22.8: The Crucifying ofthe world, deny or overlook it,becaufe they admirehimwithin them, as well without them ? IfPaul fay, [.lIbave laboured more abundantly then they all and add when he hath done, [Yet not l,butthe Grace, ofGod which was with, me andby thegrace ofGodIam what Iam ; and his Grace which waibeflowedon me was not in vain , ] t;Cor.: 15, t o. will you tell him that heexalteth hitnfelf againft Grace ?> No but he exalteth Grace inhimfelf. Paul travailed in birth of the Gala thians till Chrift were formed in them, Gal. 4. t 9. And muft not he and they obferveand honour Chrifi .71 them after all this travail If we glory that we [are Crucified withChrip and thatwe live] we aiwaies add or underftand [yetnot we, but Chrift livethin us. , and the life whichwe now live in thefails, we live by thefaith of the Sonof God, who loved us, and gave him- [elffor:us,Gal. z. zo. ] And is it a dilhonour to thrift toac- knowledge him in us, and to fay that we Liveby him ? 3. Was it not the very end of Ch rifts death to fave hispeople from their fins ? Mat. t . 21. and to bring them from darknefs to lightrandfrom the power of Satan unto God ? Ads26. 18. and did . he not give himfelf for ass ,that he might redeem asfromalliniqui' ty, andfantlifie to himfelf apeculiarpeople, zealous of good works, Tit. z. 14, Didhenot therefore diefor all, that theywhichLives ¡houldnot henceforthlive unto themfelves, but unto himthat dyedfor them, and rofeagain ? z Cor.. 5. t 5 . ] [When he afcended up on high, he ledcaptivity captive, andgavegifts untomen.] To what end ? L For the perfeelingof the Saints, for the workof the Mini ftry, for the edifyingof thebody of Chrift,till we all come in theuni- ty of the Father, and the knowledge of the SonofGodunto aperfell man, unto the meafure of theflatureof the fulnefr of Chrift , that henceforth we be no m're children, &c. j [ Chrift loved the. Church,, and gave himfelf for it, that he might it, andcleanfe it by the wafhing ofwater, by the word, that hemight prefent it to:himfelf- aglorious Church, not having [pot, or wrinkleor anyfads thing,bast- that it 'build be holyand without blemijb. j Abundance of fuch: paffages in Scripture do affure us that the Holinefs.of the Saints, was the End that Chrift intended in his death. If therefore you teach men, that they mutt not look at the End, in effeecyou teach . themOat mutt notlookat the Means..: If they muft not re- once inthefruits of Chrifts death, they snuff not rejóyce in hit: death
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