The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Lecture 33
THE XXXIII. LECTVRE OF THE RESVRRECTION OF CHRIST.
MARKE CHAP. XVI.
verse 9 And when Ieſus was riſen againe, earlie the first day of the weeke, hee appeared first to Marie Magdalene, out of whome hee cast ſeuen deuils:
IOHN CHAP. XX.
verse 11 But Marie ſtoode without at the ſepulchre, weeping: and as ſhee wept, ſhee bowed her ſelfe into the ſepulchre,
verse 12 And ſawe two Angels in white, ſitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feete, where the bodie of Ieſus had layen.
verse 13 And they ſaide vntounto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Shee ſaid vntounto them, They hauehave taken away my Lord, and I knowe not where they hauehave layed him.
verse 14 When ſhee had thus ſaide, ſhee turned her ſelfe backe, and ſawe Ieſus ſtanding, and knewe not that it was Ieſus.
verse 15 Ieſus ſaieth vntounto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whome ſeekest thou? Shee ſuppoſing that hee had beene the Gardener, ſaide vntounto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell mee where thou hast layed him, and I will take him away.
WEE hauehave heard (Brethren) before, firſt of the out-comming of the firſt companie of women to the graue of the Lorde, and of their returning home againe: Secondlie, vve heard of the out-comming of the ſecond companie of women, and their returning home againe. Thirdlie, and laſt of all, we heard how Peter and John, beeing wakened with the tidinges which the women tolde them of His Reſurrection, came out to the graue, to ſee if it was ſo, as the women had reported: They ranne, and in running, they ſtriue who ſhall bee firſt: Iohn out runnes Peter, (whether it was becauſe hee was younger, and more able in his perſon, or whether hee had greater joye in his minde, I leaue that to anie man to judge) and comes firſt to the graue, and lookes in, and goes backe againe. Peter comes after him, and lookes better about him, and ſeeing the winding-ſheete in one part of the graue, and the linnen cloth, wherewith the Lordes head was wrapped, to bee in another part, hee wonders at it, and thereafter goes into the graue. Then came IOHN againe, who afore onelyonly looked in: and nowe the ſeconde time enters in, and when hee ſawe, hee beleeued, and went his waye. Thus farre wee hearde the laſt daye.
Nowe in this Text, ye will ſee, MARIE MAGDALENE, of whom yee hearde before, who came to the graue of the LORD, with the firſt company: and drawing neare to the graue, ſaw that great ſtone remooued: who haſtilie ranne home, thinking verilie, that the bodie of the Lord had beene ſtollen awaye, and wiſt not where it vvas layed. This ſame MARIE, as appeares, hath followed after Peter and Iohn, ſuppoſe ſhee ranne not with them, yet ſhee came ſoone after: but before ſhee came, they had gotten the ſight of the graue, and went awaye: ſhee comming to it, goes not in, but ſtands without, at the graue vveeping. So this daye vvee returne to the Hiſtorie of MARIE MAGDALENE: and firſt, vve ſhall ſpeake of her mourning: And ſecondly, wee ſhall ſpeake of theſe thinges which ſhee ſawe in the graue, and about the graue, and how ſhee met with the LORD, for whom ſhe mourned: and laſt, wee ſhall ſpeake of the effect that followed vponupon theſe ſights, as GOD ſhall giuegive the grace, and as the time ſhall permit. Then to beginne at the firſt: it is ſaide in the Text, Marie Magdalene ſtood without weeping, when ſhe came to the graue. She enters not in the graue, nor lookes not into it, but abode in that opinion, that the body of the Lord, was ſtollen away, ſhe ſtands without, weeping and mourning. Nowe certainely, I muſt aſcribe this to a wonderfull louelove of this woman: there is no man that can expreſſe ſufficiently this louelove, that ſhe bare to Chriſt: No, well were wee, if wee could louelove Him halfe ſo well, as ſhe did. Yet in this mourning, ſhee ſinneth, for all her louelove, her mourning paſſed meaſure: No, yee will not finde ſcarcely in all the Scripture ſuch a mourning as was in this woman: ſhe mournes too much & almoſt deſperately for the body of the Lord: ſhe mournes in vaine, where there was no cauſe of mourning, but cauſe of joy. The ground of all this mourning was ignorance and forgetfulnes: ſhe had forgotten that which He had tolde her, that He ſhould riſe againe the third day: ſhee remembred not, but the third daye miſſing