P...... { OftheR&sURRECTION. SermonS. to keep dme with CH R t s T: torife with Hi111, thiS day,who this day dii;;j;:r fo it maybeeEafter-day with us, as it was withllim: thefame, thatwasthedJtf Hif, bealfo theday of our riftng. 0 Thus then it lieth: C a R t s T iJ rifm; And,if C a R I s 'i' ,thenWe. Ifwe fo he,then weJeeke: and that we cannot,unleffe we [et our mmds. To{et our minds then On \vhat 1 Onthingu:Gove. WhichAbove r Not on earth (fo is the Texr) bur wher; chrijl is. And why there~ Becaufe,where He is; there are the things, we feeke for and herecannot finde. There, He isfitting; So, at rell: : And AI theright hand. fo i~ glorie: Gods right hJnd,and Co, for ewr. Tpefewe feeke; rejl, in etern•llglorie.' Th~fe CH R r s T hath found: and fo !hall we, tf we make this our Agendum; begin-this; day; tofetour minds, to fedrchafter thein. ' _. Becaufe it istotheCo!ofians, ~heColojJtM, orcapitall point of all; is, Torife wsth CH R 1sT 1 That tsthemamepomt. And, tfyouwoulddoearightE4er– Jayes worke, doe th2t. It is the way toentitleustothetrueholdingof theFe4j/, That fo we may, thefe twooperapa[chaltaare cornmended to us. Things aGove, ' to !flake themoi;rflar,·h, >to.ft~e o11r mmds on them. Thefe_tw.o we read,qu£rite ,f apitr, 1n the Imperative: 'Y~ may,m the iNdtcattve, as well :z'""':' IS qu.tr:r~,as well as 1.,. rite; and , 6 ,;;,.fapzta, as well asfaptte. If ye read them tmperatwe, thus : thisyee are to doe, to{eeke, to (et your.tninds; then be they inpr£Cepto?andper '?'odum officii, by way ofprecept, and mnature of aduty. If you read themmdzcatzve,thus: If 1,. 6eri(en, thm yo~> doefeeke, and[et yo11r minds; then,they be in elencho,andper modum ftgni, by way of trial/, and in natureofajigne. Both well; andagoodufeot both. " 'l'heDhlifjow; The pdrtl lye -thus: Two t~ings are fuppofed : Two other inferred: Add:i - I thirdTwo, weare referred to, orgtvenhol'eof. T_he Twofi•pp{ed,rhefe ; • chrifl is- % rifen, •andWewzthchrijl: If yeberiflnwtth chrifl. TheTwomferml thefe: Ifri· I I 3 fen, then1 to fleke; •then tofet o11rminds aGove; on things there, where c'H a 1 , r 1;} 4 The two he referreth to, or giveth hope of, Rejl with Him inglory. ' Reft, to fit: Ill •Glorie,attJ:\eright hand•. And Go o maketh up all (the perfeCl:numberoffeven1) 6 For, eternal/is there#,andeiernallthe Glorie, that is at His right hand. · ' Thefe we heard of at His Birth, intheEpiflle then. This weheareof auainear· Hebr.?. Uis Riftng, or fecond Birth, from thegrave, in theEpiflle,now. This wee fl1afi heare :!\'!·!·!!, of againe ar HisAfcen.fton too. This isremembred inall, as the fruit ofall; at every Feafl,fet before us,asourhope, andall wefee!ce,,TQ.fit wtth Chrijl, at~~erighthand of ~Oi>~ I. Thetwof•P· ID./ilionr. I (;orlflsrifi•g. I F re he rifen. 'rhisfeemethfrim3 facietobebuta.ftngleSuppolition: but being welllookedinto,refolvesintotwori{ings: 'CH RI s r sand •Ot~YI:'Iie,and 'hie with Him. Ofwhich, the firll: (Chrijlt) doth immutabiliterfupponere; His, need> no If. It is not, If Chrift be :but, If we, >vith Chrijl. For,Chrifl t5 cerrainely. Three hundred yeares theWorldoppo[edit : thirteenehundred (ever fince) the World hatlt fsppofldit. And fo let us : and fo paffe to Otlr owne, and begin every yeare, to lay our grounds adew- every Ea11et, tobe te~chitig ourrudimems over agaiae. '· • ~· - There
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