The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Lecture 28
THE XXVIII. LECTVRE OF THE RESVRRECTION OF CHRIST.
MATTH. CHAP. XXVIII.
NOw, in the ende of the Sabbath, when the first day of the weeke began to dawne, Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie came to ſee the ſepulchre.
verse 2 And beholde, there was a great earth-quake: for the Angel of the Lord deſcended from heauen, and came, and rolled backe the ſtone from the doore, and ſate vponupon it.
verse 3 And his countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as ſnowe.
verse 4 And for feare of him, the keepers were aſtonied, and became as dead men.
MARKE CHAP. XVI.
ANd when the Sabbath day was past, Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames and Salome, bought ſweete ointmentes, that they might come and anoint him.
verse 2 Therefore earlie in the morning, the first day of the weeke, they came vntounto the ſepulchre, when the Sunne was now riſen.
LVKE, CHAP. XXIIII.
NOw the firſt day of the weeke, early in the morning, they came vntounto the ſepulchre, and brought the odours, which th…y had prepared, and certaine women with them.
IOHN CHAP. XX.
NOw the first day of the weeke, came Marie Magdalene, early when it was yet darke, vntounto the ſepulchre, and ſawe the ſtone taken away from the tombe.
THESE dayes paſt (beloued Brethren in Chriſt) wee hauehave heard at length of the death and Paſſion of our Lorde Ieſus Chriſt: and in ende wee heard of His Buriall after His death and paſſion. Now it followes, as the Lord ſhall giuegive vsus grace, that we ſpeake of His glorious reſurrectiō from the dead. In ſpeaking of the Reſurrection of Ieſus Chriſt, wee ſhall follow out the whole foure Euangeliſtes. Matthew in his laſt Chapter, Marke in his laſt Chapter, and Luke in his laſt Chapter, ſets downe the Hiſtorie of the reſurrection of Ieſus Chriſt; but John inſiſts more largelie than the reſt, for he hath two Chapters of the Hiſtorie of the Reſurrection. Then to come to the purpoſe. Wee finde in none of the foure Euangeliſts the time and the houre when the Lord aroſe from the dead preciſelie noted. We finde not the manner of His riſing out of the graue. Wee finde no mention made of any witneſſes that ſawe Him riſe out of the graue. It hath pleaſed the Lord in His wiſedome, to conceale all theſe thinges: yet it is certaine He aroſe out of the graue in the morning (what houre he knowes Himſelfe) in the morning, after ye Iewiſh Sabbath, which was the beginning of the thirde day after His Buriall: for the Iewes counted their day from euen till euē: ſo the third day began at euening. As it is certaine that the Lord aroſe out of the graue in the night; ſo we find in the foure Euangeliſts, that when He is riſen, He teſtifies a little after, His glorious Reſurrection, by many witneſſes: And firſt of all the emptineſſe and roomneſſe of the graue teſtifies th…s Reſurrection. Marie Magdalene, and the other Marie, and Salome, teſtifie of it: The Ang…ls of Heauen teſtifie of it: The Lord Himſelfe teſtifies of it by appearing to the vvomen: And theſe vvomen teſtifie of it to His Diſciples: And then the Lord witneſſes His Reſurrection by His owne appearing vntounto them.
To come to the Text that we hauehave read: We hauehave firſt of all out of the Goſpel of MARKE noted the occaſion, how it comes to paſſe that theſe women are made witneſſes to the Reſurrection of Ieſus Chriſt. Next, wee hauehave the cōming of theſe holy women out of Hieruſalem with odours to anoint the dead bodie of Ieſus, which they ſupponed to hauehave bene in the graue: Thirdly, wee hauehave the rehearſall of ſome things that fell out whileſt the women were comming to the graue: There falles out a great earthquake, becauſe their was a glorious Angell comming from Heauen to the graue: And laſt of all, we ſhall ſpeake of the part of Marie Magdalene particularly, becauſe ſhe preuented the other, and came firſt to the graue: ſhee vvas a woman who loued the Lord marueilouſly, and waited continuallie vponupon Him. As touching the occaſion▪ MARKE ſaies, that when the Sabbath day was paſt, Marie Magdalene, & Marie the mother of Iames and Salome, bought ſweet ointments, that they might come and anoint him: that is, the dead bodie of the Lord, which, as they ſupponed, laye in the graue. Note the time well. It was after the Sabbath was paſt: for after they had ſeene the Lord layed in the graue by Ioſeph and Nicodemus, they returned home to the Preparation of the Paſſeouer, which was as we compt on the Friday at euen, when the Sun was gone downe. On the morrow after, which was their Sabbath, they celebrated the Paſſeouer, and they reſted all that day vntill the euening: Then vponupon their Sabbath at euen, which is our Saturdaye at euen, when the Sunne was gone downe, their Sabbath being ended, they remember their purpoſe, and buye ſweet odours, that on the morrowe earlie they might embaulme the dead bodie of the Lord.
