4P OfDEAT H. Chap. V. CHAP. V. T/;e qualijicatiom of Perfom confulered, . that bal!t a right to thi1 Pril!i/ege. Uni011 Jl!itf, Chrijl the fotmtain of Eternal Life i1 ab(olutely requijitt. The Vital bond of th4t Union iJ tl>e SanE!ifying Spirit. The eminent operatiom of tl>t Spitit confider'd, as the Spirit rf Tmth, and of Elolineji, and tbe Comforter. Eft iOuminateJ the Und<r/landing to fee t/,e realtiy and exceflency of jupernatu;al things• . He infpim the ardent Lol!e rf God. Dtl!me Lol!e 11 the prmetple rf uml!erfal Holmifs. The Spirit communicates aVil!ine Power to do the will of God. THE fourth General to be confidered, is, the Perfons that have an Intereft in this blelfed Privilege. This Inquiry iso f infinite_ moment, ~th for the awakening of the Secure, who vainly prefumc upon thc11· Intereft m the SalvatlO~ of the Gofpel, and for the confirmi~ and encouraging th~ 5amts. And we have an mfulltble rule of t nal declared by St. John : He tl"t bath tl• Son, lwb Life ; and he that h•th not the Son, hAt/1not L ife. 1 John ) ' 1 2 • All the excellent and comfort~ble Bene~ts procur:d by our Saviour are communicated only to thofe who are umted to h1m. Particularly With refpecho the prefent 5ubjea: Jutlifiqtion that gr?~t Blelling of the Gofpel, the co!l'pleat. Pa:don of Sins, th~t difarms Death of it~ Sting, "not common to all that are Chnlhans m utle, but 1s a Pnvdege with a limitation; There is noCondemnation to thofe that are zn Chrift 'Jefi!s! Rom. 8.. r. vitally as thei~ .Head from whom aredenved fpmcual Influences, and JUdicially as their Advoca te in fudgmenr! and fuch aredefcribed by this infallible CharaCler, who walk J?Ot after the Flejh, bflt aft.er th; Spirit. The Blclfednefs after Death that IS alfured by a Vo1ce frcm Heaven, is W1th tllis y::i;/,;;~t~~~,":~~u;1:7r~.~~'[!JJ:~;h~;!f{.:.::.h:)~~~h~fo~~~~~ ::f!~~i;;7t-~fi! !aft Day, w!Jenthe Bodies of the Saints that_ no~ reft m Hope, fliall be incorrupFible, and immortal, IS the confequence of Umon With h1m, Thus the Apoftle declares; As in .AdamaU die, Join ChriftJbaUaU be made alive. I Cor. rs. 22. As all that were naturally in and fi·om .Adam , the corrupt Fountain of Mankind, are under the fentence of Death; fo all that are in Cbrift, theHead of the Regenerate, fhall partake of his blelfcd Life. Others fl1allbe raifed hy his Power, as their Judg, but not as their Head: Rais'd to be more miferablc than Death can make them, not be transform'd into his glorious Refemblance · made capable of fuflCring an ever-dying Death, not revived to eternal Life. · ' Now the Bond of our Union eo Chrift, is the Holy Spirit derived f1'om him, as the Head of the Church and is the inWard powcrftil and lafting Principle of Holinefs, and new Obedience in Bcli~vc~s . He thttf is joine~ ~o t~e Lord, _ ii _one ~'pirit : 1 ~or. 6. 17. ~~hat is, ~Y the Spirit of Hohnefs has a reall'arucipanon of l11s L1fe, JS both qmtkned and t~mfed to htm. John 6. ;6. When the Prophet Elijh~ by. tl1~ outward applying the parrs of his Body to the dead Child, 2Ki»g'4··)4· mfpJrdL1fcmtolnm, there was no real Umon between them : but Chrift is by his Spirit fo intimately united to llelicvcrs; that he lrves m t hem and ~~fri~,"~j~; ~~~~:~i~~·of ~~~~~a~'Rfb~~~ ;~;:~~l~:~:~~:~tt~~~~~ft~~n~n~~~i~~1fa7r~~~~~~: lcdg reCli fics the Obliquity of the Will, purifies the Afl cClions, and reforms- tl1e Lif~ ; fo that'thefo11!.._e M!nd is in ChriO:ians as was itJ Chrifl ; 6 lld as his ComJtrfa tron ll'as, fuch rs theirs in the World. This Divine Change is not wrought by natural Reafon, tho allifted by the moft.powerful Arguments. The Breath of a Man may as eafily dlfpel a Milt, or thaw a FroO:, as humane Direaions and Moti ves to Vertue can renew the Mind and Heart, and prod uc~ a holy frame of Soul towards God. R~~ewed Chrl ftians are faid to be in, the Sptrit, Illummated, mchned and enabled by the Spmt to do God's Will; and the Spmt of God to dwell in them, by hispeculiar and eminent Operations. They /we in the Spmt, ..d walk i11 theSpirit. An Angel may alfume a Body, and aa by it : but the humane Soul enlivens it, and per forms fenfible Operations by it. And fuch a Principle is t he Holy Spirit to the Soul, gives it fp iritual Life, aClivity and power for good Works. By what apphf~~r, ~f l~i~ ~~;~~;.:;n~;~~~:~\~-arit~~~n~, ~6~e:;~J:~:~di:n:.;1~~te~n~u~::r~h:1uft~!~ ble thin"' · though how it was performed, whether i11 the Body, or out of the Body, he could not teu": 'nms when a natural Man, the current of whofe Thoughts and A/reGions was to the things of this World, becomes fpiritual, when the carnal Appeti te is fubdfa~diufi:
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