The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Lecture 31
THE XXXI. LECTVRE OF THE RESVRRECTION OF CHRIST.
MATTH. CHAP. XXVIII.
verse 8 So they departed quicklie from the ſepulchre, with feare and great, joye, and did runne to bring his diſciples word.
MARKE, CHAP. XVI.
verse 8 And they went out quicklie, and fledde from the ſepulchre: for they trembled, and were amazed: neither ſaide they anie thing to anie man: for they were afraide.
LVKE, CHAP. XXIIII.
verse 1 NOw the first day of the weeke, earlie in the morning, they came vntounto the ſepulchre, and brought the odours which they had prepared, and certaine women with them.
verse 2 And they found the ſtone rolled away from the ſepulchre,
verse 3 And went in, but found not the bodie of the Lord Jeſus.
verse 4 And it came to paſſe, that as they were amazed thereat, beholde, two men ſuddenlie ſtoode by them in ſhining vestures.
verse 5 And as they were afraide, and bowed downe their faces to the earth, they ſaide to them, Why ſeeke yee him that liueth, among the dead?
verse 6 Hee is not heere, but is riſen: remember howe hee ſpake vntounto you, when hee was yet in Galile,
verse 7 Saying, that the Sonne of man must bee deliuered into the handes of ſinfull men, and bee crucified, and the third day riſe againe.
verse 8 And they remembred his wordes,
verse 9 And returned from the ſepulchre, and tolde all theſe thinges vntounto the eleuen, and to all the remnant.
verse 10 Nowe it was Marie Magdalene, and Ioanna, and Marie the mother of Iames, and other women with them, who tolde theſe thinges vntounto the Apostles.
verse 11 But their wordes ſeemed vntounto them as a fained thing, neither beleeued they them.
I Shewed you from the beginning (vvelbeloued in the Lord Ieſus) that there vvere two compainies of vvomen, that came out of Hieruſalem, to the graue of the Lord: Firſt, one company, in the vvhichwhich vvas Mary Magdalene, & Mary the mother of James & Solome, with ſome others: Thē ſoone after that there came out another company of vvomen, vvhoſe names vve finde not regiſtrated. Wee hauehave hearde alreadie of the Hiſtorie of the firſt vvomen, vvee hearde of their outcomming, vvee hearde vvhat they ſaw, and vvhat they hearde vvhen they came to the graue of the Lord. Now this daye vvee hauehave the returning of the firſt companie home to Hieruſalem, ſet downe in few vvords. Then we ſhall goe to the Hiſtorie of the ſecond company of vvomen, vvherein firſt vve hauehave their outcomming: Secondlie, vvhat they heare and ſee: and thirdly, their tidinges to the Apoſtles, vvhat they had hearde and ſeene. And this Hiſtorie concerning the ſeconde companie is written, by Luke, Chap. 24. verſ. 2. Matthew writes concerning the firſt companie, and Marke alſo: Iohn ſpeakes onelie of Marie Magdalene. Luke ſets downe the whole ſeconde companie. But nowe to returne to the home-comming of the firſt companie of women: It is written by MATTHEVV and MARKE, that when they had receiued direction of the Angell, They returned home with feare and great joye, to tell the eleuen Apostles (for IVDAS was fallen awaye) what they had heard and ſeene. I note ſhortlie theſe three thinges in theſe women: Firſt, I ſee that there was a feare in them: Next, I ſee that they had an exceeding joye: And laſt of all, I ſee in them obedience to the voyce of the Angell with all expedition. The feare was, becauſe of the preſence of that glorious Angell: The joye, becauſe of the joyfull newes, to wit, That the LORDE was riſen: The obedience, was, becauſe of the commaundement of the Angell, to runne home, and tell the APOSTLES. All theſe three thinges are to bee commended in them: And they teach vsus this leſſon, howe wee ſhoulde depart from the preſence of our GOD: when wee meete to heare theſe glorious tidinges, without the which there is no life: and without the hearing whereof, thou ſhalt neuer ſee Heauen. Let no man deceiue himſelfe: they teach vsus howe wee ſhould depart from the worde: Depart with feare and reuerence: that is the firſt: Then depart with joye: that is the ſeconde: And thirdly: depart with a minde to obeye that which thou haſt heard: and this is the laſt. Wee ſhoulde feare, in reſpect of the preſence of the Lord, whereat all the Angels were afraid: and, where two or three are gathered together in His Name, there is His preſence. And if thou ſeeſt not His preſence in the Congregation, it were better for thee that thou preſentedſt not thy