------------------~/ Ch:~p.r .Sect. 2. Leoking unto re{ut. I3ook.IV.Part+ 697 greater lullre than before; that Sampfon took the gates of the City, and carryed them away; He rofe even upon that account. · ' ). That he might become the fidf·fruits cf them that Jlept. 1 Cer. 15 . 1o, Chril.l: is called the firft-fruits in a doublerefpect, I. In refpect .of the day .~hereo~ he rofe; p,IU/ was an excellen~ cri~ick, the very feafr carried htm to the word; as the day of hts paffion was the day of the Pa!feover, and the Apofile thenceco~ld fay, Cbrift . jj our Paj[eover; I Cor.I5·7· So the day ofChnfis rtfingwas 1 Cor.~.,.. the day of the firfr.fruits, and the Apofile thence could fa.y,Chrift u our jirft-fruits. Concerning t~is feafr of tht} firfr-_fruits we 1 Cor. 15 ,1 (); reade.iev.22.IO,II. It was thetrfirfr harvefr ofthc:tr bafe(l: Levic,u.Jo 1tt. graine barley, ~ut the full harve~ of t~eir heft graine, ofwheate, was not till Pentecoft. Now upon thts day, the morrow after the Sabbath, the beginning of their firft harvefr, when the iheafe of their fir£1:-fruits was brought unto the Prie£1:, and waved 9efore the Lord, Chri£1: arofe from the dead, and in this refpect Paul calls him thejirft-fruitsof them'that Jltepe, ofall the Saints. 1 Cor.I~ 1\i He rofe firft as on this day, for the: fulll~arveft is not till doomes- ' day ,the general refurreCl:ion-day. z. He is called the firft-fruits in refpetl: of them whom he ther.eby fanCl:ified : for as an hand· ful of the firft fruits fanCl:ified the whole field of corne that was growing; fo Jefus Chrift the firfr.fruits ofthe dead, f~nCl:ifies all thofe who are lying in the grave to rife agaipe by his power, even when they are in the dLJ£1: of death. 1fChrift be not rifen, , (faith the Apofile) ye arfpt in your fins. --But now u Chrift 1 Cor. 1 :· 17-1 rifen from the de.rd, and become the jir.ft-fruits of them that .o. ' Jleep.. ' 6. That being formerly abafed as a fervant, and crucifi~d as a finner, he might thus be declared to be the Son of God , and ex:l.l~ed to be a Prince and Saviour ofmen, and fo his Name might be glorified of all the world. He was made of the feede of David Rom,J;,3,+ accwdi,.g ro the (lefh, and declared t~ be the Son ofGod with power accordin_R to the Spirit ofholimf[e, bJ the refurrettion from the dead. It wa~ ofneceffary confcquence, that he"that was fo humbled, muft be thus exalted ; therefore will l divide him a portion with the gmtt, and he foal/ divide the fP9ile with the ftrong, becau(e he hath Ifa.H.U. poured &Ut hu (oul unto death, agreeable to which is that ofChril.l:, , thus it u written, and thm it behooved Chrift to fr4fer, and fG rife Lukt~4• 46. V 11 u 11 · from
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