the body, ſhe thinkes it to be ſtollen away. Marke this: The godly, when they thinke they doe beſt, they are oft miſcaried with their owne affections, they are mourning for Chriſt, and alſo louing Chriſt, and yet in the meane time they are ſinning againſt Him. The ground of this in them, is ignorance and forgetfulnes of the promiſes of the Lorde, ſo that if yee would looke into that word, ye need not be ignorant concerning God: & if thou mourneſt for ignorance, blame thy ſelfe, thou lookeſt not to the worde: for if thou lookeſt into this word, and mourneſt, thou haſt forgot, as Marie Magdalene did: and therefore thou deſerueſt to be caſten in a perplexitie. Yet to conſider this ſomewhat better: Firſt, when ſhe came out to the graue, ſhee ranne home, and ſeeing the ſtone rolled away, ſhe tells falſe tithings, and ſhee once conceiues a falſe opinion. Novv ſhe ſtands, and abides in this opinion, and vvill not goe in to the graue, but ſtands without the graue, and mournes deſperately for a time. Well, Brethren, after that once a vvrong opinion & conceit enter into the head of any, it is not lightly remoued againe: thou mayeſt conceiue it lightly, as Marie Magdalene did: but thou ſhalt not lay it downe ſo lightly: Beware of opinions concerning God, & religion: & ere euer thou ſuffer an opinion to enter into thine head, conſider it in the beginning: had ſhe conſidered it well, ſhee had not beene ouer-come with it nowe. Therefore, let not opinions concerning GOD, Religion, and that Life to come, lightlie enter into your heades. Nowe at laſt ſhe bowes her bodie, & goes in to the graue. When ſhe hath gone forwarde for a ſeaſon in this vaine diſpleaſure▪ at the laſt the Lorde bowes her heart: for if ſhe had not bowed her heart, ſhe ſhould neuer hauehave bowed her bodie, to hauehave looked in to the graue: Marke the goodneſſe of the LORDE towardes His owne: when they hauehave gone forwarde a while in their owne perplexitie, the LORDE lookes vntounto them, and will not let them goe on ſo deſparatelie to deſtruction: but Hee wiil bowe thine heart firſt. The firſt grace is not the giuing to thee the thing thou ſeekeſt, but the moouing of thine heart to ſeeke, is the firſt. No, Hee will not preſent Himſelfe at the firſt before thee▪ but Hee will hauehave thee to bowe thy ſelfe to ſeeke Him. And it lyes not in the handes of anie bodie to bowe himſelfe to ſeeke Him: No, as life is of merciemercy, ſo ſeeking of life is of merciemercy: And if thou getteſt an inclination to ſeeke Chriſt and Heauen, that is the firſt grace: and He that hath g…uen thee the fi…ſt grace to ſeeke, without doubt Hee will alſo giuegive thee the ſeconde to finde Him.
Nowe ſhee lookes in to the graue, and her looking in is not in vaine, for looking in, ſhee ſeekes; and ſeeking, ſhee findes: And marke what ſhee findes; ſhe findes not a dead bodie, as ſhe thought (ſhee woulde hauehave beene glad to hauehave founde it) but ſhee ſees two gloriou… Angels, ſitting in the graue, clothed in bright rayment, the one where His head had layen, and the other where His feete had layen. So our leſſon is this, Bowe thy bodie, and thou ſhalt ſee, ſeeke and thou ſhalt finde: yea, I ſ…y to thee, if thou wilt bowe thy bodie to ſeeke, thou shalt get greater thinges than thou ſeekeſt. MARIE ſought but Chriſtes deade bodie, and shee findes Angels, bearing witneſſe that Hee was riſen. So in a worde: Seeke, and thou shalt finde greater thinges than euer thou ſoughteſt. Alas, wee w…nt grace, for fault of ſeeking: And I teſtifie this, that the worlde wantes grace and ſaluation for fault of ſeeking, for their hea…te, cannot bowe downe to ſeeke. Nowe what ſees shee? Shee ſawe Angels. Peter and John ſaw ſomething alſo: but what ſawe they when they went to the graue? They ſawe but a winding-sheete, lying in one place of the graue, and a kerchiefe in another: but MARIE ſawe not this onelie, which might hauehave witneſſ…d that the LORD vvas riſen, and not ſtollen awaye: for if Hee had beene ſtollen, they vvoulde hauehave ſtollen the vvinding-ſheete and the kerchiefe alſo. Shee ſees a fairer ſight than IOHN and PETER did: MARIE that vvas a vvoman, ſees a more glorious ſight than two Apoſtles ſawe: they ſee but linnen clothes: Marie ſees two Angels: and in this, ſhee is preferred to the two Apoſtles. That vvhichwhich I ſaye of her, I ſaye of all theſe vvomen, that they vvere preferred aboue the Apoſtles.
