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A66425	A sermon upon the resurrection preached before the Right Honourable Sir Edward Clark, Lord-Mayor, the Aldermen, and Governors of the several hospitals of the city, at St. Bridget's Church, on Easter-Monday, April 5, 1697 : being one of the anniversary spittal-sermons / by John Lord Bishop of Chichester.	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1697 (1697)	Wing W2732; ESTC R7557	14,394	37

THE BISHOP of CHICHESTER's SERMON Before the LORD-MAYOR At St. Bridget's-Church on Easter-Monday 1697. Clark Mayor Martis xiij die Aprilis 1697. Annoque RRs Willhelmi Tertij Angliae c. Nono THIS Court doth Desire the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Chichester to Print his Sermon Preached at the Parish-Church of St. Bridget's on Monday in Easter Week last before the Lord-Mayor Aldermen and Governors of this several Hospitals of this City GOODFELLOW A SERMON UPON THE RESURRECTION Preached before the Right Honourable Sir EDWARD CLARK Lord-Mayor THE ALDERMEN and Governors of the several Hospitals of the City At St. BRIDGET's Church On Easter-Monday April 5. 1697. BEING One of the Anniversary Spittal-Sermons By JOHN Lord Bishop of Chichester LONDON Printed for Ri. Chiswell and Tho. Cockerill At the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard and at the Corner of Warwick-Lane in Pater-Noster-Row MDCXCVII ACTS X. 40 41 42. Him Jesus God raised up the third day and shewed him openly not to all the people but unto witnesses chosen before of God even to us who did eat and drink with Him after he rose from the dead And he commanded us to preach unto the people and to testify That it is he who was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead THESE Words are part of the Sermon St. Peter Preached to Cornelius and his Friends who by the Immediate and Special Direction of God in a Vision had sent for that Apostle to know from him what he ought to do Ver. 6. Who in the First place shews That by Jesus Christ the Lord of all peace is to be preached to Mankind Ver. 36. Which he confirms by a Fourfold Evidence viz. 1. By the Testimony of John the Baptist whose History was not unknown to them ver 37. The word ye know which was preached throughout all Judea after the Baptism which John preached 2. By the Miracles and Wonderful Operations of the Divine Power appearing in and wrought by Our Saviour V. 38. God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with Power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the Devil For God was with him 3. By the Resurrection of Christ from the Dead So in the Text Him God raised up c. 4. By the Testimony of the Prophets Ver. 43. To him give all the Prophets witness That through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins As to the 3d of these the Chief Point to be considered the Apostle shews what Evidences there were for it in these words Him God raised up and shewed him openly not to all the people but unto witnesses chosen before of God even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead c. In discoursing upon which Words I shall 1. Consider the proof here alledged for the Resurrection of Christ which was That he was shewn openly and that he was shewn to chosen witnesses and that those Witnesses were commissioned to preach this to all people upon the Evidence they themselves had for it and should be further enabled to give 2. I shall consider why Christ after his Resurrection was shewn openly to such chosen witnesses and why not to all the people 3. I shall shew this to be a sufficient proof of Christ's Resurrection That he was thus openly shewn to such Witnesses though not to all the people 4. I shall shew What Authority this Testimony of Christ's Resurrection gives to the Doctrine Taught by those Witnesses viz. That of Christ's being ordained of God to be the Judge of Quick and Dead 1. I shall consider the proof here alleged for the Resurrection of Christ. As 1. That he was shewn openly The Resurrection of Christ from the Dead is in it self one of the chief Articles of our Religion and is so much the more necessary to be believed and confirmed as it gives Testimony to the rest and upon which as to their Proof and Evidence they do mainly depend So the Apostle grants 1 Cor. 15. 14. If Christ be not risen then is our preaching vain and your faith is also vain And therefore as our Saviour himself beforehand refer'd his Disciples frequently to his Resurrection So in the first place the Apostles insisted upon it as being what is proved would render the whole unquestionable This Article then required sufficient proof and for this reason God shewed him openly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he gave him to be manifest or made it manifest that he was the Person whom they had known and had known before to be Crucified and Dead So it follows here God shewed him to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead Or as it is Acts 1. 3. To whom he shewed himself alive after his Passion by many infallible proofs being seen of them forty days This was absolutely necessary then to the proof of his Resurrection That he should be thus evidently manifested to be the very Person that had been Crucified and Slain and was now verily alive and that it should be to such as had intimately known him before and conversed with him afterwards 2. But though he was 〈…〉 yet it was unto witnesses chosen 〈…〉 By which Phrase St. Peter here seems to point more particularly to the Apostles when he adds Even to us that did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead And therefore this seems to have been a peculiar Qualification for an Apostle that such a one should have seen and conversed with our Saviour both before his Death and after his Resurrection from it So when they were about chusing one into the place of Judas Peter said Wherefore of these men who have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us beginning at the Baptism of John unto the same day that he was taken up from us must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his Resurrection Thus it was appointed by Our Saviour himself These are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you And thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead And ye are witnesses of these things And accordingly the Apostles insist upon this their designation and choice Acts. 2. 32. This Jesus hath God raised up whereof we are witnesses Acts 5. 30 〈…〉 The God of our Fathers hath raised up Jesus 〈…〉 slew and hanged on a tree Him 〈…〉 c. And we are his witnesses 〈…〉 3. They are such chosen Witnesses as had sufficient Evidence to prove this their Commission and the Authority they had to testify and preach to the people that Christ was thus risen and was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead And this Evidence was the descent of the Holy Ghost upon them Therefore these two are joined together Acts 5. 32. We are all witnesses of these