of_o god_n cause_v himself_o to_o be_v know_v by_o his_o miraculous_a action_n divers_z notwithstanding_o take_v he_o for_o john_n the_o baptist_n who_o they_o imagine_v to_o be_v raise_v from_o the_o dead_a and_o to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o those_o marvel_n that_o then_o be_v wrought_v matth._n 14.2_o and_o 16.13_o 14._o this_o error_n have_v pass_v further_o if_o that_o prophet_n have_v in_o effect_n be_v raise_v but_o it_o be_v requisite_a that_o that_o light_n shall_v give_v place_n to_o a_o great_a luminary_n since_o he_o come_v not_o but_o only_o to_o bring_v man_n unto_o christ_n to_o conclude_v christ_n be_v the_o only_a prophet_n that_o make_v any_o stay_n after_o his_o death_n to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o may_v be_v adore_v by_o they_o all_o the_o rest_n that_o return_v from_o the_o dead_a either_o have_v be_v person_n that_o have_v nothing_o extraordinary_a in_o their_o life_n or_o have_v not_o stay_v alive_a some_o few_o moment_n of_o time_n upon_o the_o earth_n but_o 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from_o the_o dead_a it_o mention_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o word_n of_o all_o that_o they_o have_v speak_v three_o several_a fourties_n of_o day_n in_o the_o time_n that_o our_o saviour_n stay_v in_o this_o world_n observation_n upon_o this_o circumstance_n forty_o day_n pass_v after_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n till_o the_o first_o entry_n he_o make_v into_o the_o temple_n to_o be_v present_v according_a to_o the_o law_n levit._n 12._o luke_n 2.22_o forty_o day_n after_o his_o baptism_n till_o the_o day_n he_o begin_v to_o enter_v upon_o the_o function_n of_o his_o charge_n have_v miraculous_o fast_v all_o that_o time_n and_o forty_o day_n after_o his_o resurrection_n before_o he_o enter_v into_o heaven_n in_o the_o first_o forty_o he_o appear_v as_o a_o common_a man_n as_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o first-born_a of_o israel_n which_o they_o carry_v to_o the_o temple_n to_o consecrate_v they_o to_o god_n in_o the_o second_o he_o appear_v as_o a_o miraculous_a man_n as_o moses_n and_o elijah_n by_o a_o abstinence_n extraordinary_a in_o the_o three_o he_o appear_v as_o the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v so_o by_o his_o resurrection_n rom._n 1.4_o many_o memorable_a period_n have_v begin_v and_o end_v by_o fourties_n of_o day_n or_o year_n the_o deluge_n begin_v by_o a_o rain_n of_o forty_o day_n and_o noah_n open_v the_o window_n of_o the_o ark_n forty_o day_n after_o the_o water_n be_v withdraw_v from_o cover_v the_o top_n of_o the_o high_a mountain_n the_o slavery_n of_o the_o hebrew_n in_o egypt_n and_o the_o peregrination_n of_o their_o father_n last_v ten_o time_n forty_o year_n gen._n 15.13_o to_o wit_n till_o their_o go_v out_o of_o egypt_n and_o be_v follow_v by_o another_o forty_o year_n of_o their_o sojourn_v in_o the_o desert_n moreover_o after_o their_o go_v up_o out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o year_n in_o which_o solomon_n lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o be_v a_o date_n of_o a_o great_a consideration_n in_o 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but_o he_o return_v no_o more_o into_o the_o temple_n which_o at_o other_o time_n he_o have_v so_o often_o honour_v with_o his_o presence_n for_o it_o be_v not_o convenient_a that_o this_o great_a and_o eternal_a priest_n have_v consummate_v the_o sacrifice_n which_o disannul_v all_o those_o of_o the_o temple_n of_o which_o he_o have_v rend_v the_o vail_n and_o be_v to_o make_v his_o entrance_n into_o the_o sanctuary_n of_o heaven_n shall_v return_v into_o that_o which_o be_v none_o other_o than_o a_o figure_n of_o the_o heavenly_a heb._n 9.24_o of_o those_o which_o have_v see_v the_o son_n of_o god_n be_v in_o heaven_n we_o know_v that_o he_o have_v be_v see_v in_o all_o the_o three_o degree_n of_o his_o exaltation_n he_o be_v see_v after_o his_o resurrection_n by_o more_o than_o five_o hundred_o person_n at_o one_o time_n he_o be_v see_v ascend_v into_o heaven_n by_o the_o eleven_o principal_a disciple_n and_o final_o he_o have_v be_v see_v at_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o god_n by_o 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or_o quality_n