Marke this, yee that are vvomen: All your ſ…xe is honoured in theſe vvomen: The firſt and the ſeconde companie got the ſight of Angels, which none of the Apoſtles got. And vvhen I conſider this their preferment, I finde it ſtandes in theſe two poincts chiefelie: Firſt, they get the firſt reuelation: it is firſt tolde to them: and ſecondlie, it is not tolde to them by men, but by Angels. In both theſe the Apoſtles are poſtponed, they get it tolde them by vvomen, and then they get it tolde them in the ſeconde rowme: So that all vvomen hauehave a prerogatiue in theſe vvomen. In this, That the LORDE giues this prerogatiue to this infirme ſexe, Hee ſhames the Apoſtles: and that to this ende, that all glorie maye be giuen to GOD.
Yet I vvill not paſſe by the ſitting of the two Angels: Nothing heere fell out raſhlie, all vvas ordained, hee that vvas appointed to ſit at the head of the graue, hee ſate at the head: and hee that vvas appointed to ſit at the feete, ſate at the feete: So the LORDE appointed, that not onelie they ſhoulde ſpeake vvith their tongue: but alſo by their placing, tell, that Hee was riſen. And the Angell of GOD that ſate at the head vvoulde ſaye, Magdalene, heere is the place where his head laye, hee is riſen. And the other that ſate at the feete, vvoulde ſaye, Heere is the place where his feete laye, hee is riſen. It is euen ſo yet in the vvorld, they whom Hee ſendes to teache, Hee diſpoſes them ſo, that by their ſitting, their going, and ſtanding, Hee will preach, and Hee vvill make their ſitting to informe them, that Hee ordained to life and ſaluation: The Lorde vvorkes all for the weale of His Elect: yea, the leaſt circumſtance is for the weale and ſaluation of His owne.
Nowe to goe forwarde: Marie hath ſeene a faire ſight: but ſtayes the grace heere? and thinkes the LORDE Hee hath done enough, becauſe Hee hath let her ſee ſuch a glorious ſight? No, He will hauehave them alſo to ſpeake: They both vvith one voyce, ſaye, Why weepest thou? When the LORDE beginnes once to bowe the heart, Hee vvill let thee ſee grace: yea, Hee vvill not let thee ſee onelie: but Hee vvill alſo let thee heare. Hee woulde not onelie let her ſee dumme Angels, but Hee woulde hauehave them alſo to ſpeake vntounto her, that ſhee might heare joyfullie: When Hee hath once begunne, ere Hee leaue, Hee vvill fill all the ſenſes vvith grace, Hee ſhall fill the eye with ſight, the eare with hearing, and in the ende, Hee ſhall fill thine heart fullie with grace and merciemercy. Nowe what heares Marie? The Angels ſaye vntounto her, Woman, why mournest thou? For, as ſhee looked in to the graue, ſhee vvept bitterlie, the teares went neuer from her eyes, nor the ſadneſſe from her heart, till the LORDE Himſelfe ſaide, MARIE, why weepest thou? Marke the vvordes: The Angell no doubt rejectes her, becauſe ſhee wept without meaſure, and in vaine, becauſe ſhee thought that the bodie of the LORDE had beene ſtollen awaye: ſhee wept for Him who was liuing. But as the Angell reprooues her, ſo hee pitties her. Then, if thou weepe for the LORD, Hee ſhall cauſe the Angels of Heauen to pittie thee. Yet againe: What ſaye the Angels? They ſaye not, Woman, feare not, as they did to the reſt of the women that came before: And why ſaye they not, Feare not? Shee was ſo ouer-come with diſpleaſure, and ſo ſadde hearted, that ſhee was not afraide of the Angels, and was not aſtonied, as the other women: for they had not ſo ſad an heart as ſhee had: for her heart was ſo filled with ſadneſſe and diſpleaſure, that feare coulde not get place. The Angell ſayes, Woman why mournest thou? becauſe it was mourning that ailed her. The LORD giues alwayes medicine according to the ſore: If thou bee ſad, Hee will ſaye, Why mourneſt thou? The Angell applies the medicine, and ſtilles her. A mourning bodie for CHRIST woulde bee ſtilled: If thou weepeſt for CHRIST, ſuppoſe thou paſſe bounds, yet thou ſhalt not want ſtilling, though He ſhould ſend his Angels to ſtill thee: No, there was neuer any yt mourned for Chriſt, that wanted ſtilling: Nor there was neuer anie childe that got ſo ſweete wordes to ſtill them, as thou ſhalt get, who mourneſt for CHRIST. Then, Bleſſed are they (ſayes CHRIST) that mourne, for they ſhall receiue conſolation, Matth. 