458 Book IV. Chap 2. Set'r.4. SECT. V. Of believing in refw in tlw refpdJ. S. L Et us believe~~~ ?efiu as carrying on the great work of our falvation for us in his refurrecl:ton.. Tht; Is one main article of our faith, the third day he rofo again from the dead, and t!us now I propound ~s the object of our faith. 0 let us be. lieve it, let us belteve our part and imerefi in it. And to that purpofe let us look on Jefus a~ a common perfon; Wllatever confideration he paffed under, it was in our Jl:ead, and ttl t~at refpeCl: we are to reckon our felves as il1arers with him. Scrupulous fouls_ may object, u tt foffibi< that Chrij/ jiJotdd rife, andtb., I p,o,dd rife with him andm htm ? u tt poffible tha.t Chrijf jl101tld aye M. a co.,mon perfonfor my jim? and th.1t Chrifr Jho~<ld rife, and by hu refurreHron fhould bquj/ijicd M a common per[on in my room? 0 the myjfery of thts redemptwn! wuhom controvrrjie great i; tht myjle-;y of godlineji. which i• God manife{fed in thej/ejl,, jujfijied in the Spirit : it i; a myfiery beyond m)' fa1 Tim. l• , 6 thoming, that Chrij/, who i; God in the fle.fl,,jhould be jujiijie~in the Spirit for my jujlifi– catwn; that Chrijf jltollld dye m my fread as a condemned mall, and when he had finijiJed hu work, th~t he Jh•11ldrife agam m my fread a; a rightcow perfon. Theje paf!ages are paji fathoming, a•d beyond believing; 0 •vhat fha!l I do? I find it hard, very hard to believe thi& poynt. · Luk 24· >6. Scrupulous fouls ! throw nor away your confidence ; ought not Chrift to havefuffirrd thefe things, 11~d to enter into hisglorY. ? was ~or fatisfaction, and juftification, paymenr of debt, and dtfcharge ofbonds requtred of btm, and of neceffity for us ? 0 believe, and rbat I may perfwade to purpofe, I /hall lay down, I. Some directions, and, 2. Some encouragements of fairh. I. For directions of faith in reference to Chrifi's refurrection, obferve thefe particulars.-- r. Faith mufl directly go to Chrifi. 2. Faith muft go to Chrifi, as God in the flelh. 3. Faith mufi go ro Chrift, as God in the fle/h, made under the law. 4· Faith mull go to Chrill, not only as made under the directive part of melaw by his life, but under the penal part by his death ; of all thefe before. 5. Faith mull go to Chrill as God in the fleflt, made under the directive and penal part of the law, and as quickned by the Spiri~. He IVM put to death in the flefh (faith 1 Po•. f. IS, Peter) arul quick..ned by the Spirit. And accordtngly mull: be the method, and order of our faith ; after we have looked on Chrift as dead in the fleflt, we mufi go on ro fee l1im ' Cor. 1 5· 1 7 as quickned by the Spirit; if Chrifr wa; not ·raifed, or quickned ( fairh the Apofl:Je) yourfaith tvere in vain; q.d. to believe in Chrift as only in refpe<'t of his birth, life, dearh, and ro go no further, were but a vain faith; and therefore fl10re up·your faith to this pitch, that Chrifl: who dyed, i; ri(en from the dead; to this purpofe all the Sermons of the Apoilles reprefemed Chritl, not only as crucified, but as raifed; In that firft Sermon after the million of the holy Ghofl, ye have crucified Chrij/ ( faid Pe– ter to the Jews) and then it follows, whom God lrwhraifedup, having loafed the pains, All.>.q. '4· or chains ofdeath, becaufe it was not poffible that heJhould be hoiden ofit. ln that next Ser– mon Peter tells them again, ye have killed the Prince of life; and then it follow~, h<l. i· I). whom God hath raifed from the dead, whereoftve are wit~~ejfes. In rhe next Sermon after tlus be it k_notvn unto JOil all( faid Petter) and to all the people of Jfrael, that by th• name of Jt– fr.s Chrij/ of Naz.are~h, whom ye cruciji(IJ, and !"hom God raife.d from the dea.d,--u tbi; man whole. and m the next Sermonafrer thrs, the God of ottr Ft~rhers raifed~tp Jejiu, ,;a. 4· 1 o. whomye Jle 1 v and hanged on uree. And as thus he preached to the Jews, fo in rhis firll Sermon to the Gemi es, he tells them, we are tVJtneffis of all thmgs whtch Jefm d.d, botiJ Ill.>· i 0 • in the land of the Jews, and inJerufalem, >vhom they j!ero, and hanged on a tree; hi.m God raifed ~<pthethirdday andfhewed him openly. AndasthusPeter preached, fom th~t Mho. ·9o4c. firftSermon ofPaul a~ Antioch, he tells them of the Jews crucifying Jefus, and rhentt A!\.q. 3c. 'fellows, bmGod raifed him from the dead.--And M Concerning that he ,.aifedhw; up from the dtad; now no more to return to corruption, ~efoid on this wifo, I 1~i/l give )'OH Ver 34. 35. theJure mercits ofDavid, a!ld thou jhalt n•t fuffer th<ne holy one to fee cormptton. And af– rer this, Paul, as his manner was, wenr into the Synagogue ar Thefalo;~ica, and rilree Saulmh days reafoned with them out of the Scriptures, openi11g and a!ledgmg that
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