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The devout soules search with the happie issue of comfort found : in a sermon, preached at Paules Crosse, Ian. 14. 1610 / by Thomas Myriell ...
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Myriell, Thomas, d. 1629.
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wake as a most vigilant and carefull defender What was signified by e Gen. 22.11 Isaack laid as a Sacrifice on the Altar readie to be offred but presently losed and vnbound againe but that CHRIST IESVS the true Sacrifice for the sinnes of the whole world should be offred to death on the Altar of the Crosse and the sorrows of death immediately losed againe whereof it was impossible that hee should be holden This glorious Resurrection of the SONNE OF GOD was further signified by Ioseph f Gen. 41.14 who a few dayes was imprisoned in the dungeen afterwards aduanced to the regiment of a Kingdome By g Iudg. 15 14. Sampson who while he slept was bound with ropes but when he awaked againe snapped them in sunder as threeds By Ionas h Ion. 2.10 who was swallowed of a fish but after three dayes cast vpon drie land againe Looke further on the concurrences happening together with it as the great Earth-quake e Mat. 28.2 which then was Matth. 28.2 Sure saith Hilarie it was the vertue of his Resurrection and signified that f Aquin. in Cate super Mat. 28. Resurgente virtutum coelestium domino inferorum trepidatio cōmouetur The Lord of the heauenly powers arising the weaknes of the infernall powers should be troubled Consider the huge stone rolled turned away frō the graue with the handsome folding of the cloathes and napkins left behin de him and weigh seriouslie that same transparent Lie of the keepers how euen then they proue Christs resurection to be true when they went about to make the world belieue it was false They being therevnto hyred with money gaue out that His disciples came by night g Mat. 28.13 and stole him away whilst they were sleeping Matth. 28.13 But ô Children of the diuell how absurdlie doe you speake For if you slept how can you tell hee was stollen away and if you were awake why doe you say you slept Againe recount the manie Apparitions that he made after his resurrection If I be not deceiued Paul the Euangelists reckon eleuen seuerall Apparitions of Christ after his Resurrection for more confirmation of the truth thereof Sometime he appeared to comfort the sorrowfull hearts of his Disciples sometime to conuince the obstinate hearts of his enemies Sometime hee eate meate with them shewed them his wounds which hee kept saith Augustine h August in die Sanct. Pasch Serm. 4. Non agestate sed potestate not for any weaknesse in himselfe but for the strengthening of others especially vt sanaret vulnus incredulitatis That the apparant woundes of his crucified bodie might heale the hidden sores of their vnbeleeuing soules Afterwards saith Paul i 1. Cor. 15.6 Hee was seene of more then fiue hundreth bretheren at once and lastly of mee as of one borne out of due time 1. Corinth 15.6 These things being thus cleare peraduēture now you will wonder why the Iewes belieue not Christs resurrection to be true Surely no other reason can be yeelded of it but this that partly obstinacie is come vpon Israel till the fulnesse of the Gentiles be come in And certes euen wee which belieue the trueth thereof are not beholding to our selues for it It may be saide to euerie faithfull soule among vs as Christ saide to Peter k Matth. 16.17 Flesh and blood hath not reuealed this vnto thee but my Father which is in heauen Matth. 16.17 For though Paul demaunds l Act. 26.8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible vnto you that God should raise againe the dead Act. 26.8 And indeed as Augustine saith m Concidera autorem tolle dubitationem August in die San. Pas Ser. 4. There is no cause of doubting if we consider the authour yet such is our obstinate blindnesse by nature the the most easie plaine true things are hard harsh and false in our iudgement till n 1. Cor. 2.12 We haue receiued the spirit of God that we may knowe the things which be of God 1. Cor. 2.12 In this regard the faith of Christ generally embraced in the world is numbred amongst the most famous mysteries of our religion o 1. Tim. 3.10 Without controuersie saith Paul great is the mysterie of godlines God is manifested in the flesh iustified in the spirit seene of Angels preached vnto