5.4. If thou mourne for the louelove of the LORDE, thou ſhalt bee ſtilled and comforted, and bleſſed ſhalt thou bee one daye. Alas, this is a laughing worl…-woe vntounto it, few men or women are nowe mourning wi… … Magdalene: alas, vvhat neede hauehave vvee of ſtilling: No, vvee are laughing, notvvithſtanding of all th…ſe judgements that approach faſt, and are neare at hand: they vvill cauſe vsus all mourne one day: But vvhat ſayes the Angells to her? Say they in an anger, Why ſeeke yee the liuing amongſt the deade? Beholde the merciemercy of GOD to His children: ſhe merited, if yee looke to her fault, to hauehave beene reprooued more ſharply: ſhee forgot the vvord of our Sauiour, and ſhe vvould not looke in to the graue, yet he reprooues her not: hee ſayes not to her. Why ſeeke yee Him that is liuing amongſt the dead, as the Angell ſpake to the other vvomen. This is our leſſon in a vvorde: The LORD lookes not vvhat thou meriteſt but He lookes vvhat thou needeſt: Hee vvill not ſpeake according to thy merite, but according to thy neede and neceſsitie: for if thou mourneſt for the LORD, Hee vvill miniſter comfort to thee: No, He wil not make a ſorrowful heart more ſorrowfull: he is a cruel perſon that vvil do ſo: no, the Lord wil not do ſo He will not bru…ſe the brok…n reede▪ neither will He quench the ſmoaking flaxe▪ as it vvas prophecied of Him long before, Eſay Chapter 42. and the third verſe: But if thou bee ſad, Hee vvill raiſe thee vp vvith ſuch comfort, as cannot be tolde.
Novve to goe forvvarde: When they hauehave demanded: Why vveepeſt thou? …hee anſvveres without any feare: as their ſight terrifies her not, ſo neither is ſhe terrified vvith their voyce. What vvas the cauſe that ſhee feared not? and that at the voyce of the terrible Ang…lls ſhee is not mooued? Euen becauſe her heart vvas ouercome and loadned vvith dolour and ſadneſſe, that there could be no place almoſt left to feare.
She ſayes: They hauehave ſtollen away the body of the Lord, and I knowe not where they hauehave laid Him. What could ſhe doe vvith it▪ & wherefore vvas ſhee ſo carefull? Shee tells vvhat ſhee vvould doe vvith it: ſh…e ſayes to Himſelfe: I would burie it: nowe all this came of a ſu…paſsing louelove: and therefore looke not ſo much to her doing, as to her louelove. Learne at Marie Magdalene to louelove the LORD, and ſhee may learne all the world.
This louelove and zeale of GOD is almoſt out of the heartes of men and vvomen: and when I conſider her great louelove, I find it is more than any naturall affection, as father to ſonne, or man to woman.
… …cept, there had come a force & vertue out of that body, ſhe could neuer hauehave loued the Lord ſo well: No, except He looſe our heartes with that louelove hee beares to vsus, wee cannot louelove Him: but when once Hee looſes thine heart, thou wilt hate thy ſelfe to louelove Him: ſo what euer I diſcommend in her, I diſcommend not her louelove: No, I ſhall neuer diſcommend louelove, nor zeale in any perſon: Alas, we hauehave too litle of it, to diſcommend it: and I doubt not, but all theſe imperfections that vvere in her, were couered by the LORD IESVS whome ſhee loued. Our comfort is this, if we louelove the LORD our GOD well, albeit wee had a thouſand imperfections, they ſhall be couered with the mantle of the righteouſnes of IESVS: yea, He ſhall meete thy louelove vvith vnſpeakable louelove.
