771. Book IV. Part+ Leoking ume 1eft~~. Chap.z.Sett.3 ~ Car.I) , H, zt. Luk. tO, 36, Htb,u. 35· l Cor. If. I z, 1),16,2o. to God, I mufllive the life ofgw:e, for Chrifl isriftn. To the filme purpofe he fpeaks before, lilze MChrifl wM raifedup from the dead by the glory of the Father, even fo wut!fo /hould walk._e in newmffe oflif e. Chrifl: rofc againe to a new life, and herein his refimeCl:ion differed from the refurreCl:ion of thofe others raifed by him, as of Laz,arvu, 'fainu daughter, the widow of N aims ~on, for ,they were a.ut raifed ~0 the fame life, ~hich formerly they ltved~ but Jefus Chnft was ratfed up to. a new ltfe ; and according to thts exemplar we iliould now walk m newneife of hfe . this is the end ofChrifl:s refurreCl:ion, that we iliould be new cr;atures of new lives, new principles, new converfations: herofe again~ for our fanCl:ification. ·3. He rofe againe for our refurrretion to eternal life , Chrift is beth the patterne, and pledge, and caule ofthe refurreCl:ion of our bodyes; for Jince by mancame death, by man came alfo the refurre[fion of the dead: forM in Adam 11/l dye, even fo in Chrifl foal! all be made alive. There is a vertue flowing from Chrift to his Saints, bywhich ~hey ilia !I be raifed up at the latter day; as · there is a vertue flowtng from the bead to the members, or from the roote to the branches, {o thofe that are Chrifis iliall be raifed up by Chrift. Not but that all the wiCked in the world iliall be raifed againe by the power ofChrifl as he is a Judge, for all that are in theguwes foal! her~re his voyce, and they [hall come forth, yet with this difference, they that h11 ve done good unto the re[urre[/io;Jof life' ttn~ they that have d?ne evil unto the refurrertion of dam,wion. :tn thts refpect the Satnts iliall have a peculiar refurreCl:ion; and therefore they are called t he children of therefurrection, becaufe they fhall obtt~ ine a bet ter ref urreAion, as the Apoll:le calls it. And is not Chrifis refimcchon defit eable in this very ref peel: ? if we iliould th ink, Lhefe bod yes of ours being dufr, mufl: never returne from _rheir dulls, it mi bt difcourage; but here is our hope, Chrdl: 1s r1 fen, and there, ore we mufl: riie . it is the Apofl:les own argumel'lt againft thofe that held, tber; '/J'M norefurrfAion ofrhe dead, why, faith the Apofile, ifthere be. no rejt.rreCfion of the de lid, then u mt Chrifl rifen.·- lf the dwl. rife not, then is- not Chrifl raifed.---But now is Chrifl rifen from the dead, and become the firfl-fruits of them thfl t fleep: he argues plainly that Chrifis refurreCl:ion i.s the principal efficient caufe of the refurrectionof tbe ju.fl:; I am.theref;meCfiw, andthe life, · - :, · - faith
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