Nowe Brethren, ſurely the louelove and affection of theſe women cānot be paſſed by: They take a purpoſe to honor the Lord by embaulming His bodie: They reſt on the Sabbath day: a day & a night interuenes yet this time ſtayes not their purpoſe (I ſhall cauſe one night interuening put a good purpoſe out of our heads. Indeed we will keep an euill purpoſe long in our mind: But if we hauehave a good purpoſe at euen, wee will forget it ere the morne, it will bee buried with vsus, as if wee had neuer thought it.) But this purpoſe of theſe holy women would bee better examined, that wee may ſee wherein they are to be commended: they buy and prepare ſweete ſmelling odours to annoynt the body of the LORD, the LORD was riſen at this time, & the LORD had foretolde them oftener than once or twiſe, that He was after His death to riſe on the third day, yet they go out of very purpoſe that ſame day, this cannot be commendable in them. As for the louelove that was in the hearts of theſe women, it cannot but be cōmended to all poſterities to the end of the world, & would to GOD the like louelove & zeale to God were in the hearts of men & women in theſe dayes, but certainly the deed it ſelfe, ſeeing they had the word of God in ye contrarie, is not commendable: But looke againe in all this doing, the Lord takes more heed to ye heart, than to ye deed, & not only forgiues He the ſin, but alſo He workes out of it, not only His owne glory, but ye well of ye womē: they went out of ſet purpoſe to embalme Him, ye Lord turnes this ſo about, yt He makes them to be witneſſes of His glorious reſurrectiō. Now well is them yt loues ye Lord: for to them all thinges works for ye beſt, out of their ſins He workes their ſaluation, & out of darknes light. But to come forward to the next head: The ſweet odours beeing bought, confected & prepared▪ ye women go toward the graue, the time is very preciſely noted by all ye foure Euangeliſts, Matthew calles it, the end of the Sabbath, when the firſt day in the weeke began to dawne. It was in ye dawning before the Lords day (ſo called in remēbrance of His glorious reſurrectiō, which we vſe to call our Sunday). Marke ſayes, it was the firſt day of the Sabbath, early in the morning, in the beginning of the weeke, as he would ſay, Sunday, early in the morning, before ye riſing of ye ſun, Luke ſayes ye ſame, Iohn ſayes, early the firſt day of the weeke when it was darke, in a world, it was on Sunday in ye morning, at ye very point of time, whē ye ſun roſe. Now ye purpoſe of theſe women was not to be witneſſes of ye reſurrectiō of ye Lord but to embalme His body (which as they thought, was lying in the graue) but ye Lord turnes ye matter ſo about yt He makes them to be witneſſes of Chriſts reſurrectiō, & this was no ſmal honor, He makes women witneſſes of ye reſurrectiō, euen to ye ſhame of men, yea, euen to ye ſhame of His Apoſtles: for they roſe early in ye morning but His Apoſtles lay lurking ſtill, & goe not out: So in the example of theſe women, wee may ſee that to bee true which Paul ſayes, 1. Cor. 1.27. The Lord hath choſen the fooliſh things of the world, to confound the wiſe, and God hath choſen the weake things of the world, to confound the mightie things, that all glorie might redound to Him. Another thing vve ſee in their example, that vvhichwhich the Apoſtle ſayes, 1. Cor. 3.18. If any man ſeeme to be wiſe in this world, let him be a foole, that he may be wiſe. The LORD in this doing vvill hauehave His diſciples to ſit dovvn in the ſchoole of vvomen, to learne of them