500 Of the RE suR REcTI oN. Sermon 11 , C HR I s r us ;pes nDftra, I • sus CH R I s r, o11r hope : fo calls Him St. Paul Tim.I.I.) Such fhall their hopebe, that have CH lt Is r fortheir hope. (l Yet, notCH RI s 1:_ everywayc6nfidered; not,as yefierday,inthegrave-nor · as the day before, giving ttp the Gh<?ft upon the Croffe : deadand buried yeeldsbu; -de~dhope. But, in I • sus CH R1 s r us hodie, I • sus CH lt Is r today that is, CH R 1 s r us rc{11-rgem, CH R I s r rijing agAine; C Hll I s T not no 1; at;. 'Ving [oule, but aquickningjjirit. , · In CH RI s.r s life then: But, notinHismorta!llife. They;thatfohopedia Him, toEmmau< they went,this day, with 1-{p_s autemJPera6amu<, wedidhope,. Did l.uk.t4.>~. while He was .iUve;but,now,now He isdwl,no moreb~enow· And,for !'Wo daies' as Bee was, fo was their hope;'dead; andbrtried : and if Hec had rifenno more had l:>e~ne quitedeadfor ever. But,this day, He revivedandrofe againe :Sodid thei(hope too. To this '!ifewe2reregenerate, by the re{urreEiionof Chrift-' l\ight. As to dea1q generate, by the fall of thajirftv1dam : So, to life regenerate, ~Y the rijing agaimof Chrift, the (econd. _ _ , . And, rheferwo, Refitrreeliotl, :md regenerationmatch well. TheRegenerationof . i:he fJIIle, is theftrft Reforreaion. And, the Ref•rreEii~n ofthe bodie, is the lafi R~eneMmh,,9, ;.s. ration. Sodothour S AV.I OUR~!'! R 1 s r tertne ,lt(Mat:I9-)Intheregentr.tim, when the Son of Man jhallfit,thaus,atthegme~allrefurrefiton. SowasH~owne· His refi~rrefiion, His regenm,tion. ,This day have I begotten thee (the verfeof th; W>l.>-7· Pfolme) the v1poflle applies to. chrifls (t~rna!!generatim (Heb.l.).) But,fodoth hee, ~o his Re[urreai~" al[o (v1 a. '3.33·) For, •then waschrift Himfelfe regenerate (as it were) begotten in a fort anew, and brought fQrth out of thegrave, as out of the -wombe, the very ivombe, \vherein Hee wasborne to theimm~rtaH, that is, to the true life. , .... ByHisre{i1rreCiion: and if yeaske how, E(aytells us 1 Theregoerh fromHim~ i(a.•6·'9; [~<rreaion an influence, which fhall have an operation like that of the dewof the [jJting;which when He will let fall,the earthjha!lyeeldher dud,as at the falling ofthe dew,the berbesnow rife,and fho<;>t forthag~iae• .Which termet~ereforc[of regeM– ratmg] was well chofen, as fimng well,wtth Hisrijing,and the rlffieof ir. The time Luk., 1 : 1 • (I [ay) of theyeare,of theweeke, and(if ye will)of the day t<io. For, Herofe in the dawning : then is theday-regenerate: and inprima Sabbati,that,thefirft begetti.~gofthe Weeke : And, in theJPring, when all that were winter-frerved)witheml, and dead, are, regenerate againe 1 andrifeup anew; - ' . . ,/, b<redir.- We paffc now to the Inheritance·; But,as we paffe, will ye obferve the liruation ttm. Toanin- firfi. It is well worth yourobferving, thattheEefurreOiBnisplacedinthemidft, htnr•n<t. betweene osr Hope, ~nd our Iwheritance. Tohopebefore it; before therefurreflian, hope -' Bur,after, ro the Inheritanceit [elfe, to _the full pojfef!imand fruition of Jt. So, from the fiate of hope, by therefnrrefiion (as by abridge) paffe we over, tothe.en– joying our Inheritance. And, that falls well with the fettjl, which is the feajl of the Pajfe-over. The re{itrreaion is fo, too; paffe wee doe, f-rom ;pes, to m. Sopajfed CHRIsT :So,wetopajfe. EverywordfrandsexaCllyinhisplaceand order. An InheritAnceaccords well withaecorJing toHif mereie. We have it no~of our [elves, or 1 by ourrmrits, bythe.-o•vofthem; but, ofHim,andbyHumercl(l, and the "'""of them: Elfe were it apurcha[e,andno Inheritance. It comes tous free· Iy; as the Inheritance, to children. . , Well, withMercie: and well, withRegeneravit. For, thcinheritanctisof cM· llrm, pertaines to theChildren, either of generation, byNature; or of Rege11e;atta", b~11 Grace.-_By the former, Hce is Pater Domi.ni 1JPftri; by the btcr,HeeJsfaleJ: ~~ ~
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