~-8.-----Q~f~th~e~R~E-S_U __ R_R __ E_C_T __ IO __ N_:~------~--~57-9- . -- rt[llrreE/ion. Good.friday is forSin: Eafferforgoodworkes. Good-friday,tobringSin codtath: Eaffer, to bnnggoodwilrkes fwm_thede~d. And we,rhat weredeadbefore rogood rvorkes, _by occafion oftlus; torevzveagatne to thedomgofthem: And not (as the mannens wtth us)Stn to h<vc anEafler,to rife,and!tve ag11tne; andgoodworke$ tO becrucijied,he deAd, and have no refurrec1ton. Forthe Partition. 1'1vo vcrfesthere are, and two Parts accordingly. • The Pre. Tb 3. " . mijfes,and 'the Seqt~e!e, ThePremiffis.are Goo; and theSeqt~ele,Good-workes. The •DwifDW. formerverfe is nothmg but Go o,. wuh Htsfiyleor alidttiOI1 : TheGo o ofpeace; who hath bmght agaim,&c. The latteris all forgoedworkes,Make~Mperfdl,&c. We may confider them thus. 0 f the two; 1 0 nea thmgdone for ru, mthe former verfe• ..• Theoth::ra thing to be done by us, in thelatterver(c. Thebringing back CHars~, rhebemift done us by Go o: The applying good workes, our d11ty to be done toHim· for it. · The thin a doneis an ace (that is) abringing backe. Which ace is but one, but im: piyeth another precedentnece!farily. For,d'"l":l"'' (which is abringingbacke) im· plyeth ""''~',(which is abringing thither.) To this Ace there is a concurrenceoftwoAgents. 'One,the Panie,that bro11ght: >The other, the Partie that if brought, The Pmy that br~t~ght is C6d; underrhe name ortitlc of the Godo(peace. The Pany,that"'"' brMght,is Chrzft; fet forth here undertheMetaphore ofashephe4rd, thegreatShepheard ofthe Sheepe. The G o D of prace did 6ril<g agatne this shepheard; from whence ? and how? 13 Fromwhence? From the dead. Then, among thedw{ He was, lirfr. Firfi,brought thither:~ How from thence~ .by what meanesUiy the 6/oudufaTeftament evertafting; All which is nothing elfe, but the Jl.efurreflt~n of C H11 1 s T extended at large ·throughall thefe points. The thing to bee done. ·That Go o would {o l>lejfe them, As to make them ·' s Firfr,fittodoe; •and thentodoegoodworkes. 1 Fit to doe,inthe word ~7•MC"'· To do~ Wherein we confider two things : 1 thedoing,Towh1~hdoing there is a concurrence oftwoAgmts, '"'"""'C"'"""''whatweto doe: •And"",;-'·"""''' what He to doe. ~ And then the worke it fdfe expre!fed in two words, 1 i7£Mf"', and > w<i'p<rov: e,''"~<• (that is) His Will: wip«" that which is welipleafingin His fight. Thefe two behol– denfortwo degrees: and thelatter ofthetwaine to have the more in it. · And latl ofall, the s equefe. Where_is to be lhewed, how thefe two hang togel I ~ · ther·,andfoliowoneupontheother. Futl,theGo o ofpeace; and the 6ringingof CH 11 1 s 'I' fmn death. Then how the bringing of Chrift from deathconcernes our bringing forthgoodworkes. Which being lhewed; whatrh.is Feall: ofEafferhath to doe withgoodworkes, will fall in of it felfe. That withChrift now rijing,they alfo lhould nowrife:· They are thought as good as dead.;that ~here maybeaJl.e{umflion. ofthem, at c_hrifts ll.e[ll~~e(£!~'!~ · · Fff 4
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