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Sermon
2.
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ofthe change wrought in our nature;
that_fea~
ofjir.ft fruits,
bl:' CH
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1
s
-r
ottr
frfi
ji
its
Neither pcnlh ·neJther that, wh1ch ts fowen, though It rot : nor they that
~:
,
~hough
they lye a;dead,forthe time. Both, that lhall fpring, and thefe
.•~ake,
wdt
againe. Therefore,as men
fow
not grudgmgly: nor
lye do•vne
at mght unwilling–
! .
no moremufl
we
:
feeing, by venueofthls
FeAft,
we are now
Dormientts,
not
~o:tui
:
now, notas
(/Mes,
but as
fruits
ofthe earth : where<;>f, one hath an
annuatl,
the other, a
dilf!'na/1refttrreflion.
This, for
thejirjifrusts,and
the change by them
wrought.
399
There is aaood
analogic
or correfpondence, betweene thefe, it carinot be denied.
lit
To this quefli'on,Can one mans refurrection worke upon all the reft
~
it is a good an-
The
t"•nd
'!!
fwer, Why notaswellasone lheafe, uponthewholeharveft
~
ThisSimileferves
0 "'""'''
well
tojhew
it: iolhew, but not prove.
Symholi,;a/i Divinity
is good: but,mightwe
fee it in the
rationali,too~:We
may fee it in the caufe,no le!fe : in the fubftance,a11d let;
thecetemony goe. This,
I
call the
Ground
ofour
hope.
·
.
Why
(faith the
ApoHle)
lhouldthis?fthe
firft.frsits
feeme firallgeto
you~
that hy
one mans
refumfl•sn,
we lhould
rife all,
feemg by one mans
death
we
die all? By
one man
(faith he,
Rom.
5.11.)
ftnne entredinto
thew~rld,
andbyfinne, death:
to'
which finne we were no parties, and yet we all die, becaufc we are ofthe fame
nd·
ture,
whereofhe,
rh~
lirfi perfon
:
Death
came fo; certainely; and it is good reafon,
life
lhould doe
folik~wife.
To this que!lion, San
th~
r7furreCl:ion ofone,a
thoufand
fixe hundredyeares
agoe, bethe caufe
ofourrijing?
tt
IS
a good anfwer, Why not,'
as well aHhe death ofone,
Jive_thoufand fixe!"'ndred
,veares agoe, be the caufe ofour
dying~
The
ground
and reafon
IS,
that
~he~e
ts
hke
ground and real'on ofboth. The
wifefi way it is
(ifwifedome
can contnvett) that a perfon be cured
by
t.Mithrid~te
made oftheveryflefh oftheviperbruifed, whencethepoifoncame, thatfo, thac
whichbrought the mifchiefe, might minifier alfo the remedie
:
Themofi powerfull
way it is(if
Power'
can effect it)to
makeftrength
appearein
weakene/Je;
and that He that
overwne,OJOuld
by the nature whichHe·overcanie, be
fwalloVJed"Pin villory.
The
befi way it is(if
Goodnef!e'will
admit ofit)that
as,
next to
Sathan,
man to man oweth
his deftruetion ;fo, nextto Go n, man
to
man mightbe debtor ofhis recovery.
So,
agreeableit is to the
Power, Wifulome,
and
Goodneffi,
ofGo
li,
this; the three
AiterJ~
!Juw
ofthe
Blefled
and
Gloriotu Trinity.
And,let
Iuftice
weigh it in her ballance, nojufl: exception can
be
taken ro it, no not
by lufrice it felfe ; that, as
death
came, fo lhould
life
too : the fame way at leafi.
More favour for life,ifit may be: but,in very rigour,the fame at theleafi. According
then to the very exact rule of
Inftice,both
areto be alike:
If,
by
man,one
,by
man,the
other.
, We
dwell too long in generalities : Let us draw ncere to
the
perfons themfdves;
m
whom ,
we
lhallfeethis better. In them, all anfwer exaCl:ly ; word; for word•
.Adamufa/le~,
and.becomethefljl
fruitsofthemthatdie:
CH
a
1
s
"t
ilrife~t,and
became the
jtr.ft
frmts ofthem that
live(for,rhey thatjleepe,
Uve.)
Or you may (ifyou
plea(e)keepe the fame terme,in both,thus:
Adam
is
ri(en (as
*eufe to call rebellions,
rifings:)
He did rifeagainfi Go n,by
Eritisjicut Dii:
He hdd never fallen,ifhehad
Gm.'J,'fi
not thus
rifen :
His
rifing
was his
fall.
hWe are now
corn~
to .the two g;eat
Perfons,
that aretheiwo great
Autherf,
of
·
t
e
two great matters 111 this world,
life.
and
death.
Nor, eitherro themfelves, and
~?ne
elfe: but, as two
Heads,
two
I1oots
1
two
ftrfi
fruits;
either ofthem in referenceto
D~~ ~o:npafny
,whom they fiand for. 1\nd ofti1efe two,ho!d rhe tw0
great
c~rporat~·
C
·
0
them that
dte;
they are
Adams,.
•
ofthem,thatjlee•e and lhall
rife;
that,
IS
. H&Isrs.
r
0
J
0
~~~e
thento the particular : no i'eafon in the world
that
Adamstrdn{greJSi·
·that
1
(;u
H
raw usal.l downe tq death, onely for that we
wer~
ofthe fame
~ump
;
a~d,
11 1
s
1
5
roghteoufnef!e
1hould not
be
availeable to taife1.1s
up
agame to J,ife,
Oo+
bdn~
'•.