that glorious reſurrection, He vvil make them to be fooles, yt they may be made vviſe, and Hee vvill hauehave the vvomen to bee their teachers, and if thou accepteſt not of the teſtimonie of theſe vvomen, & become not as a foole, albeit thou vvereſt neuer ſo vviſe, thou ſhalt neuer get a part of the reſurrection of Ieſus Chriſt. Novv I goe forvvarde to the third thing vvee hauehave here ſet dovvne. It is an incident that falles out vvhilſt as the vvomen is on their journey, going to the graue, for as they are going to the graue, there falles out, ſayes Matthew, a great earthquake, the cauſe is noted, for as they were going to the graue, the Lord of glory ſends an Angell to tell the reſurrection of the Lord to theſe women: ſo in very deed, the Angell is a witneſſe before the women, but the women before the men: Alwayes, the Angel that comes from Heauen, he is a honorable ambaſſadour: the bleſſed Angels are very glorious, & no queſtion the Lord would hauehave His reſurrection firſt witneſſed by ſo glorious an ambaſſadour, He would not hauehave man to teſtifie firſt of it, but He would hauehave a glorious Angell from Heauen to tell, & proclaime the Lord of glorie was riſen, and that He had broken the bands of death, & riſen vp in deſpite of the Deuill, & death, & that to our well, yt both we may riſe to a newneſſe of life, & yt we may be aſſured, that they who ſleepe in Him, as Paul ſayes, and lies in the gaue, ſhall be raiſed with Him at that great day in glory. An Angell, a glorious creature honoures the meſſage, but yet I ſay, the meſſage and commiſſion honoures the Angel more, than the Angell does the meſſage: yea, if it were all the Angels in Heauen, they get more honour by it, than they can giuegive to it. Well, if the preaching of ye Goſpel, the teſtifying of Ieſus, & His reſurrection, honoures the Angels, ſhall we thinke that any man in earth is too good to preach the Goſpell of Chriſt, No, if thou wereſt a King, it is a great honour to thee, that thou ſhouldeſt hauehave grace to ſpeake of His bleſſed Name. Well, Brethrē, as the ambaſſadour was glorious, & the meſſage was glorious, ſo y• cōmiſſion was the joyfulleſt thing that euer yu heardeſt: al the Angels in Heauen, are too vnworthy to tel it. Now as the ambaſſador was glorious, & the meſſage more glorious, ſo the Lord of Heauen honours His Ambaſſadour wt a terrible earthquake: the ambaſſador of a King hath honour, and why ſhould not the ambaſſadour of the LORD IESVS hauehave honour aboue all the Kinges of the world? No doubt the LORD in this Earthquake hath a further reſpect, for hereby He teſtified, that His glorious preſence accompanied the Angell, and that to the weale and comfort of the ſillie women: for as all the reſt was to prepare their hearts reuerentlie to receiue ſo glorious an Ambaſſadour, ſo was alſo this Earthquake: For if both men and women bee not prepared to receiue the Goſpel of IESVS CHRIST, let an Angel come from Heauen, if they be not prepared by the power of GOD, they will not beleeue, they will not heare, nor receiue the meſſage with reuerence. Therefore, let no man ſaye, What needes all this, a glorious Angell to come from Heauē ▪ and ſuch an Earthquake? He might hauehave come otherwiſe, He might hauehave come faire and ſoftly, and in more quyet manner, I anſwere to this: The LORD looked not ſo much to the Angell, or the meſſage, as to the women: for if it were an Angell that came from Heauen, He ſhall neuer be receiued by the ſillieſt bodie, except thine heart be prepared by the power of God.
