Bates - BT825 B37 1683

t 6 SERMONS munion with Chrift by his Spirit, have a [hare in his Vitories, and may with confidence meet the,. Taft enemy Death For we are allured, If the Spirit of him that Rom.s, 1 ra ed up Jefus from the dead dwell in us, he that ratjed up Chrifl from the dead 'hall alto quicken our mortal Bo- dies, by the Spirit that dwelleth in us. A preparative conformity to Chrifi in Grace, will be follow- ed with a consummate in Glory. But thofe who never felt the fan- ttifying efficacy of the Spirit in their hearts and lives, tho they are Chriftians in profeffion,, yet they have no other union with Chrif+, than a dead Branch with a Tree, that receives no lap and virtue from it ; . or an artificial Member joyned to the Body that may have the outward clothing and Ornaments proper to that part,but derives, no life and fenfe from it. Who-

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