ſelfe in the Congregation: The joye ſhoulde bee of the hearing of theſe tidinges. Thou deliteſt to heare tidinges: but all the tidinges of the worlde is nothing to theſe, to wit, That Ieſus is come into the world, and hath died for thee. And laſt of all: Depart with obedience: for thou getteſt this commandement, When thou goeſt home, communicate theſe tidinges to others, that thy joye may bee encreaſed. The light of the Goſpell requires holineſſe and a godlie conuerſation: that thou liue ſoberlie in thine owne perſon, juſtlie with thy neighbour, and godly with thy God. When the daye breakes out, and when the Sunne riſes, the light of the daye is not for nothing, it cryes vponupon thee, to thy labours, to fall to an honeſt conuerſation: Then much more, the Sunne of righteouſneſſe, that light of lightes, that LORDE, vvhen Hee ſhines, and cryes, Shake off the vvorkes of darkeneſſe, and put on the armour of light: Shake off thy murther, thy adulterie, and oppreſſion, in paine of thy life: Thou wilt come out, and ſticke and ſlaye a man in ſight of the Sunne: No, that murther ſhall not ſo much bee layed to thy charge, as the contemning of GOD, vvho ſhined before thee vvhen as thou ſleweſt that man. Wee are fallen nowe to ſuch a ſhamefull murther, as vvas neuer heard of among the TVRKES. What will become of this Kingdome? Suppoſe there vvere none other ſinne, but this ſinne of blood, O, it cryes for a vengeance. Marke this: ſie vponupon thee, that in ſuch a light, and in the ſight of that great GOD, thou ſhouldeſt commit ſuch villanie. But I goe forwarde: and I enter to the Hiſtorie of the ſeconde companie of women, who went out to the graue of the Lord. The firſt company ſawe but one Angell, but this ſawe two Angels: and therefore they are diuerſe. The Hiſtorie is very plaine, and there can be no other thing almoſt marked, than that which is already touched: and therefore I ſhall goe thorow it ſhortly, as God ſhall giuegive the grace. This ſecond companie came out ſhortly after the firſt companie: they draw neare, They ſaw the ſtone away fro… the ſepulchre, as the firſt did, And they enter into the graue, as the firſt …id, But they found not the body of the Lord Ieſus, and they are very ſad and heauie, ſuppoſing it had bene ſtollen away: they ſee two Angels, whom they ſuppoſed to be two men, fearfull to looke on: the firſt companie ſee but one Angell theſe ſee two, and the earthly witneſſes grow in number: ſo the heauenly growe: there was but one Angell only who appeared to the firſt companie, now this companie ſee two Angels, and all this was for the greater certaintie of the matter, and reſurrection of Ieſus Chriſt: they ſeeing two Angels, are afraide: therefore the Angells begin and comfort the women, by telling that Chriſt was riſen, and bids them goe tell the Apoſtles. Nowe wee ſhall marke ſomething of the part of the women, and then we ſhall come to the part of the Angels. As this carefulneſſe of the Lord that was in theſe women, was worthie of praiſe: ſo the Apoſtles careleſſeneſſe of their Lord cannot be praiſed: for it became them to hauehave come out firſt: & as the couragiouſneſſe of theſe women is to be commended, ſo the Apoſtles cowardneſſe merites no commendation: and the moe women teſtifie of His Reſurrection, that ſame brings the greater ſh…c to the Apoſtles. When thou art a man, and haſt a calling, and wil… let a Wife goe before thee, it ſhames thee: and no doubt, the force of His Reſurrection, was more powerfull in the poore women, than it was in the very Apoſtles: for all this ſpirituall courage flowes from the life of Chriſt: for except He had riſen from the death, and that vve got life thorovv His life, vvee vvould neuer hauehave life: yea, all the ſpirituall life, and quickneſſe that vvas in the fathers of olde, vvas by the vertue of Chriſtes Reſurrection to come, and all this quicknes of ours, is by the vertue of His Reſurrection already paſt, if thou hauehave that life begunne, it ſhall be a ſure earneſtpennie that thou ſhalt riſe in glorie, and liue a life, like to the glorious life of thy glorious Head and Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt. Then I marke another thing in theſe women: They are ſubject to diuerſe perturbations of minde: they come out with ſadneſſe, and when they found not the body of the Lord Ieſus, their dolour is increaſed: then when they ſee and heare the Angels, they are terrified, and laſt of all, they