Book IV. 415 S E C T. III. Of the manner of chnfl's ref~trreCliou. 3 . HOw he rofe ; for the manner of his refurrection we may confider in it rhefe particulars. -~-- _ . ~ That Chrill: rofe agam as a common perfon, he ftood m our flead, and there– fore \Vhen he rofe from deJth, we and all the Church of Chnft rofe together with him and in hitn, We have formerly obferved that Chrift took upon him the perfon of rro man, he took only the nature of man into the union of the fe– conEl perfon, that fo he might dye and rife again, .not as a particular, but a com– mon perfon· that he might be as a reprefemanve 10 our roome and !lead ; that l1e might be ~s a fpiritual he.ad, and as the fecond .Adam, who ~ould infufe life in– to all his member!. In thiS refpect the Apofile makes companfon betWIXt .Adam, a~d Chrifi · now .Adam, we know , was reckoned before his fall as a common publike peri~n, not flanding fingly or alone for himfelf, but as reprefenting all man– kinde to come ofhim ; fo Jefus Chrift is reckoned to us, both before his death, and in his death, and after his death, as acommon publick perfo~; not living, dying, 'Or riling againe, Jingly, or a lone for himfelf, but as.reprefenting all the believers in the _ world; and hence lt IS that .Adamts called the firft man. and Jefus ChnrlJS called the t Coro~s, ~7; foc•nd man; as ifthere never had been, nor ever lhould be any more men 10 the world, · fave only thefe two; and why ? but becaufe thefe two between them had all the reil of the fon< of men hanging at their girdles: .Adam had all the fon~ of men born into this world called earthly men, included mhtm; and Chnft bad all hts Elect, whofe names "--'e written in Heaven, and therefore called Heavenly men, included in him; fo that now whatfoever Chrirl diJ, it is reckoned by God as ifdone by us and for us. When Chrift arofe, he arofe as our head, and as a common perfon, and in Gods account we <~rofe with him, and in him. As among all the !heaves in the Filed, there was fome one fheafe, that in the name and roome 'of all the rerlwas lift up, and waved before the lord. [o when all were dead, Chrift as the fir.fl·frmu rofe again from the dead, and by th;'s act ofhis refurrection all the Elect from the beginning of the world to the end, ' " are rifen with him, and in him. H• i. thefir{f-frnitsof tbem that jleep, though the Saints 'Cor. •s. 2a, are a J!eep,yet are they verrually rifen already withChrift, becaufe he is their firil-fruits. let this ever be remembred,that Chrifi rofe again as the firft-fruits, as the fecO!ld man, as an head, as a commom perfon. 2. That Chrift rofe again by his own power, this he meant when he faid, deftroy thu Joh•1o19; Temple, and in thmd,rys I wilt raife it "P· He fauh not, deftroy you, and fome other Jllall raife it up; no, no; but I, even I my felf will do it ; yea, and I will do it by my own power and venue ; here's a plain argument of the divine nature of Chrift, for none ever did, ever could do that but God himfelf ; fome were raifed before Chrifl was incarnate, but not any by himfelf, or qy his own proper power. only a power was impaneJ to fome Prophet by God for tl~at time and turne, and fo they were raifed : but ChriH rofe again not by a power imparted ro fome, but by hiS own power. The Widows fon of Sarephtah was raifed by Eli.u, and the Shunamiw fon wa; raifed by Elifha, both thefe were raifed by others, and thofe others that ratfed them, did it not by their own power, but by a power given them from above, and therefore though in their life-time they raife<l-others, yet being dead they could not ratfe themfelves; but Jefus Chri!t did not only in his life-time raife others., but al_fo bemgdead, and laid in his grave, and pre!fed ·.vith flones, and watched by Sould~ers! and fought to be deteyned by all the power of darknefs, yer he as a Conqueror by Ius own power ratfed himfelf ; he eaufed all things by the firength of his own arme to gtve way unto lnmfdf, I have potver to ltt)'down my life, and I have potvtr total?! John. 10• '*· tt up agam; an equal power to take·it up, as to lay it down. But agamftthts lt may be objected, the Godof o11rfathers raifed up Jejiu,--who"' Ml.;. 30. Godhatb raifed ~tp, h,ving loo(ed the pains of dea1h. In many places the refurredion of A<i. •· '4• Clutrt IS afcnbed to lus father, how then is he faid to rai[e up himfelfby his own ' po,.vcr? I anfwe.r
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