430 annot pof Mt Zíbínc 2fttribittev Chap, z z, fore that both fhould receive their recompence. We _i vm.,' fee the Exampleof this inHumane Juflice, which is a copy of the Divine. The whole Man is punifht or re- warded, The Soul is punifht with Difgrace and Infa- my, the Bodywith Pains : the Soul is rewarded with Efteem and Hoisour, the Bodywith external marks of Dignity. Thus the Divine Juflice will render to every x Cor. 5. Io. one according to the things done in theBody, whetherGood o Evil. z. The fpecial reafon ofthe -Saints Refurre6tion is their Union with Chrift : for he is not only our Redee- mer and Prince, but our fecond Adam,thefame in Grace as the firft was in Nature. Now as from the firft the Soul was deflroyed by Sin, and the Body by Death ; fo the fecond reftores them both to their Primitive ftate ; the one by Grace, the other by a Glorious Refurreóti- I Cor. 5, ZI. on. Accordingly the Apofile faith, that by Man carne Death, andby Man came the Refurreclionfrom the Dead. Chrift removed the Moral and Natural impofïibility of our Glorious RefurreEtion : the Moral, by the infinite merit of his Death, whereby Divine Juflice is fatisfied, that otherwife would notpermit the guilty tobe ref}o- red to Eternal Life: and the Natural,by his riling from the Grave to a glorious Immortality. Forhis Infinite Power can dó the fame in all Believers. 'Tis obferva- ble, the Apoftle infers the RefurreEtion ofBelievers from that ofChrift, not only as the Caufe but the O- riginal Example. For the Members muff be conform- ed to theHead,the Children to their Father, the youn- ger tothe elder Brother. Therefore he is called thefirfl- a cor. 15. fruitsofthem thatfleep : and thefir, flftbegotten ofthe Dead. Rev. r. In Chrift's Refurreetion ours is fo fullyaffured, that the event is infallible. Now no lefs than Infinite Power is requifite to raife the Bodies ofthe Saints from the
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