the Gentiles BELEEVED ON IN THE WORLD and receiued vp into glorie 1. Tim. 3.16 Hereupon Bern hath this obseruation p Bern in vigili Nat. dom Ser. 3. Tria opera tres mixturas c. That omnipotēt maiestie in the assumption of our flesh did three workes made three mixtures so singularly maruellous and so maruellously singular that as he neuer did them before so he was to doe them neuer after Coniuncta sunt quippe ad in vicem deus homo mater virgo fides cor humanum For there were ioyned together God and man a mother and a Virgin faith mans soule The like also hath Augustine obserued q August de ciuit de lib. 22. cap. 5. There are three incredible things saith he and yet haue they bin done It is incredible that Christ should arise in our flesh and that he should ascend vp to heauē in our flesh and thirdly incredible est mundum remtam incredibilem credidisse it is also incredible that the world should giue credit to so incredible a matter To conclude then As faith bids vs beleeue the truth hereof so r I am quippe illum inuenit fidei sed adhue eum quaerit spes Aug. in Psal 104. hope requires vs to expect the power hereof that is that Christ our head which once arose in his owne person shall in due time also quicken vs his members in our persons that so the head and the bodie being coupled together God may be all in all And let this hope be vnto vs an author in all the stormes of aduersitie to saue our soules from shipwracke What saith Paul ſ Rom. 8.34 Who shall condemne It is Christ which is dead Yea so the Iewes and Pagans beleeue saith Augustine therefore Paul addes yea or rather which is risen againe This none beleeues but a Christian And in a sound beleeuing hereof consisteth the verie saluation of our soules t Reu. 10.9 For if thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lord Iesus and beleeue in thine heart that God raised him from the dead thou shalt be saued Rom. 10.9 Thus Iob comforted himselfe u Iob. 19.25 I know that my redeemer liueth and that he shall stand the last on the earth Iob. 19.25 It is our duetie then with patience to expect that in our selues which through power we beleeue God effected in him and when death shall approach vs as it were wholly to deuour vs then to cōfort our selues with the thought of this that y Iob. 19.16 Though after our decease wormes destroy this bodie yet in the appointed time we shall see God in our flesh Iob. 19.16 which God the Father with his deare Sonne our Sauiour and the holy Ghost our comforter three persons and one euerlasting God be all honour and glorie Maiestie and dominion ascribed for euer and euer Amen FINIS
his passion z Mat. 27.52 the graues opened many dead bodies of the Saints arose Mat. 27.52 And which is most of all himselfe beiÌ„g dead yet theÌ„ was able to raise vp himselfe which no man in the world euer did which all the meÌ„ in the world could neuer do Therfore as he was declared truely to be the Sonne of man by yeelding vnto death so a Rom. 1.4 saith Paul he was declared mightily to be the Sonne of God by the Resurrection froÌ„ the dead Ro. 1.4 b Bern. paru Serm. 14. qui Agnus extitteraet in passione factus est Leo in Resurrectione Hee saith Bern that was a Lambe in his Passion became a Lyon in his Resurrection When hee was to be crucified c Isa 53.7 he was led saith Isay as a sheepe to the slaughter Isa 53.7 But when hee arose againe it was Iacobs Prophecie that d Gen. 49.9 As a Lyons whelpe hee should come vp from the spoyle Genes 49 9. From the spoyle indeed that is from hauing spoyled as a most victorious and conquering champion death and hell sinne and Sathan with the whole rabble of the infernall powers from all such force as they had gotten against him and all his members Hence it is well obserued that Christs resurrection hath a double priuiledge aboue the resurrectioÌ„ or rather resuscitation of all others For though others rose from the dead as well as Christ yea and in time before him yet saith Bernard e Bern. in die 〈◊〉 Pasch Serm. 1. Resurrexerant mortui iterum moritâ—ri They rose indeed when they were dead but yet to die againe when they were raised But f Rem 6.9 Christ rising froÌ„ the dead dieth no more death hath no more power ouer him Ro. 6 9. And therfore iustly is hee called g 1. Cor. 5.20 Primitiae dormientium the first fruites of them that deepe which only rose to immorâ—alitie h Bern. Et fic resurrexit vt cadere â—on adijciat rose in such manner at once as he