finde joy. Wilt thou compare the godlie vvith the vngodlie, yee ſhall finde ſometimes in the heartes of the vngodly, greater peace than in the heartes of the godlie: no paine, nor vexation in them, but they ſay, peace: peace, as the Apoſtle ſayes in the firſt Epiſtle to the Theſſalonians, the fifth Chapter, and the thirde verſe: but beholde the end: when they hauehave cried Peace, then a ſudden deſtruction from the Heauen, ſhall ouertake them, and their peace ſhall end in diſquietneſſe for euer. The trouble of the godly endes in endleſſe joy, the godly beginnes in ſadneſſe, goes forward in ſadneſſe, but euer in the ende they finde joy, and the greater trouble thou bee in, in the ende thou ſhalt finde greater joy: and vvhen thou ſhalt attaine to that joy, the verie remembrance of that trouble that thou haddeſt in this life, ſhall augment thy joy, and thou ſhalt rejoyce, that euer thou hadſt trouble here, if thou hadſt bene euen burnt or martyred for CHRISTS ſake: and by the contrarie: The wicked that hauehave liued heere in ſecuritie, vvhen they are thruſt in Hell, in endleſſe paine and diſpleaſure, ſhall finde that the remembrance of the joy that they had in this life ſhall augment their paine, and they ſhall curſe the time that euer they liued here in ſuch pleaſure, and had this falſe peace on earth. This Hiſtorie is plaine, and therefore I goe forvvarde: I come to the part of the Angell: the firſt ſpeech is ſomewhat rough: Why doe yee ſeeke the liuing amongſt the dead? Why doe yee this? Then Hee comes on, and ſayes, Hee is not heere, Hee is riſen. Then he confirmes it by a reaſon: Remember, women, what Hee ſaid to you, when Hee was with you in Galile, Saide Hee not, that Hee behooued to bee deliuered into the hands of ſinfull men, and bee crucified, and to riſe againe the third day. This is the meaning in effect. Then vvhere Hee beginnes with a reproofe, there muſt bee a fault in them: No, the LORD vvill not reprooue thee for nothing: I take their fault to be obliuion: for ſo the wordes of the Angell import: they had forgot that Hee ſhould riſe the thirde daye, ſuppoſe He had told them.
Well, Brethren, I ſee this, It is the vvill of God, that vve neuer forget His word, & more I ſee, If thou letteſt it ſlip out of thy mind, as we doe too readily: the Lord will reproue thee, but in His reprouing & in His anger: He neuer forgets mercy & lenitie: in reprouing of the women, Hee makes the Angell to inſtruct and tell them that Hee vvas riſen: ſo in reproouing of thee, Hee will teach thee, and it learnes vsus this leſſon: Alwayes in all reproofes, teach them whom thou reproueſt: if thou reprooue them, without a care to inſtruct them, thy reproofe auailes nothing at all. Then looke, ſo ſoone as his anger goes away, and when he hath ſpoken two wordes, thereafter hee ſayes, Hee is not heere, Hee is riſen, Remember, He ſaid to you, He behooued to ſuffer, and die, and riſe the third day: So we learne this at the Angell, It may be, that God ſpeake a word of anger, but it will ſoone goe away, and the mercy remaines for euer: and when Hee hath laide His anger aſide, Hee teaches in merciemercy: and I ſpeake this to the childe of God: Manie faults in vsus all, and nowe and then He ſpeakes in anger, that His owne periſh not with the wicked world: Hee will waken them with ſome angrie word, and thinke as thou wilt, and if thou be not wakened with ſome angrie worde, thou ſhalt die in thy ſtincke, and canker of thy corrupt nature: and ſo long as we are here, there is euer ſome matter of anger: ſo that now and then Hee will ſpeake to thee in anger (for wee are as fooliſh children, thinking and ſpeaking as children: and therefore hauehave need to be chaſtiſed) but when wee are perfect men, neuer an angrie worde, nor a gloome ſhall be, but alwayes merciemercy and pleaſure for euer. Then I marke another thing in the Angell, Remember (ſayes he) that the Sonne of man muſt bee deliuered into the handes of ſinfull men, and to die, and the third day to riſe againe, as Hee ſhewed to you. Well, then I ſee, the Lord He forgets not His owne worde, that He ſpeakes, ſuppoſe the women had forgotten it: No, the Lord that ſpeakes it, thinkes neuer ſo light of it as thou doeſt: Thou wilt forget ſoone, and thou takeſt no thought of it: but that word that He ſpeakes, either by Himſelfe, or by His Miniſters: He will neuer forget it. The word of a King is much, and of great might: then how weightie is the word