Sermon ll. Of the R E s u R R E c T 1 o N. 499 that arebegotten, are foro live; to have life: Vivam alfo imports,rher~is adead, or 3 ding hope: bur, rhis is nor fuch, b~t alrvmg. . . _ _ _ 'J Nay, Viva is more than VrvcnJ; lwety, rlllnllvzng. Where,P'tvaisf.~1 dof ouaht (as, of f!one, orwater) the meanmg Is,they f}rmg, theyg:row, they have life in cbe"mfelves. And, fuch ISthe Wa:er o[o11~ regeneratton: nor trom rhebrooks of Ternan (in lob vi.} char in Summer, will bedne; but the water of Jordan,~ runmng n- Iob6, 'H '"· ver: There, CH RI s T was Ium{elfebapttzed: there, Hebegan,and laid theSacra. ~llnh. 1 . 'l· rnent of our '1(5w btrth; to fiJc:w what the nature of the hopeIs,lt yeclds: evenvtva, with life in it. ' · . · . . . . And indeed Regeneravit is agood Verbe, to )Oyne Withhope. There •s,mhope; a kind of regendring power: It begmmcn(asitwerc)anew. And, Vivaisagood Epithetefor ir. When one droopes,give himHope,hisJPirits will come to him afi·efh ; _ it wil! make himaliveagame,that was halfe dead. As I acob, when he was put mhope to fee Iojt:ph alive,it is faid, RevixitJPiritru IReob, hisj}irit revivedin him: he fl1ew- Gen.if·•t: ed, Spes was viva,hopewas ~reviver. . _ _ _ Never fo well feene(this) as this day, 111 them, that wenttoEm1nau;-: W1thcold hmfs ; coldand deAd (Godwore)till theyheardthe Scriptr<m openedto this point: and rhen, Did we not (faid they) [eeleo11r hearts warme(nayhot) rvithinru? Such avi- Luk.~H~; tall beat, they found, and felt, came from this hope. For(tofay truth) what is it, togive life,co rhem that have it already; dumJPiro, thatarcaliv~, that can fetch their breath~ it is not worthy (that) tobecalledSpa viva: Spesviva(indeed)is, that, which whenbre.th, and life, andallfaile, failes nor : that, that then puts life into us, dum expiro, when life is going away: that when this life wemufl foregoe, bids, let it goe; when that is gone, fhewes us hopeof another. This is Viva indeed. Nay, this is rita; for:hchope of that life Immortal!, is the very life of this life <.Mort~!/. And, for fuch ahope, BencdiCl& Deus, B!ejfedbee Goo. And, whence bath it rhis~i e? The next word fl1ewesit; vivam,per RefrtrreClio- R' Pivam,_P., ' . • , . . t{NTrt£fiOiUr!$ nem. Therzvenejfe(as I may ay) thevtvacttte, thevtgortt bath, from CH 1t I s T I<f•!ihrir/i. rijing, and by Bisrifing, opening t~ ruthegateof lifeatlarge. What life? Any life.? ' · this life l No : vivam, per refurreClionem. Not this (here) falfi fect~li vita(as even the Heathen man called it;) but, the other,lchelife by therefurrec1ion, the tme life mdeed. Not to live here fiill, as wee doe:_ Bur, to rifeagaincand live, as CH "' ' • r (rh1s Day) d1d. That fo, wee m1fiake not the life, and take the wrong for the right. For, fo !hall wee mifiake, in our hopealfo,as commonly wee doe. For, !hall we doe hope nowrong~ The truth is Hope hearesevill without acaufe, The fault is nor hope's, the fault is ourowne; we put it where we fl10uldnot,an1I then by the blame uponhope; where wee fhould blame o11r {elves, for wrong puttino- it, For, Ifyeeputitnotrighr, ;hisisagenerallrule: Asisrhat, wee hope in; fois~ur hope. 'Tee leane m areed (faith Efay.) bYe take holdby acobweb, (lob.) c Yecatch at a a ECa.~6.5. fh•d•w, (faith the Wife man.) And can itbeethen, butthishopcmufideceive bfobB.••· you~ • Bccl.lf·•· We forthe mofi parr, put it wrong: for we pur itin them, that live this tranlitory ' ~enflung Life; we pur it in them, that mufi die,and then muit our hopedie with them, (rfo prove a dyrng hope. LMt{erable u that man, that among the dead a his hope Sap.• po. • :~th~he Wi{eman,) ThePfalmebefi exl'rdfeth it : 011r hope i; in the Sonnes of men; pr,;,, 1 o.i. I' 1 ey ltve by breath, and when that IS gone, they t11rne to dnfl · and then, rhere ;,;;e•;r hope in the dt~ff. For, how can (ever) a dying objea yeddaJiving -l~' put i:inonethat dies nor, that !hallnever die, and then it will be spes viva; m.~' ·d No reed, nocobweb-hope then· but helmet anchor-hooe • ho'!c, thatwiUnever co?J 1 oun you. ::~ } I ~ And who is thar, or where is He, that we might hopein Him i' That is I • • u s CH!liSl'U£_
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