_ Yatthew repearerh this very ſhortly. 27:k fairh, chap. 18.5. Aow ren fejus was riſenearly, the firft day of the Web, be optear- ea firit 20 Mary Magdalene, out of whom he hd c:5 jJeten Deuts. And ſhe went and told them that fhe had been with vim. as they mourned and wept. Ard they, when they had heard that FRgage: PR live, «nd had been ſeen of her, believed nt. Lube faith, Then (that 1s, when Maiy Magdalenc and the other 2';ry had come 2rd
*,* » . / - rold che Diſciples what they had ſeen and heare, though ar firft they gave NO credit to 1t) aroſe Perer and ran unto the Sepidckre, and St»ping aown, he beheld the linnen cloths laid by themſelves, and aeparted, wonaring in himſelf «t that which was come to paſs, Lite 24. 12. ohn relacerh this more diſtin&ly, in c>.2p, 20, 3, 4 5.Xc. Pcrer therefore went forth, and the other Diſciple Chem Toins ton ot as ver. 2. and that was Jen hinifelf, who wrote thar Goſpe!, Fotn 13. 23.) and came to the Sepulchre, ſo they ran toth togothor. and the other Diſciple did out-run Peter, and came fir{t to the Seput- chre, and he ſto:ping down, and looking in, ſaw the lirven clot; lyins. yet he went nt in. Then cometh Simon» Perer fulowing him, and went into the Sepulchre, ard ſeeth the linnen cloths lic, and the N.:p- kin that was about his Heas,, not lying with the linen clothy, but wrapt together in a place *y it ſelf. Then went in alf) that other Dife:- ple which came firſt to the Sepulchre, and he {ow and telieved. Fi .15 yet they brew mot the Scripture, thai he muff 1./e again 1 11: the Ven, Then the Diſciples went away again unto thcir on hn. Stu Mary fiood nihout at the Sepulctre weeping ; and as ſhe neft, ſhe flooped down, and looted into the Sepulchre, and ſeeth two Angels in white, rhe one at the He-d, he viner at the Feet, where the body of Jeius had lain, and they [cy unto her, Woman, Why weepeſt thu 2 She | aith una to them, Becauje they h.ve taken awey my Lord, and Throw not where they have lid him.— 4nd when ſhe had ſaid thus, flo turned hoy jeif back, and ſaw 7eſis landing, and brew not thot it was Zeſus- Fejis fairh unto her, Wom.cn, Why weepeſt thou 2 Whom ſeekeft thou 2 She juppoſing him 19 be the Gardener, ſaith unto him, Sir, if thon ha{t bone him hence, tell me where thou haſt laid him, and Iwill tahe him away. feſin ſairh ynto her, Mary. She turneth, ard ſaith unto him, Rabbi wnich us to ſay, Maſter, Feſis ſaith unto her,Touch me not, for I am not yet aſcended to myFather;, tut go to my Brethren,and {y unto them, 7 aſcend unto your Father and my K:ther, and to my God ard your God. Marv Mazdalene came and t:!d the Diſciples, that ſhe had ſeen th: What there 1s particularly to be nored upon the ſeveral Particulars in 7obn's Re- lation, I ſhall obſerve when I come to thar Chapter of Febn - I have only ar preſent rranſeribed it, thar ſrem the comparinz 1c wich the other Evangelifts, we might underſtand the Order cf this Hiſtory, [ And as they went to tell his Diſciples. } Thus fecm- eth to be the ſecond going, and the Order ©o be” rhus : When Mary and the reſt came to the Diſciples, and rojd them they had been ar the Sepulchre, and what they had there ſeen and heard, they believed ir not : bur yer it being cloſe by che Ciry, and nct knowing what to think, Peter r ſolves to go and ſee, and fo dorh John ;, they both run, bur 7-bn com: there firſt, bur goes nor in- to the Sepulchre, bur only looks in, and ſaw the Linren Cloths ly- ing. Peter comes (tr it was very near the Gares of the City,) he goerh in, ſeerh the Linnen Clochs, and che Napkin: Then Fohn allo advencureth to go in, and ſaw, and believed: He is the firſt 15 ſaid ro have believed. Then they wenr home. Bur Mary ſtaid, weeping, and now and chen looking into the Sepu'chre ſhe ſeerh nor the Cloths only, bur ewo Anzels fitting, the cne ar che Head, the cther at the Feet ot the place where the Bcdy of Chriſt did lie. They ask her why ſhe wept? She tells them, becauſe rhey had taken away her Lord, and ſhe did nor know where they had laid him. Now faith 7obn, when ſhe had ſaid thus, $50521 6is 7% em7w, We tranſlate it, ſhe turned her ſelf back, and ſaw Feſus ſtanding , John 20. 14. which ſeemerh ro contradid our Evangeliſt Matthew, who faith, 4s they wert to tei? hs Diſciples , | behold, Feſus met them, and ſaid, 4 Hil.) Our Tranflaricn now would make one think that {ary was ftill ar the Sepulchre, and there looking back, the ſaw Jeſus; and this feem- crh cither to aſſert chat Mary faw Chriſt ewice, once ar the Sepul- chre, once in her return to the City ; or elſe ro contradit A::- thew : Bur the Greek Words may be tranſlated, She was turret backward, chat was going back to rel] his Diſciples, and mec Chriſt, who ſaluted her, ſaying, 4H Hail. Though Mary Magdalene be only named, and pcifibly all the Women who were with her ar firſt, did nor come back with her the ſecond time; yer it is plain, ſhe was not alone : For Matthew ſaith, They came and held him by the Feet, and worſhipped him : He bids her be not afraid, but go and tell his Diſciples , they ſhould meet him in Galilee, For the other Difcourſe berwixt him and ary, we ſhall meer wich 1t when we come to that Chapter, in Sr. John's Goſpel, where ic 15 mention- ed. Mark fairh, That when they had heard he was alice, and had been ſeen of her, they believed not. We do not read, that the An- gels appeared either to Peter or John, much leſs char Chrilt as ycr ſhewed himſelf ro them: So they had only the Teſtimony of Mazy as to theſe things, and their own View of the Empty Sepu!a chre, and the Cloths lying by. How hard a ching 1t is to believe Spiritual Myſteries above the reach of our Rezſon £ 1o hard, that no Revelation of Fleſh and Blood 1s ſufficient ro beger fuch a
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