47 Some of tiem that ſtood there , when they heard thair. faid. This man calleth {or Elias.
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No more doth Luke, Chap. 23. 45. theſe things. Ir pleated God to give a Teſtimony againſt chis Fi2* digious piece of Wickedneſs, by prodigious Signs, boih in i Heavens, and on the Earth : In the Heavens, the Sun (as We hedid betore) ſuffered an unuſual Pretcrnacural Eclif/c, three Hours, In the Earth, there was an Earthquake, to 02t degree, that the Rocks were rent by ir. Earthfukes were ſoine-
. So that plain. ly chis was a Miraculous Eclipſe, nor cauſed by the Interpefirion ot the Moon (as other Eclipſes) but by the Mighty and Extracr;. nary Power ot Ged, which made an Heathen Philoſopher at a g5oy: diſtance cry our, Either the Divine Being now ſuffereth, or ſmpa te
| zeth with one that ſuffereth , he is ſaid to have ſeen this Eclipte
in Feypt. [And about the ninth Hour, that is, about Three «+ 1! Clock (as we reckon the Hours) Jeſus cried with a loud Veice "oy
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tho' M:rk reports them according to the Syriack Corrupiicn the Diale&, They are Duvid's Words, Pſal. 22. v. 1. Dri! wasa Typeof Chriſt, He that was the Son of David uſerh Daits Words, poſſibly ſpoke by David in the Perſon of Chriſt, God; torſaking any Perton or Places, muſt be underſtood with rete- rence not ro his Eſſential Preſence, for ſo he filleth all Plces and 1s preſent with all Perſons, but with reference to the ii. feſtations of his Providence for our Good, thus when God withhold; his good Providence from us, either wich reſpe& to our ou: ward or inward Man, he is faid to forſabe 5s. A total forſding either of our Bodies, or of our Souls, is nor conſiſtent irh the Being of our outward Man, or the Spiritual Being or Lite of our inward Man All forſakings therefore in this Life are Gradual, and Partia!. The forſabing which Chriſt chereſere here complains of, was nor the Total withdrawing of Divine x vour, and Affiſtance from him, (that was impoſſible) and in- confiſtent with the firſt Words teſtifying his Relation to God, and Affiſtance in him, bur it muſt be_underſtood with reipett to God's Conſolatory Manifeſtations, and thar is teſtified by his 0- therWords,related 9 Luke, | Fzther, into thy Hands I common in Spirit, ] Which Words having ſaid, he gave up the Gb ({iy Mitthew, Mirk, and Luke.) Fin addeth, Thar he bore! ts Head, and yielded up the Gk;8t. Words added, to confirm wha: he elſewhere ſaid. That he laid down his Life, none torh it fon him. Hiscryiag twice at this inſtant with a loud Voice arzucd his Spirits not fo ſpent, but he might have lived a tery Minute longer, bur he freely laid down his Life. The People faxing, he calls for Eljas, when he ſaid Elj, Eli, ſpake them to be few, who to this Day dream of an Elias tro come, and ref;r2 al thinzs. That they no better diſtinguiſhed berwixr #1; and Eli, muſt be attribured either to the Corruption of their Dialed, he
ſaying Eloi, Eli, (according to the Syriack Corruption: of che Term) or their roo great diſtance from him. him upon ic, was but Conſonant to their former Behaviour to- ward him, while he was upon the Crofs, Their giving him the Spunge with Vinegar, and Hy/5p, we before gave an Account of.
Their mocking
51 And behold, * the vail ofthe Temple was rent ** in twain, from the top to the bottom ; and the carth *: did quake, and the rocks rent, | 52 And the graves were opened, and many bo- '
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