Now to goe forward: When this Angell comes downe firſt, wee hauehave what Hee does: Then wee hauehave a faire deſcription of this Angell: The firſt thing He does, is, Hee goes to the graue, and rowles away the ſtone from the doore. Ye would thinke this was but a ſober and ſeruile office, to ſo glorious an Ambaſſadour. Might not men hauehave done it? It was Joſeph and Nicodemus who rolled the ſtone to the tombe. Might not men hauehave rolled it awaye againe? Marke, and compare the Buriall with His glorious reſurrection: In His Buriall He kept the Godhead cloſe: for if either in the death of Chriſt, or in His Buriall, that Godhead ſhould hauehave vttered it ſelfe, He could neither hauehave died, nor yet hauehave bene buried: for the Godhead can neither die, nor bee buried: but in the reſurrection, the Godhead that dwelt in Him bodilie breakes out, and raiſes the ſtone. VponUpon this difference there followes another: in His Buriall, the Godhead keeping it ſelfe cloſe, He had no Angels, but mortall men, to wit, Ioſeph, and Nicodemus, to ſerue Him: they winde Him, they laye Him in the graue, they roll the ſtone to the doore of the graue: But when it comes to His glorious reſurrectiō, in the which that Godhead that before kept it ſelfe cloſe, brake out, Hee vſes not the miniſterie of men, but of a glorious Angell, an Angell rolles away the ſtone, as it were with His owne hand. Nowe this lets vsus ſee how highlie and honourablie wee ſhould thinke of this glorious reſurrection. It is true, the LORD in His Buriall was honourable, but Hee was farre more honourable in His Reſurrection: for the honour that Hee had in His Buriall was but a worldlie honour; but in His Reſurrection Hee had an Heauenlie honour: Indeede Ioſeph and Nicodemus who buried Him, were two Honourable men, but an Angell is an hundreth times more Honourable and glorious than anie man, albeit he were a king, or Caeſar himſelfe. And ſo the LORD in His Buriall vttered Himſelfe to bee a Lorde ouer men, but in His glorious Reſurrection He vttered Himſelfe euen in our nature, not onelie to be Lord of men, but alſo of Angels. So Brethren, all tendes to this, to let vsus ſee the glorie of the Reſurrection of Ieſus. Nowe would to God wee could ſtriue night and daye to get a ſight of it: for except we get a ſight of it, in ſome meaſure here, wee ſhall neuer ſee glorie hereafter. But before I leaue this, I ſee, that in the rolling awaye of the ſtone, the Lord hath a reſpect to the weakneſſe of theſe women, knowing well they were not able to remoue ſo heauy a ſtone, to ſee whether the Lord was there or no: He ſendes this Angell to roll it away, to the ende, that when the women came, they ſhould ſee that the LORD was riſen from the dead. Well, here wee hauehave a comfortable leſſon: The LORD will helpe them that ſeeke Him: Seeke the Lord where euer Hee bee: Seeke the Lord in the graue: ſeeke the Lord in the Heauen, and thou ſhalt bee aſſured, if thou bee a weake bodie, the Lord ſhall ſupplie thy weakneſſe, and Hee ſhall cauſe the ſtrong Angell to doe that which thou art not able to doe. Reade wee not how the Lord hath ſent His Angels to fight the battels of His owne? And if thou wilt ſeeke the Lord when thou art going any way, thou ſhalt find in experience that the Lord ſhall ſend His Angell before thee, and prepare thinges before thy comming. And I doubt not, but ſome of you who heares mee, hauehave founde this in your owne experience, in ſuch ſort, that yee hauehave wondered at that bleſſed prouidence of His Majeſtie, and hath bene moued glorifie Him.
Now there is another thing to be marked: When He hath rolled the ſtone from the doore, He departs not, but he ſits downe, and abides there, to teſtifie that the Lord Ieſus was riſen. So yee ſee the firſt witneſſe of the Reſurrection of Ieſus Chriſt is an Angell, Hee remaines ſitting vponupon the ſtone, to teſtifie, that Chriſt was riſen in glory. The firſt witneſſes of His death and Buriall, were men and women; but the firſt witneſſe of His glorious reſurrection, is His bleſſed Angell; to let vsus ſee how the Lord would honour His Reſurrection, and to make vsus eſteeme of it, & to wonder at it, for in the ſight of it ſtands our life and glorie. Alas! that once our eyes coulde bee opened, to ſee the glorie of our Redeemer, ſitting at the right hande of that Majeſtie, then could wee not but wonder at the greatneſſe of that glorie.
Well then, as I ſaide before in this poinct: The Lord had a great reſpect to the poore women. Alas! an Earthly King will hauehave a ſmall reſpect to the poore: But the Lorde of glory had a great reſpect to theſe poore women. Indeed, the ſight of the emptineſſe of the graue might hauehave beene a ſufficient teſtimonie to them of Chriſtes Reſurrection, conſidering the fore-warning they had before, to wit, That the Lord ſhoulde riſe againe the thirde daye: but they were weake in faith: And therfore, He that ſupplied the weakneſſe of their bodies, by the ſtrēgth of the Angell, He ſupplies their faith by this ſame Angel: for they began to doubt, whether He was riſen: they thought Hee was ſtollen away: Yet the Lorde Ieſus ſupplies their weakneſſe, and to the emptineſſe of the graue, Hee ſubjoynes the ſaying of the Angell, The Lord is riſen from the dead. Then the leſſon is this: Againe ſeeke the Lorde: Art thou ſicke in bodie, He will ſupplie thy weakneſſe: Art thou weake in faith, ſeeke the Lord: & as certainlie as He ſupplied the faith of theſe women, Hee ſhall ſupplie thy faith. And if thou wilt not beleeue for one teſtimonie, Hee will teſtifie againe: and I teſtifie, Hee will neuer leaue thee, if thou once aimeſt to ſeeke Him: yea, Hee will heape teſtimonie vponupon teſtimonie, till Hee confirme thee, and bring thee to perfection.
