Sermon 18. Ofthe R Jt s u R R. E c T 1 o N. that we can delire or imagine., Vpoo earrh, there isno gr~atet_thing thana King- Luk.u.J•·· dime: and, 00 Ieffe than a ldngdome, -tt uHf'Fatherswtllto.dijjofeuntum• .But,a · [illgdome etema/1, allglomfl1andbt:ffed: farrcabove thefe here. . All this is a good hearing. Hitherto we -h_ave heard riothing, but pleafeth u~ II.' \vel!. God atpedce :'TheShepherdbrm•ghttodeath, that we nughrnot: and~rought Theoho·g rd ft md eath char we alfo miglube broughtfrom thence: :wd nor brPt<ght,and ldtto the bc dcnc hy_usi 0 ' . • db" h'h ·rd· H' llhcfillm-' wide world; bur further, to receJVetholegoo t mgsw -tc ar.ecompnte m ts ordomg. Tefla'l'ent. Thisisdone: do~eby Htmfurus. Now, tdthatwhtchtstobedone; to to be done by m. Nor,for Hnn: (I 010uld not doe well to fay f~) bur tndeed,forour felvu. For lo, for us, in the end, it will prove. Both what He dtd, and ;~h.lt wedoe ourfelves. · That, which, on our pm,theUfpoftli wiiherh us, is, that we may be fo happie; as that God would in effeCt doerhe fame for us, He did for Him: (rh.tr is) bringus backt; backe from ourftnfull cour[e of life, to a new, given tO cioe gooJ workes. The RefurreClion is here termed •··~y•y», abringing backe. So rh.!r, anybringing backeiromthe worfe ro the better, carrieth the Type, is akinde of a Rifutreaion', re. ferres to that of C H R , s T: whodied, and rofe, rhatft.~ne might die, and rhatgood worku might rife in us. Bdth the time, and theText lay upon us this duty,ro fee, if goodworl:es rharfeemerobe deAdandgon~, we can bring life eo rhem,and m"ke then:i eo rife ~gaine. · The rule of reafon is :rnumquodque propter operationem[uAm ; every rhing is, and bath his being,forrhe worke, ir ts ro doe. And, thefeate theworkes,which we were borne, and came into the world eodoe. The Apoj//efpeakes ir plainly: we were crea– ltd forgoodworkes, towalke in them (Ephefii.X.) And agome: Thar weewertredee– med, to be apeople t;atoujly given togood workes (Tit .ll,X/V.) So, they comedoub~y cornmended ro us,as rhe end of our Creatumand Redempti6n, both. ; . In this Text (wee fee) iris Gods will, it is Hisgaodpleafure, we doe them: if wee anything regard either His will, orpleA[ure. . In this Texr, rlteApgftleprayes, that we maybe madeperfeE!,in them. So, unper– feE! we are, without rhem : unperfetl wee, and.our jAtthboth. For, by worlw ts our fAith madeperftll (lam.ll. )even as Abr•hams f•ilh was. And,rhefaith,thar is with- l1m<s u£ our them, is not only rmperfetl,bur fiarkedead: {o as, that faith needs a RefurreE!ion, - -· tobe broughtftom the deadagJine. And,whatfoever become of rhe rell:,in this Tex.tit is,rhar He harh nor lefr rhem out, nor unremembred in His Tefiament. They are in it: :mddivers good legacies ro usfor them. Which, if we meane to be Legataries, we mull: have acare of. Filt, as Ht.s hloudferverh for the taking away of evtli workes ; So dorh H>s Teflamcnt,for rhe brmgmg againeofgood, And,asit is goodPhilofopbie: Vnumquodqriepropteroperatio– nem foam : So,this is fure; it is found Divinitie; rnufquifque recipiet fecundum opera· tronem fuam. At our comming backe from the d~ad (whence we :ll!OJallcome) IVe iliall be-d~fpofed of according to them : Receivewelhall, every man :1ccording to Matth,16. '7• !fu workes. And, when it comes rog6ing, they that have donegoodrvorkes !hall goe llltoeverlajling lift; and rhey (nor, that have done evil!, but rhey) rhar have not done good,iliall goe, you know,whirher. Ler no man deceivt: you: rhe Root of Immorta!i– ~,theCameisthe Root of rertue: Bur one,and rhe fame Root,borh. When all is faid, atcfanbe : Naturally, :,nd by very courfc of kinde,goodworkes (youfee) doe rifr pur o . CH ~ 1 s ... s Re[urreE!io11~ ft ·~·ke JIU pirfeE! (fo \Vet'eade it;) which lhewes Weare (as indeed weare)in K<7df7ic"'; h ate 0 tm;erfecrion, till wedoethem. Nay if thatb~all wewillne.:erll:ickefor fiT' 11 '"'t'P"~ t at Co¥nor- · .f. ' ' ' c fin ' · And th ~~""m tmperJ erlr~m noJ1rum, we yecld our Cdves for fucb 1 ror rmper e": Pf:ll..S!··h • ' at 15 well. B,lt, wee mult fo finde and ftele our impcrfeetwn, that :ts the Ggg 0tofllc
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