that comes from the King of kings: Heauen and earth ſhall periſh, ere one jote of that worde periſh, or fall to the ground: and as Hee forgets not, ſo Hee will hauehave it called to the remembrance, not only of the godly, but alſo of the wicked: but marke the difference: When Hee brings it to the Elects memorie: H…e brings it euer with great joy▪ as He did to theſe women. But as to the wicked, it is euer a dolefull and wofull remembrance, with paine and griefe and this is no ſmall part and cauſe of the paine of Hell, that all the words which God ſpake to them whilſt they liued, and which they contemned, ſhall bee brought to their memorie, that booke of remembrance ſhall bee holden euer before their eyes, that there they may ſee and reade all the wicked workes that they hauehave done in their life: yea, the leaſt euill worde ſhall bee laide to their charge: and then the conſcience ſhall ſtand vp and accuſe them euerlaſtingly: No, if thou bee out with Chriſt, I ſay to thee, terrible ſhall that ſight bee, that thou ſhalt ſee,: for the leaſt euill thought ſhall bee laide to thy charge, let be euill deedes, and that forgetfulneſſe of the worde of God, whilſt thou liuedſt, ſhall be a great parte of thy paine and griefe: but the forgetfulneſſe of the godly ſhall bee hid, as all the reſt of their ſinnes ſhall be hidde in Him, and in that blood they ſhall bee counted as cleane, as if they had neuer ſinned, nor had forgotten Gods word.
Thus farre for the part of the Angell: Now, I returne to the women: When the Angell hath ſpoken, and informed them of the Reſurrection: They returne, and tell to the Apoſtles, what they had heard and ſeene: Marke this leſſon, They cannot keepe it within their breſt, but they will communicate it to others, they will tell the Apoſtles: Brethren, after that once a man, or a woman hath conceiued that ſpirituall joy, all the worlde will not holde their tongue: put them in a fire, they cannot but ſpeake of it. Many Martyres hauehave proued this to be true, if it were but a woman, ſhe muſt preach it to others: & I ſay more, if thou haſt not pleaſure one time or other, to ſpeake with joy of Chriſt to others: to ſpeake of His Paſſion, and Reſurrection, thou neuer heardeſt with joy. We all hauehave pleaſure enough to talke with joy of vaine and prophane tales: but of that pleaſure of pleaſures, litle or no delite hauehave vve to ſpeake. I condemne not only the world, but alſo the children of GOD, and my ſelfe with the firſt. Alas, too litle pleaſure hauehave wee in our heartes to ſpeake of Chriſt, and His Reſurrection. But to whome go they? Goe they to tell the wicked people? No, that people was not worthie of it: they ſteale in to the Apoſtles, and them who loued Chriſt, who were lurking in Ieruſalem. So the leſſon is this: A man that findes joy, will not communicate it to the prophane man: he will knowe well, that he communicates it to ſuch one as will hauehave joy with him: if any man bee ſad, yee ſee they will not communicate it▪ but to them that will bee ſad with them: ſo it is with joy, they will not tell to eueryevery man the joy, but to ſuch as wil hauehave joy with them. Looke the twelfth Chapter to the Romanes and the fifteenth verſe: hee wiſhes them To reioyce with them that rejoyce, and to bee ſadde with them who are ſadde. Marke this thing alſo. Is not this joye a precious thing? Nothing ſo precious in the worlde, as joye: and maruell yee not, that they ſhoulde bee ſo liberall of it? And if thou hadſt all the worlde, it is nothing in reſpect of this joye, and yet they are liberall of it. Paul, Rom. chap. 1. verſ. 11. hee anſweres to this, J long, ſaies hee, to come to you, to impart ſome ſpirituall gift to ſtrengthen you. No, this hurt not him, for hee expones himſelfe, ſaying, That I might bee comforted, together with you, through our mutuall faith, both yours and mine. So when hee commeth to giuegive grace, hee gotte grace: No, it is a vvonderfull thing, vvhen two holie bodies meete, what joye the one vvill poure into the heart of the other: Put all the Infideles together, they cannot miniſter this joye one to another. So in a word, Communication of joye ſhall not empaire, but it ſhall enlarge the joye in thee. Whereto ſhoulde one ſtande vp to preach CHRIST, but that by his joye, hee maye miniſter joye to them that heare him. Nowe the LORD graunt, that both Preachers and hearers may finde in their heartes this joye, which is in CHRIST.
