A Paraphrase on the New Testament, Mark · Chapter 16
CHAP. XVI.
1. ANd when the ſa…bath was paſt, Mary Magdalene, a…d Mary the Mother of …am…s, and Salome, had bought ſweet ſpic…s …hat they might come and anoint him 2. And very early in the morning, the firſt day of the week, they came unto the ſ…pulchre at the riſing of the ſun. 3. And they ſaid among themſelves, Who ſhall roll us away the ſtone from the door of the ſepulchre? 4. (And when they looked, they ſaw that the ſtone was rolled away) for it was very great.
4. The Angel had before done it and frighted away the Souldiers.
5. And entring into the ſepulchre, they ſaw a young man ſitting on the right ſide, clothed in a long white garment, and they were affrighted. 6. And he ſaith unto them, Be not affrighted, ye ſeek Jeſus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is riſen, he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
See on Job. 20. The reconciling of the ſeeming differences of the Evengeliſts, about the Apparitions.
7. But go your way, tell his di…ciples, and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee, there ſhall ye ſee him, as he ſaid unto you.
See Joh. 21.1, 2.
8. And they went out quickly, and fled from the ſepulchre, for they trembled and were amazed; neither ſaid they any thing to any man: for they were afraid▪
8. Fear made them ſilent.
9. Now when Jeſus was riſen early the firſt day of the week, he appeared firſt to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had caſt ſeven devils.
9. The reſt were near her.
10. And ſhe went and told them that had bin with him, as they mourned and wept.
10. She was the firſt meſſenger of Joy, to the morning weeping Diſciples.
11. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been ſeen of her believed not.
11. Note, Chriſts Diſciples found a great difficulty to believe his Reſurrection: and he took them no… at the worſt.
12. After that he appeared in another form to two of them, as they walked and went into the countrey. 13. And they went and told it unto the reſidue: neither believed they them. 14. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they ſat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief, and hardneſs of heart, becauſe they believed not them which had ſeen him after he was riſen.
12. Mark doth but give us a brief touch of ſome of Chriſts appearances, and leave much recorded by others. Note, unbelief and Hardneſs of heart, are radical ſins in us, and of difficult cure. Note, Chriſt findeth ſo much of theſe in us, as to upbrail us with them, as our fault and ſhame; and directeth us what to blame and reſiſt in our ſelves.
15. And he ſaid unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the goſpel to every creature. 16. He that believeth and is baptized, ſhall be ſaved, but he that believeth not, ſhall be damned.
15. To all men as far as ye are able. 16. He that upon your Preaching believeth the Goſpel, and ſincerely giveth up himſelf in the Baptiſmal Covenant to God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghoſt, by a practical and obedient Truſt and dedication, ſhall be forgiven and be ſaved from ſin, from the curſe of the Law, from Satan, and from Hell; But thoſe to whom you Preach who will not believe, and take me for their Saviour, and God for their God, ſhall be condemned to Hell as refuſers of Salvation.
17. And theſe ſigns ſhall follow them that believe; in my name ſhall they caſt out devils, they ſhall ſpeak with new tongues: 18. They ſhall take up ſerpents, and if they drink any deadly thing it ſhall not hurt them, they ſhall lay hands on the ſick, and they ſhall recover.
17. And becauſe it cannot be expected that all people believe things ſo ſtrange and unlikely to nature upon your bare affirmation, I will by ſending down the Holy Ghoſt, atteſt your word by theſe miraculous ſigns: They that believe, and ſpecially you my Apoſtles ſhall in my name caſt out Devils from the Poſſeſſed, and make them obey me and confeſs me: You ſhall ſpeak in various Languagues, which you …ever learnt. Poyſon ſhall not hurt you, either Serpents outwardly, or taken inwardly: And you ſhall pray and lay your hands on the ſick in my name, and they ſhall recover, Note, 1. That not every one ſhall have all theſe gifts, but ſome one and ſome another; not that you ſhall uſe them, when, and how you will, but as pleaſeth the Holy Ghoſt that giveth them.
19. So then after the Lord had ſpoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and ſat on the right hand of God.
19. Note, His Aſcenſion they beheld, and his Glorification they believed by the Spirits revelation.
20. And they went forth, and preached every where: the Lord working with them and confirming the word with ſigns following. Amen.
20. And accordingly they began in Judah, and thence went abroad through the Gentile World, every where Preaching the Goſpel of Chriſt (his Perſon, Life, Doctrine, Sufferings, Reſurrection, Aſcenſion, Kingdome, Judgment, Glory and Bleſſing to his Church) The Lord by his Grace making their teaching ſucceſsful, and aſſiſting, and confirming it by the promiſed Miracles.