A journal of meditations for every day in the year gathered out of divers authors / written first in Latine by N.B. ; and newly translated into English by E.M. in ... 1669.

Of raising the Widows Son in Naim.* 1.1 Part 2.

* 1.2COnsider 1. How Christ came near, and touched the Coffia; and they that carried it, stood still, and he said, Young man, I say to thee, Arise. He speaketh imperiously, to shew that he is Lord of all, That hath power of Life, and bringeth down to the Gates of Death, and fetcheth again. The death of the Soul is sin, and Hell its grave; for the rich man died,* 1.3 and was buried in Hell. The Bier, where∣on the sinner is carried to Hell, is his Body; the Bearers, are Vicious Habits: And as the Bier is of∣ten set out with Silk, and Cloth of Gold, though the Corps within is full of ordure; so the body of a sinner glistering in Golden Array, covereth a Soul abominable to God. But Christ cometh, and toucheth the Coffin, that is, striketh the body with s••me grievous sickness, and by that means bringeth the sinner to life again.

Consider 2. And he that was dead, sate up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his Mother. What joy was this to his Widow-Mother? What an asto∣nishment to the rest of the company? So a sinner reviving in Spirit to God, beginneth to speak of such things as appertain to God, confessing his sins, asking pardon, and extolling so merciful a Lord.

* 1.4Consider 3. And fear took them all, and they magnified God: From so great a Miracle, there a∣rose in the standers by, a fear of offending a Lord of such power, to wit, a Lord that mortifieth, and

quickneth, bringeth down to hell, and fetcheth back a∣gain. Think how necessary it is for you to have this holy fear; for the fear of our Lord hateth evil:* 1.5 And, They that fear our Lord, will s••••k after the things that are well pleasing to him.

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 7.14.
• * 1.2

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 16.13
• * 1.3

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 16.22
• * 1.4

  ••eg. 1.6.
• * 1.5

  Prov. ••.13. Eccli. 2.1••.