Nowe Brethren, followes heereafter a faire deſcription of this Angell. In MATTHEVV firſt he is deſcribed from his looke & countenance. The looke and his eyes glaunced, as ye ſee flaſhes of fire. Then hee is deſcribed from his rayment: Hee is cladde with faire bright rayment, white like the ſnowe: Hee hath fierie eyes, and his rayment is like white ſnow. Laſt of all, hee is deſcriued from the effect that followed on his ſight. But on whome? Not on the women, but on the ſtrong men of warre: for aſſoone as they ſaw him, they were not able to looke vponupon him but fell downe as dead: they might not ſuſtaine to beholde him, and his glorious countenance. Now, as this great Earthquake, which was joyned with his comming downe from Heauen, vvas a viſible ſigne of the preſence of God, accompanying Him, ſo that terrible countenance & white rayment were alſo viſible ſignes of that ſame preſence of GOD, accompanying Him when hee came to the graue. The Majeſtie of GOD ſhined in his face, & rayment, & the ſame preſence made the men of vvarre to fall downe as dead. Whereto vvas all this? To glorifie & honour that great commiſſion that the Angell had. Why ſhould not the ambaſſadour of a glorious King be glorious? Why ſhould not His looke, his countenance, His rayment, and all be glorious? But yet againe, all this is for the vvell of the poore women: In all this the LORD regarded them: for euen as the terrible earthquake vvas to prepare their heartes to receiue the ambaſſage reuerently: Euen ſo, vvas the bright countenance and ſhining rayment of this Angell. Novve to ſpeake ſomething of the ſignes of the preſence of God, that He hath vſed ſince the beginning, to ſet out His inuiſible glorie: No, all the Angels in Heauen had neuer povver to get acceſſe nor apprehend yt inacceſſible light. It is true, the great God hath no neede to borrovv either light from the fire-flaſh, or vvhitenes frō ye ſnovv, or hue, or hotnes from the fire, to ſet foorth His glory, for all the beauties in all the creatures are not to be cōpared to yt glory that is in Him. The fire had neuer yt glance to ſet forth His glory▪ &c. yet it hath pleaſed ye Lord, for our capacitie ſubmitting Himſelfe to our infirmitie, by thoſe things yt are moſt glorious & exquiſite in Nature, to ſet out & repreſent His incomprehenſible glory: He takes as it vvere a darke ſhadovv thereby, to let vsus ſee His ſhining glory: & therefore (Brethren) take vp ye leſſon. When euer the Lord vtters His Majeſtie by outward ſignes of His creatures, hold not altogether thine eye fixed on ye outward ſignes, as though His Majeſty extended ye ſelfe no further, as though there were no greater glory in Him than in them, as though He vvere no vvhiter than the ſnow, nor brighter than the fire: for the viſible creature cannot fully expreſſe the glory of the Creator: but by the eye of Faith, thou ſhouldeſt pierce into that inward light and incomprehenſible glory, whereinto GOD dwells, bleſſed for euer, which is repreſented by the beautie of theſe outwarde ſignes. Therefore when Hee ſets out His brightneſſe by the brightneſſe of the Sunne: when thou ſeeſt the Sunne ſhining, thou ſhouldeſt ſay with thy ſelfe, I cannot abide the brightneſſe of this Sunne: & therefore what brightneſſe is in yt God that made it: and if by the eye of Faith thou lookeſt thorow the glorie of all the creatures, to the infinite glorie of the Creator, thou ſhalt hauehave a faire vantage, for thou ſhalt no ſooner looke vponupon His glorie, by the eye of faith, but aſſoone ſhall the Lord by the beames of His infinite glorie, and by a marueilous light ſhine in thine heart: for as the Apoſtle ſayes, 2. Cor. 4.6. God that commanded the light to ſhine out of darkneſſe, is Hee which hath ſhined in our hearts. And I doubt not but theſe poore women looking to the glory of the Angell, who was an Ambaſſadour of Ieſus: they ſaw and conſidered how glorious Ieſus was who ſent him: and ſo they found the glory of the Lord ſhining in their ſoule afterwards, which made them to rejoyce with a joy vnſpeakable, and glorious.
