;;tl,ostt (the body.) And fo is the met!~ ode of Phyftcke, firll to cure the . - caufe, and thenthedifeafe. Now the <;aufe (or as the Apoftle callethit) ,coras·5~ r/,e fling ofdeath is Jinne. Therefore fidl: to remove finne, and thendeatfj afterwards. For, the cure of finne being performed, the other will foi. low ofl-iis dwnc accord. As Saint Iolm tellech us, He that l1at/, l3upart i 11 the first refurr~Elion, fball hot faile ofit in theJecorid. The firft refurreEti. o11 then from jiiJIIe,is it which our Sa)liour Chrift here goeth about,where• • to there is no leffe power required-chan a divine_power. For looke what power is neceffary.to raifecbedead bodyout ofthe dufl; the very fame every way, is requifite to raife the dead (oule out offin ne. Forwhich caufe, che IJ?.!mi[Sion of fimzes is an Article offait/,, no leffe than theY\.efurreElion ofche body. For,inverydeed,arefurreElionicis, and foit is termed, no Jefle than chat. . To thefervice and ltiinHl:ery ofwhith divine worke; acoimniflion Is here granted ro the Aportles. And fidl, they have here their fending from GoD the Father; their i-n(piringfrom Goo the Holy Ghoft; _ rheir com– mifsion from Goo the Sonne : that being thus fent fr?i:n the Father, by the power of the Holy Ghoft,in the perfon ofC!Jrift, they may perfodne , . the Office, or (asche ApoStle calleth it) the Embajfage of.rec~nciling finners • Ct>F.P.9~ unto Go o, to which they are appointed~ And fo much for the Summe and dependance of this Se~ ipture. ---- -· --J The points or rpedall obfervarion a·~e chree :rr· 1: Firil, the rPoiiier ~·~i!i~~ that is grantt;d. 2. The Matter or SubjeEl, whereonthe poweris tobe _ exercifed. 3· TbePromifecfratifYing the ex~rcife,ofthat power. · Thepowerit felfe; in which cornmeth firfh!J be entreated.. I. What t.' is meant by remitti11g and retainjng. 2. After in generall, chat there is a.· power to remit a11d retaine: but fir!ho renzit, and after to retaine. , 3· Then in p<).rticular, ofchat power as it is let do\vne in both words, IJ.\.emiferlti-1 and !J?... emittuntur. - J · The Matter or fbbjeCl::which is alfot\VO \Vayes i:o Beconfidered; ei;; h; ther as it i.; finne i9 it felfe, which is the matter atlarge; oras itis the .qll of fome perfons (for it i~ not q11.epeccata,but quorum) which is the ini.me~. ' diate or proper matter of this p9wer. . . The ratifYing or promife~f concurrence; to affure the torifcience of tit I! the finner of the certainty and .efficacie of the Churches aCl:, that what rhe.Apoftles doe inth~perfon of Chri.ft, by the,iqll:inCl: of the Holy Ghoft, He~hat fen~ them,will ~ertainly make good and effectual! frQ~ heaven~ And ofthefe three in order. -
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