Nowe I goe forwarde: As they goe in the part where the Apoſtles lurked, they finde before them that firſt companie of vvomen, who had returned from the ſepulchre, Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames, and Salome: and as they enter in, they finde them telling theſe ſame newes to the eleuen Apoſtles: So that the eleuen Apoſtles wanted not witneſſes; women, after women, teſtifying, that the Lord was riſen. Will yee conſider this well, and ye ſhall ſee, that it imports a deadlie ſecuritie in the Apoſtles: alas, it ſhould hauehave beene they, who ſhoulde hauehave come to the women, to hauehave tolde them of the Reſurrection of Chriſt. When Hee ſendes ſo vvomen after women, it teſtifies, that they were in a dead ſecuritie, and ſo it teſtifies a great merciemercy of the LORDE, vvho vvill not let them ſleepe in that carnall ſecuritie.
Brethren, this ſame merciemercy of God towardes His owne, abideth as yet, for in vsus is nothing but ſleeping, (and if thou feeleſt it not, thou feeleſt nothing) Paſtors, people, and all ſleepes in ſecuritie, as the Apoſtles did: And I ſaye to thee, that if the LORDE vvoulde let thee alone, and vvoulde ſende to thee no vvitneſſes to vvaken thee, and to ſaye to thee, Sinner, vvake, and ariſe: No, there is none of vsus, but wee woulde ſleepe to death. So looke to the LORDS mercy in this thy miſerie, He ſendes men to thee, He ſendes croſſes and troubles to vvaken thee. Take men awaye, take awaye theſe cloudes of vvickedneſſe, take awaye c…oſſes, I giuegive the vvorlde their doome (no exception, from the King to the Begger,) and if thou vvanteſt vvitneſſing, that CHRIST died, and roſe againe, thou ſhalt ſleepe to deſtruction. Thou thinkeſt that this needes not to bee preached: but thou ſhalt ſee one daye, that there vvas neuer anie thing ſo needefull in the earth, as this preaching: and thou ſhalt curſe the time that euer thou vvaſt ſette in the vvorlde, except thou compt this preaching the greateſt earneſt that euer was.
So this is a token of great merciemercy towardes them: and yee will vvonder that they ſhoulde bee ſo ſluggiſhe, vvho hearde him ſo long, and that nowe they cannot bee vvakened. Alas! they were not as yet ſo vvell skilled, that Heauenlie vvit vvas not as yet in their heades, and they had more of that vvorldlie and fleſhlie vvit, than of that Heauenlie vvit: and this drewe them to this ſecuritie.
This is the nature of the Regenerate: Suppoſe the Regenerate in this vvorlde compt, in ſome meaſure, of the croſſe of Chriſt, and of the power of God: yet in the beſt of them, there is ſome lacke, ſome infirmities, and vvantes, and they will thinke ſometime the preaching of the Croſſe and Reſurrection of Chriſt to bee but vanitie, and a dreame of vviues, as IOHN, PETER, MATTHEVV, and the reſt of the Apoſtles did: for none of them vvoulde beleeue this, That CHRIST vvas riſen. Wee vvill thinke that there is ſome great follie in theſe tidinges: (I vvill tell you my nature, and the nature of the beſt man or vvoman:) but vvhen vve ſhall ſee That joyfull Morning, as DAVID calles it, then vvee ſhall ſaye vvith SARAH, THE LORDE hath made mee nowe to laugh indeede: Shee ſcorned, vvhen ſhee hearde ſaye, ſhee ſhoulde conceaue, and beare a childe: ſhee thought ſhee coulde not beare a childe: and nowe vvhen ſhee ſees it come to paſſe, ſhee ſaies, The LORDE makes mee to laugh indeede. And ſo ſhall vvee ſaye one daye, that thing vvhichwhich vvee thought but jeſtes, then wee ſhall ſaye, I ſee this nowe, that I coulde not beleeue vvell enough, nowe I ſee it is true indeede.
