Book IV. SECT. IX. of conforming to ]cf«< in that refpefJ. 9· LEt u; conform to ]cfU< in refpeCl: of his refurreCl:i~n. - -- . In this particular I fbaU examme thefe ~ertes . I· Wherem we ~uft conform ? 2. How this conformtty ts wrought? 3. What are the means of thts conformity as on our partS? For the fir£1: wherein we mu£1: conform? I anfwer in a word, in our vivification. There is a refemblance of our vivification to Chrill:'s refurrection; and if we would know wherein the Analogy, or refemblance of our vivification to Chrifl:'s refurrecUon do'th more efpecially confifl; the Aportle's anfwer is very ~xprcfs, Lik! a; Chrijl W(" Rem. 6 4 • raifed up from the ,d;ad by the J!,lory of the Farher; eve':' fo .we alfo fhoutd walk.-"! newnefs of life. Chrtll: s refurreCl:ton was ro newnefs of bf~; lt.was a new !1fe, .a !1fe dtfferenr from that which he bved before, and fo ts our viVIfication a new life; lt 1s a life of a new principle ; of new aC\ings, of a new !late, of a new telation, of a new income, and of a new kind, or manner. . · t. It is a life of a new principle, before vivification our principle was the flelh, or world, or devil; In ti"'e paft ye walk!d according to the co11rje of this world, according Eph. •· ,; to the Prince of rhe power of the air'. the [pirit th~t now work_eth in the childrert of difob<- dicnce. bur now we have a new prmc1ple, a Sptnt of holmefs, or fanCl:ification, the Spirit 'of God ; even the fame fpirit which dwelt in rhe humane nature of Chrill:, and raifed him; If the Spirit of him that raifcd up 7e[U< from the dead dwell irt. you; it is Rom. 8. 11 :. an in-dwelling Spirit; even as the foul dwel.ls. to the body, fo doth the holy Gho£1: dwell in the foul of a regenerate perfon, antmaung, and aCl:uatmg, and enlivening it. This is the new pri~ciple that God put>in us after vivification. 2. It is a life of rJ:W aCl:ings. According to our principle, f0 be our aC\ings; They Rom. 8 , >· that are after the ~efh do mmd the thmgs of the jlejh, but. they tha~ are. of the Spirit, the. things of the Spir!t. If fome men hear of. a good barg~tn they mtnd tt, .rhey find their fouls going on wtth much aCl:lVIty, there IS fomethmg tn them proporuonable to that which i> propounded·; but if they hear of Divine love, and of the riches of Grace they find their foul> flat, unm?veable, and dead, they. mind ~o fuch things; now o~ the other fide, they that are v1v1fied, accordmg to rhetr pnnnplc, they pur forth their power more or lefs ; if they hear of rhe glorious things of the Gofpel, rhey find inward workings ( unlefs it be under a temptation) they find their fouls drawn out ro clofe with rhe goodnefs of the thing propounded : 'They mind the things of th& Spirit, ( i.) they mufe, and medttate, and tbmk on thefe thtngs; they affeCt them, and love them, and like them, they care for them, and fcek af;er them with might and main; 1 hey live in the Spirit, rhey w;!l• i11 the Spirit, .they arc led by the Spirit, they Jerve irt G1l. >· ,6.' newnefr of theSpirit. How mtght we try our vlvtficatlon even by thefe aCtings of our R<>m. 8. r,, 4 , principle within.?. what? do we mind the thin3s of the Spirit? do we find things Ro<Pq.6. heavenly and fptrnually to be fweet , and favoury , and bell plea!tng to us? i1 the Sabbath our delight ; do welong for it before it come ? do we rejoyce in it when it is come? do we confecrate tt as glario·u to the Lord? do we come ro the exercifes fa ss. 13. of Religion, whether publick or private, with much delight, and with chearfulnefs, as to afea(\? what is this but the life of God ? but if tltefe things be harlh and unpleafant, if the Sabbath be a burrhen, if holy exercifes be irkfome and tedious, if in pr,J. 4'· 4attending on the Word we are heavy and drou1.y, and we find no relifh, no fweer, no favou,· in rbe ointments of Chri!ls, no goings olli of the foul with an aCtivity to the things propounded, 0 then deceive not our felves, we have no good evidence of our vivification. 3· It is a life of a new ltate; before vivification we are in an unjufiified ell:are · fins are unpardoned, we are unreconciled ; .And fuch tvere fo"'e of you ( faid the Apollle to · hi'- Corint!;itmi). b1~t notl' Jt are wa(hed, now ye are fanCtifird~ now ye are juftifted in the 1 Cor. 6. Jl Name of the Lord JefU< Cl,.i{r, and by the Spirit of our God. This ju!lification denotes a !\are, and is univerfal and unalterable. I know Arminians deny fuch a !late, for as by their doctrine no man can be abfolurdy elected till he die, fo neither abfolurely , C c c . juflified;
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