of_o a_o altar_n in_o this_o oblation_n neither_o do_v the_o scripture_n ever_o call_v it_o so_o although_o it_o speak_v so_o often_o of_o the_o cross_n and_o of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ_n let_v it_o not_o displease_v so_o many_o learned_a man_n who_o have_v authorize_v this_o vulgar_a phrase_n that_o christ_n be_v offer_v on_o the_o altar_n of_o the_o cross_n the_o cross_n be_v not_o the_o altar_n of_o this_o incomparable_a sacrifice_n the_o name_n of_o altar_n be_v of_o great_a importance_n than_o many_o man_n consider_v this_o be_v a_o irrefragable_a maxim_n that_o the_o altar_n be_v great_a than_o the_o offer_n in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v the_o altar_n which_o sanctifi_v the_o offer_n matth._n 23.19_o whence_o will_v follow_v that_o which_o none_o shall_v dare_v to_o think_v that_o the_o cross_n shall_v be_v more_o excellent_a than_o the_o body_n of_o jesus_n christ_n yea_o that_o it_o have_v sanctify_v it_o all_o that_o can_v be_v say_v when_o the_o 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that_o suppose_v we_o have_v the_o true_a figure_n of_o the_o cross_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o object_n of_o adoration_n as_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n teach_v this_o honour_n will_v not_o appertain_v to_o any_o but_o cross_n of_o wood_n for_o jesus_n christ_n be_v not_o crucify_v on_o a_o cross_n of_o stone_n or_o silver_n nevertheless_o they_o make_v cross_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o this_o be_v to_o falsify_v that_o of_o christ_n under_o pretext_n to_o represent_v it_o none_o have_v wrought_v miracle_n at_o his_o death_n except_o the_o son_n of_o god_n this_o be_v remarkable_a against_o the_o jew_n divers_a great_a servant_n of_o god_n have_v wrought_v miracle_n in_o their_o life_n but_o never_o in_o their_o death_n be_v there_o ever_o man_n at_o who_o death_n appear_v such_o wonder_n as_o at_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n whence_o come_v it_o that_o neither_o moses_n nor_o joshua_n nor_o samuel_n nor_o prophet_n nor_o king_n nor_o patriarch_n have_v wrought_v any_o miracle_n die_v 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which_o jesus_n christ_n have_v be_v declare_v public_o to_o be_v the_o messiah_n in_o the_o course_n of_o the_o life_n of_o jesus_n christ_n in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o humiliation_n we_o consider_v his_o nativity_n his_o baptism_n and_o his_o death_n his_o nativity_n in_o which_o he_o begin_v to_o appear_v in_o the_o world_n his_o baptism_n by_o which_o he_o enter_v into_o the_o function_n of_o his_o office_n and_o his_o death_n by_o which_o he_o finish_v the_o work_n of_o the_o redemption_n every_o one_o of_o these_o mystry_n be_v immediate_o follow_v and_o overtake_v by_o a_o sign_n from_o heaven_n and_o that_o way_n show_v unto_o the_o world_n his_o birth_n by_o the_o star_n which_o carry_v the_o news_n as_o far_o as_o the_o east_n precede_v by_o the_o acclamation_n of_o angel_n publish_v this_o happy_a nativity_n his_o baptism_n by_o the_o open_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o descent_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o dove_n accompany_v by_o the_o voice_n of_o god_n his_o death_n by_o the_o miraculous_a darken_n of_o the_o sun_n which_o fill_v all_o the_o earth_n with_o darkness_n when_o the_o jew_n demand_v that_o jesus_n christ_n shall_v authorise_v his_o call_n by_o some_o sign_n from_o heaven_n they_o shall_v have_v learn_v that_o which_o pass_v at_o his_o birth_n and_o his_o baptism_n and_o afterward_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v consider_v that_o which_o happen_v at_o his_o death_n they_o have_v then_o see_v his_o calling_n attest_v by_o three_o sign_n from_o heaven_n why_o the_o high_a priest_n who_o represent_v jesus_n christ_n never_o come_v near_o to_o the_o dead_a and_o yet_o jesus_n christ_n do_v the_o contrary_n the_o law_n forbid_v the_o high_a priest_n to_o touch_v a_o dead_a corpse_n yea_o to_o enter_v into_o any_o house_n in_o which_o there_o be_v one_o decease_v yea_o to_o show_v any_o sign_n of_o grief_n be_v it_o for_o his_o own_o father_n or_o mother_n levit._n 21.10_o 11._o whence_o it_o appear_v that_o if_o he_o 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