678 Book IV. Part.3 . Lo~king unto 1-efus. Chap.J .Sect. 9 Rom.6 .!. l )hil.3,10, f2.!!.,efl . Col.3-5. Gll.$.Z4. Anfw. Rolll.S,I]. ours; Chrift dyed as a fervant, .to note that fin lhould not rule or reigne over us; Chrift dyed as a curfe, to note that we fuould look upon finne as a cur fed thing; Chrift was faft nayled on the croffe1 to note, that we iliould put fin out of eafe, yea crucifie the whole body of fin: Chrift dyed not prefently, yet there be hung till · be dyed, . to note that we iliould never give 0 _ y~r fubduing finne 1 while it hath any life 1 or working Ill U$. . 3. It is an efficient caufe,' it works this conformity by a fecret vertuc ilfuing from it. Thus Chriftians are faid to be engraffed with C:hrift in th: lif<!nejfe ofhis death. The word or~ouJ({.ttm, is of a paffive fignification, importing not only a being like, but a being made like, and that by a power and vertue out ofour fdves, fo the Apoftle elfewhere interprets, thAt I may i0ow him.- e~nd the fellowjbip ofhis f ufferings being made conformable unto his de~tth.. No.t conforming my felfe, but being made conformable, by a power out of my felfe. . But how then is tl1e power of mortification attri&u~ed to men? as, mortijie ye your members which are upon the earth.--·And they which are Chrifts have crucified the jl.tjb. I anfwer, there is a twofold mortification, the one habitual the oth~:r practical ; the former confifts in a change of the be~rt, turning the bent arrd inclinati@n of the heart from all manner of fin, now this is the only and immediate work ofthe Spirit of grace, breathing and working where it will; the latter confifts in the exercife or putting forth of that inward grace, in the acting of that principle in reflfting temptations, in fuppreffing inordinate lufts, in watching againft finful and inordinate aCI:s; now this is the work of a regenerate perfon, himfelfe cooperating with the Spirit ofGod, as a rational inflrument with the principal agent ; and therefore the Apoftle joynes both together, if ye t hrough the fpirit domortijie the deeds of the body ye foal/ live. · 4· It is an impell ing or a moving caufe, as all objeds are; for objects have an attratlive power. /Iehan faw the wedge of gold, and then coveted it, David faw Berhfoebah, and then defired her. As the brazen ferpent d1d.heale tbofe who were bit· ten by the fiery ferpent, tanquam objeClumfidei , meerly by being looked upon~ .fo Chrifr crucified doth heale fin, beget grace, · · encourage \
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