zz8 Ephejans, Chap,. V 8 R.6. wee creepe up from forme deadly fickneffe , we tell what a power of God it was to raife us ; but when our foules creepe out ofhellifh dark- netfe and death , to beleeve on the living God , it is as nothing with us. Yjea. Againe to confider ofour refurreftion, which we have through Cleave there- Chritt, is aforcible motive to make us cleave to him. If Peter faid, fore to him. Whither f{,all tree gee? thouhaft the wordsoflife; howmuch more may wefay ; How fhould wee ftart from the Lorde thou haft railedus up when we were dead. Yje3; How did Lazarres ( thinkeyou) and otherswhom Chrift railed up love him,and reft inhim,when this bodily life was againe given them; though they were within awhile to die againe a But howmuch more wouldit bind us to Chrift, if we law how he hath railed our foules being fluke dead, with fuch a refurreftion as that they (hall never die agame e Wherefore how wofull is the flare ofmany that profeffe Chrift, yet live in ignorance, know not what a refurreftion meaneth, aredead while they are alive, in all kind of finne and wanronneffes t Their ne. ver were inChrift,but likeas glaffe eyes are let in the body,orwoudden legges. which being by outward manes joyned to ir, doe notreceive life and fettlewith other members. We never knew conimunion with him who is the quickning fpirit, ifwe be dead in our fenes. Yje4. Laftly, it is matter of comfort againft the infirmities and death of Co ofor` a- there bodies ; by his blood he bath made a new and living way, hee Ltÿ n m°"a bath led the daunce; though thou of thy felfe haft no right to ir, yet in Chrift thyHead thou haft as good right toit, as any heire apparant tohis lands. Doti. Obferve againe ; Wee are by nature all that out of the paradife of In Chrift we Ged we come Ebert of hisglory, but in Chrift God bath been pleated to arc srtebl r reftore to us the happy Condition , in the refurreftionof Chrift. fednefe. I. Pet. I. 3. Who kath begotten us againe untoa lively hope , by the re. fur, el7ion oflefts Chri(i from thedead. Chrift our Head fitteth in glory, he hath done it for us : Igee to preparemanfions for you. He enured the Holy of Holies in our name , and fo after a fort prefenteth us before God, as the Friel" under the Law, he hearath in his breaft the names of all his lfrael when he commeth into the prefence of God, fo as we all may be faid, and that truely, tofit in the heavens ; he bathall that glo- rious life in him , with which weare in the heavens to be glorified. Joint purchafers ; we have by him right to it in Faith, asan heire in minority to hisFathers inheritance. Wee by nature are all of us unfit for Gods kingdome and fo our Saviour faith, that emleffe wee be borneagaine, ,tee cannot enter into Gods kingdome. What difpofition can be in filch as are children and thralls of the devil!, to be thefoes andheires of God a No,there is nothing in us but enmityagainft God. We love hell as if there were no hea- Ezek.,6. 3.6. I ven ; Wee are (nth as have an aámarite to oar Father, an Hittite to oar mother, as lie weltring in ourblood : Nowwho can make me owner of that foh.,4.x. Ioh.;.S
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