Thus farre for the ſight, and hearing of the Angels: The Text ſayes: aſſoone as ſhee had ſpoken, She turnes her about againe: Men would thinke this an vndiſcreet behauiour, to ſtand and heare two Angels, and then like a vaine perſon, to turne her about. I will not excuſe this altogether, but I impute this to the exceeding dolour and ſadneſſe, wherewith their ſoule was loadned: there muſt be many faultes ouerſeene in a ſad perſon: I had rather beare with twentie faultes in ſuch a perſon, as to beare with one, in a vaine perſon.
Now as ſhe is ſpeaking to the Angels: ſo the LORD comes neare toward her backe, and ere euer He came or ſhee ſavv Him, He touches her with a ſecret and powerfull preſence of His Spirit: for I doubt not, as Hee came neare her, but His Spirit both turnes her about, and cloſes the mouth of the Angels: for He is the LORD both of man and Angell: and if He come, His preſence muſt turne thee: and when Hee comes to ſpeake, all the Angels muſt holde their tongue, and be dumbe. Yee knowe, that IOHN the BAPTIST vvas a great light before the LORD came, and many followed him: but vvhen CHRIST comes, IOHN cloſes his mouth, and as he ſayes, Ioh. Chap. 3. verſ. 29. It is the bridegroome that hath the bride: and I ſtand, ſayes he, & heare Him, and hearing Him, I reioyce with an ioy vnspeakable and glorious: No, it is the greateſt joy vnderunder the Heauen to heare Him ſpeake, and if thou heareſt Him, thou vvilt not deſire to ſpeake: ſhee turnes her, and ſhee ſees IESVS ſtanding vvhome ſhe ſought, ſhee ſought Himſelfe, and findes His Meſſengers, but at the laſt ſhe finds Himſelfe. In a word, we hauehave our leſſon: Seeke euer the Lord, thou will not get Him at the firſt: (Thou wilt not get a King at the firſt) for Hee hath Meſſengers afore: and wee His Miniſters, are all His Meſſengers: and wee all tell you, and I tell you, that CHRIST is comming, and bleſſed bee that commer: I bidde thee ſtande a while, and then the LORDE ſhall come at thy backe: Happie and bleſſed art thou that ſhalt bee asking for Him: thou ſhalt get ſuch a joyfull meeting as Marie Magdalene did: but woefull ſhall that meeting bee to thee, who deliteſt not to heare, nor to ſpeake of Him: for Hee ſhall come vponupon thee like a thiefe in the night. So, bleſſed art thou who art talking with His Meſſengers: for Hee ſhall call thee by name, as Hee did Marie, and that ſhall bee the joyef…lleſt voyce that euer thou heardeſt. I ſaide before, that ſhee got a preferment aboue the Apoſtles, in getting a ſight of the Angels: but that was common to her with the other women: Heere yee ſee further, ſhe got a preferment aboue all women: ſhee gets the firſt ſight of Ieſus, as MARKE ſayes, after His Reſurrection. And this argues, that her deſire to ſee Him exceeded the deſire of all the Apoſtles, and all the women. So thou that longeſt moſte for the LORD ſhall ſee Him firſt, and joyefull ſhall that ſight bee to thee. Yet marke howe ſhee receiues it: Shee knowes Him not. This is a marueilous thing: ſhee neuer left Him, but followed Him from GALILE: and yet when the LORDE offers Himſelfe vntounto her eyes, ſhee knowes Him not. This muſt bee imputed to that great ſtupiditie which was in her eyes, they were ſo dimme, that ſhee coulde not ſee. If the LORDE had anie ſecrete diſpenſation in it, or in what forme He appeared, I will not diſpute.
Our leſſon is this: There enters ſuch a miſt into our eyes, that ſuppoſe the LORDE offer Himſelfe to bee ſeene in the vvorde, crucified, and glorified in His Goſpell, yet thou vvilt not ſee Him, till the beames vvhichwhich glaunce from His face, ſhine into thine hearte, and ſcatter that cloude of darkneſſe: and vvhen that cloude is awaye, thou vvilt ſee vvith ſuch a ſweeteneſſe, as cannot bee vttered: and thou who diddeſt neuer ſee that ſight, thou neuer ſaweſt joye.
