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V
H
R.
5.
Ephefian.r,Chap.z.
1
Zs,z
ickned]
There
is
a
threefold death,
fo a
threefold life;
Nature.
of
Grace.
Glory.
Here he fpeaketh
of
die
life
of
Craw,wherein tlwfe beleeving
.
phe-
Threefold life.
fans,
who
had been
dead, were now alive; Interlacing our free
falva
tion
,
he
cometh
to
the
fecond degree ,
our Refurredion
in
Chrift:
There
is
a
double Refurreotion; the one
is
the
refurreGtion
of
the juft
and
unjuft,
of
the Body,
as in
the
Creed
we profeffe
to bcleevea
refur-
re/tion
at
the Loft day,
as
Ioh.6.39
The
other
refurrection
is
from the death
of
finne,
in
fome meafure
to be quickned by
the
voyce
of
Chrift,
fo
that
we
live a
new life, even
the
life
of
God
:
being
before
all
of
us
by
nature
dead
in finne,
and
tre
gaffes,
and the
uncircumciPion
of
the
heart,
blind
in
our
mindes, and
fo
eltranged
from
the life
ofGod,hard
in
our hearts,unholy
in
our affedi-
ons
:
now this
firft
refurrettion ftands
in
this,
that
we
live a new
life,
even
the
life
of God,
which ftandeth
in
the
light
of
the mind,
in
Àe(hie
tenderues
of
hearts,in the holy
motion
of
the
affections ,
that
in
the
vertue
of
Chrifts
refurre6tion we
rife
to newnes
of
life,
that in
him
we
s
cot.
5.77.
be a
new
Creature.
The
third thing
is
that which followeth [glorifying
in
the heavens]
and
this
is
that
he
fpeaketh
off,
when
he faith
Cite
Chrift
]
We
are ¡et
in
heavenly places.
So
that the words joyntly
confidered tend
to this
fenfe:
Even
when
we
were
dead
in
ourfrnnes,
flinking
in
our
lulls
and
corrupt
na-
tures,
theta
did
God
of his rick
mercy
bring
us
to
life, railing
us
up
together
in
Chrilt.
And when
he faith
[in
Chrifl]
it
is
plaine
that
we are faved
of
his
=ere
grace
:
yea,
though we dwell
in
thefe mortal!
bodies,
yet we
have
in
Chrift the
refurrection
of
thefe bodies
;
yea
,
though we
are
now abfent fro
,n
the
Lord, Pilgrimes
here,
yet in Chrifiwe are
after
a
fort
fet
glorioufly
in
the
heavens,
we
are already feifed
of
thofe
everla-
fting
mansions.
The
dignity
of
the
perfon
giving, eztendeth the
mercy
:
and
the
gricvoufneffc
of
our milery, doath
exceedingly ampli-
fie
the mercy.
Obfcrve
ad},
what
it
is which
fetteth
out
the
rich
kindne(Je
of
Gad;
it
Doff.
is
thie, even our mi
fery, and
wretchednelfe wherein
he
findeth us.
Ezech.
Mans mifory
r
6.
3,h,
5,6.
When thy
navel(
was
not
cut,
not
wafted in water, nor
[sited
G
ds
meen
.
with
/tlt,
when noeye
pityed
thee
,
when
polluted
in
thy
blood,
c.
Even
Hzech.ró.
;ae
then
tPaid
unto
thee, Thou
(halt live.
a.
Cor.
b.
Fornicators, Idolaters,
r
Cor.ó.rr,
Adulterers.Wanttns, Busgerers,Theeves,
Covetous,
Drunkards,
be.
Each
(faith the Apo
ffl
c)were[ome
of
you.T
it.3.
3.Tee
were
in
times
pal! unwife,
di
fobediét,d, ceived,
ferving
lulls
&
diverspleafures,living in
malicioufnes
Tá.;.;.
and envy,
hate
loft, and hating
one
another. But
when
the
bountifalneffe
and love
of
cod
our
saviour
appeared,
be.
in
this appeared Love,
not
that
we
loved
him,
but
that
he
loved
us
firg
:
Even
when
we were
enemies,
;
roh.Mrn,
he reconciled
us to
him[elfe
by
the death
of
his
Son.
if
is
be well confide.
Rom.s.ro.
red,it
will make
us
to
fee
the
rich mercy
of
God to
Man.
There