So then, in deſpite of all naturall vvit, ſtriue to gette an hope aboue hope: and then ſhalt thou greatlie vvonder at that ſight, and maruell foreuer, that there could be ſuch a joy. Now bleſſed is that man, or that woman that gets a taſte of it here for they ſhall be aſſured of it for euer. But to goe forward, I ſee, that it auailes not much to ſpeake to a ſleeping perſon, that is loadned with ſin, and feeles it not, that is the worſt eſtate in the worlde, neuer to groane vnderunder this mortalitie, vnderunder this burthen of death: They can neuer ſay with the Apoſtle: Miſerable man that I am, who ſhall deliuer me from this body of death. And if yee ſpeake to theſe perſons of the Reſurrection & death of Chriſt, it auaileth nothing to them. What did the Apoſtles? They thought it but a ſcorne: if the Apoſtles thought ſo, what wilt thou doe, that ſleepeſt in thy murther, in thine adulterie, in thy theft, in thine oppreſſion? If the Apoſtles ſlept, how! wilt thou ſleepe: a ſleeping ſinner muſt bee once wakened, as PAVL ſayes in the Epiſtle to the Romanes the firſt Chapter, and eighteenth verſe. The wrath of God is manifeſt from the Heauen, againſt all the vnrighteouſneſſe of men: And I ſay, the wrath and the vengeance of GOD is manifeſt vponupon the ſleeping ſinner, and death comes on him, that neuer ſhall hauehave an end. But PAVL in the Epiſtle to the Romanes, the third CHAPTER, and the twentie and one VERSE: hee comes on with other tithings, and ſayes, That the righteouſneſſe of GOD through faith in Jeſus Chriſt is made manifeſt to them that beleeue. And I will ſay to thee, that Ieſus is come into the world, and died for thee, if thou beleeueſt thou ſhalt be freed of that burthen of ſinne and wrath; and vvhen a man heares this, he will thinke it the ſweeteſt tithings that euer he heard: for the ſinner will finde life in that death, and that blood will ſprinckle his conſcience, as the Apoſtle ſayes to the Hebrewes, and thou wilt finde a wonderfull joy, vvhen thy ſinnes are remitted in Chriſt, of all joyes vnderunder the Heauen, this is the greateſt. The preaching of Chriſt auailes to none, but to him who findes his ſoule loadned with ſinne.
Now one word, and ſo I ſhall ende: I ſee in the Apoſtles, and in their great infirmitie, the great prouidence of GOD: they will neither beleeue, nor misbeleeue, but by His Prouidence: what euer vvas their part in it, the worke was good, & of a good purpoſe: The LORD will not hauehave them to beleeue the teſtimonie of the firſt companie, nor yet of the ſecond companie of women: No, no, He vvill not hauehave them to beleeue, vntill they ſee it with their eyes, and feele it with their handes, and ere they paſſe out to others, He vvill ſpeake to them, and let them ſee, that they may be perſwaded that it was true.
I alwayes tell you this, It is not a ſmall thing to teſtifie of the Reſurrection of Chriſt, to preach His Paſsion and Reſurrection: and wilt thou of a light knowledge preach it: No, beware thou ſpeake this, or that, vponupon a report. Of all men that ſpeakes in this earth, or is ſent with a commiſsion, a Miniſter hath moſt neede to beware what hee ſpeakes: Speake hee of the Paſsion, or Reſurrection of CHRIST ere euer hee ſpeake, let him get a ſight of Him, ſuppoſe not vvith the bodily eyes, lay hold on Him by Faith in thine heart. Thinke it not enough to be an hearing witneſſe, but a ſeeing witneſſe: and vvhen thou haſt gotten that perſvvaſion, with vvhat confidence vvilt thou ſpeake of His death: thou wilt ſpeake with ſuch euidencie, that the high heartes of men ſhall be humbled, finding ſuch weight in thy wordes. The LORD giuegive vsus grace, that vvhen vve ſtand vp to ſpeake of the Reſurrection of CHRIST to others: vvee may hauehave the perſwaſion of it in our ovvne heartes, and that vve may finde His gracious Spirit working in vsus, and as vvee ſpeake of Heauen, and theſe joyes to others, ſo vvee may finde ſome joy beginne in our owne hearts heere, that after this life is ended, we may reigne with Him in glorie for euer with CHRIST: To whome with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, be all honour, praiſe and glorie, for euermore.
AMEN.