Now to end ſhortly, it is ſaid, That for feare of Him the keepers were aſtoniſhed, and became as deade men. The men of warre, are ſtanding about the graue when His Angell comes: but when they ſee the Angell, the earth did not ſhake ſo faſt as they did: they ſhake and fall downe deade, as it were in a trance: theſe men were ſtout before: and it is likely that they had bragged before, that all the world ſhould not get Him out of the graue: for they were acquainted with tumultes of warre, and they had ſeene as many terrible ſights, as any men: yet for all their ſtoutneſſe, they looke not ſo ſoone to the Angels face, and rayment, but aſſoone they fall downe dead. Wel, thou art a ſtout man, if thou wilt ſay: All the deuils in Hel ſhal not ſmite thee, nor affright thee, thou thinkeſt thou wilt out-face all the world: this Land is full of ſuch fooliſh braggers, who will ſay, they will not bee afraide to meete the Deuill: but one blencke of the face of that Majeſtie of GOD, will cauſe them fall downe as dead to the ground. Will yee weigh this matter aright, It is not onelyonly the outwarde ſight of the Angell that aſtoniſhes theſe men: for if it was the ſight of the Angell, why fell not the women downe? Why were they not aſtoniſhed? the women ſtood ſtill, and the Angel ſpake to them, and they to him: ſo there muſt be another cauſe of this terrour? and what was the cauſe? They were great ſinners: ſinne did reigne in them without repentance: they had an euill conſcience: they were enemies to Ieſus Chriſt: and therefore at the ſight of the Angell, when the light of GOD enters in, and wakens their conſciences, they are ſtricken with exceeding terrour and feare. The children of God, who hauehave their conſciences purged from the guiltineſſe of ſinne, vſes not to be ſtricken with ſuch terrour at the ſight of God, but rather receiue joy thereby. It is true: The preſence of the Majeſtie of God is terrible in it ſelfe: and the Angells themſelues can not behold it in the owne brightneſſe: yet it is joyfull, ſweet and comfortable to them who are in Ieſus Chriſt: but when it meetes with a ſinfull heart, and an euill conſcience, of all things it is moſt terrible: if thou who art a ſinfull man, and who art not in the Lord Ieſus: if thou ſaweſt Him ſhine in thine heart, & if thou getteſt not a ſight of thy ſinne, thou ſhalt finde ſuch terrour and feare, that all the world cannot comfort thee, for that ſight of all ſights is moſt terrible to them who are not in Ieſus Chriſt. I grant, indeede, that the very children of God: yea, euen the beſt of them all, ſo long as this remanent corruption abides in them, they finde the Majeſtie and glorious preſence of God makes them to be afraide: We may ſee the example of this in theſe vvomen, at the ſight of the Angell they vvere afraid: but after that once ſinne be altogether aboliſhed, then His preſence ſhall not be fearfull, but comfortable. Wee ſhall hauehave no feare, but joy euerlaſting: As for the reprobate, they cannot bee able to abide His glorious preſence in that great day: for if that glorie was ſo terrible that ſhined in one Angell, how terrible ſhall it be to them that are out with Chriſt, when not one Angell, but millions of Angels in glorie: yea, the Lord Himſelfe as Iudge of the world, ſhall appeare in His incomprehenſible glorie, it ſhall be ſo terrible, that it ſhall cauſe them to cry, Hilles and mountaines fall on vsus, and ſaue vsus from the preſence of the Lambe. The Lord grant, that we may be found in the Lord Ieſus Chriſt here, and that we may hauehave our conſciences ſprinckled with His blood, that we may finde the Lordes preſence not onelyonly comfortable to vsus here, but chiefly in that great day, when we ſhall ſee Him face to face. To this Lord Ieſus, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, be all praiſe, honour and glorie for euer.
AMEN.