414 BookiV. JL..oolitng unto Jjefu.s'. Chap. 1. Secr,2· 4. That he might overcome and conque~ fin, death, and devil; and hence the llponl; 1 Cor. 15 . H· cryes viflory upon the occafion of Clmft s refurrechon, 0 death n·here;., thyftin.~? 0 grave where ;., thy viCfory? ~ow was the day tlm he broke the prifon, and carryed rhe keys of Death and Hell at ht! own gtrdle; now was the day that he fpoyled Principali– ties, and Powers, that he troad on the Serpents head, and all .to-bruifed it that he came upon him, took from him his armour wherein he tru!led, and di;ided his fpoy Jes; now was the day that the Jew loll his rage, and Death his llmg, and the Grave hi• corruption,and Hellll!S purchafe; now was the day ofhis victory over all his enemies· now was the day that the Ph.mix fprung up out of its own alhes, tlw (on.u came faf; out of the belly of the Whale, that the Tabernacle of Davidtlm was f11lcn was raifed againe, that the Sun of Righreouf11efs .covered with a cloud appeared, and flwne-wirh greater luflre than before; that Sampfon rook tbt Gates vf the (iry, and carryed rhem away; He rofe even upon tl1at account. 1 Cor."· >o· 5. That be might become the firft-fruits ofrhem rhae jlept. Chrifl is called the firfl– fruits in a double refpeCl:, I. In refpect ofthe day whtreon he rofe ; Paul was an ex– cellent critick, the very feall carried him to the word; as the day of his pafiion was the day of the Paffeover, and the Apo!lle thence could fay, Chnfl is 011r Paffiovert Cor.). 7· 1 Cor. I 5. 7· So the day ofChrill s riling was the day of the lu ll-fruits, and rhe Apofll; 'Cor.ts.,G. thence could fay, Chrifl iso11r firft-frJiits. Concerning ·.hi• fealt ofrhe firlt-fruirs we lcvu.>Mo.u. read Lcv. 22. IO. I I. Ir was rheir firfl Harvell oftheir bafell grainc Barley, bur che full Harvell of their bell grain, ofWheate, was not till Pentccoll. Now upon thi,da}', the morrow after the Sabbath, rhe beginning of their firfl Harvell, when the lheafe of thefr firll.fruits was brought umo rhe Priefl, and waved before the Lord, Chrift arofe 1 cor. , 5_,.,, from the dead , and in this refpect Paul calls him the firfl fmits ofthem that jleep, ofall the Saints. He rofe firfl as on this day, for the full Harvell is not rill Doomes-day, the general Refurre<.'tion-day. 2. He is called the firft-frnits inrefpe<.'t of them whom he therebyfanCtified :for as an handful ofthe firfi-Iruits fanCl:ified the whote Field of Corn that ·was growing; fo Jefus Chrifl the firfl-fruirs of the dead, fanC\ifiesall thofe who are lying in rhe Grave to rife again by hi• power, even when they are in the dull of C • death. if Chrijf be not rifen, (faith the Apoflle) ye are yet inyonr fins.---But 1 or. 'fs.''' How ;., Chrifl rifen from the dead, and become the firfl-fruits ofthem tbt jleep. 6. · Thac being formerly abafed as~ fervant, and crucified as a linner, he might thus be declared tO be the Son ofGod, and exalted to be a Prince and Saviour ofmen; and fo his Name might be glorified ofall the World. He was made ofthefeedof David- ac– Rom '· 3 , 4 . cording to the jlejb, and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit ofHolinefs, by the refurreflionfrom the dead. Ir was of neceffary confequence, thar he that was fo humbled, mull be 'bus exalted; therefore will I divide him~ portiomvith the If•. S3. "· great, and he jhall divide the fpoile with the Jlrong, becaufe hehath ponred OM his feu! lfNto death, agreeable to which is rhatofChrill:, thtM it i< written, and thm it behoot(.ed Luke. 24 , 46 , Chrifl to fliffer, and .to rife from the dead the third day: VVhcn Peter was preaching Chrill to the high Pnell and councel that condemned !urn to death, l1e rold rbem thac Ml. ).;o. 31, the God of ot<r F.1thers bath raifed up Je[U<, whom~cflew and hanged on a tree, him h<th PhiI. '· 3. 9· God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince snd a Saviour ; and fuirable to this is that of Pmd, he humbledhimfelf, and betame obedient to the death, cvc11 to the dcath•f the Crofs wherefore God alfo bath highly exdlted him, and given him a nam 1rhich is aboveevery name, It was for his own glory, and his Fathers glory that he Otouid rife again from rhe dead, God raifedhim upfrom the dead awdgave him glory ; and he was •~'<•. '""' tbereforc exalted, thatevery tongue jhouldconfifJfe .s th~t Jefm Chrtfl ts Lord, to tbe glory Phil..:. u. f IJ f r f CL 1. r. .a. fl f k J ofGodrlteFather. 0 a nerea.ons? ur csre.urre"wn we mtuc oo- uponr11s as rhe main· for as he bath made all thmgs for htmfelf, fo he bath done all thmgs for l\om 6 , ~· his own gl~ry ; Chrift wasraifed"P from the dead, ( faith the Apoftle )by 1heglory of the Father : By rhe glory, or to the glorr, or for the glory of htmfelf, and of his Father: SECT.
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