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The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. / Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
printed by John Foster, 1678
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CAP. XV. Of the admirable works of God which accompanied the Death of Jesus & his reverent burial, and of his sufferings after he was dead & buried
Math 27.51. ad finem. Mark 15.38. ad finem. Luke 23.47. ad finem. John 19.31. ad finem.
If the Reader please to turn to, and read these Texts of Scripture, he shall find many admirable works of God, that accompanied the death of Jesus Christ.
The admirable works of God that accompanied the Death of our Lord Jesus Christ, are these, 1. An Earthquake, mentioned only by Matthew. 2. The Veil of the Temple rent from top to bottom. Math. Mark. 3. The rocks rent. Math. 4. The Graves, viz. that were in the rocks, broken open; many Bodies of Saints which slept, arose and came out of the graves after the resurrection of Christ, and went into the holy city and appeared to many. Math. 5. The Sun brightened suddenly at the ninth hour, about the time when Jesus Christ dyed. Math. Mar. Luk. 6. The death of Jesus Christ being sooner then Pilate and the Jews looked for, and afore the Thieves, it prevented that part of the Romish and Jewish cruelty, which was intended, in breaking his legs: yet they pierced his side with a spear, and there came forth blood and water.