182 . ' ' Vsa S E.2o. 6phrfsana,Chap.t, V ER, zo. abfent; who though theynever felt thepowerof Godworking inthem, yet perfwadethemfelves they have faith as well asanother ; as ifit were fo flight a thing, which no leffe power muff worke in us, then that which raifed Chrift from the dead : But having thus difpatched the point for common edification, I will for the benefit of fuch who are more ripe inunderftanding fet downe my judgment in thefe three points following ( See Page 173.) at this marke ( . Now followeth the Defcription ofthat power which brought them to beleeve ; from that which it wrought in Chrift our head, viz. a. His refurre&ion, which is let downe fromthe ftate in whichhe was raifed; railing himfrom the dead, 2. The exaltation of Chrift, which his power wrought; inwhichwe are to marke ; firft,the kingly power he hath received, and fet him at his right hand ; fecondly, the place where he hath it, in sheheavens above ; thefe vifibleheavens, for fo the word fgnifieth : Thirdly the perlons ; which are oftwo forts ; firft, thole who are fubjeét to this power , as it is more generally taken, verfe zr. andpart of the2a; Secondly, thofe whoare fubje6t tohis power,as it is in fpeciall mannertempered with grace, in the wordsfollowing; A head to hisChurch:themore particularconfederationwherof(hall not here be unfolded. Firft, tocleare this z0.2 t. verfes, and part ofthe z2. ver. Firft, we mua marke, that this which is aword, having reference to the efficacieoreffluall working of mighty power, which was wrought in Chrift when he was now raifed from the dead : As ifit were nothis minde toexprefie a power like it for kinde, fomuch as the felfe-fame fingular working which was wrought in our head. Secondly, tounder- ¡land the railing him from the dead ; wemuff know what death here is meant, and in what it ftandeth : Secondly, what this refurredìion indu- deth. Chrift fuffered a fupernaturall death, fo farce as might nand withthe unity of hismanhood, to the perfonofGod the Son,andwith theholineffeofhis nature; but here is onely meant that naturall death, whichdid a time holdhis humane nature in the ¡fate of it. This death flood, firft, in feparationofnaturarll foule andbody. Secondly, in the lofle ofall that fenfitive life which the foule caufed, and continued in the body. Thirdly, in the ceafingofall aEtions, wrought by the body as an inftrument. Fourthly, in a defire to be againe conjoyned unto the body. Now then the refurreltion is fuch a worke of Gods power, which brought againe the foule of Chrift to that body, from which it hadbeene alittle divorced,which caufed it bring forth life in thatbody, workeby itas aninftrument joyned with it; finally,joy in the conjunfi- onofit. Forbetter clearing Chriffs exaltation ; we muff firft know what it is, to fet at Godsright hand. Secondly, what heavens arehereto be un- derftood. Thirdly, what perlons are meantby principalities, powers. Fourthly, what is meantby puttingall thingsunder bisfeet. For the firft, Saint Paul and Peter, doe conffrueit by raigning imme- diately overevery creature,till themyaerie of ourredemptionfhal befi- nifhed,t Cora 5.z5.compared withPfal. Ito.r.Soto the Hebrewes,he cloth
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