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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47541	A sermon preach'd at the funeral of The Right Honourable the Lady Guilford, Nov. 18, 1699 by John Knight ...	Knight, John, 1651-1712.	1700 (1700)	Wing K689; ESTC R1128	17,985	40

shall again be quicken'd tho' it perish there and tho' sown in Dishonour yet not without hopes it shall be rais'd in Glory Wherefore in pursuit of the utmost intention of the Words the Altior Sensus Mysticus as Grotius speaks I shall hold my self accountable for this twofold Undertaking I. I shall shew the Doctrine of the Resurrection has not been only anciently and generally believ'd but the Reason of it which makes it necessary and therefore not without absurdity to be denyed II. The Article being prov'd I shall shew for what singular Reasons the last end of the Righteous is incomparably most desirable so that it will be our Wisdom not only to wish it may be our own but also seriously to endeavour it I. As for the Doctrine of the Resurrection we may the less wonder it has been so generally receiv'd it being an Article of so vast moment to be believ'd that Theophylact fears not to call it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Capital Article of our Faith And a greater than he says If it be not true our Faith i. e. our Religion is good for nothing 't is a Scheme of Vanity 1 Cor. 15. Nay St. Paul esteemed it so considerable that as if the whole of our Religion was contain'd in it he calls it v. 1. of that Chap. the Gospel Yea we will absolve the whole Rabble of Deists Atheists Sceptics and Apostates from all their Blasphemy and Scurrility and say with them our Religion is an Imposture and its holy Author a Cheat if with any tolerable Sense or shew of Reason the Truth of it can be question'd Wherefore to be as clear and quick as may be in the dispatch of this Head I will 1. Evince the Truth of our Saviour's Resurrection And 2. Then shew the necessary Connexion there is betwixt his and ours i. e. Because he is risen we shall also infallibly be rais'd from the dead 1. My business is to prove that Christ is risen And if there had not been one Witness of it in the World the Prophecies that foretold it would have been infinite Satisfaction to every Man that had but Balaam's modesty to believe that God is not a Man that he should lie v. 19. The Spirit of Prophecy is that undeniable Testimony to Jesus and his Resurrection that to all Men that can believe the Truth or the Power of God it is and has been always esteem'd beyond any sort of Proof or Evidence whatsoever So strong an Argument of the Event are all the Predictions of the Holy Ghost that things are therefore said in Scripture to be done because they are foretold Were there then any Prophecies to this purpose which Holy Men of old spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost This is so certain that our Saviour ventur'd the whole Credit of the Fact rather upon this than upon any other Testimonies insomuch that he told the Jews if they did not believe Moses's Writings neither would they believe tho' one rose from the dead And this method of Proof he took to perswade his own Disciples Tho' these Men had seen him often and had converst with him tho' they had eat and drank walkt and discourst with him and were hereby in no manner of doubt concerning the Truth of his being risen except Thomas for whose satisfaction he exposed his Wounds to be searcht and handled by him yet notwithstanding all this he urges what had been prophecy'd of his Resurrection to give them the greatest Assurance of it and confirms their Faith by a surer Evidence for then opened he their Understandings that they might understand the Scriptures saying thus it is written and thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise from the Dead Luke 24.45 46. The same Argument St. Peter though he was himself an Eye-witness urged as the chiefest Evidence of the reality of the Miracle and as the chiefest support of their Faith in it 2 Pet. 1.17 seq They were these Predictions that made him as well the Expectation as the Desire of all Ages Yea it was after all so plainly foretold by our Saviour himself and the Impression of his Prediction wrought with such Force upon the Minds of his Enemies that his very Murderers did expect it it being from hence they were prompted to guard his Tomb which by the unsearchable Wisdom of God was the occasion to these Wretches of such further Evidence that they were at Charges to stifle what they therefore wanted the Impudence to deny For next to the Angels the Guards that were hired to keep him Prisoner in the Grave were some of the first Evangelists to publish the Truth of his Resurrection Mat. 28.11 So that upon their Report the Chief Priests and Elders were confirm'd in their Belief on 't And how impossible must it have been for those Infidels to hold out in the real Disbelief of it when they had observ'd the ancient Prophecies were verified in him with respect to some of the minutest Circumstances and Transactions of his Life yea when they had seen several Persons whom they had known truly dead were restored to Life by him and one particularly Lazarus by Name not only dead but rotten Now was it likely or could they imagine that he that had given such Evidence of his Almighty Power and so openly display'd his Conquests over the Grave was liable himself to be held Captive by the Enemy he had vanquish'd Upon the whole then if Christ as you have heard laid the greatest weight upon and chiefly appeal'd unto the ancient Prophecies that foretold his Resurrection our modern Atheists and Infidels have nothing to do but to examin whether there are any Prophecies extant of such a Date And if they find any such they must in spight of their Teeth confess that the Accomplishment of them is an immoveable Testimony to the Foreknowledge and Wisdom to the infinite Power and Truth of God Again that what was thus prophecy'd of Christ and particularly of his Resurrection has accordingly been fulfill'd This God himself has born such undeniable Witness unto both with Signs and Wonders and divers Miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost according to his own Will as the Apostle speaks Heb. 2.4 that the Infidel has not the least colour of Pretence to dispute its Evidence Insomuch that his Wit and Malice is quite exhausted upon the Argument And except we will admit of Scoffs for Objections and Grimaces for Confutations the poor Atheist and his Cause are ruin'd for whatever Reasons he brings to weaken or subvert the Credit of this Doctrine or of them that have testify'd to the Truth of it will equally affect his own Credit tho' what he affirms be really never so true and tho' it were infinitely his Interest that it obtain'd Belief Wherefore all that I shall here further add upon this Argument is That upon the Credit of those Prophecies that foretold the Resurrection and those Eye-witnesses that saw Christ risen it was generally believed by