was to fall againe neuer after Againe all those which had power giuen them to raise others yet had no power to raise themselues Elizeus that raised vp another man dead yet hath no power to raise vp himselfe i Bern ibi supra Loe how many yeares hath he liue in the graue expecting a ioyfull resurrection at his hand which hath triumphed ouer the graue by which it appeares that all such as raised others did it potestate precariâ non propriâ by a power not resiant in themselues but receiued from God But Christ saith Bernard k Bern in die Sanct. Pas Ser. 1. Virtute propria victor prodijt de Sepulchro by his owne power raised vp himselfe and by the strength of his owne arme made all things giue way vnto him l Amb. de virg lib. 3. Erras mulier saith Saint Ambrose quae putas de monumento Christum esse sublatum O woman that thinkest some bodie hath taken away thy Lord and laid him thou knowest not where thou errest grosely This victorious SampsoÌ„ stoutly caried away the gates of m Iudg. 16.3 Azzah burst opeÌ„ the dore of his Tombe where the Philistine Iewes had shut him in the morning when they sought him was risen was not there But the womans errour Saint Ierome salueth n Hieron ad Hedibiam quaest Error mulieris cum pietate societus est An errour of infirmitie ioyned with deuotion But the Iewes who can excuse O foolish Iewes tell vs why did you seale and locke downe the stone so fast Because said some of your rulers o Mat. 27.63 We remember that this deceiuer said within three daies I will rise vp again Ma. 27.63 p Bern in die Sanct. Pas Ser. 1. Vere seductor saith Bern Sed pius non malitiosus A deceiuer he is indeed but an holy not a malicious deceiuer and you may well say with Ieremiah your Prophet q Ierem. 20.7 O Lord thou hast deceiued me and I am deceiued thou art stronger then I and hast preuailed Ierem. 20.7 What thinke you of him now Is he still but the Carpenters sonne A CarpeÌ„ters sonne he is we grant Sed r Bern hominis fabri filius fabricator hominis the sonne of man and such a Carpenter as made man and all the world Will you still be obstinate Will you not yet beleeue You will say If he had come downe from the crosse we would haue beleeued in him Indeed so said some of your rulers Å¿ Mat. 27.42 Desdendet de cruce c. Matt. 27.42 But ô how like their father the diuell speake these wicked children saith Saint Chrysostome t Chrysost Serm. de passione The diuell said Cast thy selfe downeward from the Temple and these men say Let him come downe from the crosse u Fraudu lenta promissio Hie. rom But all this is but dissembling For x Bern in die Sa Pas Serm. 1. Si non creditis resurgeÌ„ti nec credidissetis desceÌ„aenti Surely if you beleeue him not rising out of the graue neither would you haue beleeued in him if he had come downe from the crosse Leauing then these obstinate Iewes in the depth of their vnbeliefe till the time of refreshing comes Let vs proceed to the second point the speed of his resurrectioÌ„ in these words he is not here Wherein the Angell declares that though these women were earely comming to him yet Christ was risen and gone before their comming at him I may iustly therfore apply this secoÌ„d speech to the speed of his resurrection Who though he were to answere the figure which himself spake of Mat. 12.40 As Ionas was three daies and three nights in the whales bellie so must the sonne of man be three daies and three nights in the heart of the earth y Mat. 12.40 yet in verie truth he was not so long time in the bowels of the earth as Ionas was in the bellie of the fish For about the ninth houre he died on the crosse and about three houres after that was he laid into his graue Now this in our account was about three of the clocke in the afternoone This is but a small part of a day yet this is reckoned for the first day The second day being the day of rest to the Iewes he himself also rested in his graue The third day being the first day of the weeke so soone as the sunne of the firmament rose to cheare the eies of the world this glorious Sonne of righteousnes arose also to cheare the harts of the elect Here you see is but one whole day with the end of that which went before it and the beginning of that which followed after it and yet it is reckoned for three daies and that iustly for the first day saith Augustine is taken z August lib. de Trinit 4. Secundum partem sui posteriorem according to the latter part thereof the secoÌ„d day SecunduÌ„