Nowe bleſſed is that ſoule that can beholde the LORDE in the Mirrour, as it were comming behinde, and happie is that ſoule that can delite to ſee Him in the Mirrour: for certainlie they ſhall ſee Him one daye face to face, and the LORDE will turne them about, as Hee did Marie, and then theſe vile bodies, ſhall bee like vntounto His glorious bodie; and that face, which is now but vile, ſhall then glaunce as the Sunne in the Noone daye. So bleſſed are they that can awaite till the LORDE come: Thou neuer metteſt with one in this worlde, who can make thee ſo joyefull as Hee will: and euer the greater languor that thou haſt for Him, the greater ſhall bee thy joye. Alas, wee ſeeke joye heer, and there is but fewe who ſeeke CHRIST, in whome is all true joye.
Well, Marie knewe not the LORDE, but yet Hee knewe her: No, thou mayſt wel forget Him, but He wil not forget thee: but He ſhall cauſe thee to knowe Him ere thou goe. Hee ſayes to Marie, Woman, why mournest thou? At the firſt He lyes aloofe. He ſayes not Marie, but like an vncouth man: Hee ſayes to her, Woman, why mournest thou? Then Hee ſayes not, I knowe thou weepest for mee: but Hee ſayes, Why, weepest thou? Hee ſayes not, I knowe whome thou ſeekest: but, Whome ſeekeſt thou? So then at the firſt Hee holdes Him aloofe with His owne, Hee giues them not His familiar preſence at the firſt: but as long as wee are heere on earth, His ſpeach ſhall bee a farre off: As long as wee liue by faith, Hee lookes to vsus as it were afarre off: And this ſpeach is to waken a languor and piece of ſadneſſe in vsus, till wee meete with the LORDE: for the more thou mourneſt, the greater ſhall bee thy joye. The Lord if Hee pleaſe, in an inſtant maye take thee to the Heauens, but Hee will let thee lye heere for a while, and the greater that thy ſadneſſe is in this life, the greater ſhall thy joye bee in the life to come. O, that joye which that bodie ſhall hauehave, who hath longed for the LORDE! Then, thinke long, and waite for that His bright and glorious comming, as Paul ſpeakes: for no man ſhall get a crowne, but th…y who hauehave waited for Him.
Nowe I ſhall ende in a worde: Shee ſuppoſing that hee had beene the Gardener of the Garden where the LORDE was buried, ſhee ſaide vntounto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell mee where thou hast layed him, that J maye take him away…. Looke if ſhee loued Him not well when Hee was liuing, for in His death ſhee coulde not bee ſeuered from Him, ſo did the louelove of IESVS conſtraine her. In the twentie and fourth CHAPTER OF MATTHEVV it is ſaide, Whereſoeuer a dead carkeis is, thither will the Eagles be gathered together. Nowe ſhee is a Mirrour of louelove and zeale. Alas, if thine heart coulde melt with louelove as hers did. Yet I ſee in her a marueilous ſtupiditie: Shee knowes Him neither by ſight nor voyce, her heart was ſo ouer-come with dolour & ſadneſſe. And this ſenſeleſſeneſſe that fell on good Marie Magdalene, will often-times fall on the beſt man or vvoman in this life, That, as the Prophet ſayes, in hearing, they will not heare, and in ſeeing, they will not ſee. So all tendes to this: Let euerie one judge charitablie of another: Bee loath to condemne anie, for as liuelie as thou art, thou mayeſt fall downe dead: and therefore waite on the LORDE, and the voyce of the LORDE ſhall come vntounto thee, and call on thee, as Hee called on Marie: and that voyce ſhall open both the eyes of thy bodie, and of thy ſoule: and Hee shall let thee ſee and feele that it is Hee: and that joye shall bee compleate, vvhen thou shalt come and inherite that Kingdome which was prepared for thee before the foundation of the vvorlde. The LORDE graunt it maye bee our onelie joye, and that vvee maye holde vp our eyes, and vvaite night and daye for that bleſſed comming of IESVS, at the which time our joye begunne, shall bee perfected, and neuer hauehave ende. To this LORDE IESVS, vvith the Father, and that bleſſed SPIRIT, bee all Praiſe, Honour, and glorie, for euer and euer, AMEN.