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The fourth word is yet more Cordial, ¹and that is, although Jesus dyed, yet He rose again. He died indeed, but he rose again from the dead. God suffered his dear Son to be laid in the Sepulchre, but he did not leave him there, nor suffer any taint of Corruption to seize upon his precious Body. And to that end, Christ made hast to rise again out of the Grave, he rose the third day, and that very early in the Morning (saith the Text) as soon, as ever it could be called day: The Alarm no sooner went off (as it were) but the Lord Jesus did lift up his Royal head, and put on his Glorious Apparel, and came forth out of his Grave, as a Bridegroom out of his Chamber, in State and Triumph.

1. 1A fourth word of Comfort.

And this was the Cordial, which our Lord himself took before his passion. Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell, ¹neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see Corruption: Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth, &c. This was his Triumphant Song: And it may be ours, as well as his; yea therefore ours, because his (whether in reference to our selves, or to our gracious Relations.) For therefore was not Christ left in Hell (i. e. in the state of the dead) that he might lift up us also out of the pit, and therefore his body saw (i. e. sustained) no corruption or putrefaction (no not for the least particle of time) that our mortal bodies might not inherit Rottenness and Oblivion in the dust, for ever. And ⟨p. 12⟩indeed, in this phrase in the Text, Jesus arose again, there be three things implied, which interest every believer in this Triumph of Christs Resurrection, &c.²

And this was the Cordial, which our Lord himself took before his passion. Thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell,