790 Book. IV Part.4. LsoHng unto :Jefus. Rom. 6. +· ver. II, Eph. 1.~ . Col.t. 1 ~. Ro,n.6. 1 3· 7· That he might regenerate us, and beg~t us a new by his re. (urred:ion ; btlf[ed be the God and Father ofour Lord Jefm Chrift, which according to hu abundant mercy h>!th hegottcn m againeby the refurreCtio?J of{efm Chrift from the dMd. And this he doth two wayes. 1. As our panerne, platform~, Idea, or exemplar; lik! at Chrifl w.u rai{cd from the dead--· even fo we alfo jhou!d walk! in newnef{e oflife: and !ik!wife rcckg11 ye a!fo your [elves to be alive unto God throug/; [efus Chrift o~~r Lord. 2. As the efficient thereof,for when we were dead in fin, he hath quick:§ned m together rvith Chrift; andyea.<tre rifen with him through the faith of the operation ofGod, who hath raifed himfrom the dead. 0 the power of Chrifls reforred:ion in this refped:! if we faw a.man railed from the dead, how ibould we admire at fuch a wondrous _power ? but the railing ofone dead foul is a greater work than to raife a Church-yard of dead bodies. . 8. That he might fandifi.eus,which immediately follows after , ,the other,- bPtt yeeldyour fel?Yes unto God as thofe that are alive frcm the dead, andyour members M inflruments ofrighteoufnef[e fin~ to G~d. In our regeneration we are rifen with Chrii.l:, and it is -the Apoi.l:les argument, ifye then be rifen with Chrift, [eek., thofe things which .m above,--Jet your affeDions on things above, 11nd mt on thinxs on the earth: We ufually reckon two parts of fanCl:ification, 11i;,;,. rnortification,and vivification; now as the death ofChrifr hath the fpecial influence upon our mortification, fo the refurreCl:ion ofCh(iJ.l: hath the fpecial infltJence on our vivification; he hath quick._ned us rcgtther with Chrift, .ud hath raifrd tu up togaher with Ch,.ift. 0 my foul, look ro this maine defJgne of Cbrii.l: in his rifing againe; and ifth?u haft any f:~ith, 0 fer t~y faith on . work to draw this down mto thy foul. But here IS the quefl:ton, bow fhou!d I manage my faith? or how fhou!d I act my faith to draw down the vertue of Cbrii.l:s refurredion for my vivification? I anfwer, 1. ·Go to the wei t. head, look into the refurreCl:ion of Jelus Chrift. This one ad containes in it thefe particulars; As, r. That J mull go out ofmy felfe to fomething elfe; this is that check that !yes upon the work of grace, to keep om pride, that faith fees the whole good of the foul in a principle exttaneo!ff; even the fprings of I efus Chrift. Alas ! if this vivification were in
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