I.Loolting unto jlefn.s'. Book lV. '459 th.zt Chrift mufi needs fujfer and_rife from the d~~d.. Thi1 WlS the way of the Ayollles preaching; they told them an !HIIory (I fpeak 1t Wtth reverence.) of one 1efus c:hrifl, Alt. 17· 2. 3· th:It w.u the word ofGo4, and that W.s'IS become man, a~d. how he. ~as cntciftY:1. a_t Jeruf~- lem, Md how he was raifed from the J:ad; and all thts tn a plltn, fimple: fptttt~al way and manner; and while they were telhng thofe bleffed truths, the Spmt fell 'Upon the 1 eo· le, and they believed, and had faith wrought in them. ·.· Faith u not _wrought jO mu:h in the way of ratiocination, as by thefpirit of God, comittg upo1: the foulf' >IJf: people by the relation or t·cprefentation ofJe(us Chrijf to the foul. And this our ll.ord himfe'lfhints, as . Mo[es lifted ~<P the firpent in the wildemefs, even fo Ylm/1 the Son of. .man . be: lifted 11p, that whofoeve; bdieveth in himjhould not perijh, but haveeverlafting life. When the peo- ]oh. 3· '4· pie were fi ung, God fo ordered, that the very beholding of the brazen ferpem iJJOuld bring help (though we know not how) to thofe that were wounded and Ilung by thofe fiery ferpenrs ; fo.God bath ordained in his bleffed wifdom that the difcovery of Jefus Chrilt as crucified andraifed, as humbled and exalted, ll10uld be ameans offairh ; come then 'fer ~<'< before us, Chrifiraifed; nor only Chri!l: crucified, bur Chrilt raifed is the;bject of flith; andintharref~ectwemufi loo~"P t• 1efus . . . , 6 Faith in oomg wChnft as ratfed from the dead, or as qUickened by the Spmt, 1t is P':incipally,bond mainly .w look to the end, ~urpofc, inten:, and de?gn of Chrift in Jam. 2 ' ' 9 · his refurrect ion ; very devtls may be!Jeve the ht!lory ofChnft s refurrectJon, they believe and tremble . bur the S;~ims and people of GoJ are ro look at the meaning of Chrill:, why he rofe fro~ the dead; now the ends are eirher filpream, or fubordinate. I, The fuprcam end was God's glory, and that was the meaning of Chrifi's prayer, F_ather, the hour Joh. ' 7· '· i; come, gloryfte thy S•n, that thy Son alfo may glorifie rh" ; wtth whrch ~grees the Rom .. 6. 4 . Apofile, herojeagainfro~lthe dead to theglory ofthe EMber. 2. The fubordtnate ends were many ; As •. 1. That he might tread onthe ferpems.head .. 2. That he might defrroy the works of the Devtl. 3·. Ttlat be mtght be the firft-frmts of them that lleep, 4 , That he might affllre our _fatth t~at be rs the Word, and thathe ts abl.e t? keep that which we have comnutted to htm agamfi that day. 5, r bat he m•ghr be JUfttfied m the Spirit ; as he was begotten in_the womb by tl~e Spirit ; led up and dow~ in the Spirit, offered up by the eternal Spll'lt, fo he was ratfed from the dead by the Sptrit, and juftified in the Spirit ar his refurrection. Chrift \\'as under the greatelhttainderrhat ever man was, he !lood publickly charged with the guilt ofa world offins, and ifhe had not been jullified by the Spirit, he had ttilllyen under, the blame of all, and had been liable to the execution of all ; and therefore he was ratfed up from the power ef death, that he might be declared a; a righteou, perfon. 6 .. That he might juflifie us in his juftification. when he was jufiified, all the Elect were virtuaUy and really jull:ilied in him. that act'of God which pafi on him, was drawn up in the name of all his Saints: a; wh~tever benefit or priviledge God mean[ for ~s, he firfi of all bellowed it on Chrill:; thus God meaning 10 fandifie u.,, he fanchfied Chrifi fir£1:, and God meaning to juftifif us, he jullifies Chrifi firfl; fo whatever benefit or priviledge he beftowed on Chrill:, he beftowed it not on him for himfelf, but as he was a common perfon, and one rerefeming us, thus Chril1 was fanctified inftead of us, for th!ir fakss I fan&ifie my fclf, that they alfo m•y be fan&ifted thr011gh thy truth; and thus Chrifi wa~ juflified infiead of us. for ar by the offence ofone, judgment cameupon all for condemnati•n, even jO by the righteoufnefs ofon' , the free giftcameon all men untojuftification. _ 7. That he might regenerate us, and beget us a new by his refurreCl:ion ; bleffid be J h rheGodand Father of our Lord Je[U< Chrift, which according to hu abrmdant mercy hath 0 " 17 ' ' 9 • begomn.t~< again - - by therefurre&ion of Je[UJ Chriflfrom the dead. And this he doth Rom. S· , 8 , r_wo wayes. 1, As our pattern, platform, Idea, or exemplar; li/is "' Chrift WtU raifed rromthe dead.--evm{owe al(o Jhouldwalk..in mwne[s oflife: and li/iswife r~ckgn ye alfo 1 Per. 1 , 3 , yourfclvts to be alive unto God thrcugh Jefm ChriftoJJr Lord. 2. As the effictent thereof, for rrhm we were dead in fin, hebath quic/isned m tognher with Chrift; andyea are rifen Rom. 6. '3· t~ithhim throughthefairh •f the operation of God, who hath raifed htm from the dead. 0 the power of Lhn!l s refurrection in this refpeCl:! if we faw a man raifed from the dead V . how lhould u:e admire at fuch a wondrous power ? but the rai(ing of one dea:l foul is; cr. "· greater work than to raife aChurch-yard of dead bodies. Eph. 2. S• 8. That he might fand ifie, us, which immediately follows after the other, ___ C.o!. 2 ·' 2 • butyeild)'O!lr[elves unto God M thofe that are alive from the dead, a~d your members tU inf/mmenrs ofrtghtcoJJfnefs unto CSod, In our rcgenerauon we are rtfcn with Chriit, and R In 6 1 , Bb b . . it 0 ' ' ,.
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