better ufes , and not wath foul rooms with.fweet waters. Needleffe tears muffbe unwept again. Verfe 12.Andfeeth'two ,-4óc1?. ],Sent forher fake,,and the reff, to certifie them ofthe refurre%ion. It is their office ( and they are glad of it ) to comfort and.counfell the Saints {fill, as it were by fpeaking and doingafter a fpirituallmanner though we fee them not, as the here did. The Philofopher toldhisfriends uyn1 r when they came into hislittle and lowcottage, TheGods arehere ©sch;, f With me : fure it is that God andhis Angels=ever with his peo- ple,when they are weeping efpecially. Verfe 13..Weman,why .weepeft thou?] Angels pity humane frail,. ty íh11, and.fecretly függeff comfort. But Maryhad no filch caufe to cry,if the had known all,but to rejoyce rather fo hath a.Chri-. ffian,mwhat conditionfoever, all things reckoned.Had. Elizabeth known.thelhould have been Queen, thewould.not have witht her fell
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