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fo;lf ir be nor crediblc
1
how is it credible,rhat the world could belecve it'! the world
(l fa )being neitheren)oyned by aurhomy,n01 forced by feare,nor mve1gled by al–
l .
y
ents. but brouohr about by pcrfons, by meanes leffe credrble, than the thing
it
[ef[;.'
Gat~aliel
[aid,Ifit be of
Go o,
it willprevaile.
And,rho~gh
we cannot
a.rgu~,
.
all chat bath prcvailcd,1s ofG o o :yet, rhus we can: That whrch hath been
m1~hn-
All. f ·l7•
1 ·
u<:rned
and weakely purfued, and yet prevailed, that was ofG o o
cerra~nly
•
.{;~;~hich ~11
the Powers ofthe earth foughr, bur could not prevaileagainft, was
fi·om Heaven certainly•. Certamly, CH
R
r s
Tu
rifen:
for?ma~y.have
nfen,and
life up themfelvesaga1nllrt,but all are
fa~len.
But the Apsjl/cfarth, rt rsa
foundatton
s
that he will
nor/ay
tt agame
;
No more will we, but goeforward, and ralfc upon rt <
And fo ler us doe.
.
c
H A I
s
T
is,
rifm:
Suppofe, He be: what then
~
Though C H
R I
s
T
s
rifing:
did no way concerne us, or we that ; yet ' firft, in that a
0l1an,
one of
ou~·
owne
fle0
1
and bloud hath gonen fuch a victory, even for
humamttes
fake : ' Then, m that,
onethat is
innocent,
bath quit Himfelfe fowell,for
innocepcies
fake:
l
Thirdly,inthat
Heharh
fPiltda common enem1, foumities
fake:
_4
La!Hy, in that He bath wiped away ·
the
ignominie
of His
fall,
w1th the
glory
of H,s
riflng agame, forverttte
and
vatours
fake: for all thefe, we have cau[e to rejoyce with Him. All are matter
ofgra~
tulation.
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)'
the
ApoJileisabout
a furt-her matter : that
Text
(thn.Angels
Text} he f:tw;
n;.
,
wrne,furrherrhan I havefa1d. Well may we congratulate Him,
The Apofi111
all: bur, otherwile it pertainestous, C H·l\
Is
r
it
rifm.
The
.ApoHt.
~?J'~'!'s-r,
rh,erefnre PrltPir<further,telling us, That CH
RI
s
T
d1d rhus
rife,
not as CH
RI sT
•nht fir{l
CH
R 1sT
t+eftrjl fruits.
CH
R l
s
T
:Jrifen,andinriling,bccomethc
fr•m,
: rifm,and fori(m:
that
is(ro
fpeake after
the manner of
men)thatthere is in
HR r s r a double capacity•• one,asabodynaturall,conlideredby Himfelfe,with-
our any relative refpect unto us, or ro-any: <In which regard, well may we be gla-d,as
one llranger is for another, but otherwife His
rifing
concernes us noi at all.) • Then,
He harh a fecond, as a
6ody Politike,
or
chief~
part ofa Company or'Corporati–
on,that have to Him, and He to them, a mutuall and reciprocal! reference: In which
re!peer, His
reft~rreaion
may concerne us,no leffe than Himfelfe:It is that, He giveth
usthefirft Itnnof,in thewordPrimiti.<; thatCH
1\
I
s r in His
rifing,
commeth not
to
be conlidered as a
Totumintegrale,
or body nawrall alone; as C H
1\
1
s
T ,
onely :
bur(that which makerh for us) Hebath bclides anorher capacity,that He is a part of
acorporation,
or body, ofwhich body we are the
members.
This being wonne; looke
what He hath futfered or done, it pemineth to us, and we have our part in it.
:
You !hall finde (and, ever when you 6ndefuch wordsmakemuchofrhem)
Ms,mlf
C"
RI
s
r called
a'
Head ;aHead
is a part: CH
11 Is
T
called
ab
Root,aRootisapart:
tbtwbolt.
,
and here CH
R
I s
T
called
ftrjl fruits,
which(we all know)is bur a part ofthe
fruits
:cphcf.
H~·
burahandfull ofa
heape,~r
a fheafe; and referreth
to
the reft ofthe(ruitJ,as a
part,t~
ilpo,.u.• ·•
the
••hole.
So that,there
IS(m
the
Apojlles
conmpt)one
m4Jfe
or heape of all mankind:
ofwh1ch,
~HR
Is
T
is the.fir.fl
fruits;
we, the remainder. So as, by the I..aw ofthe
body,all Hrsconcerneus no leffe; than they doe Him: whatfoever He did He did to
ou~b~toofe.
Die
Hc,or
rift;
we h:LVe our part, in His
deAth
,and in His
Re{urrellio»,
anAa
:why~
becaufe He is but the
ftrft fruits.
.
p
.
nd~
•f
Hewere but
Primm,
and not
Primiti.t dormie11tium,
there were hope.
P
or.
h ""'"' 15 an
ordinal/ number,
and draweth after a
f'econd
a
third
and Go o knoweth
ow many B
r
h
. '
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'
n
ifl
h.
ur,• mt at word,tberc be anyfcruple.(as,fometime it
is,v!ntequem
rh~;
fl,rfiat er,thanpojl
quemefo
alius)ifno more come but one: all the worldknowes,
·
hoeJ"
'"'
1 "
5 but apan of the
fruiu:
th~re
arc
fruits
bdidc
rhem,no man knowetb.
wmany.
,