The harmonie of Holie Scriptures vvith the seuerall sentences of sundry learned and vvorthy vvriters : collected for the comfort of all such as are desirous to seeke after theyr soules health / by I.B.

§. 11.

On the morrow after the Saboth, bee∣ing* 1.1 the first day of the weeke, these fore∣said women came early in the morning vn∣to the Sepulcher, bringing with them the odours which they had prepared. And perceiuing the stone to bee rolled away frō the doore thereof, they went in, but found not the body of the Lord Iesus.

And it came to passe, that vvhilst they* 1.2 were amazed thereat, two men suddainlie stoode by them in shining vestures. And as they trembled and durst not looke vp, the men said vnto them: Why seek ye him that liueth, among the deade? Hee is not heere, but is risen. Remember howe hee spake vnto you while hee was yet in Gali∣lee, saying; The sonne of man must be de∣liuered into the hands of sinfull men, & be crucified; & the third day rise againe.

And they remembred the vvordes of* 1.3 Christ, and returned from the Sepulcher; and tolde all these thinges vnto the eleuen, and to all the remnant. &c.

The same day [also,] Iesus himselfe,* 1.4 (that hee might make manifest his Resur∣rection to such as loued him) appeared first to Mary Magdalen, out of whom hee had cast seauen deuils. And, at another time, after that, he appeared vnto two of his dis∣ciples, as they went into the Country. And they went and tolde these thinges vnto the Apostles, and the rest of his disciples: but they beleeued it not.

After this, hee appeared also vnto the* 1.5 eleuen, as they sate together; and reproued them for their vnbeleefe, and hardnesse of hart: because they beleeued not thē which had seene him, being risen vp againe.

And further, to confirme them in an vn∣doubted beleefe of his most certaine Re∣surrection, and to assure them by plaine proofes, that he was truly their Lorde and maister Christ which appeared vnto them, and no deceitfull or deluding Spirit, (as* 1.6 they at the first sight supposed him to be,) he first shewed vnto them his hands & his feete, and then commaunded them to han∣dle and feele his body, and to beholde his flesh and bones. * Afterwardes, he asked* 1.7 them for meat, & did eate the same in their presence. Hee also opened their vnder∣standing,

and expounded the Scriptures vnto them, saying: Thus it is written: and thus it behoued Christ to suffer, and to rise againe frō the dead the third day: and that repentance & remission of sinnes, should be preached in his Name among all Nati∣ons; beginning at Ierusalem. &c. After∣ward, he led them * forth into Bethania, &* 1.8 lift vp his hands & blessed them.

And when hee had sundry times presen∣ted himselfe aliue vnto them, (after that he had suffered,) and sufficiently prooued his resurrection * by many infallible tokens;* 1.9 (beeing seene of them by the space of for∣tie dayes, & speaking of those things which appertaine to the kingdome of God,) hee then gathered them together, and com∣maunded them, that they shoulde not de∣part frō Ierusalem; but waite for the pro∣mise of the Father: which (said he) ye haue hearde of mee. Namely, the comming of * the holy Ghost. &c.* 1.10

Notes

• * 1.1

  Luke, 24, 1, 2, 3,
• * 1.2

  verse, 4. 5. 6, 7, 8.
• * 1.3

  verse, 9, 10.
• * 1.4

  Mark, 16, 9, 10. 11, 12,
• * 1.5

  Mark. 16. 14
• * 1.6

  Luke, 24, 37 38, 39. 40.
• * 1.7

  verse, 41. 42, 43, &c.
• * 1.8

  Luke, 24, 50
• * 1.9

  Acts, 1, 3, 4. 5.
• * 1.10

  Iohn, 14, 26