came to the sepulchre. and that other disciple, and Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. 5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw "the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. 6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. 8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. 10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. 11 ¶ But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And they say unto her, h 14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and 'knew not that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, 'I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to "my God, and your God. 18" Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. a Mat. xxviii. 1. Mark xvi. 1. Luke xxiv. 1.—6 ch. xiii. 23; & xix. 26; & xxi. 7, 20, 24.-c Luke xxiv. 12.—d ch. xix. 40.-e ch. xi. 44.-ƒ Ps. xvi. 10. Acts ii. 25-31; & xili. 34, 35.-g Mark xvi. 5.- Mat. xxviii. 9. Mark xvi. 9.-i Luke xxiv. 16, 3. ch. xxi. 4.-k Ps. xxii. 22. Mat. xxvii. 10. Rom. viii. 29. Heb. ii. 11.-/ch. xvi. 28.-m Eph. i. 17.-n Mat. xxviii. 10. Luke xxiv. 10. 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, 'called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. 26 And after eight days. again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: "blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed. 30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. o Mark xvi. 14. Luke xxiv. 36. 1 Cor. xv. 5.-p ch.xvi. Tim. ii. 2.-r Mat. x. 19; & xviii, 18.8 ch. xi. 16.-1 22-9 Mat. xxviii. 18. ch. xvii. 18, 19. John i. 1.- 2 Cor. v. 7. Pet. i. 8. Heb. iii. 1. 2 ch. xxi. 25. y Luke i, 4,-z ch, iii. 15, 16; & v. 24. 1 Pet. i. 9. See Matthew XXVIII. 11-17. § XCVI; and Luke XXIV. 36. § CCXLII. § CCLXXIX. CHAP. XXI. 1-25. Christ appearing again to his disciples, was known of them by the great draught of fishes. He dineth with them: earnestly commandeth Peter to feed his lambs and sheep; foretelleth him of his death; rebuketh his curiosity touching John. The conclusion. AFTER these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. them, 'Children, have ye any meat They answered him, No. 6 And he said unto them, e Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. 8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as 2 There were together Simon it were two hundred cubits,) Peter, and Thomas called Didy-dragging the net with fishes. mus, and "Nathanael of Cana 9 As soon then as they were in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. b 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. C come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. 10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. 11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. 12 Jesus saith unto them, "Come and dine. And none of 5 Then "Jesus saith unto the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it thou shalt stretch forth thy was the Lord. 13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. 14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. 15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. n 20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple » whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? 21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry 'till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. 23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? 24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, "I suppose that even the world itself could a ch. i. 45.-b Mat. iv. 21.-c ch. xx. 14.- Luke xxiv. 41. || Or, Sirs.-e Luke v. 4, 6, 7.- ch. xiii. 23; & xx. 2.-g Acts x. 41.-4 See ch. XX. 19, 26.- Acts xx. 28. xvi. 30.- ch. xiii. 36. Acts xii. 3. 4.-m 2 Pet. i. Heb. xiii. 20. 1 Pet. ii. 25; & v. 2, 4.-k ch. ii. 24, 25; & n ch. xiii. 23, 25; & xx. 2.-o Mat. xvi. 27,28; & xxv. 31. 1 Cor. iv. 5; & xi. 26. Rev. ii. 25; & ii. 11; & xxii. 7, 20.-p ch. xix. 35. 3 John 12.-q ch. xx. 30.-r Amos vii.10. my hope is in thee." Happy they who have quitted all those low desires and pursuits, which are unworthy of a generous and immortal spirit, and have fixed their love on one whose heart and hopes are set upon that one, in whom all things excellent meet and centre. A cheerful joy always shines on their face, nor do their cheeks glow with the shame of repulse and disappointment. While we are wandering hither and thither, in the vicious and perplexed pursuit of flattering objects, what frequent lamentation, what fond complaint of delusive fortune, and the tragical outcry of grievous and painful wounds! What crowds of fears and cares divide the mind, and hurry it now one way and now another! READER.-Lovest thou me? In all love, three things are necessary; 1st. Some goodness in the object, either true and real, or apparent and seeming to be so: for the soul, be it never so evil, can affect nothing but what it takes some way to be good. 2nd. There must be a knowledge of that goodness; for the most excellent things, if altogether unknown, affect not. 3rd. There must be a suitableness or agreement of that good thing with the nature of those, which should affect it; other-But when we fix our hope and our wise indeed, how good soever it is, it is not good to them.-LEIGHTON. Let me beseech you strictly to examine your own souls, enquire what it is that they chiefly wish, hope and desire; whether they give chase as it were to every painted fly; whether, "forsaking the fountain of living waters," they are digging for themselves "cisterns" of clay, and these leaky too, with great and unprofitable labour. O wretched deceitfulness of every earthly hope, which mocks and deludes us so much the more in proportion to the extravagance of its promises! Blessed are they and only they, who fix their eyes and their souls above, and say with the Psalmist, "Lord, I wait on thee, my soul doth wait, and in thy word do I trust:" and as elsewhere, "and now, Lord, what wait I for, heart on the only support, on the only true and all sufficient good, all is safe, and the soul treads firm as it were while the whole globe trembles. Let external things be borne this way or that, there is peace within; nor, when all methods have been examined, can any other be found for the establishment of the mind, than that it should lay all its stress upon the one immoveable and immutable rock.-LEIGHTON. Blessed soul that can say, Lord, thou seest that I desire nothing but thyself, (as Peter said, Lord, thou knowest I love thee,) all the corners of my heart stand open in thy sight, thou seest if there be any other desire or expectation but to please thee; and if there be any such thing in me, (for I see it not,) I pray thee, discover it to me, and through thy |