Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

¹1. He appeared unto Mary Magdalen apart. As a woman was the first instrument of death, so was a woman the first Messenger of Life; she brought the first tidings of the Resurrection of Christ, which is the surest Argument of man's Salvation.

1. 1Luke 24.34.

2. He appeared to all the Maries together, as they returned homewards from the Sepulchre, never any truly sought for Christ, but with these women they were sure to find Christ.

3 He appeared to Simon Peter alone; he was the first among men to whom he appeared, he first went into the Sepulchre, and he first saw him that was raised thence: he was called first, and he confessed Christ to be the Son of God, and therefore Christ appears first to him;¹ the Angel bade the women to tell his Disciples and Peter (that is to say, and Peter especially) that he was risen, and gone before them into Galilee. ²Of this speaks Paul, He was first seen of Cephas, and then of the Twelve.

1. 1Mark 16.7.
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